New Britain herald., 1925-04-23
COMMUNICATED
MIR. BARDO REPLIES TO REGENT EDITORIAL

REGENT EDITORIAL
 Editor, New Britain Daily Herald,
 New Britain. Conn,
 Dear Sir:---
 An editorial in your issue of Mon day, April 9th, entitled 1.-Two Re- cent Wrecks on New Haven Line" comes to my attention with it's sug- gestion that it may be time to again tighten up the system, inculcate a further extension of Safety First principles, and prevent the develop ment of the attitude that wrecks have to occur once in while and that they cannot be avoided"
 No doubt you will be pleased to learn that the effort we have been making since 1914 has been directed exactly along the lines that you sug- gest. and we have reason to believe that substantial progress has been made in inculcating the principles referred to. We can say this with confidence and in the face of the 1 regrettable accidents which we all deplore. ".
 Our safety organization acting un- der the department of personnel, in- cludes among many other factors 3S committees composed of officers and employees. meeting monthly to discuss the various phases of acci. dent prevention and to promote the extension of the underlying prin' ciples of safety throughout our en- tire system.
 Fatal accidents to our employees numbered 92 in 1913. With the de- yelopment of our safety work there has been a corresponding improve ment in reduction of fatal accidents to employees: the low mark being 30 in 1922, with 31 in 1924.
 While we think these figures arr substantial evidence of remarkabl progress, we are by no means dls posed to rest at this point or t consider the achievement in an other light than that of an experi ence that reveals the value of thi kind of work, and the methods b which we should pursue 1t in orde to further extend it's influence owe every feature of operation. ..
 To serve day and night throug l all kinds of weather conditions, yea in and year out, meeting success fully the demands of a bnslnes whose volume ebbs and flows wit little advance warning, ineVltaol | places a strain upon the human fac tor that is involved. The differer onerations are the individual link of various chains that must nc break. We believe in the integri' of our employees. We know tht l their pride in any marked succe' can only be exceeded by their d1' ;. appointment over a marked fallur and it Is with this spirit that " ;, desire to cooperate with the pupi
 nress and every other agency th' . can further the cause of safe'
 upon our rails. Safety is not no q a. question of better rules lhe' e have been highly developed and al
 practically standdru lhio0e
 # country. It is a question Of educ'
 ton to the relative values or sin n nle responsibilities in human rel
 lions and to this end we are deVo
 ing our most earnest eforts al 10 welcome such constructive sugge
 lions and publicity as the colum of our newspapers can give. lo The problem of promoting sate
 i. complicated today as never D ls fore, Its qualifications are founo r' every field, and the requirements
 many of the different fields are er interwoven as to render substant'
 progress impossible in one wtho
 q similar advance in others II | st nress will keep in mind these fa'
 in commenting upon this subject
 believe it will reach it's highesI SGT es ice in supporting the important ie
 tures of accident prevention. as Yours very truly,
 C. L. BARDO,
 he General Manager.