New Britain herald., 1927-12-29
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD THURSDAY DECEMBER 29 1927
4 RAIL CHIEFS GET
 HARTMAN AWARDS
Three Executives Receive Medals
 and Fourth Safety Mark

New York, Dec % LP,-Thre' railroad executives received the I. Ii. Hartman Memorial medals an, a fourth a special certificate for tn best railroad safety records of tn, year at a luncheon yesterday in tn, Hotel Fillmore, given under th. auspices of the American Museum O Safety and attended by about 5, prominent business men.
 C. R. Gray, president of the Tnior Pacific system, received the specia certificate, and the medals were awarded as follows:
 Gold medal, first prize for
 Group A railroads operating lo,-
 uuu,NoU or more locomotive
 miles year--to A. C. Needles,
 president of the Norfolk and
 Western Railway Co.
 Silver medal, for Group E
 reads operating from 100000
 to lo,000,000 locomotive miles
 to W. A. McGonagle, presi-
 dent of the Duluth, Missabe and
 Northern Railway.
 Bronze medal, for roads oper-
 ating less tan 100000 loco
 motive 1niles-to J. P. Cum
 mtngs, superintendent Omaha
 Quincy and Kansas City rail-
 road.
 Gift of Mrs. Hartman
 The medals, awarded annually as a result of a gift esta blished by Mrs Hartman, were presented by Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, master of ceremonies at the lunch con.
 Urging more attention to the hu- man clement in business, MT. Schwab said:
 I've had fifty years in the steel industry and I can recollect how, in the beginning, men were regarded as mere machines. not as human be- inss, and no regard was had for their safety or comfort. We have reached the time when human safe ty and happiness are coming to be major considerations. when human engineering is becoming great modern science.
 T don't care how we'll We may build our machines, our furnaces, our railroads, we must, In order to build successfully, build upon the firm foundation of human safety and comfort and happiness. We must bear in mind the welfare always of a far higher class of men than we usually give them credit for being he working men of the United States"
 Arthur Williams, president of the American Museum of Safety and 11ce-president Of the New York Edi- son company. who presided, said hat since 1911 fatal railroad acci- tents have decreased from 13 per ,ent to 6.6 per cent.
 Give Employees Credit
 After the railroad executives had received the honors from 'lr. Schwab and had stammered out hanks, each spoke glowingly of the york of his employees and attributed he safety records to them.
 Among other prominent business nen at the luncheon were R. II. president of the American Railway association; Dr. Julius H. 'armelee. director of the bureau of ailway economies: r. D. Under wood. retired president of the Erie Railroad company: Haley Fiske. resident of the Metropolitan Life insurance company; Orson D. Mum, ditor. Scientific American: Walter |. King, president National Safety 'ouncil; Barron Collier, James A. Hamilton, Richard J. Cullen, Dr. Le- and E. Cofer, H. NJ. Edwards. Frank V. Smith. J F. Jackson, J. Floyd 'arker and John l. Blocker, editor- Il representative of the American fuseum Of Safety.
 Messages were received from Mrs. hartman, who is vice president of he museum; John J. Esch, chair lan of the interstate commerce commission, and Samuel o. Dunn, ditor Of Railway Age.