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Show OGDEN EMPLOYEES oe s ijuone They Win First Prize Ban ner for Safety First Movement Move-ment Suggestions Speda to The Tr bune OGDEN Aug 30 The an ouncement of slgna honor fo e e np o oes of the ba t Lake d via on of t c Southe n Pa dflc railroad aa been c el ed f on IW R Scott lce preside t and genera man agar of the eomp&n n a no e of e awarding: of t e f rat pr ze banner for the Ligheit percentage of prac al suggos tlons n the aafetj f rat mo e en The competition v. h nc tided ads ons ft the So thorn Paclf c was fo the f sea j ear ended J e 30 9 4 in his etter of announcement to D lalon Super n enden r F Howlans Ice President S ott pays a 1 gn tr bute o tne c nplo ees of t c s on for the act! Its I t c co tes T e aa d of tne g est ono s o t e ocal lvls on was made by t o central sit t W com mlttee of t e road cons st ng of a e prominent off c a s of he Southe n Pa elfle eompnn s he Sout em Pa flc has been a candidate afta duri g the last flsce yea fo the 1 a man n eda awarded to tho oad n 913 c Sal Lake dl lalon enplosees t come n for muc of e cred It t e no su ceeds In Tilnnng the na ona recogn lo fo Cnother yea This ana rrt wh ch s nade bs tie Amercan luseum of bafet tv not be announced fo several n onths .All of t e emp oyees from se t o ands to locomotive engineers are Included n the competition for the best e ggos ions on safety f rBt According to he etter from. Mr Scot tl e company dur ng the fiscal year ended June 30 last adopted 1 857 ggcttlons subm tted for every 100 e np oj ees The percentage of increase In to al sug'gest ons over the p e lous f seal year tias 60 per cent the increase in Vhat the company terms pract ca a ggestlons 87 per cent The amount expended by the ra road company during tl e j ear for improvements suggested by it employees tota ed J127 000 and the oost of pending lmprovemen s suggested from the same so rce s $160 000 buper ntendent Row ands dec ared to day that tho en pJoyees of the d v slon Save earned in add t on to tl e first prize t banner the esteem of e ery company of Heal for their co operation in t e in threat of safety f rst deve opment Tl e honors no v recurring to the Salt La e IHIsoi according to the local official sare e t rely due to the efforts of the men i t e se vice Afloord g to Mr Scott s lette the ban 1 nem lndicot ng the res t of the awards i r(S no v bei fc, made and as soon as eon p eted te one lndicat ng the highest hop Kf ors Ivi 1 be sent to the d vision headqua jf ters in tl s city |