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Show " fiEW IK cm ! DISCUSSES SAFETY I j i Until Recent Wreck Only One Passenger Had Been Killed in Three Years. i PROUD OF ITS RECORD 4 . Every Possible Precaution, It Is Said, Taken to Prevent Pre-vent Accidents. Ia an effort to correct misapprehen-eions misapprehen-eions which they believe to exist in connection with the recent wreck at Amherst, Am-herst, O., passenger department officials of the New York Central Lines are send-'ing send-'ing to representatives throughout the country some information ae to the "record "rec-ord oi: the New York Central in the handling of passenger traffic. A statement state-ment in this connection has been received re-ceived by J. 11. .Dickson, traveling pas-center pas-center agent for the company in Salt Lake. It says in part: Until the unfortunate accident at Amherst there bad not been a passenger pas-senger fatality in a train accident on the lines west of Buffalo since July, 1913. At that time one passenger pas-senger was killed. On the !New York Central, east of Buffalo, there has not bwn a passenger killed in train accident since January, 1911, although during that period the company has carried 236,000,000 passengers. Given Harriman Medal. The New York Central has loft nothing undone to safeguard the life and health of its passengers, i In recognition of the efforts of --,tbe company the American museum of safety awarded it the Harriman gold medal for the year 1914, aa tie railroad most successful in protecting pro-tecting the life and health of the public and of its employees. But in spite of every mechanical safeguard there always remains the human element. For several years the New York Central has been foremost among the railroads of the country in a specialized effort to prevent accidents, and, recognizing the importance of the human element ele-ment in the work, the old-established policy of the road of uBing every reasonable and practical safety safe-ty appliance and mechanical safeguard safe-guard has been augmented by a systematic and persistent campaign of education to increase the tbonfjhtrnlnesi and efficiency of its personnel. Employees Assist. A corps of practical men Is employed em-ployed in the road's safety bureau, who devote tbeir entire time to the ntudy of accident causes and to the safety education of the employees, k In every conceivable way the vast army of employees ia educated, examined ex-amined and impressed with the necessity ne-cessity of care and thoughtfulness at all times. The employees are encouraged to co-operate with the management in suggesting effective effect-ive steps for increasing the safety of both the employees and the public. pub-lic. The full co-operation of every em- Sloyee is necessary to prevent acei-ents, acei-ents, and it has been for the pur-poet pur-poet of obtaining this co-operation and strengthening the human element ele-ment that the scientific and advanced ad-vanced methods have been pursued. The majority of the employees have i given their utmost support to the f movement. |