Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-10-23 | Page 2 | O. U. R. and D. Has High Standing and is Complimented

0. U. R. and 1). Has High Standing and Is Complimented That the O. 0". R & D company Of this city has a verv hich standing nmonc central western rallroai'. ihn ,far in the National Railroad Accident Prevention Drive, la evidenced in word received from Harry A Adams, reglon-l reglon-l at supervisor of safety His report Is to the effect that during the first four days of the drive, the 0. V. R. & D company, the S. L & L. A. road, and the C. F. lines were free from any accidents. ac-cidents. The Salt Lake division of tho S P. has been accredited with two ac i .cidents of a minor nature, one at Sparks and one at Imlay. The t'retron , Short Line has seven accidents in three days, five of the mishaps occur- ;rlng during the same day. No one! was seriously injured. Comparison of the first two days of! the drive with the corresponding pe-i iriod of last year indicates that in 1919 1 Here w.re nineteen injuries and no I fatalities as compared with 134 Injuries In-juries and one casualt of 191. i The accident proention drive will answei Its purpose of illustrating that I the economic loss of experienced industrial in-dustrial workers can he avoided to a : large extent by carefulness, according to railroad officials. , I . -on