https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/4b1524bdbcf9467aa2294c0956a82cbd.pdf 46b2a3dfb29665e7a74af551739d3f47 PDF Text Text I j l'} /t_ . -/4 /f ir. ·: 11 1" . i I • I I �FORM Z IO THE UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO OFFICE 01> ...Ol!ai.rman., .. .B.ur.eali. ..of... Sa.£.etyo ROC.K. SPRINGS I Wyoming , March 1 0, 19160 Mr o ~- . Vo Po A. :Manley, & G. Mo , Omaha , Neb ras kao Dear Sir:I am sending you und er separate oover a photograph of the Union Pacif ic Coal Company Instruction Car , t ak en at Super ior, Wyomingo The photo shows a class of Japs and also a cla ss of other men, who wer e quite ef f icient intheir work. Trusting you receive same all right, I am, Yours truly, TG:M ~ ~. Chairman, Bureau of Safetyo �·• lThll@ Il'll IP'~<e ii l'.fil(t: 0 § ~ ITll <ill Mliill'll@= lR?.®§<C\\ll @ TI Il'll§ {tTI"\ID «:{tn «» ITll <C ~rf BY- Tno)L\ Gm -o _T,:, 'I h imtruc·tion car o[ the Union Pacific Coal Co. i. a combination pa -cnrrcr and exprns coach freshly painted, remodeled anc1 pecially equipped for minerescue purpose ' nncl for lhe training of men in fir -t-aicl work. It can he heat cl by t.eam or with a Bak r hca er. It is neatly and afoly wired fo r ele tric light$ anc1 is arranged to u, e le tricity haYing a Yoltage from 500 clown. It i , al$O fitted wi th oil lamp . In one end of the car i a modern kitchen, having wa ter tank o,·e rhead, and a si nk, teel range, upboa rcls and other faciliti es han dy. The liYing quarters and a.pparatus room a re combined. There are six berths, three on each side of the car. Under them are two co111fortable coach seats. There are lockers for blankets, bedding, apparatus, first-aid material fla shlirrhts batteries, railway and marine fire extingui~hers, p;tasl; cartridges, electric carbide, saf~ty lamps. army field stretchers, hmgmotor, mouth-breathmg apparatus, half-hour self-rescuer breathing apparatus, and other necessary equipment for use in case of fire or accident. There is also a work bench for making repair$. FEW FIELDS WHERE TRAINING Is So GENERAL The illustration of the instruction car-which is produced from a photograph by Steve Traher, the assistant mine foreman of E mine, Superior, °'yyo.-shows on the extreme right the First-Aid Club building at Superior. G. W. Riggs, who is in charge of mine rescue car No. 5 of the United States Bureau of :Mines, has been in the southern coal fields of Wyoming for the last six months trainina miners in first-aid methods and mine-rescue 0 work. He is much pleased with his trip and has stated that he had trained more _men_ in __!;h~ ~?~tl~~~ field •• ~airman _of Bureau of Safety of Mines, Union Pacific Coal Co. and superior Coal Co. o.f 11yorning, in pr portion to the -number of men em-ployed, th~n he had ern r oached in any other coal field m the mte l tate . Jr. Rigg has been employed by the G~Yernmcnt at this work for th e la t seven yea r , and lns tatement th re.fore is made more forci bl e by the , length of hi experience. The meetings held at the di fforent mine villages wer e well atten ded and much interest and enthu siasm were hown. Every Friday evening wa "Ladies' Night," so that all_ the ~vom n around the mine a.re now fairly well , ver eel m rnme-r scuc aud fir. t-aid work. Busiues and professional mc11 w .r pre. cnt and a spirit of ooperation wa, establi shed . F. L._ Davi , superin teuclent of the Superior Coal Company mrn es, at Superior, Wyo., carried off the fir~t honors for ~-rst-aicl t;a~niug~ hav0g 71 men so trai~ecl. • He bad'1 ?lso 1± men tramed rn mme-rescue work with the hreathm g appa r?tu~. D. G. 'l'hornas, superintendent of the 1 Rock . Sprm" . o_ , W)'O·, min • es, 1mel t'·ue ]argest number tr amecl m mme-rescue work--49 men. He al~o had -13 w110 were competent first-aid men. ONLY J APANESE RESCUE SQUA D IN UNITED STATES . ~n the whole _field_ ther_e were 170 men who were tra1~eddbty ~I~·· R~gg; m mme-rescue work and 250 who re?eIYe rammg m m st aid. The Japanese first-aid and mme-rescue team at Superior, vYyo., is probably the onl , squad, composed solely of men of that nutiona.lity t l) f_oun d fanyw l1ere _m • tl1e _U mted . o Je States. They are nll, mem, 1 uers o t.heTTUmted ll'Ime Workers of Amcr ·,,,., n· ·t .• t 1 , "'> I>< llC , of 11· yomrng. N o. 22 "' . of . men trained in the fir•;:;t The number ·(1 ,.,ull (1 ll1111C• ~ - a1 reSCUe work m tlns field makes it certa " that ti • bl C 1 11 1 · ] • u s 110 wor,~ 1s . 1ere. to stay. If the men worku·1t,o- 1•11 an d Hl'0lill(l t1l1e ·mrnes • cl omcr • cl will only- cooperate with the con1pnu•1·e s m t 1en· ut\;n~ will obe~ the rules and r egulations and co11:1pt1y tw1 ~de otsrders given by the mine foreman or hi~ ass1s an , acc1 en can be r2duced to a mrn · 1•11 1~ I ·n b f nun, Ul1( t 1ere w1 e ewer women ancl children thus beren Yecl. �.-1 J -;,· . > --~- _!:~~ - -:_:' ;.~~- ,~ - - --~ - -'~ - ,_·, - INSTRUCTION AND RESCUE CAR OF UNION PACIFIC COAL CO. WITH RESCUEMEN Bottom row from left to r_ight-,:i:oeAda mik, 11'1. McPhee, R. E . Vanlette, J. 1\l[oscow, M . L . Moscow, G. W. R!ggs with the U. S. Bureau of Mmes,. Joseph Traher, mascot and Thomas Gibson, Chairman Bureau of Safety. In the middle row from to' right-the Japanese Team: C. N. Sunad!', Y. Oga s a wara , T. Furushiro, I. 1e ftsh!ma, M. sunada. In the_ top row f rom lef t to right-;-Anclrew Brown, . Harry §folces, Allen Stokes, Egido R1zzonelh, John Barwick. First-Aid Clubhouse on right. SUPERINTENDENT F. L . DA VIS At whose mines the largest number of Union Pacific men received first-aid training. He also had a remarkable number of men practi1~eeit1,l~g t~;pa~!etuif the oxyge n- ��0 0 0 = r.:::::J • 0 �rr=== ==::;:==:::::::::::;===::::::::========;::::====~ ~ - · r-: _- ·;-._:. '/; ·.~ =:::::::===:=::::;::;:::===:;;:=:============:;:::::;:::::=====::::;, ·o· ~ ~a § ' ~· @@ ·~~· ~ ~ (}~ -·· _·. ~ ~ ~ ~~ ::f.~r- ~=-=~ -...,;::::.~~==::~~~(~~~~~~:==:ti ~ ~ ~ - = - -...,.,.,.,.,.=~,.,....::~-:--:1 · , ., tiTr:;, Ti •" = = (i:1) 0 ' - •. . -~- --- --- - - - ---·--··· ---~ - ' • ~ = : l :I ~ J~=::;:==::;: ~~ o=:: o ~~ ~~ - /JI!)~=~= == = t!)@o ..=:::;:==:;:::=•~~::,;,:;,=== ~ ' • r.====:::::=:;, . ' ! l c=J ---· a ::, 0 �;r) · @ ~ ~I �r~ 1-- �\r \ : ·,i\ ' \ . .l / I .- ~t\_:'· ~ ~.. .. ·, '· :;·l~:..::.. L • '-I "';: ;,.' .,_,.). - ... ~ v i . . .,.-~ ,;· c, ' __ ·\:<". :_. . :: ;: .. ti::~~ ~:1r..• . . .-i} ···(_ .'. _ - . ::~ _1_-,};~. :.::..~; :._·.. .-:.~::--., 1 ..,- ,. .. , -0 l -"' ;- ,; :.i ._. .~ , ... . ', t"f:".c. .-,·]. u :., ~L • ·; l • ,· i': . 1.... :. I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Union Pacific Coal Company Rescue Car Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1910-1916 Subject The topic of the resource The Union Pacific Coal Company Instruction Car Description An account of the resource Beige paper folder holding loose paper and two photographs. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text and Image Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Union Pacific Coal Co. Language A language of the resource Englsih Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0004.1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Company