https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/f5d38e402d65dc06d898c57a08bc501f.pdf 41edb722e10d3789a204057d298d2825 PDF Text Text .~,.._ c = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = : : . . M iin1U1re e§ of Green River D ay Green River, Wyoming June 18th, 1923 �-GTMWAH O £ 0-22-uo, oo o 7 .,.. UNION P .A.OIFIO SYSTEM / ·, ' rk UNION P ACIFIO RAILROAD COMP ANY OFFICE OF IN REPLY PLErA!J~ RC::FCR TO Superintendent No. Green River, May 29, 1923 Mr. E. s. Brooks, U. P • Coal Co • , Rock Springs, Wyo. Dear Mr. Brooks: The citizens of U·reen Hiver and the Western Divis ion are planning an immense Safet y .<ally for June 18th, invitations for which will be f orv·mrC:Hfu ... the an.tire official staff of the Union Pacific Coal Coo at a later date. One of the main features of the day is a parade bringing out such Safety features a s we are able to put clearly befo·re the Public vii th the lj_mi t ed room at our disposal, and was wondering if arrangements could.. be made for one of your mine relj_ef outfit teams to appearo If it io ag reeable to you, would like to have arrangements made for team to report to me not lat er than 11:00 .AM, morning of June 18tho Hoping to hear favorably fro m you in this connect ion, and vJi th warm personal regards, I am Yours very truly, �,. lh:. Y. c. Uol.cott, Supt., Dear Sir: Aclmor?ledgirz.s you~,s 29-th , extend ing invitation to attenc1..- t.hc Sa fety Hally for Jv.ne 18th: I!fany thank_s foi· the invitation, :::nd. v1e 1.·Jill be therG i.7i th the co::.Hb ino; cion F'i r:J t Aid 2.nd Hell:1et '.l.' e:3m. If you uill loolr e.fter the ca:c su.9 )ly fo_' the 17eck ending June 16 -tb, we -.;J i l l \'Io-rk Rock oo that all '":Jho c are to c.l..Vail thcr:iselves c:f your Yours truly, �June 5, 1923., Mr. J. Q. Holen, Mine Superintendent, . Superior, Wyoming. Dear Sir: You will, no doubt, have heard through the · Premier people that ~he Premier deal is called . off. We ~e had nothi~s' fr.om Mr. McAuliffe in the matter, but Mr. E etchey, at Ogde~, th~s morning advised m~ by ';hone. tha/ he had called" off the deal, '.lb.is for your information. Unless some change in our plans, we will arrange to work all mines Rock Springs field June This for the purpose of giving all employee·, who care to take advantage of the invitation of ·I the Railroad Company to their Safety Rally at Green / - - River on the 18th, the opportunity to attend. Yours truly, _ \ I ·1 l 1 �,.. 'I I'.h·• l7. L. ·tfoCe.rty, ISi ne Superintendent, Roclt Spril}gs, \·.yo .. Dear Sir: For· your inf' o!'.!11ati on the u.Ge oi' 'Goo First Aicl Park har: b een t (m .. e:..~;::d to ' the Union Pacific Railroad Cmapany on Sundeyo J une l? th , for a ball_ game between Green Ri vcr 2.nd na·,Jlins b �THE UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY I LO C 1'.: ; ,prL :; □ o ·,-:y o•.1:i. nc p :iuri.c 6th ~ 1 9'~ 3 o J.,r. . • T'° EcCD.r ty o Hoel: '.}p:rinr~o, Uy o . o L ro J. o. lco l e no '.':iupe r:1. o r, \ 'y o o, 1:.ro Tho r; . )~ou t c ro 1.1 ·lfo.nc c , ': y o ., L r• \'Jm . :i.1oclsha\7 o \. in1,on, \", yo. Your3 t rul:r o . I \ . I '-" -~ I,' 11, l I t ' C ';"':l '1 I I ( i �rr1.n~ UNION P A .C.fl~,IC COAL C0~1P ANY E.S. BHOOJ<S ROC 1< SPRll':<:iS, WYO. " ;,:r; , ·' ·o L ,. .. -~c. ~ o ) ':j.fl ': ·• ·.-- • ~ • 0 ~1 C • J,.1 .~, ; ~ ~~, . . . , _ -4! :I' __,.~,/'' , . .,-,., / { , �SHEET A UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY LOS ANGELES & SALT LAKE RAILROAD COMPANY REPORT OF SAFETY lVlIEETING Name of Committee: Western Division Location of Meeting: Isis Theatre, Green River, Wyo. Date of Meeting: June 18th, 1923 Hour Adjourned: 11:00 a. m. IIours in Session: 3 Hour Convened: 8:00 a. m. _ ________ -------~fours Time Devoted to Inspecting b:; Conmiittee _ ___ _ MEMBERS OF COlVIlVIITTEE (Show absentees by X before the name. NAME G. J. Adamson F. W. Allen P.A. Beck A. A. Benson J. E. Baker C. W. Craig :1I. R. Clark T. Crosbie I. B. Ellis·on E. Gowdy x C. D. Gudgel H. DeHeer T. W. Hays E. B. Halstead A. Henley G. B. Halsey L. S. Helms F. A. Jones A. V. James E. Baumgardner M. McCourt F. P. Nelson D. M. Raymond R. J. Romick W. C. Shelver R. i\L Seale A. Scott W. J. Shaub L. H. Starr A. C. Thomsen 0. C. Wilks S. Wilson J. Whittaker S. D. Karst OCCUPATION Division Engineer Engineer Supervis·or B. & B. Foreman M. W. Rep. Shop Conductor Division Storekeeper Claim Agent District Foreman Section Foreman Trainmaster Safety Agent Fireman Signal Supervisor R. F. ·o f E. Engineer Signal Maintainer :\Ianager D. C. & H. Agent Master Mechanic Trav. Fireman Special Agent Switchman Car Foreman Yardmaster Asst. Superintendent Trainmaster Road master Brakeman Conductor Claim Adjuster General Roadmaster Section Foreman Signal Maintainer Fireman Sec note below) LOCATION Green River Rawlin s Gr een R ivel' Gr een Ri ver Ra wlins Green Ri ver Og den E,·anston Ha mpton I:awlins Gr een Ri ver E vansto n Green R iver Rawl in s E van ·ten Rawlins Green River 1Vamsutter Green Ri ver Rawlin s Green River Evanston Gr een River Evanston Green River Evanston Rock Springs Evanston Evanston Green River Green River Echo Wahsatch Rawlins NOTE: Above list should cont:1i :1 a.1ly ·: ·> n;,l.:t:; pcrs·uul o[ n:tunl uppointc~ committee members. Visitors pre sent nt meeting U!i well us other inform~lion should be s hown on Sheet B. Sci~ instruction note on top o( same. �SHEET 13 SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Month: JUNE, 1923 NOTE-Please enter below: (1) Visitors present und occupation of c:ich. (2) L~tters n.nd communication s ; i_d ve short referenc e such ns date, from whom and aubjcet. (3) Accidents rliscu sscd; give. brief r.:?f2rence to c:ich. (4) Talk.:1 by vi.iitor.i or member.d in interest of S afety First; give name and subject. (6) Pnpcrd rcud on nny specific subject: st:ita nume, etc. If additional sheets needed, substitute same and mark Shee t C, etc. -·VISITORS J. W. Hawk ,John Hay A. D. Hamilton H. A. Adams O. S. Jackson C. J. Lane R. B. Robinson Edson Rich H. L. Snyder A. R. McNitt I. A. Sharon J. F. Cox R. B-. Porter J. C. Gale F. W. Pfleging H. A. Hansen E. S. Brooks S. F. Gibson R. A. Pierce C. E. Brooks R. E. Brooks Cleve Hauk A. W. Woodruff J. E. Mulick J. W. Burnett J. M. Guild L.B. Garry G. 0. Brophy E. D. White D. B. Allen Paul Rigdon G. H. Likert B. E. O'Neil C. C. Barnard W. Upton E. C. Grant F. C. Hunter Dan Konold W. R. Pickrell F. A. Raybourne A. Thomson James Brown G. A. Cluff I. C. Butts A. J . Laving R. H. Harrison R. L. Starr Will Crawford ;j_ T. Romick • J. M. Henderson John Lythgoe Joe Barnes G. Sundberg .J. M. McNeil Green River Mayor Rock Springs Banker Salt La kP Inspector I. C. <::. (;n1aha Ai::.,t. t •1 Gen. :\1-~ •. 3upt. M. P . & M. Omaha Omaha General Freight Agent Omaha Ti.:ngr. M:. of W. Asst. Gen. Solicitor Omaha Sp!. Rep. of Gen. l\'Ig r. Omaha First Claim Ag<:nt Oma ha Asst. First Claim Agent rh~"' ah~ Asst. Gen. Claim Agent Omaha Asst. Gen. Attorney Sa lt La!:c Clfr f Sp :)cial Agent Oma ha Signal Engineer On~ah:i. Supt. D. C. & H. Or:-·aha V. P. & G. l\,l, U. P. Coal Co. Ro ck Springs Safety Supt. U. P. C. Co. Rock Springs Gen. Supt. O. S. L. Pocatello Supt. O. S. L. Mont. Divn. P ccatcllo Supt. O. S. L. Utah Divn. Pocatello Br:!keman (Rep. Utah Divn. Safety Committee) Poca te ll ◊ General Superintendent Cheyenne Superintentlent Cheyenne r,Iast:?r Mechanic Cheyenne Trainmaster Larami e Safety Agent Cheyenne Legal Department Kansas City Sec. Board Pensiorn, Omaha Reclamation Inspector Om aha Chief Clerk to President Omaha Fuel Cons. Eni:rineer Om aha Fuel Supvr. Cheyenne Superintendent Denver Chief Dispatcher Denver Sig. Supvr. Denver Safety Agent Denver Engineer Evanston Asst. Sig. Supvr. Evanston Water Service Foreman Evanston Road master Evanston Storekeeper Evanston Agent Evanston B. & B. Foreman Evanston Conductor Evanston Brakeman Evanston Engineer Evanston Fireman Evanston Car Foreman Evanston Car Inspector Evanston Sig. Maintainer Evanston Switchman Evanston Section Foreman Evanston R. F. of E . Evanston = - -- ·-- �SHEET C SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Month: JUNE, 1923 Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION VISITORS (continued) W. H. Hamilton George Thomas L. R. Nicholls Earl Parsons J.M. Milan R. A. Giles CT. H. Bodine Willard Davis ,John Morrow T. Ahern J. L. Murphy J. Burdett Leo Critchfield L. Fotheringham J. T. Whittle -y. Schofield ,T. C. Bobolis O. Wallwork J. Parkinson Hyrum Barnes .T. H. Buck W. J. Nolan .T. A. Hitchcock Chris Jen sen Hardie Rollins Charles Fenton .Ta mes Davis Vernon Johnson George Widdop A. A. Timothy Ervin Allard Geo. Langsdon E<lw. Mason R. E. Hans·on S. S. Hoover A. A. Benson Philip Riley A. H. Moerke S. G. Thornhill L. R. Wheeler E . E. Waltman J. C. Wallach H. W. Brown· W. I-I. McKinney W. F. Baxter Claud Ballard Frank Wendt A. Walker Lee Moss H. C. Robinson Zeb. Whaley .T. E. H'odge W.R. Gilpin M. F. Flynn r. J. Bagley A. J. Covert A. Scott P. Pritza Roundhouse Forenum floil er Foreman Machine Foreman Drop Pit Foreman Pipem an Painter Machinist Mach . Appr. Mach. Helper Blacksmith Machinist l\'tach. Helper Jlfarh . F ed. Inspr. Boilermaker Appr. Boilermaker Pipetittcr I-Id. Sty. Engineer Clam Shell Operator Laborer Gar Rep. Appr. C:ar Repr . Dist. Foreman Electrician Machinist Illacksmith • T,o~o Carpenter Machinist Mach. Appr. Reg. Frt. Carman Frt. Carman Sh. Metal Worker Boilermaker Boilermaker Helper Clerk Asst. Yardmaster Foreman M. W. Rep. Sho11 Switchman Engineer Agent Agent P. F. E. Sig. Maintainer Sec. Sforekeeper Agent Conductor Brakeman Engineer Fireman Sw. Engr. ~•,>itch Fireman Machinist C. C. Foreman Eng. Foreman General Foreman Car Foreman Yardmaster . Sig. Maintainer Uoadmaster Asst. Sec. Foreman Evanston Evanston Evanston Evanston Evanston Evanston F,van ston Evanston Evanston Evan~to n T<:v· msto n ~ --•nst on P.v:rn!'. ton ~\'n nston ] 1 E vanston E vansto n Evanston Evanston ~vanston Evanston Evanston Green River Green River Green River Green River Green River Green River Green River r, reen River Gr een River Green River Green River Green River Gr een River Gr een River q_r cen River .C:reen River Gr een River Green River Green River Green River Green River Rock Springs Rock Springs Rock Springs Rock Springs Rock Springs Rock Springs Rock Springs Rock Springs ~ock Springs _Rock Springs Rock Spring·s Rock Springs Rock Springs Rock Springs Rock Springs Rock Springs �• SHEET D SAFETY COMMITTE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION VISITORS (continued) . R. Blondin R. H. Grigsby Clarence Jensen A. C. Taylor J. C. Gunning D. K. Redmond 0. I. Sjolin C. E. Moser George Coulson J. A. Tobin Tom Thomas A. Moser J. A. Ballard E. Kooms • Hiram Williams Fred Campbell A. D. Swanson Ole Larson Casey Adams L. R. Engstrom Clyde Kipp C. Arp Lexie Holloway J. C. Smith John Lyons M. J. Clifford L. U. Wier Earl Brown L. Stroud J. P. Hanson C. Albright L. P. Hodges E. F. Harper Harry Ryan T. J. Kiernan W.W. Boyd J. E. Barton C. D. Halsey A. A. Gulley J. Nelson A. Linsberg S. E. Tolliver C. C.. Campbell E. B. Halstead . Ticket Agent Store Dept. Mach. H!pr. Appr. Mach. Helper Machinist S. M.. W. H. Appr. S. M. Worker S. M. Worker Machinist Gen. Foreman Mach. Helper Appr. Mach. Helper Truckman Tender Machinist Boilermaker Boilermaker Helpr. Appr. Carman Freight Carman Freight Mach. Hlpr. Appr. Machinist Mach. Helper Mach. Helper Mach. I-Ilpr. Appr. Machinist Mach. Helper Sw. Engineer Sw. Fireman Road Engineer Road Fireman Car Repr. Machinist Brakeman Switchman Conductor Wrecker Foreman Steamfitter Foreman Asst. Sig. Supvr. Sig. Maintainer Roadmaster Section Foreman Lineman Agent Yardmaster R. F. of E. Month: JUNE, 1923 Rock Springs Rock Springs Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Wamsutter Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins Rawlins �SHEET E SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Month: JUNE, 1923 The meeting was called to order at 8 a. m. by Chairman Wolcott. Mayor J. W. Hawk, ·on behalf of the City of Green River presented Mr. Wolcott with the Key to the City of Green River. His remarks are as follows: Mr. Chairman, Officials 'o f the Union Pacific, Citizens and Visitors: I am indeed happy on behalf of the citizen!! to welcome you to Green River today. If your pleasure is as great as ours, then we are satisfied. We have endeav·ored to make this day as characteristic of old time hospitality as our limitations permit, a hospitality characteristic of those old pioneers, who by self-denial and hard work made it possible for us to enjoy what we do today.' One of these possessions which we enjoy as a result of their efforts is the great Union Pacific System. The value of this great system was foreseen by those men and theh· successors and our present officials are to be cong ratulated upon the consummation of that vision, not only on the construction, but the maintenance in such a way as to bring security to the lives of employes and patrons, and the confidence of the public in the secm·ity of the Jives and property entrusted to the Union Pacific, indicates the success that their efforts have brought forth . I am not a public speaker, I can only say that we welcome you and ask you to enjoy yourselves and have a rip-roaring g ood time and in order that you may feel confident of our we! come, I present you with this, th e key t o our city It unI thank you, ladi es and gentlemen. locks our treasures, our hearts you ~!ready possess. Mr. Wolcott,: Mr. Mayor, Citizens of Green River an<l Visitors: On behalf of the Safety Committee 'of the W est en. DivIt is a great pleasure to meet in your city and par ta ke of y'our hosision I accept this token of your hol?pitality. pitality and I am confident that both the committee and your citizens will benefit by t his get-together meeti ng. I thank you. After the regular busi~ess of the Safety Committee was disposed of, a numb er of t he vi sito r s g·ave sh ort talks which are given below: Mr. Sam Wilson, Section Foreman, "A Review ·o f Safety." Many pEople think Safety First is a new idea. This is not th2 case. Always from t he b2g in nin g of A mer ican Railroading a cardinal rule has appeared on almost every rule book, "In all ca ses of doubt or uncertainty, the safe course must be taken and no risks run." This or a modification of it can yet be seen in pr actically all t he rule books of early days. But it was for many years more honored in the breach t han in the obser va nce. In recent years, however, we have come to understand that for every trained man who is killed or inj ured a n untrained man takes his place. The trained man cost.; money, the money is was ted . The un tra ined ma n wi ll cost money to train and while training may cost the lives of other trained men. That is also money wasted . The Safety First movement initiated on humanitarian grounds has a broad economic founda tio n. Tod a y the whole United States is a network of Safety First propaganda and hardly a railroad of any prominence but w hat is actively engaged in promoting it. Newspapers are fond of th e Safety First story beca use ·of its human int er est appeal. The average newspaper story states that Am erican Railways pay out a billion dollars yea rl y for Safety. This huge sum according to the newspapers is spent for elimination of g r ade cross ings, installing improved signal and switch devices and educational campaigr,s. But no auth'o r itative statistics can be compiled showing the total amount so spent, for who, for instance, can say of the interlocking or automa t ic block sig na l system that it is only for Safety First and not as well for saving time. Who can compile the vari ous expenditures Iiot· only of the many safety bureaus but of the talks, signs, campaigns, the effort not only t o improve the public attitude toward its own lives, but to impress on the railr'oad man himself that his life is worth more! than a minute to his road and infinitely more to · him than the saving of a few steps or the flipping of a car 01· taking a chance to save time. To the average man the word "trespass3r" means evil doer. It does not mean that to the statistician. It means a man, woman or child who walks the tracks, c1'o·sses at an unprotected point, or otherwise gets in the way of a train. In thirty years our railroads have killed over a hundred thousand and injured about a hundred a11d twenty thQusand more. These persons were just walking the track or jumped a passing car, tw'o thirds of them were reputable citizens of the locality where they lived, fourteen per cent were children, twenty per cent were hoboes. But all these citizens, children and hoboes were trespassers. Enough has been said to show that Safety First must be a movemEnt and is a movement directed at men rather than methods. While signals, cars rails, and train accident prevention are an important part of the campaign, it is education which is doing the greatest ,vork to stop the needless loss of life. Hence it is that in its broad plan of greater conservation of human life that Safety First considers as much the making of Safety men as ,of Safety things, and elimination of the chance taker. It is a fact that the greater number of accidents of all kinds result from carelessn~ss, thought- �SHEET F SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Month: JUNE, 1923 }essness and chance taking rather than from defective equipment or failure of machinery. It is also a fact that, fire collision derailment and what the public knows as railroad accidents, is responsible for only the smaller part of deaths and maimings on railroads. The educational, the attempt to make men, women and children, employes and non-employes alike, realize that trespassing is the ca use of m:ost of deaths and° injuries, that the greatest cau_se is disobedience of personal Safety rules, that wrecks and accidents to trains come last, constitute a large part of the Safety First crusade. But this is not all of it. While such matters as the elimination of grade crossings are highly important, they are less s·o than the elimination of human equation in track and train operation where such equation can be elimh1ated. For twenty years or more public sentiment has been keenly awakened to the importance 'o f preventing railway accidents. This sentiment has crystallized into carloads of Federal, Stat e and Municipal statutes, ordinances and regulations until today a serious problem in railroad operation is to find a means of conducting traffi c with any profit through the tortuous labyrinth of legislative enactment and judical con struction . The basic t hough t producing this legislation seems to have been that railroading is a material thing, naturall y and inher ently danger ous, like gun-cotton or dynamite and that all that is necessary to curb its natural destructive tendency is t o prescribe and regulate the physical conditions of its maintenance and operation. Our legislatior s have appar ently proWe ceeded entirely up'on the theory that the corporation is the only agent to be consider ed and dealt wi th. have scores of Jaws regulating the hours and conditions of employment and prescribing certain experience which men must have to hold certain positions. Yet the personal injury record as to employes is grow ing wor se. Tho reason for this is that we have not· given due consideration t'o the human element. We can pass laws a nd make rules but the employe must be educated and trained to obey and comply with them. 0 Necessary as some of our r ail road laws are, Congress and State Legislatures may enact laws until their combined tonage cannot be pulled wi t11 a 5000 engine, officials may go on issuing rules, bulletins and notices until ever y section house and caboose looks like a circulating library and you may keep an inspector in every shop, but we go on with t his string 'of preventabl e accidents until we men as we work upon the track, as we stand before the machine in the shops, as we r epair equipment in the yards, as we handle engines and cars, begin to think how we can make this move and do this work in the safe and proper way. Until we become convinced, and with a firm determination act upon the conviction that we can, and we will do our work without these accidents. Railroad service is not naturally hazardous, it is only as dangerous as employes make it th emselves by t heir omission to take reasanable precautions for their own Safety. Let every man ask himself, what a1·e causes of preventable railroad accidents, let them think over, analy ze the facts, see if he cannot expla in it as due to one of these three causes: Neglect of little things, violation of ruks and instructions or tak ing chances . These three causes produce many accidents. Their origin is in th::: pn-sonality of the employe and their pr event ion must come from the same source. Let us think how an accid ent might happen. It does not take much ti me. Get the Safety habit and the rest will be easy. In any syst<!matic plan for accident prevention it should be kept in mind that while Safety devices are necessary and import ant, they afford the means of preventing only a sma ll percentage of accidents. Iri-iportant as these devices are, I believe that in the public mi nd too much has been expected from their use. A study of the theory aside fro m the practice of accident preventio n lead s to this conclusion, if all men at all times, were as careful as they could be and in theory should be, t here would be little need for Safety devices. The necessity for such devices is in inverse ratio to the car eful and prudent h abits of those by whom the devices are to be used. Indeed there is in theory this objection to Safety devices: That they iend to eliminate the necessity for personal thought and alertness, in other words if it were possible to so cultivate th2 human element on 'our tracks, in our shops and yards, that accidents would because 'of such acq uired prudence of the employe be thereby generally prevented, thi·1 method would be preferable to the use of Saf ety devices. But as we cannot improve the human element to this extent, we use Safety devices to accomplish the purpose. They are at best but devices and their effectiveness for Safety depends upon the intelligence and willingness with which they are applied and used. Let us see why so many employes are killed. Eternal vigilance should be inspired by the higher grade of employes to first protect himself and then to constantly Jc eep the idea in mind of employ es with lesser intellect. Our brain is composed 'o f numerous cells, 37 to be exact, and while one set is working on one problem, others are sleeping, and if our "Safety First" sell is not cultivated to a standard of alert accuteness, we are unable to ~all it into instant action. Many people have brain paralysis, which while only lasting a few seconds, is sufficient to cause th ~1:1 to be caught. Why did the young man a~ Echo ·on May 21st step in front of a moving engine? Why did the man at Hampton s'tep in front of No. 6 the day before? Simply because that little brain cell called caut:on was slEeping for the small fraction of a minute. Now these little cells are located a little above and back of the ear. The man with very full caution development will not make a success ·of railroad work because l,e will be afraid to take responsibility. The man with full development will make a safe man, will have very little �SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Committee Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION SHEET G Month: JUNE-1923 trouble and no accidents. The man with moderate caution development will be the chance taker and will have many accidents and much trouble. The man with small p.nd very small caution development will be killed or badly injured if they stay in railroad service and wiB be the means of injuring others by their carelessness. In conclusion will say that while much has been accomplished and the Safety First movement has a great start, much remains to be done. The success of any business depends up·on the hearty cooperation of its employes. A continuance of the interest already displayed will inevitably result in the elimination of many more conditions which might cause accidents and this company urges that the efforts of every man along the Jines of Safety be increased, that vigilance be displayed to the end that all preventable accidents may be avoided and every cause or condition which cause an injury be eliminated. I thank you. M. John Hay, Banker, "Memories." Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a great pleasure for me to be here today and meet the old menand of course the ladies are not old-with whom I was formerly associated with and worked with here on the Union Pacific for a great number of years. This is my first time to visit with you men in this Safety First movement. Now we all know it is a splendid thing; you get better acquainted, hear other men's ideas and working all together these meeting-, thould be very profitable to you as employes and to this railroad in increased efficiency. Efficiency, however, is a thing that can be carried too far, which reminds me of a story I want to tell you abou t that. Over in Laramie a great many years ago when I used to work for the railroad, we had a g rea t many Englishmen come out to the country and the people ·proceeded to rob them right. In those days they started what they called book accounts, they counted their cattle and booked them-but of com·se thev had no r ecord oi the bunch or so here and there that were stolen. But an:iway, everybody had a good time and e~erybody enjoyed it. This firm that I speak of had headquarters in New York and they employed for this cow outfit an efficiency expert in New York. The superintendent was located on the ground and every evening he had to make his report to the efficiency expert by wire. Now you all know what happens in the spring of the year and the weather conditions, sometimes snow and wind. Well, the superintendent came in one evening and sent a wire to New Yori{ something like this-Very severe blizzard raging, cows calving, calves dying and many of the cows. What shall I do? and the efficiency expert wired back promptly--Stop calving. The men controlling this line were brought up Now you haven't any such conditions on the Union Pacific. among you ai:d you y·o unger men and your sons, some of them taking up the railroad work, will be managint these properties later on. These men haven't made themselves entirely, it is the cooperation of the employes i-:t every line of work that placed them up where they are today. You all have the same opportunity. You can go to school and get an education, but you can't come out with that education and run a great railroad like this, �SAFETY COMMITTE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION SHEET H Month: JUNE, 1923 without knowing the business. I have seen a great m11ny good men come here from Yale and Harvard, highly educated, splendid men, but they did not have that training necessary to direct a great system like the Union Pacific Railroad. Their education made it possible, when they applied themselves, to pick it up quicker, but they must come up through the ranks. You have such men a s Grey, Calvin, J effers and Woodruff, all of them men of actual experience. You all know what is said about your g eneral manager in railroad circles of the country, that he stands head and shoulders above any operating official in the country as g eneral manager. N ow you can go to that kind of a man and tell him your troubles, you can meet him and call him Bill. . It's n·o:: necessary to sneak around the block and hide out from him and you can all f eel that you are abs·o lutely safe a nd that nobody is after your job, and that so long as you do your dut y you need not worry and you have the same opportunity for promotion that these men had. Thei·e is today greater opportunity for advancement in the railroad world t ha n in an y oth er line of endeavor. The railroads must have good rrien, they can't run the line without th em. The Ge ner al Ma nager can't run the railroad himself, the General Superintendent' can't run it, but with the cooperatio n of men like you have on th e Union Pacific it is accomplished. In my time we had 56 pound r a il a nd small eng ines but at that ti me the men on the Union Pacific believed it was the best railroad in the country and I believe th ey were r ig ht . You have seen it advar::ce, you have seen hundred ppund rail laid and you have seen it doubl e tracked a nd you now have a r ailroad you should be proud of. You can get out and over your division in eight or t en hours a nd yo ur distri cts in th re.:! or four, and safely. The .public nmst give you its business and to prosper you must handle it safely and economically. prosper, the public prospers with you and we must therefore work tog ether . When you I got ·out of the railroad game a good many years ago, got too fa st for me, I g uess, and went into the bankin g Now the same effic iency cannot be applied to t he live busir, ss and the sheep business and the cow business. stock business as it is in the railroad game, but if you can and would appl y the same Safety Fir st principles in 1lacing so mi.;·ch money in the bank or wherever you please, each month, it would add to Safety F irst on t he ra ilroad, and if the railroad men of the country, from the officials down, would st a r t in and say, I a m going to save '" much every month, in ten years time you could buy th ~ railroads if you wanted t o and you would never miss it. It is a duty that you owe to your family, it is a duty vou owe to yourself. I kn ow how it is, I know h ow we always waited for the pay car and always needed money and never could save a nything because we didn't try. Often you see a man or boy sendng money home to his mother. I always sa id, that boy will bear watch ing. b<'cause he is trying to put something by and trying to do something. You k1iow that any corpora t ion or bu$ines:; that does not watch its income and its expenditures w0uld not remain in business long and th at same th ing app ies to the individual. I simply mention this as it works in connection wth Saf ety F irst. An y man that begins to save his money, lay away a small portion of it and builds him a home, is a better cit izen a better employe and will advance faster. I thank you. • Mr. Dan Konold, Engineer, "Experiences." Ladies and Grntlemen: About thirty-one years ago it was my pleasure to enter t he ser vice of t he Un ion This gentleman on the platform, Mr. Hay, was the man who employed me, and I want to say a t th is ti me Pacific. that I am glad he did employ me. There is much that has been done ·aiong the lines of Safety First in the last thirty yea r s. At t hat time we had the old pocket couplers with the Miller hooks and we had a few Janney couplers; the automa t ic coupler at that time was just coming into use. We handled 75 and 80 cars in the train with Janney coupler s and pocket couplers, with the Miller hooks on the head end and maybe a few automatic couplers on the hind end and often we didn't have over 25 or 30 cars of air and these trains broke in-two and when they broke in-two there was no way of telling when or how the train would stop and th,, only way the conductor and rear brakeman could tell was by the slack, and they were required to be on the alert at all times keeping this feature in mind. Often times at night the brakemen were required to go over the top of their trains and fell in between these break-in-tw·os. So vou can see with the coming of the automatic coupler and the automatic air the saving of lives and the saving • of 1;roperty and the saving of delay that has resulted, anr{ we have advanced and advanced until at the present time we have the finest equipment and protection that can be devised. There are a good many things in regard to Safety devices that I would like to talk about. One ·of them is the Safety Switch. It is one of those things that does not look like much, but I want to tell you of an experience in conn~ction with that. I was working on the Salt Lake Division of the Short Line, it was on Christmas Eve, 1904. We headed in at Toana with a high class train and cut off the helper and we had a little work to do there. While we were there the local crew was working doing s·ome switching. .We got orders to proceed and proceeded down the mountain to the second station below Toana and headed in for the passenger trains, two sections of �SHEET I SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Montlz: JUNE, 1923 No. 5 and No. 9. There were two helper engines on this district and just as we got into clear we heard something coming down the track and figured it was one of the helpers that had been cut off and was running down light. I got down off the engine and then I could see it coming, and it was a car of steel rails going about 50 miles an hour. I saw the conductor come ·o ut of the depot and start for the switch as :fast as he could go. The operator- had been ·on the alert and reported this run-away car. You can im ag·ine how we all felt with thes e passenger raflroad and this car loaded with steel rails coming down a two percent grade. W ell, we all held our breath wondering whether the conductor would be able to reach the switch and throw it in time. He arrived at i;hc s-.'l'i.tch just in time and the car went down the wye and som e of th is rail went 25 feet into the ground. We advanced a little further and installed block sign::i ls . And I want to say th at I think the block sig nal is on e of the finest things that has ever been installed. It is a Wll rning to engineers handling th e train, and by this signa l he knows whether the block is clear, he knows whether he can use it, it g ives him confidence going over the I am going to tell you of an experience I had piece of track, knowing that there are no trains ahead of him. along that line when they first installed block signals. I went out of E vanston on No . 3 one morning in the spring of 1906. That morning we had 17 cars 0'.1 No . 3. Th e day befor e th ey had installed block signa ls on the 9th district, the first block installed at Curvo for westbo;i nd trains a nd at Castle Rock for eastbound trai ns. It was about four o'clock in the morning ~hen we arriv C;d at Curvo and th e block s ig nal was r ed. I stopped fo r it and whistled out a flag and called for the flagman to go ah ead an d fl ag. H e came up a nd we stood th ere fo ur or five minutes and he said, well, you had better go aheEci, and I said, No, I won't go until you fla g the block. Well, there was a foot of new snow and he wouldn't gr,, and he went back and got t he conductor and the cunductor came up and he said, you have been here about 15 minutes now, you had better go on. I told him l would not go .until the brakeman went down and saw the condition of the t r ack., Well , t he Super intendent wa s on the rear end, and he said he would go and get him, but that bluff didn't work, so he fin all y told t he brakema n to go ahead and flag, and just around the curve he found three rails broken out. Well, you can see what a for tunate thing that block signal was for me that day. It prohr.bly saved the lives of sever al employes and a g reat dea l of property. Before we got out of there, and we were there . three or four hours, the Superintend en.t, Mr. Hilliker it was then, came over and expressed his appreciation of our compliance with the rul es. A month or two later in the same spring I had a fruit train of about 40 car s and was com ing int o P eterson and not being able to see the blocks reduced the speed of the engine. The order board was red so I called fo r it and the operator cleared it for me, but the block signal the other side of the ord er board was reel, and I head ed in on the passing track, and I had no more than got into the clea r than ar ound the curve came a big coal tra in of about 2700 tons. You can just imagine what woal<;I have happened if I had proceeded when t he order board was cleared and that block signal hadn't been there. A little later in the summer of the same ye'ar I had a meeting· point at Baskin on a fruit train with a high I left Echo and proceeded up the hill, and I could see the block sig na l in advance a conclass train comng west. siderable distance was red a,nd that signal called my attention to the fact t hat something mig ht be up the line a nd I looked up there and about a mile away, I could see a little smoke. I didn't hes itate, but backed up r ig·ht away and got into clear and a short time later the west bo J nd came down the hill. He had a heavy t ra in and so did I, and if we had met, they would probably still be picking up cars. I could go on and tell of any number of cases where block signals saved not only property but the lives of many men. One of the other Safety First features that has co me in late years is the 16 hour law. I have always been in favor of a rest period and I have always endeavored to be one hundred per cent fit when I went out. Of course I know there are times in any man's life when he is not physically one hundred per cent, and the lG hour law gives him a chance to get his rest and be better able to take care of himself and his family and when he goes out, the company's property. This is one of the Safety First ideas that was adopted by the government, they just took a little action that was well needed at the time. In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say that we have advanced in a great many directions i::1 Safety First in the last thirty years. It is a great work, it has helped to educate the men, made them see the necessity of getting together and educating themselves, to help the other fellow and make the railroad safe for everybody. I thank you. • Mr. E. D. White, Sec. Board Pensions, "Veterans." Mr. Chairman and ladies and gentlemen. • I think that our time is limited. I know that when I was asked to speak that I was told I would have ten minutes. The subject I was assigned was "Veterans." I went to work �SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued SHEET J Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Month: JUNE, 1923 ··- -- - -- - . . - - ..,,__,.,._-:.-:.= = = = = = = == = = = =;:--===-:-- ---------=:..::.....::========-= for the Union Pacific in 1892, in September. That is a long time ago, and I feel that I really ought to be classed among the veterans of this railroad. Whether they wanted me to speak about the veterans that are still in service ·or the veterans that are on my payroll and re port to me, I was . not advised, but I a!}l going to speak . I feel that I am more qualified on the veterans who are on my payroll, the pension pay roll, and report to me. to talk about them than the veterans who are still in service. • I want to say this, that these men who have reached the age where it has been decided to allow them a pe1·iod of rest are men who have looked after the interests of this company for a good many years, and are still looking aft~r it. I have on my payroll some 562 of th~'lP. veterans, and I want to tell you that they are all alive and full of pep and take as much interest in life as t}ley ever did. When they started to issue those blan•~3 fc1· the soliciting of traffic ·along with the Union Pacific Magazine, one of these old fellows sent a dozen of them in. say old, I mean that he had passed his 70th year, when the rules say that he shall retire, but he is still doingbusiness for the Union Pacific. Now the reason so many of these old fellows stayed in the gam e so long and are still in g ood condition is because -they took such an active interest in the work and what wa s going on . That r eminds me of a story in conI was standing in a drug store wher e they had a nickle-in-thenection with that which I know will interest you. slot telephone and in came a colored boy and he sat down and dropped a nick le in the slot and said: Madis·on 332. Yas ·suh ______ Are you the people what advertised for a colored boy ____ __You say you got a man? ______ Well, is there any probability of his not being satisfactory to you so you might want anoth er boy? ___ ___ You say he's entirely satisfactory and you don't think you'll be needing an·other boy?_ __ ___ Yes suh, thank you. Well, I t hough t , here's a chance to show that boy how he missed out on that job, so I stepped up t o him and sa id, George, don ': you know the way to get a job is to go after it right, and he looked me over carefully, and said, Say Boss, I'se t he nigger what's got that j'ob and I was jus' checking up on· mahself to see how I stand s. And tha t's the r eason these old veterans stayed at it so l'ong, they were always checking up on themselves. And they wer e men wh :i did not ask that their burdens be made lighter, rather they prayed that th eir strength should be made eq ual to the obstacles confronting them, and they had lots of obstacles. I just want to give you · some idea of what the company is doing for these men. In the year ended June 1, 1923, the Union Pacific paid $264,526.23 in pensions. The pension roll runs a little better than $22,000.00 per month. Last year we pensioned 63 of these old timers and 43 died during the year. Taking into consid era t ion tha t these men are all above 70, that isn't such· a bad death average. We owe much to these men, they made this railroad what it is today and taught the rest of us fe llows how to run it. If they didn't teach us personally, they taught somebody who did. At the last pensioner's meeting a t Omaha, I had occasion to introduce the General Manager and I made the remark that there were men sitti ng in that room who had probably trotted the General Manager on their knee, and the General Manager in answer sa id that he thought some of them got pretty close to him at one time, but he didn't seem to r emember t hat it wa s • with their knee. Now this· Safety movement is a great thing. I don't believe the men who established it had any idea how far reaching it would be. In fact it is so far reaching that I noticed it reached a country where f ew such things penetrate, China, and the President of the Republic of China gave a very convincing demonstration of his belief in the principles of Safety First in making his get-away just like Kaiser Bill, when he found it neceessary to do so . . These old boys whom I am talking about had their trials and their problems just as you and I do to make :i success of life and these old men-they are not old in that ~ense 'o f the word, but they have reached the age where the rules say they are to take a rest-in the evening of these useful lives, they stand ready to impart valuable information and give us any help they can and I want to tell you that their heads are level and their minds clear and when you meet problems that perplex you, something that has never come up to you before, go to them for advice. They have been through the same thing that you are going through and they will be ready and willingto help you out all they can. I have Now in closing I have just a little stanza of a poem from Hawthorne that I want to quote you. changed the "I" to "we." The privilege of using "we" they say belongs to monarchs and editors, but as I was once an editor, I take this privelegeW e want to be known as men who win, As fellows with nerve and Pluck, Who finish everything they begin, Men who can whip their luck. I thank you. �SHEET K SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Month: JUNE, 1923 Mr. D. B. Allan, R:clamation Inspector, "Safe in Safety." Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: A few weeks ago th e.se cities and towns in Wyoming entertained a delegation representing the various manufacturing firms of Omaha and vicinity. Today the cit izens ·o f Green River are entertaining, in what promises to be a most unique fa shion, a large delegation fr om a big manufact uring p1ant that produces a comm·o dity which in importance and volume complet ely for esh a.dows the combim ,ri output of every manufacturing plant in the Missouri Valley. A commodity wh ich is vita l t o t he progress of the nation; a co)llmodity which is closely woven with the everyday inter ests of every man, woma n and child of th e republic; a commodity which when economically manufac tured and properly di stributed mean s pr os peri ty for t he! entire nati<ln; a commodity, Mr. Chairman, which has served as ad vance agent of civili zation ; a commodity which is the only thing the Union Pacific manufactures, t he only t hing it h as to sell; and th at com modi ty is t r ansportation. My friends, a get-together meeting such as we have h er e today is a good thing , a good thing fo r t he ra ilroa<l employe and a good thing for the citizens of Green River. Th e a ir seems perm eated with the sp iri t of good fe llowship and friendship. Friendship between individuals, or between indivi<l ua ls and a communi ty or fri endship between different communities or between a community and the member s of a big corpor atio n like fo r in stance th3 Union Pacific, is not a mere matter of sentiment, nor is ,~ a i::a t '.;er enti rely of a fl'ectfon . F r iendship, like patriotism ·or love of country is based on well defined princi ·:1°s, wl1.~h in t h 2 case of patriotism is the pri nciple of a man givng fo his country more than he can ever expect to 1·2·~ ·ive in r ::turn. F r iendship is based on the pr inci p le of giving service and the you-help-me and I'll-help-you idea, and that man isn't y our fri end who isn't will in g to serve you, and you aren't his friend un1ess y·ou are wi11in g to serve him, and out of t hat common in te rest or th e a ssociation of common service grows that beautiful, livimt tangible thing t hat we call fri endship. The rank and file of this railroad, the men and women who really do th e 0 t hing s wor th while, kn ow that its general manager is their friend because he has always shown himself will ing t o ser ve them and he absolu t ~!y knows that they are his friends because they have always proven willing to ser ve him, and r eall y Mr. Chairn,an, there is the true basis of that proud spirit, that grand ppirit, that Union P ac ific spirit, if you please, that has made this railroad what it is today. You will remember that during one of the la t e Red Cr oss dri ves, th er e was displayed in many conspicuo,i s places a poster of a saintly woman carrying in her t ender arms one of the sha ttered reminders of th:! great war and underneath the words, "The Great est Mother in t he World." 'l' he picture was so appealing in its strong tenderness, so appropriate a tribute, tha t t he picture migh t well have been called Safe in the arms of the Red Cross. Mr. Chairman, considering the phenomenal results that have been attained by t he accident prevent ion movement of the Safety Department of the Union Pacific Railroad company, which has r educed casualti es to employes on d::ty from about 1500 in 1913 to something like 450 in 1922, would it be t oo much str etch of t he imrnag ination , to·o great a flight of fancy to visualize the Union Pacific employe so enveloped in t he protecting atmosphere of Safety to make him as safe in the arms ·o f Safety as the shatter ed soldier was saf e in the arm s of t he Red Cross~ My friends, the work being done by Mr. Adams ~nd his various division Agents, by the Central, the Divi sion, the Di.:'trict and Local Safety Committees is really a . labor of love, a ser vice of th e h ear t and t he very least we can do, citizens and employes alike is to hold up the hands of these me_n by g iving ·our utm ost in enco uragement and loyal support. We must appreciate that the success of any movement, political, educational, r eligio us or the success of this Safety movement depends not so much upon the men in th e Saf ety Department as it does upon the support and cooperation of the rank and file of the employes and the fullest measure of success will never come to this movement until we give them our very best, our one hundred per cent in cooperat ion and support. Therefore, let all of us, citizens and employes alike make such high resolves here tod ay, that will speed the coming of that day when every man in the shop, in the roundho.Jse, on the rip track, the section, in the caboose and the loc·omotive cab goes to his daily labor, the loved ones left at home will have no fears because they will absolutely know that Jack ·or Bill or Tony is "Safe in Safety." Mr. A. W. Woodruff, General Superintendent, "A Safe Employe." Mr. Chairman, _Citizens of Green River and Fellow Employes. Mr. Jeffers has asked me to extend to you his regrets at not being able to be here. He is confined to his room on the car, quite sick, nothing serious. , He probably should not have left Omaha, but he was very anxious to be here. He insists that he will be out this afternoon although it is doubtful whether the doctors will permit. We had a similar gathering at North Platte a short time ago, and one of our engineers in addressing the meeting said that when people asked him what he did, he used to tell them that he was a railroad man, but �SHEET L SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Month : JUNE, 1923 now he said had quit telling them that, and when they ask him now if he is a railroad man, he tells them he is even more than that, he is a Union Pacific man. And I think the term is a good one. Talking direct to you Western Division Officials and employes, our Safety reco'r d for the year here so far is rotten. · Our tonnage is good, our operation is good, ·o ur train accident record is good, but the personal injuries The lesson to be gained from 011 the Western Division are the highest on the enitre Union Pacific Railroad. this can be gained by comparing this division with the Nebraska Divi sion. Two and a half years ago they wer e at the foot of the list. They took a fresh start and began again and for two year s t hey have been at the top. Theil: standing at the top of the Union Pacific probabl:v puts them a t th e t op of lhe whole Unit ed States so fa1· as accident prcvrntion is concerned. I want to give you a few figures to show you how you stand a s com pared with ision for the period January to April, 1923, in casualties per million man hours. West ern Nebr aska 46 Brakemen ]3 Yardmen 36 Engineers 18 Firemen 27 13 Shopmen 2 th e Nebraska Di v- This will give you an idea of just how you c·o mpar~ with t h e div ision that is in the ga me. It was an inspiring sight at North Platte to see the President hand t he Gt: neral Manager t he banner indica ti ng t hat t he Union Pacific has surpassed the other units of the system, which in turn means t he best showing in t he Un ited States. What I want to get down to is this, that the Union Pacific has fall en fr om the top of t he list as between lhe units and it is the Western Division that has pulled it <fown and it do esn't loo k like we can get into the lead again rnless th·~ Western Division can snap out' of it and g et into the g am e. It isn't up to t he off icials a nd t h e Safety Agents entirely. It was done on the Nebraska Division by. every empl oye ma k ing up his m ind t o get t hat banner ar.tl every man worked towards that end. I r e;,ili ze that you have had so me har d luck, so me breakm en h 2 ve fall. n off tr::iins and b ~rn jerked off and some employes and others have been caught cross ing between cars and oth : r injuries that could have been avoided if the men had been watching t hemse lves. I see some of the local chairmen here today. I am g oing t o as k th at you put th is t hing up in yo ur lodge·,, and en:leaYor to g-et the men to realize that it is only by their efforts tha t th e Western Di vis ion is going to ge t o. t of the rut it is in. The men out here have always been hel<l up as men wh o could come through in a pi nch, and we want to g et it to them that unless the Western Division can come through and speed up, that the banner is Jost to the Union Pacific. But I believe as Mr. Whit ~ said, that th ey are men who can wh ip th eir luck and co!lle through. Mr. ·c. O. Brophy, Spl. Rep., "Progress of Safety on th e Union Pacific." I am very glad to have thi s OJ?portw1i ty to come out her e to the Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: '\,Vestcrn Division and renew old ac<paintances and talk to you a little about Safety First . I j ust list ened to the remarks of the General Superintendent and was surprised to think that th e West ern Di vision had fall en down on Safety. When I was on the Western Division as trainmaster at Evanston, we had a safet y committee ther e, we were just organizir,g this Safety movement at that time and there was a g r eat deal of suspicion between the men and. the officers of the railroad and all the employes thought we were trying to put something ·over on the emThe organization officers warned the men to be .careful., and it was a Jong time before the railroad men p!oyes. wer : led to believe that th zre was a sincere motive behind the safety movement. On the Western Division or the part of it that I was in charge of at that time, we had as I said b:?fore, our r egular committee and monthly meetings, although it was a Jong time before the men came to realize the good it was doing and the necessity for it. On some of the Divisions there was a tendency towards laxity in the Safety Work and I asked our Superini n<lent about it, asked him if. the Safety Work was going on, and he said so Jong as he was Superintendent it was going on and it did. When he was made General Superintendent he followed the same tendency towards Safoty First and when he become General Manager he was still more active in the Safety First work. During the retrenchmer,t period a year ago, when everything was being cut down to the minimum, the Safety department was not cut down, because he wanted it to function undisturbed. And it has been through the efforts of that department and with the cooperation of the entire railroad that we have been able to retain the system banner �SHEET M SAFETY COMMITTE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Month: JUNE, 1923 two years. And_ now Mr. Woodruff has said that we were in danger of losing it. I can't conceive it, I can't beI th1_nk that the men on the west end are just as good today as they ever were and I know that you lieve t~at. are gomg to get mto the game and bring the showing of th" Western Division back where it should be. On th e Kansas Division we didn't win any banners in this contest but we did our best and we gave them all a race for their money and I d·o n't envy any division that did win ;he banner because only one can win it and all any of us can do is our best. My time has been taken up and I must finish. I want to thank you all and assure you of my best wishes. Mr. H. A. Adams, Asst. to General Manager, "Eternal Vigilance." Mr. Chainnan, Ladies and Gentlemen: At ·occasions like this people seldom ever like to !is ten to speeches. This is indicative by the many wh,J come in and go out during the time these men have been trying to get their short messages over to the employe and his family. I notice a great many ladies come in and sit for a moment and go out, not realizing that som e of the speakers may say something that would be so beneficial to the husband, the sweetheart, the brother or t he entire family. But as I say, it is hard to hold the attention on a day like this, with so much going on. In the brief space of time that I have been allotted, I want to leave this thought with you, that Eternal Vig ilance, constant thinking, is the only salvation for your Safety in any walk of life. Eternal vigilance is th e price of Safety. The problem is t"o get this principle before the employe in any industry, to think, stop ancl think before he makes the leap. Now you hear a great deal about our banners. The administration banner was presented under government control to the Union Pacific as the railroad making the best sh'o wing in accident prevention, only ha ving nine reportable accidents in the period of two weeks. While this is a good showing, in the entire month of June last year we only had fourteen reportable accidents, and it is my hope that in 1923 we will exceed the r ecords made in These banner s that 1920, 1921 and 1922 and that in the future we can bring- these accidents down almost nil. you hear so much about do not mean s·o much. We mention them of course, because they are insignia of superiority. But as far as being behind in the Unit contest, thirty days from now the Union Pacific will be at the head of the four units, do not worry about it, and we will win the banner in 1923, and the Western Division will help us do it. It is the duty of other officials I believe to say things of a corrective nature and in the nature of criticism, but I want to tell you ·of the good things you do. And we have some dandy good Safety men on t he Western Division. You have been unfortunate and there have been some light c·o rds that need tightening up, but I believe after this demonst-ration today that the officers and employes will take on new life and endeavor to bring this Western Division up in all departments. I appreciate that y'ou are working on some new track an.J that you are employing a great many men who never handled rails before and never saw a tie and consequent ly your supervision should tighten up, for without active supn·visfon you cannot get r esults. • Ladies and gentlemen, I believe get together mee~;nJs of this character, bringing brothers, son and daughter, sweetheart and so forth, ~o enjoy entertainment such as w·o nderful value in the work in which we are engaged. us all together, wife and we a1·e promised , arc of I want to thank you for your interest and attention and hope that you all enjoy this day to the utm·o st. thank you. An outline of the program for the day foll'ows: 7:01 a. m. Special Train arrived from Evanston. 7 :30 a. m. Special Train arrived from Rawlins. 7 :45 a. m. Concert-Evanston Band escorted Committees to Safety Meeting. 8:01 a. m. Safety Meeting-Isis Theatre. Address of Welcome, Mayor J. W. Hawk. Response, Chairman W. C. Wolcott. Regular order of Business. 9:30 a. m. Addresses· (Given above.) 10:45 a. m. Formation of parade at Isis Theatre, 11 :15 a. m. Parade DepartureConsisting of Troup of Cavalry, U.S. Flag, Boy Scout Escort, Evanston Union Pacific Military Band, Administration Banner, General Officers, Unit Banner, Division I �SHEET N SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Montlz: JUNE, 1923 Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Safety Committee, Local Safety Commitees, Rawlins Union Pacific Band, Floats portraying Safety Practices, Kimball School Band, Green River business floats, Denver Union Pacific Band, Historical Floats, Members of the Rodeo Company, Dr. Hawk's "Menagerie," the Denver Union Pacific Band and Green River Citizens and Guests. The features of the parade were-Three automobiles advertising the Careful Crossing Campaign-The first bearing the words "Cross C1·ossings Cautiously," the second, a fine new car bearing the sign, "I Diel," and the third, a wrecked car on a truck bearing the sign, " I Didn't," with a standard crossing bell ringing. ' 12:01 p. m. Lunch period and Band Concerts, Lunch fo r the visiting officials in the Union Pacific Dining Room. 1:20 p. m. Departure for the hunting grounds. 2:30. p. m. Chicken fight. 3:30 p . m. Bear fight. 4:30 p. m. Coyote Hunt. 5:30 p. m. Barbecue at City Park. -G:00 p. m. Battle Royal between eight dark skinned Gladiators. 7:00 p. m. Addresses-Mr. Edson Rich and Mr. C. J. Lane. (Printed below.) 9:00 p. m. DancingIsland Park, U. P. Social Hall, Re x Theatre. Th e program went off without a hitch and everyone was unanimous in voting t he day a hi gh success . 0 The BarbEcue was of the genuine old fashione d type and 2000 pounds of beef and cor res ponding a mount of other trimmings were fed to the "starving multitude." It is conservatively estimated that 5000 people were f ed at the barbecue. Following are the speeches at City Park in the after noon: I Mr. Edson Rich, Asst. General Solicitor, "Some of the Important Problems of Transportation." Ladies and Gentlemen. I do not wish to take up very muc~ of your time this evening, but wish t o bring ·o ut a f ~w problems which the railroads have to contend with. In the early days the transportation ·o f products and materials was carried on by pack horses and mules and rafts on the water ways. Then as we became more prog ressive there were wagon trains and stea mboats, but finally the question of handling the transportation of this country became so great that no one man could take care of it himself, so great companies were formed and railroads, were built for the pu;rpose of transportation, which was then becoming world wide . It was for this purpose that the great Union Pacific railroad was built across this continent, very much for military reasons, it is true, but as a matter of fact this was not the main reason for its being built. It was built for the purpose of taking the products of this part of the country to the markets in the east and to markets in the west. Transportation facilities of this kind are what give you the value of your property in Green River. If it were possible to remove the Union Pacific over night I want to ask my hearers what the value ·of the property in Green River would be? People have the idea that the railroads are something apart from any other business in the world. As a �SHEET 0 SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Month: JUNE, 1923 matter of fact the railroad is a business similar to that of any merchant in Green River, but of course it is on a larger scale. But the trouble with the railroad is it can not move when it wants to like the average business man can. W~en a railroad is ·once in operation, it is there t 0 stay. In order to maintain that railroad it is necessary for the railroad to make enough money to pay its running expenses and some return on its investment. There is no reason why you should complain any more of a return made by a railroad company. than you should comp)ain of a return made t9 a merchant or to a bank or rancher. As matter of fact, they are all businesses conducted for the general benefit of the community. Now, gentlemen-and ladies, I just had two or three thoughts that I wanted to bring to you. I n'oj;ice I !lnl down on ths program for an address. An address is a lm'!g-winded affair, it is supposed to be couched in grand and eloquent words and phrases. I am not going to make you an address, but I do want to call y'our attention to two or three matters that are important to the people of this community. It is a peculiar fact that the people who ship over the railroad always get along with the railroad, but the politician the man who goes to congress or to the legisla turc is always and eternally attempting to stir up some issue between the railroad and the people, 110t for the pur pos of doing any g ood to the people, but for the purpose of making the people think they are doing some good so they may be returned to the legislature or congress. As I said, the people who use the railroads do not complain. The politician will tell you that rates· are too high and that the railroads are robbing the people. Let us see if we can whether the rates are too high. As I stated a few minutes ago, it is necessary for a railroad to keep running to make. enough money to pay its expenses, pay its employes wages, buy its coal and at t he same time pay some return on its investment. All they ask to earn is some return, the same as any mer chan t . As a ma tter of fact they fall below that. It is true that the rates are much higher than in 1913, in t he pre-war period, but let me ask you if you do not have to pay more for everything that you eat, or everyth ing that yo u wear. Let me ask you if living in general does not cost you a great deal more than in 1913 or prior to that time. ,¥hen you go to a merchant now and pay $40.00 for a suit that in 1913 cost you $20.00, you do not complain, your ·entir e living is higher now. The railroad rates are no higher than general living. Everything tha t t he r ailroad buys costs much more than it did in 1913. The wages paid the employe a1'e much higher than they were in 1913. For that reason, in all fairness, it seems to me there should be no complaint about railroad rates, inasmuch a3 they have n·o t increased in as great a proportion as have ·o ther items of living expense. The politician will tell you that the whole trouble is due to a law passed in Congress in 1920. That law goes by various names. It is known as the Esch-Cummins bill. It is called th e tran sportation act. Now the pol it ician tells you that the wliole trouble lies with this Jaw and that the law should be r epealed and a great many men believe that and have in mind that Congress should do something towards a r epeal of that law. As a matter of fact, when they say that, I sometime•; think they don't know what is in that law. That law was framed just before the government gave up control of the railroads. It was necessary to have such a Jaw. It w::is necessary in order to prevent the bankruptcy of th,i roads for that kind of a law to be passed, but t her e was an attempt made by the wise men in Congress to make t hat law so b1'oad t hat it would take care of a g reat man.1 of the features of the operation of the railroads. This law provided for paying the railroads what was due them. It amended in a great many respects, the Int€rstate Commerce Commission act. It provided fqr a railroad board that ,v'ould hear all disputes between th e railroad and the employes. It provided that this labor board ,v'ould fix the salaries and wages of the employes. no one wants that law repealed, and when the politician tdls y·ou they do, they don't mean it. As a matter of fact, they refer to one sectfon, known as section 15-a, the section which gives the I. C. C. the right to fix the value on railroads and then it provides that railroads c·ould earn six per cent on that value. If they earn over six per cent, it is divided between the railroad and the governmet. If they earn Jess, that is all they get. There is no case where a railroad earned six per cent on their valuation. The commission finally Towered the percentage to five and three-quarters. No railroad has yet; earned five and three-quarters per cent. And yet it is urged by politicians that this law should be repealed. This law is also called the guarantee act. Anyone calling it the guarantee act is deceiving you and misleading you. It is not a guarantee act 'in any sense of the word. If the railroad makes only one per cent, that is all it gets and there is no promise that the government will make up the difference. If the railroad does not make anything, there is no agreement on the part of the government that it shall be paid anything. • • These are things that the people should think about and not allow themselves when they go to the polls to be mis-lead by false statements. �SHEET P SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Montlz: JUNE, 1923 One other thing. Suppose that clause were r epealed. That w·ould leave the railroads where they were before the law was passed, which would permit them to ke,.. all the money which they might earn so that would be no solution to the question whatever. ~p Now the politicians say, "Well, there is just one thin; to provide proper handling of the railroads for the benefit of the common people and that is for the government to take over all these ra ilroa ds and operate them for th.? benefit of t~ie people." _We have had several examples of government ·ownership and in no case was it a success. In Eur~pe, many coun~r1es own and operate their railroads. Living in Europe is very cheap, wage~ are low, taxes high and yet freight and passenger rates are high ~r yet than they ar e in this country. The Umted State£ Government was ·obliged during the war to take over the railroads in the United Sta tes. The government guaranteed them certain earnings. There were only two r a il roads in the United States that paid out and in every other case the government had to pay the Ioss, and the pe opl e are still paying it in taxes. Four 01· five years ago the government of Canada to•J k over control of most of the largest railroads in Canada. The loss to the Government has averaged about one hundred million d'o llars per year. Ther e wa s one large railr~ad that did not ·go into the control of the Canadian GoYernment and that was the Canadian P acific. During that t ime the Canadian Pacific has paid dividends 'o f 7 per cen t and its stock on the market is higher than tha t of any railroad in the United States. Now Ladies and Gentlmen, I have taken a few minutes long er than I should ha ve to present you these f ew thoughts, but they are all worth considering. I do not b : lieve the people out in the country ha ve a ny complaint to make agains~ the railroads._ It •is the politicians, th e blocs in Congress so called, wh·o stir up this cont inua l issue so that when the people go to the polls they may be persuaded to return them t o t he va r fo us legislature; and Congress and now, on behalf of the Union Pacific, w-: want to thank you for the ma ny enter tain ments y·ou have g iven us, and you may rest assured that the peoplt~ of Green River and the surrounding coun t r y will have a warm place in the hearts of the Union Pacific officials from this time on. I t hank you. Mr. C. J. Lane, General Freight Agent, "Transporta t ion." Compose yourself, fri ends, for while I would like to talk to yo -.i for a Jong ti me, the commi.t tee on arra ngements has safeguarded you against this, and has put a sfop order on me. Ther e a re a g ood ma ny differences of opinion on how Jong an address should be. I think the best defin ition was g iven by Judge Arm our in addressing a convention in New York City, when he said th e prop ,·r leng th for an address was the same as the proper length for a woman's skirt-Just short enough to hold the attf n ti'on and just long enough t o be disappoi nting. My assignment is Transportation, or the importance of it. I can hear yo u say, what is the impor tance of Transportation, and what makes it cost so much. From the beginning of t ime there has been an interl acement of ti-ansportation problems. Nobody has ever been alJle to get a way from it . It is sim ply a case of always wanting something you haven't got. One of the first things in the first famil y was t hat they wa nted someth in;; that was not there. Adam found out that he hacj to have his vita mines, his calor ies and other balanced fo ods. Do not look for all these things, because unless Dr. Gilligan g ives you a prescri ption, you will pr'oba bly fi nd t hem in th ~ cellars of Talliafcrro and John Hay. Our ancien.t friends soon found that the bare skin would not stand the changes of seas·ons and weather conditions that they had to have shelter and clothing. It had to be moved from one t errit'or y to another a nd that furnished the first expression of conveyance, the first th ought of power and draft. s ·o me 'one had discover ed that wood floats on water and they hollowed out places in Togs and had the first boats. Then somebody discover ed tha t between th~ shoulder blades and the cr:.ipper parts of a mule· there was a wasted space, so he puts packs on the back of the mule and rriade the best of t)rnt opportunity. Adam bit into this Osage orange, proba~ly mistaking it for one of the sweet Sicilian variety and ever snce then, we have never been able to get the taste ·out of our mouth. By what means these great stones in the pyramids a.nd the obelisks were ·hauled from one point to another and put in place will probably never be kn·own. The chances are they were drawn by a multitude of slaves who wue content to make a mile a day. It does not make any difference whether Columbus or the Icelanders discovered Am~rica ·or whether Gorlando or Sir Walter Raleigh was the first to settle in this country. The fact is that Transportation made it an possible. That sle!lder c_olony of 102 people settled down in this country. Epidemics broke out among them and 42 per cent of them died the first 12 months they were here. They had to bury thnir deacl and scatter things ·over their ~aves so that the Indians would not learn of their receding numbers. They were hopeless. They were 600 miles from any other communication or help. They had to have means ·o f transportation. They built canals up and down the Chariest.o n river down to Hadley Falls. In 1825 �SHEET Q SAFETY COMMITTE MEETING: Continued Name of Committee: WESTERN DIVISION the Erie Canal was completed, but .it moved too slow. didn't do anybody any good. Month: JUNE, 1923 It "'as l1"k e a k"d th. rough, a nd n I ney S t one, 1·t di"dn't come Then they said, give us some smooth surface that we can fix some sort of rails on and use something similar to wagon wheels that will move swiftly, and on the 30th day of May, 1830, the B. & o. started its first train from Baltimore. The problem 'of transportation seemed soon to be solved. In 1837 the Pennsylvania incorporated. It took them nine years to get to Pitsburg, a distance of 51 miles. There were 2,700,000 people there after 165 years. The great confronting question of building railroads then, as it is now, was the question of c'apitalization. If anybody present is at all curious and has a paper and pencil, they can divide $18,900,000,000 by 269,000 which is the total value ·of the Railroads in the United States divided by the number of miles and they will find it equal;; I heard Charles Prouty claim it was 20 billion, but taking the $73,000, the cost of each mile of railroad. lowest estimate of Eightee~ billion, nine hundred million, it makes seventy-three thousand dollars . per mile. There are more than 40;-000 miles of railroad in the hands of a receiver. Thirty-four per cent of the others do not pay any return on the perferred or common stock. It costs $145,000 to build a pavement for one city mile or 13 blocks. Ladies and gentlemen, there are worse things in this world than high freight rates and high passenger rates, worse things than the 3.6 per mile rate, worse things than an upper berth . There are worse things than indifferent service on the branch lines of our roads and that is impared transportation. It is impossible to figure the cost if the wheels ·of transportation were to stop for a day. We appreciate to the fullest extent the wonderful expression of these people and this turn-out. The Union Pacific Officers are complimented and I feel that we owe something to the fellows who made this country, such fellows as Taliaferro and John Hay. I thank you. <:) We Certify that report on Sheets A, B, to Q, also report on supp/ementary Sheets No. J to No. JO inclusive, and attached hereto is a correct account of the Proceedings of the committee at its meeting above mentioned. • Approved: W. C. WOLCOTT Chairmen of Committee :. J. A. WEAVER Secretary of Committee • �::iUl'l:'LEMENTARY SHEET No. SaJetJ• Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Number Name or Emp)oyc und the nc~v Ih:comm-~~:~~~ n . c..;.:= • ;-:: _-::;;:_.::_.. - . ···1 ·-_~-.~ ~v~Jt~;··;c:n~;f·l:er-;·;-ljn-;~:=~l~!'!.R"c·"fc··_-r r-_c=~ of j niudc ~Y him should lie stated definitely 0 0.further Rccom- 1 qtcms cnrr1ed over need not mention name ·md Action Tuken _at Current Meeting, I 1 to D1v1e !1 mcndntion ; give only short reference to its title- BE BRiEF (Stntc Definitely but Briefly) Cor1·ccted Cons_ idcr- .I No Action oCor Gm<;n,.tcterel , BUT EXPLICIT) --1 ··-------1 3004 ----------- ---- ------ ·------ SUGGESTIONS HELD OVER FROM Deck bridge north end of Springs yard. Rock Authority requested but not yet received. Remove fence both sides of Eliza- Work completed. beth St. Crossing Green River. 3044 3004 3044 recommended Vision of approaching ti-ains obscur- Wig-wag ed to travelors on highway, public for this crossing. Has crossing just west of Devil's Slid!. not yet been approved. 3062 3076 Renew cable used on crane in machine New cable applied shop, Green River. 3089 Concreting along rails in back shc,p, Considered impracticable. Rawlins. Would involve large expenditure as roundh'ouse located on cinder fill anrl concrete would have to be carried to grea'. depth to be of any value. Flag boxes on back of cabs, 7000 An arrangement of three class engines vibrate and shake straps to hold flags them loose. Liable to fall on som<>worked out at Cheyenne one. and Mr. Jackson advises will be made standard. 3093 3094 I Put wider shoulder on north sid,i of Will be done when second ) track at Carter. track graveling is done. 4030 i Install block signal to protect trains Authority r eques ted hut 4033 - - - - .-'1!'.'!.n__ - - - - - - - - PREVIOUS MEETINGS i pulling out •• of -westbound Point of Rocks. tra ,k not yet received. 3062 3073 3089 3093 3094 4030 : Install phone in maintainers' house Unable obtain author,ty at Riner, Tipton and Wasatch. at this time. Will be considered at tim,, budget prepared for 1924. Place signals at Riner, Tipton and Authority • received ! I) Bitter Creek on ·o pposite side of throw these tracks ove:· sidings to overcome danger of trainto 18 foot centers and men being stuck exchanging sig signals to be moved a.::nals. cordingly. ·work "·ill be done as s.:iC',1 as possible. 4034 4067 Install arc lig·ht near car foreman', Work to ·b~ done by eloffice Evanston. ectrical l!nginee-: fr,;im Omaha. 4068 Electric light wires from car shop to This work to be done by electrical engineer from B. & B. shop should be put underOmaha. ground. (Evanston.) I I 4033 4034 4067 406S �r SUPPLEMENTARY SHEB'r No . i - -Num l:.cr of Recomm e ndation 4095 S aJetJ• Committee: WESTERN DIVISION - - -- --- -·.- -- --- --- .• Nnrr. u of Emr,1oyu und t he now Hccomrne nrintio" muJe by him should he stnt.ccl delin ite]y qtem s carried over need not mention 1mme. nnd Ac tion Taken nt Current Meeting give only ahort r ~fer1:nce to its title-BE BRIEF (Stnte Definitely and Briefly) BUT EXPLICIT) --------- -- ------ Close road crossing on C. C. No. :2 In the hands of -;ttorne~, lead Rock Springs. Rock Springs to arrange. 4105 Rem·ove brick chimney from Distrir.t Inspected by Su1wr. B. & Foreman's office at Rawlins. B. who advises t·here is no danger of this c'1in ney falling over nnrl nn need of it being removed at this time. 4108 Move carhody off manhole connected M. M. advises this sr•wer to west stand pipe pits at chute. not in use and ha zard Rawlins. in connection with present condition, .\J • ougn carbody will be moved as quickly as the work can be ·done. 4109 Remove 100 feet fence both sides 6th Authority requested but street crossing Rawlins. not yet received 4121 ?lac() J, , 11 on south gate 6th street Unable to get authority crossing , Rawlins. to do this work this year. Will be considered in the 1023 budgPt. 4122 4124 . 4127 4128 ,11 0& 4109 4121. 4122 Main line water spout Echo hard ta Supvr. B. & B. advises repull around and shove back. pairs made June 16th. 4124 I Raise freight Evanston. house platform nt Held open pending furth ei. investigation. Remove pile of wheels between hold Wheels have been moved tracks 1 and 2 Evanston. in accordance with suggestion. Extend running boards 200 and 300 Held open pending further class engines. consideration. 4130 Discontinue helpers behind caboose~ Trainmaster making can9th district. vas among men. Will give us complete report next meeting. 4136 Floor in roundhouse in bad condition Material · has been ordered and should be repaired. and repairs will be made soon as received. 4139 4095 Jupply hood over kitchen range U. P. Has been taken care of. restaurant, Evanston. 4129 4137 , ~ u m b e r u in These Columns G1vc Referred Open !or to Divis'n Further No Action or Gener'! Corrected ConeiderCom' ittee ution _ - 4120 412!) 4130 4136 Place handles on outside of big doors, An arrangement of rings roundhouse, Evanston. to drop flush with door when not in use worked out and rings are now being made. Renew plank· in platform between Work has been completed. machine shop and roundhouse, Evanston. 41::l 4L39 �SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET No. 3 1 SaJetJ Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Nnmc of Empl?ye nnd lhe new Recomm~dnt·,o·n- (=- - -- --=:-:..::· __ -:; •• -=--- - G':-- I~~N~ ~~e-rs i n ~i,ese Columns Nurnbcr of ' mnde by him should be stated definitely ' Rel!omn1cndution (~~ms carried over need not mention nnme and ' Action Tnken nt Current Meeting give only short reference to its title-BE BRIEF BUT EXPLICIT) -~- • - ------ (Stntc Definitely and Briefly) -- 4141 ,ve - - -- - ---· ... Open for Fur~hcr No Action Corrected j Co;ti:;r· _ __ _ j Scaffold for use of men working 011 ,Scaffold has been workP.d dome caps and on top of engine. out by the men and will be tested shortly. Repair drinking fountains in machine Work completed June 6. shops, Green River. i 4143 4146 I 4150 Repair drinking fountains in round- ; Wo1:k completed June 10. house, Green River. j Switch target No. 3 track east enrJ yard Green River missin_g. 4152 i Clean i track to stockyards, scrapes foot board. Replaced and suggestion complied with. 414:! 414G 4150 refuse Suggestion complied with. 4152 4155 j Equip engines in Rock Springs ter- This work completed. 1 ritory with back up sanders, 4159 Repair weight ropes in roundhouse, Partly completed. N ecesRawlins. sary order additional pulleys and work will be completed so"on as received. 4160 4141 i Place extension handles on roundhous:i Work completed. blow off lines. 4155 4169 4160 I 4164 i Dismantle old building formerly used Authority requested but : 4170 1 4178 for locker and wash room. not yet received.· i Change location of broom holder west. Changed in accordance i of Tipton station. / with suggestion. 4170 Fire hose should be made more se::ure / Trouble was with one paron back of engine cabs. I ticular engine noticed I by Engr. Brink making I this suggestion. This has been changed in ac1 cordance with standard I and is now safe. 4178 I 4164 I 4180 4181 Eridge just east of coal chute Rock Authority requested to do Springs should be planked between this work. rails as necessary for Engr. to walk around oiling engine. I I i i Crank coming off F. M. No. 40 Have requested Engr. ·M. motors-Safety sleeves to prevent W. authorize installatthis. ion of the Safety Sleeve on all Western Division cars. 4182 Western Division tool car unsafe ac- We are advised new steel count wooden underframe. underframe tool car will be furnished by Mr. Nelson. 4183 Too much lateral reported on caboose Lateral has been taken uo I 2614. to a certain extent and is safe. ! I 4180 4181 4182 -4183 Referred to Divis 'n or Gener'! ~ �SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET No. 4 Safety Committee: WESTERN DIVISION i~ Number '. Na~~ o; -~ ~:lo~e n-,;d-th;;-; : - ; ; -· - • - · =-=-= -:..=G-=-,_-v-~ ~N-;.;;;;-cr-;, These ~ of I made by him should be otn';.,d dcflo~medation Rccom(Items carried over c mtely Open for mcndation I give only short refer need tono~ rnc_ntion nnme, nnd Action Taken nt Current Meeting Further I ence tte title-BE BRIEF (State Definitely nnd Briefly) Corrected Consider• No Action - - ' _ _ _ _ _ __!3~-:_~~f'.LICIT) _ __ __ntion_ _ - -- ._ 4185 i Space between supply cars-danger Held open for further con: to employes crossing while cars in motion: I NEW SUGGESTIONS SINCE LAST DIVISION MEETING J oc Barnes, Switchman, Blackham and Car has been moved. Judd have car coal near shed on Elec. Lt. spur obstructing view of crossing· by auto drivers. 4187 4186 4187 4188 I. C. Butts, B. & B. Foreman. Notice Referred to Divn. Enginsome section gangs have dogs out ·eer to issue necessary with them. These dogs may run instructions. in front of and derail passing moto1· car. 4188 4189 : W. R. Pickrell, Sig Suprv. Steam Referred to Divn. Engineer to see that these shovel working between Emory and men are instructed a s Baskin and when it stops working to hazard of this pracmen all walk over and sit d'own on tice. rail. Also applies between Strawb2rry and Echo. 4189 4190 R. L. Starr, Engineer. Hoods on Dist. Foreman Evanston working on • these and smoke stacks of some engines will will give us report at n·o t raise. next Division meeting as to progress. 4190 I 4191 F . E. Ward, Conductor. Contractors Referred to Divn. Engineer to issue necessary gangs on Eighth District are catchinstruction~ to thesf' ing on trains to ride into Granger parties and advise. or Carter. . I F . E. Ward, Conductor. So~e pas- Trainmaster will check this and give us report , senger brakeman are not getth,gat Division Meeting out to watch train when passing on next month. double track. I 4192 4193 ~ 4185 sideration. Evanston Transportation· Committee Joe Barnes, Switchman. Suggest Referred to T. M. and R. M. Evanston to look inextend .lead switch from run-around to and report at next track down to main lead to avoid Division Meeting. necessity ·of using main line when passenger trains are here. This will also avoid necessity of going against current of traffic and in front of passenger trains at station. Connect run-around track with west yard. 4186 -n s_ _ _ Ref!'':<;<! to Div,s p1 orG~!'er I. C. Butts, B. & B. Foreman. No~ice Travelling Watchman instructed to watch this children playing around water tanks and correct, advising. in yards just west of dep·ot builrling at Evanston. 4191 4192 4193 ----· - - -·· ·- ______________ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _..:,..__ ___;__ _ __;__ _ __l..___ _ �::;Ul'l'LEMENTARY SHEET No, 5 Safety Committee: WESTERN DIVISION ;,;d ;hc Number l Name ofd- Em-pioy; ~ e:--Re~ ~ ~ --- --- ---- -• These Columns Give .!~-Numbers in Referred of ma e by lum •hould be stated definitely . . . Open for to Divis'!' d Action 'lnken at Current Meetmg - Recom(~terns curried over need not me ti Further No Action or Gener I mcndation I give only short reference to its till~'.: ~Etnn~F (State Definitely but Briefly) Corrected Con~iderCom'ittce EX__P_L_IC _ I_T_>_ _ __ _ nt1on I ---· --- - --.!YT 4194 J. M. McNeil, R. F. of E. When Trainmaster and Road engine is run light on district ancl Foreman will check and markers put up, they are not taken correct, advising. down again and when engine returns with train markers still up. Evanston Mechanical Committee J. H. Buck, Car Repairer. Water in Has been done. co'oler in machine shop has been standing since last summer. Suggest be emptied as it is very unsanitary. 4195 419G 4194 419 5 F. A. Be.a n, Electrician. Should have New ladder being made. n'c!w extension ladder as old one is getting unsafe to use. 4196 4197 F . A. Bean, Electrician. Suggest that Open space wiJJ be blockopen space around turntable be filled up. ed up with blocks. It is dangerott':l for man with push car as he mighc get his foot caught in this space. 4197 4198 F. A. Bean, Electrician. Suggest Instructions issued accordthat when the front end man is ingly to foreman anrl taking the front end off an engine, wiJJ be followed up to that he leave one bolt and nut in see lived up to. until the block and fall has been a~• tached, so there will be no danger of front end falling and injuring some of the men working on the engine. 41!)9 i J . T . Whittle, Boilermaker. / 'i 4200 Suggest Referred to Supvr. B. & ·o pen space be made in shop fence B. to take care of. to give men leaving shop premises a view of the road. Danger of men going out of gate being struck by auto coming d'own road. I' Joseph Parkinson, Laborer. Men ge· ting careless about putting chains under engines in rdhs. Suggest b.! called to their attention. again. 4201 4202 4198 I I Foremen and hostlers instructed to be sure chains are under all engines left in roundhouse. J. Burdett, Mach. Helper. Hooks are Being taken care of. bent up ·on blocks and falls and should be straightened. J. T. Whittle, Boilermaker. Baffle Held open for plates in fire doors 5000 class enconsideration. gines too low and it is impossible for a man in the firebox to get out in a hurrv as these heat and fall down. Suggest baffle plate ba raised in these engines. - - -- - - - -- - - - - --- - 4199 4200 4201 further 4202 - -- - - - - - - ' - - - - - - ! . . ._ _ _ _ __ �- - ----- SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET No. 6 I~;:,-~ Safety Committee· WESTERN DIVISION ;h~- Number of E~~i~;e nnd new Recommcndntio" of mnJe by him should be etnted definitely Recoil!- I qteme carried over need not mendntion I give only short reference to . me~tion nnme, nnd Action Taken nt Current Meeting (Stute Definitely nnd BricHy) BUT EXPLmriitle-BE BRIEF .- I 4203 . N mbers in These Columns Give Item u Referred Open for to Divis'n Fur~her • or Gener'! Corrected Cons1.derNo Action Com' ittee _ _a ~ - - - - = - - Leo Critchfield, Mch. Fed. Jnsp. An Held open pending furextension pipe should be put on ther consideration. pops in stationary plant and carried to outside of roof as when popsblow off and man is working up there is no room for him to get out of way and there is danger ·of him being suffocated or falling to floor. 4203 4204 Leo Critchfield, Mach. Fed. Inspr. Steamfitter instructed t<J Air pipe on drop pit No. 1 stall has make repairs, advising va'lves stripped and connectio:1s when done. Joose. These are liable to blow th,• pipe off and hit someone. 4204 4205 L. Critchfield, Mac h. Fed. Inspr. District Foreman instructDrop pit sump No. 1 stall has water ed to see this work in it that is very s tagnant and it is taken care of and adalm·ost impossible to work near it. vise when done. 4205 L. Critchfield, Mach. Fed. Inspr. District Foreman instructHinges should be put on lye vat in ed to see taken care of air room as there is only one hinge and advise when done. holding and it is necessary to tip vat when using. 4206 4207 J. P. Nelson, Machinist. When walk- Instructions issued to all ing through the roundhouse the concerned to see that other day I noticed an engine blowdrifting valves are clos1 ing quite badly I got on the ed before leaving enengine and noticed the drifting gines. Foremen cauvalve was open. Suggest hostlers tioned to watch this and others be given instructions to matter closely. make sure drifting valves are shut off on engines in• the house and to report all driving valves found lea•,. ing. 4206 :• . 1 i 4208 4209 4210 Green River Mechanical Committee Ervim Allard, S -M. Worker. Installed in accordance Suggest deadman be placed in each with suggestion. end ·o f pit in machine shop to be used by crane to move engines instead of piece of rail which is now used. 4207 4208 Ervin Allard, S M. Worker. Instructions issued to disNotice ·several engines placed on continue this practice. outgoing lead have been left standing on the walk which goes from machine shop to roundhouse. Do not believe this is a very safe practice. James Davis, Machinist. Sev<>ral Repairs have been made. boards need changing out in walk from roundhouse to machine shop. 4209 4210 �SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET No. 7 Safety Committee: WESTERN DIVISION = Number 1~ :-e- of- ~:;.,~~- -n-.:~·d=~-t-h•.:: e· =n=e=w===Re ===co=m =m = ed=n=t=io;n~ ~ ~~======~=====;=~~~~~G :'~ i=v;eS I~te =:!,=ffl~_'N :~=.' :! u:!! m ~~ b~e~!..: r'.',~i:!!n .'. '.'."c..:~T; h;e:!:s~e~C;o;l u~ccm;n ; s~;:~-:= 7 Rcf!'1:~d of made by him should be stated definitely Open for Further . to D1v1s !1 Recom- ' qtems carried over need not mention name, nnd Action Taken at Current Meeting mcndnl.ion give only short reference to its title-BE BRIEF (State Definitely and Briefly) Corrected ConsiderNo Action or G~!'er 1 BUT EXPLICIT) ntion _ __ _ ~ 4211 Charles Fenton, Loco. Carp. Manhole Repairs have been made. cover around steam pipes east end of machine shop near steam hammer need repairs. 4212 \ Charles Fenton, Loco. Carp. 4213 Believe Instructions issued accordingly. when loading &crap borings that they should be swept up from th~ platform as noticed there are a lot of these left and as they are· very sharp might injure some·ones foot. 4212 Geo. Widdop, Frt. Carman. Suggest Eye bolt and hook applied. that eys-bolt and ho·ok be placed on door at east end ·o f car shop to hold door open as at present there is · no means of holding doors open and someone might be injured as well as damaging doors. - 4213 Geo. Widdop, Frt. Carman. Believe Corrected, handle covered handle of cr·o ss-cut saw should 'Je with tape. covered with tape, as someone is liable to turn on the switch and at the same time have his hand on the metal handle and get a shock. 4214 IGreen River Transportaion Committee 4215 I I D. 4217 E. E. Waltman, Foreman Sig. Dept. Held ·open pending further Restore watchman to crossing east consideration. of bridge from 5 a. m. to 3 p. m. and from 3 p. m. to 1 a . m. Also install gates at this crossing. 4215 M. Raymond, Car Foreman. Fence already removed. Leave fence ·on south side of ElizIt is opinion present arbeth street ·crossing, but move rangement should be watchman's shanty to south side of satisfactory. crossing. 4216 4217 A. H. Moerke, Engineer. About Have been removed. three pieces of pipe sticking out of ground 25 yards west of west end of freight house platform. Should be rem·oved. 4218 D. M. Raymond, Car ForeT!"an. Letter written to Mr. Suggest writing a letter to Barney Kinkaid accordingly, Kinkaid requesting him to keep his children out of the yards and keep them from crossing the railroad bridge. 4219 I I 4219 421-1 E. E . Waltman, Foreman Sig. Dept. Held open pending further consideration. Suggest installation of three new • electric gates on Elizabeth strc ,t crossing, moving tower to center, cutting off one ground flagman. Only using one, ten hours, during busy time . . 4216 4218 421l �SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET No. 8 Safety Committee: WESTERN DIVISION ·- · - - - Number ! Name of Emplo;~ -~nd the new Recommendati.;;;--· of I made by him should be stated definitely . . Recom- I (!_terns carried over need not mention name, nnd Action Taken ~t Current '.'1eetmg mendntion I give only short reference to its title -BE BRIEF (Stnte Defimtcly but Briefly) __ _ _ I BUT EXPLICIT) 4220 4221 W. J. Nolan, Gen. Foreman. No. 1 Held open pending further sh·ould stop a car length or so east consideration. of water plug and cut .engine off to get water. This is the only train that does not have to cut off. 4220 M. Raymond, Car Foreman. Held open pending further Suggest that ice for Pullman cars consideration. be left on the dep·o t side of the track while trains are in. To be hauled back after trains depart -to opposite side. This to prevent porters getting off on ·o pposite side for ice and .leaving doors open so passengc1·s can get off on wrong side. 4221 D. 4222 4223 4224 ·1225 A. A. Thim·o thy, Frt. Carman. Loca- Held open pending further tion of fusee boxes on cabooses does consideration. not look proper to me. I believe they should be placed higher. The) are· at a height now to come even with a man's head or shoulder anrl in case 'of a sudden jar which woul; cause an explosion, someone mig;!t be injpred. Rock Springs Loica! Committee !A. Scott, Roadmaster. Crossing Instructions issued to crossing watchman acI watchmen should be instructed tt• I cordingly and they are see that bell is rung for all hanu being carried out with cars, push cars, etc. going over good results. c1'ossing and to lower gates. This givrn people crossing warning someI thing is coming. 4228 4223 Willis, Conductor. Pile of tim- Referred to Mr. H. W. bers on south side of empty track Brown, Agent to handle causing a dangerous conditio1,. with Lionkol mines. Rawlins Mechanical Committee cover ~hot!lrl Has been done. be placed over syphon pit in coal chute basement. 4224 • • I E. Keon, Mac h 1111st. I 4227 4222 j Rex , 4226 Give Item Numbers in These Columns Open for Referred Further to Divis'n No Action or Gener' ! Corrected Con siderntion - -- - ~ J. C. Gunning, Machinist. Su~gC'st Instructions issued when blowing off engines in pit in handle accordingly.· roundhouse man be stationed . OT' each side of engine before blow off cock is opened. 4225 to J. C. Gunning, Machinist. S1:g.;est Has been done. door be placed on fusee box to emery I wheel in machine shop. W. R. Sanden, Car Foreman. Su;, This work has been done. gest steam box to wrecker be moved one-half car length east as at present location boom car to sit too close to switches. 4226 4227 I 4228 �SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET No. 9 Safety Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Number of Recommendntion Name of Employe nnd the new Recommendntio" mnde by him should be etated definitely Action Token nt Current Meeting (Items cnrried over need not mention nnme, and ) give only short reference to its title-BE BRIEF (Stnte Definitely nnd Briefly BUT EXPLICIT) 4229 J. A. Tobin, Gen. Foreman •Suggest Trainmaster has issued inswitchmen flag by passenger engines standing at water spout on eastbound main track, as tracks are so close there is danger of h:tting men working on the pussenger engines. • 4230 4231 4232 4233 4234 Give Item Numbers in These Columns Open for Referred Further to Divis'n Corrected ConsiderNo Action or Gener'! ation _ _ _ _ Com' ittee structions accordingly to yard men. 4229 J. A. Tobin, Gen. Foreman. Suggest District Foreman has handled with fireman firemen on passenger engires be instructed to give warning to meu and has the matter corrected. working about engine before t'1rowing clinkers out of gang-way or turn on squirt hose when standing at main track water spont, Rawlins. A. C. Taylor, Mach. Helper. Suggest This work has been done. steam pipe in roundhouse tool room be lower so men will not be liable to trip over same going through new door. Rawlins Mechanical Committee S. Ivey, Whse. Foreman. Automo- Held open pending further consideration. bile unloading platform east end of freight house, Rawlins should be extended about eight feet. S. Ivey, Whse. Foreman. Sugge,;t Held open pending further consideration. strap iron be put along edge of freight house platform at Rawlins to prevent splintering of boards. L. Stroud, Fireman. Have coal Held open pending further consideration. chutes raised at Rock Springs for 4230 4231 4232 4233 westbound trains so they can get !l. full tank of coal. This in order to give more coal leaving Green River as present instructions are not to coal at Green River, which makes it necessary for fireman to get on tap.k to drag coal down which is dangerous on the cw;ves between Green River and Rock Springs. i i• II ! I l 4236 E. Brown, Engineer. Suggest couple Held open pending further consideration. of rods in coal stokers be taken out of second and 3d slides to let larger lumps of coal come through. This would eliminate necessity for drag. ging coal down. J. Neath, Asst. Yardmaster. •:Pu~ Held. open pending further considera~ion. dummy air hose on switch en~ill.ll as it is often necessary to get tram from west switch, Rawlins and necessary to bleed off entire trajn which might cause serious delay to pasgr. trains. 4235 4236 �SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET No, 10 Safety Committee: WESTERN DIVISION Give Item Numbcra in These Columns Referred Open for to Divis'n Furi:her No Action or Gener'! Corrected Com'itteo Number of Recommendation Nnme of Employe nnd the new Recommedntion Action Taken nt Current Meeting mnde by him ehould be etated definitely (Items carried over need not mention name nnd give only short reference to its title-BE BRIEF (State Definitely nnd Briefly) BUT EXPLICIT) 4237 L. P. Hodges, Brakeman. When Referred to Supvr. B. & taking water at Wamsutter, water B. for correction. spout jumps up and almost knocks a nian off the tank. 4237 4238 to Agent at J. Nelson, Section Foreman. Cont. Referred Rawlins to handle with Oil Co. and Nat. Sup. Co. are keeping material too close to track. these people and advise result. Will not clear man and is not standard clearance. 4238 4239 G. Lyon, Brakeman. Grab iron on Referred to Car Foreman north side east end of caboose to correct and advise. 2615 built too close to caboose. Cannot get hand hold. This is condr. Price's caboose. 4240 Meeting New Suggestions offered at the W. C. Shelver, Asst. Supt. Suggest This is being done. that the principle Safety rules be printed in foreign languages and copy be given to each man entering the service. eo;~~;'- ____ 4239 4240 4241 D. M. Raymond, Car Foreman. Sug- Referred to Divn. Engineer to handle and advise. gest we fix up the upper crossing at the west end of the yards same as ·Elizabeth Street Crossing. ' 4241 4242 M. R. Clark, Cl. Agent. Riverdale Referred to Divn. Engineer to take care of and crossing should be about ten feet advise when done. wider. Is also quite rough and should be fixed up. Great deal of traffic on this crossing. 4242 4243 .W. C. Shelver, Asst. Supt. Recent Referred to Divn. Enginstorm at Rock Springs washed away eer to handle with city abutment bridge just east of coal authorities. chute. Up to City to repair. � 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. 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