Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1913 — SAFETY ON MONON BEING INCREASED [ARTICLE]

SAFETY ON MONON BEING INCREASED

Las* Four Months Show Decrease of 26 Per Gent Against the Same Period Last Year. Chairman Richard Burke, of the Monon railroad safety and efficiency committee, has sent copies of the following letter to every man In the employ of the company: “The record of the safety and efficiency committee for the first four months of 1913 is an enviable one. To have reduced the number of accidents 25 per cent and more, as against the same period of 1912, i 9 a record of which we may feel proud. In mingling my pride with yours, I want to tell you that it was through your efforts this standard .was reached. By your carefulness and efficient service many accidents were prevented; many homes were kept happy and by a continued effort on your part and that of others we expect to still further reduce the number of accidents on the Monon until we shall be known as the safest and most efficient railway in the middle west “I am going to call again upon you for assistance in this great work for humanity’s sake. I am going to ask you again to write me what you know that will promote safety and cause efficiency. Write It. today. Don’t wait until some poor fellow employe shall tell the story from a bed of pain, or the life of some of our workmen is offered on the altar of neglect ‘This committee stands ready at all times to hear your suggestions, and the general committee is continually sitting as a ‘committee of the whole’ to approve them. “Write me today.”