Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1914 — MOVE IN RIGHT DIRECTION [ARTICLE]

MOVE IN RIGHT DIRECTION

More Bafety, Even .at the Expense of Speed, Has Become Increasing / Aim of the Railroads.

i . ... 4 “Safety first” has been adopted as a slogan by another eastern railroad. This moves the Manchester (N. H.) Union to say: “It is an addition to current indications that the get-there-on-time-at-any-cost policy which has dashed out so many fives in recent years on American railroads is passing. . It is one of the signß which afford new promise of a general policy in roalroading whereby the safety of life and limb of passengers and employes shall be of prime consideration, even though it may involve some sacrifice of speed. • “The important thing now is that all train dispatchers, engineers, firemen, conductors, train crews and others directly or indirectly employed in the promotion of traffic shall be made to feel this shibboleth means precisely what it says, without equivocal string or mental reservation. Once let it be understod, or let there remain even a suspicion that the ‘safety first’ propaganda is adopted merely for advertising effect, and that dismissal or reprimand awaits those who sacrifice schedule time or mistaken economy for the sake of safety, and the entire force of the slogan would be lost.