. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . t, described the safety devices introduced he said that many working on piece work sacrificesafety to time. D. G. Spindler, engineman of the Union road, coun-selled his fellow workmen to abstain from drink, to stopplaying poker in the caboose and to stop smoking cigar-ettes. Good judgment was the keynote of safety, hesaid. A. E. Hedeen, telegraph operator for the Bes-semer & Lake Erie, talked about the concentra-tion of thought necessary to avoid mixing or mistakingorders. E. H. Rex, engineman. Pennsylvania Lines West,spoke like an exhorter a
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . t, described the safety devices introduced he said that many working on piece work sacrificesafety to time. D. G. Spindler, engineman of the Union road, coun-selled his fellow workmen to abstain from drink, to stopplaying poker in the caboose and to stop smoking cigar-ettes. Good judgment was the keynote of safety, hesaid. A. E. Hedeen, telegraph operator for the Bes-semer & Lake Erie, talked about the concentra-tion of thought necessary to avoid mixing or mistakingorders. E. H. Rex, engineman. Pennsylvania Lines West,spoke like an exhorter against the use of liquor. Herecommended two books, the Bible and a bank book,and said both could be enjoyed if safety first rules wereobserved. Other speakers were H. B. McGuire, engine-man, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad; N. P. Good,Pitcairn shops, Pennsylvania Railroad; L. B. Howen-stein, conductor, Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway;W. J. Heberling, engineman, Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road. 2 BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE. BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE Robert J. Cole, EditorHerbert D. Stitt. Staff Artist George B. Luc key. Staff Photographer THE DIVISION AND THE WHOLE ROAD The late James McCrea never allowed division lines tolimit his point of view. That is one reason why he roseto the presidency of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Engine-man Buckley once told this anecdote in the RailroadEmployee, referring to the period when Mr. McCrea wassuperintendent of the New York Division. I went into the Coal Port roundhouse to draw someoil. We had a new engine and our supply had becomeexhausted. The roundhouse foreman, who was convers-ing with Mr. McCrea, evidently seeing a chance to dis-play his wisdom in the presence of his superior official,replied that he couldnt give me any oil as I belonged onthe Amboy Division. Quick as a flash, Mr. McCreaturned on the foreman with the remark: What difference does it make where he belongs? Itsall the Pennsylvania Railroad. And addr
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