. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ies. ^ As education Mn and discussion \- matters areresponsible for thegratif\ing resultsbbtaincd in em-ploye cases, it islov -,cal to assumethat education ofthe traveling pub-lic to the exerciseof a high degree ofcare when ap-proaching and pass-ing over railroadcrossings, will like-\\-ise have a goodeffect in reducingcrossing accidents. While it is truethe railroads havea direct interest inchecking these oft-times most distress-ing accidents, yetin the first and last • i—^ [ Continued on page 5) 6 Baltimore and Ohio Magazine. June, IQ22 Charle
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ies. ^ As education Mn and discussion \- matters areresponsible for thegratif\ing resultsbbtaincd in em-ploye cases, it islov -,cal to assumethat education ofthe traveling pub-lic to the exerciseof a high degree ofcare when ap-proaching and pass-ing over railroadcrossings, will like-\\-ise have a goodeffect in reducingcrossing accidents. While it is truethe railroads havea direct interest inchecking these oft-times most distress-ing accidents, yetin the first and last • i—^ [ Continued on page 5) 6 Baltimore and Ohio Magazine. June, IQ22 Charleston Division Beats the Gun inCareful Crossing Campaign Its Memorial Day Parade Float an Object Lesson in CrossingAccident Prevention By M. W. Jones, Secretary to Superintendent UNDER the direction of Super-intendent W. Trapnell, theCharleston Division, with head-quarters at Westoii, W. Va., got offto a good start in the Careful CrossingCampaign. A float, symbolic of theCampaign, and also of the CharlestonDivision slogans THINK ABOUT. .1 Careful Crossing Campaign, and im-mediately behind the cab was placeda standard Railroad Crossing the back of the truck was a signWarning—Stop—Look and locomotive was perfect in itssmallest details, there being classifi-cation signals on the front end, andmarkers on the rear. There were many beautiful con-ceptions among the thirty floats inthe parade, but many think theCharleston Division float outclassedthem all. This was not alone fromthe perfection of its design, butbecause it had a very clear appreciation to the following, whoso kindly gave their time and moneyin the construction of the float; Mr. AL B. Sprigg, who made thefloat possible by the loan of his truck;Messrs. R. Brooke, E. H. Nichols,H. Ti Fanshaw, C. C. Doyle, whopainted the signs; J. A. Fisher, R. , Jess Helmick, O. J. Kellv,P. T. Satterfield and the MissesMadge Hinzman and Bern iceBorneman. On the Sunday night following theopening of the C
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