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THE WORLD' 8 ADVANCE 



Special attention is given to all fore- 

 men to bring them in line with the policy 

 of accident prevention, as they have a 

 most direct influence upon the men un- 

 der them. Wherever the employment 

 is extra hazardous, a set of rules is 

 posted rules, by the way, that are by 

 no means dead letter laws. The new 

 employees are required to memorize 

 these regulations and strict penalties are 

 prescribed for their violation. This sys- 

 tem is coupled with enlightened policies 

 regarding safety devices, guards and 

 other accident prevention appliances 

 that are not only provided but the use 

 of them by the employees is enforced. 

 The safety engineer is intrusted with 

 this work, and he is in direct co-opera- 

 tion with the Central Safety Committee 

 and also with the committees of work- 



men, from whose reports he frequently 

 secures information and suggestions of 

 value. 



Such accidents as occur in spite of all 

 these precautions are given the fullest 

 publicity in order to impress the lesson 

 upon the employees that "Doing things 

 right is just as easy as doing them wrong 

 and a whole lot safer." The results 

 of this effort, begun late in 1913, have 

 shown in a year the reduction of serious 

 injuries by one- third, and indicate that 

 the dream of an "accident-proof fac- 

 tory" may be realized with persistent 

 work on the part of the safety commit- 

 tee and the increasing co-operation of 

 the men as they are educated up to the 

 slogan at one of the gates, "IT is YOUR 



FIRST DUTY TO BE CAREFUL. PREVENT IN- 

 JURY. SAFETY FIRST." 



CROSSING THE CONTINENT HAND- 

 CUFFED TO HIS BICYCLE. 



Francis de L'Ackso, a young man from 

 Fontainbleau, France, is crossing the con- 

 tinent in a most unusual manner. He is 

 making the long trip chained to his bicy- 

 cle. A chain 34 inches in length is fas- 

 tened in the middle to the front vertical 

 bar of the main frame of the bicycle, 

 and the two ends are fastened to hand- 

 cuffs or manacles which are locked on 

 his wrists. The chain, though very short, 



gives him just enough slack to repair his 

 bicycle and to guide it while riding. One 

 of the conditions he has imposed upon 

 himself in this queer trip across Amer- 

 ica is that he is never to be unchained 

 from the wheel, but must eat and sleep 

 chained and handcuffed to it. 



De L'Ackso is competing for a $1,000 

 prize offered by the Exposition at San 

 Francisco for the person making the trip 

 from New York to San Francisco in the 

 most novel manner, not taking more than 

 from February 26 to July 26 for the 

 trip. The plucky young traveler has also 

 made it one of the features of his trip 

 to do all the repairing on his bicycle 

 without assistance. 



Handcuffed to His Bicycle, This Young Man is 

 Crossing the American Continent in a Most Novel 



Manner. 



COAT OF CONCRETE PREVENTS 

 RAVAGES OF SMOKE. 



It is not uncommon for railroads to 

 experience considerable trouble and ex- 

 pense in maintaining iron cross-over 

 bridges; the sulphurous gases of the lo- 

 comotive smoke causing the iron of these 

 structures to deteriorate and finally be- 

 come unsafe. 



