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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND,
AUGUST 1, 1920
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IF TRAINS HIT AUTOS
j Engineer With 30 Years' Ex
i:. perience Tells Why.
; UN NEED ED HASTE SCORED
! Most Chauffeurs Dashing Over
Crossings Could Just as Well
! ;J Wait Moment, Is Assertion.
. Efforts to end indifference of the
public toward 'sa.fety first" meas
ures as applied to railroad problems,
were explained by Frank J. Con
rtoliy, veteran locomotive engineer on
the Southern Pacific lines, when he
vas interviewed recently on reasons
for the increased number of accidents
on lines operating out of Portland
fluring the past year.
Mr. Connolly, whore home is at
408 East Fifteenth street North, ha3 j
a record of 30 years service as engi
neer on the Southern Pacific lines
without a single death at crossings
from a train under his control. He
has been a leader in the "safety
first" movement, in the Southern Pa
cific bince it was first launched 12
years ago, and many of his sugges
tions for public safety have been
adopted by the committee appointed
to investigate the causes for railway
accidents.
Safety Advice Is Heard.
The committee consists of one man
from each department of the division,
e uch as engineers, brakemen con
ductors, switchmen and section men,
with the superintendent of the divi
sion as its head. The work of the
emfimlttee is to entertain and discuss
enpjrestions from any employe in the
fcrVice of the company, which are
designed to further the tautie of the
"safety first" movement. Circulars
are sent out under the direction of
the committee soliciting these sug
gestions, and every encouragement is
, given to bring each employe to the
realization that it is only through
concerted effort that the greatest ef
ficiency can be obtained. The suc
cess of this propaganda is shown by
the fact that the Portland division
. of the Southern Pacific received gov
ernment recognition for the highest
record made in accident prevention
in October, 1919. During the first
two weeks of that month there was
not a single accident on the entire
division, which employs 4600 men.
This was the best record made by any
division in the northwest, said Mr.
Connolly.
There are many reasons behind
carelessness of the public at danger
ous railroad crossings, according to
. Mr. Connolly. During the last 30
years he has watched the west changs
irom heavy forests to a thickly popu
lated territory.
Farmers Careful In Old Days.
'It used to he in the old days,"
eaid Connolly, "that when a farmer
drove up to a railway crossing with
'. a team and wagon, he did so with
care. He was continually watching
for the approach of the train and
. would usually stop 200 to 300 feet
from the right of way. There were
' few accidents in those days. Both
; the engineer on the train and the
driver of the team would be working
together to avoid accidents. Today
the burden of accident prevention
rests almost entirely on the shoulders
of the engineer. Automobile drivers
are in the habit of dashing right up
en the track before looking or lis
tenlng for the train. They trust to
the speed of their car, not realiz;ng
. that a train moving 50 miles an hour
covers a great deal of ground in
short space of time, and often the
' train is on top of them before they
i try to cross.
The worst offenders are the ones
who try to out-run the train where
the road runs parallel to the track.
Usually they have no reason for such
hurry. The driver is going to a pic
nic, perhaps, or is in a hurry to get
home from the office. It seems al
1 '.'.most inconceivable that a man will
risk life and limb on a dangerous
crossing merely because of the few
minute.1-: delay until a train gets by.'
Whole Train 1m Set Afire.
Unfortunately, according to Mr.
Connolly the danger in these acci
, dents is not altogether one-sided. Ha
told of an accident on the C. B. &
lines several years ago, in which
a long heavy train struck a gasoline
truck on a crossing. The force of
the impact demolished .the truck and
the gasoline was ignited. Before the
train could be brought to a stop it
was in flames along its entire length.
The fireman perished on the tender
of the locomotive as he was trying to
reach for water with a bucket. The
engineer sprang from the blazing lo
comotive, and with his own clothing
cn fire, ran blindly into an adjoining
field and died there before help
reached him. If the train had hap
pened to be a passenger train the re-
jsnTt would have been still more ter
rible, said Connolly.
One of Connolly's personal expert
ences while piloting the Shasta
limited are typical of the danger re
butting1 from a collision with a heavy
truck. The accident happened near
the fair grounds at Salem, Or. A
truck driven by Charles ChaJidler
' was struck on the highway crossing
by the train running at a speed of
approximately 4S miles an hour. The
1 engine pilot was bent and folded
back under the wheels of the loco
motive, causing it to be derailed,
t train being brought to a stop
KoO feet from the scene of the acel-
' dent. There was no excuse for the
driver in this instance, said Con
nolly, since the driver had a clear
view of the approaching train for a
distance of at least half a mile from
the crossing.
In the touring car accidents, there
is too much 'visiting goring on," said
Connolly. "The driver usually has
a passenger in the front seat with
him who distracts his attention and
he pays no attention to the approach
ing train. An automobile driver who
has several passengers with him is
criminal ly negligent in my opinion,
if he doesn't take every precaution
for their safety. If the engineer had
somebody in the cab who was dis
tracting his attention there would be
ai accident on nearly every cross
ing." The answer to the whole situation,
according to Connolly, is that the
public must be made to realize that
the safety work must be a mutual
movement. They must be made to
understand that nothing can be donu
to keep down accidents unless the
drivers of motor-vehicles do their
part in watching at the crossings fir
approaching trains. The engineer ha
no way of knowing whether or not a
car-driver intends to cross the track
when he dashes up to within a few
feet of the crossing before slowing
down, he declared, and the accidents
will continue until these drivers learn
to use the same caution in stopping
at a safe distance and listening for
the approaching train that was form
erly used when traffic on the high
ways was not so congested and before
the introduction of motor-vehicles
produced the present crop of "speed
maniacs."
MORE THAN 400 YOUNG PEOPLE CLIMB FAGLE CREEK TRAIL, MANY FOR FIRST TIME.
Panama Canal Zone Makes
America Proud.
Former Hood River Boy and
Intvernlty of Oreson Student
rite, of Trip.
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HOOD RIVER. Or.. July 31. (Spe
ciai.) After a visitor has compared
the Panama Canal Zone with other
parts of South America, according to
Dr. W. D. Nickelsen. former Univer
1 Elty of Oregon student and son of
Senator J. R. Nickelsen of this city,
he feels a pride in the United States.
Dr. Nickelsen, who graduated last
year from Rush Medical College and
who since then has been an interne
at the Skin' and Cancer hospital
New York city, is spending a vacation
cruising in the Caribbean sea and
aiong the north coast of South Amer
ica. as surgeon for a coaster playing
out of New Tork. Ke writes:
"The sanitation of the canal zone
is perfect. The docks at Cristobal are
the best in the world. A party of us
took the train to the Pacific side of
the canal. Had a dip in the Pacific
today alnd it is like old times. Cer
tainly there is a great difference in
the two oceans. The surf, the sea
food, shells and fish are entirely dif
ferent. We see bird rocks off the
Panama coast just as we see them
from Cannon beach.
"One can't appreciate the tropical
fruits until he has eaten them fresh.
The pineapples, oranges, bananas,
grape fruit and mangoes are delicious.
Incidentally one, if he so chooses, has
ample opportunity to imbibe all of the
wet stuff without restraint. The
canal belt is full of cabarets on both
sides, but the American zone, itself,
of course, dry."
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HIGHWAYS READY TO
BE PAVED IN 1921
Work Now Going On Under
Contracts Made in 1919.
GRADES HAVE ROCK BASE
Contractors Hare About $4,000,000
Invested in Road-Buildins
Equipment.
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some: of the PART! taking MISS EVA halsey, paralyzed girl.. TO TOP IX WHEELBARROW.
421 HIKE ALONG TRAIL
EAGLE CREEK ASCEXT 3fADE
BT PORILUSD YOCXG PEOPLE.
In Group From Community Service
Is One Girl Who Had Xever
Before Been on Highway. .
DR. A. P. KEYSER TO SPEAK
Knights of Columbus Service Club
to Help Session.
"Through Life's Window" will Tje
the opic of an instructive lecture giv
ing many interesting facts about the
human eye, to be eiven at 8 o'clock
this evening at the Knights of Colum
bus Service club, 243 Couch street, by
Dr. A. P. Keyser, president of the
Portland School of Optics. The lec
ture will be illustrated by means of
a motion picture film, said to be the'
first ever produced to show the parts
ana xunctionmg or the eye.
Subsequent lecures in the series ar
ranged by the "Casey" club for each
Sunday evening will be given by Dr.
Thomas Wynee Watts and Drs. H. C.
i ixott ana M. c. Holbrook.
in connection with the lecture to
night motion pictures provided by the
United States navy and educational
turns procured by the club will be ex
hibited.
Ordinance Bans Jitneys.
SEATTLE. Wash., July 31. Abso
iuio Dan on operation, of Jitney buses
in seattie is provided in an ordin
ance transmitted to the city council
rriaay Dy corporation Counsel Meier,
at tne request of councilmen. The
ordinance, however," if passed by the
council could not ' become effective
until approved hy a vote of the people, month through the
Four hundred and twenty young
people of Portland climbed the Eagle
creek trail last Sunday, the majority
of them for the first time, as members
of the annual mid-summer Portland
Community Service outing party.
In the group was one girl who had
never been on the highway betore, a
girl who had never been outside of the
city limits of Portland, Miss Eva tiai-
sey, who has been confined to her
chair through paralysis. She was
taken up the. highway in an automo
bile and then transferred to a wheel
barrow and carefully trundled up the
trail by the girls and boys who eagerly
volunteered their services.
Miss Halsey was one of the gayest
of the whole party and her happiness
n seeing the beauties of the highway
was unbounded.
The party made the trip to Eagle
creek in trucks and automobiles fur
nished by city officials and business
firms. The luncheon was served on
tables provided by the forest service
under the special direction of Ranger
Weisendanger.
At luncheon Samuel C. Lancaster,
who was the guest of honor, explained
the construction of the highway, told
stories and answered questions.
After luncheon everyone in the
party climbed to the Punch Bowl.
The girls in tne party are all em
ployed in Portland in various capaci
ties and are members of the Portland
Community Service. They find in the
"service" all sorts of entertainments
provided for them. Outdoor affairs
predominate at this time of the year.
Miss Katherlne Cockburn, director
of girls' activities for the service, and
Walter Jenkins, director of music,
were in charge of the highway trip.
This was the second highway trip
this year. The first one was on May 1.
About 300 went up at that time. Miss
Cockburn hopes to have another trip
up the highway betore Thanksgiving.
The Portland Community Service
handles thousands of girls every
various activities
plarftied to suit each season of the
year.- i-iikes are scheduled often and
dances are held every other week. A
tennis club has been organized which
meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at
Washington and Jefferson high school
courts. Swimming classes meet every
Wednesday evening at the Couch
school. Little plays and pageants are
staged frequently. A twilight study
class has just been organized, which
will meet in the park blocks every
Monday evening.
A. class of 500 girls In military drill
and physical training will be started
at the armory beginning about Oc
tober 1.
nent expulsion from the poKc de
partment. But should me be vindicated
the Issuance of the leave of absence
will permit him to return to his
duties with the city without injuring
his civil service standing.
HOlVIES TO BE LICENSED
City
to Exercise
Places for
Control
Babies.
Over
All baby homes In Portland
obtnin licenses issued by the
must
city
council, if operation is to be con
tinued. The city council yesterday
passed an amendment to an existing
ordinance regulating hospitals wl,ich
provides for a license for any horn
or establishment In which babies are
boarded, or are cared for.
The amendment drafted by City At
torney La Roche at the request of
both Mayor Baker and Acting City
Health Officer Abele is for the pur
pose of controlling homes in wbicl
two or three babies are kept-
Phone your want ads to The Orego-
man. Main 7n"0, Automatic 6S0-95
Between SO and 100 miles of state
highways will be in condition for
hard-surface paving next year.
Whether this paving will be done Is
matter which the state highwa
commission is expected to aeiermine
within the next two months.
While a large amount of paving is
going on this summer, it is worn
which was put under contract last
vear. Verv little Paving mileage was
awarded this year. Virtually all of
the paving jobs now in progress will
be finished before the wet season ar
rives. This will leave the equipment
of contractors at' liberty for new
work.
94,000,000 Invested In Work.
It has been rouenly estimated that
about J4. 000.000 is invested in road
construction equipment in Oregon
This eauioment ranges from the
steam ehovels. mixing plants and
road rollers, to the picks, shovels
and mess tent equipment, not to
mention such items as trucks, water
tanks and all the paraphernalia used
In grading, base and surfacing roacLs
and the preparation and transport!
tion of material. Naturally, contrac
tors do not wish this vast investment
to depreciate through lack of use.
It Is the announced policy of the
highway commission that no more
hard surfacing will be done until the
base has withstood traffic for one
or more seasons, or until sach time
as the base is beaten down under
the weight of traffic, from a year
to a year and a half will produce this
result normally. There are long
stretches of state highway which
have been rocked and which are now
being subjected to traffic. These sec- '
tions will be in condition to carry a
surface pavement next. year.
If the present plans of the com
mission do not miscarry, every grade
now being made In Oregon will be
protected with crushed rock or gravel
cover before winter.
I0O Miles Ready la 193L
This is done to save the grad
which otherwise, in the rainy season,
would be cut up and destroyed by
wheels during the winter months.
These new grades and their rock pro
tection will not, as a rule, be ready
for a top next year, but there ar
plenty of other sections which can
be treated.
An estimate made by members 01
the commission and not intended to
be exact, discloses that by spring,
practically 100 miles of road can be
contracted for paving in 19-1. A con
siderable amount of this mileage is
on the Pacific highway, on the east
and west sides. '
l-'rom Monmouth south there ia now
good road, ready for hard surfacing
and the only reason the commission
has not placed it under contract is
that the commission was loath to
spend the money for paving while
the road is in such excellent condi
tion.
The pavement can be carried south
of Salem and from the Multnomah
county line, through Oswego, to tb
bridge. Newberg and McMinnville
can be connected. These are simply
Instances where paving can be car
ried on next year.
financial and labor conditions will
largely govern the highway commis
sion in arriving at a decision. It may
be that not more than 50 miles will
be decided on for hard surfacing, but
the three commissioners want the
development to be continuous.
One of the most Important factors
in selecting roads for hard-surfacing
and awarding the contracts this fail
port their equipment to the ground
and be in readiness for work as soon
as A-eatlier permits in the spring.
This .y)nem was tried last year
with decided success, for when the
weather cleared the -contractors were
in position to begin operations.
In winter the contractors have less
trouble in obtaining cars for moving
equipment and they have time to eet
up plants and establish camps. All
this takes time, but with a winter
to devote to preliminaries, there is
no delay in starting.
Because of this arrangement the
lower-Columbia highway will be all
paveol thi year and the pavement to
liood River finished.
S. &..
Holman
Adv.
H. green
Fuel Co.
stamps for cash.
Main 353. 560-21.
FACULTY IS COMPLETED
Three Automobile Stages to Convey
Children to School.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash.. July 31.
(Special.) The faculty for the Castle
Rock schools has been completed for
the comingr year save one high school
teacher. The fact Ity is as follows:
Superintendent, K. K. Dunton; history
and English, Miss Edith Spragrue of
Lynn, Mass.; domestic science and
rt. Miss Naomi Bowen, Pullman;
commercial. Miss Nellie A lb in, Van
couver; science and mathematics, to
be supplied; eighth and athletics,
Newton McCoy; seventh grade. Miss
Gladys Teele, Belltngham; eixth
grade, Miss Lenore Itenyon, lowa;
fifth grade. Miss Inez Underhill;
fourth grade. Miss Carrie Koote; third
grade. Miss Martha Carson; second
grade. Miss Nellie Holmes; first
grade. Miss Alma lmus.
Three automobile stages will con
vey children from a distance, as other
districts have been consolidated with
Castle Rock, district.
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LEAVE GRANTED LA SALLE
Police Inspector Relieved Until
After Conclusion of Trial.
Robert LaSalle, Portland police in
spector who is charged with implica
tion in tne saje or stolen war sav
ings securities, yesterday received
two months leave of absence by
Mayor Baker.
Inspector LaSalle addressed a let
ter to the mayor requesting a leave
of absence until his trial had been
concluded. Should he be convicted
of the charges now held against hii
the mayor will file charges with the
civil sprvice board for his ;:,na-
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