December, 192i ' Why wait lonner when m few 1 --=~., ..~ -... EE DIAMOND FIRST 1 Precautions rou taken every pre- . . . - Extreme I Doctor-"Have J caution to prevent me spreaa or con- tagion in your family?" Rastus-"Absolutely. doctah, we've done bought a sanitary cup an' we all drink from it." An Old Species It happened in the Adirondacks. "What," demanded the amateur hunter of his guide, "what is the name of the species I just shot?" "Well, sir," returned the guide suavely, "I've just been Investigating and he says hfs name is Smith." Flne W8rds Dldn't Work Terence: "'Tis a fine kid ye have here. A magnificent head and noble features. Could you lend me a couple of dollars?" Pat: "I could not. 'Tis me wife's child by her first husband." Quite So "I'm cutting quite a figure," said the chorus girl, as she sat on a broken bottle. Safety Pmgress at Sapulpa During Year Placing of the safety posters on the bulletin boards, which brought to the attention of the men the different dangers. Keeping the roundhouse floor and yards clean, which helps the round- house employes at night most. Placing the jacks in one lace in YIDlSOll CICTORIE% 6W .'WAY. WEWIORK tor in machine shop, to warn em- ployes not to start motors while being worked on. Started the blue flagging of passen- ger engines at station, these on the through runs. Investigation of accidents in en du- cational way. Keeping chisel bars and other hand tools with good heads. Keeping jacks in good repair. Enforced the goggle rule. Application of flood lights in circle. Keeping drop pit covered. Board walk through engine tracks and around circle of turntable. Spreading of garnett screenings on engine tracks and around roundhouse tracks, which absorbed the oil and made yards lighter at night. Put light on ice house. Whitewashing the posts and walls made it lighter for both day and night men. Had rails fixed to cinder pit. They were in dangerous condition. Stopped practice of hostlers moving engines while being inspected. Old fire wall removed in lower part of roundhouse. Boiler clamp and shears moved from aisle to safer position. Bmery wheel put in new location so natural light would shine on wheel, the former location was such that the grinding was done in the shadow of the operator in day time. New blow down line put in round- house. Asbestm smoke lacks applied to stalls, that eliminated chance Por fire. Night engine watchmen stopped from throwing scoop shovel up into deck of engine. Stopped brick men from throwing brick out of gangway without man on ground to protect passersby. Keeplng stationary fireman on the job who had a tendency to visit in the roundhouse and not attending the boilers. Moved the lockers out of the round- house aisle. Parking of autonloblles regulated to safe distances from the shops. No smoking rule enforced around the roundhouse and office. Making hostler helper circle engine before coupling into same in the roundhouse and the outside. Turntable operated only by as- signed men and foreman. Electric lights in the oil supply house. Took out coal heatlng stove in oil house and put Cn steam heat. Put in retaining wall between mas- ter mechanic's office and roundhouse to turn hot water back Into pit. This was complained about by the switch- men working on lead at roundhouse. Dralned the ground near coal chute and oil supply house; this was kept muady from the syphon to the coal chute. Put the open steam draln to radi- ators back of roundhouse in an old, abandoned line that leads to the hot well; this conserved the fuel, an well as eliminated the hazard of getting men scalded and other bad effects Prom steam. Page 59 Automobi 27 An automobile goes zc IIlIlev on alr by using an automatic device which was installed in less than 5 minutes. The automobile was only making 30 miles on a gallon of gasoline but after this remarkabIe lnvention was Installed, it .made better than 67. The inventor, Mr. J. A. Stransky, 4147 Eleventh Street, Pukwana, South Da- kota, wants agents and is willing to send a sample at his own risk. Write him today. -Adv. Made the roundhouse blower han- dles shorter so they would not strike a man's head. Put proper clamps on drop pit rails. Replaced half-ton chain hoist with three-ton hoist that was being used to hoist tho cross-compound pumps on the side of the boilers. Kept the roundhouse wtndows clean. Enforced the rule of steaming out oil tanks before makiiig regalrs. Shortened the cable to electric welding machine, grounding same and covering it with rubber hose. Made new ladders for men oiling pumps, etc.; old ones in bad shape. Made new scaffold supports for tank work; old ones seasoned and cracked until dangerons. Made steel trestles for handling air reservoirs. Raised the marker lamps on the 4100 class engines to give the en- gineer a safer vision of the track ahead. Lowered the headlights on the 1200, 600 and 200 class engines at Sapulpa to give better lighting at night. As fast as engines go over drop pit, we are placing the drifting valve steam pipe under Jacket to gIve the engineer better vision ahead. Sand boxes to oil tank vat bein!: welded to tank, as the rivets leak oil, making the ganp7ay slippery. Putting the oiling steps On the 4100 class engines so it will be safer for enginemen to oil the valve gear. Fire department organized and new flre hose purchased. Wrapped the squirt pipe in the cabs so men would not get burned; also armored hose applied in place of plain hose. Evll Mind Biddie-1 suppose you have been in the nary so long you are aCCUS- tomed to sea legs?" Middie-"Lady, I wasn't even look- ing." A Merry Christmas KNIGHT-PEVETO I COMPANY Furniture, Rugs. Stoves "YOUR CREDIT'S COOP' Phone 213