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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1924 Sept-Oct DOC#: NSC051 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Proceedings of the NSC 13th Annual Safety Congress 'KSISilsiSWSiiS S C L : C V;* fVi; W Si! iii:i'>>*i-^i ' PROCEEDINGS OK T H E National Safety Council THIRTEENTH ANNUAL SAFETY CONGRESS Held at the Brown and Seelbach Hotels Louisville, Ky. September 29---October 3 1924 National Safety Council 168 North Michigan Avenue, Ohioago HONORARY MEMBER^ Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers K ibert H. G ary, R o b ert W. Campbell, R alph C. R ichards OFFICERS (1924-1925) C. B. Auel, P resid en t. C. B. S cott, V ice-P resident and T reasu rer. L. A. DeBlois, V ice-P resident in charge of G eneral A ctivities. G. T. F o n d a, V ice-P resident in charge of Local Councils. L. R. P alm er, V ice-P resident in ch arg e of P ublic R elatio n s. H. A. R en in g er. V ice-President in ch arg e of In d u s tria l Safety. David Van Schaack, V ice-President in charge of Public Safety. W, H. C am eron, M anaging D irector and Secretary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (1924-1925) Hurry A. Adams, Union Pacific Railroad Company. Major Thos. H. Allen, Commissioner of Fire and Police, Memphis. C. B. Auel, W estinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. W. F. Austin, w. E. Wood Company. J. P. Barnes, L ouisville R ailw ay Company. E. W. Beck, United States Rubber Company. L. A. D eBlois, E. I. du Pont de N em ours & Company. Marcus A. Dow, Bureau of Public Safety, Police Dept., New York City. H. K. F erguson , H. K. F ergu son Company. G. T. Fonda, F ond a-T olsted , Inc. Dr. Otto P. Geier, The Cincinnati Milling Machine Company. Charles E. Hill, New York Central Lines. S. H. Kershaw, Hercules Powder Company. W alter G. King,1 American Optical Company. Harold T. Martin, The F isk Rubber Company. T. H. McKenney, Illinois Steel Company. Homer E. Niesz, Commonwealth Edison Company. L. R. P alm er, The E quitable Life Assurance Society. C. E. Pettibone, American Mutual Liability Insurance Company. H. -A. Reninger, Lehigh Portland Cement Company. Nelson Studebakpr Riley, Studebaker Riley Company. Dr. A. D. R lsteen, Travelers Insurance Company. G. E. Sanford, General Electric Company. O. B. Scott, Bureau of Safety. Col. James Slnke, Director of Public Safety, Grand Rapids. David Van Schaack, Aetna LiTe Insurance Company. Joseph M. Ward, D. L. & W. R. R. Company. A. L. W atson, H ooker Electrochem ical Company. Harry Webber, Illinois Bell Telephone Company. A. W. Whitney, National gureau of Casualty & Surely Underwriters. DIRECTORS (1924-li) 25) H arry A. Adams, Union Pacific R ailroad C orapanj. M ajor Tbos. H. Allen, Coirnnisaioner of F ire & Police, Momphla. C, M. A nderson, M em phis S afety Council. C. B. Auel, W estlnghouse E lectric & M anufacturing C om pany.'-.-i .-.'i W. F. Austin, W. E. Wood Company. .1. P. B arnes, L ouisville R ailw ay Company. ; . ; Dr. D. C. Bayless, H u m phrey F o u ndation. E, W. Beck, United States R ubber Company. Oscar Beuchel, B attle Creek Sanitarium . ' David S. Beyer, lib e r ty M utual Insurance Company. E. F. Blank, General Motors Corporation. John L. Boardm an, Anaconda Copper Mining Company. T. H. Boyd, Seattle Safety Council. John T. Broderick, B altim ore & Ohio R ailroad. Shepard Bryan, A ttorney, A tla n ta , Ga. John L. Bryant, Buckbee-M ears & Company. L. D. B urlingam e,; Brow n & Sharpe M anufacturing Company. A. C. B u rn e tt, San A nto nio, Texas. R. W. Campbell, K napp & Campbell. C. L. Close, U n ited S ta te s S te e P C o rp o ratlo n . C. C. C ollm us, J r ., H am pton R oads S a n d '& G ravel C o rp o ratio n . H oward Coonley, W alw orth;M anutaeturlng Company L. A. DeBlois, E. I. du P o n t de N em ours & Company. R. P. DeVan, R. P. DeVan Insurance Agency. H. W. Donald, Am erican M utual Liability Insurance Company of Boston. J . B. D ouglas, T h e U n ited G as.Im p ro v em en t C om pany. Louis I. Dublin, M etropolitan L ife-Insurance Company. Frederic W. Easton, W aypoyset M anufacturing Company C. O scar E w ing, D. H . E w in g 's Sons. Dudley F a rra n d , P u b lic Service C orporation of N. J. H. K. F erg u so n , H. K . F e rg u so n Com pany. G. T. F o n d a , F o n d n -T o lsted, Inc. Jam es E. Ford, Yellow Cab Company. Frank Frey, Jr., Geuder, Paeschke & Frey Company. H uston L. Gaddis, Grosse Ile, Mich. Dr. Otto P, Geier, The C incinnati M illing Machine Company. Isaiah Hale, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company. H. H. H all, A m erican S terilizer Com pany. R. D aw son H all, Coal Age. Julien H. Harvey, K ansas City Safety Council. E. L. H ew itt, U nited S tates R ubber Company. Chas. E. Hill, New York C entral Lines, r G. H. H ill, C hief of Police, W orcester, Mass. M. G. H oym an, K im b erly-C lark Com pany. C. M. H u ste d , S tan d ard :'O il 'C om pany: ; J. H, Jenkins, M agnolia Petroleum Company. A. H. Jone, A m erican W oodw orking M achinery Com pany, J. I). Joncs, Algoina Steel Corporation. Ira V. Kepner, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. S. H. Kershaw, Hercules Pow der Company. H.'M. Keyaer, Washington Railway & Electric Company. Walter G. King, American Optical Company. W. M. Kreglow, New Jersey Zinc Company of Pennsylvania . Harold A. Ley, Fred T. Ley & Company. R. M. Little, New York Departm ent of Education. James Madden, Paterson, N. J. \ John B. Madden, Sherw ood M anufacturing Company. Harold T. Martin, The Fisk Rubber Company. Julius W. Martin, May Hosiery Mills. . J. P. McGoldrick, McGoidrick Lumber Company. ' T. H. McKenney, Illinois Steel Company. L. L. Miles, Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Company. C. T. Minor, Lou isville Taxicab & Transfer Company. S. C. Mumford, Detroit Edison Company. H. L. Murray, Murray Coal Company. . E. D. Murphey, Cosden & Company. Homer E. Niesz, Commonwealth Edison Company. 1!. W. Nutt, Safety Equipm ent Service Company. J. A. Oartel, Carnegie Steel Company. Lew R. Palmer, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Clarence Parker, Seattle Safety Council. Oscar E. Parrish, Ilroad Street Bank. George Perring, Beloit, Wisconsin. 0. E. Pettibone, American Mutual Liability Insurance Company. Ramsey Probasco, Oakland, California. H. T. Ragsdale, Swift & Company. F. H. Ransom, Eastern & Western Lumber Company. Oliver T. Rem mers, Attorney, St. Louis, Missouri. Henry A. Reninger, Lehigh Portland Cement Company. Chester P. Rexford, Union Street Railway Company. Nelson Studebaker Riley, Stude^aker itiley Company. Dr. A. D. Risteen, Travelers Insurance Company. A. W. Robertson, Philadelphia Company. A. V. Rohvveder, Duluth, Missabe Northern Railway Company. , H. A. Rowe, Delaware, L ackaw anna & Western Railroad. J. T. Ryan, Mine S afety Appliunce Company. G. E. Sanford, General E lec tr ic Company. Dr. C. F. N. Schram, Fairbanks-M orse & Company, Inc. ' Fred A. Schwarze, Pfister & V ogel L eath er Company. Chas. B. Scott, Bureau of Safety. K. J. Senne. Vacuum Oil Company. Dr. I,. A. Shoudy, B eth lehem S teel Company. Col. James Sinke, Director of Public Safety, Grand R apids." Matthew S. Sloan, Brooklyn Edison Company. Al. T. Smith, Midland Creosoting Company. } j j j I ' . j , I V i t ' ! 1 j j ' ' *I ' ! H. B. Springer, Dixie Portland Cement Company, Miss Margaret T. Stevens, Baltim ore <K Ohio Railroad Robbins B. Stoeckel, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Hartford, Conn. ; Thom ss B. Strobhar, Wagner-Taylor Company. W. G, Stuck, Lexington Ice Company, Inc. 1 Major Robert Sylvester, International Association of Chiefs of Police. C. M. Talbert, Deuehler & Talbert, Inc R. F. Thalner, Bulck Motor Company B. F. Tillson, New Jersey Zinc Compan\ C. P. Tolman, New York City. ! John H. Truett, United Railw ays k Electric C om p any. David Vaii Schaack, Aetna Life Insurance Company. > : K. W. Vlets, F lin t Safety Council. Joseph M. Ward. Delaware, Lackawanna & W estern: Railroad .Company,: A. L. W atson, H ooker Electroch em ical Company Harry M. Webber, Illinois Bell Telephone Company. \V. E.' W elch, The Travelers Insurance Company. A. W. W hitney, N ational Bureau of C asualty & Surety Underwriters. D. E. W iedm an, Sup erinten dent of Schools, B ellingh am , Wash. Arthur Williams, American Museum of Sufetv 1 Dr. Frederick W illson, Willson Goggles, Ini. Prof. C. E. A. W inslow, Y ale University. .1. M. W oltz, Y oun gstow n S h eet &. Tube Company. R. .1. Y oung. Illinois Steel Company. mSm iill liiSI FOREWORD The National Safety Council represents the co-operative industrial' and public safety effort of virtually 1,000 ;mem bora: including indus trial concerns, governmental departments, insurance companies, schools and individuals. These members/ corporate lan d ; private,'"havei as their combined purpose the promotion o f ;healths safety-and sanita tion in the industrial, public and home life of the nation. No greater inspiration to " carry on ' ' nor more thorough collec tive inform ation on accident prevention can bo ; obtained than by participation in th e Council's annual safety congreeees. ", This volume which represents the pi oceedinga of the Thirteenth Annual Safety Congress is not a " proceedings" insofar as a detailed report of the minutes of every meeting is concoraed. The graceful - introductions of chairmen and th eir ^skillful drawing' out : of discus-;: sion and debate which added so much to th e L ie and color of th e ' meetings themselves, have been curtailod of necessity. B ut herein ; is contained the meat and juice, the taste of which was enhanced by th at intelligent basting. W. K. CAMERON, , Managing Director. 'S 1^ .vK, 41^7 ........ IS ^a; ? ri--' SSII ,-ll u a F^ CONTENTS Page Annual M eeting of M em bers...................................... ............................ 7 G eneral S e s s io n ....................................................... .............................. 39 G eneral Session--Education and Public S afety ........................................... 65 G eneral A B C S essio n ...................... ............. .'................................................ 83 A nnual B an q u et.................................................... ................................................ US' A utom otive S e c tio n ........................... 141 C em ent S e c t i o n ..................................................................................................... 181 Chem ical Section ................................................................................................. 233 Jo in t M eeting of Chem ical and Rubber S ectio n s....................................... 265 C onstruction S ectio n .......................................................... 305 E ducation S ectio n .............................................. ; ......................................... . . . 32? E lectric Railw ay S e c t i o n ....................... ........................................... ........... S57 E m ployees Benefit A sso ciatio n s............... . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. .................. 397 A m erican Society of E ngineering--Engineering S ectio n ........................ 437 H ealth Service S ectio n ........................ .......................................................... ... 455 Ice and R efrigeration S ectio h ................ .'........................................................ 493 M arine S ectio n ........................................................................ 511 M etis S e c tio n .......... ......... 539 M ining S ectio n ............................................................................. .................. 573 P ack ers and T an n ers S ection .................................. ................................ 633 P ap er and Pulp S ectio n .......................................................... 661 P etroleum S ectio n .................... 693 P la n t P ublication S e ctio n ........................ 753 P ublic S afety S ectio n ........ ......................... 806 W om en's D ivision...................................... 915 Jo in t M eeting of P ublic Safety and Education S ectio n s.............. .............. 931 Public U tilities S e c t i o n . . . . ...................... 951 Jo in t M eeting of Public U tilities and E lectric Railw ay S ectio n s........ 1005 R ubber S ectio n .................. 1031 Steam R ailroad S ectio n .................... ..1061 T axicab and D elivery S e c t i o n ...: ............................ .....1 1 3 1 Joint Meeting of Taxicab and Delivery and Ice and Refrigeration Sections .....................................: ....................................................................1149 T extile S ectio n .................... 1157 W oodworking S ectio n ........................ ......... ............................................... ... .1177 National Safety Council Annual Meeting of Members Louisville, Kenlucky Septem ber 29, 1924 C H A IR M A N , L E W lii A. De B L O IS , President, National Safety Council THE annual m eeting of m em bers of the .T nirteenth ;Annual-; Safety: Congress, National Safety Council, at the Brown Hotel, Louisville. Septem ber 29th to O ctober 3rd, 1923, was called to order a t 10:25 a. m., Monday, Septem ber 29th, by P resident Lewis A. DeBlois. PmssinpiT DeBlois: W o will open our session today with an invocation pronounced by Dr. E. Y. Mullins, president of th e W orld B ap tist Alliance, Louisville. ` ' t 1' ' ` INVOCATION Dr. E. Y. Mulljnb: O ur F a th e r In heaven, we th a n k . T hee for :th is g reat assem bly o f m en in te re ste d in the great ',,heme of conserving life and property--T hine owrn g re a t in te re st in this world, to save life a n d property. W e th a n k T hee for all th a t It. has done and all that., it w ill do here and in the iuture. . We pray for our country', for all our people, th a t w'e m ay bo m ore concerned th an we ever have been for the Baving of life and property. We confess our sins,--sins of thoughtlessness, sins of selfishness, sins of i < !r r , T' heedlessness, sins of th e disregard of the safety of other people. W e humble ourselves in Thy sight because we know that offtimes we have, m m been guilty of th ese sins, b u t we th a n k Thee th a t Thou h a st p u t it in to ip S S the h e a rts of all th is m ultitude to have a deep concern to improve th is i. condition. W e' p ray fo r . T hy blessin g vonvthls*meeting,* on ''him ; w ho `/f presides and all of the officers and all those who are In attendance. ' ( May th is m eeting produce g re a t resultsM n/B tim ulatingJ:o u r v < ^ 8 c i e n c ^ |^ |||| in enlightening our minds, in re-enforclng.our purposes, in ' May every speak er h ere have Thy help.*; May he' have'] thought, freedom of utterance, and enthusiasm for his subject.