The Fort Wayne Sentinel from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 11

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9t. THE FOBi: WAYNE SENTINEL, "Safety First" Movement In Fort Wayne Launched and Car ried Forard4n4nterest oBroadened Htimam I No. v. Bih way to alight from car. No.

2. Wrop? to alight from car. No, 3. Ridln bicycle 6d th "devil, strip.1 No. 4.

Auto being Carelessly driven between cars approaching from opposite directions. No. 5 Talking to acquaintance and walking in front of car approaching on opposite track. No. 6.

Child breaking away from parent and running in front of car "hidden by one from wUich alighted. No. 7. Auto dnver carelessly running into, crowd a passengeri are entering and leaving car. N.

8. Hooting on "blind" aide of car and riding bicycle on the "devil ttnp. No. 0. Auto driver making short turn on dead end of street and falling to observe triflic regulation.

No. Ifl.Boyj stealing ride on front end of car, where, they can not bo. seen by members of the crew. No. 11.

R. R. auperriaor of safety of the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traetlon; Taa Divine Boner; modern eiviiixa or tome other equally potent breathed oul into the corpora Have' the big busineea interests that have always been ohsraetenxed as graeplng, grinding and aoullcss monopolies looted upon the broad field of charity and taken up the of life and limb on a humanitarian basis So far as the Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction company is concerned it haa organized and now has in good working order a safety first de nartment, and from General Manager1 W. 0reenland.cn down through the lint of local oracisls to the oiiice noy In Auditor Harry Vordormark'e depart? irient, everybody has been aaked. to aid in this movement.

It is eo'ntended tliat if only the sordid desire' to save money, were involved that this company could, lika other; common earners and publio service corporations, act Mide a given sum every year to take care of the personal and property injury cliinie and this would eave the cost of a eeparate department designed solely to prevent accidents. 'Can figure, Probable Cost. Accidents from year to year general average and it is poaaible for, experts to figure with comparative accuracy Just how much each and traction company will be called upon to pay out in injury claims 'and, vhlle it can not be denied that it is hoped tci, reduce the number of accidents' by impressing upon employes particularly and the public generally a degree of caution that will make both more it is the chief Sim to save life snd injury to bumsnity. Another element that enters into this departure 'ia that improved service will be givciif Formerly the' crew, entrusted with a far just took it out of the bam every diiy without any examination to see whether or not it was in guild condition; Now the men look over and if there are any defects, they are promptly, reported to tee proper oiil clal. Poties of the Officers.

Primarily the duties of the safety tier partment are educational and alttioiigh it has extended, its aoope to the public up to this time it is proposed through the medium of the newspaper columns, in meetings, by pamphlets, and tnrougp. any other channels that may suggest themselves, to inculcate Into patrons the fact that without their aid much, of the good aought by tho company can not be brought about. Trobahly the first installment of safety first literature will go into the schools. Just what plan will bo adopts ed for getting the attention. of the students has not been worked out by ffupt.

J. Study, who has been consulted sod haa stated that if. the methods rdopted do interfere too seriously with the regular working of the schools he will lend his aid to tlie education of the boys and girls In the "safety first" eru: ssde. 1 Illustrate the Dangers. In number nf.tinsfUt nietin Th Sentinel has endeavored to portray severe! of the most common pauses of accidents, It has been shown by statistics that off the car the wrong riding bicycles and motorcycles on the space between the tracks, known si, the "devil strip," snd walking in front of one car on the upposlte.

track after alighting from another re. suit In most of the injuries reported to the officials of the traction company, areless rntomobile drivers and dr v. era of other vehicles contribute lsrgcly to accidents 1V shooting their triai'hiiie between tars approaching trom opposite directions, by turning." comers high speed and by failing to observe, tru tlie regulation. Motornien have a right to anticipate that drivers v.lll. observe tho traffic.

rui.oa,. ana tt mere is to (To dent eotiiliiniilion of contributing rir mo employes ol. tln company nre not ciiinntniices uiid il ubselic of uiw oucf voRing, v. irae element would urilinarily lie a prevent lion omciala, drivers can neer lemem 1 tie, 5ml this on, elemt lit is juilure to oer mat a street enr can not luin out. 'think quickly or to use ordinary Judg It must follow the rails and depend 1 mi.nf It is proposed to bring reformation about by a syHtem of, educational work and tho undertaking Is a tremendous one, but the companies are determined to surmount it and, nn start has been innilw in that direction.

Employo Comes First. In the dissemination of the principles that underlie the new system it becomes first nieeHHry 'to: educate the employe. Then lie must be depended upon to transmit his knowledge to the public whenever opportunity is offered. It would ho uselesa for any publio service' corporations to expect of its patrons that they lake the initiative in the prevention of accidents; It must firiit demonstrate by watching. its equip, ment carefully instructing 'it employes and in a down other ways that it ia earnest and sincere in the undertaking, and when this has been, proven the pub upon vehicle drivers to give the right or way to wnicn it is.

entitled 'under tne franchise granted It by the city Gettimr Off and On Can Statistics compiled hy traction actuaries sluiw that twenty per cent of the ncei'ii'iiis nnppeli to persons geflting on an off ci rs, forty five por cent involves accidents to vehieles mid their occupants and thirtyrflve per cent that can not he clusHified. Inder the head of vehicles the statisticians embrace wnguns, buggies, auto mobilea auto and horse drawn tnieka, bicycles and motoreycles. For some res son or other most people regard it aa an infringement on jiprsonal liberty to hu compelled to turn out for a street ear, unniindfiit of the fact that the par tirulsr ear fhcy; are 'Relaying niay contain thirty or fnrty people either rush inir to get to work. in time or to nt home to their meals a lid to rest up after their day'a labor. MOBt All Can be Avoided.

Persons whose duties include the in vestlgatlort of personal Injuries and the causes leading up to fhera say that the first exclamation of the Injured person Is "I did not think." It is held that ninety three per cent of seeiden ts can be. avoided, because' they are due solely to thoughtlessness. There is always around every aeel llc will take it lip snd help It along. Precept and example will exercise, it Is believed, a wide influence upon he public, and regular meetings ars held with the employes in which lessons ars being learned not only by the men oharged. with operating cars but bv the officials themselves.

In Daily With It; Men In the servioe are dally in con tact with the elementa that go toward making up the long Tut' of accident Hint are reported daily bv the car crews. These men are in better positions tlie of tho department to work out (he remedies and. tho most valuable that ever en. tered into llus work have come from the working forea. ivhwli "is becoming intensely interested.

At. the time that the nnlv consideration that entered into accident prevention was the eompsnv cotfi rs and the ctimpnnv rolling stock, a certain china of employes Were not particular to avoid them hneausc nnl all had interests of their eniplnyers nt heart. Under the new scheme everybody has become interested herniun there Is human ifs at. Stake, there are opportu nirtes to prevent untold suffering and this hss been a great incentive, as It appeals Immediately to men who could not be, reached through', other channels. Investigations Carried On.

All sfeidents, no matter how trivUl they may be. are reported to the nranur department and In the 'course of regu lar oumiiRsn tney rencn rne sarety dN vision. This Is followed bv an investi. gstlon that haa.Jor its primary object scenting out the causes fcnd rectifying them where It Is fovnd possible. This hss.

no reference to any claims that may ariae. Th investigation ia started carried out with a vi.w of ascertaining whetner or not some warning, some suggestion or some Appeal to the Public, Tf this movement is successful the public help. 1'hoSo who nre against orporatiom ought to. contrtbirto their nid. in the interests of their fellow men and the most intelligent trite of clllienehip is expected to be the first to respond to tns sppeSI of the com pnny, 'Kxsmpls is most potent factor.

Few people like to attract publio notioe by adopting ideas. that' are new, and especially where the involve care for their own safety. Ths maiorlty of men and women a gamblers to the extent that they "take a chance," and most of them had rather risk an arm and a leg by being graaed by a car' than by showing ordinary cars change In rulea might have prevented in avoiding aooldent; tne aecioenis. jUKt WH hr i. tiiry that humanity can not sof but there is opportunity to eradicate it and" this is juet what the ssfety department' proposes to do.

People will not sccept this at. snd iiiifnitunately some of them will not be taught until they see some' mem lier of their fsmily. some friend or' pos sibly stiaiiger subjected horrify Wi, ing injurlea tlwt might have en avoidi ed by the exercise 'Of lust the deirree of L' caution the. traction company is asking Crutches and wooden legs are not tractive. Maimed men'.

nd women, re? deprived of spm, life's most pleasliig'; enioyments and it is proposed' with thei sid.of tlis genersl public' to put a big crimp the crutch and wooden leg industry 'and. to preserve for, patrons; the shility to enjoy 'if c. ijith 'omilnd, if SOME HISTORIC PLACES IN THE CITY ll'nntlnued from Pane in the eatty military struggles. She said i Alien county is justly proud of Its war recoru. rrom tne time oi tne in diant wars in the wildcrncai 'when Ton tiao'a Conspiracy aroused the Indians to send the' "bloody belt," Tontine telling them that the (treat Spirit had toll his children that the land.

was made for them and not, others, down to tha: pres have represented Indiana on the. field of battle or gua'nl duty. There were 4,000 soldiers ln tl Civil war, in the Mexican, war ami Went to the Spanish war. Hundreds have been furnished to the regular army amrmany to the Indian and Philippine wars, la the Indian Paya. the flrst mentioned' hi Eober.t f'avclier Sicm do" Iju Salle, The great explorer discovered the Jlaumee.iriTer and.

visited Kekionga in Hfi0 I71, where he: 'estahliated si' fortiflepl traJnj 'post. ('apt. St. lie Mnceiines, the' famous Indian lighter, was ent by the governor general of Canada. de iVandreville, to the Miami's In KOo, and established the first military ent dnv.

it has shown its patriotism. AJtJigetheiv Fort Wayne haa been tlie home of HMHw nfficern "iind mfrfhn ftrrntT of penne, At about this prrfoil of the order of St. Louis, was sent to Kiskakod, the Ottawa Indian name for Fort Wayne, in 17 40 by Marquis ds Calliasoniere, governor of Canada. It ivss then a French post under eommsnd of M. do Raymond.

Knsign' Ifoimes was in command of British Fort Miami (Kekiongs) in J760. lie was killed by the Indiana in 1703, in the Tontiac conspiracy, I'ontlao was a nerce Indian warrior St Fort Miami in' 1763. Captain Morris, an Knglishman, was at Fort Miami to treat with the In diana in 1703. Major Oeorge t'rogan Came In 1765, closing great peace gathering exacting a promise from i'ontiac to conclude a the "fleur ile lis" of France was lowered, the Fiiglislr planted their standard and forever destroyed the French power, in America, I'Outiae, trtie to his word, sealed: hia subniiaaion to the ugtish" forever. La; Ilalme.

a French pffioer. in 1780: took possession of Kekionga, but his occupation of ie. Was of short duration. Jbaiaii Hatmer, In" command n( the B. r.niy, defeated: by thtf Imliana the ord on' tno': Maumce Jim 'fid WW.

Among thej'apldiera killed were Majors Wylly and Fontaine and elght; othef bflicera, shoes' I mains were hurled ii trenches about 20 rods below. Jlr. Cdmparet's resldcnee. fien. Arthur Mt, Clair ws ordered to CitiU.Bianvills.da 'met hi 'dih' feated by the Indians before reaching the place.

(Sen. 'Mad AVayne then took command of tho army and gained complete victory and on the 2'M of October, 1791, Lieutenant Colonel Ham trsmck asHiimed eommsnd of the garrison. After llrinfi fifteen rounds ofV csn noh, Colonel llamtramck gave it the name Fort Wayne. Capt. William 'Wells wss killed by tbe.

Indisns August IB, 1812. Me che csh noch qua, of tittle turtle, waa a great Indian chief, and was a brother in law of Captain Wells. He was with militaryJiunorBjn the old apple orchard, FgVt Waybill 1812, Teeuuiseli waa another great Indian i th" ri vriliitiifiiMS tYtr anil of the war of 1812. Hn helped defeat Harmer and Mt. flair, but was in turn defeated in the battle of Tippecanoe.

He was killed in the battle of the Thames, Oct. 5, 181,3. Captain Logan, whose Indian name Spemica'Lawba, was. an adopted aon of Capt; BenjarfKjLogan of Kentucky. He waa shot bythe lndians and was buried with 'the honors, of war in 1812.

Capt, John Wiilatlcri w'aa loni in C't ater, lei, took, ronimand of the Fort Wlyn atockaile in' May, 1814., Jliej ton, (ieorgs Washington Whistler, wss horn, within the fort, and his son wss the renowned artist; 4mes McNeil Whistler. Cen, Hyacinth LaSielie waa Uiei Irst white child born in Kekionga, Feb. SS, 1777. Entered military service ia 1811. Hia father, CoL James Laaeella removed from Montreal to Kekionga In 1776, John Elliott Hunt was born' Iii the fort in April, 17W.

He was the Son of Col. Thomas Hunt, who waa in command at Fort Wayne from 170(1 to 1798, flen. William Henry Harrison was appointed governor of Indiana the 13th of May, 1B0. Captain Rhoa was commsndsnt at the tort during tne siege oi rort. warns, 1812.

I Major Stlckhey was a soldier in. the fort, 1312. William Oliver, a sutler, Waa a patriot of Fort Wayne. 1812. lieutenant1 Curtis was in oommond.of the fort fiopteiiiber, 1812.

Richard M. Johnson in siege, of 1812, 'Col. William Suttenfleld, born in Virgitla, 17111. in 1812 Colonel! Siitten field and wife, who waa a sister pf Mrs. Samuel Ilanna, 'sailed from Chieagn id Detroit, where they were) captured by tho Ilritiah and tikeif to Fort MM Inac, afterward, Colonel Slit tnrilield came to Fort.

Wayne tinder command of" Major Whistler. The two daughter of Major Whistler and Mrs, SuttennVd were the only ladies living in tnoj fort, Col. John Johnston was another sol. flier of Msler Joseiih Jenkinson was fn eom msnd Fort, Waype in '18R snjajiidde; itivpeddnoa Pennsylvania, enlisted and served In the revolutionary waf. In the war of 1812 he acconipsnled the Northwestern army under command of General Harrison and was In tlie battle of the Thames in 1813.

In Ig22 he moved to Fort Wayne, where bodied Jan. 1, 1827. Many of grandchildren are Pons and Daughters of the American Revolution, (Several are membora Of the Mary rn rose Wsyiie chapter, viz. tins, James M. flarrctt, Mrs, Florence.

Barrett Ladd, Mrs. Eislyn Bond Watt; Mrs. Oeorge ana jurs. ii.ii na man. Mr.

Charles E. Bond is a Hon of the American revolution. Capt. illuun Fairfield was a soldier of the Kcvoliiliotiary war. one of aides de camp lienernl' Washington, anri ins sons, Am ami uiiht FnirtiPlrt; were suilom in the Amefiuan nsvy (in oonru war vessels in ii.

Moth were captured and confined in ftnglish prisons, Oliver in prison at Huliiax, for sixteen nioiitlis, and Asii in urison nt Diirtnioutli. England, for six months. They came to Fort Wayne iii 1835, rus Fairfield, a son of Ass, Falrflel'di is a fiojt'af the Anierhwh Holiert Carnohsn. a grandson at Oil Fairfield; is a iMdn if the American Revolution. Miss Flirt fivan arid Miss Italia JCvaiis; trrandilalighterr '(if Oliver Fiirficld, are Danghters: of tlie American, Devolution arid niemJiera' of the Msrjr Penrose JVajne? chapter; I GOOD BAROMETER EASY TO IrUKE.

A reina'rkalily acciirate barometer can uo iiiBiii oy a uoy nanny a pen knife, out of ah old picture frame, three iHrirui). neeuieaiaiHi'inree 'sirips or IUO. 'lilie tinfoil twisted. into spi. ral.

coils ayiil si ihe lotf; but la iree st ine.iiotr.oin. At. tho rm nt eisch looks end a s'mall iijiiiure card Is fastened, witb, 'WET" written; on one sideTand "DRKoii the. other. ometeris'miidq.

nd set ini dry When, there is rain Irt the lf the (mmidlly pi; the atmosphars cansea the Mil I card, reading VET" ia Vrbught'to front. If the threajjetteri can t' be placed separate lj shown' in tbo picture, For more' than two (hoii.nd Ave imi dreil years Saloiius has had. a continuous)! history, hdiigli.the city: fcv always' I been knwn hy iia prcscjit. name. It' waa niided ahd jrnsmed hy Alexsn dcr the (Jreat In the year ,14 S.C It, said'that hiliu' tr' ti.m.J ins daughter.

THeaalomca because on tha; day he heard of her birth wm a viae' tory ever the Thsasaliaaa. 1 17.