Identifier: railwaylocomotiv31newy (find matches)
Title: Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1901 (1900s)
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Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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English in this way. The Mexican laborers have been chieflyconcentrated in camps located at variouspoints along the lines. All modern fea- At the time when the First LibertyLoan was offered to the public, the Penn-sylvania Lines East of Pittsburgh andErie bad a total of 25,827 employees whohad been born in foreign countries. Ofthis number, 8,140 employees, or almost32 per cent, of the total foreign born, pur-chased Liberty Bonds, and this was within2 per cent, of the proportion of employeesof American birth who subscribed. To ascertain the proportion of foreign-born employees who had been naturalized,or were in process of becoming citizens,a special analysis was made as of June30, last. At that time, there were in theservice of the Pennsylvania Lines Eastof Pittsburgh, 25,721 men of alien birth.Of this number it was found that 8,003had been fully naturalized, 3,069 had takenout their first papers and 5,064 haddefinitely announced their intention ofapplying for naturalization. In other
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ITALIANS, MEXICANS, AND OTHER RACES LISTENING TO A LIBERTY LOAN TALKON THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. tures to promote sanitation and healthare adopted. In addition, provisions havebeen made for amusements and recreation,including camp recreation rooms, victrolas,etc. Instructive entertainments are givenfrom time to time under the auspices ofthe Young Mens Christian Association.Wherever possible religious services forthe Mexican employees are conductedunder the direction of a Catholic church.In addition to the language courses car-ried on through the educational organiza-tion of the Pennsylvania Railroad, instruc-tion is also provided, by correspondence,in electricity (including elementarymathematics) and in stenography. Al-together, out of approximately loo.CHH) em-ployees on the Lines East of Pittsburgh,18,769, or 10.7 per cent, of the total, wereon February 28, 1918, enrolled in the edu-cational courses. Supplementing the cor-respondence courses, numerous safety lec-tures are conducted

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