New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-31
ERIE RAILROAD TELEGRAPH.

ERIE RAILROAD TEssEGHAPb'
To u, Editor Of II, n y Tribuae
SIR In YOUR editorial structures upon the Erie Road
m lisbod In ne TyijpHc Of the 9Th inst. while telling
some Wholesome truth You mae ss e., ,osa,e5a,
and likely to throw unmeriie6 blame upon me ind'i
duaily r.. c.....-
was The operator on duty al the EnTe s;aoa
cures ran of at Painted Post The Company
has lately reduced the number Of night oi1ces on
Ills Division from tx 10 tbree-tlmra Hornes
Vile and Susquehenna-he latter being ends Of the
Division and Emira the TelegraJhc head quarter being
the residence Of the Assistant Division snperlei len.
for mn ng trains Now when The train ran on al lal.'el
Post the Conductor went soon as possible 70 corning
the nearett telegraph station walked uP the Opertor s
Ola the dispatch reporting the run 81, ana ashn! iT
orders That dispatch was received here at 20 An
sent 10 Mr. Coffin As -tan Division superintendent who
cane to the flee Immediately, ana gave the neees.a!
order which sent at AS. II / ltle slnghar that
vou should say "Elmira was dumb "a an oyster' '" n
there was no operator in the Oweg0 once where y'H
we've Until nearly go andthe time for opening thai oicY
is O'Clock AN il being day oihce; Al about 90,
cal6d at SusquChanna and Owego the latter meTe! De
cause It was po,sJf for him to be On hand bur aoi Proc
oyI | raised SusquChama and reported the tram 70 MN
ord then went 10 breakfast about 500 returned little
before O'Clock and reported TO Owcgo who had come
in while was gone to breakfast ~
You say. 1t was almost o'clock before Eimra was
"waked up" carrying the idea that the Elmra operator
had been asleep until that time which YOU perceive Is
great misioke | was around ard VIDE awake as our
Office bcok VIII show but rs there are but two operators
70 keen the Office night end day. and operators must
eat il was unavoidable that the office should be closed at
meeltme.
Is not the DISPOSITION Of The IlbaRe to do injustice to any
individual however obscure or ms gnihcant with the
fullest confidence that you will make the matter rght
Ne Ioyi oad E1ie Telegraph Ce, Ia,a AUG y l2'1
We hall be very sorry TO oyerset the excellent opn-
ION that Mr. Hutchinson seems 10 entertain OF rs, but
he forces upon us the necessity Of saying few words
mOrC-as follows:
l. Oweqo as we stated, is the headquarters of the
Division Superintendent the Susquehanna division
OF tie Erie Railroad; but be, it now appears mas
nothing to DO with such accidents as we nave un"'i
confederation Tie responsibility de'oI'es on an IS
ssiom Division Superintendent who halls from Elmra
ard WHO gives, in the name of the superintendent all
or,lers for running trains SOFT seems that notonyis
tie Cif Superintendent proper work done BY proxy
and at AIMS length but the Dsisi0n superintendent
ao Is it any longer puzzle that the Erie Road passes
dividends and its stock ranges twenty to thirty per cent
below Tar7
. Nj Hutchinson thinks gave Tie impression that
he was fast asleep until nearly o'clock OF the morning
in question That was not our meaning When we
spoke of waking him up at that time, we meant that
we extracted ON answer from him at that time. lie
might have been awake to other people ever so long
but lie was not TO al OwegO.
3 Mr. Hutchinson thinks it perfectly right that be
slould have shut up his office at GO under the CIR
cumstances and gone 10 breakfast Therein we dlner
from him. most decidedly He could not have doubted
that GOOD number of passengers were gathered al the
Oweco depot--not to speak of Understanding what
had become of the train for which they had been called
ont Of their beds two or three hours before and
which was row an hour and half past due
and il would not have been very violent pre-
SUMPTION that the Division superintendent might wish
70 Know what had become of said train. We admit
the force Of lis suggestion that operators must eat
hut we suggest that where there are two OF them at
schod TO one Railroad Office. and important train has
run off the track and is two hours behind IFS time why
in such junctuTe the operator on duty should await
bis colleague arrival or at least postpone his break
fast even 10 so late an hour o'clock. A. NJ, rather
lan shut mp the Office leaving important points on the
division in darkness and doubt 10 the fate OF the
missing train BY this sacrifice, he would have ena
bled good many get breakfast who were obliged 10
60 without entirely not knowing at what moment the
missing train might he along so much for Mr.. Hutch
insCn
Gentlemen Directors the Erie Road must be man.
sced with more energy and supervised with greater
vigilance We say this as a friend, and pray YOU 70
hear and heed it. Ed