Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-04-06
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When this dreadful crash took Place on
lsst Sund4y on the nep road 70 Wheeling
we we're informed At first that II vas owing
70 the too sudden check given to The train Oh
curve which pressed open the rails But
We we're assured that nobody was to blame,
nevertheless. next. that the Conductor was
very kind. Be-, 10 the wounded. aud no sort
Of blame was to be attributed 10 any body
BY yesterdays Sun VIC are edited BY the
information that the Investigation as to the
cause Of this accident renders il CERTAIN.
that thereswas 10 neglect Of daty On the part
Of any oua cnfinerted With tbs train, &c. !
suppose BY the Sun Of 70 day. we may be 10
formed that tie whole affair was very meri
terieus
This is tie way the public are treated BY
these companies that undertake to carry pas
scngers for hire. and By their chartered priv
ileges to charge high for The service They
are allowed o pass ever fsfus aud through
streets that their road msg Be graded, to car
the mails aud 30 d. al tie carrying business
Of the country Hey establish rales SO rig
id, that they can if they choose carry all
Their coal to Baltimore. after the people have
pn. up. Gin village Ike this) ceal Crates,
stoves. Sc. and population Of thousands
are left without fuel They certainly are
powerful company. and certainly Bal.imore
city is greatly benefited. ard to be greatly
moro benefited by their gigantic enterprise,
which pours great trade into her lap. So
far az the writer Of these lines is concerned
the advantages to him arc rather question:
bic He knows that Tie expenses Of bis
family are in most respects douhled. He
knows that it he prefers stage coach to
Baltime he cau'tfi one, that il he warts
coal to warm bis house he can't get it, while
hundreds Of oyer6urdenea iron cars run by
his door daily. laden for Baltimore. lie
claims therefore the privilege not only of
grumbling but Of exercising the right Of
citizen of free country, 10 expressing his
opinion, as to the course Of this gigantic
He does so the more readily
and conscentiously because he has no ad
rerse interest TO The Company, and is not
against them for himself or others,
for damages because Of broken legs or arms,
or because of loss of life. or property.
| write sir to protest against this eager
ness to sleer over and excuse these dreadful
occurrences, will not call them accidents,
nothing happens by accident. If the conduc-
tor and no one on the train, was to blame
(and ! don't say they were, for this system
Of Participating public opinion by excuses and
imperfect. and contradictory accounts, gives
no opportunity to any one to form any opin-
ION on the subject. that there was blame somie
lchere, heavy, awful, responsibility. Are we
to understand that if the road spreads, the
road was properly made That il an aule
breaks there was blame no where? That IL,
Cars and Engines are overworked and men
are osertasked that the consequences Of this
anxiety to make money, at the expense of
life and limb, is right and proper? That
there is any exemption for Corporators.
against the obligation of God's injunction
that, on the Sabbath day you shah do no
manner Of work ?
/ beg to suggest that If the handwriting
toiling hundreds on the cars, and at the sta
tions, were permitted on Saturday night, to
know that they might 60 to church or read
the Bible on Sunday that perhaps the rest
granted to the Iron horse might be attended
With as much blessing to the stockholders
as the repose Of the OK and work horse, is to
the farmer.
They might at least hare time to adjust
their time table, and examine the running
OF their Cars and Engines, aLd to
do many things besides. ObeJiog the CON-
mandment of HIN, whose providence aud
whose primitive dspcnsaiions, are over rail
road directors, and Stockholders, not only as
but even when they are
BODIES CORPORATE.