Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-05-21
The Locomotive Enginecrs---iiaii-
road Matters.

u; Locomotive Engineers" and other local
illusions, which will interest our readers,
a, a similar association las an>Sis'cnac
in Rutland, and i, composed OF some el
our beet engineers, and is in a highly
prosperous condition, from the editorial
pcn q Rey, J. O. skinner, Rcfcrrir 'o
the funeral services NJ the Methodist
church, St, Alhans, on the 3d inst, Of
Engineer Webster, killed in the recent
sad casualty at Bethel, he continues;
= Mr.. Frederick Webster, the engineer Of
the freight train, Was more particularly
Hsticed in this service, as he was mcm-
Der Of the 81. Albans Division of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
Robert NJ. Gregg, President having their
Headquarters at ST. Adams, who turned
out in body numbering some twenty
men, and joined in the services on sunday
evening ont Of respect 10 their esteemed
and hmcntcd associate. The Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers" was
formed for the purpose Of clcyating and
im1T0ViHE TrG mCmttJTs, UIITtt TwTfkTrT- m
them an esprit dc corps, and has charity
fund for the benefit of the widows and
orphans of deceased members oi the craft.
The Brotherhood have their ritual, thcir
mutual ties and tokens and badges and
the room furnished for them by the rail.
road company in the third story of the
new station house at ST. Adams. Is an eN-
idence both Of the hberality of the man
ayers Of the road and of the lauda-
A - al g., 81.
vate the character of the profession.
The importance of the engineers position,
the weight Of responsibility which always
rests upon him. the emergencies, always
liable to occur, when he must decide upon
the instant the very grave questions that
will admit Of no postponement, no con
Sultation with others, or private dcAhera-
tion even, and the critical exactncSs with
which he must manage the machinery and
the tremendous steam power placed at hIS
absolute control, make it necessary that
only sober, capable, trustworthy men
should be employed in the capacity OF
Engineers They are always iii the fore
front of danger. and the first who are LA
ble TO be harmed by any accident to their
= train, and when a casualty occurs they
, are entitled to a candid and lcnient Judg'
ment Mr.. Root, the conductor of the
mail train at the collision at Bethel, had
, been in the employ of the Central rail
road for eighteen years, had always given
satisfaction to the Company, and his mis-
I take and that of Mr.. Patterson the en-
( gineer Of his train, was most unaccounta-
bic. OF Mr.. Locklin, the Assistant Su-
perintendent, il is but Just 10 say that he
gave his orders to MeSsrs. Root and Pat
terSon in the clearcst manner, and both
the original order and the repetition OF II
= sent in return, are in the hands OF Super
q lntendenr Merrill, and show that the re-
Sponsible officers of the railroad We're no
al fault in any degree or manner what
: ever.
/ Mr. Locklin is very correct in his mod'
t of doing the buSidess entrusted to him
and in his bearing toward the employes
passengers and customers of the railroad
j. a thorough gentleman. But hi j, NOT
omuiseient and can not be omnipresent
and large responsibilities must nccessarl
ly rest upon station agents, conductors
engineers. switch-tendcrs and other sub
ordinates. 1t is the mistortunes Of tn
Central Railroad that all its immensi
business should have 10 be done on ;
single track, but the low'rf<cs of transport
alton forced upon the Road by the com
petition of other lines, and the state of il
finances. and the uneven, rocky ans
mountainous country which il traverse~
tender second,track, however desirable
& an impos~jbility for some years to come
c CuIEF JrsrrcE CHASE" Wachusett,
the well-informcd correspondent Of tn
Boston Advertiser, thus refers to the plac
q Of Mr.. Chase;
! Chief Justice Chase occupies a sim
= gt,lar position in this episode of our his
: tory Ever since he assumed the Judi
cial erlnine he has been heartily abascC
:. because he did not rise above the plan
). of party He seemed ambitious for tn
= Presidency, and he was constantly tolt
/ that he did not appreciate the loftines'
the value of the great office of head o
- the supreme bench. Now at last n
seems to have learned the lesson
=, Taught something, perhaps, in regard t'
= the porils of the Presidency 10y the strai
into which the present incumbent Of tina
:. haps, of the magnitude and responsible
= ities of the Chief Justiceship by til
- great duty he has himself been called t
i perform-hc has at last thrown off tn
II trammels OF partisanship. Aspiration
=, for political advancement have been cas-
), aside and the Chief Justice represent
i simply justice and nothing lower. Upol
n this Mr.. Chase is assailed with detrac
! tion, to which the assaults made upon hi
former attitude were as nothing in com
- parison. Bitterness greets hIm on ever
& side. Sneers reach him from the pres.
20 sneers from the Senate, sncers from th
i counsel, between whom he strives to hol
- an even hand.
The boldness the virulencc of these al
tacks can never be appreciated by any on
,e who has not personally watched the seen
10 from day to day in the chamber; fo
: words having a deep meaning of sugge'
i, tion and insinuation in the manner {
! utterance sometimes lose all their effec
:. and become harmless as doves when pu
NJ on paper Something different from sue
:. treatment as this, it seems to me, is du
to the magistrate whose only offense is
determination to be henceforth only
e magistrate, and no more combatant i
n the harness of party and therefore wis
j. to place on record as the judgment of
lg careful and impartial looker-on in IL
lis gallery that the course of Mr.. Chase
*. this great trial over which he has bee
Ill called upon to preside has shown only
5 purpose to administer justice, and /
lis such weights as he could throw in Il
It's right direction to make the proceedin
ed one of which the American citizens Of
Ie future age looking back upon it in Il
,e- clear light OF history, shall have evei
nd reason to be proud, and no reason to
ar- ashamed
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