New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-29

the Jury were all good. fair ties exoePs , one one
the ties t east oO eSOd mSpy Srene1 o as good or
better than those taken out; don't know tn0
man nno off for number Of days; cannot tell Of
NV own Rnow,edge when the road was last inspected
S s s 1Dt e ws Claus Frederick Friday afternoon
before The accident ane examined 1t ali along came
Tyde Park; have had conversation about my test IT,
nSny with the officers Of the Company had orders 70
SSsr ths one; don't know Of any record q the
eOdtiO1 OF the track on the Long Island RailrOad
the roads very fair; 1 have ono assistant.
Diver Charlick sworn: President OF the Long
years the time Of the late accident was in Albany
have seen tine Place where IT as paed
that section Of the track perhaps I'VE times mes III on
separate car during the Ta'e Same ne as 'GtA was
last Winter; l walked down with Mr.. Voornees,
from the eGlyeEt to about quarter w 0 Of ahsae Joint
think counted FIVE seven ties that seese 70 az
that tune and examined it. and small piece Of arail END
chair, introduced Jas understood py n ,ho 90 DOe nat
erS pr the 81 sa r Weight the broken the English
brand is on this piece; the prOASn a the niece intro
duced hero by the foreman Of this Jury is OF En-
gsh manufacture and mas s9e of srept enr
yature and run through smaller roller think IL Is a
brand have directed @ oes and Of tbs broken
rail not destroyed we hope 10 produce peiUIe so
h5 took It away and where it now Isl the top of the
niece produced here by the foreman Of the jury as part
S Of 500 s2G Snss' on aS S S Sp
have no doubt that the break on the end is fresh and
made recently either by blow from hammer OF py
sde think was not done by nange, but in some
other way my conclusions are that was not So because
the train was running east, and the wheel would nave
Struck II at the west end and made different indenta
tOn if this piece of rail had been IN the acE eIk ro
other rails and prying it; my impression ls that
good many years ago some short light hngsh i2ioO G
were some OF the best iron think. ever used IN TINS
country; this piece does not bear the evidence Oh hag
been passed over receny have been taking up those
rails for years past and have sold them on account OF
superior quality for from IS TO - more 'u aa
the usual price Of old rails nave never pee enS9sou
in manufacturing iron but know Know so some
about its constituent parts t these sd ra nsoce are
but the small piece from its age may Dea niue more eys
tazed than the other the action OF W oSt G
rail- has tendency to erystaze Ito take 0ui dne
fiber OF the iron; constant poundng upon o1 %
IT. could not tell from the Oh spd The obes
American but is evident lat the TWO are not OF
cosrser; think know what Guests brand Is, though
have not Kamned 1t within two years thls brann Is III
hra nd means the long piece was made by Hopkins CO..
don't know whether Hopkins n CC nave any oranu OF
there we're no chains from the truck the bottom of the
car such chains believe. are not now generally used
Of accident. from leaving the track Chain strong
enough to h0d truck on bS "a M S'o
ia tnTtber accident by upsetting chain to be of
service in sudden don ca sSFrs % TSrat &c fm n
two to four inches, making such chains
practically useless ak we nave ae Sr these
Chains do not keep the trucks from "sewing around,
to BE o the r on any than
You could go out and stop locomotive gong I'VE mes
an eIerk 1 store in NewYOrk when about u
years old began as railroad man IN AZ OF g nave
SUPERINTENDENT years; tho ,irst steam road
had chTge Of was the SewYol and ana fus haRS
been connected as director with the Harlem EN-
Rock 1sand and Chicago Railroad for the last seven
years haze been President Of the Long Island Road SIX
years AN President OF the Bennington ana Rutland d
the road in 1868 not suhcien the roadway
s sS e Of Vary
according the grade Of services the master mechanic
such wages as win command the services
Of lrslciass men; 1 couldn't point out any
OF the conon OF the road couldn't state that any one
ever complained Of the road winfield although such
oeiyed my Immediate attention; this road bed has had
over 100000 worth Of new iron put upon II within the
been purchased to knowledge, and have purchased
ALL new rails were put on every section OF me T1Se
broken one We have used think. hve different brands
Of rails On this road Inc oe opt se anV brand
think Guests iron is as goGd a ssiD any ny:
dpR SuS S hs iron IGn D v Of he
Snog where the missing sometimes rail wears
ont frat at the Joints, sometimes IN the middle but gem
orally think, the joints, where IL Is more exposed
don't think II would be doing justice TO tell what think
about this small piece Of rail don't Know eAaoty now
much Is gone whenever complaint IS made as 10 the
condition Of the road, 1t receives my Immediate at
tentOn -, TIT, q, -
AT present employed on the South SIDE Railroads was IN
Jamaica Friday last; not present at me ACCIDENT
and know nothing about it, about tho road bed nave
been in almost all the various branches OF railroad Dus
nesg and am familiar with the construction OF railways;
have never examined tho road In the vicinity OF the
cdenf. have taken old iron and put in new ana
seen rails ahmed aud broken, and ripped IN many ways
from the general appearance the small piece might be
mart OF the rail the large broken pieces thhk III
Is not altogether impossible that 1t Is; 1 know
nothing OF the trademarks; L have oIten
known the caps OF the rails to come OF from
tie rail sometimes beginning at the center, but com
monty at the end and leaving the top OF the rail loOng
very much as does IN this piece though not quite SO
smooth; should think, from comparison with the g9od
end OF the rail that that and this might have been rolled
through the mill the web upright part appears
10 i've OF the same thickness; have known rails 70 peel
see how the ange OF wheel could make that mark
the rail occupied It's proper place. unless II lay on us sac
I have been at railroad WORK 10 years Last
March: the small piece has the appearance OF "a
fresh break on the end but not on the slGei
in Having new rails have never Lotlced any peculiar
stamD think there stamp on some OF the ora
English rails used the Long Island rOad but 90 not
see anything that looks like II on this piece.
The small piece Of rail and the old chair were picked MP
near the accident by members OF the jury All now agree
that the char part O the track, and the Jury
man who found the piece OF rail sticking IN the ground
four inches from broken end OF the rail hve hours
after the accident frankly admitted last night that lac
Thought after hearing yesterdays evidence that 1t was
not part Of the rail that caused the accident.
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