The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-07
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VINO AuN nEsroakgu4E.
T gl snpae railroad
sstaesleat ete ly which mere
tlsa tvo hah8tel res hate
us5 aaa uo tbaa tuire i6at aaa-
br Har eees wounded ihm
uans ffI mrc tw aks Sc ta5
n.Bf &c The the
cuy a3 especially be travelling
pati1a ls5l.as thatafadigaIrs n b
sl rs r 5sian II travelling By
faa sad steam.
Is ihe case q steamboats,. aYaaea
lnp,s tie ovbes e. rue tic BOAT as
lag - pessltle without esp3aF
money ia repairs 81 iiss purchase %
ucw boilers 81 machinery, and also ia
employ as ehtap help s. possible 1o
check tha tendency government haa
provided ibat tie boilers 0fali pas a.
rcr boats shall u Inspected aud tcsl.
,lat regular periods ~ au officer APP
poin'el f1r that papose, and that no
l.oat % allowed 70 carry passengers
without proper certificate from such
oErer
Tho work If iaspcaiaa Is net Of
ways carefully done anl sometimes The
officer s Bot properly qualified lr
TIE position. a8d occasionally acct
dents happen rs reason Of tbe careless.
ness II engineers when tho boiler
would otherwise have been suGllc ent
We arc glad 10 notice that the coroocrs
jury ~ the case 81 the WeslGcld jisas.
ter haze returned verdict according
10 tie facts. 1t declares that the West
fields boiler was defective IN original
construction, worn out BY use and in
yiied the catastrophe with which il
met. that Jacob II Vanderbilt, prcsl.
don't IL the Staten Island railroad com.
pany, John IT. Matthews L S, In.
spector, James II Braisicd, supgrin.
,tudcnt u the Staten Island railroad
company. and Henry Robinson, the en-.
gineer Of the boat are responsible for
the uso d said defective boiler and ,he
consequences 81 Its use, and shall be
held accountable Tor the deaths Of Che
aforesaid persons. This righteous yer.
diet " 10 be followed By the immediate
arrest u the parties whom the jury
have found responsible for the disaster
aud there really seems some prospect
that Justice will le metod cot TO them
IN the case Of railroads the difficulty
Is siill moro complicated, and, consid
cFing the reckless manner IN which
most roads arc run, II is wonderful that
no more accidents occur There arc
10 ilagncn stationed at crossings, and
at the depots in largo places there is q
perfect rush aud scramble until the
moment the train starts, aud on special
occasions tho rush il increased tcuiold
Tie trouble is not altogether with
railroad officials bat can be found in the
hurry aud rush Of the American people
many Of whom would prefer to risk
their nocks rather than lose five min
utcs. If one train waits half an hour
at station for a delinquent train there
il nothing heard but cursing and gram
bling At the railroad officials for the De
lay, and this cursing and grumbling
continues until train starts On the time
Of another train, an accident occurs
and the American people hold up their
hands IN holy horror
There il unqucsiionably looscncss
ia the present system Of running rail
roads that viii q more Or less profit,
Of accidents, bat we can hardly hop,
u sec reform until there is reform
Ia the people themselves They mus
get o,cf their hurry On ron tho risk o.
the consequences We're thcre twt
railroads between two important points
one Of which should ron its trains las
enough 10 b really unsafe and the olle
reasonably slow the faa road woul.
haze ihreciourtbs oftho travel Whom
ever the people get sobcrcd down al
they arc ia most countries 10 Europ,
trains will Ne run Will more care ON,
ever accidents will occur.