, 1873-08-21

was that tho Company found that by promotion
thoy could aocuro bettor mon iu tho freight sor-
mar, m;nht hRnvo aome inccntivc to ionI fnrwssr1
to 10 MT" hottor man Of thcm r. ,,1ncinn @ raon
In charge Of Passenger trnns they invariably
promoted those who were n A., tho freight sorvlce'
ssssgsr amsg go s9o TO- to Se5 @
o nc no' nnofd HnGsp
~ y paesengos onos. but the 5unsvore not aa lons
.a nno COS, .fans & run was e'gnt aonfe' enu Of pae
soeon esf GotGe oF s Ss bp IS 1
allko; but deponding on the longth Of tho run.
tl1oy somutimoa ro.liue s1g0 q ,,onthwnaynrr
i'n" 'n"n "A"o' -
,,. 5AME9 :: N1!anEn. l's;ln
nibus buBineHs hero, saias
ton It Ienont 1t 70 ococs W md 5eiore Wills " E s wns
waa thcrc. Nh al gna tYnrn nhnlt eix nfnussa mi
e By BY my ~ stcn 'f % Kno M o conetor nj II
to Who ae M sg four aps or way ~sv b ill., o
sars < 10 ieit q int ataion: slso aaw nst,
n.-tratc,nnn Mr IIT,lon nskca hfnn, ,zboth"r lar
they Ind time On Nc. I. At thla timo
tho train moving en- md tlo cabooso passing tho
atnsion Tho reply was he did not know, said nothing
70 tho On man Who handc4 no sne Wny-nn. Tor tlo
~ @ a" . ac 3gSa ~ . 9osa nn
for NAV Gon5s,cor ncaun and rcra1m sd In aa
tho ono who hantod mo these way-bills Whoever It
w. was standing on Tho tsntsr. near tho en;
to the engineer 10 more on II Que had been given II
ssIG NV naso ugsM t,1, seeu " my h.np &no
tic coniuctor 10 brske,nan 10 ienv" thcm nt tho
atatoi1 knew Boano bit not worry wel, for thrco or
four years, uecting him on the road three or four
Dcan6 WHO handod mo tho slips, but Judged It was
from the fact ho said to tho engineer, II wondor il
man win .giye them to him.. / was On tic
Alton road sixteen years, and was "suHpena-
ch*" The reason waa that I mado mistake on
we a, r9aa. Ihe,e Waa no accident. no collision.
rat a Ia avnr m d anythna of ho hm md sos sne
s,sncnIcd for hciiova ~ s,onn1 .s sro t, Sra
tic rear 10 start he train, aud Do not thsk tic con-
ductor had time to get back there. got tho bills
whom tho train cano tn, and did not SEQ auyono on Tho
onSns ' when tho train pulled out Tho conversation
had had to cut Of four cars there should haye run
sc eaa a ~" H. sn ,Ss
clear. I shoujI null through md inayo thc cara
tn pince on the other BiIet-ract. II not, should
have to bacf: II were going righ. Oh to Chicago,
should havo done about what Dolue di1. II hnd
ot noa hax soon or Twenty inntes ahead ot No wo
hsva thoueht hn rioh9 ~ In ain ras r 81, xa
. @ @ nao sasat 70 w a1n tsaeH I'LL nse
The eJurymon we're asked whether they would
wtnossos called. to % show what tosts ' wore @ nIcd
in engaginr an onrinoer. In order that thev
might aoo how Puffoaborgor got in, and thoy de-
cided they did not need him, believing tho Com
pany took every pTecaution TO get good man.
and sonseIeBa questions, and took q brief rcccBs,
q. uhsruroN.
tr,,n pov+ xv1+,oaa .vna T q Ijor,,,t,, 3,r,t,,
and wntcbmnonor VIZ sn;I so"' 'o"eAeA
-. 49,. ~. s"
vonnI ~ ton tiaht ~" F % tho uoins
sudden lar, ike umpin9 oil train would bo ikely
to utart IL. Such q one ss tho colllsion might
watch might stop nu hour, md then go on again. An
noht ain h,c ,f IN So ma S % tio " %a'ch
sn. nnp oaeh nal1 IN nonr, one ne.ns htt.o ooss
for twy a na S Il he mn
but onco. To show itB excellence he lot it drop.
but declined to lot tho yitnonB do It. -
nn"",'-.uS.",. 49, .AnSou 1enu.'oo:
1ne nanaa Halght cate1 ana ho!o for nve minutes,
sop tha wateh lit Of drt may Ss drop il wsci, %
sop u, ana taea dfop oas again.
The jurymou compared watches and then dis
n1r. sallatay, night telegraph operator at Le-
mont, said
was at the Office Saturday night, talked with
Ss eP hs we svs
that No. IS wns oil, utter asking II there were nuy
esassa for It sga!n. Nc Me 1spoEe I 81 It 1o:95
After It loft bloomington called Willow Springs which
reported No. o Ut i0:O5. did not sec Doanso come
IN tie 0 wa,bs Is not eusfospv prooga eor
conductors to call for orders, unicsa there
IL signal out, which waB not tho case Saturday did
not know No. as was about 10 start, but supposed sis
When Bloomington telegraphed there woro no ordors
for No. ~, the agent went ont the platform, sec
| about 1t, but tho train wus then passuK,
". A. aAnnnrR.
a a. 9 aHea l a saa1ea 3 tbas ns knG
except that it was something not to be broken.
He said:
am as,,st,nt ,uont and onor,tnr a. 1em,,t ,,d
va. there ssturisy naht. know M ~ orn tsn h she
Iast Witness o1copt TIA Mr. senr to uct hs cnoino
and 60 ap to ths wrock. hoard tho collision M Tos s' he
1ot5 lie sid 10 had ran s she way rom tho socb
sskca how bai Il was. and be sai 1e wsa nat nj thc
hcnl of il, bnt had ra1' harI for hen nsraJ tnw !,
came' liz said to ua e at ioraot Iii .bat M a9 t
nbot one minuto nSfora they sr,,nk and .hcn o sat
lbs cabooaebrste and went out were no did no. esy
IN NH thinh I1snno vsnt hsc' ~ 10 no+t ,n"-s; Il;
beard him to the oeneer h. M pf not sam @ II
1enont snnGnv 1norr{nn i,o"t ~ ~, In. ~" @ % mu ~
sstinn viii i,t,n' 'Ns' "o'"' y "uS "'1 Ao
eSn0" WILL 1'n'' ao.,,o
Mr. pnaaro rro;,1.t =: oanaN1. a.aSu..o H., A,+on
| aI' spears, !Ielsht conductor On tho Alton
Noau living at bloomington, said:
Saturday evening va. at Lemont with q train. I
hv tha ,,raok 1VbiI. st,aTo 1,nt