The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-01-03

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srt* VIZ ms Nv ruls refsr injast-l
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had he remained vi n hs wuahl have
e~srti si,haus INJURY.
| ~nall faHhcs asss thai ear
Company i nov and ~ several ,esr
raH has hern The ewnrt, anil u eiet.
a,ing e,u hfiscr hundred miles il rail
rued IN shi4 state. lows aud llllnuis.
anil ~ u. ~l,olr live. during Nh tina.
time In. never had hut one r,her rase
II fatal accident ~ passenger. which
occurred. ~ in this caw. IN nm unwiac
sttamps IL jump fr'm the rars,
submit that fscts are 4 better r..
fu,alinu II The Wholesale charge. made
II The article II question than any ~.
NAL that could make. They tell their
own story IN language MT u be mirsak.
on. They d, MT show that "the rad
Il nut n repair or has becn misman.
aged. hut, ON the contrary, they furn-
ish strong evidence that tho statements
II the editor u The Democrat. nrc nm
true. and TINT the trains have MT been
run over patched and brittle rails, "
over rotten tics. - hy him alleged.
confidently assert that you will
search In vain fr like ease II cxcmp-
tim fr.m fatal accidents On any road
in the United State. II equal length,
and business fo- tho same pcri.sl u
time. yet the article IN question repre-
scuis the road ~ wholly unsafe and u
~ avoided I,y everyone having my 70
gard f"r the preservation II his life
Tie suggestion that roa.l-tuasicr I,ns
resig,,el because tho company would
mt farnisl, him material 10 repair the
ROAD Ii wiii,.u, d shadow M truth a.
support II. All road.mastcrs have been
Instructed IL u@c ali the tics and other
material necessary " put their several
sceiions u the roah II proper repair,
nna ~ ." eSsr nave ss,sy Dccn rcrfr,cf-
ed, The rond.bcd !. In gnsl condition,
the iics are sound. and The company
nt. nov carrying over 10 NEXT year
morc than 20. Os,o tics on tho line. II
the rpai In this state. which we're MT
neeled for repairs this scsson.
The rails arr ~ good condition. bul
with such u winter ~ ~ have had
thus far---da,s with the ther,ue,metos
below zero and some II tho time from
- u ~ degrees below. II h impossible
70 prevent tis. from being thrown up
by the frost and rails from breaking.
and consequent accidents 70 trains
but shat W arc having more " these
accidents than other rsilroad. situated
~ far nertl' and doing ~ n,ael, LuHires~
- we are. ! must emphsfieaIly deny.
The unusual severity u thu weather
has operated morse uniayorabIy upon
our track than ! i,sd expected. Hut 10
remedy this difficulty | have made ar.
range,nens. for ~ ample supply II new
iron - replace Ill bars whiel, may show
~, signs u yielding " giving out. and
tbs Rolling Mil NJ Milwaukee has been
Tor some time engaged In rolling this
iron for ~ and will continue IL d. u, ~
long NJ VIZ have any occasion for liz
use. Every prccsation which human
foresight could suggest has been aud
willfc taken 10 oyercoime The diiliruIs-
~ which srs inhcrsnt III raiirnadiuv
In this climate sad u guard
against accidents which must necessarily
occur. ocessiooly. from sheee difficulties.
observe IN tho sentinel ~ this
morning IN article taken from the IL
Crosvc Leader. signed &. T.. the last
psvssv.ph \ which y ~ follows.
The road il nvt III tho condition that
II should DO, ~ everyone knswr. and
M conductor. engineer. c1pretslnan.
mail-agent " passenger ran deny II
nse,ls repairs. aud II many places en-
tire restoration II ties. eulsefis. LfiIg-
cs and rails. General Manager Merrill,
who WINS tho first conductor who ever
run ! railroad tvsin In WISCONSIN.
knows tho road II nj what il should
10; and le enJca,orcd - get ~ ~.
Precipitation las spring n g,,tO. 200 h
rspnir !, 4 renew ihs rad; hut tho
aysriec snd greed u the nonresidrnt
arintnrais ID New York who own tho
sosd, denied the request.
This statement n not true. | have
already stated thst tie rosI II In good
condition. and deny entirely thst in
many pisces tho road needs entire
restoration a tiss. culvests. bridges.
and rails hsvs already s,~ksu III
regard 70 the Tics. sni nov NY thai ~
rSsd 10 tls Northwest Il better tod
than tho Rad lrosn Milwaukee ~ La
Cruise. Tho eulssSis snd bridges srs