, 1877-01-18

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While the bridge was eoInz up III: witness
Tic Iron work VIZ tl1nc f as tlIdr"rElt rntt:F'
lnscttnIst as tic witness ktows o.. WINES
va. at the si,t,s Often while thu hr.Gc was be-
tg built. lie was At the bridge nilfy "1cc uur'
irE It's crcctt,,u, tia. was when there wn< re-
port Tat there was trouble in putting II M:
Wien the bridge was testcsi II wa* stiEr. AMI
the DETECTION WAS les. than exptttc,i' lnH n'l,
ttnne Ut, hes would have lccn htont s!I,Hn'
TIlc nrE!ye Itself Gust al,pnt tl5ttl: The lrl lgc
md arches cs,.t perhaps ncasly ss5,ooo.
EsclsEEH cn1.tiss:
CLEVELAND. IT,, Jaa ti.-Its. .5''int !.e1!+ta.
live COMMITTEE, iinrenstratinS tho Ashta''!'a
disaster, cya,ninrl til, af.crnuon Nr: Charles
Koal, who tc.tiA'ti ~ f',llows:
don't know where tl'c original films Of the
britge arc. cxcet thc s,tcs ut Atht1t,i!a bct.'Ic
thn Gorsnvs's jury. Tho.c ~: mt thc full
They nr.: generally prr5rrye,l, hut tAsc
wsre not. 1Icy a., bcoosrl to m' t',:.,. ;',~,
Sat ~, ea.,3acte es9s the W., t"e put iA' a. s9f ss
wurk, arrl tnts was put tnto t!'c hand. q! '.l-
otf.vr man. never saw sh" i'lau>, tlrf":nr''.
~ they were nut sent in my nllicr. think they
were u{, 1T the shop wlcu the work was !"itr.
They woad al:s' be wanted wl.'n ;!.e t'.!:e
Wis set W. The cxn'.'lnatnn 81 tht l'Fi::e
belongs to men Under Inc. My Instructions to
the men arr to rcp!rt csc:. Thing "Fons'
hs
I, Mt the head Of the cxaf,li,lin. corps. f1c las
no att time, but works Oh general "rlcr. sot,c
ff,u,. In Eer,cr lie rc ,rtGl verbally ti,lt lltc
hri,f,+e wn, nil rt.ht 1Hcy haze NIT hen sG-
| uu}rcd to r,turt IN writing I'll ordinary hlsi-
,ic.s. never ordered aHy fpafal esa'nina-
| ttM u that sri!gc. ! ncver. ,tna'l: nny
statements to the effect that tic bridge was Mt
| ninc hut Stones / was unrc stayil,g 1t i II
| tabulaz amt Mr., Kn!crs nskrd mr to ~ atrl
visit lie trf,l.c, aui told lin tl!e bracc. We're
rrt,np. but told lin that had nu.l1!n:, to 4io
Will II. lie rcq,v>tci me I" harc Mr.. Stone
remarked that hc was SURPRISED til" brace were
wyrk, When / sew It next 1t was c,sn.cts,i.
at The time IL wa> tested. Tie IRA ~ wcr: If
| tcswnrl iurnc.l aiul at additional number l'slI
| in. I made Bu insnrcttn1l If It. uffrwGr,l. wlitn
train. were passjtly over IT, ft.,kc.1 1T It u IN
engineer, aill t!luayht The yokcs about the
nnvir-bIocks
WOULD lsoLu TIE nNACEs IN POSITION.
I did not anttcipaie nIlr trouble III at1Iunt ri
the braces. Cuil=tlert..i tic fustGitn.s III lie
braces sufficient III tic change. that wu* ila!e
| tlle corners Of thu ,Jrarrs wrsc c}s,p,.,l
| uJ, but this in not think ~H"Hl
ai!tct II materially. i!aru rryvr
male any cstt,nat, o! tic weight nj the f:ri e.
have M +xpcrirncc In hui1ilag that Kind oi Il
nrarSs Ind bsrn w,,,ctj ~, ~ 10 make them Il
torcther, layc never kno,su uf IN ,thrr bE!,l..
| tp he built of Wrought Iron OF illf+ p!aI. 'rhis
| lri,]re was an c.urrlfurit, I think the uppcf
cords we're nut ull the saI,,c sxc. ncstr saH
or examined the straight sheet of thu br!t-e.
IsEyEt. Myself MADE 4 MATHEMATICAL EXAM
1SATtoN
OF the bridge Will. y yirw to asccrtafnin. It:
| safety. There was guard rail. which "ou!s
urrytnt thu wheel from ,u,n,ti1iE unless a.,inc
| Thing hat, been ta,ncretl win. think loo
motive mtylt run a:russ /! there was nu,tli',.