The New York herald., 1878-10-04
THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD.

NEWARK. n. j., Oct. 2, 1873.
To THE EDITOR TIE HEKALD:-
Your corresp pondonI signing himself "H. G. Ward"
lays himself liable to the severcst in trying
to uphold such disgraceul combination or errors
tho above railroad AL G. Waro" IL either lacking
in common sense else sadly misinformed-most
probably the iatter--for II ne or anybody with any
knowledge sf the requirements Of decent roadbcd
would walk over the road section would be suIl-
csnt to satisfy them It's gorous condition
have walked over small portion OF the found
the sentiments OF the HERALD fully vndicatsd ! am
civil engineer OF nearly years. practical experi-
ence, sau have been a constant traveller over the
above railroad all tho summer just PASSED, and feel
as II had besn delivered from dcath Only by divine
protection. =
sarossIy exaggerated ana great doal OF Is abso-
used by .H G. Ward" In condemnation OF your
truthiul editorials and articles, and are lar more t
ting TO his own communication than anything else.
The TICS rotten the rails are insecurely spiked,
and rods there cannot bc found either track
single plate. the lcvclng Is q mocKcry that
serm and the oars, as they ruxh along IN their mad
career sway to and fro as though they would roll
right OF the track. can produce piece Of sleeper
rescued from recent disaster on thus deathirap road
winch Is rotten that u can be crum Dlod In he
hand. Tho .untortunats combination Of accidents
(enurely unav0dAbleln as III. q. Ward" calls them,
is simply tue result of bad management, gross neg
lcct dsgracsl ui ignorance, aud stand ready and
anxious to prove every assertion make. And, what
occurred this summer on this same old death trap
that have never ueen reported IN the papers.
wnl give an instance oil the '.cear, sound tudg-
menp, that III g. Ward" probably refers to- A
single "trip ticket 70 Rockaway costs thiry-nve cents
while they will charge oae sevcnynvs cents Tor an
| excursion ticket 70 the same place. .rt
| Ii "not many months ago the present manage
ment took tho out or the hands OF people who
certainly knew very little oil ralroading." am sure
the change evidently not boen bcter, Tor nothing
could be worse aud exist At all srhs sienaer inca MS
ut their disposall" pretty excuse Tor q railroad to
any body to make tor the railroad, Tor butcn
ering human beings ny tho dozen, wnon this very
hitt Inn gland Hutl raad hast
10 more than 81, 500. 600, and they dare not deny
mi II 10 enough 70 make ones blood boil TO
correspondent cooliy and crlngiusly Try 70 defend
sucn monslrosItes rs nave been committod by tho
Long Island Railroad, with nothing but his name 10
As Its being zone Of ihe most popular roads out
OF New York, n IL he droAd OF all who, by necessity
none other leading 10 points along It's hue
If IN. a. WARD wants any standardization OF tho
foregoing he or anybody else can Se accom-
THE LONG ISLAND RAILRoAD MANAGEMENT
ONCE MORE CALLED TO ACcoUNr--A SHARP
vhnDICr.
Tho inquest In the OF Michael Durkin, engineer
OF tho Long Island Railroad. who died tho 18Th OF
September from Injuries received tho day previous at
an accident that road. concluded last evening
at the Greenpont police station. The evidence OF
Train Dispatcher Cannon and Thomas Durkin was
received wneu the Jury retired aud rendered tho fol-
| lowing verdict:-
We jury ind that the said Michael Durkln to
his scads and bruises the 18th OF September
1873 No ~ Box street Grecnpant ana that the said
bruises caused by tue kocksway tram
| the Long Island RaiIroad. OF when he was
:a"Dsss. "Ss. osss -ss S%''is sp.sss nSa' 1873
running down embanknent near Furman
Bridge said road We nave thoroughly examined the
aud its condition at tue OF acct.
In The vicinity and have carefully weighed the
| evidence brought before AS to the broken nange,
| the condition Of tho road bed aud other rel,-
\ tive evidence. In opinion the accident
! was entirely owing rounding the curve
ut Of spool Tho road IRON Hunt
Point the where tue went OF the track Is
laid almost In lines The evidence clearly show
that speed Hunters Point the Of
! the accident nearly thirty miles per hour. The
| curve where the engine vent of ths track
Ia given by witness being NO feet radius by an
other 900 radius unusually snort except In the im
late vicinity VI dspots where trains always
speed To iorce train around the
| rate oil nearly thirty miles an hour deem
rantabis exposure OF the lives of passengers 1he
| road bed at the point where the train went
| of the track, and IN the vicinity, has been much
repaired since the accident occurred butt in opinion
tie, th at should aud
placed by onos before travelling GAN be considered