New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-15

have been helped was not stopping the other train
in time"
what is your rule upon this point"

have been helped was not stopping the other tram
| in time" 80,
aWhat is your rule upon this pointp ,,.
1t Is very plain aud imperative one. III reau'
as follows:
Whenever train IL stopped the road or Is only en-
abed to proceed at slow rate, the conductor mus t
InediatrIy send a man with red signal at least hau
mile back double track and the same distance III Dun
directions fon single track 10 stop any Iersntio6
continues This must always be done, whether anon,cl
train IL expected or not In CARRYING our tnis
be lost ia inquiry TO the cause VI stoppage or Us
able duration the bTakem N or trninman must 20
back Instantly Conductors viii be held strictly re-
sp0nsiDe for the prompt enforcement OF ms r5 .,
The signalman sent back must not return 10 tne FSn
blowing OF the whistle to start nor unless Sent lOI
by he CONDUCTOR and then must hrst place TWO toiPo
does upon the rail-
is ordered to TO the rear at once ana not To "at
an order from the conductor From what httie IN
vestigation that ! have made 1t appears that the
brakeman Mclius did rot 90 20 the rear" 49,
How do you account for his neglect OF duty 7,
That is more than ! can understand He mas
been in the employ OF the company Tor twenty
years more, and has always been considered an
active and faithful man. Tho only thln2 can
think is that he supposed the trouble would he
romedled III moment and that ne stood near inc
train ~ that he could get on when 1t started.
WIS it necessary that he should get on the tram
when II started p
Not at all. lie would only have been delayed q
few moments if the express had left him behind,
because there were local trains that followed the
express which would have brought HIM into the
ety.
Does the company intend to do anything about
the accident -
what can be done There is very little satsfac-
ton in dschargng man
" DO Won know where Nclus IS = 800
" He is al ms home in POughkcepse, and, will be
produced whenever the Coroner may direct.
Later i'm the day the reporter called again upon
Mr.. Toucey aud Questioned him as to where MENUS
-. told You before" said Mr.. Toucey. that
MeliuS was ut his home IN POughkeepsle.
:
piled the reporter. " which has just been recelyed
from POughkccp,o, and which says that MeIluS
took the III , train for this city .
It means that he did take that train for this city
under. photographic orders from headquarters.
Afterward thus order was countermanded, and
Melius got oil ut the first station and returned 10
Immediately after Mr.. Toucey's explanation the
reporter went downstairs to the police station ID o
basement of the building, to tOlloE mp runor.
There it was learned that George Mellus was prS-
oner in one of the cells. lie had como down on the
c. N. Bissell. division superintendent of the
Hudson River Railroad agreed with what Mr.
Toncey said about Melius. lie thoughr that no
other person was to blame a. he an old EN-.
fcctly familiar 18th his duties Dir. Blssell sad
"Thc company has not begun an inye'tgatIon,
as the Coroner has charge Of the whole affair The
company Will, however, do everything TO iurthcr
his Investigation. At present the tranmen are
either Mt their homes or upon the road, but When
the Coroner wants them they will he on hand
The greatest difficulty WAS experienced IN the
effort TO learn something definite about the men
upon the two trains. The only information that
was got that was thou int to be Trustworthy was as
to what tho engineer OF tue IarrytOwn tram had
said. This was Told a reporter by m official who
refused to allow his name 20 be used The sub
stance of it was that the engineer when he came
into the dppOt said: " We were running at mode
rate rate of speed, and the engine rounded the
curve saw tho red light of the express train cnt
oil the steam aud pulled the AR brake but the
distance was so short that the brake had hardly
taken hold until tine engine struck the car sup
pose shall be blamed b. some people but anyone
vino knows that part of the road knows that
dozen ar brales could not have stopped the train
in time"