The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

TO the present writing 80 far as wo have learned,
10 discoveries have hoon made tia, accounts salts
mctorlly Tor the crsh, Both the bottom chords,
which Wuro Of iron, have been found TO be rnbrok
On, says the phWniS, and this adds still more 10 the
mystery, An the train mcn testified that they re-
gardod this as strong and safe bridge, aud have
felt perfectly secure in riding over Il, Wesiato Us
matter Of fact, that Tor over year this bridge has
been under discussion, up here, and that the i'm.
precision was abroad that II was unsafe, Whether
this was mere idle talk or had something for foun-
dalton, we cannot say, hut have the impression that
II originated from employees Of the road, II Is
known here that engineer Daniels, who left the
road over year ago, was afraid of II, and often so
expressed himself We learn that few weeks he,
fore he left the road he snd, seemingly with good
deal Of satisfaction to hlmc1f, "that II that ID
bridge took him down 1t would have TO do 1t very
soon" Aud the fact remains undisputod that they
have been running ears loaded with II, II, 10 and
10 tons of freight over bridge designed to carry
with eight tons Of freight though, according To
all the testimony, having supposed strength, com
pUed by the ordinary rules, to sustain much hcav
Ter load. We make this qualifying statement, be,
cause the responsibility in this matter Is so icoriu
we are unwilling even to charge It upon u manage
mcnt for which We have had and have heretofore
expressed no great respect without positive proofs
In legal form. What we have said above we believe
to be fully justified by the facts already developed
by the sworn evidence; but we shall gladly change
| any Impressions we have formed or any statements
We have made il the facts yet to be produced show
that there have been no criminal acts or neglect,
| the part of the railroad officials or employees.
The investigation has been adjourned until next
week to give time to get all the evidence possible
from the wreck, after It's full removal from the wa
| ter.
On Tuesday morning CO.. ilaskins received the
original plans and strain sheets of the bridge from
c. L. Dapiorh the builder, and alidayits from him
and flom \. =. Boiler, the engineer who planned
it, Boiler tcstilcs tat the bridge was built to carry
live load of 1900 pounds per nea foot, and thai is
strength was ample Tor that purpose-the iron was
manufactured by the Keystone Bridge Co., of Pitts
burgh, Pa. "a concern of worldwide reputation for
excellence OF workmanship" and and he, a; the re-
quest of DaEforth, went to Pittsburgh and eNamln-
ed it before it was shipped, and believes sit was up
to the best standard of quality and Workmanship
"that the failure of said bridge could only be due
to over loading assuming that it was maintained in
| good condition'-that numerous experiments 20 to
show that this ovcrstrainng cannot be done with
impunty, and that 1t is only matter of sufficient
number of repeated applications before ruptures
| would cnsuc."
Mr.. Danforth tcstitics that Mr. Boilers plans
were submitted to and approved by w. y. Haven,
the chief engineer oil the road that the material put
into the bridge of the best quality and that the
construction work was done in stric; accordance
| with the accepted plans, and in thorough and
| workmanlike manner. The aldayts 90 more into
detail but the ohoVC covers their important state