Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-24
MORE ABOUT THE WILMINGTON
TRAINS.
IA lame Defense OF an tnoe-
sensible practice.

49,. - nm Wmae-
a Lame c,sce.
fensi"ie - paa.o s.nd.
A correspondent az Dan e"io sen'a
the HERALD q long communication on
a.. 49,. os STARTING and stopping the
shs suoIe.' -, r,,.t;o, Ha ia
trains at Long Deacn
evidently an engineer ano iaDors urae'
khe delusion that some one in Whining
60 paaro IL M the bottom of the
eoh OF o"n 'o'o = =. 49, h;,n "a
complaint and wants W se' nm,
moved. In this he is mistaken. The
.anor,er has not heard word
--D - yv;,n,;,,to, or
about TINS ma''er i'o"'
San Pedro or from auy agent or enpioye
Of the railroad company. On the con-
trsrv tbs comnlaipts have all come from
~, So. .,
passengers on 'ne Trans anu Ign 'n'
4 them the statement is made tnat tney
ill never ride on that train again while
!. ID. s,ch hands These com.
,a;nts come from leading citizens Of
N.,asIns al ~ from enemies OF
Is as,o;nasr IN anv Instance The
.rr:.a. 80 naar,v k;lled in humping
-. ~. go, a. .vnwood acme time
faaa because the engineer did not stop
as d;rsetad a. tbat mace Not less than
t;f,a ,srsons havs complaiued of the
hal mansgemeut of This train at the
G,aot;nn ,sh;le n nsnaJIy stops and
s,arts tram Comn,on IN a proper man
80 That nort;an NJ the commHnica-
! tion referring Ia personal quarrels at San
epedro l. o,n;tted' because it has nothing
= do with the matter and never had:
Relieving Ia the part in defense of the |
engineer. "After watching for some
length Of time the injustice done to the
enoineer on the Wilmington division, it |
has led me 10 tell some things know,
CONCERNING the way the train is han
died First place, the Division Master
Mechanic and the Superintendent Of
rode over the road to and from San
Pedro for three days in succession to
ascertain as to his qualifications. The
Division Master Mechanic was perfect.
iv satisfied the way he handled his
locomotive. and in speaking with the
SUPERINTENDENT Of A. air. he said he |
handled il well. In fact, he said it was
impossible 10 handle the number of |
q y a., 90 .ad !, tb;s nm .ov bet.
err Westinohouse never intended to |
handle from f1fty to sixty ears in one
rain. with passenger cars on the rear.
making eight stops in rs miles. And |
4 the office allows il, the passengers
must expect more or less joltinp.
There are more cars handled on this
run than on any other Of the same num-
Der of miles. null out less Drawbacks,
break less links and pins. II those that
are doing 90 much kicking. would kick
at the Office for allowing SO many
cars to be nut in a train. with pas
senoer ears ON the rearl instead
of blaming the engineer for everything
that happened on the road, there would
be some Justice shown him; as it is, he
gets all the blame.
In regard to the accident at Long
Beach. The lady that was slightly cut
o. the eve was going towards the
dos., when the train OF about forty cars
parted from the engine, allowing all the
air to escape and causing the train to
stop Instantly. Consequently she fell,
and the engineer received the blame, as
usual.
Rev. >. J. Fleming relates his expert
ence by card in the Times, as follows:
EVERY stop on the way down to the
Long Beach station was series of Sc
we're lettings, Fl
In nearing this latter station the
brakeman called out Long Beach. and
the passeue- prepared to leave the
train. While thew were standing in the |
aisle of the car the train came to sud.
len stop that precipitated them one
anon ano.her in n heap by the door.
Before they had fairly recovered from
his shock the train started forward
with considerable rapidrty. and then
came To an almost perfect staudstilI
in n moment. Before anyone could
Or did give warning the crash came.
One passenger standing in the door of
The rear coach was hurled headlong
across both platforms. into the next
coach. half wav down The car. Here he
brought up with his head in the Dit of {
stomach, and his side ..
against the iron frame. work Of the seat.