Daily Republican., 1886-01-12

bV the dernilment OF freight train at
IT .tpail street at Z. 70 or Z % the Will
ming ton aui Northern train passed. ont
on time for tho West Yard asked IL
they could come into depot they we're
waiting there told them they
would have TO see the yardmaster, ~
| he was handling trains In the YARD
few minutes after ne asked whas wss
heipe d,,pe for the w Il N. train u
opsrator at the West Yard answered,
Wilmington and Northern have just
left and gone mp tho south. bound track.
John w. Aydon, sworn; resides at
south west corner of Eighth aud French
streets, our line dispatcher at the p,
w. & B, depot baa been there for ID
years; hours, from 80. am, 70 80 p,
m. on Saturday morning came ON duty
ut Z 20: had two message boys IN the
office; can't say which one said TO train
despatcher Kirk, "West Yard wishes 70
know what you are going 10 90 Win
Wilmington and Norshern train" MT
| Kirk apsverea, "tell them to arrange
Tor them to come IN and to let us know
When they are ready" q short time after |
wards, while getting general run OF the
trains which we're late, operator Norris |
of the train despaiche,s office, and wheI
| vas working At the West Yard emo OF
the wire. said, "WilmlDgton and
Northern ready to come In" addressed
TO assistant traiDmAster Pettyjohn;
MI. Pettyjohn says, "Mr. Norris, lot
the Wilmington and Northern come
Iiu;" l overheard the remark and said,
hold on, aud started fol- the tube that
runs ON tie nain despatcheI's omoe 70
st .tionmaster Gookiu's once, and
asked. docs Mr.. Gookin understand the
whole train2
Mr.. Petty John said that 10 all right;
IL 10 understood, l am going down
stairs myself; said TO operator Norris ~
West Yard TO let the Wilmington q
Northern come, which he did. Mr..
} Petty ohm started out of the ofticei he
was not gone more than minute when
, he came back and said: Bee II the
wilmington & Northern has left
W eat Yard; that two steam engines mad
Just gone out on tho south oound TRACK;
operator Norris, West Yard, being CAL
, ed. said train had left; 1t was about
! I, 20 a, m. when tho two engines pass
Z e French street; gave no order what
6 ever in regard 20 Wilmington g. North
Q ern train; Mr.. Pettyjohn ranhs higher
than do
e NV. Gookiu, sworn; resides at zoos
n French street; am station master At r.,
9 w. & b depot; have charge OF station
7 and all passenger cars 81 station, al
3 the running Of cars at station and carry
J. out ali orders OF train despatchersi have
charge Of passenger trains only came
= t0 the station on Saturday morning, be-
Y Ween Z and Z 80 o'clock went at once
: TO starting out accom- odation trains
u Mr. Curtis told me the Wilmington aud
o Northern train WA on the south bound
% track, between Wilmington aad the
10 West Yard received an order from the
X train deepatcher 10 hold all sonth'
n bound trains for orders l was at the
q North end Of the shed the storm was
% the worst had ever seen the plat.
le form was covered with snow started
d to passenger station went TO my ofhct
TO get orders through the speak Ing tuet
X In relation 10 the Wilmington anc
he Northern train at that moment hearc
- TWO engines coming FROM Poplar, street
went 70 the southwest cornsr and mad
8. the usual signal to the engineer OF th'
~ front engine and shouted TO stop.
1e (Mr. Gookin here gave the sigma
Id with his arm); was within 10 or il
1e feet OF the track the foremost engtn
IN was about the length OF q car from me
On repeated the order 70 stop, and KEEP
or my arm up as the signal until the!
Id passed me had my hand mp All tn
In time the smoke, exhaust steam AZ
10 snow surrounded the engine; 1t wa
Vn covered with snow; did not see th
en- engines after they passed French street
he saw the engineer OF foremost engin
Ar through the window Of his cab b
'm was looking straight ahead the Oh
'm eines were making too much noise 70
ut him to hear me he did not hear me, G
he he would have stopped never kpe'
1T that signal TO be din obeyed have bee
he station master since 1862; was befor
'ge tor twenty years foreman, engineer an
nd worker about engines (Here Superin
llo tendent Carter, said Mr.. Gookin, ra
". the first engine on the Pittsburg end
ice the Pennsylvania Railroad, and for
she man OF the jury, w. T. Porter, said
recollected when he ran the Danti
'as Webster, one Of the first engines on II
he p, w. Il b. Road); never saw q wort
ng, storm in Wilmington; the engin'
The looked like great snow banks; the sno
lse was packed and required powerf,
hr. force to get through It any arranR
80 ments made before he came on duty |
arr knew nothing about.
In Roy Hitchings, sworn am conduct'
I TO of shifting engine No. 16 /; reside
md 1139 Walnut street was on duty
90 minutes after Z q. m. met Mr.. L. !
an Carter AZ Third street he told me
L,u' go down to the depot and relieve Go
I'm ductor Sidwell, who was on duty
night went down as ordered; saw
GET Denio working on the south.boul
our track to break the snow between Fren
ene and Poplar streets went to Mr.. Den
tho and told him i had orders to take
we're gine Nd. l6, and 60 to Third street wi
10 men WAS told to go out on t
and north-bound track to Tatnall sire
!. 10. where train of freight cars was
the the track, and help to put them o.
8 on got on the engine and told engine
two Elwood Coyle my orders he could I
read do anything until he got water; hack
ree', up to the plug, where both No. Is q
on No got water /; No. was at the mol
No. end Of No. 16, coupled; Mr., CORY. W
hen was on number sixteen going to
z TO West Yard, said had better send
tant brakeman to look out for the switch
was told him the flagman was supposed
no look out for switches: the fiagmau
eiore gone to work the pay car, and got
airs; and looked out for the switches myst
tairs it is q part of the duty Of conductors
front look after the switches; went on do
4 to IN front of the station when b
and engines passed by me; this was aftel
very had told CCyle to go to Third stte
nfor. saw them no more until after
my accident. They were going with
fast orders; thought they were geing as
nited as French street to break the track ;gi
me orders 10 Mr.. Coyle 30 go TO Tn
nded street; Mr. Denio was there, but he
face. no authority to give orders; Sam
he ad McMullin was conductor Of NO.
wav Iengina. thew did not 90 back 10 Th