Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-30


put out between st, Louis and point
twenty-five miles south, and short
suburban accommodation train was or
dered on for the summer months, and
in half an hour he had the road clear
for the passenger trains, and brought
the Kew suburban out to k, the end
of its run, where it was to lie until its
return at noon.
At THE juhcture the Division Super-
'ntcndent was notified that the Ger
eral superintendent was coming out
over the road IN his special car, ac-
compnnicd by two New York railway
kings, one of whom had his son along.
The Superintendent said he would be
ready to leave St. Louis at o'clock,
and Wanted to run regardless Of all
other trains. The Division Supcrin-
tendent turned to VIII, saying:
byron the Superintendent wants
[" leave St. Louis at o'clock on his
special. He wants to reach here Ivy II
o'clock, and will have the ritht OF way,
and you hardly have time to make
schedule, so you can run him down
this far by wire. Give him good
run.
1t was no little work to rearrange
the time of ell trains between the two
points. but VIII soon had everything
open so that he could come right
through.
The arrangement was no sooner
made than the Superintendent sent a
second dispatch to the effect that he
would not leave until 10 o'clock. This
upset all previous arrangements, and
new time must be made, and new or
ders given to every train. 1t required
careful, level -hcadcd work, and it was
,lOnc.
At 10 o'clock the Superintendent
again changed his leaving time to II
o'clock, and the cXespernting work had
to lac again gone over.
The crowding of so much work into
such a short space of time resulted in
another delay, and the special did not
leave st. Louis until several minutes
after / o'clock. The superintendent
private car carried the two millionaircs
and that official, while the son Of one
of the rich men rode on the engine
The first Twenty-Five miles of their
course lay along the river bank. The
special would reach X, where the
suburban accommodation, north bound,
was due to leave at noon, Mt just about
the same hour-possibly few minutes
after Il o'clock. Following the ser
pcntine curves of the track along the
liver bank, the special bounded or its
way.
Two miles north Of X was the
NJ River. which was bridged by the
railway. 1t was n small stream. only
about two hundred feet wide. On the
south bank.nearest to X. was switch
and a small station. at which an oper-
ator was not regularly stationed. The
little station was known AS W. Tie
bridge was put at the confluence of the
small stream with the mighty Missis-
,ipli Coming on to the bridge from
the north the tracks rounded a precipi-
tons bluff with sharp curve so that to
a south-bound train the bridge was ont
of sight until the locomotive was al
most upop it.
With the intention of making W
! a meeting roint for the north-hound
suburban and south bound special. by
giving the suburban the siding. Will
called up k, and gave the en-
pincer of the suburban orders to leave
on time On that fatal day there was
no operator at W. OF course the
subul ban Woald stop at W, but 1t
should have mad orders to take the sid
ing and walt there Tor the special.
Now 1t was bound to meet the special
before another stop was made, for the
latter had orders to run regardless. ~
lie suburban had hardly more than
started unul viii called up W to
give IL oroGr" 10 take me sizing 1or the
| special lie hno hot k!oWh tnat there
was no operator III W" tnat oay,
ne ne receive" no answer 10 ms call
lime was precious. lie called AGAIN,
ana received no answer w o.,
"haI 5 'll' matter WIN ne
asked can raise NM and II ne
"o,l come 10 ms Key before tne SUD
urban reaches NM thcfe VIII De Il col
ltSlon Win the superintendent Spe-
c'"i Az,
mere Is 10 operator al W - TO-
gay anSWtre" the tfaihmaster' VINO
had luSt entered the ROOM
NY goa. tneA tney vii meet on
the bridge ana nothing can prevent
IL
\ ghaStIy pallor came over Wills
face, and he sank back in his chair in
dead faint The trainmaster took
the key, and VIII was carried into the
next room aud revived with cold water.
! They kept him close in the Superiu-
| tendent's room, and would tell him
po+biDu co,-o tInt III, ,,r,,,I. ,.oc No