Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-17
The SCENE REVIEWED.
Proof insufficient fer the Rail
Being Removed.
Pl0E EaR1 E0R hETHVN
More Facts on the Slbiect-The
Debris Being Cleared Away
The Injured Improving.


study of i ever since, sy~ut - 1DdS,
making q ihorcugE re-exAniuxIlo5
. The thinkers were al again inscscie;
ard srccs pieces were brought u
this CITY. and Doz S-e 70 t~ seen q
the JOURNAL o%5cs, which SrS hsdly :
iecxys-i- Ths-e piss> were tsker
f.s-l The cAg-, o. c-Cs>HeSrSs~ o. tbs
t-e>;ie WORK that wSs ihrov- down
and were knocssi Il the timt~rS 81
t~o plSces ja-s isbiDd the third
ts4-g2es cSr. They vers Do< iSksr
fron The oAgs Of the old piling. bUi
fron ihss-e REPEATED Dss and soa nd
i4HIt-=-s> >oSDe e tbs t~Ats are Dew
sui ssuod. bVi Others have bssc z
f0r several YEAR and s7s Dot scGDd-
The KIND OF sslr-GE
The bridge WAS built some twenty
years $50 And v2s then h1li OF
DileS driven ten fe-=i apart and thrs-
~ four 10 esch t=uL Every o.ber
o; tbe-e bents have t--eu saved Of
al The ground and mud sil
p.scai OF them Tbese siils are oi
Oregon E- l2Xl1- OF this are four
pillars u2a-ti~ei icto these about one
inch. The pillars al>o have su iron
pin sbaui two incoe, bong which
fAsieu thsu 10 The mud sA The
tup / fastened u The crOssse can il =
siluiia- nsnDe-. Thee pillars Sre
c-Cs-=d orSe=i one way only. On
tb=-e are plzes4d the scangers which
are 0: Oregon II SDd are SKIS inches
n SIZE. since The old plliaG which
was left forms 10 support to the
-trucsGre and adds DO strength TO
The bridge. makes the bridge proper
on tr-slie work with The pillars and
cr1=sueAns twenty f-sl apart With
iOur SKIS iDcu sir.ngers, and some
u Ihe-e decidedly decAyed, 10 sas-
tain The weight Of 81 immense train.
The bridge has no braces length
ways Of any kind, and one bent
s:Apding without the strinyers on il
could be easily pushed over by one
man The sIripgss and rails form
the bracs- and a break in this e;
any point, would allow the bridge
10 fall lengthwsys 4. it did without
any great force
At The north end Of the bridge
some Of the old piliug that was first
EFF has been replaced in the last
ysAr or -, and this tiuber l. in
prime condition. This new tim Der
extends about two-thiris Of the
length Of the throwu-down part,
and up to where the wrecked track
and shattered cars are.
THAT REMOVED RAIL.
The question has been asked sev-
e-al times, How could the engine
run 80 far on the bare ties ~ The
engine, tender aud three czrs passed
beyond the place where the rail was
r-yuted to have been taken from by
unknown parties. After the engine
left tie tie- il simply buried itself IN
the mud. John ScheDkel, who was
on the front end OF the first baggage
car, Immediately behind the lender,
says the first thing he knew was
the crash and they immediately
went down. Gould man ride on
the platform of Car the distance Of
three Car lengths with the car jolt
ing OIL the ties and not feel il? The
JOURNAL reporter, who was at the
wreck OF the fatal night aud who
made thorough examination
Of the destruction before leaving
the scene the next morning.
and who mas been there over and
over again 10 re if anything could
oe learned 10 change MS former con-
illusions is now frmer cf the belief
that no one had tampered with the
track. The rail was Oh the opposite
side Of the track than from which it
was supposed to have been taken,
and lay some ten feet from the foot
u the trestle. There were no signs
1f it having struck on the side Of
he gravel which has been recently 4
lauled there and rolled down, but /
Gems 10 have laid quietly where it /
inst struck. Tbis was observed in 1
he morning and the railroad men,
rho were there al the time, agreed
hat the rail- was " here IL struck the 4
round. Now the questions arises,
low many men would it take To
lnbolt a rsil, pull the spikes and
AIRY il 10 :he other side Of the track
nd throw it ten feet from the track?
80 intelligent, disinterested man,
vho has made d thorough examins-
ion, can entertain such theory for q
Moment. Whatever may have been
he cause for the engine to leave the
rack, that of the rail having been
-mOved, is the least substantia:ed
y facts. l.
THE RAILS POSITION.
II Is not yet explained why that
all, which il suppo-ed to have been
-moved TO cause the wreck, which
'as found twelve feet to the west Of
1e track, could have been taken A.,
'om the east side Of the track by
ny less than six men. The rail
hen first found was not embedded ,
! the soft ground at all. A six or
wen hundred pound rail thrown +,
Il that trrstie fifteen feet high ,
ollld NOT lie fiat uuD, Mt Oh top of .