Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-18

AsStrsri Of Te~fiRssy fsk-a Eefsrs
The vr~evs esiiwsy Cs1
mission.
MONDAYS WORK.

ny. to0lm fs@j0rff toiSiE Nkr I'D
FMS pgblic sIcsrisl Tor the s,x;e OF
tlse grc1uds the next morning
Ms<~N Ts1ll and Glow ve-e IL
Exs.e-n Or-e n examining rroci
u--. Oh ,he No-Ih Powder hridg'
os ioe o. An. They .e;urDed S~,
urd ~ night xod speui Sunday y
the vr-ck.
@. W. ColviE was put on tb:
stand - $ vituess Arrived ~ los
q M. sftsr wrck- Nothing b-t
teen Disturbed exo.p, NJ po-,h END
~brrr ssuss work wx done. Wit
n-ss examined wreck on all lspiDt:
b. rnsid--s-d material ~ evidrDcr
He found so f,-, frum por,h AZ
prIzch fallen dowu. AL Ibe beUi.
fell - south in line of track. Wberr
~-ecsel engine lay Z t~nts had
u-osen sni tall<u 10 wcxt ~ right
angles with track Ehgipe lay e.
le~u fee, neyouo where iast hem
fell this way. Wupe-e iben de
lailei general appearance @
~reck. All oeD,s t<tween vr~ck
Il engine were crushed 10 ~e>t-
they were Of same pattern and hs6
,e-n used tn seven yezx- FIr.i
t,-ut before the fvurthxi fell 10 wesi
osd no u1ortis<s and DO do~eil PIN.
Older ,iubsr had ueeD used on thi,
tnsn on other four. II h>d tseep Gu
IL t-rlow and all four that fell a.
west were mare NJ leS 6eczy-o
xbere posts sei on nudsill and IN
cap aopye- the tenants were b-uk
en- Of. The nusilis Considerably
ru,red. The &c md four epd va.
mosi rsaten. The send cap frHn
wrecked engine Was considerably
ru,led. II MAS oruksn and split snu
p-,s seem 10 have beeu driven thru
IL The fifth bent and the one l..
end Of trestle wxs of 4 newer char
scier and 90 Was all the re-, OF tir
bridge. THE four tents were sup
porred oy swsy braces, bolied with
one half inch drift bblt =; each end,
nut DO bnls IN c-nter. Tsw string
er-chord- seemed sufficiently sound.
saw no ch 1rd hrpkeu of -ouxrrly.
Wood seemed solid. Split vas
caused oy swsying u west, and ts-
ing bol;ed together. Found = rail
70 west -ide of track nearly opposite
rirst cSrach. Il looked ss tho Used
within "a bours; no 81, ps of ruri
no plates or bolts; holes showed nu
sign of having b-en used, rust still
in the boli hoi-s; rail did not appear
10 have bern in wheel in wreck, ex
Cept su abrasion near One end: rail
WAS shaved or scratched by some
hard substance; Oh eas, side of tracks
was An open space that the
rail would fit into; rest Of rails Oh
ties to north WIS still in pla,e. Tn.
tArs were on top of structure, some
wheels derailed, in space TO east oi
where Fail lsy track Of wheels could
be seeu on three ties; inside line oi
spikes were removed; spikes ON out
side were bent, still in place or
driven into woOd; there was Do
plates or bolts on lar under train;
81 awdust had sifted down from ab.,v.
outo this rail from Car above; ther.
Was no impression Oh ground near
where this rail lay such as this rail-
would make if faliin. OH the sofi
ground; the passengers were all re.
lieved on east side when / arrived: /
was informed by roadmaster that d
wrench and ella W bar had been stolen
from Section B.~s Prunty, the day
lefure; second day after WAS shown
the tsols concealed in brush found
by two section men; the forenien
identified the wrench a. the stolen
one; he said clawbar was not his, he
could not claim ciawbar rs bis,
knew his arnsng Il Ousand.
On second day be wxs shown that
there were enough rails To complete
tie track without the rail on The
ground. He found IS rails and two
pieces Is feet long put in to fill spac-
from track moving; there were IS
rails in track coniplete with out ex-
ira rail On ground; counted three
times with &. T.. Brown, of Brooks,
who confiruis this cnunt by affidavit
which he read. Brown is q carJsen-
ter, swears there are enough TO cou
meet track without the bar lying on
the ground. The distance bet ~eeu
lies, not from centers, 10 inches
The guard rails were we'll fastened,
Dut old, weather beaten, and quite
,Oft. The four bents most rutten
we're made Of sill cap and four pssts;
With one sway brace Oh each side. |
There were no braces TO support the
ents lengt hw wise with the track. /
Was Informed on morning after
wreck 10y Jsc,'b SintiDe, that h-
rad found track bolts aud nuts
inder wreck on ground. Rail look.
ID ar If 1t had not been knocked
here by wreck, and made affidavit
% this. Examining ties just south
II first coach on inside of where rail
lad been, found marks where spikes
lad been removed; q clswbar could
rot have been used after wreck the
vsy the ears stood. The marks
night have been made with a ham
',er. The rail lying at west Of track,