Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-12
THETUNNEL INQUIRY.

All of the Censondated Road Direc- tors Give Bonds-Death of Director | George N. MilIer-Director RObfn- | son of Hartford on the Car Heating | Question. | All the directors of the Consolidated road have given bonds to appear when wanted in the tunnel disaster case. Di- rector George N Miller, who was unable to appear, and give bonds being very i'll, died at his home, 395 Fifth avenue, New York, early yesterday morning.
 Among the first arrivals this week to give bonds was H. C. Robinson of Hart ford. MT. Robinson was met by his bondsman, George Macculloch..M Miller of 27O Miller avenue. Mr. Miller gave as se- curity the Scotia apartment house at the corner of Madison avenue and 59th street. He valued the premises at $500, ,OOO. MT. Robinson said that MT. Depew voiced his sentiments in regard to the case. The Connecticut railroad commissioners do | not believe in steam for heating purposes, | and every year, beginning with 1887, they | have treated in an unfriendly way every | appliance that used steam as means of | heating railroad cars.
 "In 1889" said he, "they approved of the Baker and Spear system, which is now in use on the road. Our road operates under | the laws of Connecticut, as we have only 26 miles of tracks in New York, while we have 460 miles in Connecticut. It is nec- essary in order to come within the statute of New York to operate 50 miles of road | in the state If our road used steam to | heat the cars and an accident occurred, | the officers of the road would be under the | implied censure of the railroad commis- sioners of Connecticut, and we would be morally and legally liable. But as the case I is now, we are held by the authorities of | New York, when we are not liable under | it's statutes, because we do not operate 50 | miles of road in this state. The court of appeals, it is true, has decided against us in an interlocutory judgment, but no final decision has been rendered. In a similar case in reference to carrying water, some time ago we were arrested, and the road was held by the courts of New York not to come within the statute"
 MT. Robinson thought the bonds fo1 their future appearance were pretty heavy, but he supposed everything would come out all right.
 William L. Squire, the treasurer of the New Haven road, came in next and was released when John Straiton of 222 West Twenty third street qualified as his bonds man. MT. Straiton, who was formerly oi | houses at 450 and 452 West Eightieth street as security remarking that they were worth S100,000 or $15O,000, just as the coroner chose. MT. Squire said there wal no danger of any of the directors running away, as they all intended to do as the law required, no matter what the penalty might be.
 "The verdict was not what we expect ed," he said, ''but suppose the jury die what they thought was right"
 Joseph Park called again. This time h. brought with him William B. Isham, tn, vice president of the Bank of the Metropo lis, who went bail for w. D. Bishop, jr. of Bridgeport, who is the secretary of tn, road. MT. Isham gave as security th house at East Sixty-frst street. Corone Levy took the opportunity of serving subpoena on MT. Bishop to appear befor the grand jury to testify in this case. I is essentially necessary that the secretar, of the board of directors should be exam ined before the grand jury, as he ha charge of all the records of the board Orlando B. Potter came in with Nathan Wheeler of Bridgeport, who has been
 director of the New Haven road for twenty one years. MT. Potter went on MT Wheelers bail bond, giving the house at
 East Fifty-seventh street as security.
 'I suppose your house is worth $50, ,000? asked the coroner.
 "Oh, yes," replied MT. Potter, land a much more as you wish to make it."
 Next appeared E. H. Trowbridge of Ney Haven. His bondsman was James Sheldon of 12 East Fortieth street. Whel MT. Trowbridge read over the bond h , made wry face at the word 'homicide in the paper and asked to have it ex punged. The coroner explained that , was only matter of form. H. H. Lee o Springfield was bailed by J. F. Anderson jr., of 1895 Pacific street, Brooklyn. H designated in the bond 34 Beekman street which he valued at over $50,000.
 E. M. Reed, the vice president of tn road, was bailed by J.. D. Laying of 9e Fifth avenue. MT. Laying is director il half dozen big railroads and is the presi dent of the Big Four" Director Leveret Brainard of Hartford was bailed out b. Joseph Stickney of 40 West Fifth-seventl street.
 The papers in the case will be sent dow to the district attorneys office to be pre- sented to the grand jury as soon as tn coroner's stenographer transcribes them.