New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-18

ENGINEER-REsULT OF THE INvEsTIGA-
TON NOT MADE PUBLIC.
By the death of young Carl II. Schultz. jr, In
ST. Mary's Hospital in Hoboken yesterday,
the number of the dead by the railroad dis
aster on the HackensacN Meadows in
creased to ten. and the physicians at the
hospital thought that Edwin NJ. Clark.
who had been injured In the wreck. would die
last night. Young Schultz was the son Of Carl
H. Schultz the manufacturer Of mineral water
in First-ave in this city. His thigh was broken
in two places and he was also injured Internally
when the South Orange local train on the Morris
and Essex division Of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad crashed into the
Dover express train west OF the Hackensack
bridge In the fog on Monday morning. His
home was with his family in Murray Hill, and
he was on his way to his fathers place OF bust
ness In the city when he received his fatal in
juries His mother and other members OF the
family beside him in the hospital when he
died at 1920 a. m. yesterday. Arrangements
were made for the removal Of his body to the
family home.
L. 81 CLARK MAY NOT LIVE.
The injuries Of Edwin NJ. Clark were not
believed to be dangerous when he was taken to
the hospital on Monday. He had been crushed
In the rear car of the Dover express train, and n
had remained in the nearly half an hour
before he could be rescued: but he was thought -
to be suffering mainly from shock 1t turned
out that he had received dangerous injuries to
his chest. His condition took sudden turn for
the worse yesterday afternoon. and his wife and
two little children were called from their home
at Basking Ridge in anticipation Of his death.
Mrs. Clark said her husband was only thirty
years old. He had been employed lately as
Front-st In this city, and he was on his way
to his work when he was hurt Clark was
delirious yesterday afternoon. and appeared to
be again passing through the torture which he
experienced when he pinned in the wrecked
The other nine men in the hospital. who had
been injured in the wreck. said to be i'm
proving. and the physicians thought they would
recover The injured at Christs Hospital In
Jersey City were said to be doing well also.
MR. REAsoNER coNFERs WITH THE PRESIDENT.
Superintendent Reasoner. OF the Hoboken office
of the Lackawanna road came to New-York yes
terday and had a conference with President
Sloan. After Mr.. Reasoner had left Mr.. Sloan's
office. Mr. Sloan sail to a Tribune reporter that
there had been no new developments in the in
vestgation of the accident now going on.
The investigation" added Mr.. Sloan, was
practically finished yesterday. but we will not
make known the result until the engineer recov-
ers 1t would not be fair to him to come to any
conclusion until he has recovered and is able to
tell his story OF the accident.
Mr.. Sloan declared that he had not changed
his opinion In regard TO his idea OF where the
blame should be placed He added that ne
thought the engineer guilty. but that he would
not say definitely until the engineer had been
heard from. Mr. Sloan said that he knew MOTH
ing about the report that the company had de-
cded 10 adopt block signal system ~ once
The directors are the only ones who can give
authority for such an action, he said. ana as
YET | have heard Of no movement in that di-
rection."
A railroad man said yesterday: THE Lacka-
wanna is one Of the few roads whose earnings
show a percentage of increase In the last six
months, that there can be no excuse on ac-
count Of hard times for not putting In at once
a block system If IT would begin at once IL
would afford work 10 many OF the idle poor"
WITNESSES UNABLE TO TESTIFY
At the offices Of the railroad company in Ho.
boken yesterday it was said that the two most
important witnesses to be examined by the
officials were David Hoffman the engineer, who
ran the South Orange local train too fast through
the fog Monday morning. and jeremiah George.
the conductor Of the Dover express train.
George was at the offices of the company after
the wreck had occurred remaining there the
greater part OF Monday afternoon, but he was
too Ill on the following day to leave his home
in Dover. and he was reported to be sick in bed
yesterday Mr. Reasoner made an attempt 10
see Hoffman in the hospital yesterday. but the
physicians said 1t was not well to have the ene1-
neer examined then. The superintendent may
be able to see Hoffman to-day. He said yester.
day that as soon as the Investigation was COM
peted. official statement would be made re-
gardng the disaster. not before, and he had
nothing to say on the subject in the mean time.
He declined to talk about the failure OF the rail-
road company To adopt the block system Of sig.
nails as a precaution against rear-eEd collisions.