Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-12-25

fszS 49, 49,
aAsln = 'Ssa s'a''ts
8es9ak Dnssaf he cars--1t Is Possible
10 stsnd Within -Four Feet cS che rass-
~ rra,css xxr,,., sayatv
In view Of tho fact that man Is said to
hayo lost lis life by boinr drawn by sue
lion undo. tie wheels OF i passsng train
ca one Of tho railroads III New Jersey. the
question If the force exertea ly this BOW
a. aBd whether A roaifv II NJ suff1cienh
s,roneth d nun h man nnaer a train ~.
ionles Interesting ana worthy of ,nvesti.
sotioa gbe subject ems fiseysre5 IL Al,
Wins $40 ssise,,t, ~ ~ Az eirv
ana sssfer,, 6iyfssa,, ~ tba Na,c Eori
g.ent,ol reilroas ana NJ Cnrtis t,a en-.
rarv,sor of fbo va,,Is a Forty .,,;,,th st,e,ss
HI. 5ylig,,., =, ,,sssa,, ,l9s o,iT,ir,, tl,at
es, sn,, e ~ s,,sti,,,, ,,,,,.,,, 81, ,,,id1
- ,,,ovi,,s, 4,,al,, T,.r,,Is no n, s,,f1ioi@,,t
~ ,l,ss, ,,,,,,s,. tl,s fToi,, s,,ob = hca,S IN.
saof as 4 man n bosq,yf,. IN. ,,5a,, nm.
nonea ~ ~ strnolf ~, brnsl,sd Nv tho trail,
h9rd eno,1o,b =, ,,,,i5s I'm, Iose bis halauee
ma Ia sbo,ld feli "a that tba xvaioht ~
M bodv would az, Il, unison with the
,sre,,,;s,r. foro,' ~ IN, air fhan a ,o,yht he
rass,ble
Mr. S,,rt;, e,vs ,,Ts ;s e,onarai,v tho
e,n,b;na4io,, ~ seyaral fcrces that c,,,sss
7raI ~ III ,i,,a1v,, ,7,,ds,. t,asns ), r, orGleT
20 oxnlain iris IL is necessary 70 c,vo q
snort daecr,,fjon ~ the traclT ,,,,ryoecb 70
TIA GRIND Cenf~sI s,pflon rrboee We src
cs,uirar yvith fho tracITs from about Nipo.
fjefb street Knew that frosn tbera down
tbov run tbro,,c,,, q F,,n,oI rrhie tr,,nl
is divided info fbree commandments Two
tracks are in tl,e Ypi,llla co,n,,,,,t, NEWT ana
the other cracks in smaller aonnartn,eT,ts
on either si6e. a. some distance era,t in
the senara6ino walls ri ANS tnnpel ave
OPENINGS so1,,e Il fee6 wide ana tail ono,,f,h
for a man 10 vaIl, tbrouoh Tbese man
holes. as they arc called. are for the mr.
rose az afioyvins, f,a,lyraer ~ ,,ssa iron
one Commandment 4o another and for qasa.
tr when trains mrs. uasslng
Near Eiehty third street and where The
four tracks run II ono LARGE commitment
the 1n'auholes' are IN the sida walls Tho
force t,yerted anon q body stanflinr an the
omen "a excctly +l,o ,.evsrea fro7,, A. ~.
orted upon Il in y closed -annhole. Il, che
oman h6le in tle ser,ar,e+ino, vvatl the forco
tends To hlov5 the objocA o,lh For tbc rea-
son Tint fine nonnaTtraent Is irst largo
enou9b To allow for tbe naseoge If n +ra3r,
through n Wben tbereforo \ twain oon,as
alonc this track If forces ont Tho air in
the commencement end INV ono Standing
81 one Of theso holes would ret the beneat
~ n In ,os, ,,,o,,f 90 ~, ;s T,;+hi,,
ob9nt t5roe feet Of 1osslne, t trol,,
II, doccribi,,o, the sorso+ion ~ ba,,,,, A.,
enc Of +boso nIaces slurtno, tbo naeelre, ~
n train Mr. G,,rtig esid tho+ tl,oro vros',,t,-
soii,.elv no feelire, of r7arrer froTo s,,ction
and chat tbe SLIGHTEST Resistance on tho
MR. Of a ,,ereor e+9,f1I,e. 3, t,a hcle would
eo7,uteroct tbe ~ tstdo forc, no .bo,,o,Lt
frat noseibly tbe shane ~ the object eI7cb
as n small she'd o~ bt~se stands, near \
tr9cl, -,,ie,Ht oarea tbe air ~ form, como
tfpa of a vrbiflyind Inotio,, and mil ono
nndor Init fbat h US do,7,tfnl When
asked yvhotber tho walls ala not nrotect a
man nv b1q.,}-ino 4be fore If fle r,1rre1,t
M Curtis sold tbe6 noss,hlv tbev di6 INIT
not epo1ob fo afYect hbe General coTcl,,.
etous. 1S5era sra inefa,,,es I,bov, snGh ~,
accident ,5ie,bE he credited m the s,,ctio,,
Nc In tho case ~ n ,-.ornor frbo c,,,,rant
of mir would have far moro surface 10 oct
mon an1 tho te,, :; r,,c, xvo,,ld ho N ,TelTe
tbe woman Iose her ba,ance ana conse-
ouent1v her mower of rasistanoe when the
current Of air -nie,ht readily draw the bolv
,,nder N a cn,.s ~, Il, tbo oaso Of a child a.
wonld bo ,,oesiblo R,t In +bo case of q
man Mr. Tnrffs eai5 4baA tbo forco rvas
not etrono enoroh n mil ono ,1,,der q
train
Al Hro+,,4 G. yTinoor+ a fo,, ,,,i,os
o,ovc Now, vor1r ~, +bo Nayv vorl, Cyon-
+ral railroad ia n co,onarot,,,elv etroie,bt
ffc.,f- and accor(l,e., ~ +ho srro,,,a,, ~
tbis section trairs rS7,, fvor,, OK to Al T,,i1es
nm hour az tl,at roint siTs - i, 90,
f6r ,o,, 70 sta,, tilt, +,o go - tl
N9tb Sbcre ii,1,jta oeeI, +o ,oi,,+ e,
Hperfeetlv, . ranJied the foraynan And
+bon no ,von+ ~, to- o,,loi,, 49, 800
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