Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-13
WITNESSES.
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nearest telephone station to the cut
is at Seasons switch. About 40 |
talked with Martin. He called me
up from Seasons switch, and said
that he was then ready to go after
the stone. He said that he would |
call me up from Northfield for fur
ther orders.
Il did not hear from Martin after
he talked to me from Seasons |
switch.
1.-The storm which occurred little
before o'clock in the afternoon of
July Z, disarranged our schedule
considerably. | think that the tele-
phone line was in such condition
that Martin could have telephoned
to me from Northfield switch when
he was ready to return. A car
manned by Conductor A. w. Martin
and Motorman Tom Sexton got to
Northfield about 2:30, Conductor A.
w. Martin telephoned to me from
Northfield switch. The telephone
service wasn't disarranged at any
time. | don't know whether the car
loaded with stones was ready to be
moved when Earl Martin got to
Northfield.
Notified OF Wreck.
About 2:5O Conductor A. w.
Spurgeon called me up from Seasons
switch and notified me of the wreck.
"Car No. could have passed
safely with the regular car at Sea-
sons switch had they been on time.
Schedule time for car to be at Sea-
sons switch was 2:40. Conductor
Spurgeon on Car had no orders to
call me up from any of the telephone
stations. When car arrives at a
switch and another car, which should
be passed there has not arrived, the
conductor is supposed to call me up,
in reference to why such car has not
arrived"
Mr.. Welker was then excused un-
til Friday morning.
Brakeman Testified.
John E. Kelly was called. He
lives at Cuyahoga Falls; was a
brakeman on the car run by Motor
man Earl Martin.
Kelly's orders were received from
Martin and We're in harmony with
those given Martin by Train Dis
patcher Welker.
Kelly remembered that car IS had
followed the regular north-bound car
to Houser's cut. There few changes
were made preparatory to continu-
ing the trip to Northfield. AT Sea-
sons switch Earl Martin tried to get
the dispatcher's office. Something
occurred to deter his action, and he
said, We'll, Kelly, We'll go on to
Mortified and I'll telephone from
there
when we got to Northfield we
then headed the car north and got
the stone car ahead of us. | think
there were either six or seven cars
loaded with stone standing on the
siding. We got one of those cars.
II did not notice whether Martin
telephoned from the Northfield sta
tion.
1--WE left Northfield a very few
minutes after we had arrived there
We passed car at Town line switch.
We didn't telephone from Town line
switch. We passed Car about a
mile south of Town line switch, but
it is double-tracked along there. No
one along the line told us that we
were running ahead of time, or that
there was any danger ahead.
when l first saw car No. 5, north
bound, it was about three-fourths of |
a mile north of Seasons switch.
Waved Signal.
1--WE were only short distance
apart, and both cars were running
fast. L waved signal to Martin
and closing the brake down l Jump
ed off the car
Kelly was then excused until Fri
day morning.
Recalled.
Manager was Beilstein recalled and
tes titled that Martin had been dis
charged once for not picking up the