Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-11
New Order Prohibiting Calling Of
Men Who Are Exhausted.
BLOCKADE Of THIRD SOUTH
similar which Occur al the
Grade Crossings.

ihe Denver ana iio trande mas ~
sued orders which will prove to be
blessing to some Of the ovcrworked rail-
road employees. The orders have for
their object the giving Of the men an
opportunity to get needed rest after
one trip before being called TO go out
on another.
OF the recent accident near sallda. a
wen known railroad man has said:
The accident was due To a strange
combination Of circumstances which
may not occur again for 1900 years.
Every accident has Its pcculiarltics and
no two are alike. Men are often moth
ins but machines and when called upon
to do something to which they have
not been accustomed. they make mlscr-
able failures. The rear brakeman OF the
narrow gauge approaching saiida on
the day Of the accident was not accus-
toned TO the responsibility of guarding
against rear end collision as he had
been on o train which ordinarily was
safe from such an accident. lie was
In the habit Of doing ut O'Clock In
the morning. and It Is to be presumed
that he dozcd as usual.
The rear brakeman on the standard
gauge train. which was approaching.
was IN the habit OF being prepared. and
he would probably have saved his
train from an accident under rlrcum-
stances where the other man failed. II
IL no fault Of railway when an accl-
dent occurs under those circumstances.
II u Impossible for a railway To- be pre-
pared for every possible contingency.
ana 20 long rs railroads are operated
by human agency accidents VIII take
place.
Another now order lust placed into
service on the Rio Grandc developed n
strange fact yesterday. says the Dem
Yer News OF Sunday. and some OF the
employees think a hoodOo has taken up
his residence down near Howard. where
the big wreck occurred last week. The
now order compcln employees to report
engine failures by telegraph 10 the gem
cral superintendent. Since the great
rush of freight traffic began the engines
have been ovcrworkCd ns well rs the
crew.. Almost every day locomotive
has been reported dead somewhere on
the road, and tho causes varied from
brcakdowns to incapaclty 10 steam on
account OF poor coal. But yesterdays
report had very unusual circum-
stance. An engine started east from
Sallda without q train with orders to
run TO Canyon city to help another crew
through the canyon. While bowling
along the engineer found that an nccu-
mutation Of mud and slime In his boiler
was likely to give him trouble. 50 he
turned on the blow-or valve To get rld
of the sediment. when he had turned
out few barrels OF yellow steam and
water he tried to close the valve and
found that Il had stuck. The engine
quietly died and stopped almost on the
very spot where the cinderr ~ the
wreck were still smoking. The fire.
man and engineer started out In oppo-
site directions to iiag approaching
trains ns well as reach telegraph sta.
tlon and call for help. An hour or two
later yard engine was sent out from
salida and the dead engine towcd In.
And the peculiar circumstance. accord
Ing Co one uf the yardmcn. IN that as
soon as the helpless machine was drawn
from the hoodoo influence the blow-on
valve was released and no difficulty was
found In closing II.
But that was not the end OF the story
by any means, The boiler was filled
with water In the salida yards and a
new Gre started. and after steam hnd
been raised the engine was given clear
hnco ana again started east, II got Just
as far as the fatal spot again when "A
valve yoke blew OF and the boiler was
again emptied of water and steam and
the engine was a dead machine block
Ing the right Of way. This time the
thing was more serious. for two u the
regular passenger trains were tied up
and delayed while waiting for tho
corpse TO be pulled out OF the way.
Another new order relates TO the han
ding Of ears containing explosives by
yardmcn, In the future switching
crews win carefully place such cars
where they belong and win not 'klck'
them along the tracks. under penalty
Of instant dismissal. The wrekclng OF
a car Of dynamite In the Denver yards
n week ago II responsible for this order.
Superintendent Burns has also issued
another warning for all train crews to
see that trains are well equipped with
lanterns. flags. torpcdocs aud fusecs.
The wreck near Salida inspired the or
der.
The smash-up at cuchara Junction,
November 20, between two extra on
gines. has been productive of three dis
mlssalH from the Rio Grando service.
Fred 4. Harris assistant superintcnd-
ent. has issued bulletin Intended an
q species OF warning to all train crews
who have been Inclined to carelessnesH.
Extra ga backed into Extra GIG. The
report says that the speed was excess
sive: that the crew showed poor tudg-
ment In not making the run with the
engine headed north when there was
a wye nj both starting point and tho
destination; and that they showed lack
OF care and thus innttentlon. and failure
10 realize the responsibility imposed In
the interests OF the company. The con-
ductor, brakeman and engineer have
been let out.
WAS PRACTICALLY CLOSED.