Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-22

tnlly melted, was found IN the ruins
Of the burned cara today bearing IN
yciiptlons which Indicate that II was
the property Of Mr., BIrlok
General Manager w, H. Marshall Of
tho Lake shore road expressed tho
oplnlon today that the wreck was do.
llboWtcly planned by some unknown
person through The switch at Mentor,
Fireman Gorh0m, who suffered Borls
Gus injury declared 10 Mr. Marshall
today That the signal HIGHT showed
white Tho switch vas found 70 be I'm
perfect condition Immediately after tho
wrooh
THE OFFICIAL REPORT
Chlngo. juno 22. THE following on.
Cial report Of the wreck was tele.
grHpdDd TO-DAY by Vice President w, G.
hr05h ~ the New York Central line,
To President Newman at New York
Train No, 10. oosibound passed Men,
tor AT S3O =. np az which time tina
gwltchos were all set for the main ! no
No ~ followed No 10 80 minutes be-
nina her ana no trains passed Mentor
I'M either direction between the time No
IN pustpd lhcro and the arrival OF No
10, rho operator WAS ON the platform
with two men, named James Collins
ana w NJ LoudorH, both OF whom live
IN Monitor, whom 80, 10 passed, after
Nhloh the operator won't into the oiiloa
ana remained mlil about the time No.
20 was duo, when no again wont out
ON the Platform and saw No. ~ coming
pNo 0r three mllvs away
THE operator says that no looked a,
the sSltohlighls ana lhoy were white
ana the switches were properly vet for
the main line He then returned TO tho
Office II this IL correct between that
time ana me time No. 70 headed in ON
the HdolruCk, some one throw the
SWITCH for the side track aud locked
the position
mo. 70 headed IN the rll length Of
tho train ON the house tack, the cnglns
LEAVING the rails about four coaoh
lpnpthN nom The switch, crashing Into
the Freight house, setting II Oh llre ana
turning the engine ana torond and telc'
suuplnR the composite car which took
liro rom the burning NJ the house,
Tho conductor of no 20 Immediate
ly examined the switch ana called tho
attention Of Gunorli Passenger Agent
W T. Lynch Of the Big -Four, who WAS
un the train 10 The fact that II was
aot lnd locked ior the side track ANA
light UNtIngulshod
''Thc switch IL not damaged and
worked perfectly after the accident
The composite car ~,iCh was tole'
scoppd hy TIE puglup, was burned, No
other cars IN No 26a train turned over
Every possible offorl IN being made
TO locate the party VINO misplaced the
switch
mo % was ON time ANA as a matter
Of fact was running at u goWor speed
than No 10 Whpu she passed through
Moulr, as No ~ was lato,
THE roeult would have been the same
had any other Of Our through trains
encountered this open switch ,
tSigueO wv, G. Known"
PRIEST NEWMAN's COMMENT,
New YORK, June %, President New.
fan of the New York Central does not
rpgard az unsafe the rate Of speed
Witch must be maintained by the rs.
hour TWonueth Century limited and
nv does N MI holt,e that last
nights ucoldGnt was 'duc Ia any sense
TO mat cause, lie said today, hove
ever that the Wtuo OF the new tram
would rest entirely upon the inyostl'
cation which w uow IN progTosn
ne We ma the N'hour taln W-
solo,' he said I've WIZ Wko " on
lu 10 seconds We do not think that
officials OF the road had thought the
train unsafe, II never would have been
pat on | believe, however, with All
railroad men, that all trains 80 a little
too lusl I toll nom Che beginning
that slower train would be moro come
fortHllc for the passengers they APP
vcared tu notice mo- difference IN the
Rp,o between the 2Q.h0ur ANA lsshour
trains however ana seemed To be very
we'll satisfied, Any change now WIN
depend entirely uron tho investigation
witch ~ hping made by wee president
Brown Of The Lake Shore road
MANAGER pAlYS STATEMENT
Chicago june eat, r. Daily gem
cm passenger unlno manager of the
Lake Shore road made the following
statement oarlN today
"Vicc President W. G. Brown and I
have hrcu Rvtlug All the Information
liom the soono ~ the wreck by tole'
phone nt his residence, The torr'blo
tragedy has been u severe shock TO Ms
both, ana II Us impossible AT TINS time
To- account fully for the accident How
ever from the best information that
we have been able "a SECURE we are
both of the opinion that the disaster
must have resulted from some ono
tompoilng with the switch The VNl'
dcnco eooms 10 point TO a deliberate,
malicious attempt to dorai me tram
II seems hard 60 believe that any per-
son could bc guilty of sucn a fearful
crime but We are forced 60 lhis opinion
by the evidence
Train 30, No. which lott horc yos.
to-day morning Ut 1880 passed his
switch less thun an hour hhqdl Of the
Twentieth Century limited, me switch
was all right thon There was no train
between the two The information
leads MS 10 think that some time be.
tWocn thpFV two trains lhH switch WAS
tnmporad Wllh,
"Tho tldm wa, going at me cuslu-
any rate OF speed which N about 60 ~
90 miles AN hoW This Hpeod We 40
not believe was the cause VI the nccl.
dent, Tho anmo accident would have
boflllon any train going nt u much
loE rate Of speed aud Va the cnsn OF "A
long heavy train the fatalities would
have been oven gronioG'
when asked if the accident which
had bofallon the train would lead 10 the
abandonment of the " hour schedule
between Chicago ana New YORK Mr.
Daily denied that amy such result would
follow We do not believe that the
rate NJ speed ~ u factor Ia be o0u,
aidQred IN thq disaster of last night
II No were TO thnk the spood rospon.
Hlblo Tor the accident, aud SHOULD sock
to cllmlnat an possibility of such ca,
tastrophos, we would have to reduce
the running time of trains to No or 20
miles un hour This the public would
not tolerate,