The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-07
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SAY.S.M|||.R|:||. !. |. BURTON |. R.
e. Court on Charge Of Underirr1liiff,l--$
# Ing Passenge and Power 3 Com g, n 4.
Il $ panys Track x
HAD NOTIFIED The COMPANY
Crutchfield Places the Re-
sponsibility On Shoulders
4 Il. Of Engineers.

4 q. q. Burton. who has tf'e Guy
cont for putting in sewer SEW ne next - =
Is ina water main between A1ae1ls 't1 any
II nfoon1ue Streets, on Main Street, wa -
halod before the court yesterday morning
Il 10 show why ale should mot pay I. g ttle -
san fr,, III, dar111ini tile Virginia l'assen-
rer and Power company e track at MAY. !. ~
Il ..on md Main Streets and so endan gerille
81 3ha lives of the passengers and coiIlI4say :
cracks. Captain Guigon was press -
1an,resent the in terests OF the q
md Power Company, and City tAI,ot4i =.
Pollard was there to look out Tor cile - " /
terests Of the city. , w. !, i, Z q 80
r n seems that the ground along Ing
rack at this point has bsan opened PEI, I, up
FOR tha placing of a city sewer a1lo l.ls..
according to the testimony 81 Mt. l9 =
The place Is exceedingly y = ~
Mr.. Jackson Bolton; engineer for u.a 1.ss
Thought that It was safe eut N,
Mr. Burton, in his testimony, said tfla nat
y J o,,,vart 11rnss from Madison 20 Monroe
street. and that the Passenge and lower
4 cdmnanvG had been notified through a1 1c Z.
.4ers that the ground under neanh ny
q naclysl Was to be tunnelled and that the
company was asked to make dlae pl's4'aaI1fe a
4 fton q He said that the company did not 90
o,5n,,,t1,inp to support the track init some
time after he had started his WORK ei' OF
tunnel ling When the com dad :; s1.1f
n RS work 1t cut away some OF MS SNORING
and sp,it i1r stringers on made g q .lse'
blocking tlAenn as the ground se'tcle g ,3,5,i
55H.o nIi:I I,lv 4th. the north track. on which
B most of the tunnelling is being done. was
used. Instead & Of allowing the cars 4 t
"a turrn to the south track as had been done
before with the promise that the cars
! would be reverted 4 to the south track
after the holiday rush. NJ, "A
q Place Of Great Danger.
This had not been done. Mr.. Burton said 10
q and he regarded this as the most dan.
I Sf rerous Il place in58 Richmond, as water
comes in on four Sides and that II the
r a ter main, which brings hall the scity's
] 81 q ter, should break, there would be II
II liability Of several men being drowned
III ana Of a car falling in the ditch He
didn't want any risk imposed on him
& ii wa atoo positive and tremend GUS.
i5SS5s4 Mr. y Calvin Whitley, engineer for thu
s Passenger and Power Company. said tina
there is no danger, and that q man Il
kept there day and night to be on the
watch$for accidents. /
8Ss Captain Guigon complained that there
4 Is a gross inadequacy in the number q
Il men at work o,acomplete the undertaking. IT
ii reasonable tine; ..but' the foreman. who
Was put on5'the stand,, proved that ht
4 employed as many men as he could USE
1 Ia the ditch. Mr.. Burton said that he
thought the work could be finished ir
Il five weeks. q
$5#,.""I'm going to be fair and square witt
q you said Justice Crutchfield to Engineer
4 Bolton. I'm going to put the whole re
Hponsibilty on the shoulders OF you en-
gineers You are engineers and I'm not
you know whether there is liability o.
n danger; and If any accident occurB, Tn
going to put the responsibility on you
Mr., Bolton said he thought the TRACK
!. safe at present; and Justice Crutchfielt
u said that the cars may run, unless the
city engineer expresses himself other
wise, . !. u y FL t,s if, 4