New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21


for asking the same questions over and oyer again
lie told them plainly that they only wasting
time and accomplishing nothing Then he met MT
Donnelly. who mad plainly shown that he cohs'd
cred ne proceedings farcical. As MI Hedges saw
him he called out:
See here. DonncUy I want to see you latHr /
think YOU and / might get together
Mr. Donnelly replied that he thought so. with
the first real enthusiasm he had shown since he
had been blocked by the commission
George w. Kittredge, chief engineer Of the Cen
trail. had just been placed the stand in the
afternoon. when officer appeared to take him
up The Bronx. When the coroner learned that
he on the stand he allowed him to finish his
testimony.
What caused the accident in your opinion?"
asked Commissioner Dickey
AT the present time | unable to satisfy my
SELF the witness replied We investigating
the matter and all the facts not in my posses
sion. We have been interfered with In our in
vestgatlon by attendance before the coroner and
here"
Asa Bachelor. engineer Of tho General Flee
trio Company. told OF the makeup Of ar electric
i'm his opinion the speed limit for electric loco
motives would be about eighty miles an hour and
for one motor. about severty--fhrre miles am hour
I.hlS was on straight road. and not curve
lem division then testified that everything at tie
point OF the accident had been in first class shape
two weeks before the wreck He said that he be-
neved displaced ran caused the accident. but did
CORONER AND COMMISSION CLASH.
At the inquest both Coroner Schwannecke and As
sistaUt District Attorney Smyth declared that tho
State Railroad Commission had no business 10 take
away witnesses trom the inquest.
the maintenance Of the electric equipment 0f the
Harlem division, said that the instruction OF the
ach1s and bat @ gave an P mo- nsF Ss Sn
regard 20 speed simply teaching them how to
- is aii eng. neer expected TO know any more about
asbed the Assistant Disrict Attorney t.S
My assistant Mr.. Bickford. gives them the in
Are they told to g any faster when they are
late Not TO 90 amy faster than the schedule
40 you know If they receive any instructions
time?' That is none of my business. ! only look
out for the engines as machines"
TESTIFY TO TRAINS SPEED.
superintendent Mccormick was recalled and
gave TO Assistant District Attorney smyth the
weight of the electric locomotives used on the
wrecked train lSS7o0 pounds and $500 pounds
and the total weight Of the train $4,000 pounds
lie sad IN reply to a question from Mt Smytn
a curve at schedule speed.
which it would be safe to take that curve? asked
asi1ty-aye to seventy miles an hour" was the
ne next witness was John F, Deems, general SUI
perintendent OF motive power Of the Central.
safety OF running two enEines7'' asked Mr snyth
We have sent TWO. and three at TINES together
he replied
DO you consider there is any edded danger in
Ponds on speed. In ordinary conditions would
around a curve? At depends upon the curve
UNFAMILIAR WITH CONDITIONS
@ DID you know anything about tho cur, Q? A.
Q.-Are you familiar with the schedule A-No.
ODD YOU nnd out. with any detiuiteness. to
yet you put two engines that tran2 A
Q-Kuowing there were passengers and human
lives TO be hauled by those two motors? A-Yes.
Charles y. Carr chief operating inspector IN tho
himself, but that no had u man on the cars at ali
times Mr. SHy tn asked him Immediately II he
tndy. where he said ne had first become acquainted
Witnoss said there mad been tests and II had bea
found that the engines could SO sixty. seventy and
J. E, Heekwith road foreman OF the electrical
Sen asked Have Won ever been Tf aeGea was
tons or ever given Instructions as 10 the differ
II have nothing to say Tie engineers gov
ern S Gy ssAgda,es vas vas the reply.
30 Gu nlve meyer Jol' an gnSineer although you
ar" +iLppoTtu 20 instruct mem, according to your
Al this the witness grow rather angry md first
asked II ha could have the advice of counsel Cor
oner Sch,"ann,tcke INTERRUPTED and peremptorty
The last witness 1t tho inquest was George W.
Kittredge the chief engineer OF She road. Asked
at what speed the train which was wrecked would
have to attain Z" shear oT the heads of the rail-
Kittredgo answered: THE speed at which the
spikes would shear or provided dlsregarded the
friction Of tho rail against the ties would be 1913
miles hour"
with ono OF these new locpmotives?" asked MI
Suyth. "Yos' tho reply Tint goes on tho
assumption that the weight of one wheel would
bear directly spike. ANA that no part OF that
weight would transmitted through the rail 10
the adjacent spikes. That s the most extreme case
that could be imagined
'pld YOU dgure The extra weight which would
be cast upon the outside wheel by the force pro-
duccd I'm rounding the curve asked Mr. Smyth
Mr. Kittredgc said that lt had not and that he
Ind been counting and working on the calculation
of a straight track