Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-07

sand Iiill, on the Dover X Foxcroft
branch, hauling gravel to Northern Maine
Junction ON the morning Of oct , while
at work at Sand Ill., part Of the steam,
shovel broke and they returned with it
to this city. II" arrived in this city at
12.20 and train consisted Of one car and IL
passenger coach which he had been using
for cahcose. lie was to return imme-
diatclv ana received the following order:
Engine No. sol. Dunbar conductor. will
run extra Natcrvillc to Newport. meet
ing engine No. g. Houston conductor
ana engine No. 81 Frost conductor. AZ
Clinton He received this order at , ~
and left Immediately. stopping at the re-
pai,' shops to get the piece OF the repair
cd shovel.
He stated that he looked on tie train
register AMI saw that No. rs had not ar
rived ;nd MSS "oin@ tc as, the dispatcher
where it was. But lie had llad some
trouble With tie same dispatch The morn
ing before about Il delay in leaving the
yard and lie get into another .chcvina
match" as h" called it, and when he left
the 0fii' Ia iutd forgotten al about train
No. rs. He said that he was willing to
shoulder part Of tie blame but not the
whole. HI was supposed 10 ask the dis
patcher the whereabouts Of trains before
leaving. Nc also said that the engineer
had the same order but lie did the book
signing. lie stated that it WAS ris ,1.tv
to look the register over and was also
the engineers duty. He said that when
he was leaving the office the DISPATCHER
told him to get to Clinton rs soon as pos.
sibla as he wanted to get engine No 81
ont on No. II. 1t was lis duty to know
that No. IS was in. but the dispatcher
gave lin no information regarding it.
The train dispatcher's conversation with
him was when he had received the order:
Are you going TO he as late as YOU were
yesterday morning in getting out" Get to
Clinton as soon as You can Both ar
@uod for several minutes and the witness
said that he forgot all about No. IS on
account of this conversation
on crosS-cXamination Dunbar said that
if - had arrived he would have had Il
clear track to Clinton, lie looked at
the register four minutes before he re-
ceivod the order and knew that No. IS
WAS not in.
G. p. Sullivan, head brakeman on the
extra. was the next examined. lie stated
that they left Watcrville at 240 p NJ.
He did not see the orders. He has been
in the employ Of the road a little over n
week. He was not familiar with the time
card and did not know the running time
of No. IS. He was not cross-cxamined.
+. w Miner Of Concord. n. IT,. was
next called lie WAS rear man on the
extra Oct . in charge of Conductor Dun
bar, and had hecn WORKING fo.' the COM
nany since the nth day of September
II" knew Of the order and their meeting
with engines at Clinton. He knew moth
ing of No. 2S. whether or not it had ar
rived. He said that it was not part of
his duty to watch trains ahead as he was
f}aGlnan AMI worked under tile orders of
tho conductor.
Engineer H. +. Thaver of Waterville.
who WAS running the extra. was the next
witness lie testified that he had been
IN engineer for II months and lad fired
five years. Was familiar With the road
and had not hc,n out before that day
He went with Dunhar to the Office to
get the orders h'It did not examine the
register, rs he thought No, % was in. as
the dispatcher was in n hurry for them
To get to Clinton. He was running about
l. miles an hour ana when first saw No
IS put on brakes and shut off steam and
Jumped. Fireman Haynes did not jump
On being cross-examincd he said that the
extra was about eight car lengths away
when Ii" first saw them. a distance of 40
feet. He said that he heard none of the
conversation between Dunbar and thu
dispatcher at the office in Watcrville lie
said that he had no right to accept any
order unless written and was the first
duty of the engineer and conductor TO see
that their train arrived safely.
G.. III. Priest. assistant superintendent at
Watorvillo. was called to the stand and
was asked by Mr.. Spofford to produce all
orders that were given the officials on
train No. oS ana the extra. also tie time
on SIS departure from Bangor and arriv-
n at Bangor. Air. Priest did not see any
Of the orders, as they are taken by. the
disratchcrs
William IT, Porter the dispatcher who
was on duty at the time Dunbar received
his orders. was called. but as he was at
work in tho office a recess was taken I'M
til he was brought to the hearing. When
he arrived he testified that he gave or
ders to Dunbar and Thayer of the extra
oct. ? He said that did tell them to get
to Clinton quickly as possible. On
account Of trouble with the wires he had
no report from No 2S and did not know
whether or not they were in He slppos-
cd they We're in. The stenographor then
read the testimony of Dunbar giving the
conversation. This Porter did not deny
Il did not know where No. % was" said
Porter. before I gave that order I fig
ured that they We're in ard do not re-
member giving Dunbar any verbal rider
Engine No. 312 would not have left Gin
ton until the EXTRAS arrival. 1t is my
duty to know where the trains are, but
the lines were busy and did not find ont
about No. g. I gave orders to Dunbar
knowing that No. % had not booked a.
the Office. Sometimes it is 90 minutes
:,tter a train from tic east arrives before
the conductor registers"
Was there any effort made on Your
part to stop Dunbar after yoE found that
No. % had not arrived"' asked the coun-
ty attorney