Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06

| in. On week days the clock was sometimes
set at noon. time being given by the chief
dispatcher at Baltimore
Red Signals Passed By.
Frequently. said Mr.. Phillips. a train
would run by his red target. but up TO the
accident every train thus running by had
| returned to the station. He said he had
| never reported such an infraction of the
rules because no accident had ever occurred.
Asked If since the accident he would report
such an infrsction the witness showed con-
siderable hesitation. but finally said he
didn't know whether he would or not.
The witness then reported the testimony
he had given before the coroner's jury re-
garding the passing of train 2i2O.
Railway Investigation.
Then Mr.. Walter asked the witness II he
had been in Baltimore since the accident.
Reluctantly Mr.. Phillips admitted that he
had: that he was there Friday night and in
the Offices OF the Baltimore and Ohio Com
pany: that there were a number of others.
including his gateman Lumkum; Page. who
was with him in the office the night or
the accident; Remsburg, the operator at
University: Detrow. operator at Silver
Springs: Kennedy and Quinn; that they
We're gathered up by Mr.. Hobbs. who is
superintendent of the Baltimore division.
In addition TO these in the Offices were c.
w. Galloway. superintendent OF transpor-
Ia ton. and Mr.. Convey. They went first to
w. Il. McCauley's office and later into a
larger room, where he saw the train crews
of both trains, including the engineers. fire
men and tlagmen. He said the gathering
was In the ature of A railroad iavesttga-
ton. but had no bearing either the in
quest or the inquiry being directed by the
interstate commiss.o
The witness during this portion of the
hearing was averse TO telling anything
about what happened in Baltimore. even in
timating that nothing occurred out of the
ordinary. Commissioner Clements. how
ever. developed that there had been an in
vestigaton at the hands Of the railroad au-
thorites.
The Station Clock
Mr. Phillips was again asked about the
clocks. He said that he thought his clock
was about good the rest on the road
and he had never made requisition for
new one. He said that a clock that would
not gain or lose more than two minutes in
week he believed to be pretty good
clock
Commissioner Clements asked II this
particular occasion ii would not have been
a good thing TO have had correct time.
The witness was visibly embarrassed and
hesitated Waiting a moment the Commits
soner said: There is no use to pursue
that further 1t is a self-evident fact
On cross-examination Mr.. Phillips said
that he did not any markers on 2l2o.
Doesn't every engine carry signals in
'front.'"
They do"
\ Now. you knew that &c bad not cleared
at University"
Yes
You knew 2I2O was the next train to go
by"
Yes
You knew it was 6:3o. Then why did
you not go out and put torpedo the
track
Because it was none of my business.
There is nothing in the rules far as |
know 10 empower an operator to do it"
Ignored the Rules.
Later in the cross-examuation Mr.
Phillips said he had had a number of in
stances happen when engineermen ran by
his red target.
Mr.. Wilson, the counsel of the Baltimore
and Ohio Company, said it was an in
justice to the eng.nemen of the road if
he failed to specify the times when these
infractions occurred and wanted specific
instances. The witness said he had not
reported the instances of trains running
by the red target because they had re-
turned or had sent their fagman back
and he thought no rules were violated
Mr.. Wilson. visiby nettled at the wit
ness, had him read certain rules govern
ing the movement of trains within the
block
Commissioner Clements listened ntently.
After the witness had ceased reading Mr..
Wilson asked:
rules and reluctantly Mr.. Phillips an
swered yes"
Commissioner Clements asked the wit
ness: t-r or -. .... --.--
Don't you think the nor-observance OF
these rules to block systems makes the
system worse than system at all If they
being treated by every body in the way
you treated them"
Phillips refused to answer.
Answer the question the judge has asked
you" said Mr.. Wilson, and very slowly he
said
Possibly il does"
Under redirect examination Mr.. Phillips
admitted that thee We're torpedoes I'm the
office, but they had never been examined
and never used and that none had been
given him for the past two Years.
This closed the examination. Before ad-
journng MIR. Clements stated that as the
commission would meet in Chicago tomor-
row and that as there were matters to
take up which would take some time con-
corning the block systems on the Southern
yell as the Baltimore and Ohio, he
would adjourn the hearing until January
IA at 10 o'clock.
RECEPTION BY STATES