The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-11-05
from nothing but flesh wounds of min
or character none is incapacitated.
Commended by Gordon.

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or character none is incapacitated.
Commended by Gordon.
For his quick action in warning his
twenty-eight passengers of the dang
er they were in and the quick advice
to them to get out Of the car. j. G.
Bledsoe of the interurban was COM
mended by a. Gordon. Mr.. Gordon
said that many men would have stood
on the rear platform with head in a
whiri, but whether or not other men
would have taken the same action as
did Bledsoe in warning his paSsen-
gers. he thought the actions of the
conductor worthy of praise. Had the
passengers remained in the passenger
coach longer than they did, it is very
probable the list of injured would have
been larger, as a panic would have en-
sued had the passengers known of the
great danger.
Officials Censured.
Street Car officials have been cen
sured on all sides for the manner in
which the street cars have been run in
the past week. In MANY instances city
cars follow closely the interurbans
and the danger of accident is increas-
ed This is probably all due to the
change in schedule of the interurbanS
made last week. Since that time
there has been two wrecks on the city
| lines due to the proximity in which
cars were travelling.
When asked of this condition a local
interurban man said that the schedule
had been changed simply that direct
and immediate connections could be
made between Indianapolis and Rich
mond traction cars and those of the
Dayton & Western. Before the new
schedule went into effect passengers
coming either from the east or west
and making a change in Richmond,
had to wait from thirty to forty min
utes before proceeding on their jour
ney. For this reason and this alone,
he said, the schedule was changed.
No Need of Accidents
II mOtOrmen are careful there is 40
need of accidents, he said. He main
tained that when city cars follow the
interurbanS out of town, neither is
there need for so many interurban
stops, to pick up city passengers. a
practice which generally works dis
| astrously with interurban schedules.
Indianapolis and other larger cities
run cars in the same manner and but
| few accidents result MotOrmen are
very careful in the larger cities and
danger is reduced to minimum. The
custom is new in Richmond motor
men are not quite as careful as they
! should be, is the way he accounted
for the accident of Monday. Inability
OF the motormen to control their cars
owing to slippery tracks was also
taken into account
While rehearsing the wreck. several
street car men denied the insinuation
that has been made that neither sand
nor air brakes were used by the in.
terurhan motOrmCn rs they were 60.
ing eastward down the Country club
! hill. They say that both Motorman
Riley Cook and Raydo Flower endeay.
ored to bring their cars to halt. Re
verse power was used with such force
interurban and freight cars
were revolving backwards. The
condition of the rails the greater dis
tance down the hill, they say yet plain
ly shows of two men $ efforts to bring
their cars to a halt Motorman Elmer
Rhodes, it is asserted, made an en-
deavor to get his city car out Of the
way, and was in his vestibule at the
| time the accident occurred. nterur
ban motormcn say otherwise. howev
er.
There are some anxious men in the
ranks of the internrhan employees i'm
nlicated in the wreck. since the high
cr officials have called an invcstiga
tion.