Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-06

upon those III charge d TIE special -
clear the track fve minutes before
the time due for the arrival q the
regular The register was here AZ
amined ana II showed that the regu-
lar was due al 5;12s and that the spe-
cial had arrived in the depot a the
city Il 4:25. and that II haa lett It
4s36. He was asked Il the notorman
must sign the register and testified
that the rules required him to do "a,
but that they did not always 40 ao.
He testified that IN the case under
consid eration the special had no right
to leave the station until the regular
had arrived. He testified that the
special had one order 70 50 from
Spokane to Occur d'Alene ana return,
and to meet special east bound train
40. 4 at Allen. but there were no IN
structions as to the regular train As
that came under tile general reguln-
lions.
Equipment IN Good Conditions.
He testified that the equipment IS
far as he knew OF both trains was Ia
good condition and not la any man
ner defective, and also testified that
Campbell was motorman Of expert
ence and had passed two excellent ex-
aminations on the railroa dregula-
tions. He testified that Conductor
Whittlesey, who was with Campbell,
was an experienced man. and that so
were Motorman Delaney and conduc-
tor Seymour, who had charge of the
regular He testified that during the
rush three additional crews had been
put on the road between here and
Spokane, and that the regular work
Ing hours OF the men were from so
a. m. until $40 D. nj His evidence
showed that the regular time put iii
BY the men was twelve hours
whereas during the rush they had
been working fifteen hours, but stated
that they were not oyerwokred and
that Motormen Campbell and Osborne
had complained because they did NOT
get in hours enough. They had aver
aged during the rush, he said. about
three round trips day, and during
normal traffic conditions they aver
aged about two round trips on the
main line and one round trip on the
branch to Hayden Lake Or Liberty
Lake. All trainmen III charge Of
trains, he testified. were provided
with time cards. so that they knew
the departure and arrival Of AL trains
on their line.
Could Have stopped Trains.
He was asked as to the distance
Within which train could Be stopped
running at an average speed, and re-
piled between 40 and 500 feet. He
stated that there was no obstruction
to the view along the track where
the wreck occurred that would pre-
vent the motormen from seeing each
others train at distance OF 500 feet
apart, and gave It as his opinion that
the trains could have been stopped
before the collision occurred within
that distance. He stated there was
no manner or establishing by other
evidence than the reports Of the COM
pany as to whether the appliances
and brakes were in good condition or
the special when the wreck occurred
as the cars were too badly demol-
ished.
Delaney Tells OF Collision.
Motorman Delaney followed Bow
dish on the stand and told or the col
lision in which so many lives were
lost and SO many people injured. He
testified he had been with the COM
pany i've years and that he was max
Ing his second round trip when the
collision occurred. He left Spokane
at 80, he stated. was ten minutes
late, and had a clearance card prior
to leaving. saying there were no or
ders for his train. He was delayed
at Spokane bridge BY having to walt
for regular train No. 81, making him
twenty-five minutes late. and he knew
nothing about the special until he
observed II coming toward his train
on the track. He stated that when
FIRST observed It that Il must have
been 500 feet distant ana that as
soon As he observed It he did every
thing to stop his train. bur did not
whistle OF give any other signal He
stated that when the collision oc-
Cured be had almost stopped his
train. and that Iust before The trains
ccllided he leaped from the train He
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