The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-09
ESPONSIBLE E
FOR ( He
WRECK
CONDUCTOR AND MOTORMAN DIS
MISSED FROM SERVICE.
Railroad Officials Act Quickly After
investigating the Cause Of the
Accident of Tueeday.

a comIultlec ot railroad olhcialS mot
last evening and placed the respon,
sibIlity for the wreck on the Oregon
Short Line ut the Twenty-second
street crossing yesterday morning on
Conductor H. w. Logan AID Motor
man Lee Chase. who had charge of
the motor car, and recommended that
they be dismissed from the service OF
the oregon Short Line.
In accordance with the recommend"
ations OF the committee, the two men
have been discharged First Assist
ant Superintendent Rowlands stated
this afternoon that the men were not
kept In the service a minute after the
report of the committee was made
known
The board Of inquiry, consisting of
railroad officials and citizen of Og-
den. considered the details of tho ac-
Cident yesterday evening and made
report regarding the manner OF the
accident and its causes, but they did
not pretend TO place the responsibility
upon any particular person or per
sons.
Following nTe the two reports
ogden. Utah, Feb s, 1910.
we. the undersigned committee.
convened at Ogden at o. p. M, Tues
day. February Sth. 1919, for the pur-,
pose OF placing responsibility and ad.
mlnistering discipline 10 those respon'
slble for the accident that occurred at
Twenty-second street crossing, Ogden.
Utah. between Oregon Short Line
train "A. southbound, In charge OF Con
ductor ]. + Waterman Engineer A,
Hatch and Fireman j. D. Huffman, and
Oregon Short Line train 1Sl, motor
car 40. northbound, in charge OF Con-
ductor H. w. Logan, Motorman Lee
Case. al S,d7 m, February Sth, 1910.
After going over the scene OF the
accident and listening 10 all of the
testimony and carefully going over
the findings of the board Of inquiry.
which convened at ogden at 7:15 p.
m. this date, we agree that Conduc-
ter r. w. Logan and Motorman Lee
Case, of No. lSl. are entirely respon-
sible for the accident. rs they had no
right whatever to move oat of the Tn
lon Depot Yard against train "a,
which they had a meet with at Ogden,
without being fully protected
I'VE. therefore, recommend that
both of these men be taken out OF the
service
Signed) A. F. Brewer, Supt. Utah
Division, o s. L. Ry Co. o B. Cbal-
mers. Asst Supt Utah S.rision. O. S
l.. Ry. Co: r. f %owlands. Asst.
Supt.. Salt Lake Division. S p Co;
D. ] Malone Asst. Supt., aalt Lake
Division, S p. Co r. A. Pierce. gen.
cral yardmaster. Ogden Yard.
Board Of Inquiry.
The board OF inquiry which met last
evening. made the following report:
Ogden. Utah. Feb s. 1910.
''We. the undersigned. board OF in
quiry, convened at Ogden. Utah at
7:15 p m. Tuesday February s, 1919.
to investigate and place responsible
ity for accident at Twenty-socond ST
crossing. ogden. at S;i7 a. M. this
date, between No. l31. motor car 470,
in charge OF Conductor Logan, Motor
man Case. and train No %, engine
SIG, IN charge Of Conductor Water
man Engineer Hatch. and Fireman
Huffman. Nos l31 and q, being north
and southbound O. S. l., Utah divis-
ion trains.
THE entire committee first visited
point where accident occurred and
find that the accident which resulted
In slight injuries TO mail clerk and
sixteen passengers was caused by No
13l, which had 4 meet with No. - at
Ogden. pulling out OF Union Depot
yards proper. intending to go to town
track. the switch Tor which Is located
lust north OF the Twenty-Second
street crossing. and backing in there.
to meet No 24-without duly protect
ing themselves.
Conductor Logan claims that when
Operator Watkins delivered him his
orders he told him that the dispatcher
had said that No - would arrive at
Ogden at $3.50 or sos 4. m. and for
him TO go to north end of yard, so as
TO pull out Immediately upon their ar.
rival
"On moving at a speed OF IL to IL
miles per hour and just before reach
ing switch just north Of the Twenty
second street crossing. they colllded
with train "a.
Investigation shows that engineer
on train "a had seen the motor car
and had brought his train nearly to n
stop when the collision occurred.
Damage to motor car 40 from four
TO five hundred dollars; damage to en-
gine SIC. train No "a, about twenty
five dollars.
(SIgned) a. e. Brewer. Supt Utah