The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-25
CORONER WILL
 RESUME WRECK PROBETOMORROW
Completes His Investigation of Road Beds of Other Rail-
 roads Than New Haven
Declines to Discuss Result of His Comparison, But Will Take
 More Evidence

l Coroner John J. PheIan wilIsresume 1 his inquiry into the Westport wreck l at .s:so o'clock tornorrow morning and expects to have before him prior to ad- l journment of the hearing all those who have not testified as yet Coroner days absence, during which time he visited railroads in New York state and New Jersey for the purpose of looking over the roadbeds of railroads Asked today what railroads he had
 Inspected and what the results of his
 it would defeat some of. his purposes to
 tell ssthoSe things for publication Then again said the coroner, 'sI
 want Ito be perfectly fair with the
 were to make these comparisons pJJb-
 Mc.s My chief object is to ascertain,
 if possible the cause of the wreck at
 Westport and not to make public con
 ditions of the railroads, except inso-
 far as they relate to my inquiry. The conditions of these other roads don't
 Weetport, except as they show a com
 parison with the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford road. For that reason
 and for other reasons, I don't think it
 advisable to say. any thing about the
 conditions I found on the other roads. Il intend to make another trip some
 day next week for the same purpose.'
 When asked, Ibid you find any
 spikes in the other roads that could
 be pulled out with your fingers ?'' the coroner smiled knowingly and walked away.
 Not thorough satisfied with the evil dence that he has secured relative to ternis Coroner PheIan has asked rep resentatives of the firm which is put ting the Lacroix device on the mar ket to appear again at the hearing tomorrow. He has an idea that there are further facts relative to train block systems and safety devices, that he desires to know and MT. Lacroix the inventor of the device which is manu- factured by the Electrical Automatic l Train Block and Safety Co., of New York, has been asked to attend the H. Morrison of the New York, New i Haven and Hartford railroad has also 1 been asked to be on hand.
 It is generally assumed by those who l have followed the coroner's hearing in the wreck that his report will point out that safety device and train | a system has reached degree of ab- | solute perfection, would have in all proba ability prevented the terrible disas- ter at Westport, Oct 3. The coroner's finding is also anticipated to say something not altogether favorable to the railroad relative to the conditions of it's tracks and roadbeds.
 The inquiry that Coroner Phe1an is con nducting is a very thorough one and the decided fairness in the manner in which the coroner has conducted mat ters has won very favorable comment from more than one quarter. The cor oner has been determined to get at ev- cry fact that would possibly relate it. self to the cause of the wreck and yet he has gone about it in such a fair minded, tactfu1 way as not to discour- age a single bit of evidence from be- ing presented to him. He has been more than willing to hear anyone who 1esired to submit theories, facts and evidence to him
 ,, The coroner's refusal to accept evil fence which would tend to discredit he reliability Of George E. Everett, the III ,oad foreman who made such startling J revelations about the roadbeds and conditions of the tracks, is only one indication of how the coroner has en- to stick to the main object If his hearing and to eliminate the em- disadvantages and det- 'iments which would be thrown upon parties concerned # personalities were entered into. The railroad wanted to ffer evidence and records which would show that Everett dis harged from the employment of the oad for alleged padding of. payrolls nd other alleged irregularities and as result felt an animosity against he road. This evidence the coroner eclared was irnmateriaI to the object e seeking and he ordered that k he allegations not be included in the tenOgraphic records Of the hearing.