The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-18
STATE ATTORNEY HUDSON AND
 CORONER PHELAN ARE RIGHT
The Remedy for Railroad Slaughter Is the Penitentiary for the Guilty Railroad
 Officials

trouble the New Haven railroad is not of sud den growth It natural result of railroad in Connecticut It is certain consequence aggranzement that has practiced sys- tenn since 1901 By it's control of government this nopoy has virtually created the conditions which it does business Except for less futile eff fort to regulate the part of the Inter State Commerce Commission the New Haven has regulated itself prompt ly reducing the Public Utilities Commission Connect cut to reflection of its views upon railroading and railroad finance.
 increasing number the system It the fast trains that most frequently wrecked The Fed eraI Express a fast train. The Springfield Express
 So was the Portland Express and so was the Mer- chants Express both wrecked the day. Saturday last, within twenty miles of each other
 And from the inquiry into the of each and all of these wrecks there stands out clearly this condition tllat the ROAD BED each and every instance poor shape
 At the Saugauck depot ties were found rotten Spikes could be withdrawn from the ties with the naked fingers
 So in the neghborhood of the wreck at Milford-the wreck of the Portland Express.
 So of the wreck at Greens Farms, the wreck of the
 Now the Public Utilities Commission has jurisdiction these tracks It is much responsible for these dtions the New Haven system itself.
 WHAT HAS THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CON1ndIS SION BEEN DOING?
 WHO DOES TT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF CONNECTICUT OR THE RAILROAD SYSTEM? For the present but real remedy imnedi- ately available
 States Attorney Judson and Coroner John J. Phelan have pointed the way the application of that remedy
 In the Westport wreck Coroner Phean has found the New Haven Company guilty of CRIMINAL NEGLI- GENCE.
 States Attorney Judson has announced that he will crimna1ly against the proper officers whom he deems the directly in charge of the road bed and nal system.
 So far so good
 But is it enough?
 When the New York tunnel disaster occurred the criminal action of the York authorities directed against president directors of the York Cen tral
 They were arrested The conditions in the tunnel were then remedied. In the present case an attempt should be tol carry the criminal liability near the top be brought under Conencticut law.
 The nearer the TOP the hand of the criminal law contrves reach, the immediate and the cer will be the reforms in the New Havens methods of doing business.
 Here a business organization that has been given al monopoly of transportation in the mostly densey setted portion of the United States.
 It receives the of kingdoms. It's railroad business is profitable beyond the dreams of avarice
 Then why should it's railroad lines be in state of de- Why should train after trainand extra fare that-run wobblng disaster by of sheer sony expenditures for those things necessary to the physical equipment and upkeep of modern railroad?
 Immediate criminal prosecution the only legitimate answer to such question.
 Mr. Judson has this remedy his This news paper believe that he will it for the benefit the and the esoppa1 of passenger ter on the New Haven road.
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