The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-18
FEDERAL INQUIRY TOO
Accident on New Haven at
Greens Farms ArOuSeS
Clergy.
MASS MEETING CALLED
Mellcn system issues State
mrnt That "Somethin@
Dropped Into Switch"

WAsHINGroN. Nov. II. The wreck on
tho New York. New Haven and Hart
prd railroad last night az Greens Farms
'onn.. will result in comprehensive in
'cstlsaron by the Eastern carriers
themselves into the cause of frequen;
wrecks on Eastern roads.
Az the request Of the commission Vice
Pges!den, and General Manager W. J.
Jackson uf the Chicago and Eastern Tlll-
no.s Railroad, chairman of commit
Tee Of railroad men 'epresentins every
railroad in the United States. has gone
10 New York to call meeting OF rep
resentauyes Of Eastern roads TO take
s,rps 10 adopt rules 10 avoid wrecks.
IN this connection It will be recalled
that the Pennsylvania and New Yorl,
Central, apparently In the interest o;
safety. VIII discontinue their eighteen
hour trains to Chicago. Other roads
aaye Likewise discontinued distance an
l.ai,ators.
The wrecks in the United States in the
pas. Two years, but particularly those
VI ht'' Nv " w SNN iiiNf III anu
ford, have greatly alarmed the Inter
s,a;e Commerce Commissioners and sew
,ral Of the carriers have come in for
.'gcr- criticisms from the Government
authorities for conditions which led to
wrecks and loss of life.
The wreck at Greens Farms last night
aroused the commission to action to-day y
because !; was stated In unofficial in
formation that reached here that II was
iIe 80 the use OF crossover The
wreck Il, Bridgeport a year ago
in" PAS summer. in which more than a
-.lrn ~ lives We're lost, and that at
N"s.pJrt last summer in which seven
..s We're lost. were both due to
it. Use Jf CrOSsocNer apparently at
oNress.ye speed.
Following the bridgeport wreck the
commission made an Investigation and
hen advanced certain recommends .ons.
4; is understood the Investigation made
by Commissioner Mcthurd Of the wrecl;
= Westport disclosed the fact that IL
Wa due to the same conditions that
l.Iscd the wreck al Bridgeport and
Ina. had the railroad company carried
n effect the reforms suggested by the
commission. the wreck probably would
NOT nave occurred.
In both instances 1t was shown that
ira train which were wrecked opera ted
without automatic train control and
Went from one track TO another over a
shart crossuycr at n speed in excess of
shy miles an hour.
D"iCials Of the commission consider "
uficant that the wrecks al Bridge
rrr, Westport and Greens Farms. all
.0 lie New Haven road took place
h.n a stretch Of fifteen miles. West
p.y. being about eleven miles from
81. Hgcport and Greens Farms about
'Nyr" miles from Westport.
IGfOrmation also reached the commits
f. To-day of two other wrecks on the
Sew iavcn system yesterday. but no
"details We're given.
Chairman Richard r. Higgins of the
NaH.ie ItlIitles Commission of Connecti-
.. Was advised by the commission to-
.Ht that il would make a thorough in
|"~' .-ailun of the wreck al Greens
!arWe and hat Assistant Secretary Nc
G,n'r ot the commission and a corps OF
SAFETY appliance inspectors had been or
dorrl 'u the scene of the wreck.
Under the present law the Interstate
CONNER" Commission possesses no
DOW 10 compel carriers to adopt hard
aud ;as' rules in connection with ac-
'uai irain operation, but must depend,
AS one member expressed il to-day, on
publicity given to the cause OF wrecks
as disclosed by investiga tions made by
thc commission"