The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-07-10
No Excuse for Placing Green
Man in Charge of Express,
Says Interstate Board.
WAS PURE NEGLIGENCE.
Defects In Road Management
Cited and Threat of Call
a. for Congress Action. -


WARRINGTON. July 1a-Bissss con.
demnatic, Of the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad Tor the stamford.
Conn.,. wreck on June u Wal contained
h q special report made public to-day
BY Interstate Cemmsrcs Com missioner
Aechord. whns naming Engineer
Dousherty ~ responsible for the wreck.
In which sir passenssrs we're killed ana
twsnty.twe injured. the report strongly
eondsmns the New Havsn's system Of
management BY which . green" On.
s'nsman was given charge Of . fast
drst.class train.
The engine braxsa tests seemed 10 In.
dicats. we're good; the train brakes not
~ sf'lcisnt - safety demanded In such
fast train. And the homo and distant
signals at stamford we're held 70 b too
close together. Dohsrty's insxpsrisnes
and lack Of instruction. the commission
heAA we're responsible for his failure
70 apply the brakes In time to stop the
sraaa before che danger signal ~
against him.
The commission even goss further than
more condemnation Of the New Haven
Railroad. II served significant notice
that unless thsrs ID more economical and
safsr Management there may b recon.
msndauons Tor Congressional action.
The psrasraoh In which this threat was
contsinsd was the concluding one 10
cordmissionsr NcChord's report and VA
~ follows:
ASSUMED THAT GNolNGER WAS
COMPETENT.
Establish msnt Of safer ana more
st7ioient operation Of this railroad 10
Immediately necessary Il Congressional
legislation attending the scope Of Gov.
ornamental regulation Of railroads 10 not
to b called for and justihsa In the In.
terest Of public sAfsty."
After summing W exhaustivsly the
evidence developed ct the Joint hearings
with the Cohnsctieut Public Service
Commission, including the -,ilroad Of.
hcialS defense. Commisslonsr MeChord
asserted: o.
"No orsapis<tlon but that Of the Now
York. New aven ana Hartford Railroad
Company. q responsible for placing .
man In charge Of this locomotive with
out tests or supervision BY travelling
engineers Of his qualifications ana judg.
ment for this special work.
"rhe determination Sof the ability.
ntpess or qualifications Of an engine.
maria the duty OF the railroad itself
II WAS NOT delsgated 10 any other or.
sanisation nor could IL be 40 dslssatsd
II wa. neither delesated nor mar.
formsd. !, "a. n.ri.c,ed.
III aAunvarrsntabiv Assumed ian, =.
man Al the head Of the ust NJ ana Il
an sInsm.n "a, ousIlasd. 6ometh,nx /,
.o,,t NJ re.r m . railroad vhsr. MIR
olss. Train. NAV b. riven over IN un
ur,n.trnct.A .rr,usm.n Ana mi. va,
,rue even n he h Ami out an . run wit
IN. cautlon M nj. sunerior .don't ist i,
a., sw.v from, v,,u.
Here wa, doubt from the man who
o,Ch, 20 k,cv
"rh. ...ron.,,v,,, o.. ..r,n ANN.
ns..nt man wI,h n,.it,v. on.liac. tion,
a, No., y, a,,,v i. . .o,,o..,. -..nnn
.,h,,,,v Ths ,sv,, a. niscinv an nm,
,.s,.a m,r IN . no.,,,,n ,r.ush, with
d.n.sr "a l,fs 4. ths fanit az IN. cam.
o.rv ana N. ofYac,sis
'm~W FA'.o"e NJ :~Sose roF
WRECK.
".N.u failure, ran onlv .,c,,. IN.
railroad and lts ofbcisl. where the nm,
h.. t,ssn oroperly tes,sd ana found 4,
nos,oss The positive uua,ificationa r.,
ouiroA
"A train running in Two section, q,
very nearly the same tme calls TO,
spsdal ofYics supervision. Especially n
| ;hs position OF engine man Of the sac
ond section one of highest respon.l
tility. A man for such po.' or
| should be one tested BY long experi
ence ana qualified by instruction o
superioys for the ordeals ol this spec!a
work. This Was no place to try on
an tpginsfnan Of limited service. prin
| cipally "a slow fre!yh,s and In var,
service"
| The report heriares the whole evidsnc'
3ustiies Tho following conclusions:
1.-THE enginsnan OF second No. e. uh
wrecked train. Engineer Dohsrty) di'
not have the special experience and In