Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-09-18
1. Regulation
Oh ILL |l|ItR0AIs
THIS THE LIKELY RESULT or
THE NEW HAVEN WRECK
INVESTIGATION ON.
SAFEGUARDS WILL RESULT
s com1'mendatlons Include On Efficjsn'
sionna! System, steel Cars and
Dissemination q the Speed 81
company's Trains.

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Washington, Sept. s.Federal regu
iation, Of the physical operation Of the
railroads Will be advocated by the in.
terstate commerce commission as q
result of the Investigation Just con-
cluded into the latest disastrous wreck
on the New Haven railroad.
Thus another forward step in gov.
eminent control OF Interstate trans.
portation may be expected in the near
future, Tor from what was said BY
members Of the two interstate com.
merce committees of congress there
exists 9 purpose on the part Of the
lawmakers to stop the waste of life
consequent upon the present inefi-
Client methods pursued in train run.
ming on many roads.
The Coming Safeguards.
s The means essential to the provi.
sion OF greater safety for the travel
Ing public as the Interstate commerce
commission will point out will include
the adoption of the most efficient type
OF automatic signal system, the i'm.
mediate substitution of steel for
wooden cars, the speed of trains,
either when on or behind time. and
other details of management. gs
The report of the commission will
emphasize the evils of the reckless
running of trains, particularly in the
making up Of lost time, either in fair
weather or foul. &-f.. .-
Mecord to Report. %#
Commissioner McCord, who made
the New Haven investigation and who
Will write the report, has had special
charge OF the investigation Of rail &C
oldents. He originated the slogan.
Safety first" when he became mem
Der of the commission, and, assisted
by his colleagues, has accomplished a
great deal in the way of reducing the
possibility OF accidents, this in spite
Of the narrow powers of the commits
sion. ts~- F, ., ~.
81 j., Bad System Revealed. -
New Haven, Conn, Sept. 9.-Amaz-
Ing disclosures Of a railroad, worm
eaten with defects Of physical equip
ment, men and executive supervision
Of both. were laid bare when the in
terstate commerce commission, work
Ing in connection with the Connect
cut public utilities commission, began
g searching inquiry today into the
circumstances of the wreck last Tues.
day of the New Haven roads Bar
Harbor express and the White Noun.
tain express. which cost 81 lives.
4 Railroad experts listened with un-
concealed horror as, one BY one, the
20 witnesses called by the interstate
commerce commissioners, Charles Nc
Cord, ranging from the lowest EN-.
ployes who had figured in the deadly
wreck to General Manager c. L. Bar.
do, were led, under the careful Ques.
tioning of Chief Inspector H. w. Belk.
nap Of the federal commission to make
admissions OF the most damaging ma.
ture; to point out as plain undeniable
facts physical and other defects Of
the gravest nature in the New Hav.
ems system, and then to shrug their
shoulders In impotent despair when
asked to suggest some method Of rem.
edying the: crying abuses or to ex.
plain why remedial measures Of safe.
ty that had been proved successful BY
other railroads had not been adopted
by the New Haven. =
Miller Red Letter Man."
AS for Augustus B. Miller, the en-.
gineer In charge Of the White Noun
tain flyer that crashed into the train
ahead, it was brought out that Miller
himself was man known in the par
lance Of the road as a ''.red letter
man." one who had been taken to task
for running past signals before, and
that he had before been disciplined for
that offense. .sE u 8 .5.ss3
Slipshod methods OF assurances Of
safety were further laid bare in the
disclosure that when the White Noun
tain tain express left Springfield II LETT
With one GIFTS cara lacking air brake
connections and with 9, broken brake
beam. This fact was knSwn alike Ia
the /, conductor the engineer and the
INSPECTOR who, made the discovery,
and notified the other two. S.
Y. s. Ambasador Reaches Post,
Vienna, Sept. 1.-The newly ap-
POINTED 11ssAmerican anbSS3ador to Iua!!
trtag Frederick Qourtland.. Penfleld