Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-11

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The coroner also denied the' any owl
dencc Of multlation Of the hands of
wreck victims to get iewolrY had been
given before him. Engineer Mullen and
others had testified to seeing persons pick
! ing up articles Of value at the scene but
there was no wholesale looting.
MILLER DID TWO MEMS WORK
| Engineer August h. Miller of the White
! Mountain Express, who testified Friday
at the Interstate commerce committed s
/ investigation, was recalled to describe
! what efforts he made to stop his train.
: lie said he put on the air brakes when
he saw the signal and the emergency
! brakes when he saw the outlines of the
| Bar liarbor Express
| Did you reverse the engine?"
81 didn't have time"
| This part of his examination finished
MILLER suddenly rose to his feet and said
, May l make an explanation?'
I Permitted to do so. he then declared
that during the week previous to the
wreck he had been doing two mems work.
II don't want to say that | didn't get
opportunity for sleep the day before the
wreck" he continued II didn't have 10
take whisky to brace mo up. But an
engineer got sick last week and trey
asked me to take his run; that doubled
my run
II got home from my work Monday at
! 1890 noon went to sleep; got up at 4:3O
p. m. and went to Stamford to take my
train to Springfield l left there at nine
o'clock. When I got to Springfield I
thought I was through for the night for
] understood that the man whose run
was doing expected to report that night.
But he was still sick and didn't show up,
So they asked me to cover his job again.
They We're short on account OF Labor
day traffic They thought ! could do it,
! and this is where we are"
"Then for the week previous to this
asked chief Inspector Belknap, examiner
for the commission.
Yves sir" said Miller
EXPENDITURES TO GAIN SAFETY.
General Manager c. L. Bardo of the
New Haven said nearly s7noo0no has
been spent by the New Haven in the in
stallation of modern automatic signals,
steel cars and other safety improvements
since September 1911.
Questioned on the spacing of trains. Mr..
Hardo was asked by Commissioner Nc
Chord if the New Haven wouldn't in the
future space its trains at longer intervals,
II am perfectly willing 10 do anything
We can do looking to safety. but 7 am
afraid of setting up definite time sys-
TEN. The mere spacing of trains does
not prevent wreck"
But the wreck would not have hap
poned if the trains had been 16 minute s
apart instead Of eight" said the COM
missioner
! Il wouldn't be so sure about that,
! replied the witness. Whatever the space
may be between trains, 1t may be used
up. Long spacing, in my opinion. tempt,
the engineer and other trainmen to be
| less careful"
| The New Haven road has under order
six steel club cars for wealthy commu-
tiers to New York. cost $1,000 each &C
cordins to the evidence adduced by Com
missioner McChord from General Passen-
ger Agent \. b. Smith, These cars are
to bring a rental of $4,000 year from
clubs using them. in addition to the reg
ular fares charged. They will take the
place of wooden club cars now getting a
rent Of $1,000 a year
Tho commissioner wanted to know
| whether the new order for club cars had
been given preference over the orders for
other steel cars. This Superintendent G.
w. Whildin 81 the mechanical depart
| ment denied, saying that tho order was
! given last May for delivery January /.
Steel cars for the regular passenger serv-
ice are bling delivered now at the rate OF
u month, it was brought out
STEEL CARS FOR THE b. & M.
Boston, Sept. Thirty all-steel cars
VIII be added to the equipment Of the
Boston & Albany railroad early in 1914,
according 10 an announcement yesterday.
a contract has already been closed for
the new equipment which will, Include q
coaches, four mail cars, four combina-
ten baggage and mail cars ard tive
id'rcrs
this > the second addition to thu RS
ton & Albany's steel equipment within
two years About a year ago 81 sl,-stee
cars We're purchased.
SLUMP IN PRICE OF STOCK.
New York, Sept. Stocks OF the New
York New Haven Re Hartford railoat
slumped nearly two points. coming with,
in fraction of the lowest price in the
history of the company, on the Stock Eek
chance yesterday. Withdrawal of ]. =
Morgan e. Co. as fiscal agents for III,
road, which became known after tn,
market closed Friday, led to active trad
ing in the sleek as soon as the exchang,
opened.
The first transaction was made at 90 "a
decline of a point. The price dropret
off rapidly 20 20, half a point above IN,
bottom figure reached on the slump fol
lowing the North Haven wreck At 9
the stock met with support and the pric
was pushed up quickly to 81.