New-York tribune., 1913-06-20
IIN|ON BLAMED FOR
DOHERTY ON ENGINE
= BardO, General Manager
of New Haven, Says Road
Had No Choice.
M TEST FOR EFFICIENCY
prakes on Wrecked Engine
Found to Work Well by P. R.
R. Expert, but He Quail
fes His Endorsement.

c.aF correspondent or Inc tribune
',-.,serort Conn, June l9.-Without ad-
- that Charles j. Doherty. the en-
..- blamed for the Stamford wreck
,..ek was incompetent Clinton l..
e.,,o general manager of the New
---.., Railroad at the federal investi-
ION to-day placed the blame for his
80. nut in charge of the train directly
~ the agreement the road has with
p~,,berhood Of Locomotive Engineers
,ssi-rirc extra men 70 substitute
uo insisted. however. that there
,otbine i'm Dohertv's record 10 show
uas rrft 10 run a passenger train.
,I,pourh Bardo held that the road was
no relieved Of responsibility for
- since IL was led against its will
-, the presont method OF assigning
-. engineers 20 their runs from the
-. hoard " he admitted 10 Commis-
- NcChord who presided at the
80 that the road had accepted the
.-.or,srt without coercion. He also ad-
- that the supervision over the MT
-..s ~ the roads engineers for passenger
-.-,i,e was no, as good as he thought II
..,st % be. OF as he believed II TO oe. UP
N the time of the wreck.
How the Agreement Worked.
.yrss, came with the road. he said.
...- o-5e- had been issued shortly before
-, snare engineers who had less than
-, yss~s. ex0erience would not be al
- through passenger trains. while
,sose with less than one years experience
.soud not be allowed TO run local pas
senger trains.
r. General committee Of the roads en-
- 10 said. protested against the
s,spge. with d result that the rule was
.sarge5 70 read that no engineer with
- than one years experience be al
i,,s5 to ~un through passenger trains.
We had a right 10 expect and / dld
ernsct and J believe still that IN all
,o1srsl respects. IN all general matters
.s n his conpetency, Doherty was a com
~...-t man " he said ct am satisfied
now that his judgment was bad unjus-
resb'v had. and ] cannot conceive now an
engineer I'm charge Of train. following
ss he did. the first section and pracu-
esuy on the time Of that train, could APP
proacd A place where lie knew that he
- v,ba~a be knew that the
-. -. .,,s, ba ahead NJ him. would
-. - q. .t,cra s,5 wait until ne got
- -. 80 ,,e distant signal or with
-. - - e.a, ~ II before ne
,ook the necessary steps TO stop. ] can
~ - 80 .,... 'i,;-d
1'-''7 ''''''9
Slsmes Unions ano PUBIC
7 believe that the trouble 10 large
degree. has been brought about by two
things ] do not believe that the laoor
organizations, as a general pToposi'loh'
have intended TO enforce, u the powers
al their command. rules when necessarily
tend 10 break down the safety OF the ser
wee. but they have been edging ln' lnch
b. inch. and on one side they have Deeh
encouraged q good many times by TINS
mix ana water investigation that We get.
On the other side the public has come IN.
50 that in majority Of cases-and
think fl is true of the New England rail
Foaos to-oay-ther have not much LETT
'oi their corporate Identity.
Inc genera. manager Oh me ralIroao
should have power 20 saw what Is rlSh'
anu wrong ana "e sn"uio nave uie poNer
" enforce "hal ne says. lie cannot "a'e
~s power i the LABOR orgahizauoh =
sons 10 point the pistol al MN every
u'ne ne attempts TO do something "hlc"
h, ,sa 49,. I'm .,-....o '''s
1t is time that the public understand
tha, this question Of railroad safety is
ore in which -aay are v,taIlv interested;
and II they are going 20 influence, II they
are going 10 swerve. II they are gong 10
have their minds infamed and distorted
by the newspaper articles which have
been published in connection with this
lryss,,gs,io,.--.. .s.,. -. ,,oi,,. % ha,,e,,.
that kind Of stun then they must expect.
a that is the standard Of fitness they
nave set nm t,st tbe,, are NO, going 70
get what they are paying for.
The criticism which this railroad has
assed under In the last year and a half
e enough 10 break down the discipline
and the esprit de- corps Of any organlza-
ton that ever lived You cannot expect.
L you are goirg IN criticieo q railroad as
this railroad mas beer criticised but vhet
that criticism is going 70 rescb into the
ranks. II is po,,p ~ res,,i, &, dislovaltv
and N man, ,t,,ra. u-,,;.b o. g., hroal,