The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-19
M'CHORD DEMANDS IN VAIN
 PEDIGREE OF NEW HAVFNS
 ANTIQUE ROLLING STOCK

gineer would have accompanied him" | Attorney Spock chafed under thia 1 line of questioning and as soon as he
 was given the opportunity he said, ''Mr. Martin, you were brought here to make air brake tests; let's get down to that
 MT. Martin said, he found the en-. | zine brakes in first class condition andf ! the brakes on the cars in good condi- ton.
 Spock took up the question of foggy weather with Martin. He said he had known of train to 1cse an hour bed tween Philadelphia and New YorE1. without a word when the fog was soi thick that 1t was impossible to see signals. He added that landmarks such as culverts, water plugs, etc.,
 were relied on in such weather rather. 1 than signals when it Is impossible Uoi discern the signals. He said he5 thought Doherty used poor 5udgmentsi He testified that the brakes must havei
 been in serviceab1e condition
 Belnap brought out that a 20 pound reduction was needed to apply thsi Centerda1e brakes when tests were made Tuesday. That it is the heaviest ] car, and equipped with the heaWes e4 brakes. Martin testified that he was present at New Haven when a 40l pound reduction was needed to set the
 brakes.
 Attorney Doherty asked if the pump was important part of the bnAking{ mechanism. He said it was a vital part. Doherty brought out that the pump was not working fauIt1essly-
 Commissioner Higgins asked why If the brakes of the locomotive and train. were respectively first class and goodt why the train wouldn't be allowed to ! run. He explained that what hs. meant was that the Comfortable would not be allowed to go.
 TeInaT insisted that he Tuez Fhn. entire train including the Centerda1e and reported the query and Martin again affirmed that such a train. would not be allowed to go.
 Spocl asked Martin if he hesftated to allow the train to leave, after the wrecks, with the raiIroadmen and oth- CTS aboard. He said he lad not hesl- tated.
 spock asked if the Centerdsle was not cratic Witness said it was shown to be, by the tests. He said 1t was possible that the brake showed itself to be working alright when leaving the terminal.
 Chester H. Laramore, Newtonville. Mass, eight years with the Nesting house Co.,, and before then air brake inspector, of the B. & M, a, railroad man since 1886. who took part in the tests, related the various tests.
 Charles A. McConvil1e, the engineers who drive locomotive 1888, said in the driving of the locomotive he saw noth- ing unusual Belnap at once brought up the condition of the pump which the experts said was cratic. The witt. ness said he considered the brakes were of the average. He said the re- verse lever worked a little stiff asi would be expected.
 How heavy are yOu?" asked Bel nap, Two hundred and eight" How talI?'' Five feet, To inches" he re- piled.
 Thomas L. Burton, of the Westing- house Air Brake Co.,. qualified as ami expert. Questioned by Bardo, he ex-i pIained the mechanism of the pump, governor He said that three times he watched the CenterdaIe in the tests The brakes took hold a 10 pound ser-i vice application in yesterdays test Earlier they had failed until a eec-. ond applicat ton was made but he didj not know the amount of application
 Be1nap asked him in what distance5 such a train at 50 miles could trainEi stop.
 "Do you know Walter B. Turner of The Westinghouse Air Brake Co., ?''
 "YeS Is he authority for the state-i ment that 40 seconds is the time2''
 "I do not know He wouldn't en-. thuse over MT. Turner's expert knOwl- edge He said he would consider what Mr. Turner might say was MT. Turn. CTS best judgment.
 As an expert do you or do yous not believe from the tests made thst5 this train was in first class condition ?s He replied the brakes were as good as could be practical to maintain through out the trip.
 McChord asked if in view of thes skilled engineer and special prepsra-s ton for the tests the results were sat- isfactory? He said they were.
 Spock asked him, having in mindi Doherty's testimony. what in his opin-! ion was the condition of the brakes2! Strictly first class in the 1ocomotivef and very good shape on the cars" he said.
 Belnap asked about the Centerdale.. Would a car requiring 20 pounds, such as this, be properly prepared? ?" He said he didn't know whether the car was properly charged.
 He said if as testified 1t required 30 pounds to set the brake 1t was not properly working.
 If there had been any danger would you have allowed the car to go oUt2
 He said it would have no effect
 Belnap asked if it wouldn't make a difference in stopping the train is the brake didn't take hold on the Center dale? He admitted it would make a variation of or per cent in the service application.
 John J. Carroll. Railroad foreman oE engineers, since last August, for the Shore line of the New Haven road, re-. .alled at the instance of General Man lger .Bardo, the general managers in- struction to him to caution all engi- leers. This was week ago Tuesday He warned Doherty, he said, in his own way, told him Bardo was raising the devil and to look out.
 He said Doherty told him he had ,un by Bridgeport station and he warned him again to be careful, to ;top braking back far enough.
 Belnap asked Carroll how many road brennan theer are He said five on
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