The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-07
STEEL. CARS COMING
New Haven Officials Say All
Limited Trains Have
Them Now.
PULLMAN co. IN INQUIRY
Js Making No More Wooden
Cars and Is Replacing All
Its Old Coaches.

New HAVEN. Sept S.--August b. Miller.
the engineer who drove the New Haven
railroads White Mountain express inoo
the Bar Harbor express at North Haven
last Tuesday, testified at the Joint inquiry
Of the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the Connecticut Public Utilities Com
mission to-day. He said that for a week
preceding the wreck he had been doing
two mems work, his own and that Of
another engineer who was sick.
Richard Dean, general manager OF the
Pullman Company. came on from Chicago
and told of what his company was doing
toward replacing its wooden equipment
with steel cars. The Pullman Company.
ne said, has replaced 3S per cent. OF its
entire car equipment with steel cars in
the past three years. and Is now making
nothing but all steel cars.
General Passenger Agent A. II. Smith
OF the New Haven said the road has con-
tracted to turn over SIX OF the steel
passenger cars now under construction
for 1t to private clubs of commuters.
which are TO pay $4,000 a year per car
rental in addition to the regular trans
portation charges These cars are to be
used only about two hours day
Chief Inspector Belknap of the Inter-
s,ate Commerce Commission raised the
question whether or not it was a good
policy TO devote six Of the much needed
cars TO this short service and leave them
idle twent, two hours out of the twenty
four.
General Manager Clinton L. Bardo,
who began his testimony yesterday. gave
figures showing that the New Haven
had spent s6.e26.050 in the last two years
In improvements for the safety of its
passengers, and read the resolutions o!
the board of directors voted after pre-
,ious wrecks committing the road &c
searching Investigations Of causes ant
10 the purchasing of steel equipment ex'
elusively in the future.
The commission concluded its hearing.
early this afternoon.
MrC hord's Work Ends.
Commissioner McChord and the Other
Representatives of the commission who
have been here for the past few days re-
served all comment on the evidence OBJ
taines They left New Haven this af-
teruoon for Washington.
The first" witness called this morning
ess Frank G. STANLEY. the young from,
end brakeman of the Bar Harbor traiy
which WAS wrecked. Shanley said ht
went to work for the New Haven rs a
brakeman on May 1 last. although he
was hot Il years old until June "a
Stanley was in the middle Of the trair
When II stopped at banjo signal 80 The
TRAIN, he said. had cleared the signal by
about two car lengths before 1t stopped
When II started again II moved only
about hTe feet and then stopped a second
time. STANLEY said he saw Flagmar
Murray run back
lie saw the White Mountain train com.
hr aud shouted TO Murray, who was
starting back for his own train and wa,
about two and half telegraph poles be
hind, 10 jump from the track. Murra,
~ that time, Shanley said. was about
forty-fi'e feet from the torpedoes. The
brakeman said he was qualified to act a.
tagman, although he had never been ex.
amined on this work
Miller Tells Of signals.
Engineer Miller then resumed the stand
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tile more steam to get to the ton OF thu
"noL a"d when got opposite the grave
lt at the top Of the knoll shut of m,
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