The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-14

Win tUdt record MIS- name went up
on Tuesday for the first section " the !
Boston Express. running ahead of
schedule and with a new engine, No |
1898. Pacific type. and weighing liz
tons. to handle lie was nervous, he
admitted IT, hut II wasn't the kind of |
nervousness that would interfere with |
his work II" WASH, familiar with this |
type of locomotive. but he had studied |
the makeup in the hooks. He knew air |
brakes and levers and how to throw the |
power into one side or into both. Hs
had passed the tests ~ his knowledge |
Of signals
Found the Lever SIN. |
80 ne went down the line with the
new engine. When he approached the
Bridgeport station h" gave her the
air" and noticed that everything was
not well He ran past the bridgeport
station and tho conductor ordered him
To- back mp To do that he had to put
back the hig lever that controls the
moving "f tn" locomotive and he found
it stiff and unwicldly It hurt his back
when he showed ON it.
Knowing something was wrong. he
said. he proceeded cautiously after that.
When h" reached stamford he went
into the roundhousc and wrote out on
the WORK book opposite the number of
his engine"
BRAKES no sood-wont hold"
Thon hc ran her back To- New Haven
and he told the Coroner that she acted
better going back
Did YOU tell anybody about the
brakes not working and the lever being
stiff on the new engine" asked the
Coroner
YES | told several engineers"
And what did they say"
"Thcy said that's the same complaint
with them ali"
Made Tw" trips Tursdn..
Dohcrty said he made two trips out
of New Haven on Tuesday and went
back. On "Wednesday he brought the
RoSton Express down to stamford with
another engine and made "A trip back,
bat his back hurt him 80. he said. from
working at the lever that he reported
off and was Excused for the day.
Later on in the inquest Doherty testi-
fled that another engineer had had trou-
bic with No. 1898. This man was James
Harmon. who was making his frst trip
on Monday. lie ran by the signal at
Norwalk and said the brakes didn't
work right Harmon has been laid off
pending an investigation This was con-
frned by one Of the railroads lawyers
whom the Coroner interrogated in the
court room.
Then the coroner asked Doherty to
dcscrih" in detail his trip from New
Haven Yesterday The witness said he
left New Haven one minute behind time.
and he had the second section, which
runs on schedule time, the engineer be-
ing supposed - give the first section
chance ft is,.s,t n, Of n T., Sai RI
his nervousness had disappeared en-
tircy. Tn" second section reached
Bridgeport one minute late and Doherty
said h" didn't know where the first sec
tion was He d.scrih.d IN. signals at
Bridgeport and Fairfield.
slowed Down for signals.
Al Green Farms the dls,anc" signal
was aEainsi him and he slowed down.
only 10 sc" the signal fall Then he
founC the home signal against him and
came e. full stop before it fell. The
starter signal also was up and he slowed
down until it fell.
When hc got - Westport the distance
signal was against him and he pro-
ceeied slowly. He told how the sigma Is
work, how two trains can't be in the
same block II the signals are right and
the engineer follows his orders when he
sees them. Engineer and fireman watch
them and always call out when they see
sigma! ahead
So n" described tho run, telling just
what signals be met at NorWalk. Roway-
ton, Darion and Glen Brook. He was
behind tim" and u" was being delayed
by the first section ahead, hut he said
~ made fast time when he got a
chance, going nifty or ff,y-tve or sixty
miles an hour He said all engineers
went as fast as they could when they
wer" making up time.
Al Glen 'rook tn" distance signal
is pulled hy tho tower man, This signal
Is 400 or 800 feet east of the home
signal and the home signal is a few
hundred feet east of the starter.
shut on His Power.
All three were clear and the bis
engine throhhed under full steam and
pounded ahead at the rate Of mile q
minute AZ she ran into the space he
tween that starter and the next dis.
tance signal, which is controlled by the
tower man at Stamford. That sigma
was up and the young man at the
throttle shut of his power and usec
his air in accordance with the rule tC
proceed with caution under such cir
cumstances.
slide" he said. when | saw the signal
Then saw the home signal and knew
that meant to go slow"
"And did you?" asked the Coroner
Il tried to- said Doherty, and hi
head fell into his hands and the no
tears ran down his cheeks as he sobbet
pitifully. There was no sound in thu
room hut II his weeping, and then IN
Coroner said he would take recess fo
half an hour.
When the inquiry was resumed tn
engineer seemed 10 hav" recovered hi
composure, but he trembled az he wen
again to his chair. The Coroner toll
him then TO take his time and to tel
in his own way just what happened.
Going 80 Miles an iOar.
II must have been going sixt
miles an hour, said Doher'y. There
a down grade there and ] shut of III
power 800 felt ca st Of the distance sig
nal. Then | see the distance signs
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