Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-05

and Hartford company employees. The | cars were held for inspection by him. 1 self and the interstate commerce com
 mission, so he understood from his l superior officers. The statement was 1 ordered stricken out.
 l Charles U. Joy, of New Haven, gen. eral air brake inspector for 29 years
 in the employ of the New Haven road, 1 as fireman, engineer and brake in 1 spector, testified as to his daties He | examined locomotive 1888 at Midway | the day after the Bradford wreck, and 1 found all brake system in good con- | dition, and there were no flat spots on 1 the wheel and showed that locomotive did not slide for any great length. As sistant Mechanical Engineer Stewart
 was present at the inspection but took | no part in it. He has tested trains l similar to 25 at Cleveland. Ohio. where | general tests were made.
 ] The total weight of such as is train 1 717 4-5 tons and on level track, when such a train is speeding at 50 l miles an hour. and with the wheels | gripping the rails, a stop could be
 made within 972 feet, with good rails. and 50 miles an hour in 2S seconds, l and in 14o0 feet. There might have been a slight slide and not show on 1 the wheels, after the emergency brake l is set. In emergency the brakes should be applied first, and then the sand. l He made no examination of the sand l box, but did examine the sand pipes, l the one on the left was all right, but the one on the right was plugged by moisture. When official tests as to the stopping of trains at high speed, are made. the very best rail conditions prevail MT. Joy explained in detail the general construction and working of the air brake system. It was diff1- cult to tell whether an engine sliding on bad rail would show rough spots or smooth spots, after emergency is set, but he believed they would. Recess.
 When court reconvened in the after ! noon, Mir. Joy resumed his testimony in relation 70 the air brakes and their effect. The jurors were in their places at 2.15 the hour to which the recess was taken, but it was twenty five minutes later when Judge Rath- bun came to the bench, as there was consultation with the lawyers for the state which later included Attorney Fitzgerald for the defence. The trial then proceeded Mir Joy testifying. If a train going at fifty or sixty miles an hour, stopped upon the application of the emergency brake, there was no rough spots on the wheels it would show that the rail was good or the sand made the rail good and it would
 
 whole distance.
 The distance in which a train like 25 could be stopped was based on the beIief that all was right and in good working condition said Mir Joy, upon the opening of the cross s-examination by MT. Fitzgerald. The tests made in 1909 of air brake equipment in the west. in which MT. Joy took part, and
 adopted in 1910. ,SThe test was made to satisfy the railroads that the new brakes would stop a heavy traiA as readily as light trains. He was in- vited to participate in the tests of the Westinghouse brakes which continued for three weeks. Mir. Joy told that the
 engine of 633 was equipped with brakes the same as those Of train 25, but the cars Of that train were not. The cars of 25 were of four wheel and six wheel trucks, all six wheel but two
 There is a difference in brake shoes in four and six wheel brake shoes The
 PuIlmans are a f1angeless shoe and does not hold as well as the fiange
 shoes At the time of the wreck the
 1ange shoe was used but since then
 the plain shoe has been adopted.
 He did not make running test of the engine on the day after the wreck,
 but he did make a standing test. He was not able to tell what the brakes would do on a bad rail. A six car train can be stopped qu1cked than an eight CT ten train car. that is a shorter distance, all conditions being equal
 that is on an emergency application.
 The distance upon which a train must slide to fatten a wheel, depends
 upon the hardness or temper of the wheels but witness never knew of any material difference in the hardness of the wheel. The condition of the rail has much to do with fiattening a slid ing wheel If the brakes are not prop erly frightened in the locomotive it would take more time for complete ap- plication.
 The court adjourned to 10.30 Thurs day morning.
 Tn compliance with the nation wide policy the members of the coast guard service, stationed at live saving sta tions within the Rhode Island district, are I0n to be innoculated with typhoid and smallpox vaccine. This