papers-and you are
boundto see-results.
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Bil Miss Minerva H. Nash on
Revolutionary Times on
Flax Hill
1ununn _
noun
Deals With Historical Matter In-
teresting at This Time
During the week of April 14, 19021
lltliss Minerva lH, Nash read a very
interesting paper on “Flax Hill in
Revolutionary Time," which is re«
printed below, being taken from the
Sentinel of the issue of April 2]., .1902.
It was read at a meeting oi,‘ the ills-
torit'ui Society hold at 'l‘. l. Raymond's
residence. The paper is being printed
on request, as it is particularly inter-
esting in these troublesome times in
The .\'orwnlhs. The paper was as
follows:
(Continued on Tenth Page.)
AIRS. IIIIIIIII III
Willi" ABAIII
Captain Perrit Investigates -
Ageu Woman in Dire Need
at Necessities oi Lite
Shivering with the cold and weak
from age and exposure, Mrs. Caroline
Kidney, wife of the late Peter Kidney,
111' Norwalk, was discovered, by lap-
tutu ii. J. Perrett, ot‘ the
Army, huddled in one corner
lowly hut in East Norwallt.
of her
1111 himself. in the case and has
tempted to better conditions.
M1
111111111
Touched ‘
by the sight, Captain lierrett interest-,cver duty called her.
111111111
11 2111111
Deiense Has ln'nillo In Impeach-
ment Hearing This
Morning
uuumu
unomuu
But Warned Deiénse That He
Might Reconsider "
ALBANY, N, Y., Sept. 2‘3n—ll11 110w
of the testimony of Jacob H. Schit‘f,
a New York-banker, yesterday, that.
be contributed $2,500 to Governor Sui
zer's campaign fund with no restric-A
tions on how it should be spent, the
prosecution planned to recall him to
the witness stand at the impeachment
proceedings today.
Just what line of interrogation the
prosecution intended to follow in Mr.
Schii‘i's case could not be learned, but
(Continued on Sixth Page).
MIIS. GROSSETT
' BALLED AWAY
M
dlebn Simonds, wife of the Rev. Har-
' to recover.
ry S. Crossett. pastor of the Darien
night, after an illness of three 11' ecks
with typhoid tevei. In the death of
Mrs. Crossett the whole community"
mourns the loss of one of the most
loving and congenial personalities
which it has ever came in contact'!
:witl1.Alwu_vs on the alert to work 1111‘
Salvation her Lord and Master, in the church, in mpndg
the Sunday school in the p1"a)er meet-
ing and in the home circle—wher-
ller vary “to
seemed to be in reality a vctitablc ben- '
cdletior1.\\'l1llc all tool the great 105s,
M1111. Knapp has told Captain l’er- the two communities with one aceord
rett that she will be unable to keep
her mother warm this winter, claim-
ing poverty as the reason. The Knapps'
live in a. comfortable i‘ramc house and
111110 it (row,
keys, together with some dogs and
cuts, but 1.\lrs. Kiduev must stay 111
her tiny bowl 111 one corner ol' the
proper ty.
Mrs. Kidney
"My daughter
impel 1111' 11111."
told t'upluin i’erl‘t'lt,
thinlis her house Is 11111
Air. I1‘1'unl1'lyn (I. lirnwn,
who has \istilrd the 111.11'1', told i‘ap
lnln l’crrott that Mrs, l1'id1111y
iiilu Lilli wishes to l‘i’lllillll 1111111111 sin:
Is.
wit that it. would cost $i 11 work to
lake the 11111111111 111 NW town
Army 11lli11111' to consider It. would 111111111
that his lush would be discouruidng,
-l1ul. All“ Is quite (illlllllIHlIi' and Is hupo-
1'11I in searching for 111111.111 one to old
in paying the 111111111111111'1' amount for
the tho 1'111111111l 111' the woman
“The woman is eighty illllli veumot
11,111 ”1111 1 111) 11111 “inside: her 111111111111
(11' course If
111111112 suitable, ior but.
she in siut'i‘lniz and cold I will 11111
that who hns the lli't‘eusilil's.” 1111M
“(‘1111i11i11 l'et'rott. "but I believe that
III‘I' dnnuitior should be forced to ad-
111ii, her in her own house. There I11
plenty ol’ 1111,1111 tor 111111 tin-re, and thenf
111.1111. Kidney would not, suitor from
exposure, as she umlonhlmily will this
wlntm.”
liver 11 your 1111,11 the, authorities in-
tvrestnd the I111nume1sot'loty In
1.111111, of Mrs. Kidney. *I‘he selecitnon
11111111111111 Mrs. Knapp to tutu: her math—
or in and when last seen stated that.
this had been done necnrdlug to their
information. it was tiny. Solon l’.
Fairbanks, pastor of the East avenue
Mdthodlet Chruch, who first attempts
ed to have something done to alleviate
the sufferings of the won'iun.
WW ' "
-Town 11111 collector's oiling open
all day Saturday until 8 p. in
some illilt‘kt’lls and tur-j
111111 111111'
The lit'll'i‘llllt'ii told i‘uptnin tier-Z
1:11'111.'
With all these thlnirr for tho enumeilc
tho ‘
evtcnd the fight hand of ~11 inputhy to
Rev. (lrossett in his bcrcavenwnt, and
the lather and mother. who mourn the‘
loss of their only child.
Mrs. ("rossctt was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Charles ll. Silpt111s,ol‘ l2
Rowan street. East .\'111'1vulk
' 'lhe tunerul will be held front thc'
:liurlen Methodist Churth, Suiurdnv .11'
1111110011, at 2:30 (111101'k111lt11111011t1
will take place I11 4tiverside ceinetcry.‘
.\'orwulk.
....___,... “m.” ..... I
GANNIJT IDENTIFY i
FATHER SGHMIDT”
_,. m‘A—wm
lll1‘.lll.lN, Hopi. The police oi"
Frankfort-o11~t.l11~11.\iuln loiluy rci'i-val
from New York 11 photonrnpli oi' l1‘uti1-
111' Schmidt, il111 soil‘tdipl'ossed murder-
er 11I‘ 11111111 .\111111111111', but according to‘
,tho 'i‘uizehluti. they found on 11.11111111111-
111111 with 111111 In their possession oi
the runner .\iulilz 1111111111 that they
were 1411 unlike that It is 1|oul1t1'nl
whether llo- 11111 men not identical.
The (III'I'I‘l‘l'lil’i‘H I11 il111 elutrat't111'lulie
features 111‘ the month unilurouud this
111111111 are so great that it the, photo
11111111114 represent the some person this
,uulhorltion bellow he. must bore 371-111,»
ly changed iiIlii‘i' he left iii-rinuuy.
“FALL AND WINTER DISPLAV
of the intent lulliiucry at Miss l’olhcd
,mns', ill) \‘i‘naliinliton ‘11. Thursuay.I
Friday and Saturday
$165,000 FIRE IN PITTSBURG
l’l'l‘ltrllllillil, l’a., Bent. Zip-“Alter
buildings valued at, $165,000 11nd 11111111
burned. firemen this morning 11111111119111
1111 in checking 11 fire that threatened
the entire business section 1111 Carnegie
11 suburb. The cause of the fire has
not been ascertained.
A good adv. pays best in the best
paper. "
,.
.31.
'b‘lnler, {1
giveolt, l‘iupietuber Itllth. at it
III 8iII|IIl18 lillIIllIIAAlII
011111111 Victims 111 11111111 Haven
Disaster in Hospital, Six
Will Recover
,--10--
NEW HAVEN, Sept. 25.-—0t the nine
victims of the North Haven Railroad
wreck of Sept. 2. who are still at local
hospitals, three are reported today as
in a serious condition, two at them
having but. slight chances for recon
ery. They are Miss Jeanne Annette,
of Bayonne, N. J., whose back is brok-
e11, and :Rose Zimmerman, of New
York. who has a. broken neck. While
Louis E. Colomy, of Bucksport, Me,
remains in a serious condition, he is
showing improvement. and is expected
Frederick 1W. Armstrong,
of Bridgeport, is well on the road to
recovery, and is expected to leave the
hospital in about two weeks. Edna
Annette, of Bayonne, N. J., sister of
Jeanne Annette, who was thought to
be fatally hurt, is recovering and is
said to be out of danger. The others
are not now considered in a serious
condition.
iIlAIlIIAS WARD
PAS8 ill i'AWAI'
1Pooular Norwalk Young Man
Was a Victim oi Typhoid Fever
Francis Ward, of 24 Arch
who for a few weeks has been scr-
tously ill with typhoid fever, died atInt the brides home, in Dorian, They-
noon 111111111, after a hard struggle tor ‘csme to Not-walk and resided in u;
sctlously 1
me; Mr. were had been
sick' but for the past ten days had
M. E. Church, died at 9 11.111, last been feeling better Yesterdnv he took: Ulrl'i‘ yeflrs ago when Mr
11 turn for the w orsc, and although his
condition was slightly impioved this
morning, at 10 o'clock he suite-red 111'
sinking spell from which he failed to:
rally.
Mr, Ward was well known and well
liked in "\‘m walk and had many
He Is 11 membe1 of 11' of C.
He had been employed in the Holmes.-
'Keeler and Kent (‘111n1111n1'i‘or seven
years. lie started at the bottom and
at the time he was taken Silk 1111s
manager of the Stami'otd ol'ilw 111 the
company
Mr Ward was 33 veins of ace and
leaves a mother and father. two broth ,
erg: .1111 one sister. The many friends
of Mr. Ward will regret his death.
The 111'r11111ze111enls for 1he,i11ncrnl
services will be given Inter.
W
VIOLATION OF
NEUTRALITV LAWS
l..\$.
llill'il Ari/1,, Sopt. 3T1.~1.|o.-'11pl1
111111'11l11'11l1111'. :11'1'111-111111
lusi liiuht, li)’ 11211111114 or the Department
.Illsllt'ot and 111111111111 111111 11 viola
ion oi the 111 utiuliiv 111w.» ‘l'1-11 thous-
Itnd 11"11111i1l .1111 11'1‘11'1::eiv.1,1d.
11111 other shipments of ten thous-
11111l rounds ouch will he roullsruled to.
(Any, and the 1111-1114111an to whom tlu'y
111'1- ('iilldllllit‘il arrested, ;1111111'1li1111 l'1
oliicluls.
.1. id, .\lorriwon, l'nlled 811111-11 ills
il‘l11i Attorney, solid iluit Iiill'l‘iilli'i' thi-
1111-1'1- shipment 111' munitions 111'
under 1'Ir1'1111111l11111'r's 11110111111: 1111 In
ten! to export would i111 Considered 11
violation '11' the noutrulilv law .11.
\\ ltH
"11i
iMPORTANT NICETING 0F INDUS
TRIAL LEAGUE.
'l‘l1e Industrial Lennon oi“ the l1‘lr11l
Lllelhodlst ('llinreh will hold Ila llrni
meeting this toll on F'rldny of this
This in to ho a meeting of some I1111
poriouce The pastor 111‘ the 11111111111,
will outline a procrmu 111‘ work 11111.1
should lune 11. wide and telling Int-1111'
out. In the Immediate future of til
clnirih. it. is exported lhnt there will
111- 11 large gathering not alone of
the members of the league It. is
hoped that ovary 1111111 111’ the church
and congrounilon will understand that
he is wanted and will he most l1nar~
tily welcomed at this meeting. Not
only has the pastor smoothing to stir
to serve an oyster supper.
street. ,
'1‘1iil' ,
o‘clock. ‘
10111111 poawm.'com. 1111111111. 1.1111111111111111 25.11111
uuwmoum
Mr. and Mrs. 2'Henry Dhasmer
of New Haven, Entertained
About 200 Guests Yes-
tertiay
lIIiIl All lIIlIAWAlK
orated tor the Occasion
1
Mr, and Mrs, Henry Chasmer. of
New Haven. yesterday celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary at the:
home of their son, Edward (‘hasmen
of 1313 Stevens street. 'l‘h'c 11 "ed couple
received between the hours of 4 and
S 0111,lo(k during 11l1l1l1 time 11. large
lnumbcr of their relatives and friends
took the Oppommlty to tended their
Icongrntulatlons and best wishes. Mr
and Mrs Chasmcr were the recipients
iot’ numv handsome presents of gold,
and tlmvers.
i‘ilty vinrs ugo,1esierday, Septcm
be] 2413113, Mr, and Mrs. (inasmer
Aware united in the bonds of matrimOny
newly furnished house in Maple street
iwhero they made their home until
(‘h'tsmsr
'went to New liuven to work tor the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad company. lie has been with
this company for over 30 years, and
will retire in a short time.
, The house yesterday was very prets
' ferns.
'respouslhle for this work and deserves
1111 little credit for his splendid ilOral
decorations in one corner of the,
room 1111s an arch at then “11111119 kind of
nominations. under 11111111 the couple
Esat and received their guests, who
11111111191111] about two hundred.
.\ir, and .\er. i‘husunlr are the bar-
<rents of three children, Edward, l‘lr.
Li‘hnrles both 111‘ .\'11rwalk. and Mrs
11r111111 l’ i'lltim‘lilll of .\'1111 Haven
,1“. 1,1111..111.1111:1s bum in .\orwnlli
Iron] is 1111).; 11nd lll‘tll‘iy at the 111.111 111‘
7:: years. He went in school here and
1 was conducted wilh the (ins (‘111111111113'
‘l‘or 11 nunibcr 111' 111nm. lie then took
:1 position with 1331' New l'o1'l1, .\'cw
littliili illiil IIul'll'ol'tl iiiillronrl (Trilli-
pnuy with 1111111114111 employ-
1'1].
.\lrs. (‘hustnur has l'eul'hml this 11211
111' 71 111mm and Is :1 native, of llurlen.
She combines those qualities which
111:1}111 {1,111 11 happy illIlI t'tiillriil'llllg (Alri-
pmlltlon llllll Is Iil'Iilli'tl by all who
know her.
is 1.1111
11.... 1,1. wag-151‘“ ”was...“ 11....
BAYIII'III 8 ESTATE
WAIIATII $2, 000, Bill]
mew 11111112 1111111. --~1'i‘|11,- 11-111 111
William .I. tinynoi‘. l’oruu-r 1111111111 111'
New Yorh, tiled ,1'1's11,11'1l11_v for probate,
leaves tho 11111111111111 residence and 3110
.Ahnrun 111‘ itoyui lidltlnn l’owdur ('11,
stock to the widow.
1p
u-1I1’
'oi tho estate, excepting 111111111 small,
bequests. Is divided, ltvti'imi‘téiiillil
each to two 11111111 and mmsoventh
each to three unmarried
The estimated value of tho estate in
wounded '
wwwmwnwvwlw
CITIZENS-R REPUBLICANS DEMO
chars.
A bmflerenm; between lhel lendein
of the citizens, the iinphbllrnns 111111
'the Democratic parties was held last
Inlght In this office of Attorney ieo
Dells, it was decided to open tin,1
campaign by holding an outdoor llilltrb
l
I
I
will spook.
.umuuudm
Hill Milli YiAII8,
Home of Son Handsomely Dec-1
itily decorated with yellow dahllus and I
Florist Robert G. i-lauford Is
i
The rmuuindrr
11111111111111.
Inn on the Wall street hundstnnd with
speeches 11111] 1111111115, 11 rider stoning.
111211111111 ”10.1 lililfitusseli Frost, John
but. tin1 committee on entertainment is J. Walsh and George II. t'osburgh more all this week.
"lilll‘lISII AIIII 8IiIAIIBIIlI"
Chicago Postmaster so Defines
Firms‘That Fall to Specily
Street Addresses
CHICAGO. Sept. 25.———A recommend-
ation to the Postmaster-General urg-
ing the issuance of a. general, order
specifying address requirements 01! all
mailable matter of the various classes
is to be made by Postmaster Daniel
A. Campbell, it: was announced today.
or the 25,000 firms and corporations
in the downtown district. several thou.
sand display their “egotism and snob-
bery," the postmaster charges, by us-
ing stationery bearing no other ad-
dress thsn ”Chicago."
Forty per cent. of the mail handled
at the main post otilce is incorrectly
or insufficiently addressed, it is said,
and as a’result of the effort to prove
to the world that each particular firm
is so well-known. no other address
than “Chicago" is necessary, the post
‘ office is saddled with a burden of re-
‘addrcsslng which is causing an extra
{expense of $250,000 a year.
'The postmaster’s report of what he
1 , WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair, Tonight; and Friday.
.imposition on the government, will ln-l
elude a collection of the letter 111111ng
Ituttons who use only “Chicago" as
1their address. Another form of “Cour,
mercial egotism," according to post
otllcc oiliclals, is displayed by firms
who use only their street corners as
'an address.
83, I100 illlfl III BUIIII8
I
'Depreciation in Railroad Secui i-A
ties May Reduce Revenues
Edward S. Roberts, state treasurer,
is considering the advisability ot' issu-
ing $3,000,000 of state bonds. Early
1in the summer the state treasurer
raised enough money to cover current
expenses until the receipts from the
state tax Were available, with the A111
tontlon oi' Issuing additional bonds as
soon as the market seemed i‘nlrly l'avg
(treble. The bonds will pay -l per cent.
interest.
The lust issue 111‘ state bonds; was in
January, ltllt. when State T's-1111111111
.ifiistellu Lippitt issued a series to the.
amount 111‘ Sinuluslihl. The premium
paid at that time was outnsi'xiecntn.
The bond nutrltet was somewhat 1111-
sutlsl‘uctory then. because the state 111'
New York l'loutcd 1111 Ilm‘lio 111' bonds
but 11 week before the t‘onnecllt'ui
bonds were pinned on 11111 11111111111.
'l'ho bonded indebtedness 111
'stntc will amount to .117,111111,01'ii when
the new s1,-11111'i1l1,1s but 11 been ”11.111111.
The state. treasurer has the power 1111-
der the law. as nineuded by ill“ in 1
legislature in issue bonds to 1111
amount not 111'11111111' than “11111111311111,
it I11 not lil‘lli'lt'tl that the 1.1111111 will
train in 1'111'11111111 1111 mitt-I1 1111 was 1'.\'1
lpmlud by the Ilii‘l‘i‘lltii' 111‘ the 111111 111‘
'tuxotion on 1111-11111 and 11211111'l1' ruli1
ways i'l'l)lll to to Al 111iil,~1. 1111111111 in the
depreciation in tho vulne ot‘ the roll»
mud netttlt‘liii'n.
'I‘l1e 111111111111. ol’ revenue from 111.1111
1111 other public 11113111111 11111'11111':1!l1111u I11
also probluiinitieul. 11,11 lilo push. of 1111111
niltm was volupli-loly elutnized by Iowa
pushed ut, Alli" last session (11‘ the luitlti-
liiture. 'l‘he express, toleul'upb 11nd
'ielophone cuinpnnivs now 1111,11 on the
basis of their 1111111111 rmmiplu 111. 11 rate
01‘ it 11111' 1111111. for the tvxpi'eils 1111111-
p1111i1:1u,'.l percent. I‘or lilo telegraph
lunapnnlns and 1t 11111' 1111111, for the idle
l
I
l
,phonc chippunles. tho tnlnphuno
'(mllllllllli'ii hull heretofore paid 11 tax
1m {it it) for each trunninlttnr. :
O
mallet your town tux nnw. t‘11llcc-'
ior' s oiliime l‘owu lihll, and ..l “.\l. [1111'1
too it: (“,11. open S1111; rdny evening un
til 8 oclo'rlt I;
i
l
a
swwwmyw ”MW“..- “a...
MILLINERY OPENING
sry department.
1L‘ill,"
the ,
111 11111161
SBAIHIIIII R PIARI [IN II All"
WR Al Al IIIARIH‘HAAI’
11111111111111
"Man Failure" All the Way From Top To Bottom Responsible
For The Loss of Twenty-
one Lives—Scores High
Dtticials For Neglect oi Duty
BRAINS I'lllli8 A8 Illllll lilllll8
Ail All
All ,BIAAIID ill IIIRIIIIIIII8’
Holds Crews oi Wrecked Trains Directly Responsible But Don-v1
tribuling Omissions Were Many
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-—"Man fail-
ure” all along the line from officials"
and directots oi the \ew H111 en 1ails'
road down to its trainxnen, is held by
the l11te1state Commerce Commissioni
at North Haven, September 2, in;
which 21 were killed and 35 injured!
the 1,101'111nissi011 blames the crews of
the wrecked trains for lapses and"
scores oiiicers and directors for "in-i
efficiency of management."
Operating olilt'ials ot‘ the New lla-
ly for promulgation of reguliitions
which were permitted to become
seeing to it peisonally that operating
conditions were what they had direct.-
1.ed the 1to be ,
Failure Began High Up.
“Man failure in this case,“ says
Commissioner \ichord, who 11: @-
floured the report otter an exhaustive
1 personal investigation of the zucidenifi
"begun high 111) in omcial authority,
and it was not an unnatural sequencei
that it reached down to those in posi-
tions lower in oilieial rank, but still
weighted with great responsibility."
in use at the time of the disaster,,
the report points out, were “antiquat-
ed signals condemned by the locomo-
tive enginmnen as well as by the Pub-
lic Service Commission of Connecti-I
and old wooden curs unsuited
by construction .i‘or such traffic as
they expected to nct'011111111dat11. These
were held to be contributory reasons
for the excessive number of casual-
ties. Commissioner .\ieC‘hord indicat-
ed the results 111' 11 similar recent 11::-
11ident at Tyrone, i’nI, in which the
equipun-nt was all steel, and in which
none of the passengers was killed, as
an object lesson In favor of the use
111' modern equipment.
Better System of supervising Dc-
manded.
'l‘l11- emnmlsslon 11111111111111: ot‘ the
New lluvi-n road the lnnnvdiute 11dop-'
thin or an adequate, system oi” 111111111111
Intemleui'i and wupm‘vluiou, which
will give those in authority 1I1'iltlite
and positive lni'ornmlion us to
whether or not the anti-11' lt'l’liiIl‘I"
1111111111 and rules oi this railroad 11:11
oluwl‘veti."
" Direct Cause of Accident.
After :1 1'11111prel11'11arv11 L'eiii-w 11l'
testimony ln‘uvn nl ihv1 invesliuniiiuu
(foiuniiasimier Motiliord ours in part:
“The direct, 111111111 ol‘ this accident
was the follow oi ll‘luulnnn .\lurrny
properly to protect. his trnln. tln1"iull~
tire of iiinniuenmn Miller properly to
t'olill'ol of, speed 111‘ his ti'nin I11 order,
that, he could brim: it. to it step below
pushing unturnntlornlunni number 2:1,
and the. failure of (‘1111d11clor Adume'
to make. certain that his train was
prone 'l'y protei ted. 5111 additional
cause was the failure of i'luglnemnn
Wanda to bring his train to it stop; 1111‘
required by the rules, before 1111111111111}
automatic signal No. 2:1, which was:
in the stop position.
Signal Dyltcm inadequate.
'1111'
'1
“While this accident was directly;
‘grent systems of railroads.
-' the
'and travel should both be
'to
,able lack of supervision on the part of
operating ottlccrs; on this account tilt)
conditions which led up to this acci-
dent were possible.
“in reports by this commission. 0&1
terms on insufferable nuisance and “i to have been the cause of the wreck 1 the investigation oi’ previous accidents
dele'ets of manage'
_1ne1'1t, neglect of obvious precautions
18nd stationery of one thousand instl-, in its report. made public yestei'tlay.lt'0r safety, ineii'ective rules and these
on this railroad,
not systematically enforced, high
1
speed trains closely following one ano'1
other without adequate safeguards,
idereliction of duty on the part of cer.
,tain employes, as
Area and the oiticers and directors of weakness
‘the system are condemned scathing- denounced and condemned
well as'n general
of discipline, have been
Astounding.
”it is astounding that this state 0!
' a ,,
SIAII MAI ISSIII ' '
l I
1 ‘ I DWCW‘RUJ “dead letters" and for 110‘ affairs is allowed to co ontinue to exist."
After giving a list of the executive
otflcers pad directors '01' the New Hm
vcu, including many of the foremost
Amen of. the financial world, Commis-
'sioner lilctlhord continues:
“011 this directorate were and are.
men whom the Lontiding public rec.
ognize as magicians in the art of fl~
ounce. and wizards in the construc.
tion, operation and construction or
The pub‘
rented secure that with
knowledge of the railroad art
possessed by such 111e11,,i11vestments
sate. Expe~
rlence has shown that this reliance
ot‘ the public was not instilled as to
either finance or safety.
Duty of the Directors.
“In view of the t'ocussing 111' public
attention upon the question at safety
in the opinion of this railroad and in
view of the subsequent11:111'1-1'11111e11tal
inquiries, both national and state, as
the causes
frequent disastrous neridenls, it would
seem us if the directors themselves
would tool called upon to turn from
the cruislderntion ol‘ the linunciai
questions In which this road is involv-
ed and for 11 time at least give the,
hem-iii ol' their eonsldl'l'utlon and
judgment. to the question of safety.”
lic, therefore,
v
Where Directors Failed.
The report" points out that. at. :11
1111111111111 111' 11111 1III'111'i11l‘s ol‘ the New
Haven, utter disasters 1d, Bridgeport
11nd \1’e:~:tport, n resolution was adopt-
ed dlrw'lhw. President Mellon. than
at the lll'lltl ol' the
uolhluu 111111111111 "which in the Judg-
ment oi‘ hlmsell' and A1111 marislunlu will
emuluve lo ut'euler unilviy In the oper-
ation ol' the road 111111 ilutl ilop'v shall
he no limitation plum-d 11111111 the in-
Htulluilon of signals, 111111111111111111111111.
1111 anythinu1 1-l:iv1 whieh will improve
the pointy 111' 111111111111;1111' trim-l upon
this ('11lilliililj1"n linw."
'I'luu'e tho directors stopped, the ra-
porl. says. They did not 11111,- t,11 it that
their rcnolutlon was carried into or-
out.
"1'th typlllnu 1,1111 whole, situation,“
doclnrcs (ionitnisnlomsr il'iclllmrd.
and ‘mutation for tho-
1111111-111, to lotivo'
1
1.
1,
1‘,
"'l‘hey assumed the vote was sell-11111- , ,
Tort-lug. .
“'l‘hnf11renidnnt, general manager and
superintendents issued ortlem thuiall. "
rules should be obeyed] and that. 111mi '_
'11loycs should take all precautions for
oty.
fat
“but no intelligent system was at»
due to failure 0f (1111910)?“ Rimleflylvlssd by which to ascertain when
to perform their duties. the signal
A full line bl full and winter mlllln1fiygmm m “as WM entirely 1,111,191,113”,
01‘! A! being 61511181911 at the [torsion unruly to direct and govern the move-I on 11 111111111 proportion at these viola.-
Uarsnlnfi in 61" meat of the lamp volume of trams
‘over this line and there was a debtor
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rules Wet n disobeyed
"Rules were disoboyod largely 11111
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