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SALAMANCA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1033
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100 HURT AS ERIE
MILK TRAIN SMASHES REAR OF
TRAIN NO. 8 AT BINGHAMTON
Federal, State, County and Railroad Officials In­
vestigate First Erie Wreck claiming Lives in
Years—Woodruff declares Engineer King
of Freight admits Knowing Track
Not Clear—Wooden Coach
Smashed
Binghamton, Sept. 6 (JP)—Fourteen
persons w ere killed and m ore than
1 0 0 injured on the eastern outskirts
o f th e city last night when a milk
tra in crashed into the re a r of T rain 8 ,
the “A tlantic Express,” on the,, Erie
Railroad, eastbound.
The passenger train had stopped
because of a switching crew th a t was
working on the main line ahead. Flag­
man A. C. Morris of Hornell had been
sent out to p rotect th e re a r of the
Chicago-New York passenger train.
He had affixed torpedoes to the rails.
.The m ilk train, heavily laden, bound
from Hornell to Hoboken, ploughed
into the steel coach a t the re a r of the
flier. The terrific im pact demolished
a wooden coach ju st ahead of the
steel car. Most of the dead and injur­
ed. w ere ta k e n from th e w reckage of
the wooden coach.
The List of Dead
H arry Lannon, 38, Susquehanna,
Pa., employed engineering deparm ent of E rie a t Hornell.
Donald Burns, Susquehanna, Pa.,
employed in E rie coach shop.
H arry W estfall, 44, E rie yardmaste r a t Susquehanna, Pa.
E li Van Aiken, Susquehanna, Pa.,
telegrapher.
M. C. McCollom, Susquehanna, Pa.
Mrs. T. M. Keane, Susquehanna,
Pa.
Mrs. Mary Bouille, Susquehanna,
? a ., m other of Mrs. Keane.
Mrs. A rth u r Teskey, Susquehanna,
Pa.
Mrs. Catherine H arrison, Conklin.
M. Dabrozek, Brooklyn.
Julia Comfort, Susquehanna, Pa.
Cecil Tesky, Susquehanna, Pa.
Two women unidentified.
T he In ju red
The injured:
• E&whYd Muse, Paterson, N. J . ; his
sister, and his mother.
Jim m y Caruso, Susquehanna, Pa.
Joseph Donahue, Paterson, N. J.
Bhilip H artley, Paterson.
Dominick Mauro, Susquehanna.
Rosalie Fahey, Susquehanna.
B etty Sanitt, Brooklyn.
Emma Orlando.
Catherine Plutino.
Dorothy Ferboss.
Jam es McGrath.
G ertrude Taylor.
B etty G arrett, New York.
B etty Teskey, Susquehanna.
Mrs. Mildred Van Aiken, Susque­
hanna.
Alex Gold, Rockaway Beach.
Libby Gold, Rockaway Beach.
Pauline Galutin, no address.
W recked N ear H ospital
The accident occurred about a
m ile from the Binghamton station
and almost opposite the State Hos­
pital fo r the Insane. A state highway
follows the tracks a t this point and
on the other side is the Susquehanna
River.
M. H. King, of Elmira, engineer of
the milk train dazed but not injured,
said he did not see the red block set
against him. He said he applied his
brakes as soon as the passenger loom­
ed ahead bu t it was too late to halt
his heavy train. B. A. Shea of Hornell
was the conductor of the milk train.
Eleven of the passengers on the
flyer were dead when taken from the
wreckage. Three others died on the
way to Binghamton hospitals. Three
of the bodies were unidentified.
Twenty-five of the injured were ser­
iously hurt.
So g re a t was the confusion a t the
wreck th a t i t was several hours be­
fore the extent of the casualties could
be determined. The Binghamton City
Hospital, taxed to the limit, had dif­
ficulty in listing the persons it tre a t­
ed. Several of the bodies were so bad­
ly m angled th a t identification was
alm ost impossible.
M otorists on the highway were the
firs t to th e scene. They loaded the
scream ing and hysterical injured in­
to th e ir machines and sped away to
th e city. Ambulance crews from Bing­
ham ton and a detail of National
Guardsmen recovered the bodies and
rescued m any of the injured buried
under splintered tim bers and bent
steel work.
Many of ’ the passengers of the
tra in were a t dinner in the diner two
cars ahead of the wooden coach. They
w ere hurled from their seats and sev­
e ra l h u rt by a shower of broken dish­
es.
Rescue crews encountered diffi­
c u lty in extricating m any of th e bod­
ies, pinned under heavy tim bers and
we4 sr«d between steel debris.
On* wom an w as burled m ore than
Binghamton, Sept. 6 (A5)— Close
mouthed public officials ‘and execu­
tives of the E rie railroad today push­
ed an investigation into a re a r end
collision on the road’s main line east
of here last night, which crushed the
life out of 14 passengers of the Chi­
cago-New York flyer.
While three In terstate Commerce
Commission investigators set to work
today to determ ine responsibility in
the wreck, officials of the E rie rail­
road clamped a lid o f ‘silence down
upon the case.
Hours of diligent search of the city
centering a t the railroad offices, for
J. W. Graves, division superintendent,
failed to locate him. Others a t the
offices said they were not qualified
to discuss the wreck.
Meanwhile state, county and city
investigators planned to g et a t the
h eart of the entire m atter a t the dis­
tric t attorney’s office. The crew of
the freight train, whose switching op­
erations caused the flyer to halt, lat­
er to be smashed into by a fast milk
train, and “all others connected in
the rem otest way,” were ordered to
report fo r the district atto rn ey ’s in­
quiry a t 1 p. m.
Decision as to the advisability of
arrests will depend upon the outcome
of th a t inquiry, it was indicated.
Twenty-five persons were seriously
h u rt and 75 received m inor injuries.
A milk train ran down the flyer,
which had been halted by a freig h t
train switching ahead.
Normal tra ffic conditions re tu rn ­
ed before dawn when the splintered
debris of a wooden coach was remov­
ed and derailed steel cars were hoist­
ed back on their wheels.
All of the m ajor casualties w ere irt
the wooden car. which was coupled
betw een steel coaches. I t split ap art
as the milk train swept around a
curve and plowed into the motionless
New York bound passenger train.
Two steel cars on the re a r were hurl­
ed against the wooden coach. The
steel coaches were derailed.
None of the cars ahead of the
death car were derailed and the en­
gine of the milk train rem ained on
its drivers.
Three-Sided Investigation
The three-sided investigation seeks
to find out why the milk train engi­
neer did not know of the stalled pas­
senger tra in ahead, or if he did know,
why he didn’t stop. A flagm an had
been sent out from the re a r of the
flyer.
“ I ’m too busy to make a state­
m ent,” rem arked J. W. Graves of
Hornell, division superintendent, as
he w ent to his inquiry.
Coroner Frank J. Hitchcock and
Sheriff Charles W. Kress are conduct­
ing separate investigations.
Engineer M. H. King of Elm ira was
a t the throttle of the heavy milk
train, rushing down from Hornell
with milk for m etropolitan New York.
He said:
“I didn’t see the signal light in
time to stop.”
Silent Grove, where the accident
occurred, is about three miles from
Binghamton.
The hospitals reported none of the
injured w ere more dangerously sick
than when brought in last nigbt.
Three of the mangled bodies all of
women, have not been identified.
F ire Dam ages K ennedy Mill
Kennedy, Sept. 6 .— Fire caused by
spontaneous combustion in the grain
bins of the grist mill of J. B. Johnson
& Son, a t the west end of Kennedy,
yesterday caused damage estimated
a t $3,000.
50 feet from the track. She was dead
when found.
Most of ^the other coaches of the
passenger train were derailed. The
locomotive of the m ilk train was
bounced off the tracks b u t its crew
was not hurt.
An immediate investigation into
the cause of the wreck was ordered
by R obert E. W oodruff, vice presi­
dent of the E rie, from the company’s
general offices in Cleveland.
“ Our first concern has been to take
care of the people who were injured,”
he said, adding th a t “we have sur­
mises as to w hat caused th e wreck,
but at the present time they can only
be surmises,”
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NO. 34
JOHNSON” IN ‘BUY NOW’ WARNING
WOODRUFF SAYS
ENGINEER KNEW
TRAINS AHEAD
U. S. Warships in Waters near Cuba ordered to
Concentrate but Intervention declared Last
Step Planned—Six Naval Vessels at
Havana or enroute There
Erie. Vice President as­
serts King Admits See­
ing Signals
Cleveland, Sept. 6 (JP)— Vice presi­
dent R. E. W oodruff of the Erie Rail­
road said the engineer of the milk
train which ploughed last night into
the Waiting passenger tra in near
Binghamton, N. Y., was aware th a t
he did not have a clear track . Four­
teen persons were killed in the wreck.
W oodruff, who is in charge of Erie
operations, made the statem ent today
a fte r a prelim inary investigation of
the accident.
The statem ent of the E rie Vice
President appeared to contradict
quoted inform al statem ents by E n­
gineer M. H. King of Elm ira, N. Y.,
th a t he “ didn’t see the signal light in
time to stop.”
“ Investigation discloses,” Woodruff
said, “th a t the milk train had stopped
behind the passenger train a t Bing­
hamton station, and a fte r departing
th a t point had passed two signals in­
dicating trains ahead. Both these sig­
nals are in autom atic train control
territo ry and are so equipped th a t
the engineer, before passing, has to
acknowledge them, which indicates
th a t he was aware th a t the track
ahead was not clear.”
A ll-Steel U nderfram e
E rie officials made no direct refe r­
ence in their statem ent on the wood­
en coach sandwiched in between steel
coaches, b u t asserted the passenger
train was equipped with “ all steel
underfram e.”
“Eastbound Passenger Train No
8 ,” Woodruff said, “ consisted of
eight baggage, mail, express, coaches
and parlor cars, all steel underfram e,
was stopped, by an autom atic signal
because of a - s t 6 ck tra in ju st ahead
clearing the main track.
“ The re a r m arker lights on the
standing passenger train could be
seen fo r a mile. The flagm an of the
passenger train W'as out and flagging.
The airbrakes on the milk train were
in good working order.
“ The engineer of the milk train
has admitted, seeing the signals of
the standing passenger train and the
flagm an of the passenger train and
cannot explain the accident.
“ This is the first train accident on
the Erie railroad in which passengers
lost their lives in 14 years.”
NAVAL CHIEF SAILING
TO CUBA ON CRUISER;
MARINES READY TO GO
Gen. Hugh Johnson, national recovery administrator, is shown,
at a Century of Progress in Chicago as he assured Labor day throngs
that the_ NRA was making progress and urged them to “buy freely
and begin at once—not as a patriotic duty, but as a prudent use of
jmur money.” (Associated Press Photo)
12 DEAD, LOSS GOV. LEHMAN
IN MILLIONS IN SEEKS WAY TO
TEXAS STORM CUT STATE TAX
W ashington, Sept. 6 (A5)— Presi­
dent Roosevelt today directed his Sec­
reta ry of the Navy, Claude Swanson,
to proceed directly to Havana, Cuba,
aboard the cruiser Indianapolis.
Swanson will sail from Annapoljs
a t 4 o’clock today and will arrive in
Havana Friday morning.
A t the same time Admiral H.
Standley, chief of naval operations,
flashed orders for a concentration of
most of the warships in A tlantic wat­
ers around Cuba.
I t is emphasized a t the W hite
House th a t the president is withhold­
ing intervention as the last step to be
taken to restore order.
A spread of the disorders through­
out the island is causing the precau­
tionary measures.
Washington, Sept. 6 (JP) — The
battleship Mississippi today was or­
dered to proceed a t once into Cuban
w aters. This will bring to five the
American warships hovering in the
vicinity of the disturbed Cuban sit­
uation, ready fo r action if foreign
life and property are endangered.
Hurricate d e v a s ta te s B u d g e t Committee
Called Upon' to Con­
Brownsville, Harlin­
tinue its W ork
gen, San Benito,
PRESIDENT TO GET
Albany,
Sept.
6
(JP
)—
Determined
Edinburg, Tex., Sept. 6 (JP)—
REPORT O N FORD
Twelve known dead, more th an 50 in­ to bring about tax reduction econo­
STATUS TONIGHT
ju red and m any millions of dollars mies in state governm ent next year,
damage was the toll of the Gulf huricane which laid waste to the rich
and populous lower Rio Grande Val­
ley yesterday.
Ten were killed a t H arlingen and
two a t Rio Hondo.
These were the only verified deaths.
Seven wei’e injured and in a hos­
pital a t Mercedes and 48 were at H ar­
lingen. Of the injured at Harlingen
10 probably will die.
A newspaperman, Jack Fowler,
who made a trip from Brownsville to
McAllen, estim ated 200 persons were
injured.
“ The ruin is almost impossible of
description,” he said. “ Small houses
have been smashed to kindling wood
in the three cities which apparently
bore th e b ru n t of the storm , Browns­
ville, Harlingen and San Benito.
Fronts of brick buildings have been
battered to pieces. Debris is every­
where.”
He found only a few persons ser­
iously injured, however, most of
those h u rt having been struck by
flying glass and wood. Most of the
injured, and dead, if any, he thought,
would be found in the Mexican dis­
tricts of. these towns, where houses
LANNON AND VAN AIK EN ,
are of less substantial construction.
VICTIM S IN E R IE W RECK,
Although everyone had been warned
W E LL KNOWN IN SALAMANCA in advance of the storm, m any were
unprepared fo r its devastating char­
H arry Lannon and Eli V an A i­
acter.
ken, E rie railroad employes of
R elief H urried to A rea
Susquehanna, Pa., who w ere aJ. F. Reed, assistant director of the
mong th e fatalities in the w reck
Texas
rehabilitation and relief com­
a t . Binghamton. la st. evening,
mission,
announced th a t H arry Hop­
w ere very well known in Sala­
kins, Federal relief director, had au­
m anca, railro ad m en say.
thorized purchase of groceries for the
O ther railroaders killed in th e
destitute.
wreck also were known here, b ut
A bout the same time, Governor
n o t so well.
Miriam A. Ferguson announced, from
M r. Lannon had visited friends
the state capital a t Austin th a t a r­
in S alam anca about two m onths
rangem ents had been made to send
ago, it is said. N either he nor
arm y surgeons, nurses and medical
any of the others had ever w ork­
and flood supplies to the valley on a
ed here, however, railroad o ffi­
special
train.
cials declared.
From Kingsville, to the north of
Harlingen, w ent a special relief train
Watkins Glen Deer
with w ater, food, milk, and bread.
Makes Own Way Down Four tank cars of the tra in w ere fill­
Steep Bank from Ledge ed with wholesome w ater from the
W atkins Glen, Sept. 6 (JP)— W at­ town of Kingsville.
kins Glen lost its latest attraction to­
Porperty Damage Tremendous
Property damage was tremendous.
day with the departure of its cele­
brated deer from the rocky ledge it The loss to cirtrus groves was esti­
had occupied the past 10 days.
m ated unofficially a t more than $3,Scorning the tem porary and camo- 000,000.
flaged bridge th a t had been erected
Only the most substantial build­
fo r its exit, the deer, under the gentle ings were standing in Brownsville,
urging of two park employes, made as the gale blew lesser structures
its way cautiously down the steep away like chaff.
bank into th e stream th a t flows
Municipal w ater and light plants
through the glen, crossed to the op­ were p u t out of commission, tele­
posite side, jum ped to a small ledge graph and telephone lines were
and then ambled to the top of the batted to the ground and highways
bank on the south side :>f the ravine., were torn up.
It then tro tted fo r the nearby
Pow er lines lay idle on the ground,
woods, where it was soon lost to constituting a m enace to those who
sight.
were able to make their way about.
U nder the direction of F. E. EdHighways were ripped from one
m inster, Jr., anim al expert fo r the side to the other.
S t a t e Conservation Commission,
Washouts were frequent and emer­
F ran k Haight, superintendent of the gency railroad and highway crews had
W atkins Glen S tate Park, and one of to rush from one break to another to
his assistants, crept along the cliff keep the roads open for the influx of
about 5 a. m. today. They moved relief details.
slowly and quietly, taking bare not
Hospitals weree filled and-tl^e over­
to frighten the deer. The animal, flow went to churches and ‘ private
retreatin g from th e m en, slowly and homes.
,
carefully picked its footing along the
The scope of the storm ranged
ledge where it had been marooned, from FalfurHas on the north to
and finally m ade its escape about Brownsville and Port,Isabel oh the
6.30 o’clock* *
southeast, with its full force being
Gov. H erbert H. Lehman today asked
the state budget advisory committee,
form ed last year, to continue its
work and to make recommendations
on which he may base “intelligent
economies” in the state budget for
1934-35.
The governor made known his de­
term ination in a le tte r to G. William
Magly of Jam aica, chairman of the
committee, in which he pointed out
th a t the committee last year offered
m any
economy
recommendations
which he included in the current bud­
get.
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10.000 Ford Employes
Benefit by Pay Raise
W ashington, Sept. 6 (JP)— Presi­
dent Roosevelt has arranged to con­
fe r tonight with Hugh S. Johnson, his
industrial adm inistrator, on the sta­
tus of H enry Ford, who has failed to
align him self with other members of
the automobile industry under the
new N. R. A. working agreem ent.
By telephone this morning Johnson
told the president he had no news
about Ford.
The effo rt fo r a bituminous coal
code would be renewed a t once, he
fu rth e r reported, and a full and de­
term ined effo,rt will be made to bring
about this long-sought agreem ent.
Pending tonight, the president is
saying nothing about w hat he has in
mind regarding Ford. He has made
i no threats and the adm inistration is
| relying upon public opinion to sup­
p o rt the National Recovery program.
There have been rum ors here th a t
Ford was making overtures but this
could not be confirmed.
Detroit, Sept. 6 (JP)— An upward
revision in wages in the plants of the
Ford Motor Company, bringing the
daily pay fo r some classes of em­
ployees to $4.80 as against a previous
$4 minimum became known yester­
day, apparently H enry Ford’s first
move in “going one b etter” the N. R. VERMONT VOTES
A. automobile code from which he is
FOR REPEAL 2 TO 1
a holdout.
Rumors of the upward revision
Montpelier, Vt., Sept. 6 (A3)— Verwere confirmed a t the Ford offices
J m ont yesterday joined t he repeal
although officials said they were not
movement, the 25th state to vote
ready to make an announcem ent
pending the completion of the wage against the 18th amendment.
Long listed in the prohibition col­
adjustm ent, which has been under
umn, the Green Mountain state upset
way fo r several weeks.
the hopes of prohibition forces and
I t was indicated, however, th a t al­
ready approxim ately 1 0 ,0 0 0 of the recorded itself tw o to one against re ­
40.000 Ford employes have benefited tention of the amendment.
The complete vote of the 248 towns
by the increase in basic pay rates.
and cities was: For repeal, 41,279;
While it was stated th a t the basic
minimum still is $4 a day, the in­ against, 20,572.
A ticket of 14 delegates to a state
creases fo r certain types of skilled
convention to be held later in the
labor, including workers on the as­
month was elected as a group rep re­
sembly lines, to $4.80 and more,
bring the Ford wage once more with­ senting each of the 14 counties. The
convention will m eet a t Montpelier to
in striking distance of the fam ous $5
ratify
the 21st Amendment by which
minimum wage with which Ford
startled the industrial world in 1914. the 18th would be repealed.
Only twro counties were recorded
Some skilled workers a t present
in the dry column, Lamoille, one of
are receiving as high as $10 a day.
The company still continues on the th e smaller, located in the north cen­
tra l p a rt of the state and with few
five-day week, with employes work­
large communities within its borders,
ing eight hours a day.
Company officials said today th a t and Orleans, adjoining it on the
the wage revision, is a “gradual pro­ northeast and of similar ru ral char­
acter.
cess.”
Oil Price Advances
Seen as Code Result
New York, Sept 6 (JP)— F u rth e r
results of the oil code were seen to ­
day in additional price advances.
Standard Oil of California raised
its posted price fo r crude to $1 a berrel re sto rin g th a t level fo r the first
tim e this year. South Pennsylvania
grade advanced 10 cents a barrel and
Tidewater, Ltd., announced a sim ilar
increase,
Advices received ■here said Humble
Oil & Refining Go. had raised its
quotation on E ast Texas oil 15 cents
a barrel to 75 cents, effective this
morning.
Ohio oil listed all its
crude prices 10 cents a barrel.
fe lt as f a r east as McAllen, beyond
which only ranch country extends to
the west.
From F alfu rrias to Edinburg, 85
miles, numerous flimsy structures
were blown down, as were huge trees
and poles carrying power, lines.
BA TAVIA W ORK R E L IE F
FORCES A^K MORE PAY
Batavia, Sept. 6 — One hundred and
fifty men employed on Work relief
projects through the Batavia welfare
departm ent, w ent on strike today, de­
m anding an increase in the wage scale
from 30 to 40 cents an hour.
The strikers assembled a t city ball
w here th ey p resen ted th e ir dem ands
to Mayor Charles W. H artley. He
promised to call a'm eeting of his
advisory committee on relief affairs.
Eighty-five of th e m en have been
working in the city on relief jobs
and 65 have been working on a state
job a t the A ttica S tate Prison farm .
Most o f them have been w ithout reg­
u lar employment two to fo u r years.
The strikers charged that they had
been getting only two o r th ree days
a week and th a t th ey had been un­
able to g et supplem entary relief from
th e city w elfare departm ent.
The
am ounts received each week a re n o t
sufficient to cover minimum living
costs, w ith prices o f food and cloth­
ing rising, th ey say,
The other four were directed there
yesterday.
In addition, President Roosevelt in
the early hours this morning ordered
concentration of a m arine force of
more than 1,000 a t Quantico, Va., to
be ready to move to the south in case
of emergency. Unofficial versions
were th a t orders to bead C f^anw ard
already were out.
The huge Mississippi, whiclfc re ­
cently underw ent modernization and
sailed from Hampton Roads, Va., on
a shakedown cruise, was given a quick
shift of orders by wireless from its
position in the southern drill ground
w aters. I t carries about 900 blue
jackets, a company of m arines and
approximately 60 officers.
The cruiser Indianapolis, now a t
Annapolis, Md., may be ordered to
proceed to Cuba also.
The Indianapolis recently brought
President Roosevelt from his Campo
Bello, New Brunswick, camp to An­
napolis as p a rt of its shakedown
cruise. This heavy cruiser is one of
the most modern ships of its type in
the world.
MAYOR SEES
NEW HOPE FOR
FEDERAL FUND
Salamanca on List for
$35,000 f o r Street
Widening
Announcement by Mayor Fred A.
Benz th a t Salamanca is on the state
schedule fo r a $35,000 allocation
from the Federal public .works funds,
for the widening of Wildwood ave­
nue, and other business took up the
adjourned session of the City Coun­
cil Tuesday evening.
Mayor Benz said th a t for several
months negotiations had been under
wray with the state superintendent of
public works to get the funds fo r the
widening of Wildwood avenue. Al­
though no official word has been re­
ceived, the m ayor said, he saw a
schedule last week of allocations and
Salamanca was on the schedule fo r
$35,000.
The m ayor said he understands the
state plans to let these projects on
contract, with the workmen to be
hired from a state employment bur­
eau to be set up somewhere in this
county. Indications are th a t such a
bureau will be set up in Salamanca,
Mr. Benz said. A representative of
the state has been here and conferred
with him in regard to such a proposi­
tion.
W ants Steps B uilt
Patrick Hogan of the Gravel P it
road spoke before the council in re ­
gard to the Wildwood avenue under­
grade. He said th a t when plans fo r
the undergrade were made, he was
promised steps from the sidewalk to
the Gravel P it road. The project is
completed and no steps have been
built, he asserted. Some time ago this
complaint wras m ade to the city offi­
cials and it was decided the city m ight
build the steps to save fu rth e r trou­
ble. The job was estim ated a t about
$25. Mr. Hogan said last nigbt he be­
lieved the city should not stand the
expense of building these steps, b u t
should re fe r the m atter to th e sta te
engineer. The agreem ent was only
verbal, however, he said.
Mr. Hogan called atten tio n to
a bad condition which occurs a f te r a
rainstorm . He said th a t w ater carries
the dirt from the sidewalls above th e
underpass onto the sidewalk and th e
road and plugs up the drains. City
workmen had to work two hours la st
Sunday during the rainstorm to clear
the drains, F ran k Mackwaik, fo re­
m an of the public works departm ent,
said.
Motorists a re making a speedway
of the road under the bridge an d dur­
ing cold w eather, i f w ater and d irt
carried down th ere freezes, it may be
tbe cause of a serious accident, M r,
Hogan said.
Another suggestion from Mr. Ho­
gan was th a t the E rie railroad con­
stru ct screens n e ar the edge of th*
bridge so th a t coal dropping from th *
locomotive ten d e r or from th e cars
would not drop on people passing fe®*
neath the bridge. The qouncSu***
thonght the railroad would fee glad te
take this suggestion under consider­
ation as it may prevent damage i t # *
against the railroad in th e future.
Mr. Ben* aaid he would c*nf«r with
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