| Show wrecks P pay W Y interest wheel S some 0 m e wreck pop how did tle camera man happen to be there when the train jump edthe track when fathers boy boj a asked aed that at the picture show didd stalled to be sure he did how ho w could aa a hardworking hard liard working father bo be expected to answer the jhb ghys whys and wherefores of the movie bust busi ness he furnish the nickel and the wre wreck ck good eno enough engligh ligh Enny how said ma the picture man Is always there nix nisi I 1 I 1 saw a coal truck hit a garbage wn wagon gon vother day said boy an there want no camera man aroun around d peach of a picture too buethe picture man mangels gets the hs wrecks all right he buys em ready beady made wrecks gentlemen gen lemen I 1 head ons rear ends and track jumping first mountain n to td the left step lively and so gather round the printer man while lie he spins aloarn ns as to ra man like sn snap ap shot hot bill Is always hard by when the train iraln la is wrecked to wit under the hea heading dink of wrecks and automobile smash ups the income account of the wharton irton and northern railroad shows th that at th e company adds ab about 0 ut to it syearl y earnings chis sum Is more than eq equal al to the interest on the roads outstay outstanding riding bonded indebted indebtedness fiess while other rali railroads roads I 1 in the country look upon a wreck 0 or r smashup smash up of any kind as adirent cause of financial loss to say ay nothing of the expense of endless litigation and the loss of patronage the th al wharton dud and northern makes nn an entry on oil the credit side aide of jf the ledger every time it sends an engine no crashing into an automobile or a train trainor of cani fu nibling down the hillside T the h e road extends from wharton to green point I unction in morris county new jersey a distance of about nebout twenty two miles jt it forms forma a link between the erie eric aud lackawanna finna lines it traverses a rugged section ot the estate of ne bew jersey through what Is known pa is the Pop Copperas peras moun bains a continuation of the appalachian rang ng the hills are grand masses of grau granite ite veined 1 wlter I magnetic iron ore borei historically this section of the country aw later esting for it was there that much of the iron used in making firearms and maniti munitions ons during tho the war of the lU revolution ads was smelted smelt ed and forged plowshares and other implements employed in peaceful pursuits were produced all of this property at one time bi belonged to queen charlotte England of iBn gland and comprised what wae was known as aa the charlotte grant thew The Wharton h arton steel comp company a ny of which now d owns some flye thousand acres Is the 1110 ow owner 11 ar ot oi them the wharton and northern railroad when the steel industry was at low ebb a few years ago the roads earnings slumped badly and mr P rj stryker the general superintendent be on railroad debt gan to figure out how the income conie ln of the road could be increased about the same time the he clr directors actors of a film company were were looking around hio u nd to find fanda il 11 railroad lall road that would be willing to 16 stage wrecks und and other thrills which necessitated th the smashing smashing up of engines cars automobiles and other property mr stryker told the directors oi of the film company that he could supply their wants want 9 H he a explained that his rood raad was ideally situated to stage such much horrors althye as there were plenty of curves in the roadbed dd and enough high embankments and steep mountain sid sides es to furnish the proper scenic back ground likewise he could readily furnish the cars a and n d engines and ad what w hat was equally necessary the engine drivers and iraln trainmen men with the lu intelligence telli and tec technical skill to handle just Jus such tsuch work i mr stryker tr r received a commission to stage a wreck wieck wid and ever since the wharton and northern ro road adias lias engaged lu in the pecullar peculiar business iness of producing wrecks and smash ups to abd order usi us i thes staging 9 I 1 ug of a colli collision lion or accident Is a big undertaking and it requires some time to arrange all the details the director of the flim film company first goes over ahe road until the point at which the background scenery and other physical features f e a t u re s conform e 0 n f 0 rm to t 0 his idea id e a 0 of f t the h d proper setting 0 of f aw t a e s scenario e e n e r 1 i T this h is m may a y tall d I 1 1 i foru 0 r high embank A ment or r a trestle or it may be necessary to have j j a rivea river below so when the cars jump the track ack they will pile up on end in the stream or jt it ma may Y be b a ahat that a smashup smash up in which the cars cars roll down an v r embankment and catch fire is wanted after the dire director actor of the film company decides wl what act kind indof of a smashup smash up he wants and wh where ere he W wants antoff i it t to take place mr stryker stoker sets about to io procure the engine cars aad and other accessories on abne one 0 occasion the director of one fit film in company desired to picture e a forest alre in n 6 a section of the country couii fry traversed tracei sed by a railroad in 1 n order to fo shiw a rescue scene in which people residing in tile the burning area would be saved b by the quick and heroism of a train crew along the right of way of bild the whorton and northern was a MOP of bf country about half a mile in length and extending jack back about a quarter of a mile froni from each side of the track it was covered b a considerable sid erable growth of underbrush scrub trees and other inflammable material which for fol a long time alm 4 lied had been a menace not only to property belonging V fobbe to allread but to io the surrounding timber lands and dwellings after the property owners had given t their permission and fire a patrol to guard B nilst a spread of the fire hail had been established tuo film company placed j ita cameras andion and got the desired picture of h a train rushing through a forest fire making the cups aff york 4 herald |
