Show A m cwm the indictment of the di rectors of the new york new haven and hartford railway com pany is a new departure in this country if not in modern jurisprudence they i were indicted for misdemeanor iu connection with the fatal collis sion which occurred on feb 28 last in a tunnel whereby there were six jives lost the point sought to be established is that the stock of the road was defective and that led to the accident referred to there may bo some spite work in connection with this indictment as claimed by some but the theory is correct enough to hold employed emp loyes responsible for the fatal accident when defective machinery is the cause is not just the workmen cannot supply a railway they mu t run the engines famished by the company and feirn the switches along the line even if they are bad under such circumstances it is the proper thing to have the directors of a road answer for an accident and such treatment will eventually ensure good railways here in utah for exam pie wo have a railway whose ties are rotten and rails bad whose cars are old rickety things that seem ready to fall to pieces suppose that an accident should result from a x these causes to a conference train heavily laden with human freight p the employed emp loyes may have been as careful as they could possibly be under the circumstances and still disaster se auld freem to have attended choir labors now which would be the I 1 proper thing to do to punish those aien or the directors of the road who have it so poorly every one would say punish the directors hence we say the indictment of DEPEW and his fellow rv directors was a bold and good di egression gres sion if the directors are guilty as charged they ought to suffer if not the indictment will have done f no great harm we hope however th at the rule will be made genera that directors of a railway bo held responsible for the condition of their road |