Show Public Has Representative on I Railways Railway's Board of Inquiry III The investigation of or the tho wreck at Layton Inton Sunday morning brings s the first fleet Instance of or the new rule rulo e established established generally over the tho Oregon Sh Short rt Line being put In practice In the Utah Ulah division One of the members of or tho the board boa of Inquiry Is William 1 Ellison a business man and miller of ot the Davis count county town where the smashup oc occurred oc- oc Cu The Tho committee continued Its hearings yesterday the tho principal witness testifying test test- r being Engineer Oscar A. A Burg who was yesterday dismissed from Crom tho thoI hospital This Ills statement was taken at athis athis athis his own home In Salt Lake Ille There are I still two witnesses to ho heard before beCore the Investigation In has been completed I and It I 18 Is not expected that an any an announcement nn- nn will be made as to tho decision decision de do- after the Inquiry until tomor tomor- ro row rot While the order which admits a representative representative representative rep rep- of or the public to the tho Inquiries Inquiries Inqui Inqui- ries rice by hy harriman officials does not In any way relieve an any member of the tho real Investigating hoard of responsibility It is IA hop hoped ll b by the railway officials that It will In a 0 measure serve to relieve the tho authorities from an any suspicion of ot lack of ot thoroughness such fluch as ns has sometimes arisen when the tho sessions were vero more of the star chamber chambor varlet variety In rea reality II t the Investigating committee commit commit- tee teo of a railroad Is I In a sense a real court In the railroad world worl The Tho Judges judge as us constituted by byaw law aw are tho I dl division lon superintendent t tho o master maste mechanic me me- chante chanil or district di foreman and tho the di du- du vision engineer That loaves leaves the real reat responsibility for Cor tho the decision In the present Instance as aa well as for whatever whatever what what- ever discipline ma may be he meted meled out to whoever Is 15 found to blame for tor the ac accident accident ac- ac on the shoulders shoulder of Superintend Superintend- Superintendent eat ent A. A B B. Stevenson Foreman George Georgo Ross floss and Engineer II H. J. J Harris H. But Dut In addition to these thel who vho act as ju judges In this business Ule court of or Inquiry there are arc also others allowed to be present and to take talce part In fn tho the procedure nr In the tue present Instance there arc are representatives of the tho legal department of or the railway who may have to handle the railroads railroad's case casc should anyone bring bring- an nn action In court of th the claims department who will have tho the bulk built of or the negotiating to do llo with those who have o dama damage e claims against the company other railroad of officials of- of such as W. W C. C ChrIsman travelIng travelIng travel- travel Ing log engineer enc and ond finall finally bv by this last order a n representative e of or the general public in this case caso Mr Ellison Th The order admitting a r representative pre enta- enta tive tI of the public on those these boards of or inquiry was waR promulgated last lost Octo Octo- her ber This however I is the tho first time the tho rule has been put Into practice on the Utah division Islon of or the Ore Oregon on Short Line |