. Electric railway gazette . -suit, which wasdenied by the court. The first witnesses for the defense were as to the bad character ofthe horse, and that the runaway was caused by the harness break-ing. Experts were then produced, who swore that the system of ironbonding was all right, Mr. Bourne, of New York, admitting, how-ever, that in the last four years he had only built one road with ironbonds, that at Bridgeport, and even there they used a double-laceNo. o wire, with overhead return feeders. Col. Perrine, the former president of the road, testified that at thetime the road was built, in
. Electric railway gazette . -suit, which wasdenied by the court. The first witnesses for the defense were as to the bad character ofthe horse, and that the runaway was caused by the harness break-ing. Experts were then produced, who swore that the system of ironbonding was all right, Mr. Bourne, of New York, admitting, how-ever, that in the last four years he had only built one road with ironbonds, that at Bridgeport, and even there they used a double-laceNo. o wire, with overhead return feeders. Col. Perrine, the former president of the road, testified that at thetime the road was built, in 1892, iron bonds were in general use,though since abandoned. In his own new road he used copperbecause it was cheaper. He considered that in a recently laid track90 per cent, of the return current passed from rail to rail by meansof the first plate joint, and the other 10 per cent, by means of thebond wire. When asked if he did not know that current was con-stantly escaping into the earth from the rails even of a well-bonded. FIG. 4—BONDING AS IT EXISTS IN THE GROUND. track, he said he did; but when asked what became of it hesaid it just simply disappeared, vanished. The next question wasif there were an ammeter on the return side of the dynamo, andanother ammeter on the outgoing side, would they read the same?Witness replied that there would be a difference. Prof. Moore, of Princeton, gave the jury learned definitions ofmost of the technical terms used in the case, and then in answer tothe question: State whether . . there is less liability to shock 296 ELECTRIC RAILWAY GAZETTE. Vol. XIII. No. 16. when the ground is wet than when it is dry, said: Other con-ditions being presumed the same, yes, sir. He testified to having made experiments to test the difference ofpotential between rail and ground when 13 cars were on the track, with-out finding any proportionate increase with the number of cars,but he admitted, however, that the season has been very dry, and thatthe current d
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