Q. The only danger there was in not having the same number of brakesmen to the same number of cars as you do when you run the single train?
A. That would have helped the matter considerably, I believe.
Q. There was no other danger?
A. There was no other danger.
Q. Could not that danger have been counteracted by having less trains?
A. They would not think that was safer.
Q. Would not there have been less danger by taking two trains and making one, and running them on the track—less danger of collisions than if you had to have two trains instead of one?
A. There is more danger running this double train than the single trains, because they are harder to manage.
Q. You can handle a train more readily?
A. Yes; check it up quicker. You can check a train much quicker—a light train than a heavy one—and they are less liable to break in the dark and in the fog. In the fog you can't tell whether they are broken or not. They might stop, and the hind part run into the front part, which has been frequently done.