New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-12
Iv,on- on m, western Railroad.

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from, the junction OF the Western with the Hous-
atomic Railroad at the New York State Line near
s.ockb.idgc, Mass. to take the Wings OF berk-
shire county and the western portion OF Hamp-
den 20 the Wing Mass Convention a: Springfield.
T, r,s advertised to leave Springfield on us re-
,r,n a, 6 P. VI. and did leavea few minutes alter
,b,, hour. 1t was OF cours, very long and
verv heavy train, composed m'ln's o. ..v.gr,.
.,,s end conveying probably 2O00 persons a,
leas, bu. it had two good engines attachcd and
AT first got on tolerably well 1t vas given e''
Lat i would reacn the state Line (bl mikes oy
half past 9, but the moro experienced passengers
though. that / to u would be nearer the hour.
Arriving at Chester. q stop was made OF nearly
an hour to detach part ot the fre'sht-csrs feh-
dercd needless by the dispersion OF good part o'
~. ,.sseogers.A Here, or soon after, one OF the
Epgipcs was taken of also, ieaTing the o'.:S7
barely ablc to pull the train up the heavy grades
of that mountainous region; so that 1t IacKed
bpt quarter of midnight when we reached Pits
field. Here the Conductor and the Engineer van
isbed TO their several homes, and were absent 90
long that ono hour and ttoentyfre minutes were
wasted at this point The excuse given was stop
ping for supper! when ten minutes sutticed the
passengers 10 make way with every thing eata-
h., ,r;,b all the tea. coffee and milk that could
he had. At last, after INCH remonstranee ana
en,rcatv, the train was got under weigh again.
and deposited its load of weary, famished, sleep.
less passengers at the State Line at quarter be-
fore > A. NJ. on Saturday. Most of them had
risen at to 4 A. NJ. on Friday, in order to reach
the cars in season to go downto Springfield, and
had now blind walk of two 10 five miles each
between them and their homes. Others had
farther Journey to make on the HousaionIc extra
Train which had been waiting Tor them at the
Junction since 10 o'clock expecting 10 run downto
inc Connecticut Line, but which was now compel
led to stop at Great Barrinston, 10 miles down,
which was reached a, past 3 Severa! had
hard day and nights work of travelling and speak
mo before them; Mr Hoxje and some Wings from
Dotchess having 10 hire conveyance at Stock
bridge and push on TO Hudson without mo-
ment's rest in order to catch the Albany morn
ing boat down to the Wing Meeting at Kane
beck. Such is the way in which the gross, mex
cusable breach of faith on the part OF the
Western Railroad train subjected maey 10 tie
privation of nights rest on the back OF pre-
ccding and some in the face OF a succeeding loss
of sleep That loss Of health TO some, as well as
OF comfort to many will result, IS evident
In tho name OF my fellow sufferers and Of an
inure,: pubic, demand OF the Western Railroad
some ap1logy for this injury, and soric assurance
that the Ike shall not occur again. The Com
pany must have cleared at least $4,000 By that
Soripgtie.d Convention it bound TO treat
we'll those from whom it real zed this handsome
SUN. Admit that the grades were steep and tire
train was heavy, st,lI five hours should have sui
feed ior a run of sixty miles, instead OF which
eight were taken. The delays were wholly in.
excusabe the taking off OF one engine eq lally
The name of the conductor of the train was
William II. Pomcrs. We have endured gross
and culpable negligence in such cases on other
Roads, but nothing Ike this. 1t has become
quite too common to suppose that the passengers
who are taken at half price to a Mass Meeting
are to be treated as freight because they ride in
freight cars. This will not do. The reduced
fare is fully equal to the accommodations and the
communication most profitable to the Railroads.
They must learn to treat their passengers as men.
Will the Western explain