The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-14

If1b0l0ttOM0 q IH0ve1e1Ss
Most Of the present generation arc able to
remember the discomforts and hardships Of
the old mode Of stage travels kind Of con-
veyancs which yet exists in some parts of the
country. and needs only to Be tried now and
then to enable Ms to appreciate the value of
railroads 70 personal ease Is we'll ~ progress.
But men never seem to be content with any
rate of speed, or any degree Of luxury. Their
desires are TOO impatient to bs satisfied with
the fastest locomotion, and their selnshness too
tutsnse TO be grattded by the new appliances
which the great inventions Of the age have
proyjded for their comfort In NO particular
is this selfishness more manifest than in rail.
road travel. We have before referred to this
subject, bat 1t ought to b. repeated until there
is some reform. Why, for example, should q
man who has paid but for one seat in car,
have the privilege Of monopolizing two, some
times three, whilst other travellers, not 30 Is.
summing and audacious, are either compelled
to 60 without any seatOr take an uucomforta-
Bile and incouvenient onef Nothing 10 more
common In railroad travel than this grievance,
and IL 10 one which the conductors of roads
ought 70 put IN end TO. Surely, any reasons
BILE man might be content with the progress,
safety and pleasure Of . comfortable railroad
car. without making such q display Of greedi-
ness and vuigarity ~ 10 daily witnessed in
railroad travel. esgea9 .sva-4e SIX
Another grievance encou ntered in travelling,
Is the graz and anctvil dsportment Of rail-
road and hotsl ofllcials, many Of whom seem
to think that il u great act Of generosity and
coudescenaf0n for them 70 answer question Of
any kind, no matter how cOurteously pro.
pounded In fact. the more courteous the
tone Of The taquiry, the more discOurtsous Is
likely 20 be the answer This 10 not the case
with railroad Ofhcials In Virginia, and many
other Southern States. But, - . general
thing. travellers make great complaints, aud
we have NO doubt, with justice, OF want OF
cisility In giving iniormatton on the part Of
railroad. hotel aud post-OtRcs o1lcials. It IL
hard enough, one would tAink, that travelers
should b dsecsd and plandetednt most Of the
great hotels Of tbs co~ntry, and charged
twenty prices for The valus OF the considsra.
tton they reCeave. II would seem thai IN.
bittsr ptii Of sxt0rtion might 1t lesst b. cos ted
wilma itfsis Of the sugar Of politenes.. So ~
at pose-omces. traveller inq uirss n = ro.t.
omes sof letters which be II anxiously expeet.
Ing and. 10 niAscasss oat Of ~. seesiyss curt
and Era6 answer. We are aware Of the No.,
questions which these oaeiais oe varior.
classes are called upon % aaswsr, and the ~.
riety OF character with which they have "a
deal. No doubt atl this h trial Of their ma.
tisnoA Bat u ~ sarns tims, 1t Is An incI.
dent Of tbsir voeatioa watch they knsw =.
fore thsy adopts1 4, sad Il n with most Of
Them part q thsir dsty, wAich they ass paia
10 perform Thsra are plenty Of ostsi1ers,
VIA - tAsss hard tins4 wosA ~ siaA 70 -
10 ~ ssrvtes of railroad, = Aotfl or III
Uatesd statse 0eysrnnsat, ard not ealy 70
psssorm IT. aatisst bat perform thsm WITH
cnsssaalne&a, poliesnses and siassity.
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