Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-08-05

A Chsptsr on Railroads.

uBuuet IuiTOhu CVHpuulta Iney hto uu'
great Messing, and their benefits
are shared by all classes. fyery Yankee is a
born locomotive, aud travelling is a necessity
Of bis nature. No man has a, house OF, lot, or
farm, within speaking dlstansc, of a railroad,
whose value is not ntreased by II. Why then
this perjucice "Wby,it is a monopoly, aud
menopolies ore hatefnl." But utber mopopoes
do not share this odium, at present. only TO a
a limited extent. Banking is as much mon
opoy as railroadipg, aud the peculiar privileges
of bank less defensive than those ofrailroads
A farmer cab only woth his own land, and
sell or lease bis own properly. a bank can
lend all il owpes and then once aud half times
as much that II does not own 10 addition, aud
get interest for the whole. But banking
monopolies are not hated as those we ore speak,
ing Of. Banks can get justice usually at the
hahds Of a jury. Can railroad company
Ask its Ulcers, conGdentially This state of
things is not desirable. The proverb says
" Better the good than the illwill Of a dog"
No man n bis senses, nor set of men,, can de.
sire the settled il.will Of community. II is
not for the good of The people either. Love
is better than hatred for both parties. We
know that prejudice is common country
against city small villages against larger vii
lagos but it does good to neither. II is for
the interest of q merchant 10 have the good
will Of the people because they are bis custom
ers. 1t is The same with cities and large viii
lages, 10 regard to smaller ones The Interest
of all are really bound up together, aud there
is no separating, except BY destroying them.
Cannot then, this prejudice be essened aud
this bring us back TO tie starting point. Why
is it In tie railroad case, il is traceable,
more than to any one thing else. to the austen.
tation of authority. However, nature 10 this
respect !: no, Unlike spir lied team they will
work very kindly, and submit very tractably'
proved there 81 not to much show Of authority.
But ifthe driver happens to be either drunk,
or fcol, aud begius to ballow and crack his
whip orouid etleir cars. rid jerk the reiDs
tten, one Of two things will follow He'll
spoil the team or they'll spoil him. never
saw the man yet, that seemed to fancy the
crack Of lash around his own ears For my
sell, coufess / have q special aversion to the
sound,
A short time since went East and when I
returned came by the New York Central.
1 always take that route under certain ercum.
stances, e iGiea there is no other ,ddy But
always do it with an inward protest. | ike
to travel on the New York & Erie road, the
cars are roon,y, the conductors gentenanly.
and seem never TO think that they arp driving q
cattle train, But don't like to travel Oh the
Central, and by the by, think that road has q
great deal to answer for 10 creating the gener-
al odiam that rests on the common fraternity,
Conductors are pretty good lllusf ,ton oi
the general spirit of corporation. If they
are kind and gentlemanly, besure that there is
q corresponding policy behind them. If they
put on airs aud liae to assume the Importance
Of little brief authority, it is because such ex
hbi!ious are not discouraged at headquarters
II on the same road, there are some of DO b
classes, it inticatcs division Of counsels am ohg
the higher powers. We have had on our
road, some Conductors that were born gentle
nien, y, Murrey was perfect Prince We have
some left may their shodows never be less. aal
sc have son,e-.weli won't iuish the sentence,
lest it be thought l am writing Of the New
York Central. will only nav say that the
men who most of all come in contact with the
public, are those Who do most iu creating Oh
softeniug the odium against privileged classes
which is so evidently on the Increase through
out the coantry. H ''.->a .7fsf9'ld s7'** !