East Saginaw courier., 1866-05-16
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Dali l-4lOOLtLs
The following carl was published
i, tho DJtrolt Daily Post, May 10Th,
n,l secu.s 70 have had the benefit of
very general circulation. What
there is about the locality b incite tho
development Of disagreeaLle peculiar
ities. VIC cannot say, but certain it is
Tint in the vicinity Of the Grand
Trunk Junction occur more ill-man-
Eere} demonstrations, more rudeness,
rufiianism, three card monte outrages,
dingrccable 6etentions and disgusting
exhibitions Of discourtesy, pomposity
and peurlle rneanness, that in any
piher quarter Of the American or
Canadian Railway District. A most
20. .tiferous influence seems TO pervade
III. entire locality, rendering it ter
ror to MI travellers not completely
iulpervious to tho rudeness and inciv-
ility of tho situation, and though
frequent coml1aints have We know
been made to the companies Of the
ill.mannered md abusive conduct of
employees located there, they seem to
take delight in insulting the travel
ling public by keeping in authority
men whose instincts better fit them
for herding swine than waiting on
decent people.
We doa't believe the Conductor
mentioned in the card, meant to be
mean. He came within the range Of
this demoralizing junction influence
md rs a matter Of course had to man
itest degree of pusillaminity con-
genial to the situation
DETROIT, May 8, 1866.
To the Editor of the Daily Post:
SIR-We, the undersigned passen-
gers in the rea rear of this evenings
express on the Grand Trunk Railroad
from Buffalo, due here at 5.55, feel it
our imperative duty to expose the fol-
lowing insult, rendered a lady passen-
ger on that train 10y the Conductor
A lady, with four children (all under
eight years of a9e) on her way to join
her husband in Wisconsin, never hav-
ing travelled alone before, and having
been cautioned by her friends not to
give up the checks for her baggage
except to the baggage master at the
depot, deemed it important to hand
theLl to the person who passed through
the cars just prior to reaching the
G1and Trunk Junction, demanding
the checks for milwaukee, passengers.
Fearing, however, shortly after,
that perhaps she should not have done
80, she asked the conductor to assist
her in getting her baggage transferred,
and offered him the checks. To this
request he replied in n very rude
manner, "Uhy the derI did'nt you qire
them up TO the man wkO came thrOnqh the
cars on Hat buSlaessy {'rs not time TO
attend to it," at the same time passing
on through the train.
Five minutes afterwards, he re-
turned and said to her. "Give me your
checks, and I'll see what / can do"
The train arriving at the junction, and
the lady hearing nothing of the mat
ter. she stepped from the cars TO as
certain what had been done with her !
check, and meeting the conductor in
qnired of him respecting the baggage,
he replied in "a loud, rough
manner, in thJ presence Of at least
fifty persons, "Toa cunt get yow cheeks
nor. You are too Mte. Why ddnt you
yics them up 10 tie man chO crRe after
them. He told ne he explained the whOb
thing 10 yoa, and he d6t't a liar eitbg," " at
the same time shouting "AH aboard"
The train started, having her four
children aboard, crying after her,
leaving her trunks behind, and her
self running alongside the cars, which
werc already so much under headway
as to mako it unsafe for her to get
aboard Instead Of stoppiny the train
tie conductor told her to "keep off," where
upon she gave a jump landing between
The two platforms, bruising her con-
siderably, and were it not for the
timely assistance Of two gentlemen
upon tho car platform, she would
doubtless have been crushed under
the wheels.
The Just Indignation of every occu-
pant of the car had been previously
aroused at his first rough reply to her,
hut this last insulting and brutal treat
inent brought forth the bitter denun-
Citations Of at least q dozen gentlemen
upon his reappearance, and not a
person could be found to defend him.
If this, Mr.. Editor, is a specimen
of the conductors on this line, we
would warn the ladies against travel
ing alone on a road where the conduc-
tors are not even cir1t.
A. Il. BROWN, Black Hank, Colorado,
Temporarily ut Michigan Exchange Hotel
l.. V BoEKINS, Canton, ohio.
j. "a. SW EArWART, Miles, Mich.
E. CLAlik, Cleveland, Ohio
q. f. SHEPARD, 0wosso, Mich.
DAM, CAMPBELL, Goodrich. c. W.