The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-07-06
A MODEL RAILWAY.

oAOu4O ION GI1U over Cu6 NICulSd1
Central railroad. The writer shas had
Z large experience in railroad travel OF
the principal lines between New Yorl
city and the Rocky Mountains, and b,
can truthfully say that the Michigan Cen
trail railroad, from Detroit to Chicago
stands without peer in it's equipments
its commodious and elegant coaches, its
I gentlemanly and attentive employees, ano
It's smooth and well.preserved track. in
surfing speed and safety. The writer
contesses to as great feeling of security
In one of its elegant coaches, at speed Of
forty to fifty miles an hour, as in his ow
private parlor. There has been no i'm.
provenent brought out to add to the
comfort, security and pleasure of railroad
travel but the Central company have
been the first to secure it, at whatever
cost.
But the chief character Of the success
and high character of this road may be
traced to the fact that they employ none
but first class men in it's management,
from the most responsible to the hum
blest position upon it, and they pay them
we'll for their services. It is "civil ser
vice" institution of the highest order,
which our government would do we'll TO
initiate, @ s&g rsl aF
There is another feature in the man
agement of this road which especially
commends itself to gentlemen who can
not always find it convenient to take a
lady with them when they travel, and
that is, in not being met upon their en-
tering the cars by ruffian brakeman
who forbids them this pleasant coach,
and orders them into that dingy one,
where men smoke and spit, curse and
carouse, because it is understood that
that car is only fit for that kind of con-
duct. There is something in the Ameri-
can character that revolts at this kind of
treatment. What would be thought of a
church, or theater,o or concert hall, if such
course were adopted there. How much
would they be patronized? And it's all
bosh about it being intended for a pro-
lection to the ladies' The ladies don't
ask to be separated from the gentlemen.
| 1t is not natural, nor is it beneficial
Moreover, if a gentleman pays the same
fare as lady, he is certainly entitled 10
ride in as good coach and breathe as
pure and sweet an atmosphere as she
does. But the fact is, it is rot intended
as protection to the ladies' it is a sort
Of aristocratic distinction Of caste-fne
clothes and pretensions gerSus plain dress
and q modest demeanor. AS an example,
the writer, only few days ago, at Fort
Wayne, saw d brakeman refuse poorly
clad country woman, with two little
children, admission to "the ladies' car"
and in less than five minutes afterward
admitted, without a word q fashily
dressed dandy, with diamond ring on
his little finger big as an Omaha city lot,
who was, perhaps some gambler or liber-
tine, in whose peculiar sports the brake
man was doubtless accustomed to mingle
On the Michigan Central road first
class ticket entities a man to ride in any
coach he pleases, and then the employe
will see to it that if he is not a gentleman
by nature, he must, at least, conduct him.
self as one while upon their cars.
Not only are the Central company's
cars and road bed of the highest order Of
excellence, but everything about their
depots and passenger houses will be
found substantial, comfortable and In
good taste. One little thing particularly
attracted the writer's notice, and that was
d COHSpICuOuSly pOotCA hObiCC III buCIl
telegraph office (where men, not irres
ponsible, careless boys, are employ J.
in gold letters, which said: External Wig
lance is the price OF safety"
1t is through such management that
the Central company have earned the de
served title of the prince of railroads in
this country, whose bonds, if for sale at
all, are always the steadiest and best in
the market
The writer is no "dead-head,' writing
conventional puff !" he pays his way as
he goes, and only indites these lines be-
cause he likes to commend a good thing.
5tn la sTcsa So rs Aa VIAToR
Fort PILLOW. FORREST CORNERED.-
Gen. N. B. Forrest, a mirror Of chivalry
and. glass of Democratic perfections, has
involved himself, in maze of contradic
tions in his testimony before the Ku Klux
Investigating Committee 1t is said that
call liars have short memories" and what
ever the General may be, he is certainly
'sshort" when it comes to recollectlng
his own past utterances. In August, 1869,
he had a conversation with the reporter
of the Cincinnati Commercial, in which he
claimed that the order numbered OF the
X. X. K, five hundred and fifty thousand
men, of whom forty thousand were In.
Tennessee. Confronted with bis own
statement, nc is now driven to preYarlca-
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