The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-01-04

WHAT 4 sEtid .62lQs lie QSSQ 70 pose
heavy at me sometimes, and recon
mend me to vet the wheels and thsy
#eHld Fast-eg sooner.
IT'S astonishing how reckless
some railroad men becomel I vas
on side track waiting, eut Of time
once and a fellow comes to me and
q aylss: isl~ss.tsrsft1 3 isal a "A
Why don't you go on?0
~ Because my order Is to stay" I
answered rather sharply.
80 yIIe sYas theneW Superintendent, a
young fellow, whom I had never
seen because he'd just come on the
road. He. vas courting q girl on
the -linc Of Tic road, I afterwards
found oat and had "A engagement
to 20 to bah with her that night,
which tie lay-over interfere'l with.
ESQ ne saids very quickly, 40.
they ain't;," and when I looked sur
prised, nc says, sim SHperintend-
ent Of this road. I say you've time
to get over this bitsos single track
ana 4hRIe three minutes to spare be
fore thedowp train reaches it, 7
have calculated and know"
1--we got my printed orders, Mr.,
Superintendent" says ], and he
broke right IN;
q t.llNeyeF mind your printed orders
I order you'to 60 ahead.". ~
Weilr I wouldn't and he was an
fully mad and swore thatI shouldn't
run q week longer on the ,road,-
Probably after he cooled down he
woald have neversaid q word about
the matter, forlhe was clearly in the
wrong. Three mindtes-is TOO close
q shave on time when six or seven
Hundred paQple's hxes arc intetest-
bed, and regular printed orders are
I to be obeyed till Other regular prin-
ted orders are. ISSUED. But thought
at first he'd complain to the Presi-
dent, and I was bound to have the
first talk If possible.
The Pfesidant heard. my story,
and sent for the Superintendent.
He deaied thst he. bad ordered me at
all or made any threats, but that he
had told me / had ten minutes to
spare. So it was a question ofyer-
aeitJ, ana L began to think Iwould
be sent back to run my train, and
that running train on that road
would not be my business very
long.
! All ataonce a gentleman who had
been sitting with newspaper held
IN front Of his face, at the back Of
/ tae Office, came forward.
"lIr. President, said he, "I hap
pened to be standing by these two
men when then had that talk The
conductor is sight, and the other
man lies. II the train had gone on
j had made mp my mind to walk
back to the last station, the chance
Of an accident scemed SO great
3 Then the President was mad. ~
- e why, good heavens, said he
"ny wife and family we're on that
train. Mr. SuperintendentJ go and
-Fafawyour wages to the first OF
] next. month";, aad leave the road
4 now r.
But sometimes. a conductor is
put in such a position th,t the
rules won't guide him: The re-
spensibility is very great. I re
member once being SO placed, and
I thought at the time that my
hair ought TO have turned white
that night With anxieTy
ia It was then the Hudson River
\ Railroad was just built There
was no telegraph on along the
line then, and everything was quite
primitive compared to what it i.
now. The Aagmen were on a sort
ofstrike about those days5 to9S SO
that you trusted to luck for-saf,
running. I was running s. sort o
way train between New York anC
Poughkeepsie. That running 81
9 express issmnch pleasanter thar
running way" you may easily
1 Imagine. a
An express sometimes don't stol
for an hour at time, and afte
You have worked your COACHES
once you have nothing to do bu
to sit down and earn your none,
that easy way. Then, when 20,
reach the next. station If you
brakeman mind their business
they can tel you how many pas
sengers have got into the coach
and then you are always able t.
pick them out because they haven
the settled air. of CID passengers
Bat a way train conductor ha
much harder work.
We'll. ! ran the train ont o
New York one afternoon, and ha'
for the driver OF the train a maj
who was famous for the securat
way in which he would come Vi
to his stations. He would stol
any Hsmed coach almost to a foo
of where he said he would, but o.
this occasion he seemed to hav
very poor luck. He ran past hi
stations and had to back down
and then he world stop so sher
that the engine would be in from
Of the station and the rear coacl
an eighth of a mile back, and j
raining hard, too. Then he'd star
up again just as the passenger
we're getting out. So We KEEP
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