Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-07-22

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The RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE Pa
; sENGER.-Iuto the question so abundant
discussed of late in the public prints an
periodicals, and now even in political eau
cuses and conventions, concerning the mu
tual rights and obligations of the rairoa
companies and the public. | shall not en-
ter. Yet it may contribute something t
a better understanding, and so indirectly
to solution of that problem. to have {
clear idea of what railroad corporation
is, what are the hazards. what the tolls
what the duties, difficulties and dangers o
those who are connected with, and who
have done most to create, develop and
carry Oh, these great highways of the pres.
ent century, the arteries which supply the
whole body polite with its vital circula.
tlon-trade and commerce.
The traveller going West steps to the
ticket office Of the Pennsylvania, the Erie
or the New Y ork Central Railroad. He
purchases his ticket for San Francisco.
He gives his trunk to baggage.maSter,
gets Tor it little piece Of metal, and sees
and cares for 1t no more. A porter shows
him his place in Pullman ear. He takes
his seat, pulls off his boots, puts on bis
slippers, opens his bag, takes out his Harp
ere Magaziae, and his travelling cares
are at an end. For six days and nights
he is rolled swiftly across the continent.
Engineers and conductors change. He is
passed along from one railroad corpora.
ton to another. AT night his seat be-
comes bed, and he sleeps as quietly, or
nearly so, as if in his own bed at home
He traverses broad plains, passes over i'm.
mensc viadOcts, whlrls swiftly over noun
tain torrents or iron bridges, climbs or
Dierces mountains; but he never leaves his
Darlor if need be. his meals are brought
% him where he sits; and at length, af. |
er week Of luxurious though weary
raveIiug. in which he has been in the
ieeping Of half dozen different compa-
lies, and has traversed over three thous.
md miles OF country, part of it uninhabit-
ID aud desolate, he is set down in the sta
ion at San Francisco. He looks at the
'lock in the statlou-room, compares it with
he timetable in his hand, and finds that
lis journey has been accomplished with all
he regularity and punctuahty of the SUP
lis little piece Of brass is given to an ex.
less agent or hackman. and when he
caches his hotel, the trunk which he sur.
endered in New York is in the great hall
waiing him. 1t seems very simple
BUSINESS and if psrchauce through all
his journey be finds the dinner at one j
'alting place cold, or the conductor on one
art OF his trip discourteous. or the train
topped at any point in his long ride be- ]
ond his expectations, or his arrival at his
delayed beyond the appointed !
our, he is very apt to grumble, inwardy
not vocally. How much money has :
cen put into this long line of rail; how j
luch sunk in unsuccessful experiments )
ow many rich men have been ruined be. !
IRE the work was done; how many sleer. G
'ss nights surveyors and contractors have {
'ent in providing this marvellous highway
ow intricate and involved is the system i
copartnership that is necessary 10 such :
continuous transportation without q
lange otcars;' what gigantic UNDER '
king 1t is to administer this system, with :
le thousand employees ; how wide awake '
&c engineers have been that the traveller 1
ay sleep what dangers they have had
lace that he may ride in safety--of all I
lis he is unconscious, if not absolutely
+
The Erie Railway, one of the longest J
1es of railroad in the world, employees hf-
en- thousand persons in various occupa- /
,ns. 1t is estimated that there is scarce. c
an hour Of the day or night when there i
e no: Que hundred trains in actual run. )
ng along its line. The administration
such force Of men, the management l
such system of railroad trains, with.
It clashing or collision, requires exccu- !
We ability Of the very highest order. IT,
r, you think it easy, count up the diff.
lilies you have with your own gardner !.
the administration Of your country !
ace, with its horse and COW then multi m
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