Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-10-07

Frostburg excursionists would be pro-
vided with a separate car, a. there
vas q sufficient number to fill one,
but our faith in it was decidedly
weak, and the result proved our
doubts well founded.
About 9 o'clock the train was ready
for the passengers. 1t consisted Of
about = half dozen cars, including the
baggage car and G. & P car "out
on frolic" with private car of some
of the officials in the middle, capable
Of accommodating about dozen pas
sengers, with the doors at both ends
locked, thus preventing one from get
ting from front to rear, or vice versd.
To accommodate all the passengers
on that train was like solving Josh
Billings problem of dividing 8 into 6.
BIT there were no more cars all
hands seemed determined to go, and
We concluded to fight it out on that
train if it took all summer. We
boarded the train in the rear Of the
of cial car ar d found our choice of
seat to lie between the roof or the
platform. Not being of an exalted
turn Of mind, we chssed the latter
and took seat on the steps amid the
mud and dirt. At9i a. M We start
ed on our winding way" but before
m~nv minutes elapsed the roar of the
train and dust from the engine CON-
PEELED US to change front, SO We stood
on our feet with the balance. After
standing about two hours, while stop
ping at a station, the conductor came
through the train and informed US
that We could get seats forward.
With all the politeness we could nus
ter we inquired if we could pass
through the car locked at both ends
to get to the front. The answer came
stern and emphatic
mo get down on the track and 60
forward T.
With about ten others We silently
obeyed and managed to secure a seat.
At Martinsburg passenger occu-
plying seat with US went out to din
ner and came back with the report
that the hotel proprietor had only ten
minutes notice to prepare for the ey-
cursionists and had closed the door o!
his dining room, so those Who had no
lunch had the pleasure of sucking
their thumbs instead.
At Harpers Ferry two additional
cars were added which afforded more
room, and every one was comfortable
from there to Baltimore.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad furnished excel
lent cars and ample room for all and
safely landed us at our destination
about midnight-nearly four hours
later than the time advertised.
This statement, although hurriedly
J and poorly made, is truthful one
, and a fair sample Of the e1psr-
fence Of the Frostburg people
who took passage ON that train
We think it differs very materially
from the one made by "Squeages" in
the Miner. Had we been present
at the Merchants Hotel meeting We
should certainly have entered our pro-
test, loud and deep, against passing
any such complimentary resolutions
as were presented and adopted by the
Homecoming e1cursionists. The B. &
O. R. R. sold us tickets ysa Washing
ton and afterwards converted the ex-
cursion train into the regular mail and
took US by the old route, stopping at
every station on the road. They also
miserably failed to decently accom-
modate many of the Passengers with
seats until we reached Harpers Ferry.
About the only redeeming feature Of
the trip, and the only one we are sur
prised at, was that they gave as a
chance to get supper at the Relay
House.
Will not some one who went with
the excursion train on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad inform the people how
that company treated its passengers !?
BY comparing notes we may find
out which road to take hereafter.
ExcURsIoNIsT.