The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-30
DOWN THE RIVER BY NIGHT
RIDING 4 LOCON0TiTE FROM POrGH-
kEEfsIh 10 NtU IORh CRY.

3 % There. aud. witt rare accommodation to
.t.n., 70 she railway time table i..- boon
D-ad -o t'ut ton minutes grace il given
lve,u ihr ..il,ai and d.ualture ~ trains. in-
p 30 % ihc moro tueh-ani so common at
o. Sat i.us. q. tAa .-hty or more trains That
, rumble ani huwitarHush rou..hkocrsic.
t.'f are three express that coming down
80 Albany. fya Do hrrt between and
h A. N. Itch Of these trains is
~ - from iNH TO four express .ais. a..
i.Is -..Di ll- coaches. O. hu-lu.. Garland aur.
g., coach in which those who. avoiding u.o
"-D ucrs" learn 10 The watches of the night
ihc maximum 81 misery can bc crowded
i.' the minimum OF time.
iw'o O'clock \. NJ As the rumbl.n- az the
y -.t Express ceasos at the door " the lerot.
o. Tire conductor appears. lantern upon arm
through the farce " looking NJ and down
g.. platform i'r pass myers. strange lights
o. :.u o. Bob about iiiluliy beneath the ears. and
To- heavy lAnk " hammers rcS0uudlng upon
the wheels Is heard in broken cadence along
IT, line Mcn who have suddenly and mys.
t,fI .usly appeared IN their shirt sleeves ana
with faces so ermy that they secm 70 shine
with a weeks Accommodations of grease and
lampblaok. carry the lights and WELD the ham
u .s. Here and there at the windows II the
Size, ping cars curtains are drawn aside and
faces are dimiy seen peering out with ghOstly
,Tct some Of the unhappy wrct'hcs in the
weary limbs. stamp fc't I'm which the circula-
ton seems permanently stopped. rub aching
b. ~. and yHwn. stout gentleman steps ont
y 70 Sl'tl.l buil ,uS up MS oNfrruAt. liGlt q
c|cur. olaculate-. Damn man that snore4 "
Ai starts IT, pace ihe platform until starting
t.M". At last the conductor SAYS. " All aboard"
. shouting il .ut in The authoritative way his
kind affect in broad daylight but seeming 10
mention II semi-con fdsntially to nobody in
Z. 90 AL
Il In H. usual stvlo ~ VOL bnt more Iks "A
. nue goodnight tothe sleeping inhabitants
, le town. and Va are on
Having. special uerwi-sion. taken scat IN
= HHh tf locomotive NJ. a. ntfl 'hrd g. the
: ..u. m company with Engineer John David
, l. % stout kindly and Intelligent Mii-IOtlian
h nni Fireman Jamc~ II. Warren. % bright
o. lh iu-f'.u- Young American. ih' SIS pee
I rtet hrartd himself 10 enjoy o. glit ride. on
engine. ~ the niooni @llt. along tAe Hubs. %.
3 IN You SIZE that white llehf ha~il. tho down.
{ Hp-trark' Tho first SAYS 20 mo th. WY Is
NJ A. soon a- ! rH>- u man az the der q
work lever attached 10 that Wire YOU -"
f'f uns along there. ana II will why around so
O. fo show its reu Light side in the direction
nee nave come. saying to al who might
"a keep back ANA II Will continue Ia ~uy
I until have been ten minutes 4 De- That
J. what the red Light over there saving on
t track. To- up-trains. now. There ARE mot
station lights. AN lights FAR Out on go. %
. ihree or four hundred yards away WORKED
! ." ihat. hut there arr repeating signal lights
~ many points. that il. lights winch are wUrkcd
I whit nr red as occasion requires stiil fur
III from switches and stations. especially
rover there are curves. 50 that an engineer
, m always see and know all about his track
m on" 70 three miles ahead ~ him. There
J. nof road IN the land upon which the pre-.
cau'inns ar. 80 perfect and If every man on il
attends 20 his business there l. no reason why
IS a''idgni should ever happen on the Hudson
]. YER road that can assure YOU
little below Poughkeepsie We find ourselves
. 80 hy the brink wher. the river forms "a great
~. The surface Of the water Is marked hy
~ ia frH.H trls fIr..sa
both sides of the Dean X chmond steam
10 a. she cleaves her way swiftly DOWN the
stream. Lfery ripple. as Il br akS the sheet Of
lurn.shed silv yer. shows dark on one side aud
ms tipuNd with snow upon the other. mil.
We town W. dmt along close ny ui' open
~ ~ great rolling mill that -flnis between
I inl thr river. Fora moment our eyes catch
.diy VIVID scene ~ intense lights AMI black |
fa7tnE shadow. Glowing masses %. metal
y re rudy bars are icing sawn in twain
-: staiwar- w. kmsr a., IA n. ~" ~. XIII
Foreground and val ishins into the murky
$ h"hind-all these We Soc for only an in
N. and they are gone IKE the impression OF
ID. limo board At Vow Hamhrrrh station
vs. Ne that an extra ahead of u~ passed %
~ 70, u om"nt more we are Whlrllh- across !
Sew Hamburger draw, where one horrible !
-ni N February seven Years ago train full
sleeping PASS myers plunged into an oil
AT trsri"r dis6ed dowaG Into 10, Il - rex.
n.r nanr- ent Icy water wed with
..'- a how oi s.lH'ation We draw " along
~. -i '-ira'k"d fr"isht train ana ~ our !
: 4ne nl- duty. a iiuie below Low Point We
Nj ID, i,his % tle town 81 NewhurklL !
n.A Dotted rregulary here ard there on |
h''Ni ihe hll, they seem to belong rather /
sNldl'i- camp than O. a town, tut in the /
moon .igi I they appear 80 small. Beneath. |
'.e 'iu id stream. shines another New |
| -il. scarcely less fary-like and unreal.
49, we enter FlsAkill our engine gives one Of |
i flta IS lrAf
. IS ine object OF TINT Internal shrek was to |
!, 49, anyhody ~. the EFFORT has clearly been
~ age. In AL the town not light appears. |
If me railway signals not one human being |
; W. his head. just beyond where 50 many |
t.is mark the switches Of the junction Of the |
d J. ',s ana columbia Railroad that they look
b" halted torchlight procession. We pass
"'n re- the irownnR mass OF Sugarof noun
I, W. years ago section ol TINS mountain.
h ulg a. a German principally. left its storm
a'en perch near the summit and Numbered
"n INTO the little val ley. crossing It at a
f.-t trees out upon the railroad tracks. Man
mguy TOOK ny ne gage thus thrown down
cared the trees cut up into hrewood. and
lJihihg remained TO show the angry throe that
"a nrvw, and the mass Of debris at its base
= iNhs freight train. bound upward. meets us
. ~ .a,'!s slowly along ts engine keeping, up
!. s. all our clauter. Pollipell's Island claims
VT atl nuQn by its beauty. II stands out in the
Might on the mirror-like bosom Of tho
r. Ike large emerald set in polished silver.
even thus late in the season its foliage is
d iueinR M tho time board ms We pass Cold
i i- W" learn that the extra passed only
w. 4 minute before US. The buildings ~
y al Point. coidiy White ia the moonlight. show
az h't9 - NE RIVER, AMI seem 10 resemble
'fn's. Bo'wrcn them and ~ We az length
~ mn; 9i NE and motion On the river
,anN p ii1, great unNlel IS hulks mar
'Irl ~ Vi4"r heithd d pulling, spark peat
r'out -'lmpelling liule tugboat. like a
,@l 9l iPnp.ry raw recruits marching after