The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-20
IN car.
Some Incidents OF a Train Running
Sixty Miles nm Hour.

Some Incidents OF a Train Running
sixty Miles an Hour.
AFeporter oithe New York Sun tooka
ride on q pay car Of the PENNSYLVANIA
road aiew days ago, andthus details some
Of the incidents: The payment Of wages
are not made In coin or bills. Checks are
made to serve the purpose. II there Is
any part OF the journey that resembles q
pleasure tour Il Is the homeward tip.
With q selected engine and q roadway
cleared Of everything that could cause
either danger or delay, this tiny train,
composed Of only an engine and a car,
often tests the capacity Of steam power
after o fashion that would make q Mis-
sissippi steamboat captain uneasy. And
yet It's accidents have been few. Once
when II was tearing around O curve, II
struck O hand car, and the frightened
train hands Clambered down on the pilot
and saw what seemed to confirm their
worst fears. The front Of the engine was
Uttered with clothing.
But q careful search revealed nothing
else than clothing, and information that
came soon afterwards told OF the escape Of
the laborers before their frail vehicle was
struck. Not long ago there was picked up
in one OF the Trenton tunnels theremains
Of a man who had been struck by q train,
and who was so mangled that Identified
ton seemed impossible. The corner Of an
envelope bearing his name, which was
found In his clothing, showed that he had
been paid his salary only three hours be.
fore. Just a month ago, when the car was
on Its return trip, news came that the fast
"four' had struck o man on the New
Brunswick bridge. This train Is one Of
fastest in the world. It's schedule time Is
sixty miles an hour. The man had been
warned that 1t wa coming, but said he
was a good runner, and no doubt could get
over the bridge ahead Of II. II is said to be
an actual fact that his body was thrown
fifty feet into the air. 1t fell into the river
20 feet below.
In the car the railroad men told stories.
When some one waved his hand ats pref
ty girl on a country road, 1t reminded the
others OF the factory owner on the line,
who wrote 10 the officers Of the road to re.
quest that an order be issued commanding
all train to desist from kissing their hands
Of his female employees. When several
tramps were perceived baskingona monu.
ment OF ties by the roadside, they pro.
vokel the remark that q four.track rail.
road was q particularly unhealthy tramp
ing round. 1t scenes that tramps who
step from In front OF train that they see
coming down upon them frequently step
In f.o0k ~ aUnNkan krain fhof tba,t ,1avit
see. The result Is not always fatal. All
railroad men know Of other railroad men
and citizens who had been struck by
trains and are now alive and well. One
man said that the tramps on the Pennsyl.
vania road are often the virtual masters oil
the trains they ride on. As many as 90 arc
sometimes counted on one freight"
A story is told Of Billy Giles, when he
was paymaster OF the Raritan and Della
ware Bay, now the New Jersey Southern.
He was alone in his Office, where q large
amount OF money was stored. Suddenly q
large force OF tramps and striking laborers
filled the ROOM. Giles is q little man. The
roughs demanded money. Giles was
frightened. They said they would kill
him II he did not satisfy them. Giles
opened his drawer and pulled out an old
rattle trap pistol that had not been loaded
for years. He was afraid It would fall to
pieces when he held it up. He pointed II
at the throngand then was afraidto speak,
for fear his voice would betray his state Of
mind. He made an attempt, however,
and fortunately his voice sounded fearless
and stern. III there is one did man In
this room in n minute from now" said
he, looking up at the clock, "Ill blow the
top Of his bead off" There was not a man
within sight Of the building when the time
expired,