The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-19

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man; ''pretty track, straight asa rule:
tdnncl right through a mountain rath-
er than 90 aroundit; spirit-level grade
passengers have TO show their tickets
before they get on the train. Mighty
strict road, but the ears are a little mar
row have 10 SIT one ina seat, and no
room in the aisle 10 dance. Then there
Is no stOp-Oycr tickets allowed: got 10
20 Straight through to the station You
nrc tickcted for, or you can't get on at
all. When the ears full, no extra
reaches ears built 1t the shops to hold
just sO many, aud nobody else allowed
On. But You don't often hear OF an ac-
cidcnt on that read. It's run right up
TO thc rules"
Maybe you joined the Free Think
crs =" ] said.
SCRUB road" said the brakeman;
dirt road-bcd aud no ballast: no time
card and 40 train dispatcher. All
trains run wild, and every engineer
makes his own time, just as he plcuscs.
Smoke ii you want to; kind of gO-as-
you please road. Too many side tracks,
aud every swith open all the time,
with the swithman sound asleep aud
the target lamp dead out. Get on us
you please, and get of when you want
to. Don't have TO show yOur tickets,
and the conductor isn't expected to do
anything but amuSe the passengers.
No, sir, ] was offered pass, but | don't
like the line. don't like TO travel on
Il road that has hO terminus, DO you
know, sir, asked a division superin-
tendent where that read run TO. and he
said lac hoped TO die II he knew! | ask
cd him If the general superintendent
could tell me, aud he said hc didn't be.
licye they had a general superintcu-
dent, and il they lad, lie didn't know
any more about the road than the pas
Scngcrs. | asked him who he reported
TO, and hc said nobody" 1 asked a
conductor who he got orders from, and
he said nc didn't take orders from any
living man or dead ghost. And | ask
ed the engineer where he got his orders
from, he said he'd like to see ANYBODY
give him orders-he'd run that train
to suit himself, or he'd run it into the
ditch. Now yOu see, sir, I'm a railroad
man, and ] don't care to run on Il road
that has 10 time, makes no cOunec-
tiOnS, runs nowhere, and has no. upper
i%ntendemt. ltmay be all rightJk I've
railroaded too long 10 undcrsta. n IT."
Did You try the Mcthodisty" | said
Nov; you're shouting he said,
with some enthusiasm. mice road,
ell? Fast time and plenty Of paSsen-
gers. Engines carry a power of steam,
and don't you forget it; steam gauge
shows Il hundred and enough all the
time. Lively read; when the cOnduc-
tor shouts 'all ubOarl' you can hear him
the next station. Every train-llnp
like Il headlight. Stop-ovcr
given on all through tickets;
passengers can drop off the train as
like, 90 the station two or three
hop on the next revival train
hat comes laundering along. Good,
whOlc-soulcd, conpaniouable COnduc-
tors; amt a road la the country where
passengers feel more ut home. No
passes; every passenger pays full traffic
for his ticket. WcSleyan-houSc
lir-brakes ON all trains, too; pretty sale
but | didn't ride over it y%eater-
Maybe you went TO the Congrcga-
.iOnal Church ~ | said.
popular road" said the brakeman; |
'an old road, too; enc of the very old
,st in the country. Good rOadbed
md comfortable cars. Well managed
road, too; directors don't interfere with
superintendent and train
orders. Roads mighty popular-but
pretty independent, too. See didn't
)nc Of the divisions superintendent
Town East discontinue one ofthe oldest
stations on this line two or three Yeas
lgo? But it is II mighty pleasant road
. travel on. Always has such Il SPLEEN
lid class Of passengers"
"Perhaps You tried the Baptlst?"
guessed once more.
"Ah. ah !" said the brakeman, "shc's
/ daisy, isn't she? River road; beauti-
I'LL cure; sweep around anything to
keep close to the river: but its all steel
and rock ballast single track all
he way, and not Il side-track from the
'Cuud-llOuse to the terminus. Takes u
reap of water to run her, though;
tanks ut every station, and there
sn't an engine in the shops That can
)ull a pound or run Il mile in less than
W. SdbStcs lNl IL luIlS NHlullSl II |
beautiful country; those river roads
do; rivcrO Oh one side, hills on
he other, aud it's Il steady climb up
all the way till the run ends
where the fountain head OF the river
Yes, sir; I'll take the river
Dad cverytime for Il lovely trip, sure
connections and good time, and no
dust blowing in at the windows.
And yesterday, when the conductor
anne around for the tickets with a
little basket punch, | didn't ask him to
Dass me, but | paid my fare like Il little
han-twcnty-tlve cents for an hours
I'm and Il little concert by the passen-
.ers thrown in. | tell you pilgrim,
on take the river road when you
Want
But just here the long whistle from
he engine announced n station, and
he brakeman hurried to the door shout
ng:
IIIiouyilln This tro;n p,cIcs no