The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-03-27
Some mighty nice people travel on 1t,
.Uniyersalist7 l suggested.

too
'Universalist7 / suggested.
Broad guage, said the brakeman.
does too much complimentary bust
ness. Everybody travels on pass.
Conductor doesn't get fare once in
fifty miles. Stops at all flag stations,
and won't run into anything but a
union depot. No smoking car on
the train. Train orders are rathes
vague though, and the train men
don't get along well with the pas
sengers. No, l don't go to the
Universalist, though l know some
awfully good men who run on that
road
Presbyterian / asked.
Narrow gauge, ehp' said the brake
man, pretty track, straight as rule !;
tunnel right through a mountain
rather than go around it; spirit
level grade; passengers have to show
their ticket before they get on the
train. Mighty strict road, but the
cars are little narrow; have to sit
one In seat and no room in the
aisle to dance. Then there is no
stop over tickets allowed; got to go
straight through to the station you
are ticketed for, or you can't get on
at all. When the cars full, no ex-
ira coaches, cars built at the shops
to hold just so many and nobody
else allowed on. But you don't
often hear of an accident on that
road. It's run right up to the rules. ;
maybe yon went &c the Cengre-
gational church, l said.
Popular road, said the brake
man, AN old road, too; one of the
very oldest in this country. Good
road bed and comfortable cars. Well
managed road. too; directors don't
interfere with division superenten-
dents and train orders. Road
mighty popular, but it's pretty indie
pendent, too. Yes, didn't one Of the
division superintendent down east
discontinue one of the oldest stations
on this line two or three years ago2
But its mighty pleasant road to
travel on. Always such a pleasant
class of passengers.
did you ever try the Methodist
/ said.
Now you're shouting he said with
some enthusiasm. Nice road, eh?'
Fast time and plenty of passengers.
Engines carry power of steam, and
don't You forget 1t, steam gauge
shows a hundred and enough all the
time. Lively road; when the con
ductor shouts all aboard you can
hear him to the next station. Every
train light shines like headlight.
Stop.over checks are given on all
through tickets; passengers can stop
off the train as often as they like, do
the station two or three days, and
hop on the next revival train thai
comes laundering along. Good,
whole souled companionable road ,
amt road in the country where the
passengers feel more at home. No
passes; every passenger pays full
traffic rates for his ticket Wesleyan
house air brake on all trains, too,
pretty safe road, but l didn't ride
over it yesterday.
Perhaps you tried the Baptist"
I guessed once more.
'Ah, har said the brakeman, she's
a daisy, isn't she? River road; beau
tiful curves; sweep around anything
to keep close to the river; its all steel
rail and rock ballast, single track
all the way and not side track
from the round house to the termin-
us. Takes heap Of water to run it
through, double tanks at every sta
ton, and there isn't an engine that
can pull a pound or run mile with
less than two gauges. But it runs
through level country: those river
roads always do; river on one side
and hills on other, and it's steady
climb up the grade all the way till
the run ends where the fountain head
of the river begins. Yes, sir, III
take the river road every time for
lovely trip. sure connection and good
time, and no prairie dust blowing in
the windows. And yesterday when
the conductor came around for the
tickets with a little basket punch,
l didn't ask him to pass me, but ]
paid my fare like little man-25
cents for an hours run and little
concert BY the passengers throwed
IN. / tell you, Pilgrim, you take
the river road when you want
But just here long whistle from
the engine announced station, and
the brakeman hurried to the door,
shouting:
'Zionsville! This train makes no
more stops between here and Indian
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