The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-03-31

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elina. tho love Of my boyhood, and the crown
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| THEOLOGY By. THE BEANS or Il
lHEADLIGHT.
Bnrdstts's Intsrussw VITA Railroad Braks-
| man.
On the road once more with Lebanon fad
Ing away in the distance, the fat passenger
drumming idly on the window pane, the cross
passenger sound asleep, and the tail thin
passenger reading "Gensral Grants Tour
Around the World" and wondering why
Green's August Flower y should be printed
above the doors of +" A Buddhist Temple of
Benares." To me comes the brakeman, and
seating himself on the arm Of the seat, says !:
II went to church yesterday"
Yes 2" said, with that interested in
fiection that asks for more s'And what
church did You attenden
Which do you guess The asked.
Some union mission church s,' haz-
arded.
No." he sad, !" don't like to run on
these branch roads very much. don't often
go to church, aud when do, / want to run
ON the main line, where your run is regular
and you go on schedule time and don't have
to wait on connections. don't like to run
on branch. Good enough. but don't like
It,"
Episcopalp" guessed.
Limited express he said, !" all palace
cars and two dollars extra for seat fast
time and only stop at the big stations. Nice
line, but too exhaustive for brakeman. All
train men in uniform, conductors punch and
lantern silver plated aud no train boys allow
ed. Then the passengers are allowed to talk
back to the conductor, and 1t makes them too
free and easy. No, couldn't stand the pal
ace cars. Rich road, though. Don't often
hear of a receiver being appointed for that
line. Some mighty nice people travel on 1t,
too" 81
" Universalist an suggested.
BROAD gauge, /" said the brakeman i" does
too much Of a complimentary business. Ev-
erybody travels on pass. Conductor doesn't
get fare once in fifty years. Stops at all flag
stations, and won't run into anything but
union depot. No smoking car on the train
Train orders are rather vague though, and
the train men don't get along we'll with the
passengers. No, | don't go to the Universal
list, though know some awful good men who
ran on that road"
+" Presbyterian ? " Iasked.
NJ. n - 49,
"pretty track, straight as rule tunnel
right through a mountain rather than go
around it spirit level grade passengers
have to show their tickets 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's no atopover tickets allowed got to
60 straight through to the station you're tick
eted for, or you can't get on at all. When the
cars full, no extra coaches cars built at the
shops to hold just so many and nobody else
allowed on that road. It's run right up to
the rules"
May be you Joined the Free Thinkers 7"
| said.
Scrub road, said the brakeman, I" dirt
road bed and no ballast no time card and no
train dispatcher. All trains run wild and ev.-
cry engineer makes his own time, just as he
pleases. Smoke If you want to kind of q
go-as-you. please road. Too many side tracks,
and every switch wide open all the time, with
the switchman sound asleep and the target
lamp dead out. Get on as you please and
get off when you want to. Don't have to
show your tickets, aud the conductor isn't
expected to do anything but amuse the pass
engers.. No, sir, was offered pass, but
don't like the line. l don't like to travel ON
road that has no terminus. Do you know,
sir, asked division superintendent where
that road run to aud he said he hoped to die
II he knew. asked him IL the general SUI
perintendent could tell me, and be said he
didn't believe they bad general superintend-
ent, and IL they had, he didn't know anything
more about the road than the passengers.
asked him who he reported to, and he said
nobody asked q conductor who be got
his orders from, and be said he didn't take
orders from any living man or dead ghost
And when asked the engineer who he got
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body give him orders, he'd run that train to
suit himself or he d run it into the ditch
Now you see, sir, Pm D railroad man. and
don't care TO run on q road that has no time,
makes no come ctious, runs nowhere and has
no superintendent. Itmay be all right but
I've railroaded too long to understand it."
Did you try the Methodist ?" said.
Now you're shouting" he said, with some
enthusiasm. Nice road, Ell !? Fast time
and plenty of passengers. Engines carry a
power of steam, and don't you forget 1t |;
steam gauge shows hundred and enough all
the time, Lively road /; when the conductor
shouts All aboard = you can hear him to the
next station. Every train lamp shines like a
headlight. Stopover checks given on all
through tickets passenger can drop of the
train as often as he likes, do the station two
or three days and hop on the next revival
| train that come laundering along. Good,
/ whole-souled companionable conductors 1;
amt road 10 the country where the passen-
gers feel more at home. No passes every