, 1880-05-30
uou the Railroads Garry 'mml'
grants from New fofF
to Chicago.
coanes on the Cars, Among Irish,
Germans, Belgians, Danes
and Swedes.
E.t;nu. Smoking, sieeping--What Should be
Pleasure Made Journey OF
Dirt and Horrors

.nnosed that after the steerage occupant.
each the land OF the free. where one mau - ~
nod AZ uuother,-and great deal pell*1'
v,f1 be Us well treated rs any natlse" nus
7.,ald representative, who has been 'o3s..e .s
eastward with train}oad OF eznigfan'e' 1as
ro,nd that here as well US at sea, the passe1se.
gsho travels at the cheapest rates rece'es
,tt,e consideration as the law allo"s'-petuap.
css. Prices below the usual passense. -;as
bv steamboat or rail. usually amps 1a .,~o
.Aa11ons or speed. which s'a s."s +hare
unavoidable by the sellers ou' a,,o,r-
Is no possible justice .,,. ordinary
ing on trains VIII e,o,+ @ 30 1uck
o,,,n1ement OF attendants such neglece ~ -
~ d..ne,np water by day and OF IRE On @ con
~. ~. freight can go through from New 1"A
- @,h;capo without change Of cars ano .ue,n H.,
~, r..oa ,asson why cEntgrants cauho1 ~ ~
,r5se instead OF being eonlpeAeu y. T1,a
49, s,,ddcnly and without nouce. 1no
s-,,sas.-, accommodations necessary TO oecehes
- <,...nliness should he in proportion 10 the
number Of persons carried, particularly Is 1ao,
tnvolve yery slight extra cost; out 1nes seeni ~
ha az few as on cars which are not haii Aa'eo VA
.nrfr;p. Most railroad companies are IN con
,.c,t Faar of legislation uufavorable to their
do thew realize that all the emisrants
tbax carry in the unnecessarily -uncom1or1aoae
manner descf1oeo Ii ooA ~Ae
soon be voters?
fs,szxxpoadenee Mig Tor& Hfra!d
f.a1rAfo. May sl-The task OF accompanying
aartv Of emi9rauts from Castle Garden to Chi
caco ,,ad no such Rttractiveness for Sour cor
--.snondept as to induce him to invite az ms
frtrnds 10 gee him Of. Rather "a ne go Gown UT,
- e tr1rs,rjy to the Emigration Bureau on the
a. dsr = before bis intended journey and make m
an;;r;es The office wills closed: that day parry
~ the West had gone on the oara'es; mere
would be no emsrant IRAN untm na ne 1,' ~" nI
Ills and more. There were, he SAID; three "nss @
o5 Going to Chicugn,-the fennsylranla, me
New York cena5a nd Il, nq nc ta Inc son hr nrce si3
wens ~,..ssmsn NJ NJ Muller, and there bought one
passage for the sum named: re- rssrettea uan
tna1 sold me the ticket iutima1ed that even for
si4 people be would take OF 10 per cent no,
4her,. Was po necessity, be said, for my loading
rain would stop three times i. day for meals.
end st eac1 place solid meal could be had for
q CENTS. There were certainly stopping places
enough. but they were not at "ea'-'u'sou
GOING on BOARD.
II the H1uld correspondent was little WIG
4hout the hair and t1ishayen about the cnln, u
his dnrk clothes looked ola anu Mof' f 1n Itu ,ate
War, au the disguise be Sought was oDealIaeu. l
Accordiu4ly about o'clock last Friday evening
Icrossed the ferry 70 The Erie depof an ersuy
men, women. and children OF ~ nauouautles
-coming OF the barge which had brouKht them
snd the. effects from Castle Garaep: nosS taeS
were well clad Others had OUT sagna1s, 70 ~
speak. that they were not wearing their oeSt
clothes from prudential 1n9ress reT "a eat hons
net. or scarf, that made their rough ciotnes look
ali the rougher- Some wore the rougn clotnes
without any visible upology- Eaea a one cdl, H,ea
mountains of trunks and boxes OF every
imaginable build and color, ntl properly checked
were quickly rolled from the barge 70 the Dug
gage-csrs asked for the Chicago train
way out there at the very end: saao a
porter, and walked down with my fellow pas"
seugers until seemed to be hnl9 way to Newark. ::
shyepishiy until some one led group up the
steps Of one Of the cars; they then all went III
With u rush It was Babel for Quarter Of f..7 "a
hour. When things began to quiet down asAe1
a trui,1- hand where should 60
Hight in here, sud he, Jump for it' there:
a place near the door, ,,..
It was an ordinAry railroad~carnaee' "'1i
p1rI THE Company hasn't emigrant- cars, y
he added land so they run out urst-c1assers"
young fellow, you're In luck
Ilooked joyful presutning 1t was the r1Rh
thing to do, and entered the rear door strong
odor OF poor humanity WAS arising from tne
tions / sat down near the window. which
onmned. : chattoring chorus, with the crying
of babies running through it. filed my ears
nary of three, with the usual number of bun
dcs' THESE he put into the seats remaining
yncant. They were father, son. and daughter
from Ireland. The son 1el 70 ny IN Sna fet,,a1 ~
brow. He was dectntly dressed. with tne Mr =; e
a farmer OF some means. Seeing that n!s
daughter, plensant-faced yonng ~okaaa u 20
Tas comfortable. he remarked:
They put me into that on!d conn III laefo
G cd bless us, but purtested:"
got up and walked through the tram, wnact t
eeyen passcnger cars, most Of the latter Delnf
the low-roofed, small -windowed, ha1tl-scate93 !
dim and dirty bores known us ..emigIan1 eafs: hs:
.We have ys5 eunigrunts and III pieces VI pa&-
sase,'' said the conductor oracutarly.
The depressing scene in the car where my sea,
WIS seemed splendor itself beside the squaIor y!
thuse flthy-lookiug dens, the "'emiErant cars.
where. as II by selection, the poorest Or numples
had taken their places. The atmosphere 10 eaci
WIS intoleruble to nostriis not accustomed " tut
see19se Of an emlgratsnip, 1neaG ss'nIs i eact
car,-the small children and babies VINO Wcl'
not paid for not entering probably into Inc co w
ouctnrs 3t5. 1t WIS now 0 oclock. "ncua ~ ~
were announced 10 start, SO l returned u
ms seat and waited patiently. The funnllil
tine Of 40 ordinary train to Chicago u tnlrtyst,
and = half hours. This train was told Woul' u!
ceeoed the latter figure by one hour ana twen..
minutes The emigrants had now settled them
seises soaewhat- Pipes were lit ana cleaiS
VIE oaor were puffcd and good humor prcValeu
WESTWARD 10!
AtAst, at twenty minutes to s, the bell bega1
70 Eng. and, with premonitory jolt the tf3al.
@ uau' ea SLOWLY out and into the tunnel. Inc u.
sas ay1n8 over the reclaimed Jersey s"a1nps
ana certain coldness in tho wind caused
seaesA coughing through the car, dlmly Ut y
Hs candle lamps. The windows were closed, an
ae smoke from the pipes and bad ctgArs thick
ensa tne aar flstbly. The conductor came alon
aua puncned the uckets,--H process afferWard
saasanX me poor people endless trouoie M
aeanoyAace. l uotlced4 too, th,lt this 1oo VIZ
ailel@ntcs given over to brakeIuen, the lofdl
oa1onctots evidently fearing to let these "sioF
e1l5, uaaandsome" persons come ST between IN
@ @lna and their nobility" The intelligence an
ters 1'ess o. the brakesan did not improve 9a mat
as ~ a rough shake, Here, show yer tlcAcis
,makeup; tickets" Was the mildcst form or tnt
eaakemanB eaA salute to the poor willing Souls "n
1T 1s9e only too anxious to conform 10 the rc8u
AAa1'as Whatever they might be-
MORE WATER
ne taak and write gran1iloquently OF the com
~ VI me bone and sinew Of civilization 10 ou
++sotes1 put though much has been done to max
@ He~iy-arEired immigrants lot among us Ie.s
tsasefaDle than formerly. much 1tmulns 70 0
+aptu'ea ~ They nrt not savOry. coming ouL {
ias IT. s.eamer's steerage, but immigrants now pe
lug 70 better of, cleanlier class than fot
.b .bV, ana hear loud complaints on all sizes c
ss: sasTaiorced dirt OF the trip. There was n
a.. hsaef but In the ordinary drinking vessei an
san,a ,aaTeqoently gave out altogether. WY
hala ho!a be impossible to build an einigrAnts Dale
sinse aiHase At Castle Garden or why ut certain poln1
s;sa ;one NE great lines Of railroad simple AVat Z
~ss ]s@ could not be provided for them. WITH q
tooH t.aoH Tor the sexes, cannot tell. They Woul
snrr1 Uny 700 glad to take advantage Ct botn. ~