The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-19
Il BIfliKIsW.IN .iT IUisClf.
The Branch, Limited Exprcss, Brond and
Narrow Gauges, Scrub and Popular, Nice
and River Roads.

From the Brrling' on IIawksyc.
On the road once more, with Lcba-
non fading away IN the distance, tho
fat passenger drumming idly on tho
window pane, tho cross passenger
sound asleep, aud the tail, thin passcn-
ger reading "Gcncral Grants Tour
Around the World' and wondering
why "Grccn's August Flower" shunlu
be printed above the doors of"A Bud
dhist Temple at Hcnarcs." 10 me
came the brakeman, and seating him.
self on the arm Of the seat, said:
II went to church yesterday"
"IcS?' said, with Il hat interested
infection that asks for more. "And
what church did You attrnu?"
(which ao You gucsS!' he asked.
"Somc union mission church," haZ-
artlrd.
"Now," ne said, 81 don't like to run
on these branch roads very much.
don't often 90 to church, and 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 Il branch. Good enough. bat |
don't like it,"
"EpiScopal?" guessed.
"Limitch cXpress.' Eaid he, ''all pal
acc cars and two dollars extra for Il
scat, fast time and only stop at the big
stations. Nice line bui too exhaustive
for Il brakeman. All train II cn in uni
form, conductors punch and lantern
silvcr-platcd, and no train boys allow
cd. Then The passengers are allowed
TO talk back ut the conductor, and il
makes them too free and easy. No. |
couldn't stand the palace cars. Rich
road. though. Don't often kcar of Il
receiver being appointed for that line.
Some mighty nice people travel on ii
tor.'
"lnivcrSalist?" | suggested.
"Broatl gauge" said .hc brakeman
''docs too much coml .in>niary buSi-
ness. Everybody travels Oh pass.
Conductor doesn't get fare once in
fifty miles. S,o.s at all flag stations,
and won't run into unythin" but Il un-
ion depot. No smoking car Oh the
train. Train orders are rather vague,
though, AND the train men don't Get
alnuG we'll with the passengers. No, |
lon't 60 the l,nivrrsaliSt, though !
know some awful good men who run
on that road
'lrHShtlcrlln: l aSEcN.
"Narrnw gauge. ch?" said the brake
man; "pr"l,y track, straight as Il rule
| !unucl right through II mountain rather
! illan 90 around il; spirit-lrvrl grade
pass scnMrrs have to show their ticket
before the, get on the train. Mighty
s.rirt read. but the cars are Il little mar
row: have 10 >it one in Il seat, and nc
room ii The aisle 10 dance. Then there
Is no stop over tickets allowed: got to
80 straight to the station you're ticket.
r,l FOR or YOU can't &C, on at all. When
the cars iMll. no extra ruurhr>; cars
bui at thr shops to hold jus, So many
and nobody else allowed on. Eat YOU
ann'i Uf,ru hear Of all accident on that
road. It's run right up to The rules"
"Maybc YOU joined the Free Think,
, crs:'
"Scrllb rnad," Sai,, the brakeman
''dirt road bed and no ballast no time
card and no train deSpatcher. All
trains run wild and every engineer
makes his own time, just rs he pica2rS
Smoke il you want to: kind OF Il go-as.
you-plr;.>c road. Too many SiuG-tracES
auu every switch wide open all tn,
time. with the switchuan sound asleep
and '! !GS 'arGS lamp 'H HSad "nt NoW Wet o2, a
! tickets, and The conductor isn't cXIcct
rd to do anylhin" but amusr The pas.
scn"rrs. No, sir: WAS oiirrctla Il bass
but dent like The line. don'l Ike tc
travel on road that has no terminus
-" you know. sir. | asked Il tliri,io:;
superintendent where that road rum 10,
and Ii" said he hoped to die ifhc know
asked him if the general suprrirtcn-
dent could tell me, and he said that Inc
didni believe they had Il general super
tntcndrnt, and if they did, he didn't
KNOW anything more about the road
than the passengers. asked him who
he reported TO. and he said "nobulv." ;"
| asked conductor who he cot orders
from. and he said he didn't take orders
from any living man or dead ghost.
And When asked the engineer whom
he got his orders from lie said he'd like
TO sec anybody give hinl orders: he'd
run that train to suit himself, or he'd
run II into the ditch. Now, YOU sec,
sir, I'm railroad man, and | don't
care to run on a road that has no time.
makes no connections, runs nowhere,
and has 10 superintendent. IL NAV be
all right, but Eve ruilroatlcd too long to
understand it,"
"Maync YOU went to the Con"rcga-
tionnl church?' said.
''l'opular road" said the brakeman :
"an old road, ioo-onc of the very old
cs, III tic country. GOOD roatl-bcd
and comfortable ears. Well manaycd
road, too: directors don't Interfere
with division supcrinicnlcnts aud
train orders. Roads mighty popular,
but it's pretty iudepemdcnt, too. A'cs.
didn't one Of the division supcrin.cnd-
clts down east discontinue one Of the
oldest stations on this line two or three
Years ago! But it's mi,h V pleasant
road 10 travel on. Always has such a
splendid class ofpasscngc s.
Did yon Try the Mc,lodist ~ said.
"Now yoHrc shouting." he said.
with some enthusiasm. Nice road.
eh?' Fast time and plenty Of passcn-
gers. Engines carry apowcr Of steam,
aud don't You forget it, s,cam-gaurc
shows hundred aud enough all the
tllac. lively road; and when the con-
ductor shouts 'all aboard YOU hear
him to the next station. Every train
ll&h; shines like Il headlight. Stop
over checks are given on all through