Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-05

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road run to, and he said he hoped
| to die if he knew ! asked him If
the General Superintendent could
tell, and he said he didn't believe
they had one, and if they had, he
didn't know any more about the
road than the passengers. / asked
who he reported to, and he said emo
body" / asked conductor where
he got his orders from, and he said
he didn't take his orders from any
living man or dead ghost. asked
the engineer who he got his orders
from, he said he'd smile to have any
one give him orders; he'd run that
train to suit himself, or he'd run it
into the ditch I'm railroad man
and don't care to run on road that
has no time or connections, runs no
where and has no Superintendent.
1t may be all right, but its suspicious"
"Maybe you went to the Congre.
gational church ?"
"Popular road, an old road, too
l-one of the Oldest in this country.
Good road bed and comfortable
cars. Well managed road, too; d.
rectors don't interfere with division
superintendents and train orders.
Road mighty popular, but pretty
Independent, too. One of the di-
vision surperintendents down East
discontinued one of the oldest
stations on this line two or
three years ago. But it is a mighty
pleasant road to travel on. Always
has such a splendid class of passen-
gers"
''Did you try the Methodist ?"
"Now you're shouting! Nice road,
fast time and plenty Of passengers.
Engines carry a power of steam, and
don't you forget it; steam guage
shows a hundred and enough all the
time. Lively road and when the
conductor shouts 'all aboard you
can hear him to the next station.
Every train-light shines like head
light. Stop-overs to through passen-
gers, and you can drop off the train
! as often as you wish, do the station
= a day or two and hop on the next
{ rival train that comes laundering
along. Good, whole-souled con-
, ductors; amt a road in the whole
: country where passengers feel more
at home. Wesleyanhouse air brake
: on all trains; pretty safe road, but ]
e didn't ride over it yesterday"
g "Perhaps you tried the Baptist|
: / guessed once more.
4 "Ah, hal she's daisy, isn't she
River road, beautiful curves; sweep
around anything to keep near the
| river, but it's all steel rail and rock
J ballast, single track all the way and
t not side track from the round
house to the terminus. Takes a
heap of water to run it, though,
l double tanks at every station, and
there isn't an engine in the shops
that can pull pound or run a mile
with less than two gauges. But it
runs through lovely country; these
river roads always do; river on one
e side and hills on the other, and its a
steady climb up the grade all the
way till the run ends where the
4 fountainhead of the river begins.
Yes, sir, Pll take the river road
every time for lovely trip, sure
| connections and good time, and nc
prairie dust blowing in at the win.
Q dows. And yesterday when the
I conductor came around for the
! tickets with a little basket punch, ]
9 didn't ask him TO pass me, but
n paid my fair like little man
t twenty y.fve cents for an hours run
a and a little concert by the passen
/ gers thrown in. / tell you, Pilgrim
you take the river road when yor
want--o Hu9 5t ,nsiArturH -.
3 But just here the long whistle
It from the engine announced a station
l. and the brakeman hurried to tn
9 door, shouting:
n "Zionsvillel This train makes n,
l. stops between here and IndianapC
's lisp ..