The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-31
LIFE IN A RAILROAD CAMP.


LIFE IN A RAILROAD CAMP.
Chicago, Texas ~ Mexican Central.
To the Editor Of the Herald:
The more become accustomed to 'life in
a railroad camp" the more l don't like it,
yet II Ia not without its attractions TO those
who do like it. There are few camps within
tho entire range Of railroad building, perhaps,
moro wretchedly located than this Bslcher &
Stranahan camp-only two miles from your
city. Part of it lie on one side of Trinity
river and part on the other, and although
the two parts are but half mile distant, one
must travel seven or eight miles to pass from
ono to the other. We are located down in
the slums. slews and shines of his dirty little
rivers bottom, where We have not only
flies of every description and size
to bother US, but insects and GREEN
ing things whose names and numbers ara
legion, and which might have been sutli.
Gent to have checked Phsroahs hosts, but
which are insufficient to check for an instant
tho onward march Of great railroad enter
prise. Ii nothing worse than hop.tosd gets
into my coffee at breakfast, | pick him ont
and go ahead with the meal, without remark.
but when tarantula, ,.cenliped or snake
takes possession of my bed, | mean shoe.
boxes a! night, my natural Christian spirit
breaks down ana he dies. 1t would not
surprise II at any time to SEQ an alligator ss
big as the fish that furnished acc,mmods-
ton for Jonah, II few scrip,ural wears evo
in place nearly as low and wei
as this, come into the tom,
and contend for INV "easy cbair"~crscLar
box. When no comes he can have |, Hare
we are lulled to sleep by the swee,lv ,rill;no
music of the gentle voiced bnlli,on anS
aroused from drowsy slumber NV ,ho sro;na
and preying of that bloodthirsty little hynnss
critic, "Amos Kee,ern ''p''
1t awful hot hare. % no, that !, :, =.
wonder the men and mules stand q +, u
hotter than the orthodox perdi,;on and no
| ice factory nearer Than Dallas ''
| Notwithstanding the above iri0ioo araw
backs we arc beginning to take On ms,rnnn,.
itap airs. Our wa,erworks ara sntr;c;oatI,
complete for sny burmese and are n",,or
IN on the plan BIZ which the strests of Ia,u'
S%ean. az" hosa mp. oioau, where every man
S S~ I h;0 nus own eoor; Every one
A' nn n no n,S ns PInu ueiore DIS own door
o;, w, poop'' a,o beginning 70 sgl!s'e the
. .;sSu uISo. Question, munlcipal elections,
s -" SSn.' anI 'aAes. NO true American can
40 Happy "n'''' no HAS LAKES 70 grumble
"V w" h.ro ,,a.N. a.
s,., i, NV NV nsu NO. ase, ana II pelng the
s. .ha St' !. '", We al iee, .oieraoly stuck
| ~ "nous - ~ LUZ ounce uucKing residence
., h,r' s omat. coanasra'ed, with all his
a nT,e tteo, Gay Or so since. Loss
S.o' no insurance Inc nohor OF being the
nrs. nan 70 ,mIoouce TINS innovation was
conquered suiiic'en' reimbursement for the
loss s. I'm
Uar camp u 'lko u cry IN another respect
~! mas lls ever present loaier, l.should think
tnathe would o'e. one naturally wonders
now no can hve mere ana anus, himself,
now a'a ne geI mere! lilo must have been
hsaveu up IN 'he deep CUT where they are
oiasling roek-olssI him!-and has ever
since ioaWd along WIN US being too lazy to
WORK or make an effort to get away. from
camp ma p ana taen we nave the eterna! inve