The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-04-22

And 80 Gathered sense Technical Points ON
DenoulinAti0nai Dlnerences.

says: 81 went to church yesterday"
"Yesl" / said, with that interested
infection that calls for more. "And
Whist church did you attendf"
(Which do you guesbi' he asked.
"Some Union Mission Church, /
hazarded.
"Naw," he said; IL don't like To run
on these branch roads very much. i
don't often 60 TO church, and when ]
do want to run OH the main line,
.here your run is regular aud you 90
ON schedule time and don't have TO
wait on connections. / don't like 20
pn on branch. Good enough, but ]
don't like IT,"
"Episcopall" l guessed.
"Mmited express" be said, "all
palace cara, and 81 extra for seat;
fast time, and only stops NJ big stations.
Mic, line, but too exhaustive for a
b. akeman. All train men in uniform,
and conductors punch aud lantern
silver plated and M train boys allowed.
Then the passengers are allowed ~ talk
back at the conductor; and il makes
them too free and easy. No, / couldn't
stand the palace cars. Nice road,
though. Don't often hear Of receiver
being appointed on that line. Some
mighty nice people on it, too"
"Universalist1" guessed.
"Broad gauge" said tho brakeman;
does too much complimentary business.
Everybody travels on pass. Com
daetor doesn't get fair once in fifty
miles. Stops at all flag stations, and
won't run into anything but union
depot. No smoking car on the train.
Train orders are vague though, and
train men don't get along well with
the passengers. No, don't go to the
Universalisi, though know somG
awfully good people who run on that
road"
"Presby,eriani' asked.
Marrow gauge, chr said the brake
man; "pretty track, straight as rule
tunnel right through mountain rather
than 20 round it; spirit level grade
passengers have TO show their tickets
before they get on the train. Mighty
straight road, 5ut the carsaieA little mar
row; have TO sit one in seat and nc
room in the aisle to dance. Then
there's no stol, over Il t.,s allowed
syot to 20 straight ilr,n ~ - the sta
ton you're ticke;ci ~, g, tD'i can
get ON At all.
When the cara full, ,,o extra c"aclirs
cara built at The Ah.p 10 hold j.'Nt a.
many and m,l~.iy elss. allowed al
But You done ,.ft..n Lrnr of an aeci,l,nl
ON that road. Il tun~ right up TO tli'
/ itiies ?
"Mayba you joined lle free think
ersi' said.
"Scrub road, said the brakeman
''dirt roadbcd and no ballast; 40 Tim,
card and ho train dispatcher. Al
trains run Wild and ever engineer
makes his own time, just as hes pIeAses
Smoke If YOU want to; kind u go-us
yon-pl,ase road, Too many side tracks
and every switch wide open all th,
time, with the switchman sound asleeI
and target lamp dead out Get on a
you please aud get OF when yen wan
to. Don't have to show your tickets
and the conductor isn't expected to d,
anything but amuse the pass gers
No, sir, | was offered pass, but
don't like the line. / don't like I,
travel on line that has no terminus
Do you know, sir, asked Division
Superintendent, where that road run
to, ana he said he hoped to ldio if h
knew. asked him il the Genera
Superintendent could tell me, aud b
said hc didn't believe they had Genera
Superintendent, and it they had b
didn't know any more about the roa'
than the passengers. l asked hin
who he reported to, and he said 'nr
body | asked conductor who he 60
his orders from, and he said no didn
take orders from any living man q
dead ghost. And when 1 asked tll
engineer who he got his orders frsm, h
said he'd like to SEQ anybody give his
orders; he'd run that train to suit hin
self, or he'd run it into the ditch. Now
you zee, sir, I'm railroad man, and
don't care to run on road that has n
time, makes no connections, runs M
where, and has no Superintendent.
may be- all right, but Two rail-roa'le
too long to understand it.
"Did you try the Methodist
; said.
, "Now you're shouting" he said wit
some enthusiasm. "Nice road, el
. Fast time and plenty of passenger
Engineers carry power Of steam, m
don't you forget it; steam gauge show
a hundred and enough all the tim
Lively road; when the conductor shou
'all aboard, you can hear him at Il
next station. Every train lamp shin,
like headlight. Stop over checl
given on all through tickets; passenge
can drop Elf the train as often as
likes, do the station two or three day
and hop on the next revival train tn,
comes laundering along. Good, whol
; souled companionable conductors; ain
road in the conutry where the pa
sengers feel more ut home. No passe
every passenger pays full traffic rat
for his ticket. Wesleyan house al
brakes on all trains, too; pretty sa
; road, but L didn't ride over it yeste
day"
"Maybe you went to the Congreg
} tional church2" l said.
Popular road" said the brakema
"an old road, too one of the very olde
in this country. Good roadbed al
comfortable cars. Well managed roa
/, too; Directors don't interfere with Il
Division Superintendent anu ira
orders. Roads mighty popular, b
: its pretty independent. too. See. did