The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-18
THE s1rv VINO MEYER pAK
Dea dheaAs 81 All sorts and QuaIities-Travel.
ling with Free Passes and "a Freight
Trucks and Gar RWofs- Brlbes To Tratnuaen.

SO broad and comprehensive. and there is as
sociated with IT such wreath OF poetic color
that the experiences Of a famous railway
beat, 81 related to reporter Of the
head on many y oi our Tsiiro"d ines thus told
I've passed through IL ali have felt the ex-
hilarating influence Of various kinds OF rcbufls.
loitier Ills Isl soul scars, and sometimes II gets
pretty sore. ! can assure YOU. Probably tho
Swes asS, Of FREE ssr;sy il S1 ns
seen fellows work that racket for thou
sands Of miles though ,S Down South Ss
to do this throws himself under N--
position on the cross bar OF tho brake. Ex-
perts don't care whether the car is movingor
is usually useless to get on while tho train 10
standing az you are, mighty sure TO get Hired
happened 10 stand near the track when q train
was leaving station at tho rate OF eighteen
mills an HHSr sGaa f"ss S :ae
der the car ana take seat on the brake. This
IL dangerous work. however. single miscal-
saTsagc meat of the ambitiops youth, &c.,.
n train. though I've seen long freight train
stopped in California and all hands engage In
would be- used freely and probes but when the
train started. nine changes out 81 ton some
one would catch on or course, TINS scheme
Year or two ago saw couple Of fellows eet
OF 4 Michigan Csntral express who had come
the Michigan o Central had n" in use m apparatus
for continuing the dust under the ears. Well.
tho dust AMI sand ratified down their pante-
loon legs until they could will, difficulty wade
In Montana the trainmen f,! sometimes shoot salt
into these train crabs. and in Arizona am in
fla disc RAJ ion ia llssd in discriminating ha.
tween the various kinds Of travellers. and cold
lead il poured into all alike. Another plebeian
A. SscideHt haEHsns 70 !hs train almost S sure
a trsmps Killed On deraeS rs S
train in Iowa last summer No tramp who
this mode Of travelling except as last resort.
One Of the greatest snaps however Is tho
ns s On baye no sn
doors. and once seated on the platform after
tho train is started you are sure to go until the
a dark night. The method employed is TO jumD
on at every station and run ahead or hide be-
spring quickly and noiselossly on again. For
several months q, IN ?. the summer several years
pretty skilful and could work on an average.
$50 miles in a night Sometimes l would
occasionally have failed TO make connections
in getting to my, seat on the blind mail cur
Sos cae the ns OF s
sleeper on the passenger. and II II trainman
was standing thrre would walk on through
the train and take my chances OF getting to the
ally the case. would quickly mount the back
would lie fiat on my back and study astronomy
unit! the next station va; Reached. In this
Ths y WoiS srfy s2 a
the North IN summer and fall. but IN the winter
son "na rs HhSfs "sn Ter fao
tories. Any man who has nerve can work II at
a. A., seasons however once made 900 miles On
emgrnnt train. The conductor only goes
through the train once; and gives back no
west Of Ogden. and watched the conductor. He
began to look NJ the tickets 81 the pssssns,rs at
until we came to II heavy grade and the train
was running very slow. l simply jumped to
the and ran Ss geinE on 6ehnd
had no more trouble When the next conductor
came on repeated the running act. This game
and Northern Oregon and Colorado roads. A
Ereat scheme is to sugar the yarimaster and
parry you ap x in reT Viii s this he
cuts a round hobs nearly through in the vicin:
when he arrives he KNOCKS H ' " Is throa "
the door md pulls out the plug or breaks
tss TO and ae S"2 nSs s
trail Atchis on. Topeka and Santa Fc and many
other roads 'empties' are run with onen doors,
ador,iing ample facilities to travellers. though
sometimes the tables are turned by "a trainnlnn
who slyly locks the door which the traveller has
closed in order to DE more solitary. | reInem-
Der coming over the Iron Mountain once in u
box chr filed with cotton bales some o0icious
remained in that ear four. days, finally gazing
upon God Is glorious sunlight once more III the
city OF CINCINNATI
Did you ever get cau:ht?"
Not often thongh cannot tell lie. do
not wholly deny the soft impeachment. Years
ago II WAS n common thing for twenty or thirty
toughs to board n train in California and ride
rs far as they wanted. II was n strange sight
"a "a ip..p- DaI bot 4
ing on top of tho freight cars. The Central
Pacific. however succeeded IN getting some
fellows In small numbers accepted the courtesy
S a rae n without nay they were suddenly se-
there among the knowing ones was for the
! hree or Jour or rs many ~ happened to
each es Sid somr to smear ,hni hGy had
the Justice usually dismissed the case FOR
the I'd allegation came to the ears q the ,n
with missed cVcry man on that train. Tho
doors Of loaded freight cars are frequently
springs The door Back Wh"n the G raseer lIr a
,sr and SaF ss the TGS w
mn ears. too. it Is sail. furnish excellent Ia
ciliies for FREQ riding II the mail agent is prop
cry Ieeu, The enlgrani trains are all easy TO
work and q man who can't work his way in Il
hgh- toned emigrpnt car from Chicago 10 San
out of which milionaircs ara made. Ii u follow
mas 2 little money With which to tin the condue,
~. n,s Inurmey VIII pe Us emoplh aht peasant
iorebodinGs can make it. The last and highest
FORM 81 Tree travelling IL Oh passes. usually
60 10 mo general managers OF the roads direct,
I'm on my way 70 locate huge paper mills On
the line and again am tic editor OF leading
metropolitan pnper Very often 1 approach "A
man. representing myself Ms the general man.
ager of the Sika. Panama and Cape Horn
route. or ao,ne other line. Sometimes boldly
announce that my name is the same ne that Of
the genera manager whom address and then
Suggest tllat L nave forgotten lip The
freight departments can usually be worked in
case OF failure with the general manager. /
quletiy say to the general freight agent that |
have one hundred ears Of string bnnns that [
want to ship in IA week. but must arrange for
their reception at destination. WIN no give
Iokahoma and return2 TO be sure he will
Wen. It's getting iutc. Give my compliments
"Ados."
Speaking with n general superintendent OF
told the ranorInr III ~ n f..,i.xLa 49,. 'I ,. Ho