Sharp County record., 1883-04-12
Hints to Conductors.


have carried them into the procession
of conducting railroad trains. The
genial man never succeeds in anything.
and the genial conductor is doomed to
a life of disappon ment and penury.
The conductor should first assume
that the road is run for his sole behoof.
nder no circumstances should he ever
permit a passenger to CLEAN the idea
that the fare paving traveller is entitled
to the slightest respect If man wants
to know anything, and he is square
across the jaw and huge OF muscle, !he
conditions are altered and it might be
well to answer his questions in full, but
if little man or woman becomes I'M
Fortunate, the screws should be put on
without delay. If the conductor gives
way to either of them, he must give way
to all, and perhaps lose all his 1un IN
the baggage car, besides forfelting the
respect of those who are inclined to
take advantage OF mans good nature
When a timid passenger or an elderly
woman asks a question. the snub is the
only proper answer Have no parley-
ing. Snub from the start, for II the
questioner finds that the conductor
hes tateS he's gone. Hestating con-
ductors have been asked as many as
ten questions between New York and
Chicago, while the man who puts the
passenger down from the start, has been
known to make six round trips without
bo;oor IN tarForp1 with
On a local train the conductor should
devote his attention to the school girls
AS a General rule, this class of traveller
can t lind anybody wiling to ffirt with
them, and, therefore they are more OF
less dependent on the conductor 10 a
certain extent the roads depend on the
SCHOOLGIRL custom for subsistence and'
therefore. it is to the interest OF the |
road to have men who will see that the |
line is made attractive to this lmpor-
tant branch of the community.
The proper place for the conductor IS
in the baggage car, for there he cail
smoke and sleep unmolesred by inquir-
inc minds who want to know, you
know. From that vantage ground, also
he can see the engineer ump, IN the
event of an accident, and understand
what it is best to do in order that he
may get out speedily and assure the
press that nothing has occurred, and
that the people in the burning cars didn't |
travel on that train. The killing of a
conductor puts road in a hole. The
impulse is to advertise the line by Civ
inc him a send-off, but that is an adj
mission that there was an accident,
and therefore, the conductor should |
take care of himself, rather than sub
ect his employers to any such incon-
7enience.
1t is well for the conductor to have
'avorites among his regular passengers.
These should be selected with discrlmI-
nation from among the smok ng and
1ask-carrying / traveller. Familiarity
With them paA for they will applaud
the &Iue+or does, and feed
i'm from theiirstore whenever he has
tdded to their Importance by cutting
lown some man who has only the merit
If regarding a functionary as public
ervant.
Along the line of every road are coun
ry girls who properly think that to
NOV the conductor is to approach the
iingdom of bliss. The conductor should
make it point to hand them on the
rain with some familiarity that shall
establish his relations with them from
he start, and then should sit beside
hem. with an arm carelessly thrown
across the back of the seat, and glggle
md laugh with them until they have at
;racted the attention of the whole car
This adds to the importance Of the girl,
and makes every other woman sigh as
she contemplates the young lady S hap
OinesS
If a man lose his ticket, bounce him.
No matter that he saw it a moment be-
fore. No matter if you see it lying un-
der the seat, bounce him. There is never
time when an oific al looks so dignitied
as when he is employing force to sus-
tain his dignity. If by any chance the
man find his ticket before he is bounced,
bounce him anyway. He has no right
10 waste the valuable time OF a conduct
or by making him think that he is going
to have the fun of a bounce, and then
90 back on him.
If you find by the ticket that a pas
se9ger is on the ngroad, tell him so,
and then pass on without any further
explanation. 1t wilLput him in frame
OF mind until he can hunt you up and
find out the particulars. Keep him in
suspense until the train that would car
ry him back has passed and then charge,
him what you like, for the company
won't know that he was on your train
at all, and you get an opportunity 20
put in little thrift.
There are few rules, in relation TO
waking a man up with a wrench, and
making him hand you his check in his
hat band refusing to let sick woman
have double seat, when there are two
other passengers in the car, occupying
bo coot poor ba CtOyp and 1pttInr the