The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-07-04
RAILROAD ENGINEERS.
now 1T FEELS TO KILL A MAN ON
THE ROAD.
What Engineers The m~eiyrs Have TO Sn,
ON the subject.

Whit Engineers Themselves Have TO Say
ON the subject.
The other night when the Western ex-
press arrived Mt the Broad street station
from New York, says Philadelphia
paper, Engineer Nandcgrift discovered
blood trickling down the Spokcs OF
the cow.catchcr. He knew that
some deadly work had been done,
hut was ut a loss 10 tell when and where
it had occurred. He told Harry Foster,
the conductor of the train, what he had
discovered, and Immediately word wNs
tclcgraphcd all along the line TO make
search for anyone who might have been
struck by the train. Shortly after mid
night the dead body Of man was found
near Bridcsbnrg station with the head
crushed in. In the meantime the con-
ductor and the engineer had gone to their
homes. Conductor Harry Foster told
II fcllow-conductor the next day that he
had passed slccplcss night, and the en-
ginccr reported similar experience.
An old engineer said to II reporter the
other day: "Thc public, taking them
collectively, think that an engineer is a
hard-hcartcd wretch, and that he thinks
no more Of running over human being
than he does of killing n COW or n hog.
| I've heard people say that We became
hardened to il, and don'i mind it lit
hut that's mistake and very grave
one. / remember killing man some
five wears ago, and know that couldn't
sleep for month except by fits and
starts. / used to have the most horrible
Nightmares that ever worried mortal
man.
conc night" continued the old cngi-
nccr, Ms he shifted his quid of tobacco.
~ had horrible dream. That was an
awful night. My wife woke me up. |
had my hand on the foot-rail of
the bed, Just as if | had hold of the
throttle, and the beads of Precipitation
were standing ont all over my face. My
wife told me how | had yelled, For
Gods sake, jump aad how il had
Weakened her; and then she sprang ont Of
bed, shaking with fear, and when she
shook me and | saw where | was. | told
her Of my dream. It's % mean thing to
accuse Us If not minding killing people,
said the engineer, as he took his oil-can
and started to oil his engine.
Another engineer ont III the West
Philadelphia yard told the reporter he
knew Of n few instances where engineers
had gone crazy from killing people will,
their engines. 81 know poor fellow,
said the engineer, "who WAS on the New
Jersey Central. He killed n woman NJ
by Clifton one night, and that night
heard him tell the train-mastcr, Bill,
Smith, Mt Elizabeth, all about it. IL
seemed to grow insane right there, AM
> bad queer look i'll his eye. A wceI
after that he was put III straight Jacket
and he's in am insane asylum to-day
~ nothing short Of maniac, and tina
=. happened nearly fifteen years ago"
!, it il very evident that the Who'll
- course of an engineers career is not n
u smooth MS the track hc runs over. The.
y ARE supposed to- exercise presence o
" mind, never mind what starcs them il
- the face.
y The engineers on the Pennsylvani
\ Railroad get 81 80 u day, or S115
month. For instance, round tripfror
the Broad street station to Jersey Cit
and bock lS2 miles, is considcred day
y, work Eycry third day they have off.
~ When YOU see mn engineer who is rul
n ming u passenger line y"n can make u
it your mind that ne has worked l1l
A. time on an engine br'or" he reaches III
TO important post
Us First, there are io'ror I'VE years 10
i, served as a fireman. ana men s S'.el
lc years Oh -" irciSh' 'i"ii'' Nv '"ens, y,
NJ on the ichnSylVanin ro''o are careful i.'l
ty selected ny the road foreman .1 Vi risin'
IN ana no man Known 'oor,,, '; ,I" Oh I hor
ty DC allowed TO run "m tLs,o ,' "n i aor
nr MOI only Is lholI me- N', .,o y" u" "",
Mt lnliy scr"' l',. w, o,orall,, huoum !
re While on du'y are B'ic''l'y A"o"'
d 'he oillcers, ,,..o Aha .,o,;soo,;o,
l. "A ll','' h i'S' on ,,' s ,o hamJ So
s. o, rIS, ga ,h "'' rcno or "Fos is
so all ol''o, ,,, , W. Wv oo,n rhov dare n,
t. engineer worS' oI,p'n woo,hnr omJ In,
a. run 80 i"s' ~ Ill ''"i n''' a., -;