Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18
a1iILErIS BOARDS


special correspondence g. " sSS,ih.sca.,n.d1
Austin, l.ts" that was me sa aIen'n'
ten hours la's' Missouri Pacific on,,es,
4 information u a The other morn d,,}i
bosrd contained baiked it out in du,,,
The 'seuat legbiel le'i tgr,ansmitied
cold heated Information idnispatcher
ably repeaans'N train ipS,ici.l
By w. .n'ns other ,va con.
!. OF SOME abroad might nave hod iu
time ,- ng howeye,rI,, ,s OF are that he
passenger, a ane the most comiqr ,deti,
would eng tabIe and prepare ior lnue en-.
DliO,giu unity for vigorous Ug public against
poi pot'u If the travellffs railway of
this pl y" constantly m'sre IF
Efcials III the condition "a
resenting, .oems that every effort ~ Is
trains, II sse and conceal facts, not
made to mys,di'i, 10 accidents, but even
only lanyessents of passenger n tra,n
(which the hoard, which was invent ',,,
The bulle'rrr enient method Of giving
Jed as , Gon necessary iniormation' mas
|the public ,n,eeUU.pded as u kind OF rail-
way P asment, which is only us ,sond ~ ad.
9arra ,S ,he monotony OF ralir e ~ , r
Ilieviug .n ne,s and official orders IN CIV.
|verli;,eInle,In.ss. The man who pins ms
edged il ,ha bulletin board wou d De
l!.isu His faith is vastly 400 p pule
tle n alIir,ple to waste on WORTHY; oa,, .e
ana sI, !, 4 adapted alone the rei,ge" Sc
tsrs' y so a In the case cited IN
and ln ,inning. and which is no fancy
ihetsgl,Ihna'nten hours of course brought
4 no train; then cdlale and
that ~ RIM in on the succeeding
won nii t n then that this was zen
tram, . , then eighteen, and ilnaliy
hour ia; ~ twenty-five hours late, or
il came , ~ five hours behind the
lnssa a, train. The delay was "a ro no
9 lsIS unavoidable. Railroads anu ran aa
dOu9. .. uI" are of course subject TO ac-
rosa .s. ,,a MD cannot go beyond the
eoeaS 81 human skill and human en-
l an,or % in remedying them, sell
interest inisrest alone would prompt them 10
.sSompsh this as speedily as possible.
s Rntw6y It should be deemed necessary
!, nu teen the public in the dark IN re-
@n., 81 this is conundrum which no
ssIsvsisy nj least, can answer. Would
~ ,,a' passengers hanging around the
SsD6t ouizz ng the agent. gnawing
.ssndvicbes and smoking cigars, VIII
S s assist in any way to repair dam
s 1vs - and il is a species of not very
s sssns I cruelty to hold them in sus-
r ,sMse when they might be enjoying
ibe comforts of their own hearth-
stones, II there is anything harder
iban the layerage bench in waiting
room Il must be the heart
hat could project it. If
There Is anything more eXasperating
4 han a depot fire, it is the Bulletin
hoard. Between these three sources
oitorture, the passenger not habitua-
led to them Is in a sorry plight in
deed. and II nota recent convert of n
revival is very likely TO indulge in
some choice bits of profanity. Who |
will be held responsible for this in the
Judgment coming?
Ifthele was good reason for all this
mystlfCat,v.i and security,th traveller |
would willingly submit, but as none
can be found, the curses occasioned are
not only deep but very loud. Rail
roads owe a duty to the public which |
will never be fulfilled until they give
II truthful bulletin board.