The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22
The Crea, Fun that May be c OF
Out OF Steam Travel

\ good-natured and talkatiye con-
ductor on the Pennsylvania road leaned
against the stove II the smoking car of
al Incoming train the other day, and
remarked 70 a passenger who smoked
neGr h.m: y on have no idea how
rallroadlnc grows on man The more
YOU railroad tho more yoa want To.
Any other liie seems 4s Tia. as dish
water compared - il, and from The way
that things are advancing II railroadsn.
Il look. Very much as if there would
never be : Limit 10 the fun tina, can b.,
enjoyed. just now the great scheme )
TO 20 cruising rouud on the railroad
You talk about going eli in steam
yacht Why. II can't be compared to
watching on a railroad I"
Nv hat do YOU mean -
Why. man can 70 Yachting over
the American continent with more COM
fort and pleasure than he can over the
Atlsntic Ocean. II VII cost him good
deal OF money, but not a much a ID
VIII - run olS yacht, aud he Will have
no end Of fun. Fogs VIII not aifec;
him; he can live like a prince on the ia,
oi the land, and Just drift from one
place TO another. The only cost will be
Tor mileage over the roads and the sal
aries O. the engineer, fireman, cuuduc
tors, cook, brakeman and attendants
He can have any sort of al engine he
wants. 1t can be gold plated from stem
- stern, and have an aubastcr bust 81
/ Venus Oh the cowcatcher il he ; wIllin.
To pay Tor it. He can buy his own en-
gine and car, or he can own his car
] ,l..,, 4 4. q
sion as he goes over the railroad system
Of the country. Ii were going to travel
aDd had the money, | would do it up
III the proper stS le.
There are great many men, YOU
know, who have their own cars. They
hitch them to the tail end OF express
trains and 20 about from one watering
/ place to another, or of on little pic-uics
with parties OF friends Actors aud
actresses actually find 1t cheaper to travel
this way than to live at hotels. saw the
car last Thursday III which Bouci-
cault travels. Ii is Tilted up so as to
accommodate his entire troupe, includ-
inc everybody and the light lug
gage OF the company. They eat,
sleep, and travel in this car, have
no hotel bills, and thus come back to
almost the same conditions that char
acterized their grcat-great-grandtat
who were known as plays actors, and
who went about the country III a cara
van. | heard of man who came to
our office few weeks ago who had an
ambitions scheme in this line. He
wanted to hire a special engine and car
aud take trip over the entire systems
Of l,a ilna oil
railroad supplies of every sort. He
wanted to supply the needs OF the bi4
round-hOuses as well as the station
masters, and he was going to sell every
thing from car wheels to potted plants
He also expected TO drum for a railroad
, supply house in New York. He ex
pected to make such a reputation by hi:
unusual way of travelling as to earn ;
fortune in five years The scheme ddn'
1, 90. Our Superintendent didn't see it
and he had to give it up"
; Isn't there more OF less danger t,
regular passenger trains from thes
specials flying over the roads,
!. Not on any road on which the train
are we'll scheduled and carefully run
A cruiser can start out at any point c
G this road, for instance, aud make tri
o without the slightest danger of cOllisio
TO any point The system of signals
q perfect, and the trains are run on time
3 | don't know how it would 60 in th
i South" added the conductor retiectivel
! las they are often a bit behind tim
e there. No Southern gentleman believe
III business-like punctuality. Most {
the Southern engineers are Souther
, gentlemen. They run their trains dow
/ there in away that would made Nortl
y ern engineer tremble from head to foo
Is When the engineer gets good and read
)r to start he jump aboard, lights pip
says good-by to hi. friends, and lets h'
Of 60 Probably at the first station
: stops at mule will appear in the di
1s tance bearing on his back an aged &C
nr ored man. The engineer stops the ira
q and goes out and sits on the fence al
,v swaps stories with the fireman whi
q they wait for the mule TO draw nea
When ne arrives the negro tells the
his master wants to catch the tral
Presently the master is seen in the d
J., tauce. The train waits his arrival, al
- starts on again. No collisions ev
le occur, because the trains are so sic
there is always plenty OF time to ct
U before they come together.