Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-03-06
RIILHOID LIFE.
The Interesting Experience of an
ex- x-WiIntngtaBtan Between New
York and wasilin.tOn.

I
! aueas 81 an old Wilmiu ucton'sr Is from
the Waasrstlp National Rlpabiem Ne
class CT bfe.,i Silnet3 ses So iaaty phss q
of Luman life and character or il their
laiiy aTooal.,al euoouu.er 80 s4aus start-
ltaE ioa;asuis as lie rain J!hcisls 90 the
truuk liues OF railroads. One II this
cl.ss, who is about to retire from the
road after 20 yeas OF continuous service,
was met yesterday. The first three years
vssa sps1t ss a brak esnen, and the re-
naming " as baggage master. Fbis
veteran is Nip Lungren, whose RAILWAY
service has carried him over i $40 900
miles or IS times around the globe With
Ii, 800 miles 20 spare.
Twelve years this long service was
bstween New YORK end Washington, nut
the last eight have besn passed oi lie
road between WA3Lipgion and Phil siel-
phia.
SIS not the service between Nsw York
and Washington preferable TO that be-
tween Washington and Philadelphia ?"
"Yes," he answered, lin some 10.
spects, but railway lnen, you know, havs
40 voice ss to where They will serve.
ehey must 60 where they are ordered
or 90 oil tue road altogether.
in your ions experience with bisds Of
psabage you must have encountered
many queer people ?"
Queer! No end TO them. Tltre is
never a tIip bat We have trouble with
some sort OF cral,k. Msuy people lose
tAl ohse.:f 70. .hsi; baggage sad i4sist on
its being handed over without surrender
ing the checks, which cal't be done, You
know. During the centennial q. Pnils-
delphis when travel pss 80 heavy we
used to have 10 end to such troubls. One
morning mad to kuock two msr down 10
prevent .hem troll carrying away taeir
trunks without giving up the checks 0Ae
OF them happened to be q high official OF
tue road, but didn't know who he was.
Did get IN trouble through the ifaa I
Not bit of IL; the officer usppoped 10
bava good sepss ard commend lu-
stead OF oensuring me-. IL is strsngs,
too, now people trust valuables to .Ge ia
security OF orGinary baggage. Que morning
at Washington lady came to the bag
gag car .nd AAn1iug up Aes 9I5yS.
asked to be given her baggage for 3
ma.4.at. II was small, we'll wore
yslise, not worth dollar. She opened
it without KEY, snd right betJra our
y so ibph DuA q tnlSb iuit Vi fAtN4babhEt
apparently about $500, and taking out
two IS BILLS, put the roll back il the
valisa, and handed it back to MS. /. was
a compliment to our honesty 10 doubt,
but she was crAak sil the same y
"You " IA on the = ad duhipf the war
but probably met with nothing otnneoted
with it sxoep' the constant carrying OF
soldiers.n
Eyes, did, for one morning Harry
G,u.or whjte ~ o-e Of hia raid eIp'ured
onr train ~ Magnolia station HIS men
took all the pa3ssDgsss' Watches and
money, burnt all the care, end disabled
the locomotive. Gen. Frsnklia Vas on
Ihs train, but the rebels were altar plum
der, Got prisoners, apc did not carr hun
away-beside, hs wae ia citiz n's dress
and they didn't know who hewas sup
pose ii they had they would nave tGr
ni4hu& him With fces tran por,stion to
Libby prison. forgot TO cay tlat Gil
NOR burut the bIldse at Magnolia ihua
interruptipg direcs COM uniostiou De-
tween Washington ana the north, which
was no doubt the principal object Of the
raid ~
"How il it, Nip, you have newer been
conductor t''
81 never t,ied for II. pever have had
any desire to end my days in Disgrace or
possibly prison. am no better than
other men and my tpeors might have
run away with my o0p5ciepoe, Bat for
other rsasouG 1 did not care about bsirg
pushed ahead it may s0und queer, but
tell you there is pleasure to a certain
extent in our work ; sort OF satisfaction
in kuO king trunks OUT on the sa!livsn
plan"
"How about baggage smashieg ~
"Well, | will say this: fhgt II
trunk can stand for few veeks the
pounding We give il, the Thing must be
as solid as the rock OF Gibraltar But
must modify what | said minute ago
As RUE tbere il no malac4 ~ iulen'
tioasl carrlssan.ss ia the way ne haudie
baggage. We have got to DO things IL
hurry always, and never have time to
handle trunk as If it were a hshy.
Beside thst most people travel with the
flmsisat sort of trunks-things made to
sell cheap and not to stand the ordiuay
wear and tear of travel, The II 81 class
sole-leather trunk ia the oheApezt i'll the
long run, for it defes Us; we can throw it
about with all tn fJFca We can muster,
india rubber bsll
"How are you train people treated, as
rule, by the travelling pnolio n
''Thers ia deal Of talk, ynu kIoE,
4bout the rudeness Of train otieials %
passengers; there MAJ be sons truth III
the charge, but such rudeuess is nothing
st all compared with that OF pssssu.
gers to srain people. They Seem TO think
that every conductor is 8 thief, and every
baggage master ard brakesmsu q renisi
OF the lowest class. They are especially
annoying to conductors and brakes
meu, for thsy can't get ct US
except whsU the train is s,anding
at stations. When approaching crest
cities the travellers from the conntry,
- especislly old ladies, Will inss: en- the
conductor or baggage master, VI hrskre,
man telling them where aoine iiivui
they wan. 10 visit Iivea, just o. VI every
train official wsrs personally acquainted
with erybody in New York, Phila
dslphis, Baltimore, and Washington.
This sort OF thing Is very Annoying
sometimes, but ws must bssr with II 8
one OF the irritatiops of our osllire.
"Were you ever IN an accident :"
elm an accident Why, ,pcoras ul them,
] to be sure, Fifty al auy rate, and some
CT them very serious Aud l want -e say
| :his sbDut railway accidents. I he public
seem to think yhzi the majority Of sUcG
mishaps sle not accidents at all, put are
due 10 the onlpab.e caTelessuess OF the
engineer. That is uonseDss, ior il
ninety-rins cases in hundred line eDEi
near hss the least chance Of sAi5ty and is
not likely to wiltrlly pick up sn accident
whsn ke hSs the best chsucs OF all to b.
killed OF manned. | admit that many
catss,rophes are due to the care elessI-ss
or stupidity OF railway people, cut they
are switehnsn, telegraph operators, ,bridEe
tenders and she like, and not the people
VI the train. | will say this, there can't
be railway accident without some ore
cor0ec'ed will ths liue being to b anne -
With this truth the talk Of the veteran
came 10 an end
The EaUpnIpNiIlC ATnrs.