Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-12
THE PULLMAN MAN.
HOW re MANAGES TO GET AHEAD
OF The INQUlSiTlVs SPOTTER.

The Duties of = Sleeping Car Conductor.
Putting a "Porter's MARX On a Spoilers
Shoes-Raising the Accounts-On Hotel
Car..-The Art of Knocking Down"
YES said an ex-member of the Pullman
force, who had a run through from New
York to the far west on the most frequented
highways of travel, there are great oppor-
tunities in the experience of the sleeping car
man. Ii takes a man with a head ON him TO
know what ne is about. And | guess there
are fewer Of them caught in any monkey
business than any other set of trusted EN-
ployt-s in the country. There are new men
going on the road all the time, and those who
have a prrdispoSition to crookedneSs are
never allowed TO grow old III the ways OF
sin"
SO they knock DOWN.
well, that's broad question. They don't
all do it. But there is just the same chance
for Pullman man there Is for street car
conductor, but the risks are greater and he
has mon, to loSe by il. But the knock down
system is bv no means an ancient custom
Its devious paths are known; sometimes the
broad light Of investigation trac in upon
them and the man who Is caught loses ms
head and Sl25 a month.
TO begin with, Il sleeping car man must
familiarize himself with an intricate system
of SingIecntry bookkeeping. On every trip
he carries with him a whole set of clerical
apparatus for keeping his accounts. They
comprise diagrams Of the berths, check books,
markers, accounts of receipts and blanks to
make receipts out the same a a ships mani
fest, and if he wants 10 pocket a couple OF
dollars. or a five or a ten, he has to keep track
of an immense amount Of detail, doctor up
his accounts in good shape, keep an eagle eye
on the porter and run the gauntlet Of spot
ters"
~Spotters!"
YES. spotters There IL a whole army of
them on the road inceSsantly-male and
female both Pullman keeps them employed
all the time They never Use passes. II they
go through from New York 10 st, Louis, or
from Boston to Washington they buy first
class tickets, and pay for them with checks,
lust the same as wealthy railroad tourists.
But they become known. They've got &c
hang around the car in day time Il little, to
get track Of things. and good fly porter who
can't size up a Spotter when he sees him amt
worth having
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chips in. Then the conductor makes up his
accounts $40 above what they ought to be,
fixes up the diagram, and punches few