Telegram-herald., 1888-01-01


nmissiea-
r. u al other states follow tasir
srampls.
49, sasa shall be JOY in ths hearts Of al
sssrs. aud psacsshail os suato those "no
wn. doxn 10 ths ssa and iourass 10
M aaoanfains by means OF railway tsAina
so m0tz a De
Tbexe razzed lines are written on ne
v,mhlinx ears. snd At each paragraph there
IA. pause While I tsn5srly carrsss seFsrai
...lliaxs en- my head caused oy sundFy
haun, against ths handle Of the appsr
bsrtA ia the ''slsepsr. in whicA have
passed two days and nights.
have jast read in the morning paper
ai.o.tch frota g. Paul. Minnesota, which
states sAat tie Railroad Commissioners o.
,b.t state have issued an orisr
nrovid.n<. that after today. "ea en-
uuosr berth IN any sleeping car run or
operated upon any railroad IN this State
shaH bs snd remain closed when
.x.r me bsrth beneath the same shaii
bs oecapisd 81 . passenger, unni tns
aDosr berth shall De male ready Tor
.csusl occupancy by some other passenger
,r.~sns provided that the bed in the upper
berth shall be mzds ready for occupsny. and
tAs berth thrn elevated aad oaosst unnl
nssdsd Tor actual occupancy, OF It shall oe
lowered sna fastened down. n tbs option OF
she taker OF the lower birth"
Ths only vonaer to that other Railway
Commissioners or Iegislat1res have not
done thing ths before. The idiotic and DIS
comforting rules" on both the Pullman
and Wagner people are only squslled by
ths disgusting per-istency in which their
conductors and portsrs insist upon entorc-
inx apon them. When have lower
always make IL a point 60 learn whether
fhs upper is liable 20 be Occupied IL II
4. nos aks great delight IN
bockl,nx the curt2ins and quietly
showing II mp into its place. The
sl-~uirx car companies discovered that there
Vas . small army just like me travelling
about the country. and 50 they inveated
wirs attachment TO hold the upper birth
down. Conhaentially I want TO say that !
have ruined many q good jsck-knife in cut
ting this wirs whsn l eoul4at unnook IL
Another fool order of these pnilsnshrcpic
e.t-rsrs 10 the comfort OF the traveller Is
th.t tbs porter shall make I'D all bsrths in
. sleeper. which % to have tsrmipus. after
10 or II in the sysning. l have known al
ths bsrths in a coach to be made up and the
eurs.ius dropped for the whole night. thus
.hutflng cut all air. when there were oU
four passengers in the car. and when the
eondncsor knew there would not be any
more
..yVb.t reason is there for il, porter9'
"Dafs de orders. boss
Coming o,r Of Albany the other night, on
,hs New YORK Central in a ramshscsIs old
wszn-r, which would have disgrscsd I
Northern Michigan logging road, told the
porter q, put TIE blanket from the upper on
my lower.
.'Csn't do Il boss
.s6at me berth Is not sold. and there
not a single upper in the car soid in tse
v,u have two lowsrs let hsvn't you"
YES. eat you sss there Is only ON
blanket 10 each berth.
DO yoa nesa 10 say you have no mor'
blankets on The coach
Oats al: De orders Is dat ssch berth an
~ hare one blanket
delib~rasslv vsnxed the blanket frou
ths npper bersh. There were thres gentle
nen in my party and Ne AL did she same
and told TIE porter II be thouxhs the Ns~
rsrk Sleeping Car company bad employs
enough on thss train to take them froua a
thev might ny Il The porter looked a
ever and We remained in undisturosd pos
session Of our extra blankets.
In enntrsdlstinctioa % the soovs. iolii
ss porter of q magnificent Pullman b1fs
o~~ On the CD esro q Alton. during Ia
ssxzarf Of Wednesday nighs, told us all i
zks the blAn<sss from ne uppsFs II We =
desired
sraks .nvthinx 70 can yes your hand
an dis vers night said tie porter.
Not an apper berth was sold IN the beau
tifnl car. bot al were aroppsd snd tassens
ssrr-withoat aav sxeuss whatever othe
thsn - nss<s tAoss who occupied the lowsr
uncanferssnls Tae ChicsE0 q Alton
one II she few rssds in the sonntry tbs
makes an sffort n prosscf Is patrons ssains
tAs stupid brutality ~ the sleeping car PEG
PIE. % al taeir through trains are IA
h.ns-prn. and sonfertAhls reclining cha
esrs These are spiendiJiiy sgaipped Wit
al rcnvsuiercss. theirs beinx vase rooEa
sod smoking ronns en- ssch car. Seats ]
fh-~> cars are frse snd msnv people pref
shssu vsssIv - he diseamf,rts of "a