The sun., 1889-03-17

| L "a through without stop
VI X " reporter riakc!hi. way
~ over tho drawnridse
Sass, aud through tho gloom
S-NA = of CoalpOrt into tho
= N>A - cnhoose Just before s
~ .ANT LEhrt o'clock, ,ho found brake
| ETIN 1f'Hr"~ men CLARK and Phillips
| G$/S engaged in nn animal =
| wy - ed discussion on tho
snnS "n..SsS rar, hiiiihE ,pn prosGnsSs awns Of %
| managers to introinre life saving improve;
| ments. Phiilins remarked that certain road
not far away Killed of ii traiiman nearly every
| DAY in the year. This was largely owing TO tho
fact that the coupling was not ohIiorih %, on
bridges we're 50 low tia, Il man couldn't sit up
on The toy OF tho Ga:' Leave alone Sra''IE;
fell hetwcra the moving ears. and It was mi
raculouS that he cscaDcd. Clark mad receiyrua
cnt hcia ahts ard hrGiscd u leg. but le was MIN
Bile and fearless. Notwithstanding.
than on passenger repe Itcl Clark with Il
Most aSuredy tried IassSSniHier, hEo%i"HE ionH
wSar % nNt dadSs "iS2'n nnni%E% ~ 4SoEn i$s iSde5en
ten times ns hard as the passenger mon. and
the weather runs pretty bud sometimes. But
WSS get better pay, and Ike IT, netteri !, too
can't account for Once railroad man nlwavs
"a railroad man. Aitcr beingnt it several years
kerping-clean work and easy, you know
used to Two out along the line g tie NewJcr-
every day and saw the old boys Il hankcrin'
that couldn't resist came over me to try, my
hand again., It wasn't long before | was M back
at it, and I'll probably never do ANYTHING Else.
The i'GCnan. George field, who WAS ailinG
when he started oat in the morning; was sick
enough whoa he got 10 Trenton 10 be laid OIL
fellow. closely akin to " The Article" was mus
tered in Head Brakeman Clnrk shifted about
for ahn =
night. NiiiIeman rhlIlps took Cark's place
into motion Just before . O'Clock. Clark trimmed
and lighted the red lanterns for the tail of tho
GTS9SH mors tdy '. Th5 iss9riSr % iS"ei apoat Tor
a comfortable spot. There We're, iive 9unks IN
thai small @Ip nnI small stoM ET
away places. Three OF the hunks were in as
many corners and tho Stove was in tic fourth.
lookout and were reached by climbing UP
over the cupboard in tho centre OF unc side.
They had siding Windows on the four sides.
intrenchinG himself with buiSterS. The Arti-
cIo' had set q coiiee l,ot OF hIss e dimensions % on
with the idea that when he came i'll ut mid
night. perhaps the coffee woud be sufficiently
watci. The stove had been heaped with conl.
and soon got TO roaring The parts were all
there. but hey hadn't been Sc'eWed L, t"Eether,
and threatened to set lire to the floor. The not
would not have been on ten minutes # Ihc
stoyo top hadn't a fence around it. Whom The
Article dropped in Tor lunch three hours !al4r
tie coffee n%H 1m9st nc, assd of IN stsa st, am yard
dreary night with nothhnG e light up the WY
piseonholes in tho loft in order 10 make an OBJ
servation was TO be pierced through by polar
crew. Ml tondactor Titus ' goes Sas Ill 4inter long @
without an 9Vercoat' and he seldom wears
At night is where the ost interesting fea.
lures OF train life come in. The crew must act
promptly and yet cautiously 1t brings 10
ductor and engineer. There was a very good
eXampl" ut Plainsh horouCn. tie third point they
stopped at, 1t wa5 al on account OF u car load
OF hay. The main tracks NJ PlainSborouEh
had to be crossed in order, 70 get the
hay car which was standing, north of tho west
over and back before ihe time for ri,ssenEer
train No %. Fireman Mead trarLsd ahead
Clark went back a similar distance They took
along explosive caps TO put on the rails for eX-
TIA precaution. \ COZ! train dropped along
from the east and Goa! trains ara not TO be mo-
Tested under ordinary circunl- ,Huces. 1t shift
cd 10 short fourth Track as ii cam" up: aud it,
close in on the main track. The peddle had
nothing 70 do hut to wnit yr h Tor il couldn't cut
man Mere called in By four long shrets from from
the whistle-which meant that the switches
were 10 be closed on, the main tracks to
10 withdraw their red lanterns This
they did by simply turning them around and
bn, il would have been waste OF energy to, ro.
turn 'Vo Yards TOR 50 short a time. 80 they
S" rS "na 81 a5ss iyerSd bv HsS Hsht iGa a
green lights above her tender. which meant
that second section through freight was
teen minutes. But there stood the coal train.
which had t1 walt for the sec second section also
hove in sight a headlight came up from bohind
on the same track az tho reddle. II was !!
through freight, CLARK kneT and had the right
Hero was quandary. Two pairs Of iron
Erays. steamin:. over, tho possession of TWO
gard the other three. It was really an nnHir Of
honor; but il was settled without "A duel. nj
tToagh fTnI resht whh came G in MA at 'q rom tho
west on tho freight track. clenrly had the light
OF way. but 70 let # pass Titus had TO take the
section, which nettled the engineer OF tho lat.
tsr !r When the eastern iretGht had passed
let the section 10 q out, Tie coai train rain
closed In and the way was clear to tho hay ear.
Nearly an , hour hnd . "nnsed dnr4g which Are;
restored as many, times; All this tins both
After leaving Monmouth Juucjl.n there was
nothing further to take on, But tho way
seemed SCENE as il trains came rolling westward
from Jersey City about every ten minutes
during the night In reality twenty iour head
lights were met ana passed. When the train
drew into Jersoy 'ity, Al loclock IN tho morn
in. it was day break. and laborer, VIII" had had
u rolreshng, ,night's,I st we're iurylnE 10 theIr
work. Conductor 1ituS went L. rorOft and
Engineer Palmer 10 prt bis pet into the round
house. The crew lost no time in scattering 10
their homes. They all 1.-Two along tho limo Of
tie road and the,w, boarded the, nr,t handy
trains going OU'. The reporter didn't realize
that he WAS iaggod out until he settled down in
the ferry TO eros, the river.
Green Against shamrock.