The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-24
THEBAPTIST ADAISY
"RIyER ROAD, BEAUTIFUL
CURVES"
The Brakeman at the Church.
harrington Hawssye. 81

hhe bTdhcItdh AT thc thuTtn.
BurIinston Hawseye. aa.
On the road once more, with Lee
banon fading away in the distance,
the fat passenger drumming idly on
the window pane, the cross passen.
ger sound asleep, and the tall, thin
passeng reading ''General Grant i
Four Around the World, and won-
dering why "Biair's keystone Sta
tlonary" shou,H be painted above
the doors Of "A buddhist Temple al
Beares." 10 me comes the brake
man, seating himself on the arm OF
the seat, says: III
II went to church yesterday"
"fes?" / said, with that interest
ed injection that asks for mare.
And what church did you attend?'
Which do you guess!" he asked.
Some union n'ssIon chuIch :"
hszarded.
No." he said, Il DOM like 10 iun
on these branch roads very much. j
don't often 20 10 church, and when l
10, want 10 Iun tile main line,
"heIe your run is regular aud ysu 10
vn schedule time, aud don't have "
wait Un connections. / don't like 10
run OH branch. Good enough, bur
don't like it."
"EpiscUpalF' guessed.
'-Ll .ni ell expIess,' he said, "all
palace cars, anu Iso dollars extra tor
- seaI, last llme, AMI only stop at the
bi ( stations. Nice lille, but too ex-
nausttye for Il b. ak eInan. All train
n,en IN UNIFORM, Conductors punch
aIid lantern SILVER T. aled, aud NO
tTaIn boys aliu"ed Then the pas
SEA gers are all Nd 10 talk back ~
,hC conductor, aud It nak, them toU
Lee aud easy. No. couldn't stand
tlie palace cars. Rich load, though
DUu't Citen hear oi a receiver being
appointed for tuat line. oUne mighty
nics peupl, Lavsl on u, too."
"Ua.VeIsalIs. 2 | suggested.
Broad gauge, SD lhe brakeman; |;
does too much complimentary bust
ness. E.egbody travels on n pass.
Conductor doesn't get fare once in
fifty miles stops at all the fla S n
tIous, aud won't Iun int any thing
Uu, union depot No smoking.car
vn the train. Train orders are rath.
er vague, though, and the trainmen
don't get along well with the passen.
gers. No, | don't 90 70 the UniYer
sallst, though 1 know some asfully
COOL men that ruu ON that road"
"presby terian 7" 1 asked.
Marrow glage, elI ! said the brake
maD, pretty Iracs, straight rs n rule;
tunnel rIgbt through mountain
rather than 90 around IL; spiIit. level
giade; passengers have to show Their
tickets before they get ON the train
MIghty strict rUId, Uut the cars are
q little narI0s; have ~ SIT one in n
seat and no room in tue aisle "
dance Then there is no stop over
tickets allowed; got ~ 20 straight
through to the station YOU are tick
eted Tor. or You cant 20 at all.
v hen the cars full, no extra coach
e. cas- are built at the shops to
hOId Iust ~ many, aud nobody else
allow, d on. But you don't often
hear of an accIdeut ON that road. lis
run ught up ~ the rules"
MAY BE- you j''ined the Free.
fhiukeIsy' 1 sad.
Scrub road,T saId the brakeman,
dirt IOad aud NO ballast, no time
card aud no train dispatcher. All
trains Iun Wild, and every engineer
maAes his own time, just a. be pIeases.
Suuke IT you want tu; kind Of 40.
~. .yOu>pisase rOad. TOO many side
tracks, AID every switch wide opeu
all tie time, With the swiIchman
sound asleep aud tile target. lamp
uead UuL oet on when you pleas
aud uti when yUu want to. Don't
have 10 show your tickets, aud thr
cuudu tor isn't expected u do any.
thing but amusc the passengers. Ma,
sir, 1 Was vifried % pass. but dUu't
ike tie line. 1 don't like 10 travel
On a road that has No terminus. do
you kuow, sir. asked . division
superintendent wnere that road run
81, and he said b, hop, 4 10 die II he
knew. ] asked him ii che general
superintendent cJuId tell me, and be
he said he dEln't believe they had .
general superintendent, and " the,
Ilnt. he didn't kiow anything more
abUut tile roati than the passengers.
1 asked him who he reported 10, and
be sal 'nObUIy.' ! a.ked cond DO.
tur who he got orders from. and b,
said he 'd,dn't take lntders from any
living man or dead ghost Aud
when asked the sngneer who b.
got his orders fom, he said he'd