The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-30

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is just one-half this rate, and intermediate
one-balf OF second class. Third class Is
ono-half Of the intermediate, and the third
class paya The third class cars carry
thirty-two passengers They are divided
into compartments with benches nncush-
Toned, running so across the cars that the
passengers face each other, and the pas
sengers are packed In as close as sardines
They are always full, and these East In
dams travel as much as do the citizens OF
the United States. have yet to find
train in which the third class cars were not
packed, and many OF those upon which
rode had three times rs many third class
cars as first and second class. Each native
carries bundle with him, containing the
brass pot out OF which he drinks, and often
the brass pans with which he cooks his
food. Accustomed to the poorest Of beds
at home, cotton blanket suilices for his
travelling rug, and in waiting for the trains
at the stations he often puts his shoe
under his head for pillow, and wrapping
up his turbaned head In the cotton cloth
which covers his bare shoulders, sleeps
upon the ground until the train is called.
RESTRICTIONS on HINDoo WOMEN.
The Hindoo women travel as lightly as
the men, but the two sexes are never put
into the same cars. There are closed cars
on all OF the trains for high caste Hindoo
women. and these have windows Of blue
glass In the first and second classes which
permit the women 10 look out. but which
prevent the men from looking In. These
women come TO the depot In closed chairs,
and M they 60 10 tho tram they pull their
shaws close about their faces, though
their ankles and calves, covered with gold
or silver bracelets, often show. In some
OF the cars the windows OF the women's
compartments are 10 fixed with shutters
that there can be no looking out and in
the train which carried no 10 Darjeeling
there was one car covered entirely with
canvas M thick as that OF circus tent
This contained lIindoo women, who. as
they rode up the llimalaya Mountains
through tho finest scenery In the world,
were thus shut in the stnly darkness Of
this tent-like car, saw no more OF the
grandeur OF the nature about them than
they would have seen had they been tied
up In NO many leather bags and sent along
as mail.
One Of the greatest roads in India Is the
East Indian Railway. This railway has a
curious method Of investing percentage
OF the wages which II pays its hands, which
IL found TO work both TO the interest OF the
railway aud lis employees. Wages are very
low In India. but through this method
many oil tho employees have become rich.
All OF the employees who receive over 30
rupees or $40 month have 10 pay 2 per
cent. Of their earnings into certain fund.
They can pay IA much more than 9 per
cent ms they please. The road receives
the money, pays interest on IL, and upon
their leaving the service honorably gives
them back double the amount they have
paid In with interest This seems incred-
ible, but am assured IL Is no. An En-
glish clergyman told mo that he knew a
railroad empioyo who went In nj $40
month aud who will soon take out -, 900
This method was entered into at the time
The railroad was built. Tho managers were
hard up Tor capital aud they wished TO
bind their hands 10 them. The company
Is now prosperous, and Il keeps up the
iamc system.
ENCOURAGING rnR rNrLoYEs.
Speaking OF railroad wages In India. l
ind that section men there work for from
three TO five cents day, and that tho
roads can got all the men they want at
these prices Engineers work on tiIuc aud
distance, aud they are about the highest
paid OF the railroad employees. They get
about $40 month while running rcgu-
larly, but they can increase this by extra
10 SIS or 500 a month. Tho
Indian railways have no conductors In our
sense OF the word. The tickets are coll
lccted and examined by men at the various
stations, and the guard who manages tho
train IN other respects has nothing 10 do
with the tickets Such guards get about
S2o n month, and ON the smaller roads
they receive from ~ 10 $50 n month. Tho
most Of the guards are natives or half.
breeds while majority OF the engineers
aro English. don't think the English
engineers are No well posted az our Amer.
can ones. l asked one Of them the weight
Of his engine. lie stammercd and replied
that he did no. know. The American en-
gineer eau tell you Just what his engine
weighs. how much steam she carries, aud
all about her.
The engines here arc lighter than ourn,
and the whole equipment Of the railroad
Is upon smaller scale. Most OF the
freight cars are made Of iron, and YOU
could crowd three oi them into one Amer
lean caboosc. They carry, on an Average,
about six tons, have no trucks aud only
four wheels. Our freight cars will carry
from forty 10 fiity tons, and some OF our
narrow gauge ears carry forty tons II
these Indian trains had such cars they
could carry from seven 10 eight times tho
amount they nov do; bu, the people have
mover been accustomed 10 largo cars, aud
they stick 10 the old ways. None OF these
freight can are managed by brakes from
the top. and YOU see no brakcmen trotting
along on the tops Of tho trains. Freight
In India IA measured by the mound, or
eighty pounds Freight trains are called
goods tralna, aud lind some curious rules
In regard TO freight Return trip tickets
are Issued 10 hotscs, aud camcla cost II
cents per mile per truck, aud four camels
can be put on each truck. Elephant calves
arc transported nj the rate oi cents u
mile. and NJ 10 other animals, the cost for
them Is gagged at the rate for dogs.
CURIOUS mLrs ABOUT ANIMALS
No dogs arc TO be taken Ia the cars. and
no return tickets av issued for dogs.
Many olthc baggage ears have dog comparl.
mcnis, and cats. monkeys, rabbits and
Guinea pigs are sent along ut dog rates.
Not long ago n woman came to ono ot tho
stations with a turtle IN her baud and was
about 10 enter the car with Il when the
guard stopped her She showed him the
turtle and asked hun whether shc could
take II inside. lie replied;
"Ycsl Cats sdog. aud monkeys l. dogs,
but turtles IL fab, aud there Is no rule
against fish,"
Nearly al the railroads In India are
under tho Government, and many OF the
roads were built by the Government
guaranteeing per cent 20 the stockhold.
era an the ronlition that tho profits abovo