New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-11

the policeman on duty in the New-York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad wating-room yes
terday morning to Tribune reporter. Il can
see il in his eye" continued the officer, as the
man who tie subject of the comment APP
proached. ,
Sure enough the man wanted to know If there
wuz goin TO be any trains TO Boston to-day.
AT o'clock, answered the blue-cOat and DC
fore the words were out of his mouth woman
carrying baby IN her arms and looking exceed,
ingly tired and worn out tugSed at his sleeve ana
wanted to know when she could get u tram 10Y a
way station forty or fifty miles up the road. ine
officer spoke kindly 10 her and told heT az whaO
time the train departed. 1t was ihen
and the train which the woman wished to take ga
not start until clock. The woman tuIlcu sau!S
away when told that she would have 10 wall loul
hours more iii that hot station. a.,
officer to the reporter the woman dIaSSeu HcI =
self slowly away Before the reporter hau 4uW ~
respond the officer was bese8ed WIN PtlieOS noi
ley of questions from dozen coIOIeu ui%n" AlIno
men from Virginia They had come all tLc way
from Ole Virginny" TO attend the urahu amy
encampment in Boston, ana tlere seehcu !" W ~
nuesti0n whether the New-Hayen road would accept
Iheir excursion tickets Sunday III coES quChcc OF
the laws OF Connecticut, which pIOhlDit d I"I
road company from selling ticket al lcuuccu
rate on Sunday. The officer could not give Cuen
anv satisfaction upon that point and sent them 10
the doorkeeper The dOOTkecper was uncertain
whether or not the tickets would be accepted, ana
he teegraphed the officials OF the road TOT III
structions. ., ,.o
Before the instructions were received between
three and four hundred Grand Army men from
different parts of the United States, VINO were
also going to Boston, heard the ruInor thar their
tickets would not be accepted and there was q
hubub Immediately. The doorkeeper, whose UNI
form gave him a color Of authority. was sur
rounded by veterans from Kansas City, different
parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland. ono New
Jersey, Virginia and several otnef Sta,es, . t%Un
Can't we 90 on the o'clock train :? asked
one man. who had through ticket which he
had bought on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad:
tan far answered
the deorkeeper :" ] have tcegraphed for lnstrnc-
tions from the officers of the road. and as soon
as / receive them | will let you all know. Inc
State of Connecticut does not allow our road to
sell tickets al a reduced rate on Sunday ana
i do not know whether that law oppIles 10
tickets bought on other lines or not pu,,o,. g,
Well, my ticket bought on FRIDAY,
persisted the first speaker.
-" understand that fact" continued the do0r,
keeper. 4" but it is reduced late ticket ana
do not know whether OF not we are at liberty
to accept II on Sunday"
What time can we go?"" persisted the man,
If we do rot take the O'Clock train?'
At IL 80 tonight" answered the doorkeeper"
well, now. You can just bet am not going
to stick around here until midnight, exclaimed
The veteran. I'll buy another ticket ana make
the baltimore and Ohio Company settle for 1t;
The doorkeeper's life was miserable for a little
while until finally he escaped TO the platform
outside and locked the vait;ng-rOOm door. flnali[
an answer TO the telegram arrived. 1t instructed
the conductors 10 accept the tickets buV Ihls
difficulty had sooner been suTmouhteu tINi
another more serious one arO>c oObje VI 'Il'
men in the same party. but from different towns
in State, had purchased tickets only TO New
York and return. and expected to buy tickets from
New-York to Boston and return IN TINS Guy,
and others of the same party had bought
complete round-trip tickets. The New-ilayen
road sold tickets to Boston and return
70 the Grand Army men at half rates, but the
difficulty was that those who had bought com
pletc round-trip tickets could 90 on the ) O'Clock
train, but those who had to buy tickets TO Boston
must pay the full fare wait until midnight
The men all wanted TO travel together, but the
ppaid nv those who did not have tickets the
remainder of the party must wait until the md
night train Neither the dOOrkceper nor ~"
ticket agent could find a remedy for this trouble
and so many of the men waited for their com
panions until the midnight train and some went
on the 3 o'clock train
4 partv of seven or eight veterans who worked
on the Philadelphia and Reading were lucky
They had passes and the laws Of Connecticut
did not affect them in the least They did not
pay cent for their tickets, bat they went
through all right