Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-28
NOT SUFFICIENT ISDucEaESr.
WHY PAY CARS ARE SELDOM no.
LISTED BY ROBBERS.

"why j. it thst train robbers
never plumber ray train?''
because they know their re-
wand would lie too Insignificant
That "a the way in ex-rsilroad
man put 1t last night.
LESS money!" he added, sis ear
riei on a pay train than any other
kind Of train. Some folks imagine
thst tn pay ofthe employees Of the
two great systems terminating here,
agsrrgating hundreds Of thousands
monthly, is piled away in the cars
and Is hauled over the ruad.''
"Isu't that the case?''
"Great Scott, mol Trains would
be robbed before they got well out
of Savannah. Besiles, who would
be able TO keep up with earlcaI Of
money? Ii IS largely silver. and the
l0-eent pieces anu the nickel-, and
the cgppers would run away with
things"
How is the business conducted,
theu?'
Easily enough. In fact there Is
but one way TO properly carry it on.
That way Is TO draw on the banks
at each city for enough u pay of
until the next city is reached. For
instance, in leaving Savannah over
either the Savannah, FLORIDA and
Western Railroad or the GENITAL
Railroad, just enough money is
taken g pay OF employees, iuelud-
ing agents, track hands, Oper-
ators and others, at each of the
stltinUs. This amount is not very
large. The largest AMOUNTS ars paid
out in the cities. For instance, in
Macon the engineers, firemen, con-
duct0rs and yard hands and others
OF the Savannah and Western Rlil-
road are paid OF, In Augusta en-
p'oyes Of the South Carolina division
Of the Central are paid Oft; the >ame
is true with the savannah, Florida
and West IN Railway. BY this
Means the largest sums PAID out
amount to little mort than transfer
Of money prCcuret from the banks
through the paymeat Of the rail
roads b the employs. The sums
paid out on the line between the
headquarters OF each division are
small compared 10 the amounts paid
out in the cities. None OF the engi-
netrs or firemen or conductors or
brakemsn are paid of ut points along
the line. They are the employees
that set the largest pay"
The railroad man related an in
client which took place several
years ago. which he said put mat
ters In a bad light and made the pay
train tempting 70 train robbers. 4
newspaper reporter on one Of the
dailies 0f a Western town wrote a
long article ,Uting how much
MONEY it required TO pay Off the
employees OF the road. and cOnclud-
ed 10y ssyirg it was singular that
the robbers seldom helI up ray
trains. The figures the-neWspaper
man gave We're correct, and the ar
ticle attracted widespread attention.
Several officials OF the road went 10
the general manager about the mat
ter and began to suggest remedy
for what they considered very had
practice.
The general manager explained 10
them that Tire amount Of money
carried on pay trains was small com
pared 10 what i carried ON a regular
mali and express train, but the mat
ter was not settled uGtil the news
paper man Published Sn interview
with the general mluaser, giving
the facts and stating the manner in
which business WAS conducted on
Jay trains. The rlilTlaCcr said,
however, that the danger Of pay
train robbery is very slight. The
robbers have posted themselves
about these matters. - Savannah