The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-09-08
LITTLE ONES TvEL ALONE


Children Entrusted tshe Care of Rail-
road Men for L Journeys
NO children slDed without pa
rents" This is the1e that the rail-
road companies are mixing of adopt
ing to put stop TO apparently in
creasing practice ojonslgning chill
dren TO the mecies train conductors
to be carried perhapalf way across
the continent andarned over TO
friends at the destinon
Once the conditioDf railroad travel
were such that to Sc. child In this
fashion by rail was lose the child In
nine cases out of Il But railroad
methods have develod, and with this
development parentAd friends have
thought it safe to I tag on their
little ones and sendhem off upon
their lonely travels IN railroad and
by steamship these trelers 60. Three
tots arrived at Castle trden waybilled
TO Texas, but with notsoul that knew
them to offer proteog arm.
1.-The Pennsylvan railroad dis
courages this practice said Assistant
Passenger Agent Pile. THE care and
responsibilities are tooreat. But not
withstanding the obscles thrown in
the way, consignments children still
come to us, and, of co-se, we do our
best to look out for EN-. 1t is not
uncommon for poor pole to come to
us with children that ley want de-
ivered in the far westlong our lines
or on line with whic we connect.
Sometimes they are oloenough to be
intrusted with tickets al such money
as they may need on-thway, but this
is not always the case.
when the youngsrs are very
small the practice is fofriends to pay
down to us the entirexpense con-
nected with carrying heir precious
freight. We then stan the child on
his way and telegraph our agents
along the line to pay yer such and
such an amount to the cid wanderer,
as it may be needed. ne conductor
looks out for the travels meals, and
so the journey is mad comfortably
! and safely. But, as lay, this is 6
tedious business and " don't like t.
undertake it. 1t was oce a popular
practice to turn over Children bount
on long journeys to tn Pullman Pal
ace Car company, bu now it alst
fights shy of the businss."
Said an old official onnected witt
the passenger departmnt of the Phil
adelphia and Reading abroad: "Ou
conductors are quite fruuently aske
to look after children tht travel with
out parents or friends. But it is ger
orally only a short trip. The instance
in which we turn over these minor
to a connecting line arvery rare IL
deed"
The most notable case of long jou
neys for friendless LITTLE ones are nj
with in the immigrant ZONES. Po'
erty will drive parentsto run gre;
risks, and they will send wer from tt
old country their childen to trav
across water and land to tiends in Il
new country of the west. Perhaps fl
months they will not hea of the hal
and mishaps of the journey, trustiI
to the interest of strangers and tt
faithfulness of railroad officials
speed the trip. Only tsg fasten
about the neck or to the outtonho
shows the destination.
Stranger. be kind to this srt pup,
And always keep him right ade up.
These were the epigranmatic dire
tons that carried a poor cur to the e
of his journey not long ago. 3
when similar tactics are tried with b
man freight, the railroads are inclin
to resist and rebel against fulfill
the office of a travelingnurse. Phi
q delphia Record.