Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-08-22

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Strachan, prN,tcs, ara yet n the land ~
the living These old landmarks are "a
hale health, but they, sooner or la'cr.
will have To- JON their comrades = the
Home Guards in the unknown country.
Our Raiirond Accommodations.
Ediu titiian
\ PEI son 10 tally realize The great eX
ettluns put forth 10y the management oi
the Santa l'c road for the accommuda
ton ~ the travelling public can ouly ap
preclate Ih" same 10y trip w far ss
Ltmy tn thus city. II the tram which
lett bamy last Saturday evening iur tuts
cty ~ an example ~ thus grand trans
potta,on company ~ the west, hope
the day IN tot far distant when leRi-la
iurr, cumpus.d ~ men Who viii reject
Tree passcs aud work Tor the people, will
br elected, aud compel tins monopoly To-
furnish good end tirs, class passenger
transportation and not compel decent
people to ride IN iuul cattle ears AaHn
eSampl. Last Saturday evening uu get
ting IN tie tram at Lrny | rut,rrd the
only passenger Clt, ono hall ~ Whtyh
aas II smoker nud which ec,mcd more
like the Nrstlbu'" tn hHd,s | hc smul(r
aud AR would aulrncnt" the strongest
lImburscr. The ,ca's IA the pas-rugrt
cage We're fuii aud l,t,c-d classes ui
all sorts, sum" vita thrJr thurs N prop
pod up against the seats which added
greatly T. the animated aroma ~ the
car Ia smother seat ~ the sixteen uc.
cuplrd, were three sisters - chnrlty,
crowded, WIN" gentlemen were COMPEL
eel t. crowd IN h, sidc som tiithy person.
There being n room tand Tor which |
wHs thauktUD, Tor my sell and family.
conslstug ~ my wife, three children aud
nnfs", ! went ~ II rrur car. which Was a
Pullman, and took twu Hcht- ~ the rear
ut It Nhlrh were unpccupled No soon
t had We got comfortably ,ca'ed when
u por'ly poser presentcd himself aud IN.
formed " Ne had 40 fight there unless
We took u lcrth. mi rmad hir, We
dii not Wtsh one, aud BE- znId ", would
have tu get out unless | took one and
when ! refused tp DO. Offering To- pny
Tor the seats TIE Pullman conductor
cam" a,ong aud said we had no rlght
there unless Wa eh-lOed out tNcuty tive
cents each Tor seat But the porter,
WHO seemed more bcnt un maklug up q
hetth Tor us, tuli hin he had no r,ght
To- so e"itp, Al Il after lt,,c hul! doing
IA X, went III - get IT.. trrin ruud ictur
lie Appeared hut his lantern was the
brightest part 81 his makeup, II. III
sormed us thrt W. would have 10 ~ ~
III" front or cattle ear hs there sas plcn
~ ot roam There, THIS ! refused To do,
knowing there was 10 room. unless he
could give III" three seats Tor which |
bcll"yrd first rlass ticket calls FOR on
respectable roads He went out and
tie PullmAn conductor agaln tried To
annoy us 10y demanding extra compen.
saiton, and he came down to iity cents
Tor the seats occupied which was seventy
five caIt- lirst No, To have any further
talk | gave II tu him and demanded
check Tor the same. H. tins time the
tram conductor appeared again aud sad
that he could not give us ia. seats ns
the ear aas crowded, but W. would have
u 10 10 the other car when We got To
Cerrlllus, ! Informed him that | had
paid Tor my seats and would stay where
| was, aud that intended 10 write to
the general offices and inform them ~
the manner IN which passengers were
on their line. ilo then
came TO hls senses aud told ito Pullman
conductor to CIV. the money back as he
would make It al right with the Pull.
man company, and when ! refused TO
take IT he flung IL In my wife's lap Seeing
that ! would not bc worked they turned
the tables and offered every outward
mark ~ courtesy for me and family. |
Tue porter insisted upon making up n |
berth for the children without any ex. |
ira charge. The conductor very kindly |
informed Ms that Il was "a Pullman car |
ADu that tue passenger car WAS not III |
Tor decent person To ride IN and Was
glad he could accommodate us, and |
when nearing Albuquerque gently plac
lug his hand on my shoulder informed |
me IN language sweet and mud that II |
was only twenty minutes from the city |
arriving at the depot the porter helped |
us out hoping every thing was all right /
This IN u true statement 81 my trip /
home, but the description u the plssen.
ger car accommodations on this line il |
more than human ha' d could picture.
l advise those wishing to travel along |
this road To secure burru, and although |
II may take some time in making your
you will have pure air, clean
accom- niodstions, n seat to yourself, and |
10 railroad conductor ar porter dlcksr.
lng after the den,ru.
This city demands better local accom-
modations than II has now. The trhins |
arrive and depart at the most unrsason.
able hours. and the accommodations are
hlthy aud miserable. Let va have a new
road 10 this city aud get n little compe-
tltion in rates both for freight and pas.
sengers, W. WALlACr McCIELIAS.
Albuquerque, Aug II, 1891.
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