St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-03

from olLucT leTlulHuS, dHu Uue CODu uC-
tor. who is an old sailor, will put you
ashore" at any point you wish. Wave
a handkerchief to the engineer, and he
"back water" to take you on. Parties
from 'Sconset,
With Pals and Baskets,
are let off at the huckleDerry grounds
and taken OH again at their pleasure.
No such courtesies are extended by the
trunk line son the continent" as the
natives call the main land. More's the
pity. In June had proof Of this. /
shall remember it when l board the
train for the new Jerusalem. started
from the Grand Central depot in New
York on the Chicago limited. In the
car was Chauncey NJ. Depew. Know
ing that he was the king-pin of the road,
l politely asked him to have the
train stop in front of jay Gould's
place., near lrvington. that L
might visit the strawberry patch of that
modest and unselfsh gentleman of leis-
ure. He declined. l argued with him.
L cited as a precedent the civility ex-
tended by the 'Sconset express. He
said that the broad Catholic methods of
the 'Sconset road we're not suited to the
restricted traffic of the New York Cen
trail. l didn't like his sarcasm. l gave
him to understand that when he was
before the Republican convention in
1892 for nomination the 'Sconset
delegation to a man would be against
him. L know he felt a sense
of self-reproach, though he didn't ac-
knowledge it. guess that hereafter
he will be more considerate of the
wishes of the travelling public. The
'Sconset railroad is free and easy af-
fair. have said that it is trunk line.
Nobody had suspected it. One day a
trunk tumbled out of the baggage car
and fell to the beach sand as the train
was approaching this place. Did the
engineer stop? Did even the conductor
pull the rope? Not at all. The train
went laundering on
at Lightning Speed
of sixteen miles an hour and landed it's
passengers on the 'Sconset pier-I mean
platform, and went back to Nantucket
town. Then on the next trip it picked
up the trunk and brought it on. For a
long time strangers riding on the cars
felt safe. 1t was because there was
only one track and one locomotive.
There couldn't be collision until the
company got another engine. At last it
came. 1t was for excursion parties over
the island from the main land. But the
feeling of safety was soon restored.
They knew if the regular train did run
into an excursion, the collision
would only give the passengers little
shaking up. But there hasn't been any
collision. The employees of the road are
interchangeable. The fireman on one
trip may be engineer of the next. So
the Engagement twice each day, in the
twinkling Of an eye, is promoted to be
conductor. On the next trip he sub
sides into his original position. He is
Internationally conductor and nom
conductor. He says that the sudden
change wrenches his feelings little.
but it doesn't hurt. The road is
by trinity-the gen.
eral superintendent, the master
of transportation and the general pas
senger agent and these three are one.
There is no jealousy between them.
Each is i'll rapport with the other. If
the nose of one itches, the others sneeZe.
If the superintendent has an attack of
takes a Jamaica ginger fiZZ. If the suf-
ferer doesn't feel better at once. the
passenger agent takes a Perry Davis
cocktail. The medicine taken by one
will cure both the others. 1t couldn't
be otherwise. When the superintendent
retired fIom the sea, like Commodore
He Learned RaIiroading,
and came back here to get rich as the
of this road. He expects to be
a millionaire before he gets through.
He has faith as busheI of mustard
seed. He hasn't succeeded first-rate.
He sometimes receives curious letters.
One came to him the other day. Every
other railroad in the country had prob
in words something like these:
"Peleg Hussey, Esq, Superintendent Nan
tucket Rairoad-Dear Sir: Platform Cars
Nos II, 456 and 3, 424, and stock car 1879, be-
longing to our road, have gone astray. Will
you please look in your yards and see If they
are there and if SO report to me, and oblige,
HEZEKIAH DoBsoN, superintendent"
Mr.. Hussey replied as follows:
"Dear Sir: Your favor of the 10Th was re-
ceived. To strictly comply with your re-
quest it was necessary to find our yards. l
piped all hands on deck to make the search,
aud bore hand myself AS / couldn't
find the yards didn't fool away any time in
looking for the cars, and much less the num-
bers. Unless the craft carried sail or had
propellers with steering gear, they couldn't
have reached the island except as jetsam. If
one of our trains had picked them up
SHOULD have libeled them for salvage. That
is all this road has TO live on after the sum-
mer visitors leave. Hoping that others may
return you the lost ones, | am, respectfully
yours PELEG HUssEY, Superintendent.
STILL THEY LOVE IT.
But after all l have said about the
railroad to 'Sconset, the people who
pass their summers here go for anybody
who says word against it. Its cars
carry them safely to their destination
without particle of dust on the entire
route. The Pennsylvania Central can't
say as much. The enterprise was not
organized to illustrate the principles of
a broad philanthropy. The stockholders
expected to get rich. They are waiting
cry is 'How long? Oh, Lord HowLong?"
But each wear the road shows an I'm
and as 'Scopset is becoming
more and more popular as seaside re-
sort, with some 1900 visitors here in
the height of the season, the traffic
some of these days will lift the stock
holders out of the slough of despond.
The summer residents come from
widely distant points, as will be seen
by the subjoined list, most of whom are
Annual Visitors
and not few the owners of cottages:
Maine-E. A. Lawrence, Portland.
New Hampshire-F. I. Streeter and Judge
A. P. Carpenter, Concord; George A. Crosby,
Manchester.
Massachusetts-T. F. Calvin, George Saw
yer and Mrs. H. Howe, Boston; r. A.
Richards, Charlestown; John S. Baldwin,
Worcester.
Connecucut-The Misses Burbank, Hart
ford.
New York City-Marcellus Hartley, Mrs. E.
Mather, Mrs. H. l.. Butler. Mrs. L. E. Furniss,
Miss Grace L. Furniss, G. G. Peek c. d.
Doubleday, MIS-. S. j.. Clute, Miss E.
Chapman, Mrs. G. B. Eaton, Bowie
Dash, Mrs, E. B. Warfield, Miss G. B. Henry
Poinsett Cooper, A. D. Davis, the Misses
" heeler, W. NJ. Barrett, H. F. DelemateT, E.
B. White. DR.. s. NJ. Roberts, d. W. King,
Mrs. NJ. B. Fryatt. Gen, II. A. Barnum, Capt.
knight Neftel, DR.. Lewis S. Allen, Mrs. II. W.
Bliss. H. D. Nichols, j. NJ. Francoer, G. H.
McCord. r. NJ. Bicknell, the Misses Anais and
Julia OConnor Miss Olive NJ. Marks.
New York State-W. j. Barron, Mrs. James
Densmore and c. H. Orr, Brooklyn; A. B.
Lamberton, Isaac Hills, W. W. Webb and
Mrs. H. b. McGonegal, Rochester; Mrs. Julia
A. Brooks Dunkirk: Frederick II. Stevens,
Vt,ffa IN. Mrs n r ZuelliQ and Miss H Cod