The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-13
Car "AlamOsa."
Chicago TO New York.
Nov. -, 1890.
WOMau's lseliCule.
G. ll6.

Some of these things have been in
our custody for years" he continued,
las We never have any annual sale as
the express and railroad companies do,
but we keep the things until called for.
Our conductors and porters arc required
to turn in all the property they find dur
ing trip
They give the name OF the cor. the
date of the trip, the points Of starting
and destination and the name of the
article they have found. Then tho
articles are sent TO me and examined.
ticketed. inventoricd and numbered.
When patron writes and says he left
an article on one of our cars VIC
write back and asl. him TO give the
exact date, the route, the place At which
he embarked and the station at which
he left
I'VE also desire q ful description Of
the missing articles and any additional
data or details he may bc aulc % give.
We exact tAis 10 prevent fraud and TO
protect the real owners, - there are oc-
casions when fraud j. attempted.
lone man got up hurriedly at day
break one morning and dressed rapidly
so as to leave the train ~ small 'a
tion before breakfast EcWas ad-uImpr
and the night before be had had q birth
day jubilee all 20 himself II his I-r-I
state next morning. and ia l-s bass. o.
be ready 10 leave TIE scr a. ni. str- .H-
he left bis watch and Uo-.y u-..r i..-
pillow.
I'VE had green porter on that car.
who, when he made up tho uggl uer.-
berth, announced lu q loud vl.c. fr..
some gemWan hal gone an 1.I Is
in their bcrths looked out O. -a.l-a
the curtains and san lle pol Ter ezalllr-
ing the watch, Chain and .llct.
''At the mex. stallion the conductor re-
ceived a telegram from tho drummer
stating his less, and requesting tb1 l,--
ductor 70 leave the thing with The a -l-
tion- master n the uCEt meal station
This was done, the conductor taking ..
receipt from the statiOn-mastor.
The day after We received a letter
from a man who said that he had loft
his gold watch. gold link, chain ana
large, fat Russian wallet In berth No
6 on such and such day. and that nc
had left the train ~ seven o'clock in
the morning at certain station. Well
we looked the matter up, interrogated
the porter and conductor, and received
the station masters receipt.
Then we wrote the man who sent
the letter, and asked him for more de-
tails. We also telegraphed the station
agent, who replied that be knew the
drummer, and, after eXamining some
papers in the wallet 70 make sure he
was the rightful owner. he had handed
tho property over 10 the owner and taken
his receipt, which would be forwarded
by next mail
"We never heard any more OF the
other chap who put in a claim. He was
doubtless a passenger who, hearing the
porter announce that somebody had left
a watch and pocketbook, ana looked
through his curtains. caught a glimpse
of the yaluables and decided TO try 10
get fraudulent possession Of them.
another conductor found baby in
the ladies' toilet-room fast asleep in
the wash-basin, its head protected from
the marble rim by half dozen towels.
The conductor who found it was a
single man and didn't know very much
about babies. lie was "a nervous man,
and did not dare &c say a word TO the
porter or the train conductor or tho
passengers. because he fearod the
worst. he was satisfied that the baby
had been put on board at a certain sta
ton by person who had stepped OF
on the car during the few minutes
train remained there.
He had frequently had to stop az
that station, and knew several persons
whom he had met at Watermelon
feast. Perhaps the mother had dc
liberately waited for his train and left
him present Of the babyi
'It was nearly midnight, and the pas
sengers had gone to bed, SO he turned
| down the gas and stole softly out of the