The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-11

People Keep Their Own Carrisee asd
Eii~ In Third-Cia~. Coaches

To satisfy curiosity I've Travelled IN
carriages ~ each class The classes
chiefly patronizrd are the first and
third. while the second rather goes n
begging. and in some trains seconds
class carriages are omitted entirely.
There is little. IL any. difference be-
tween the second and ihird-class ear
riage>. while there i quite little diff
ference between the fares The second
class. an astutc and old observer tells
me. is pa;ronized chiefly hy American
tourists. cheap snubs and more .. less
doubtful characters. There's n tritc
saying that ''only dukes and fools tof
the kind that are soon parted with
their money! travel first-class."
The great bulk Of travel Is done
by th;rl-class for which The fare. cx-
cept for very long distances. is only
about hall Of what Il Is fir>t-ciass. For
instance. | tried the thiri-class car
riage going t. Newmarket a two
hours ride--and paid tribe more than
five shillinrS. the iirst-class fare being
a little over ten shillings- For the
same distance at home "A seat in the
rarlor ear would have cost only TWEEN
ty-fivc or fifty cents extra. the differ
cnce between travelling in an ordinary
day coach" and a clean. comfortable
parlor car. Pretty nearly all the En-
glish. except the nobility. and fire.
qucntly members If the nobility who
appreciate the value OF pounds. shil-
lings and pence quite rs fully as n man
without grandfather. travel by
third-class. TO show the class of
people one meets. had. dur
ing INV journey to Newmarket,
a companions, an honest. sweet
faced country woman and a scholarly
looking old clergyman fthe clergy all
travel tiird-classl who had been tn Lon
don TO assist in arranging for the lowell
memorial in the Westminster abbey.
who had visited at Mr.. Andrew Carne-
gie's who knew some of the "bcst peo-
Pile" tso far a social position gocsl in
England. aud who was the incarnation
of refined good-brceiing.
have seen people Issue from third.
class compartments and 60 to waiting
carriages with powdered and silk-stoclS-
inged coachmen and footmcn. who
rout the suggestion that they were de-
pendents or '.poor relations" On re-
cent Sunday trip to the country saw a
barcnet. who is member Of parliame IT.
and his wife walk from n third-class
carriage TO their luxurious and well-ap-
pointed landau. and not at all with the
1-hope- nobody-sa me-come-from-there
air that anyone OF good position At
home would have done.
Where / travelled second had the
compartment to myself after dropping
shilling in the guards hand and re-
questing him TO reserve j. for ladies'
He posted up in the window a placard
Reserved for ladies' and got more
attention from that guard for shilling
than ever got from a porter on Pull
man az home for a like sum- When
Travelled firss-class l had as companion
consumptive young man who insisted
on keeping the window on his side
closed all the way. and a grumpy old
man who insisted On keeping the win
dow on his side open ali the way. and
occasionally grunted his disapproval oi
people who can't stand fresh air.
>econd-class sares are about half ri
the difference between first and third
class. sometimes little more.
As far as accommodations are con-
cerned t's.'drawinr stra ws between the
+ three class Of compartmentsa 10 which
( j. the most Cor leastl comfortable. The
third and second are precisely alike. 4
( railway carriage compartment reminds
II 10 ~
the interior ~ bobtail stree. car In
she two classes mentioned the compart.
ments run crns~wavs Of the carriage.
and. like the bobtail car. have two long.
/ harr. woodcn-bcnch seats covered with
carpet Sometimes they are slightly
upholstered and still more uncomforta.
bic. and sometimes they have y cush.
toned rest along the back. which is con.
cave where it should be convex. and
convex where il shonld b. concavc-
The seats face each other. accom-.
MEDIATE five or six persons each
and necessitate half the number
riding backward. At either end oi
each seat there's window which can't
be opened. and at each side Of the com.
partment there's doo.- with a window
which can be opened Over the seats
are racks for parcels and outside the
door on the right-hand side is the bell
rope. To he pulled in case Of trouble.
This is absolutely all there is in a com.
partment. You can't get drink. even
IL your tongue hangs out from thirst,
unless you bounce out when the train
stops at station ard take chances on
getting left. and there is no toilei-room.
The only difference between these com
partments and the first-class is that in
the first-class the seats are cushioned
and upholstered with stuffy plush. and
in some are divided off into chairs
The compartments are the same size
and shape and have absolutely nothing
more in them.
The guard pops you into compart
mcnt and leaves on IN find your desti
nation as best you can. and unless you
give him shilling or impress him with
the belief that you will give him ono
you don't sec him again until he takes
up your ticket. which may be two OF
three stations beyond where you in
tended getting out. No ono calls tho
stations when the train stops. or II
there does no one hears them called