Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-05-08


valuable land for building it's road that
its head Immediately swelled and ever
since then the poor farmers along Its
line have had no rights.
The New England road is very gentle
manly, and even It's railroad hands, they
tell me, are mauicured every day. Yet
it is not so cordial as some roads. l
came nearer freezing 70 death last winter
on the New England road than / ever
did i'm a snow blockade on the Union
Pacific.
The study Of the personal pecUliarities
OF railroads 10 the United States is a
very interesting one indeed 10 me. /
have been thrown among all kinds Of
railroads this season, but never so hard
as / was by the Baltimore and Ohio. Ii
was on the Baltimore ane Ohio that /
passed a very restless night once IN low
er eleven. Upper eleven was occupied
by boy who was car sick. or course
the rough rode was % blame mostly FOR
fl. but the things he had eaten would
disturb anybOdy's digestion little, l
think. He did not try 20 conceal any
thing from me. He was perfectly frank
with me regarding the matter.
am glad 70 notice ia the matter Of
highways that country roads are attract
ing a good deal OF interest. Two great
magazines have recently printed excel
lent articles on the subject, and the
whole country is waking up TO the fact
that millions OF dollars annually 60 to-
ward roadbuiIding that might as we'll
20 60 the bottom o. Lake Victoria Ny
ana.
Our wagon roads throughout the
country are generally disgrace to civ
Uization, aud before we undertake TO
supply Jaeger underwear aud sealsSin
covered Bibles with flexible backs 70
the African, il might be well to put a
few dollars into the relief of CALLED and
broken down horses that have lost their
health on our miserable highways.
The country system, as Irecall 1t, was
in my boyhood about as poor and insut-
fcient as 10 could we'll be. Each town
ship was divided up into road districts,
and each road district was presided over
by an overSeer OF highways, whose duty
q was 70 collect so many days work or
so many dollars from each taxpayer in
the district. or course no taxpayer
would pay dollar when be could come
and make mud pies on the road all day
aud visit and gossip with the neighbors
aud save dis dollar too. The result
seemed 20 be that the work done was
miSdirected aud generally an injury TO
the road. With all due respect to the
farmer, I will state right here that he
does not know how 70 make roads. An
all wise Providence never intended that
she should know. The professional road
builder, with tbe money used by ignO-
rant sapheads and self made road ar
chtects, would In a few years make
roads in the United States over which
two or three times the present sized load
could be easily drawn, and the dumb
beasts OF the republic would rise up and
call US blessed for doing IT,
But things are looking brighter all the
time. Even North Carolina is begin
ming % wake up. ASheville has sold her
street bonds, and BuncOmbe county fully
realizes that good highways will make
50 paradise, while poor ones will scare
away everything but buzzardS.
The other day We ran across a young
man who was formerly caterer for a
big Broadway restaurant. Now he is
running a thriving hotel out west. He
is a cordial and bright young German,
and in the course OF an evening told US =
good deal about the New York waiter
and caterer.
There is n regular system" he said,
governing walters ia New York, and
the man who is not In IL gets left away
behind. Walters do not OF course de-
pend upon their salaries, and not entire
~ on their tips Al big dinners no one
knows just exactly what quantity Of
anything is actually used, especially the
wine.
SIN the kitchen two bottles ont Of
each case are turned bottom up in the
case at once, which means that they are
empty. They are clear gain. Then you
know walters are instructed to keep the
glasses full, so even the host does not
know how many glasses are actually
consumed az the table, for glasses half
and twO-thirdS full are filed up as we'll
as those that are empty. Many guests
do not drink or smoke. Their wine and
cigars OF course becomes the property
Of the walter.
At the big balls, like the Arion, the
walters, II on good terms with the head
waiter, tip him little and getdesirable