The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-03
A RIDE ON A FREIGHT.
Passengers Complain of New
Lake Shore Trains.
GREAT NoRTHeRN's LAST DEAL.
1te Lake Steamer Line United with Le.
high vallcy's-ThatO O. K. & ~. Deal
Improving the Northern Pscihc.

The time and accommodate of the trains
on the Snoqualnie branch OF the Seattle, Lake
Shore Eastern railroad under the new
schedule are the subjec, OF many complaints on
the part OF residents along the line. George w.
Ifbbetts. OF Gilman. Postmaster Ellis OF Mona
han. and several Others say that they have to
r.de on a freight train from Woodinyille east
ward, travelling very slowly. The following
communication received yesterday describes
the discomforts and Inconvenience OF the trip
In detail:
To THE EDITOR: II Is simply exasperating to
the travelling public the way the passenger
trains are being run on the Seattle. Lake shore
4 Eastern extension OF the now Northern Pa
CHE from this city to snoqualnie and North
Bend. Beginning with this week the time has
been changed TO leave Seattle at AS p. NJ, and
returning, leave North Bend at $40 a. m. There
seems TO be no time to reach the latter place; it's
"Get there, Eli" some time before morning.
The writer had the "extreme pleasure" of max
ing this trip the forepart OF this week and deens
II IN imposition on the travelling public II is
not only the unreasonable hours, but the pas
scnger coaches from Woodinville junction are
hooked on to tho rear end of freight tram. the
regular passenger train having been dispensed
with to "savc' expenses, and the freight train
IL made to do all the duties of handling coal
cars logging trucks and the lives of many pas
sengers. Just at this season OF the year
great many men, women and children are going
TO the hop fields The day | went
MP quite a lot of people were pu, off at Fall
City station at 10 O'Clock at night. where there
u Il
from any hsbitation. We did not reach North
Bend until 1915 p. m. Now, returning at 6:10
a IN. gives one no opportunity to do any tusi-
ness, 20 that three days consumed. No ac-
commodstion il made for the mail messenger;
he Is turned loose in a box car that does the
duty of hauling all small freight, baggage,
dressed beef milk cans, live Indians and, with
the festive express agent, 1t makes happy fam
lily indeed. On this day there were seventy ave
passengers theresbouts, counting the chill
dren aud babies
This road does a large freight business, run
ming two freight trains, and, granting the pass
cnger traffic IL small, the public is entitled to
safe transportation and reasonable hours to
travel. 1t Is decidedly dangerous to run passen-
ger coaches with freight cars: forty-ivc empty
coal cars were drawn ahead of US the day refer
to. whoever Is responsible for this change
either does not know bis business or is very in
different as to the safety OF human life, and if
the Northern Pacific cannot afford to run a pas
senger train they should turn the road back to
tho Old Seattle. Lake Shore IL Eastern man.
agers, who always have managed 10 do il. The
scheduie, rs published last Monday In the Posi-
lTTELLIGEScER, read that the train for North
Bend and Sloqualmic would leave Seattle at
a. m Relieving in this statement the writer
boarded the Q a. III. train, oaly to discover, when
too late. that he could go no farther than
Woodinville junction, where he was obliged to
stay until the arrival OF the regular through
freight.
Tho next day after reaching North Bend, hay
Ing finished roy business. made an effort to re-
turn by boarding freight train No. o but was
informed by the conductor that could not ride
on his train. offered to pay my fare but he
said. Nav. cant de-dangerous-liable to
git killed. Company won't allow passengers on
freight trains" asked him how it was that
came up on q freight He replied "that there
was just rs much difference in some freight
trains as there was in any other freight train
such lucid explanation that haven't gotten
over 1t yet: but ! thought 20, consistency
thou art indeed jewell" could ride out on
the rules OF the company to return on one.
Let's have change. REX.