Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-13
TRAMPS On RAILROADS.
THEY GET Oyer GREAT DISTANCES
ON SCHEDULE TINE.

Sometimes That l. very Good. Though
q rrine Dauserou~
While trainmen arc of one mind In re.
nsd to the annoyance which tianps
cause the railroad companies they dis
orree about tho methods Of these indi.
yidual, in doing" the country In
,pit. Of tho strict rule Of oil railroads
prom0itng uamps, these professional
travellers gct over the road somehow or
other with Astounding rapiliiy. Thoy
ia,,i.m known TO come from san Fran.
cisco tn Now Yorl, m but trilc longer
time than 1t took Mr. Mackcy on ms
record breaking trip It Is by no means
certain That ono OF these nomals didn't
accompany Mr.. Mackey part Of tho way
across the continent ON the fast mail
train. Tamps arc partial to mail
trains. The trucks are ruomier than
those ~ the ordinary coach or freight
ear. Whatever doubt there was about
Mr. Mackeya beating the record there
certainly wasn't any doubt TINT Mr..
Tramp beat the railroad company.
There are tramps and tramps Many
A poor fellow who has spent his last cent
and Il out at the elbows wants TO try his
lack in another part Of tho country. but
he has no means OF getting there except
his heels. Thee will not carry him far
without hunger staring him Ia the face.
lie flinks about some frcightyarl, aud
when a train Is pulling out begs train.
man 10 carry him along a bit. lie adj.
niits that he lisa tramp, but he isn't; he's
a boggar and a tenderfoot. There are
Others, who have Just got their hand in,
travelling from town 20 town. and when
a traiuman catches them slowed away
ina box car they whine pitoously aud
recount their suilcrings or those of u
alex family miles away which they arc
anxious 20 get to.
now real TnNrs Acr
"These are no traiups,' said brake
man. There is nothing interesting
about them aud they are nuisance
The professional tramp Is character,
and sometimes you meet with one 80
slick that hr deserves to beat. his way.
The rial tramp makes no excuse when
he Is discovered. Nine times out Of ten
BE- makes n threat. and US good many
Of them go armed It IS dangerous TO
NEEDLE with them. For II there Is u
human being who might be expected TO
value his life cheaplyit lisa tramp rather
than u burglar. How many times have
had tramp snarl at me with string
OF oaths aud wind up by threatening to
put o hole through met
probably trampy will hang on 20
most anything. from the bakCshos to
the wheel box" suggested the reporter.
"Eo." raid a trainman Of the Central
Railroad OF New Jcucy. "Mauy people
have erroneous ideas about the habits OF
trunpi. Personally never saw a tramp
on q truck, but others ray they have.
TrGmps generally pull for an empty box
car, Il there Is one open. 1t Is curious
10 SEQ them search the yard over. inquire
about the departure OF trains and
thoirdcatinauon and the stops they make
along tho way. Why. Saturday night.
just before leaving for Phillipsburg, |
went toseaIch my train for tramps, aud /
found am empty Fall Brook car full Of
them. right next TO tho train shed. They
knew somehow that tho car was going
home, aud that 1t went to the end Of tue
journey They always scem to want to
50 as lar as possible.
"Ihsso fellows net M whining and
begged INC TO let them 40 along. They
all had sick families, or something lust
~ bad, 90 20 Tor, aud ono Of them said
hcwautel 20 to philiipsburg 10 attend
the funeral OF his brother. drove them
all out None of them was profcs ioual.
They didn't know one another, and they
all scattered IN different directions,
iEvENGE ron Ill TREAnWSE
"Of course they viii get into any car
that Is left open, aud Il thcro is anything
oaublc they always help themselves. II
there Isn't an open car they will try to
find a cat Of lumber That h. moro ox.
70 I'd, but there are always some vacant
nlOEs between the piles of boards. aud
they make very good hunks. when /
W.. running ON q Long Branch train we
had an experience with tramps at Mnta.
wan. We picked up a car Of lumber
there. \ gang Of tramps had learned Of
ils time Of departure and that Il was q
through car, which Just suited them.
They always Try 10 get a through sleep.
err lihc palspnsors who pay their way.
One OF tnem, who had wooden leg, they
put on top Of the lumber In plain sight,
and then they appeared to 20 away. OF
course the trainmen wouldn't put n de-
formed man off, and apparently he was
The only one who was going along. But
no sooner did the locomotive signal to
start than the gang Tt upon the lumber
car like aswarm of bees. We went bacl.
and pulled them all out from tho GREY.
Ices, and we got curses In return.
The next night when n freight train
came along the switch at Matawan was
open, and the train smashed lot Of cars
on u siding. Tho tramps were around
later to SEQ the results. aud they asked
tho agent whether that was Porters
train. No, said the agent. and thcy were
very sorry that they had made mis-.
take.
AN empty box car or car Of lumber
lacking, they look ior car with coed
sill at tho end But not many cars aro
built that way now, Whore car has
ladders within reach Of the bumpers
iThlnps will stand on the bumpers and
make q long journey sometimes In that
position. But generally there "a nothing
10 cling 10 ut the end. and many u pro.
ieshonal will stand between two ears
with n tooton one bumper and the other
loot ON the other bumper. OF course this