Arizona republican., 1892-11-20
THE MAN IN THE CAB.
VIEW AT CLOSE RANGE OF THE
 MEN WHO GUIDE TRAINS.

n, cab-What 1t Means to the Ameri-
 ,,u Engineer, Though His English
 R,otber Rides in the open Air-The Whistle and Its Individuality.
 The average American engineer and
 m fireman would think themselves very n vsed if an order were issued for the ,hEshment of the cabs-that friendly sr-eat from indictment weather that is pE considered an absolute necessity on ,D engines And yet in civilized Eng a,i, on a majority of the railroads, the sgnes in use are built minus the cab, avs forcing the operators to work with A, shelter in all kinds of weather. It gunds inhuman, and yet in refutation l as railroad companies ask whether the Slier should carry an umbrella when \ rsins or the sailor be allowed to work rsisr an awning? The claim is that the nlruad employees become inured to se- vrs weather and the absence of cover ng keeps them alert, so that the possi- hIty of danger from inattention to isty is reduced to a minimum. Subtle rgunent, perhaps, but hardly tenable. this practice was adopted on some of 'Ewestern roads where the temperature xses from 20 to 50 degs. below zero, Nv many engineers would live 70 carry her trains from one station to thu Ssxt? The unpardOnable sin in an enginew sb let the water get out of the boiler dthe engine in his charge. No matter Eaai excuse he may offer, if he lives to lake his report in turn, his dismissal VI be peremptory, for by this action A has proved himself incompetent and @EoTthy of future responsibilities. It sb,ter for an engineer that he had Nysr been born when he reaches this sage of self torture. Fortunately such ases are rare. The man on all well Mducted railroads must have shown a1Seli to be trusty and true before he sgTen charge of an engine, and the Jgd inspection to which he is sub
 @ted before an engagement is guar nise of future conduct.
 Vne weakness nearly every engineer aS and that IS penchant for doctor aS the steam whistle on his pet engine. Nsiy boy in a country town familiar
 1s himself at an early age with se
 1eFent "tOots' that by day and night 'al through the unhappy village. He Al detect No, As whistle when the train saye miles distant, and in like manner approach of Nos. and are herald aN hls keen ear. Of course all whis.
 as are alike when they leave the shops, 'G 'he engineer fills in the sounding N with a piece of turned wood that -s sn1g and changes the tone to ashort, s4'P scream or an angry, impatient
 WI as hls fancy may dictate
 'ls close observer may lie snugly in
 1 oel and yet be able to detect the !14lS Of either a freight or passenger uaa The engine on the former an- J''lces Its approach by emitting a4h shrlIl scream that is soul piercing ..olSh to waken the dead, while the s1Sylger engine, with due respect to
 " u,'hg freight it carries, sounds a
 ,-s' usep warning note that does not %To .ro 'ae occupant of a berth to his feet ~ @aAuins, ready to curse the com
 !m m general terms and the engineer rrp rp@'ucllar ones for such an act of L ana inconsiderateness. On the ,,.3, ,,,5u' train a sharp, shrill scream is es- ,-'4I, Tor 1t notifies the brakemen, who ~ ,Efhaps forty cars in the rear of the Ta SI7 and separated from the occupants T--s '-Y cab by many ways of ear piercing e.s. eI just what work is required at Ust hands.
 s~ ,uS whistle is to them what tho cry ~,I, T' call boy on the Thames steamboat
 .ia. ia :" Oe to the engineer down below
 T, To'o the advent of electric bells. E uer! the captain would remark s.- rs ordinary tone of conversation to 6,s slal boy that followed him like a EorI5 ,'g"' and Ease herr the youngster s,a ,~l , scream in his sharp, shrill stac-
 ss S VCTn sG the companionway. "Stop ro,,, Lurn CT asternr' "Go aheadp tr perhaps follow in rapid success 6si ana in this decidedly crude fashion
 'uuon steamboat captains did their