Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-22
AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
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AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
hallway Age)
a short time ago we published an
article on the subject 81 employees wages
showing that an Increase Of 80 cents %
day the wages of all employees would
wipe out the entire net earnings of an
the railways Of the country. The article
was widely quoted and has resulted 10
rather interesting agitation
First. conductor ia New York state
appeared in print. In y daily paper. with
an argument to the effect that. IL The
calculation was correct. the sooner the
employees looked after their own interests
and provided for their own future the
better He then suggested that II the
lOO,OO employees Ia New York state
would club together and contribute 81
q month. that would make Sl.2OO,OOO a
year with which they could buy a con-
trolling interest Ia one on more railways,
and so become their own employers.
Then correspondent ON the Pacific
coast. arguing on much the same lines
IS the conductor, said. There are
100000 employees In the United States
Taking IN Canada and Old Mexico. we
would probably have 100000 Suppose
one-hftcenth of this Number would form
q company and pay in the small sum Of
- each month, the amount would be
N6,OVpuO per year. and in 1--WE years
they could own road. fully equipped
from the Pacific coast 90 Chicago fully
paid for This would employ from 20
VOV TO 10000 men, and thus furnish
work for the idle"
II Is possible that these scattered germs
Of ideas may some time develop into n
practical attempt to organize some large
scheme of cooperation among employees
ga 20 a.
may DO 40. II Is not probable that the
experience would be particularly salts
factory ia a financial way, but Il would
be an extremely Interesting sociological
experiment II IL succeeded 80 much
the better If Il failed. IL might nc least
IN some measure make men more con-
tented with existing things But " any
Of tue plans Is TO be attempted, let Il
be- rather In the direction of controlling
existing roads than OF building new and
superfuous ones.
THE CROWN SHEET IN DANGER.
Everybody ON the Pacific coast"
writes n correspondent, "has heard of the
late Hank Smith. as good au engineer
as ever turned q brake handle but wet
decidedly cOnyiyial. Some time before his
death, while the ultimate result Of hls
sickness was yet In doubt, his physician
Z
Swearing of was about ns hard on
Hank az dying, in fact IL was about
the same thing. About the time that
the order stopping liquid supplies had
been issued, some ono asked young Smith
how his father was, The young man
knows something about an engine him.
self. lie answered.
Well, they've made the old man
stop drinking and he's burned his crown
sheet. They don't know yet whether it'll
fail Ia on him or not
THE ClNCH on MCCORMICK.
"A long time ago" snid the old-umer.
stopping 20 tramp down the wt.plug IN
his cob pipe; "a long time ago when
! was on the South Park road. we were
having good many wrecks,
Most Of these were cnuSed by run
Always; the stock was equipped with
straight vacuum. and IL wouldn't suck
wind for cent-'cause they didn't take
kcer of g.
we had superintendent then Of the
name Of Mccormick who was holy ter
r0r on the fire; he'd discharge a man
Just ON suspicion; new men come and
went ON almost every train.
Every few days thore'd be a run
away, and Mccormack would fire the
whole crew--just TO keep up the discip-
line
"One night, Sam Blacks Mason. Fair
he-we always called 'em Jlm-crows
! got away from him on Kenoeha hill.
and Sam and the whole crew were KILLED.
| The news came early, aud LOT Of us
! gathered nc the little depot al the foot
! VI Larimer street, Denver 10 meet No
! , and help carry the remains OF the
boys home Mccormick was pacing M
/ and down the platform with his hands
behind him.
whilst we were waittR, sorta ouie,
/ Ike, each man kinder thinldn' how near
I Il come 10 him, and feclin' sorta sober
l hnpened 60 notice an old Irishmnn
| Attipg on the edge of the platform smol,.
/ ing clay pipe and watchin' little ami
/ hill between the ties
Pretty soon another follow, Of the
same nationality. came along with Il
/ spike maui over his shoulder. evidently
/ he did not know the reason OF the gather.
| ing. He jerked his head cornerways al
| his friend and said
Mornin, JimmE'
Good mornin', Moike; did We see
/ MekormickY
"'Oi did not
'Mekorudc, IL cryin' this mornin..'
/ sure; phwat's the matter ave him.
jimmy
! There does be foiye min comm IN
that be can't discharge amy more bad
cess I'll him.
AGAINST GAS-LIGHTED CARS.
a very large volume Of the immense
suburban business of New Yorl, div 4
carried by the Delaware Lackawannn
and Western. This business grew nm
against the wish Of the company. which
gave particular attention 10 freight traffic
and very little was done for years 10 do,
Yelop the carrying of passengers Amonp
the drawbacks complained of hy It'd
passengers was badly lighted cars. Of
late a new aud more progressive policy
has been adopted by the company, and
among improvements introduced has been
me lighting Of the ears with Pintsch gns
Only part of the cars have vet been
equipped with the gas-lightinR APPARATUS
but the indications are thar the whole of
them VIII, IN the course Of time be pro-
yided with this admirable light
We are among the travellers ON this
road who appreciate the use Of ligbt
which enables person 10 read his even