Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-30

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entered . railroad okllcial's ofRcs In Jer-
wy City On ons of the coldsse. snowicst
dsya And I'd IKE 10 lsavs my name
fOs ths Job o hrskin IN hts place. dr.
Lost his jobs How's thsty'
''Jist got killed. mp in the yard" 10
piled the young man In the pa jsckst.
The railroad ofncial promisrd to hold
the application under consideration. and
tho man went out. evidently well pleased.
There 10 no calling" said the officer.
80 b<ses with dangers and s,riships ~
that Of railroad brakema.N Especially
on . freight o. ooal train. and Jet were
50 bsaksmen killed on this o. any other
road today there would be IN esger and
snxious applicant for each mans place
- coon - the news Of he death became
known. The man who was in here Just
now evidently saw Brakeman Reilly
killed. because IL couldn't have happened
long before he came IN, ~ have 70
ceived no Official notice Of the accident
yet. and reports OF that kind como in
very promptly. That man witnessed
Rsilly's death. bat whatever impression
Il made upon him was lost In the fact
that tho deed man hsd left . place TO b
filed by some ono else. That prompted
him TO oct at once, and be lost not . Sc
ond In securing whatever Of advantage
he believed priority Of claim foe The
place might give him.
Every railroad has . small army Of
these anxious and waiting applicants for
chances to step into desd mems shoes
hanging around ~ yards and stations
They arc chiefly men who have followed
railroadins Ill their lives and have lost
their jobs in some way You see, rail-
roading u good deal like politics. II .
man goes into Il once, he INIT worth .
map for anything elsa. and % II be gets
ont Of II he V psrpstually on The lookout
for the opportu unity that must como for
him to get in again. There isn't ono At
the men refer ~ who dos not feel Q
genuine sorrow when . railroodee u
killed. and few Of them would hesitate
to risk theif own hives In "a effort to
save that Of any trainman in danger,
although they might know that The death
Of that man woald place them In tho
best position they could hopsSvsf 10 All,
yet thsy haunt tho tracks and The station
yards day sftR day watching The switch
ing and the coming and going Of trains,
knowing that soms ono Of tho trainhands
or switchmen n sure TO b killed now
and then.
when the fellows Of the man who
came here in such haste to bsspsak poor
Reilly's place hear a Rsilly's death, they
will bemoan tho hard fate thas prevented
them from hsing present when be We
killed and robbed them Of chance to
reach my ear hrst. Il isn't 1t al likely
that THE entsEprising young man will b
hired In Reillys place. although he may
b. II he isn't. u will not shake his
faith. nor that Of any Of tho others, in
the importance Of having early intelli-
gence Of fatal sccidcnts to trainmen,
and being early to my Office with the
NEWS and IN application: OF. II the scci-
dent occurs ct distance. TO the once OF
the one having authority 1t that point.
There IL ono Of these mon who has
brought mo the first news of seven diff
feront men h hes seen killed. and 10 10
now. ] have no doubt, watching for an
other accident with The hope that he win
get The dead mans Job. Now York Sun.