Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-28
IN A FOG.
N CID BUS DRIVER TELLS SOME
or HIS EXPERIENCES.

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Thg feg came down on London last
week. and IN early morning the fog &g-
uais we're expiodin; on the suburban
Fines. Talking of tho fogs. m old bus
arivsr had an interesting chat with M
.'ie ether morning on my way from
Haniaersnifh
These '-r. fogs is dreadful" he aid.
lone day I'm thinkin OF was . bad IN;
!'0ai,sf't get the 'osses to go at all, so
;sul:~,l ha,k at Piccadilly- But that
tl.~rn'f pay: for if the company don't
thi'ss-afii they mostly don't think-it's
thie& enough 10 stop running the buses
pad ,0n dl stop without any official tell.
fn; vou. they'll make you pay for thu
islit NJ the Journey that you missed.
hsil 70 pay for that half journey from
Pr f7ldilly.-
, Have you ever got on the wrong road
iironsii the fog* asked.
oh yes: lots of times. I've often
tnrue,i mp wrong street, but I've gen
"F,ily fonn1 my way again. But one
'ivsie--ab0us three years ago--I got quite
l,s5. II was going from Hammersmiti
To- Liverpool street. You could have
'5ut the fog. il was SO thick. We passed
.&enshiston and knightsbridge all right
AMI then got somewhere where di.ln
;.hnw. any mate behind looked about d
i6t but he couldn't make out where we
was. ~ we went and asked p'lieeman.
he was on point duty and told US We
was in the park somewhere. but he
didn't know where But I've made
plenty et mistakes like that. Why. the
irst run this morning nearly went the
wrong way
Now. look here. he said pointing to
a street lamp that was slimrnering quite
close a, hand. those are the things that
puzzle Won You think that's on the
pavement and go sharp off to the righ,
70 miss it and YOU find yourself at the
wrong side Of the road with traffic on all
sides Of yor. and a policeman swearin ,
'clusin. an obstruction. That's in the
Iulidale of the road; it isn't ON the pave
'weu; at all. I've often wished that biz
lamp AT the corner of Hyde park far
it always balks me"
Are there many accidents in foggy
weather
Il don't think there are more than III
'cls'2r weather. for every one drives care
,iul-thcy have to do or they'd soon have
i, smash. Sometimes, You know. a cab
by will pull up sharp and your pole
Twill 70 through tine back of his 'ker.
ridge but rien them things always hap
prus, The '"sse>. toy. gets frightened
when it gets extra thick. and they'll
iih;' but they're often not so bad ~
some u thc passengers. who nudge you
AMI pull yon and tell you TO please IN
careful. Tho fog doesn't hurt the 'osses
much; it might give EN- cold, but il !,
us that suffers most. When there's L
frost and a fog together it's awful.
I've often had my osses led. but W,
don't like any one TO touch our animals
heads. It's like an insult to us. Plic,~
men arc always at that game, becan-'
they know we don't like it. But itsvcr,
bad when they fall down in a fo., for N,
one can see Won and its quite likely tina
Iapotl,cr bus Will come saiiing along right
onto vuu int in all my experience IN,
ioniv seen Que 'oss down in Il fog, and iu
was shot. I'd sooner drive anywhere O..
a rli,k night than up to Hammersmil
or Bavswatcr You have ihr park I'll
!alnn. one side Of the road. and YOU llnuv
how lark it is. think Bayswater is III
worst Of the two. once drove thra
os- metropolitan bus into the middle -
Ia row of hansomS, but it's snrprisln
VIA; :, little damage is 81 sometimes don
in collision"
"F;ui how do yon manage To lind you
way"
WHY We gropc, WAS the significar
arsw'r Il think the best way is TO g
.lic lei, hand wheel of your bus agaiR>
the curb and let her grind You won
know what that is. Well | mean keel
in. alongside the pavement Neve.
mind the wheels: tlpy'll bo all right
On some routes men 60 ahout with Ian
iorls 10 guide you. hi't that's too sloa
.uoIl' once went Il Journey whcu III
conductor took enc of the lamps iii IN
hati tul ran along on the pavement !,
aow nin how far | was off the curb. hu
|all mru haven't the sane disposition
md I've had Il conductor who wouldn
move oil tho step to tell me which sd
of ia road was Why. sometimes
can't soc the whip have in my hand
IFS So thick. Some buses have bells
In; don't; they don't show you wher'
Won are--thats what You want 10 Enow
Toe fog's only good to the pirates w."
pie can't s.c which hus they're s,ttj'i,
into. and good many grumbie whet
asked to r,y the extra fare. But il
doesn't do them very much good. tot
some folk are frightened to ride iii fct
they think its safer TO walk
Thank Won. sir. Good morning.
Pail Mall Budget.