The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-13
M4DE The PRhsIDENI FAi'
Had to Put mp Railroad rare 'or
aud Party.

great many good stories have beeh
told of how railroad officials WHO nav
baen unfortunate enough to leave theii
,assas AZ home have been compelled by
pt1arlzeal0us conductors TO pun w III
lateral for their fare, says the Ddi.iibi ave
american Many OF these stories n1 10
been based on facts, ana never Ia, ttetter
terest. when told by sou 81 bowever.
There are but few railroad men, nS ~
- have over compelled Presldenl VI
the Tinted States to pay MS laIe, 'e' 80.
did so and the occurrence Hidu. ,,,bo
i'm railroad circles. The cohuuGlJIt 80.
was responsible for TINS mo-5iS VET
cran of the old "Pennsy, pdt Who n1n
been retired for twelve years, anu - ~ ~
engaoed i'm the restaurant business III .n i.
CITY. Captain Davis. IN 1913, NJ 80
compelled President btaht " 20 - also
frnrn baltimore TO Philadelphia, DuI also
tn mt m collateral for the rare OF eEtly
,ner,bar IN the party. This money aIhuuu.-
ed To $54g. and was turned over ~ ',tt
division headquarters In fhlldus'pi'" ~
the end Of the run from TINS cry T., he
Captain tells OF the oS0u' 'N"~o
following manner; ,,,,,tt,, of
~ vas i'm 1874 that the Assembly OF
PENNSYLVANIA amended lle o,,. va go,
nrobibiting the railroads oil the o'dte i.o iti
outside OF the State-line Inc cohnuCtOl9s
were ordered imperauvely not 10 aCC,Pt
"nv masses. and on the very next day l
took the $50 train out OF the Ola - ~.
dent-street depot. In the hrst car Us US
old Thomas Clyde, the louiiutl n,t -
CLYDE Line of steamers, ana WIZ ~ -, :.
ne mass over the read, in conslqerhllpl
OF a valuable tract OF lana ne n di -,
mated to the company. ehpsaIiIeu tIte
circumstances TO him, anu dl ,',,I II,
hesitation, ne put UP the collateral, ouI
told me TO tell the officials that ne Wanted
il returned 10 his office not IateT tHah
the following morning.; IL IS h eedie5iS ~ ,o
say that ne got it. When / rehcheu llf
end Of the train, tound ma that a. c Soo-
tanned General Grant and his party, bounu
for Long Branch. / asked to see the
Presidents private secretary, anu dsAe3
him if ne had an order for the car ana
TRANSPORTATION He said that nc dld not,
although he had made a request Ior one
when the party left Washington. l
told him that there must be some mistake,
and that. as we were nearing ferryihah );
| would telegraph TO Philadelphia, and
would get an answer by the tme we
reached HaVre-de-Grace. We nnally got
TO the latter place. but there was no an
swcr / teIegraphed again 10 the Office,
and told them to answer me az W I!mIng-
ton. When we reached WHminGton
there was not TIE slightest Indication of
an order. and then ! thought that it was
time for me TO act on my own response
bility.
Il again visited the Presidents private
secretary. and told him that my efforts 10
get an answer had been futile, and that. Is
my orders We're imperative. | was COM
PEELED to collect the fares. He asked me
how much it would amount TO. and I
told him S5425. He had n long confer
ence with the President. and finally came
to me and handed me the money. When
| reached headquarters. | handed IL over.
and while l was commended fer following
out my orders the money was at once
forwarded 10 General Grant That oc-
currence taught the railroad people a
lesson. and afterwards the conductors
were told to use their own discretion in
such extreme cases"