Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-08-12
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dccirenU, ike the 1dte one ii UQe Trains
are ordered to full stop before crossing
each others tracks. The accident brought
out q good deal OF the sympathetic side
OF human nature. Everybody seemed
only too willing to assist in every way
possible. l know OF business men who
went out on the meadows and worked
all lnightincaringf forthe 6eadand wound
ed, and all made themselves generally
useful wherever their services were needed.
Others their stores and gave freely Of
their contents in furnishing needed sup
plies for the comfort OF the wounded
Forema CharlesEvansofthe CoronerB
jury certainly made bad break in call
ing the wrecked train tramp train"
leaving the inference in the minds Of
those not fully posted in railroad terms
that it WAS the passengers he reflected
upon. The. passengers were among
Bridgeeton s most honored and respect
ed citizens who paid their fare and came
down to the Sea shore for day g outing.
They were not 'tramps'' and probably
Mr.. Evans had no intention OF conveying
the idea that they were. A tramp train
in railroad parlance is an unscheduled
one that has no regular timetable, no
right OF way, and slips along from station
to station in obedience to special orders
from the train dispatcher. The train
run into and wrecked would, in this
sense, have been.a tramp if it had contain
ed all the railroad presidents and Jury
foremen in the country.
1 noticed that old veteran soldier,
ra i1ro dor no1,f;o;oD re, Co,x-ou
here, and also Supt. Dayton and other
high officials OF both roads. That, togeth-
er, they will eventually get at all know
able facts OF the accident goes without
saying. There are no better managed
railroads in the world so far as care
and safety go, than the Pennsylvania
and Reading; but accidents will some
times occur in spite OF every precaution,
for human judgement is not infalIible
You could hardly expect to get perfect
man at the wages paid. Just think OF
it Ten dollars a week for man to work
signal tower, seven days week and
twelve hours a dayl A traction less
than twelve cents an hour for the ser
vices OF man who holds in his hands
the lives OF hundreds OF thousands OF
peoplel Comment is unnecessary.
/ am almost sorry that L asked for
information concerning the political
standing of the Press, but so many peo-
pie were talking about it l ventured
to ask There need have been no doubt,
for the opinions of both the proprietor
and the editor are well known. The
former is known as a republican and
the latter as a pronounced democrat.
l think both have nit upon a happy
medium Neither yields his convictions
and both are willing to hear both sides.
The financial question, IS presented
at the present time, is new one, compar-
atively, and good many people, includ-
ing myself, don t know very much about
it. A newspa per, in my judgement, should
be willing to present both sides OF every
public question for the information
and education of its readers -for all
shades OF opinion are represented on
its subscription lists.
There is one thing l notice in this
financial discussion that strikes me very
forcibly and that is that all the fel-
lows who made our paper money when
it was cheap, are the ones that holler
the loudest for the gold standard now.
can name score OF such persons among
my own acquaintance. Now it seems
to me that man who turns up his nose
at silver dollar with his Uncle Samuel's
stamp thereon has but little confidence
in his said Uncle, but it may be because
'its English you know" 1t was Eng
lish you know" to steal Venzuela, but
Uncle Sam said, Hold on, thereF' and
Johnny Bull held on. But 1 have no
time to discuss the silver question in
this letter. At some future time l may
touch upon it and try to give some con-
elusive reasons why the United States
need not ask England or any other nation
what its financial policy shall be.
ARGUS.