The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-25
WHY THE TRAIN STOPPED.
Tho Favor Asked OF The New York Con-
trial by o Resident OF X

Tho Favor Asked Of the New York Con-
trail by o Resident of Eonkers.
A resident Of Yonkers called at
the Office Of the superintendent of
the New York Central in this city
one day, and, sending in his card,
was promptly admitted to the pri-
vate room of that official. AS he
ships considerable freight over the
Central's tracks, his reception ey
the superintendent was a cordial one.
IT am about to take my family up
to Saratoga Saturday morning, he
said, land have come to ask you as
o favor to have the $3.50 train tagged
ut Yonkers, so We can get to Sarato-
ga early in the afternoon. 1t would
be extremely inconvenient for US to
be compelled to 20 down to the Gen.
trial station in order to board the
train, and I think I can safely ask
the favor of having it stopped for
me at Yonkers."
The superintendent picked up a
time table from his desk, glanced it
over and said:
swell, the rules of the road are
very strict on the subject of tagging
trains to take on passengers at sta
tons not designated as stops on the
train schedule. We seldom grant
such requests, even to important
officials of the road. II we were to
comply with one-quarter of the re-
quests of this sort that we receive,
our express trains would be able to
make no better time than the ordi-
nary way trains. But we appreciate
the fact that we receive agood share
of your shipping business, and for
that reason are disposed to accom-
modate you. You can depend upon
the $3.50 train stopping at Yonkers
next Saturday morning. Have your
family ready to get on board, as the.
train must not be delayed"
The caller expressed his grateful
thanks to the superintendent and
departed. At $40 the following
Saturday morning he and his fami-
~ were driven up to the station in
great haste in two coaches, while an
express wagon unloaded several
trunks. Having purchased tickets
for the party the gentleman hustled
out upon the platform, and approach
ing the station agent with the
haughtiness of q railroad magnate
said:
ct suppose you received orders
from the superintendent to flag the
$3.50 train for me?"
The agent looked at him meekly
and replied:
mo, sir. I received no orders
whatever"
"Wby, that's strange" he said.
nThe superintendent tod me posi-
lively that the train would be stop
ped here for me.
The smile that spread over the
station agents face was interpreted
by the gentleman to Indicate a doubt
as to his veraoity, and he became
properly indignant. The agent still
insisted that he had received no Or
ders regarding the tagging Of the
train.
j "Well, the order must certainly
have been sent out and may have
m~iscarried, said the gentleman.
Cant you flag the train, anyhow"
"No, sir. That is out of the ques-
ton. I wouldn't flag that train for
Chauncey Depew himself unless I
had orders from headquarters to do
SO. It would cost me my job it /
did"
At that moment the train was
sighted in the distance, and the gen
tleman began to prance around the
platform in a state of great excite
ment. He pleaded, begged and en-
treated the agent to flag the train,
and finally threatened to report him
to the superintendent, but all in
vain. AS the train drew near the
station its speed slaokened, and it
finally stopped. The waiting family
was finally bundled on board in a
hurry, and as the gentleman climbed
on the car steps just as the train
started he looked back at the station
agent triumphantly and shouted in
a voice that was audible to every
one on the station platform:
) "Didn'tI tell you this train was
ordered to stop here for me?"
The agent grinned and retorted in
stentorian tones:
"Why, this train has been stop
ping here every morning for the last
tx vears NEW York SIM.