The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-10-29
NORTH AND SOUTH.


"There are some people who sup
pose the life OF a Pullman conductor
Is a bed OF roses" said 0ne Of the fra.
tcrnity, sitting In the comfortable
smoking room OF one Of the rolling
hotels the other day, "but let those
persons try 1t for a month or two
and they will find there Is something
to dU besides 20 through the coaches
and lake up or 'lift as we call the
tickets. Every ticket punched, every
occupied and every unoccuplcd seat,
section or berth are to be reported tu
the proper officials and diagram Of
each coach showing the location Of
each passenger must be attached to
the report. On this train l am in
charge OF every Pullman c0acl, and
am responsible to the company for
any damage which may be done. 1fa
lock Ia broken, or a glass cracked or
broken, Il towel, brush or comb lost l
am expected TO report the whole cir.
cumstances attending the accident,
giving the time, place and all possible
reasons for IL and by whom done II
known and II not known, then 1t must
be SO stated. The porters, Of course,
are all under me and are required to
report to me all such things as come
under their notice. A good porter
can aid Il conductor very materially
in his duties and his services In that
way are never overlooked. l have one
with me now who goes on nearly all
my runs and is my right-hand man.
"Thcrc is one thing have noticed
particularly, and that is the difference
in the travelling public in the South
and in the North. l so as far as Flor
ida one way and to the line Of Canada
the other, and l feel like / am In a
different land almost when l cross
Mason's and Dixoh's line. The north
crn passengers require three times as
much attention and service as the
Southern. The greatest trouble with
them is that they arc never satisfied
with the place their tickets call for.
II they have lower six they want up
per eight. 1t doesn't make any diff
ercncc whether it is more desirable or
not; they just want the change. Now,
to-day in the parlOr Car ahead the
man in Nv. 8 wanted to get No. l6 In
order to be next to some friends. So
l tried to get No. 1G to take No. 8. but
he refused to change, so, Of course,
there was nothing for me to do, but !
had No. s and No. 16 both angry be-
cause No. s didn't ask for the seat he
wanted when he bought his ticket Of
the agent at the Office. In this case
the man happened to have a good rea.
son for wanting to change, but Ger.
tainly had none for finding fault with
me because No. 16 wouldn't agree to
1t.
Now, in the South, have never
had any trouble like that. A passen.
yer comes in, takes the seat his ticket
calls for and there he stays, unless a
misplaced switch or some other acci.
dent throws him out. There ! 60 to
bed as soon as the passengers are all
in bed, but up here you can never tell
when some man will want to change
his berth.
II am Il Northern man myself, but
the Southerners are the people. Phil
adclphia Is my native town, and has
always been my home, but II I could
arrange II l would 80 South and set
tic down. 1t would seem that the
people Of the South, having been
raised with slaves around them,
would be more trouble than those
from the North, but taking them as a
class they seem to have more consid'
Grafton for those around them and
more Of that tact and courtesy whict
make friends for them everywhere.
"ln Florida l never have any hotel
bills to pay where l am known. ] H
to the best hotels and my uniform
carries me through, but 10 the NORTH
1t is very different. l would starv'
here even among my friends, II IN!
money were not as good US the next
l don't mean to say that Il man shoul'
expect any more, but II only goes T.
: show the difference In the two sec
: tions. Here In the North the peopl
@ got rich too easily and they don
s know how to carry 1t like they do II
. the South"
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