Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-12-31
THE STATION AGENT.

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as Thinks He H~s Moro Than ~ ahoee
Of Life's Worries.
! The life Of q railroad agent a I Way
station In not all sunshine By any meanG.
and those whose position brings with
It little occssjonal and probably ~
served reproof from superiors, skoald
carefully read what the mail brought 70
one agent in single day.
The superintendent Of the road wrote
to say that he wanted the agent 70 uu-
derstand that he was not the superin-
tcndent Of the road, and that Il he hard
any more OF his impertinence he would
discharge him Immediately.
The general luggage agent sent .
letter OF inquiry ~ u why the agent
had neglected " run your pen through
the last paragraph on the excess bar.
guge check issued on the ID" and inti-
mating that such another neglect would
mean removal.
The telegraph superintendent In
formed the agent that unless hs did
better than get in delay reports 80 min
utes after being left BY the train. 10
might consider himself discharged.
The auditor growls because al
through the month Ut May the agent
Ind included prepaid receipts In his
daily balances, and said that whenever
he asked for the removal Ut an agent he
almost always received satisfaction.
The car accountant wrote that there
were two days car reports in the en-
velope he had last sent, which showed
that he was growing careless. A. Il
was the second offense, the next time
should b. the last.
The general freight agent called his
attention TO complaint from man to
whom he quoted rate of $50 ON cattle
standard car to Chicago when the tariff
rate was $50. A. the ONCE had been
having 20 much trouble with it, agents
over such matters, 1t had decided to
make an example of him.
The general passenger agent mailed
him the information that he had L.
sued vouchers in his favor for $40, the
difference between the first and second
class fare between his station and Kan
sas City. though he had been very
careless In failing to punch the ticket
second class" The letter contained
. warning that II it occurred again he
would get into trouble.
The trainmaster was right to the
point when he wrote: "You understand
that no excuse can be accepted for do
lays to fast freight. What excuse have
you to offer for delaying No. 20 to load
cabbage?"
Sam Dean wrote to inquire why his
box OF beans was not sent him, and an
nounced that he was going to report
the agent to the superintendent III that
box amt here tomorrow"
The claim agent wanted to know WIN
he had been holding the papers in
claim 267. 465 % long. Az he had held
bunch of papers just az long once b.
fore, he was asked to explain why the
oface should put up with such things.
The water superintendent expressed
himself as follows: why don't you
SEQ that the tank ut your place il not al
lowed to run over and weaken the foun-
dalton? shall report this to the super
intendent."
A man with SO many superiors ready
to call him to account might be excused
II he felt an occasional pang Of dis
couragement Perhaps he was one Of
the kind to whom use had lessened mar
vel, and he took these letters ind their
contents a. matters of course In his
business. Still. he could not have been
20 hardened a. not to have felt some
sort Of satisfaction as he opened this
letter. the last in that days mail:
my Dear Boy: II the time ever
comes when everything II not going
right. remember your old father has 8
good farm where you can be happy and
independent Your afIectionate
"CATHED.~
m Y Railroad Man