Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-04
TRAVELLING IN CANADA.


ments on . Balky Locomotive.
There are primitive people in Canada, or,
at all events, some Of them are. Those who
aren't primitive perhaps are too sophisti-
Gated. But that's matter Of taste.
Now. there is a railroad In Canada that
NAV be called the Central Lower Canada,
as a disguise similar to that which the de-
tective assumes on the stage, relates the
New York Sun. 1t runs from jacques
Cartierville to Arlington, q distance OF
about 145 miles. At Arlington 1t connects
with an American railway, one Of those
conceitedlv named roads which combine
the name OF q state, like the Oshkosh and
Nebraska. or something in that style. This
Lower Canada Central runs one train
day to connect with this American line.
The train leaves jacques Cadtierville in
the afternoon and takes in theory Ave and
half hours to run to Arlington. 1t is only
In theory that 1t takes that length Of time.
Not having anything special to do when 1t
gets there and the other train having to
do the waiting the Central Lower Canada
takes six or seven hours to make the run.
OF course. the run can be made in schedule
time. but only when the new American
engine. which the company bought ten
years ago. is in condition. That is not al
ways.
The other day 1t started on time to the
second and went slowly up the first OF the
long grades which as a rule would be con-
sidered in making UP the schedule, but in
Canada are not taken into account. AS it
went on, the train lost time everywhere.
Finally 1t stopped half an hour late at
flag station. There is waited, and kept on
waiting-it had hot box. The passengers
went out to see the fun and heard the en-
gineer and conductor, in the intervals OF
the formers struggles with the hot box,
making comments on affairs in general and
on those Of the Central Lower Canada in
particular.
"They oughtn't to ha' given you this en-
gine,' said the conductor. The engineer
grunted and muttered:
"They hadn't. She broke down yesterday.
same place.
"They put those brasses in this mornin'.
though" said the fireman. from the cab.
"Ya-as," said the engineer, drawing out
the last Of the hot brasses from the box.
"These was new brasses this mornin'."
The passengers were getting interested.
where's the engine that should pull us?"
asked one Of them.
"Oh, she's been laid up for two or three
days." said the engineer, pouring more water
on the hot box. Then one OF the passengers.
who had been around the engine came back
with a capital Joke.
Say. what d'you think they've got for a
headlight" he asked. "A brakeman's Ian
tern inside the big lantern"
"Ya-as," said the engineer. suilenly as
the passengers streamed off to verify the
statement. Lamp broke down when we
tried to light it, so we had to put tho
lantern inside"
After an hour the box was cooled sufh-
ciently to allow the train to go ahead, and
1t arrived at Arlington only about two and
a half hours late, to find that the worm had
turned, and the train that should have
waited had departed. The Central Lower
Canada advertises in Canada as the Short
est and best line''-but then every road
does that.
1t ought to be interesting to those Amer
leans who view the far-famed Saguenay
on the "palatial double-tier steamers of
the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation COM
pany" to learn from a steward caught look
ing through the window into womans
stateroom that that is the way he and his
confreres are directed to proceed to learn
II the passengers are up and ready to leave
the boat. But the manager says he will
forbid the stewards to do 1t in the future,
and that they were never told to do so,
anyway; so perhaps the Americans who
support the line may take comfort for next
year.
Last year there was train from this
city. which, reaching jacques -Cartierville
on time. brought the traveller into the city
at $3.50 in the morning. in time to get the
early morning boats and trains. But tho
hotel keepers did not like that arrangement
and as the Canadian Pacific is the biggest
hotel keeper in the city, it had influence
enough to have the train taken off. So
now there is only one way OF getting into
and out of Jacques Cartiervlle without
having to spend the night at some OF the
hotels-which is nice for the hotel keepers