Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-12-12
ROADS TEACH MANNERS
Fast Train Service is Be-
coming a Finishing School.
Officials Demand That Employees
on Flyers Be Chesterfields.

Officials Demand That Employees
on Flyers Be Chesterfields.
Rules Are Also Becoming More
VoluminOus Yearly.
| Besides the precautions taken
by the officials of the big roads to
insure the safety of the fast trains
the tralnmen who pilot the flyers
will soon be Chester6elds go far
as manners are concerned. The
officers are insisting that the men
who care for the passengers on
these fast trains be not only po-
lite, bat polished.
While the fast train service is
rapidly becoming a flushing
school for the men actively en-
ployed. the rules that hedge it
about are also increasing. An IL
lustration of this is the operation
of a limited train recently put in
service on a transcontinental line
between Chicago and San Fran
cisco.
ISSUE INSTRUCTION BOOK.
Officers of this road have issued
a little booklet entitled "Joint In
lstructions to Agents and Conduc-
tors in Regard to the California
Limited !" These books have no
illuminated covers, no surfeit of
adlectives nor half-tone pictures.
They are not intended for the
public eye, being for the exclusive
guidance OF the employees. Among
other things it contains the fol-
lowing Instructions 10 conductors:
The following trensportations
may be honored:
Fist-class tickets, limited or I'M
limited, coin, excursion, round
trip tourist, mileage, card, book,
local or coupon.
United States government trans
portation orders, or our exchange
tickets given in lieu thereof, pro-
vided they call for first class pas
sage.
Commissions Of United States
postoiice inspectors and superin-
tendents, aud of chief clerks of
the railway mail service. Rail
way postal clerks may also be car
ried on presentation of their pho-
tographic commissions between
points covered by same.
First class tickets issued for the
transportation of corpses as bag
gage.
Conductors are also instructed
not to honor employees or special
rate tickets, pdversising transpor-
tation, mileage. second class, i'm
migrant tickets or droyers' passes,
stock contracts or tickets endorsed
"Not good on limited trains.'
No official OF the road ranking
below q trainmaster, roadmaster
or master mechanic will be car
ried on his annual pass. In case
person without the proper trans.
portatlon should board the train
the conductor is instructed to car
ry HIM to the first stopping place
and advise him to either purchase
a first class ticket or wait for a
following train on which his ticket
VIII be honered.
GOVERNS FARE ON PULLMANs.
Ii one person has paid for and
occupies an entire drawing room
alon conductors will require two
first class railroad tickets. The
atricai baggage will not be carried
on the limited Personal baggage
alone will be carried and the com
pany reserves the right to for
ward any or all baggage on fol-
lowing trains.
Tralnmen are not to occupy
seats in the composite car nor in
sleeping cars to the discomfort or
crowding of passengers. They are
also prohibited from smoking
while on duty. When in or while
passing through dining cars while
meals are being served trainmen
are Instructed to remove their
caps.