Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-29
THE TRAIN SPOTTER
AN OFFICIAL WHO Is WELL PAID IN
THE RAILROADS.

inc wORk WHICH IL REFORMED SF
This Class Of Detectives and til
Qualities For Which II CaIIs-Me&n-
DDS of the Woman spottes.
A little over three months age fhgx
alighted from an Oakland ferrytems Il
demure little woman. who passed a1pnx
with the crowd, with scarcely 4 glanxy
to the right or left. Her petiteness Al
tracted some attention and her sAAA-
esty more, but no one who observed
the air Of confidence with which zSaE
made her way to the public carriage
stand would have imagined that shs
was stranger and that for the fire.
time in her life she was visiting SAG
rancisco
Giving few quiet directions and -
tering cab, she was whirled awar
from the hustlihg throng and driver II
a hotel Later the register contAinsk
an unassuming Miss Waller Chtsi-
CO." Her room was No. II. Calling
private messenger. she dispatched u.
message to firm of lawyers, AND -iaaa
evening, promptly at 8 o'clock, a pYns-
porous looking well dressed gentlemax
entered the hotel. glanced at the regas-
ter, and, ignoring the clerks QuestRn,
do you want anything" passeoEN
the waiting elevator and walked i7S
the stairs.
That was Tuesday evening. Er
Wednesday morning Miss Waller migir
have been seen boarding a Marile.
street car bound for the ferry, where
she purchased train ticket and cross
ed to the mole. She returned Late "a
Friday evening, and Saturday morning
the same messenger took sealed ies.
ter to the same lawyers, but this alirss
there was no evening caller. Satuy3sr
evening she left town again for a few
days, and these trips were continwss
until one day last week, when, by tlss
merest chance. the object Of hsY ~
peated outings was discovered. Gle fhE
occasion she was the possessor of &.
ticket to a city near the Missouri rive
and she smilingly confessed ihAt siss
was bidding goodby to San FrancAs,x
for some time to come.
AS an illustration Of the care which
she must exercise in order to cnhnI&@
her value to the big railway corynra-
tons in this country 1t is only I4tsses
sary to state that in the ten 5fesr1
which she has devoted to the busineAs
of spotter, or. as she would probably
prefer to have 1t called. privare se
tective. she has doubtless made faNa.
friends than any one else in the .sEuy-,
try. And while she Will not allow SKY
one to get thoroughly acquainted viii
her. she does not make enemies Thx-
would be ruinous.
1t is an unwritten law Of the faA-
roads that every employee is open n
suspicion until he has been proven.
guilty. and the people who take npoE
themselves the task of separating ths
two classes-those who are found gus
ty and those who are as yet merely s,x
der susplcion-are objects Of the grs-Hs
est contempt with the army of tOlle1s
who seek a living On the trains. %
Offset this unpopnlartty, however. They
have the inducernent pf large inancaaA
returns,, There is no ironDonnd rrae
governing the amount Of money vhadC
they receive, ba1>the more prohcient Il
the class probably make from e 500 g
5000 year.
At times a railroad win have n 1sk-
portant case on It's hand, aud the sax-
Ices Of first class spotter will be r.
valuable to the company. aAd on SDdk
occasions. II successful the t1nAAe16s
returns increase wonderfully.
There Is a much greater demand Lx
this class Of detectives In the east thxH
there is here. and several reasons xAs
given for this condition of affairx- M1
the first place, traffic being hexsi1v
there are more trains run there. and
more men are employed by the Aa@H-
panies. Besides, that section is Mcre
thickly populated. and way trains xe-
in many instances run hourly. IL nS.
oftener, but probably the truest caEsss
for the increased dishonesty anrl0y
railway conductors in the east LIS Esg
low rate of salary which they receive
There is well defined belief aDanF
euSteTu Ileu VINO lIuNel eAleHStN'-N
that any man who has reached thaS he
gree of prosperity where he can affem
to wear creased trousers Is hopeiessf
extravagant If he pay more than CIR
third fare after crossing the Mississir-
pi river. once heard popular act0'
giving his reasons for this assertion III
q resort on the Atlantic coast, an&s
after enlightening his audience with q
on the almost utter warfs
lessness of money in the west, Sc EE-
as railroad travelling was concerned. ii.
continued:
"rake any train on any road wesz IL.
Kansas City, st. Louis, Chicago ar 5st.
Paul, and the rest is easy. Assume 1n
air of Indifference and smoke ciEax.
If your conductor be seedy loeHEH-.
have beard. an old uniform svtx
lhreadbare elbows and hopeless CT
preston on his face, pay your fare fa&
Is an honest man. A thousand dollan