Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-05
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1902. by A S. Richardson,
r,it.sfinid rnAtorrlan who

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& ran down Roosevelts car
i r,sec and then asked the
.,,os. whether he thought he q oohe
res. ,,,,,,,ose was fresh. altogether 'oo
.nss.!,,,,, lust the same, know no" 'te
felt" o.,-,,an with
alt hand on his sleeve. as WIZ .n
lighting of a fresh pipe. a Feiti''iSN
look came into his eyes. ret
You see. it's this way: Nien 80 fool
,n.o smash-up the first thing we ieei
g. Tho awful stSck-physical and neI-
,.ous-a feeling that heaven ana esh "a 90 -,
ea,,s,s ,orcther and were risat si.aSA
a. ~, middle. Then there comes a s'cN-
srsnr sensation OF sorrow LOT nas,ne
49,. ,ono. one. and at last an lnocNiiaoie
60, With the person hurt. lot mn.
.chances out Of ten 1t was ms 1auia' 49,
ours. n,,+ CIV we
Now, hold on minute. Doa sas NV
~ a reckjess lot, until you've heafo oa-
49, s.orv Ever notice the pecu-
s,ar veiI a motorman gives when ne .
80. -,,n Won down? You think IL IS d
n.,-n,op don't you? Wen. IL ai.i
.,r>yo,,id be too late for warning.
.,s+ an expression OF horror at "iat ie
bes almost done. And then you iooh w
mud wave your umbrella ana LII ea'e" ~
renort him to the COMPANY OF US. .p1
4hets not found in the BOOKS o. Noo.s'
a,6 wonder why the motcrman looks 80
.ns anyhow. But just the same, aiter
,,on get over this scare. say In aooul
+or,y-e;pht hours you're back at your
old trick of lodging between Two edis
coming from opposite DIRECTIONS.
.1yhencyer I read something In paper
,hort the unfeeling motorman that mas
run down some helpless chilo. ee' JUS
.aottv' mad Unfeeling! WHAT 90 fepoit-
ers know about the way the mo,ofi
t.,I,a, If a man in such posinon Is
vice he saws nothing. His company re-
spects an employee who does not I'd.
Nth no is nut on the witness stand. or is
called up to report before his superloFs.
a motorman may be standing cooliy al
his most after an accident while his IN
spector is taking the names OF witnesses
etc. but there is no telling what SOFT oi
Mont Pelee is doing business INSIDE
of him. His teeth may be set nara nut
there's g sick feeling swelling up 1nsioe
of him. a wild desire to yeli OUT or 70
sab aloud, or do some other foo! thing'
And every time he sees an ambulance for
Ueeks afterward it'll make him turn colo.
DREAMING OF ACCIDENTS.
.I remember when I first started in, II
was over on the East Side IN New 1orh
where babies are thicker than flies, ana
where every trip meant two or three
close shaves Why, sir, Id wake up
nights with a yell of warning thinking
there was n youngster on my track. &c
fairly got on my wifes nerves. and final
Nv / made up my mind I'd have to take
st cooler or give UP the job. motor
man whose nerves get on edge is useless
to the company. It needs calm. easy
going. philosophical chap for that sort
Of work.
ut is generally supposed that a motor
man loses his job If he has trouble on
the line, but this is g. mistake. The com
many finds that man who has had his
little accident and was not to blame
in the matter generally makes safer
motor1nan that the new hand whose
nerves get on edge. I have known good,
steady men to score q fatal accident and
after proving that they were not to
blame. report for duty two days later,
and go right over the same run. They
are sorry, Of course. but frettinG won't
help them nor the company, and it's more
Likely to cause nervousness and another
accident. Then again a man will be SO
.lnstrung that he will report to the super
tntendent that he prefers some other line
Df work If he has been a satisfactory
employee he may be put at work in some
other department, in the Offices. or around
he barns. This, Of course, is with the