The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
Observation-Disclosures
WONDERFf STABLE FOR IRON
HORSES ar CLINTON, -.
Things to Interest the Railway Passenger
II Tie Only Knew Them-('are OF the
Locomotive or Duty-Compressed Air
Does the Work Man IL boss Merely.

On an average eighty Of the huge leviathans
which locomotives have grown To be are
stabbed there every day.
Inc roundhousc Is really IN" stable OF
the iron horse. The men who take charge
Oh an engine wh'n " Is brought 70 TN" mousse
are called hos'lers. The sections into
MN ''oy Pun we chsh'7H "'' '"'u '''-'
before locomotive goes OUT again IL u
III 'ne 'hh,oh rouiiohous' 'here are
's"' '.a's' ea''' VI 'n''' o. i-'
uf' ~ ''a' ,h' s'ea' "-,oo' rnshNs
o''i ~ VI ana snu' me "oo's neh"'" 'i".''
anu sun iea'e plenty on hiarSh.
"i" y, graz '',u'a, Ipe oi-"
~ ~" " " 10,
'.pe ~ '''C IN oi"'iie.e'' r,o''' we euSe
','' ,'''''"'' ''' my l"'e " '''"'e
80 '"'iS'
e''' 'ee' away caN" - s.'' lug"
ga ''''''-''c Wv, "s' ~, ,r, w.,
Il THESE pairs eiio III 'he S'ais' me o'he'
TWO are III" dhc' anu '"o VAN io' 'he
locomotives
"hen passenger Oh iae' uaii iliuh
himself topping two minutes az station
ne Feihs 10 nuset' iiich' Pu"u's ou'
MS "atch, ne hrl'apy silus q 'iie
porter:
:" hat are we staying mere iorf
The porter stooTs over and i'oks OUT
4 the window
] reckon we're changn engines mere,
sub
Oh" says the passenger, ana goes BACK
to his paper
He doesn't know or care whence or
and For
all he cares they may come out Of the sky
ike n meteor or go up into II like Elijah
And vet even the passenger should find
i, Interesting 10 follow that engine.
A. coon as il /. cut of from tho train.
the engineer takes IL straight TO the round
house; or rather, To the coal chutes ad-
ioi,iny the house A. Clinton there are
Sftv.two of these chutes.
Tho ma .songcr NAV begin 10 be in,eres, ed
,ioh, to-. ,or M. sooms 70 he concerned
j., o., ,bi. ur,iLeIv operation Of a railway
e. ;,.,,rca i, u.ad ia lie the custom for
m enginaor going with his engine toward
,h. cbutes Ia blow hi. whistle a. many
,i,n.. a. =, wa,,ol ,o,s os coal Two
,his,l.., snr two tons three for three tons.
anu ~ on
Not 50 very 'ohR ago an eheIt'"i az '''"
wood, la blew his whistle FIVE times IA
bs annr,ached ,he chutes He wanted five
,n,. of c,oI nu, bannepad that n freight
$3.50, ,aIir, -, ,rack nearby and
','"' va a'',."s W. ,,, ~. r,,,,,;rad
that it, hrakemen were out as required
10 protect the train by Tagging any APP
ur,achipr engines
- hroLoua, q, o,,,.
~. -, !; ,o,a, =,
IN 10 h's Tram "heh 'he ia''ei y 'ea,.! W
~ tE rom am
h-akemcn heard the FIVE whistles for fve
TONS ~ c,oI I'm, .lIpnossd il was their own
.,.; ,ti.,r, ~, 20 conn.,. in Tb,v
'"e"'''' '"''""e WV
came
80. az fate would have ", tud another
train. Their. was a collision. and now there
j. NOV ruIe Enu;reers approachiny tho
..,.,.n, -, e,,ar ,nr .och
'"N Wy u'Hns, "''. "p e
Ton Of coal ne"a"d' Al night 'h'y Hs"a'
with a lantern.
Having brought his locomotive to the
cbu,as Tho enoinoe- has finished his run
:, 49,, ..I, ,;,.;,,, ,L,
~" Steps GOWN anu ""'' "'''''' e'e
foreman OF the house tdP'' S'",'"s "u"'
the engine needs in the way of repairs
Meantime the hostlcrs let the required
-, 81 o,,,i i,,o a., .o,,d.r and ,,a.. -,
a"',,ul'' ~, ,a,n a, ,bn CIn.on vrn,,,,i'
t ~ ,' 10. 80 ,,or,ga c-,r,c,,y snr q oro
,o"9 !" nav
W Y, a. ,Tn tank of cour.. THO hulf or
mo lc,'J - LsUt in = .lcI from which i, d.,
sn" 49, ,n ~ a., nr. Rs,nrn i, i. I'm, ir,n
~ w.. - va" d;,i Ia. Ln,ng ;rci,l',d ,r;,i
,nV - ,,a,o ,,ira II"n If !. scrocn.d
,,,,'',,.,' .n,,,, vnry t;rc cr.vol md
I, 80, ;,,l, , ,or,or
M .t,c u,1r i'm. M, tho c,uprcs.ed
81. ,r, -, ,,,,.,, !, ~ y,nnI ,,o,lerr
", ,,. s,,nrro..aJ air doin,, 49,.
III 81 , Ion ,n.n In tho case ~ tho
- ~, ,,,,.a-,,r,, ,f tho nir ends IL ax,in,
,',' ,'r nH,,,h i,n,, ,,ina -, do a., -
~ ~ ~, , sT,,, so, aInY, tho gr,urd
'''t ,",,'' IL ,.rt ,bc rn,inaer All. his
.,nd lh," ms, %. no take %aicr from the
' ',,.,N, rla,a ,,,, ,vvo va,ar ia,Ls
49, ,an", ,,'n'i," - ;noro ya,,nn. " v;
ca.h WIN '"f"''' ~
",nru "a..i pi,., ,.o,o, - ,ro,bl,.,,,,
MlN''S9ipP' wv, , - oao"n'',o, III
on accom-, on ~ 'II"u,'n,,n.' ,on
an az t'Nl"'' VIZ 'I'i' ' 49, ,.orI ~, =
was aug IN 'h' rouhu.o!'H F'u' w
water, n.ed gear, roh'Hi,,,n vi" "'u'h
HluHh'Slut'' W. wv ~
ne 1000 tor ri S''n', 10y Wv, way. laH,-
only NA months "'i'h n''aiH .''"I u Epe7
I az IN" rate "' MY 'o's ua!; r.rnal,a