New-York tribune., 1903-07-09
ON THE RAILROAD.
BUT NOT WORKING.
TraUelling Society Has Wise Off
Cers-InSpect Railroad System.

4Iibune an account or the WandertnSS of a Pc
cular set Of people who saying they We're sociolo-
gists. decided to establish a community in the
Pocono Mountains, to be called "Graftless Town.
No one has vet learned how the efforts of these
queer moTtals resulted. although runner has It
that sooner had the town been set to going
than the leading socoIOgists fell the induce
ments OF graft and turned the place into a YER
liable hotbed of corruption. Be this as it may
the idea of trip of this character and the thought
of having piece written about it In the news
papers. appealed to certain set Of pleasure low
ing people who mad watched the progress Of Mr.
Lackawanna Lees aggregation. and who accord
ingly made UP their minds that they would es-
tablish travelling society for the promotion of a
better knowledge of American railway systems;
also for the promotion OF rollcking fun and bub-
bling happiness
Staten Island manR Samuel Sailing Foutaine
by name, was elected president of the society Ed
ward Sawedof Rascovar. adviser TO the president;
John HOdingaCes Leonard. suggestor to the presi-
dent. and James Baltimore and Ohio NIaddy. Off
ctal guide. AS the Fourth of July was the seventy
seventh birthday of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, it pproprIteIy decided that the first
trip of the society should over the lines Of the
company named, ana Maddy the guide. was
therefore instructed to secure. regardless Of ex-
pense. a special train for 3aunt to Baltimore
Washington. Cumberland, Nd; Pittsburg Akron
Ohio; Wheeling, W. Va, and Deer Park. Nd 1t
so happened that the guide also grand vizier
Of the railroad which the !oute had been
planned, and it naturally came to pass-such is
best appointed and most ably handled trains that
ever rode the tracks of American railroad.
Being anxious to learn ana to become wise on the
trip. as we'll to grow fat and merry. the society
elected l. Gettingon Haas. assistant general man
ager of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. men,
Der of the society. the condition that he would
give daily lectures on practical and theoretical
railrOading. with especial attention to the ques-
tions of why landsdes happen. how washouts
cur why steel coal car known among railroad
m as h9 ~ Sh1 r1t1n he rae
how it feels to be a locomotive when another loco
motive bumps it hard enough TO tear off the outer
and inner lining Of its stomach.
UPLIFTING INFLUENCE OF SOCIETY.
This society had lofty ideas of improving the
human race. but it was recognized, nevertheless.
by the management Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad that the presence of such collection of
soul inspiring people its trains would naturally
tend to Uplift every and who might
them, and serve as an encouragement to the
drones and idlers to abandon their evil ways and
to work energetically for the building up OF the
industries in the Baltimore and Oho's territory.
Any would be inspired to better deeds after
gazing the heavenly countenance of Maddy,
the grand vizier. Even the air brakes work faster
when he Is aboard train, so great is his influence
matter as we'll as mind And then. he is
such thoughtful person. He loves to arouse the
enthusiasm Of other people, as, for instance, in
his operations at Cumberland, Nd, on the morn
ing Of the Fourth 1t is easy to be patriotic
at a. m. when hears an explosion of giant
frecracker under ones berth, repeated at five
second intervals. Enthusiasm certainly at
fever heat when he began to wake the members
Of the society with fifty giant hrecrackers and two
hundred packs of the small teasers. Maddy is
picturesque little "cuss." He was particularly so
Monday morning when, driven to despair by
the game Of bumps played by a switching engine
in the Baltimore yards, he from his BERTH
rushed to the end of the car. there, standing
in his pajamas-garments that were original
creation in pink and yellow-delivered an oration
to the trainmen the topic, Train Switching as
a Destroyer of Amiabe Disposition"
Another instance OF the thoughtfulness Of Maddy
the guide was shown at certain place in Mary
land where tho society stopped over Sunday
knowing the great love Of five members of the
society for scenery, Guide Maddy arranged that
these persons should take trip to a point called
Easymarks Retreat. about seven parasangs from
the hotel and reached by road which ran thToush
foreboding swamps, morasses qucksands and then
The wagon procured by the guide also pleased the
scenery loving members. as it was q pure specimen
of these persons. The fact that the seats broke
down lid not bother them ir nor dq t {Re d aq cd
Bingham and Moore. all out for scenery, and how
they wished as the wheels sank deep in the mud.
or as the spawned horses jerked and pulled and
pieces that they could fall on Maddy's neck and
tell him the loving thoughts that were uppermost
| in their minds.
LOVED THE LIFE OF AN ENGINEER.
The Society of Railroad Travellers" left Jersey
City on the eve of the Fourth of July making
quick progress to Philadelphia, especially quick for
the brave souls who rode in the cab of the nspec-
tion locomotive that pulled the train on its first
stage of the journey. Going at sixty mile minute
! gait, seated the thrObblng mechanism OF a
putting piercing noise Of peerless engine requires
nerves of steel and courage born OF recklessness.
One simple minded member Of the society became
| so enamofed with the lie on locomotive that ne
passed the greater part of the time the trip in
who could not sleep at night, owing to their eX-
cesses in the dining car and their troubles at the
! card table, were unkind enough to accuse the
simple minded member with operating the whistle
! cord 10 such an extent that night was made one
long, horrible, shriekng nightmare. As to the card
- 80 - i2,an tLro1,e5o't The trin by
| I. Jackpot Shotwell on how to lose a maximum
B r3 2t care N the ociet1 through the pleasant
| Jersey fields Marylands blue hills, through
! the great iron blast furnace section OF PennsyI-
venia, and then west over the smiling winter
! town of Akron. From Akron 70 wheeling, W. u,
growing t up 10 the Mileage Of the railroad but
! the time was night and as the members or the
| Fortaine Emerson, the two Rascoyars. Eddie and
! neer, were taking Turkish taths IN the speclaly
appointed Pullman sleeper fI htGe tnioTaioh o %1s
Park Hotel grand plunge in the he biggest swim win,
pleasant winding ride down the Cumberland valley
| over the Baltimore and phos perfect tracks a
! night Of travelling through cloudburst that
flooded the tracks 10 the axles OF the cars an early
morning approach to BaImofg m & ana & 4uiJh b EI sn
| Ciety OF American Railway Traveller There We're
! Edwards had few bad minutes with interior
| engagement. J. Commercial and Chronicle Morris
| became tonguetied Otherwise the trip was with
out accident For some unap0wh reason SON S1Gs h{rs
! the society left the train at Jersey CITY WIFI
! Maddy came out of the fray with many uncalled-
for pleasant remarks hurled from eoe H. DasRIng hing
Vought. Edward Sawedoh Rascovar, Skipper ton-
! taine and others of minor Importance. i.
As consequence or the nrSL ISPTIion IS The