The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-28
Among the Railroads.

1t isn't often that big railroad man
is near when there is a wreck, but Col.
w. A. Turk was on the train delayed by
the freight wreck at Fletcher. The fol-
lowing interview from the Asheyille Ga
zette IS good piece of newspaper work:
Passenger Traffic Manager w. A..
Turk was asked by a number of question
ers yesterday about the series Of mis-
| fortunes to the Southern of late IN the
way of wrecks, slides and braekdowns.
Said he: Don't you know that every
big road that handles a lot of people al
ways has a lot of trouble?"
Yes" was the reply, "but Mr.. Turk,
hasn't the Southern been especially I'M
| fortunate for the past two years.
You newspaper men seem to think So
and as you thought, you wrote. Say, boy
boy that trunk don't belong on that
truck-take it off," said Mr.. Turk to
porter handling trunks. The trunk was
checked to Greenville S. c. The boy had
it on the wrong wagon and while Mr..
Turk was apparently absorbed in his
talk, he espied the check as it was near
where he was sitting.
Another railroad man came up at this
time. He was asked by Gazette re-
porter how long the passenger train from
the south was delayed, on account of the
wreck ''Why, No. 4 was delayed two
hours" 'You mean No. A." was the
quick reply from Mr.. Turk, who was sit
ting on a trunk whistling merrily. Again
Mr. Turk was approached, although he is
powerful man, considerably over six
feet in height and weighs over $50 pounds
Mr.. Turk, how about Asheville's new
passenger station? Will we ever get a
decent place for the public?" was asked
II have seen the plans and know you
will get new depot; further than that
l do not know" was the reply.
Say boy, you will have to get police
man to watch you. You will have that
train loaded with trunks that ought to
90 some other direction. Take 1t off
Try again. / guess I'll have to take up
collection and send some of you boys
to Booker Washington's school, Hello,
Hello, there is another trunk on the
wrong truck After carefully scanning
the trunk and observing that it was like
~ the property of some woman, as IL
bore a woman's name, he said THAT
trunk should be in Hickory at O'Clock
in the morning. You fellows would have
that woman waiting and wiring all over
the United States
passenger tells a good story of
conversation he heard between a South
ern Railway and Seaboard Air Line
porter in Washington the other day. The
Seaboard man was telling the Southern
chap that his road was just getting all
the travel, whereupon the other said
'Nigger, you don't know what you are
talking about; we kill more people every
day than your road hauls!" and this end
ed the rsation.-Greensboro Record.
High Point. N. c.. Aug. 27.-Presldent
Taylor of the Greensboro Street Railway
Company. was here this week with par
ty from Greensboro. 1t is surmlsed that
the Greensboro company contempates ex-
tending the electric line to this place, the
last Legislature granting the company a
charter The line to connect Greensboro.
High Point and Winston is one OF the
sure things of the future.
The Cumnock correspondent of the
Chatham Record says: "Mr. J. r. Burns
is working a large force of hands prepar-
ing a location for his large lumber plant
on the Raleigh and Western Railway. He
will put in sidetracks and other con-
veniences, and when completed. will be
second to no mill in this county"