The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-11
WAR ON THE TRAIN HOG
1t Has Been Declared In Positive Terms
BY Railway Officials.

The day of the train hog in Texas
Is slowly passing. at least the day in
which he may operate to the annoy
ance of an unselfish travelling public.
This specie of the pork family
has been engaging the attention OF
| the general baggage agents and mes
senger officials more than usual dur
ing the past few months At the last
meeting of the general baggage
agents matters restricting the long
shouted razorback that travels in
Pullmans and chair cars was discuss
ed
The facts are, according to one
official. that train rules are already
ample to prevent encroachment upon
the rights of the travelling public
by any selfish individual, if the rules
were strictly adhered to- But they
are not. Therefore something else
must be done.
The man who gets into a coacn
with half dozen grips and occupies
two Choice seats with them and him
self is likely to ride undisturbed.
Unless the car happens to be real
ly crowded, the chances are he will
not be ousted, and he may even sit
through car jam without being
moIested while ladies will search
yainly up and down the aisle for
place in which to repOse and with
eyes seeking some gallant who will
give mp his place to her
The train rules prescribe that
passenger may carry only such pack
ages or grips into the cars with him
as will in no wise interfere with the
comfort of passengers and will not
take up any Of the seating capacity.
Ideas differ as to what choice
seats in "A chair car are. In general
they are conceded to be the center
and on the side where the sun will
not shine directly through the win
dow
The selfish traveller usually selects
the best seat available and then
stakes them out with his grips and
overclothings. Or. if he has no ef-
fects with which to hold them he
Will plant himself In the center of
one seat and stick his feet i'm another.
and then cinCh his claims by pretend
ing 10 take a nap. He is likely to
get through with about three times
as much of the car as he paid for.
unless the conductor viii arouse him
self TO action, or some gritty passen-
ger asserts his rights
Ladies frequently occupy more
space in cars than they are entitled
20. especially if they have children.
4 woman with two children is likely
TO occupy -four seats. when the chill
dren are riding free According to
the official, it would be just as prop
er for person TO attempt TO occupy
seats that he did nos buy at an opera
house, 10 the exclusion of others. as
to take up more seating capacity
than he has purchased on train
The passenger and baggage Of
ficials now have ia contemplation
more stringent rules relating TO the
seating of passengers and the class
of luggage they carry. Conductors
on some lines have lately been in
structed to be more active in keeping
train hogs properly corralled.
a proposition 10 issue a coupon
for seat TO each person buying a
ticket has even been considered, but
generally is not regarded practical.
Other measures are. however, being
planned TO give relief The amount
of luggage thar NAV he taken into
a car will likely he explicitly defined
and stringent Instructions issued 10
traiumen against one passenger occu-
pving more than Jue seat. unless he
goes into q Pullman and pays for
more than one.