The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-03-18

| N SuLSluS the railroad
no one was complaining abo1t ex
orbitant fares" Nobody growle
because the car was too warm 8
too cold. Later on we made q,
excursion through all the regula
passenger coaches. There wer
men, women and children. Tn
Same comfortable atmosphere per
vaded all ofthem. And all becaus,
the conductor was gentleman,
one of natures noblemen, Al
short intervals, Mr.. Kinney passed
through the car and the sunshine
came with him. Everybody wa.
glad to see him, everybody smiled
pleasantly, and felt like grasping
his hand and blessing him. We
came to look forward with pleasing
anticipation to his visits, and SC
kind and affable was he that we
were actually embolden to speak to
him two or three times. The ex-
perience was altogether so novel, SO
unexpected and so delightful that
we were really sorrow when Ameri-
can Falls was reached.
On the return trip, we had the
good fortune to fall in with. w. H.
Jones, generally, as we understand,
called Will Jones. We had hoped
that Mr.. Kinney would be in charge,
as we had not the slightest expecta-
ton of ever again in this world, or
worlds to come, meeting another
conductor like Jerry Kinney. But
1t seemed that heaven had conspiv-
ed in our behalf. Mr.. Jones show
ed himself the terfect gentleman,
always pleasant, always courteous,
always attentive to the comfort
OF his passengers. All that we
could say favorable to Mr.. Kinney
applies equally to Mr.. Jones. Be-
tore meeting these gentlemen we had
been under the impression that
there was something about railroad
ing that compelled men to assume a
re e2eilant demeanor. We thought
that maybe the rules obliged them
to be curt, cross and disdainful.
We thought that the more obnox-
lous an employee could make him
self to the public the better he
would please his employer. :.
Now, it is not as much in what
some railroad employees say as the
manner in which they say it.. They
do not generally say anything that
one can openly resent without max
ing oneself ridiculous. Their inso-
lence is matter OF look rather than,
speech. They are trained and
skilled in the art of making faces"
A conductor, a brakeman or an
agent will bestow look upon you
that means as plainly as spoken
words that you are a mean, insig-
nlhcent, contemplate scrub, and all
you can do is sit there and sizzle.
You know you have been insulted.
You know that morally you would
be perfectly justified in Draining
the petty blackguard. You know
that God and man would inwardly
applaud such an act of righteous
retribution, but the courts would
send you to the peniten .iary.
Why in the name of decency and
humanity do railroad companies
these basilisks? Why do
they have so many vipers who
take cowardly delight in sting.
ing innocent and unofending
people in a manner which excludes
recourse or satisfaction? The
rules" invite the public to report
iiscourtesies shown by employees,
but how can anyone report an in
Sulting grimace, a coarse fling or
A look of contempt? And if one
should do so, he would be laughed
10 scorn by the men who made the
rules" Yet the offense is Just as
just as real as if the
entire vocabulary Ola fshwile had
been exhausted. Then, when the
of employers, is somehow
directed to one OF those offenders,
he ever r.aadv -RyyctSe r:is az ha,3 ;.