Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-04
DESCRIBES PERAOUS TRIP.
FROM BALTIMORE TO AN
NAPOLIS BY RAIL.
Colored Folk Protected In Their
Car Rights By Mr..
lanes Crow.

visitor to Annapolis TO q friend in the
North may be of interest TO those of
the Capitals readers who have lad
occasion TO make the journey from
Baltimore TO this town by means of
railroad.
Dear May ~ sent you a telegram
upon my arrival at Annapolis from
Baltimore, knowing that you would
feel anxious as to my welfare. You
are therefore already apprised that
arrived safely except for some jars and
bruises and somewhat disagreeable
impairment of the nervous system due
70 shock, tedium, coal gas and railway
curves.
We boarded the train at Camden Sta
tion, Baltimore. This is o handsome
structure, of magnificent architectural
design, erected about the year 1892 in
honor of the Tooth anniversary of the
discovery of America. 1t is built of
brick, painted the color of mouldy
heese and in the tower, which looms
up through the surrounding gloom,
there is large circular orifice intend
ed for the lodgment of clock face.
AS yet the tower contains no face and
il is said that thousands Of. jaded trav-
elers have crieked the back of their
necks in the vain effort to ascertain
the time-being in a more or less des-
perate hurry to catch the train. How
ever, .therescan be 40 denying that the
intentions of the authorities are ex-
cellent, and when the clock is finally
ensoonced there is some probability
that on bright day, it will be visible
through the smoky pail that hangs
o. 'er the station.
We made our way through the wait
ing room to a gate, through which a
gentleman in blue uniform and
white cap allowed US to pass, together
with a crowd composed of oompli-
Gated variety of colors and odors. The
gateman succeeded in keeping us at
bay until exactly two minutes of train
time, so that we were enabled to take
part in a merry and exciting chase
for q seat. There were 2i3 white pas
sengers and thirteen colored passengers
and the train was made up of three
coaches, of exquisite design and finish.
In fact. any one could see their finish.
Well, it seems that the forward car
was reserved for smokers, as we could
detect issuing from it very pro-
nounced odor of burnt rubber and cab
bage. We therefore were about to
enter the middle car, which contained
nobody excepting the thirteen co1ored
persons. But, as we were climbing
up the steps the brakeman informed Us
that, owing to the recent passage of a
law through the efforts of a negro
legislator named James Grow, the col
ored persons in the ear were fully pro
tected and that as we were neither
smokers nor negroes, we should be
obliged to occupy the rear car.
We found this, however, q somewhat
Co., = .tv a
cupied TO the point of bursting out
the sides. Eventually we succeeded in
forcing an entrance The windows
were carefully shut and it was delight
fully warm. feel sure that through
out the whole trip no one was seized
with chill. Our locomotive / had
observed, was not large one, bat il
made up for lack of size by a very
healthy ability to make noise. Dear
May, you never in all your life heard
a locomotive with such noble whistle
The nearest l ever heard TO it was
the chorus of tugs in New York bay
when they all get to bowling at once,
but even that is not a marker to what
this little locomotive could do. Helen
and L endeavored to carry on con-
yersation, but as we had had little ex-
perience of life in boiler fact ory or
cotton mill, we had to give it up and
during the remainder of our journey
we engaged in the pleasing pastime
of making signs. 1t seems to be the
rule on thiE road for the locomotive
to whistle at crossings, when it ap-
proaches a station and whenever the
engineer feels like swearing at the
company l don't know anything
about the company, but when you con.
81 fn a
network Of crossings and that there
are exactly 9,S72 stations on the road
between Baltimore and Annapolis. You
may imagine what a lovely concert We
were treated to.
l don't rightly know whether / ought
to call these places stations. for, as q
matter of fact, it IS difficult 20 see
anything to which such a name might
be applied. Possibly, in some cases,
woodpile might be conceived TO an
swer the purpose, and | am sure that
once we stopped at a man saving
wood. forget what station he was
called. | have not yet been able 10
| determine why we stopped at these
places, for nobody ever left the tain
the surrounding country indeed being
quite devoid of vegetation or of any
| thing that would support life. and il
therefore being a somewhat precarious
matter to leave the train. Once,
though, we stopped at blasted hick-
ory tree, and man of singularly
emaciated appearance got aboard. He
looked as if he might have been try.
| ing to live in the scrub brush for
about a week, and had given it up in
dispair. AS he was emitting tobacco
| juice. they put him in the cabbage
car.
At 6 O'Clock in the evening darkness
overlook US and the brakeman-a very
| handsome, accommodating gentleman,
whose voice had taken lessons from
| the locomotive whistle, entered our
car and after number of futile
efforts. scceeded in getting one. Of the
oil lamps to burn. There was not
sufficient oxygen in the car TO support
com bustion in the other two lamps, sc
we continued our journey under an
/ illumination that easily enabled us tC
see one another's faces at distance oi
two feet Along about . o'clock the
| conductor came into the car and asked
us if we had lemon. We were Just
out of lemons and asked him why he
made s9ch curious request. He said
| that he was new man on the road
and had not yet got on to its curves
They made him seasick.
Well, dear Mary, to make some
| what long journey as short as possible
| we eventually pulled mn IN this deal