The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13
Leaking First Class Coach
On That Road
is THE WORST EVER
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t~narwilA~ Ea SsA-tsc~ 60 hc~p
Csnt ~ sasc LIaEn.

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covered = se@ VS. 10 ~hfh - hrtaA
4isuemfayt aba iu-raaven4sace 81 ia
passenger. ano - ~huus al &ss
rlsht Il . tA0 sersg osey
The southern hAa alrpstt ftst1r-
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UrAcfT cAr gear ras * ale Mh~sate
rvAH = }Aw 8cfstnE fsat tSAS - AEA&a
We are iutbe shes e 20 usaao
to behave 4l@t but yesterday y cag
ped the climax rs 4uiguensas aai abb
nurAtt1
heretofore paxmenEvrs have huget
tNat a. least when they we're ia
southern hallway coaches they Wofo
out Il the rain 4 a rain STORM care
uE Ia, arcr yesterday Ausfueau ewes
that hope IN - be a fstlle onr Tor tie
FIRST class coach - tho southern Rail-
way irstn due here at Gao .Aat night
was looking nke a sieve % the widest
Kind q mech
Coming fgom Srrcuahoro tho train
WAS ~ the Falu and q young man
looking round saw q ladS lh tia
coach Nth her umbrella fa4ae1 lie
noticed that tho wiudow tu front
q her was open. and going back
asked fhc occupant 80 the HeAt 90 ct9aa
the @iuiuw 80 ~ - protect the lady.
This WAS done but tho lads kept her
umbrella Up. aud the gallant Young
mar soon found that the roof waa
leaking ana hat tho ladv whs slim
ply using her umbrella - keep out
OF the rain, as ono would naturally
do.
Pretty soon other ladies Put up
umbrellas as tho coach WAS leaking
everywhere Tbs gallant YuuuE maU.
who thgpught there WAS no leak above
him tHNfFa.F Ii ga4N So r#4F44a gNFaV MNF
share his seat she came buF a
the roof above tho young man began
to leak and Up went another umbrella
Evcry lady but ono in tho coach had
up an umbrella after Il while and the
sight was "a funny one. but tho cou-
ductor Insisted that tho coach aas
just out 81 the shop which added -
tho ridiculous condition Tho lady
without the umbrella h had her
little girl with her stood the rain far
"A while with patience. bat nnai'
gave IL up. aud under the escort - 4
kind hearted travelling man. nci With
her little girl t. the seconi class
coach.
And 10 there you are! IL you
travel by the Southern the correct
thing 10 do viii be to bus an UNI
brcila before YOU start. ar 81 might
pay the news butchers on Southern
Railway trains - baV. umbrellas .
rent OF the SeLtbFrn ltNFif FaAENi give
umbrellas in exchange for some -
those pink alps which fuHs h~t fheu
back $500 each But just mink of i
coach full of passenger with uu3-
brellas up II u t. lauEh'
a travelling man. who came la on
the umbrella train yesterday after
noon In speaking ~ the performance
yesterday which entities the Southern
Railway - be called the worse ever
ms ~ dp.r not even keep the rain oT
II It's passengers. had tho following -
say
ITO begin with we were twenty
minute late I'm leaving Grocunburp
because tho faRnnan did not show up
and finally when the train did ieava
IL was with n freight naRrnau Sec
ondly We were IN - rain storm al
the afternoon and tn" first eiars coach
for white p-asnengera leaked Ike a
sieve. while the conductor naid f.
was JuFt from tho shops and mary -
the passenger rode with umbrellas
over them in order 10 keep from get
ting soaking wet. ono lady having
10 10 into tho second class car be-
cause shc had no umbrella 20 pro8ert
herself from tho rain which poured
through tn" roof 81 n fret einSH? coach
over the Southern Railway.
y have been ira yelling for several
months and nave been subjected -
a lot ~ inconvenicnce on account =
late trains. etc. but the performance
this afternoon was tho worse ever.
and ] feel Ike - Is ms duty 10 prp-
test against such treat
ment at tho hands ~ this Southern
Railway
And IN the meantime ~ people want
n save the expense Of n shower bath
they are respectfully referred 10 tho
passenger coaches. first claas. ~ the
Southern RAILWAY.