Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-19
The Railroad 'Spotter'
And Some Things He Spots
Frank Confeon Which Throws Much Light Upon One Of
The Mos" Unique as We'll as One Of the Moss De,pised
Calling, in America.

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NoH ndu OF me steam neat nor prop
cry auIustea' make note or me fact
Tor some one Is paid 10 see to this
part OF the company's service.
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"Of course knocking down that Is.
fare-stealing. receives most Of a snot-
ter's attention. on congested cltv
lines there IS ALWAYS more or less OF
tbievery and some men follow, n nm
as "a business This A. tho yvav thew
vyork n .Rreal,ing an, an a ,,o,ntry
line Inc .Fn,.kor- dou-r, trades n
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iea"H ipl business. 9uPeIlltehu.ht
toFe laIlhet' nc = Huch an honest lei
low 20 When OUT iIlena upP'es IoI
busiest line II NAV he one month
thereafter. IL may be six, before tho
spotter gets him; but In any case ne
has knocked down from $40 10 $50
day and can afford TO quit on his
discharge the superintendent writes
He left us nothing but the rails'
but the ltuocker down doesn't
mind that He has two honorable dis
charges up his sleeve and when these
become impaired by age or inyestiga-
ton he changes his name and breaks
I'M on another line. And so. a bird OF
prey he hits from town 20 town.
pecSing at the dividends OF "a hundred
companies"
But why ! asked. don't the com
panies prosecute the thief"
The spotter shrugged. They ought
to, but IL is cheaper to let him GO.
Law is expensive, conviction uncer-
tain, and the spOttcr would have 90
appear 400 evidence. which would nee
cessitate his retirement from the SER
vice of that particular road Al one
time the companies ala insist on as
appearing the court, but boo their
ofilCes-against the NOV we had