The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-20
BIG TRAVEL BY
 RAILROAD MEN Remarkable Distance Covered by Through Train Employees on the New Haven
 Road. MAKE OVER 71,864 MILES This Represents About Three Times the Circumference of the Globe
 Professions Repre-
 sented.
MAKE OVER 7l,864 MILES

All of the passenger employees on the through trains of the New Haven service cover a great distance within q year when actual figures are con- suited, Each omploye on the trains from Boston to New York travel In F months Ilssi miles, or almost three times the circumference of the globe
 These men ride thls enormous dis tance while on duty and considering the riding to and from work. or dead heading" as it is called in railroad cir cles. almost an of them travel a dis tance equal to more than three times as far around this planet
 It is interesting 10 study the rail- road man who enters both the freight and passenger service. as they are q cosmopolitan lot of jolly fellows ready to do anything within reason for a fel- low workman. They daily take their lives in their hands and at frequent Intervals return from work to hear that one of their companions has been injured or perhaps killed
 Nearly all trades and professions are represented among the ranks of the New Haven employees from soldiers and sailors to medical and law stu dents The local division al one time had passenger brakeman who was studying for tho ministry and at pree- ent there Is 2 third year medical stu dent in the service. W. M Dunn, who is now a prospering attorney in Gary. Ind. was once passenger brakeman running out of New London.
 A short while ago one of Barnum & Baileys best animal trainers wac a freight brakeman He had been with the circus training animals and ospe- cially elephants for some time and de- siring a change of livelihood joined the ranks Of the railroad men He served for few years as a freight brakeman and then returned again to the circus and is today considered to he one of the best trainers of elephants with Barnum & Baley's show
 Many men become tired of the oc- cupation they are al, or misfortune comes at a time when it is least ex- pected and the outdoor life of the trainman appeals to them \ cowboy fresh from tho western prairios came east not long ago and after spending nearly all of his money he became stranded and went In search of work He thought over a large list of various occupations and finally decided to try his hand at the freight service and went freight breaking out of New Lon don The passenger service attracts many students, who hsve been con- fined during the winter months and who wish to earn something pward paving for their education.
 A former brakeman attached to the local office, r. NJ Moore invented an acetylene lamp and at present Is en- gagged in the manufacturing of hls invention. which Is very successfu
 and used on many automobiles Tn, federal law will not allow any mar
 to work over ls hours at one tim and ten hours rest must be glver between each days work 4 days
 work on the railroads Is computed dif
 ferently than In many other occupa,
 tions and it is not to exceed ii hour,
 or run of 100 miles. If sn employ,
 goes over 100 miles or works over 1
 hours he ie paid extra for his labor.
 Men who are working or hay
 worked on the local divisions hay
 been In the following occupations
 trades or professions before enterlnl the New Haven service: Theological
 students. law and medical students
 mining engineers, weavere, black smiths machlnists, shipbuilders, gar
 penters, farmers, cowboys. circus per
 formers, laundrymen, decorators, car riage and sign painters. house paint CTS, soldiers and sailors. electricians accountants, telegraph operators wrestlers. boxers and swimmers mo , tormen and one chemlet,