Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-28
] FOR A SPECIAL | ! ! TRAIN A ] !.
Quick Action IS Necessary When
B .. One Is Ordered. H., ~
WORK OF THE DISPATCHER.

MUM VI TT ILL., - O16En'
This ohaeial Has Complicated Task
In PUTTING the Special Through
Without Interfering With the Run.
ming Time Of Other Fast Trains. :
Z. Suppose you wished to take special
trip to any place on the map and the
hour Of your sudden resolution was 2
a. m. The chances are against know
ing how to make this mastery move
at such an unearthly hour. to say moth
ing of knowing how to go about it
during the hours OF; business. It is
easier than the INITIATED possibly may
believe. OF. course the principal thing
is money, the thing that makes both
the mare and the special train 60.
The train dispatcher is the official
who can start the train while his supe-
riors are asleep and when wild eyed
man who; has race against death to
make halfway across the continent
dashes into the station looking for a
train that win make the distance on it's
own schedule Il Il What the chief dis
patcher wants to be sure about Is the
identity Of the applicant for the IN
usual privilege and In this connection
whether he Is able to pay for Z spe-
cial. At Tl.a4.S 4 f. 4 II
Five thousand dollars In bills will
make the dispatcher feel very much
like ordering out the train. a deposit
Of that amount In his hands will m
doubtedly, bring the train out in few
minutes after the order 10 given. Some.
times a call on the telephone to the
residence Of i well known citizen who
says he will be responsible for the cost
Of the train will answer the require.
ments Of the dispatcher, Or the check
Of the applicant, Il he is a well known q
citizen, Is sufficient guarantee. It
can be made large enough to cover the
bill for the special. o. =. .-s.. s 5e.5@
In the case Of wealthy man who
will let nothing stand In the way Of
accomplishing his purpose the cost Of.
the train Is not a previous considers.
lion. He simply wants to get to 4 Ger.
tain point 1T 4 certain time. Getting
there on time Is the uppermost thought
In his mind. He PAGES restlessly up
and down the platform until the train IN.
backs, into the station or. on to the sid.
ing where be Is notified 1t may be walt
Ing for him. Unless he stipulatess that
a private car be used In the train he
win get Pullman an BY himself or
those who accompany him. The use OF
q private car costs more. but ID pre-.
sferred BY the wealthy patron. When
everything is ready Tor embarking the,
work Of the dispatcher has just begun.
s This Official must put the special
through without interrupting seriously
the running time Of other fast trains.
IT takes some tcklish work, for the
other trains must be ''.cut out" on side
tracks Just before the special Is to
pass. In this way the schedules Of the
other trains are not broken more than
a few. minutes. The special dashes,
past on the right Of way, and the regh-s
lar fast train follows 1t. Freight trains
using the same track are apt to lie on
the sidings longer than the passengers
because they cannot make distances
between sidings quick enough to cut,
out in time to give the special 4 clear
tSack. \, n s,:f q. n. Il :sl
!, The man who has paid his good
money for the right to the track does:
not expect to be stopped en- route, and
10 becomes the business OF the railway
or railways over which he = racing
against time to afford him all the facil-5
tiles Usually in case Of such an ex-:
|traordinary emergency the railway
takes great pride In making : record
run and landing its patron at his des-
Etination In time to accomplish his pur-
pose. The best engineers obtainAbles
and a trustworthy conductor are plac-ss
ed In charge of the equipment Of one
engine and one car, ffur the running u
at a. rate Of speed not undertaken In
the passenger service.
Usually the extraofdinary passenger
u required to give the railway com
|pany some form Of release from re-
sponsibility for loss Of llfes or injury
from accident due to what might be-
regarded under ordinary Circumstances
as reckless speed, but the man who
So facint to zee Z loved wife or daugh-
ter or son 3 always willing to take A
greater risk than at any other time IN
his existence But not only 10 his own
life, but the lives of the train crew, In:
Jeopardy during Z Wild race over the
rails. However. on such an occasion
the whole crew II imbued With the
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