Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-05-27
.FOR \ SPECIAL TRAIN
Quick Action Is Necessary When
 One Is Ordered.
WORK oF THE DISPATCHER.
This officini Has Complicated Task In Putting tho Special Through Without interfering With the Ran. ming Time of Othsr Fast Trains.


 hour of your sudden resolution was 2 a. m. The chances are against know ing how to make this masterly move at such an unearthly hour. to say noth- ing of knowing how 10 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 go.
 The train dispatcher is the official who can start the train while his supe riors are asleep and when wild eyed man who has q race against death to m&ke halfway across the continent dashes into the station looking for a train that will make the distance on it's own schedule. What the chief dis patcher wants to be sure about is the Identity of the applicant for the un- usual privilege and in this connection whether he is able to pay for a spe- cial.
 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 un- doub;ed!y bririg the train out in few minutes after the order is given. Some times call on the telephone to the residence of well known citizen who says he will be responsible for the cost of the train will answer the reduire- ments of the dispatcher, or the check of the applicant. if he is well known citizen, is sufficient guarantee. It can be made large enough to cover the bill for the special.
 In the case of a wealthy man who will let nothing stand in the way of accomplishing his purpose the cost of the train is not previous considera- tion. He simply wants to get to cer- tain point at a certain time. Getting there on time is the uppermost thought in his mind. He paces restlessly up and down the platform until the train backs into the station or on to the sid ing where he is notified 1t may be wait ing for him. Unless he stipulates that q private car be used in the train he will get a Pullman all by himself or | those who accompany him. The use cf | a private car costs more. but Is pre- ferred by the wealthy patron. When everything Is ready for embarking the work of the dispatcher has just begun
 This official must put the special through without interrupting seriously the running time of other fast trains. Ii takes some ticklish 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 few minutes. The special dashes past on the right of way, and the regu- lur fast train follows it. Freight trains using the same track are apt to lie on th4. sidings longer than the passengers because they cannot make distances between sidlngs quick enough to cut out in time to give the special a clear l track.
 Tue man who has paid his good mo,rey for the right to the track does rot expect to be stopped en route, and 1t becomes the business of the railway or railways over which be Is racing age inst tine to afford him all the facil. lties. Usually In case of such an ex' traordinary emergency the railway takes great pride in making record run and landing It's patron at his des tination in time to accomplish his pur' pose. The best engineers obtainabie and a trustworthy conductor are plac' ed in charge of the equipment of one engine and one car, for the running IS at rate of speed not undertaken ID the passenger service.
 Usually the extraordinary passenger is required to give the railway com pany some form of release rom re sponsibli,ty for loss of life or injury II from accident due to what might De regarded under ordinary circumstances as a reckless speed, but the man who is racing to see n loved wife or daugh | ter or son is always willing 10 take greater risk than at any other time in his existence. But not only is his own life, but the lives of the train crew, in l N~~N rails. However. on such an occasion the whole crew is imbued with the excitement and heroic nature of the fast mission and contribute in every way to the fultllment of the errand.
 Thousands of dollars have been paid by private citizens for just such races with death and sometimes where great \ financial crisis is at stake. The rail way companies. despite the large homo rarium received for undertaking sucl Journeys. are loath to accept passen ger on these conditions. The crisis must be one that involves remarkable stress of mind and money. Usuail, their acceptance of such great respou sibility both to the single passenger as we'll as thousands of others wh, may be using the tracks at the sam' time Is governed by n great deal O sentiment.-St. Louis Republic.