The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-05
HOW RALLROADING
is DONE IN FRANCE
Amos F. Jones Gets Letter from Broth
er, Sydney Jones, of 9Th Co., 101st
Ammunition Train.

Amos 7. Jones of 8 South Main
street, Boston q Maine tiagman be-
tween Brattleboro and Windsor, has
Just received letter from his brother,
sydney Jones, a member of the 9th
company. l0lst ammunition train,
written i'll France Feb. 2. Sydney
Jones was a chauffeur in Springfield
| (Tt.), and he writes some interesting
facts about railroading in France. he
writes:
! Dear brother Amos
Just line to let YOU know that am
| well and happy and hope you are all the
same ! have Just received the cigarettes
you sent to me for Christmas, but did not
receive the letter There are lots OF boys
/ here who have not received their CHRIST
mas boxs yet but have received letters
saying that they have been sent as early
as Nov l.
We are having fine weather here now.
We have had only about six inches o!
snow and it did not last more than three
weeks 1t was rather cold for a few days,
but nothing like home We are in fine
camp and our work is transferring freight
from the wide gauge road to the narrow
gauge We do not have to work very
1 hard as we only have about 20 to % cars
a day and there are about 100 OF us to
unload them The cars here are small
and hold about one-fourth as much as the
ones at home They have only four
wheels and sit up on springs that look
like wagon springs. The wheels are larger
but are not so heavy.
They have no system or signals to e.
by here, and it is fun for us to watch
them. If they want to move they begin
to yell and run up and down the track.
They only have conductor and one
brakeman and when we get all loaded
and ready to start they blow little
whistle that sounds like the ones yoal get
IN penny prize box
The passenger cars are butt in com
partments The first class cars have four
compartments Each one holds four to
six persons The third class are not So
good and each compartment holds eight
persons. These ears are just about hall
! as long as our cars at home And the
! doors open on the side and you cannot
) 20 from one car to the other The door.
/ are locked when you get in and when you
I want TO stop the station agent comes It
! long and takes yonr ticket and let's 20,
! ont This would be some lailroading al
5 home, believe met
; Il would like to let the railroad mel
z here see two OF the b. & NJ 2600 class 60
! ing up the C. & p side with about s. %
: more / guess they would he solue SUI
4 prised
: There is nice place here where "
s can get good hot water bath. The
: have got nice big tubs and plenty Of h.
\ water and all they charge you is 81 cent,
- i
+ noon and had one and feel O. X Ic
7 can also get good sized washing don
s for p cents. They do not have any was
& ing machines or scrub boards here an
8 they take your clothes down To a broo
& and take 1 scrub brush and 60 to Their
3 and they come back all cleaned an
pressed
; II had one washing done in one plac
cor 50 cents and / had three outsid
shirts. three sets Of underwear and thre
n pairs Of stockings. and | thought it cheaI
Il have not had any papers from hon
hut expect to get some soon, as Helc
said in her last letter that she was sen,
n ing the T. F. Times every week II
% only real paper that | have seen sin,
~ coming here has been the Brattlebol
+ Retormcr, which is being sent To some
-. the Company | boys
D There are Il lot Of Company | bo
; here and they all know you. | saw
+ one Of the papers that Willie Obrian
North Walpole had died here Of scarf
n fever | saw him once since We we
70 here. / wrote to Harold after You Sc,
n me his address, but have not heard fro
-, him yet
~ We'll, | guess | have written enou
- Tor this time, So | viii close as it Is b
time. Write often as it seems good
hear from home. Give my regards
Harry and Bunk, and Tom Connors
Sydney,
- 9th Co, lolst Am Train"