The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-03
L. |. RAILROAD PRIDE
HURT; 40 FACE JUG
State Law Is Invoked Against
Baysiders Who Ran Races
With Express Trains.

Chapter 10, Article 3, o. the laws un-
der which the people CT Bayside live and
have their being provides that any merry
villager who violates the aforesaid arti-
| Gle shall pass ten days in the jug or
| contribute $40 to the public funds. This
may not be important in the neighbor-
| hood OF Forty-second street and Broad
way. but It is a burning issue in the
! to'-'' of Bayside. where forty OF the best
known persons-beg pardon, the vera
cious Pepys OF the town said person
! ages'-have been summoned to appear
I IN court to-day and explain why they
| few in the face of destiny.
TO begin at the beginning. one must
have a mental diagram of the ~ -.rishing
and populous city OF Bayside. at least
| so far as the dia gram applies to the
railroad facilities. Imagine a station of
| the low browed. poetcal sort, sduattng
| froglke ,,ue south of line OF more o.
less rusty rails. AS the outgoing trains
20 eastward they pass ct the first jump
| Bayside's famous nineteenth hole, &C.
cordng to some. and Last Chance ac-
cordng to others. It ia known as Nc
| Kenna's Grill.
| A dotted line, very straight. indicates
the route from the station to Mckenna' s
Grill. A dotted line. more or less zig
| gag. resembling the usual path OF liner
when pursued by a submarine. indicates
| the route taken by the ssme commuters
| from the grill north toward the tracks
again at Bell avenue. Trains pass along
| the route between McKenna's Grill and
bell avenues gates in both directions,
| one set coming west for such folks q.
| are in hurry to get back TO New York
and the other going east for the delecta
| ton OF such souls as seek inspiration In
the environs of Baysde and have rot
been able to think up an ironclsd excuse
for missing the 40.
Railroads Dignity Hurt.
I Now YOU are all set for the story.
This Chapter 10, Article g. OF the law
OF the land makes it a nisdemeanor
| against the peace and dignity OF the
State for any comInuter to try to outrun
| Long Island train and pass ahead of 1t
into Bell avenue. Knowing their trains.
| the commuters acquired the habit OF out
running the incoming express and beat
! ing IL under the gates on their homeward
| way.
I Seeing that after passing the Nc
| Kenna bunker and hazard the CON-
| muters were giving the expresses weight
| for age, the Lohg Island Railroad felt
| that its pride was being trampled by
| the spectacle OF Commuters, laden with
baby carriages, seeds. rakes, tennis rae
quets. golf tools. refrigerators, spare
| tires for the fiivver and other impedi-
| menta. understanding on foot the trains
that labored cityward with the unfor-
tunate cliff jewellers OF Manhattan.
SO the road appealed to the law to
dust off Chapter 10. Article 3, as afore-
said. and hurl it at the heads OF the
| unsuspecting merry villagers. At the
crossing, where the gates dropped like
couple OF swords Of Damocles over
the paved ,oadways Ben O'Brien the
Waterman. waved his semaphore arms
IN vain al tie home-loving folk whose
credit had been exhausted at McFenna $
and who. consequently, bethought them
selves TO so homo. They went by Ben
O'Brieu and scooted under his forbid
ding gates like the SiXty-n!nth Infantry
going through 4 wienerwurst first line
south OF the Marine.
Blank Su MN onsrs Galore.
Ben called for the reserves ard Police
man George Williamson, armed with a
ream Of summons blanks, deployed on
his left nank. As they passed under
the gate, fresh from the Eastbound local.
or McKenna's. as the case might be.
Ben tagged them ard George forced
them to let him side "A su3r'rp"s IN be-
tween tie baby carriage a"d the spare
tire.
They go, Merle lohuso". ~. a,tis {
and champion torturer of tennis balls as
he was making a slide under the gate.
Likewise they nabbed FL iph III. Roberts.
a holder OF tennis cups, 10 say nothing
OF Philip Keane, who 10 politician OF
more than local note. Thirty seven
other leading lights fell into the ret.
| and then Williamson went home 10 sup
per.
Under the seal OF confidence. a lead
ing resident explained that a lot Of
prominent talent was really missed for
the reason that they remained In Nc
Kenna's to get "one more" and thus
missed their usual stunt OF beating the
express train over the crossing.