Evening star., 1922-03-12

enough to tell dlI my experiences let
alone if l had brains enough left to
tell same so 1 will half to ask my
friends kind indulgents and limit my
speech at this time to one faze of my
with the railroads of the far south,
which one Of my readers has kindly
ask ed me to tell them how they differ
from same in the north.
Well. friends, the chief differents
between the railroads CT the north
and those of Georgia and Florida for
inst. is that in regards to the former
most of the railroads has all ready
been completed while in the latter
case it says on the time table that
they's a great many lines still under
construction and as a result they are
suffering from growing pains the
most of which seems to occur at
night.
THE death throws OF a sheep in
the U. S. stock yards is nothing
compared with what Florida train
goes through at night. When a man
rides on a night train between say
Chicago and ST. Paul or Boston and n.
Y. their feelings is one Of self pity but
the party that enjoys the night trip be-
tween Jacksonville and Tampa or Mi
ami and Daytona can only feel SYM
pathy for the rolling stock.
In justice to the latter must say at
this pit. that in the north the engines
is just numbered vile in the south
land they are not only numbered but
named with names like James E. Smith
and William H. Brannen, etc. SO that
suppose a engine is going along mind
ing its own business and all of sud-
den it is passing a home where the
family have got children and just as
it Is passing same the mother notices
that her husband or one of her kids
Smitty or Bill and the engine stops
thinking it means he.
Then it has got to start all over
again and generally always starts
backwards as the destination in front
Of it Is some place like Fort Pierce or
Palms Beach where the inclination of
a common carrier is to keep away from.
Another differents between southern
and northern railroads is that down
south whenever you come to a big
town, the engine backs in because they
know they cant afford to stay there
vile up north they always go in for
wards with their head up because they
know they are just as good as the town
with the exception of Philadelphia
wards or how ever they can get there
as they are glad to be there in ex-
change for which pretty little compli-
ment l hope to get treated as good
there as the last time.
At this pit. l might mention that ]
heard a rumor to the effect that most
of the automobile roads in Georgia
Of the railroads so as when you
thought you was not getting treated
right by train you could look out at
them and say to yourself my god l
am glad l didn't take a automobile.
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T SUPPOSE at this pit. the question
arises as to whether it is more
expensive to travel in the north or
the south. Well. friends, when you
are going from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg you have a white ticket read
ing Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and
ithe conductor takes 1t up and that is
all they is to it but in Ga. and Fla.
they give you a khaki colored ticket
and the man comes through every
little vile and he asks you for your
ticket and you tell him you have
give it to him and he says you have
not and you can't prove 1t because he
is dressed the same color as your
ticket.
i asked a trainman between Jack
sonville and Miami why he had to
wear that colored suit and he says
was you in France?
Well, friends l don't know what
other differents they is to exclaim
brakes and down there they spell
them breaks and they are both right.
Oh, yes. in regards to the porters.
1t was always my belief that the civil
war was fought to allow the colored
! boys to come north from the south
but it seems like the minute you get
! below the Mason, Dixon line why the
! porters is all at sea and don't never
know what town you was just in or
where you are comeing to where as
! they know Philadelphia and n. Y.
| like a book.
Further and more when you are
! going through Florida and you stop