Show EMPLOYS BOX CARS FOR HOBO CHAPELS sky pilot of rails tells tell of seven years work pueblo C cold olo robert I 1 bell i itinerant in preacher has more churches r in this country than the combined buildings of any single faith for seven years bell who calls himself the sky pilot of the rails has been conducting services among the nations professional transients any box car is his chapel his congregation gre gation the thousands of hoboes hobles and drifters who frequent jungles over the country he has lived in vacant lots and groves near railroad yards where hoboes hobles make their temporary homes he has brewed coffee and mulligan in tin cans around their open fires knowing the language habits and problems of the hobo bell is respected and has influence among them his mission however is not so much concerned with those hardened men who have been on the road for years he is interested more in the young boys who wander aimlessly over the country and who he says invariably get into trouble he tries to rehabilitate them and send them home being a box car bishop is not an easy job bell pointed out he came to pueblo because a distraught mother in kansas city asked him to help find her son the system he uses is simple and effective he has little trouble making friends with the men one of his first questions to the hobo is it if you had a ten year old son and you knew he was down in these jungles what would you do invariably the answer phrased in strong language is id come com e down here after him in a hurry bell carries a portable typewriter a boy scout first aid kit and small leaflets of the books of the bible although wandering about the hobo jungles has resulted many times in dangerous situations bell said the men usually are co pera opera active and sympathetic |