| Show old tino time railroad no man will dispute tho the fact that the railroad il rol business of the country has como come lown iown to cold facts the romance that invested the old timers las has departed and sobriety ety and energy have halo taken tho the place ot A drunkenness s and dare deviltry why in the old times conductors on texas runs used to turn in cash fares aggregating m from 75 cents to 2 TV when hen tho the trip was worth in cold cash all the way from ya 75 to A regular association operated on oil all the trunk lines and at junction points point tile tho brake brak man naan of one train would unblushingly lead a crowd of travelers tra elers to thc jhc conductor of another road ard and after telling him they were Al straight lie would return and divide their part of the through rate in th this is way everything went on oil a mileage basis each road kept its own on n fares and there was no e expensive pro rata adjustments at the end of the month spotting checks on tho linen diagrams dai gratus and berth checks have killed hilled nearly all crooked work on the sleeping car systems but the most effective remedy was ivas adopt adopted d by the two great companies they have bo be many men ready for service that they can call alian aliane tho the runs often enough to prevent doubtful conduct ora ori or porters learning 1 their I 1 lull un well ivell enough to 0 get ahead of the com company pany railroad detective in ill globe democrat |
