Vernal Express | 1949-05-18 | Page 16 | Railroad Men Plan Make-over Effort on Oldtime Caboose

railroad men me n plan ma make moke ke ovo oyo effort on caboose ST PAUL the a sound bound 0 u n d and structure of the word caboose is none hone generally rally raily good rood for a mile mlle and to anyone waiting for a long freight train to clear a highway the appearance pe arance of the tunny tinny little car at the end of the tho string etring invariably evokes a iauch lauch for the caboose is never streamlined it always suggests suggests the tho possibility that the carpenters built it of unused and unwanted material tind tins without the benefit of a blue blueprint p rint like chinese brass cash which never carries a date no one can even approximate the age of a boose as it clatters down the bal lasted right of way in a cloud of sand and cinders and now the order of railway conductors has set sot out to do something not only about the outer op ap pen rance of the caboose but its equipment ns well it seems that the ugly little car Is more than an architectural monstrosity it is an instrument of torture so the has filed a complaint with the illinois state commerce commission charging that one of the common carrier corporations has failed to do a lot of things considered necessary for the protection of the life and comfort of those who are forced to use the caboose ns as an office whether the charges against the carrier are true or false certainly anyone who has ever eve watched a caboose for any length of time could conclude from external appearances pe arances that they may be just as bad on the inside