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Show Courtesy Pays Railroad In Dealing With Bums KANSAS CITY, MO. Kindness and courtesy pay even when dealing with bums, according to the private police who patrol the railroad yards. W. G. Fetzner, chief special agent of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad, reported to the convention here that his men have had success suc-cess with this approach: They caD attention of the non-paying non-paying transients to the fact that "riding the rods" is illegal. Then, if the riders persist, they are handed a card with the following message: "A friendly warning to C. & E. I. friends in interest of your safety and welfare of your family, you should know 9,000 persons are killed or seriously injured each year frequenting fre-quenting railroad property. We are interested in you and want you to ; remain whole and hearty. Won't you please help us in our efforts to discourage trespass on our property?" proper-ty?" The program has "greatly reduced" re-duced" the number of C. & E. I. "guests," Fetzner said. |
