. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . i ih ne of them ar Ma- :ender. Evanss career, and deprived America ofthe benefits of the steam engine in trans-portation for two generations longer. Byacuriousirony of fate, the son of thissame Latrobe performed important en-gineering ser\ices in building the Balti-more & Ohio, the first railroad in thiscountry where a steam engine was usedsuccessfully. A Reformer Loose on Railroads. by Mark Twain for ihe December numberof the Cormopoli/an. It is called, Trav-eling with a Reformer. and relates prin-cipal
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . i ih ne of them ar Ma- :ender. Evanss career, and deprived America ofthe benefits of the steam engine in trans-portation for two generations longer. Byacuriousirony of fate, the son of thissame Latrobe performed important en-gineering ser\ices in building the Balti-more & Ohio, the first railroad in thiscountry where a steam engine was usedsuccessfully. A Reformer Loose on Railroads. by Mark Twain for ihe December numberof the Cormopoli/an. It is called, Trav-eling with a Reformer. and relates prin-cipally to small abuses encountered byrailroad travelers. The modem Don Quixote whom MarkTwain brings into existence attacks abuses and diplomacy being his favonte material Hisr : all Ih George Curtis and Bill Schrier—thetwo firemen—shovelin coal into the ele- Say mebb) >ou fellers think Sethwan t mad. Why, man. he wanted to runthe engine to Reddin light to report thematter to Kirk and Nicholls. The boysmade so much fun of him and the cartoon who was the artist—cause they didnt. forms oE rudeness and petty imposition,and to do it in a fashion that would reformtbe offender. In dealing with rude brake-men, saucy conductors, and others, bispower is in being closely related to thepresident of the company. His strongholdis being brother-in-law of the president orgeneral manager. His brotber-in-lawwould make a big army. After startingout, their first adventure is with the super-cilious telegraph operator, who tries tosnub the public. After being snubbedwhen he tries to send a message, the re-former writes a telegram to the presidento( the Western Union, inviting that person-age to come and dine with him that he mayexplain how business is conducted in oneof the offices. Of course, the clerk col-lapses. He is forgiven and tbe lesson isleft behind. Tbe reformer, who is an anny his friend enter a street car late atn j,ht and three villainous roughs come in ho make vile rema
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