Rough and Ready Railroading.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1663, 20 March 1886, Page 2

Rough and Ready Railroading.

4 correspondent of the Nebraska State J»wnal writes :— " flrish I could give you, a description that wfould do jnstice to a railroad I rode on to Oregon,. There used to be some'coal mines up jtt Goquille Gity v imd a wooden tramway was run iip from Goo's Bay. The mines gave out, but the tramway was left. I heard there was a railroad," and when . I got there, the train had backed up, t?> the end of the track. would, have ([iecj to see that tcaij?. An old Im'alh, who had appropriated the tramway 1 , Had got an old engine out of the mint and mounted it on. a hand truck, "and connected the driving shaft With the handle* That was the engine and tender. The baggage, mail, and express'cars, and, th£ passenger coaches we're .comprised two rubble cars, suqh as "are usedthe section for carrying tools, rajW *etc The old man was a no. less wonderful combination than the jrjiin; 3je. was the company' and 'the' working- &?ce q£ th"c road ; the president, ' .yice-p^esi^enp. stockholders, agent, cogductqi:, engineer, fireman, and" peanut boy were all qoda. prised jnjiis lank' form. He never" ha 4 -any troublejwith £be stockholders, and lie carried the general "office tin* his hat. My fellow passenger raised his umbrella when he got [on j board, and advised m« to do the "same. We needed them. When the train parted the puffing, wheezing ojd engine/sent soot and water all over usin a. perfect shower. We gp,t along very, wefljhoweyer, and would have made the , trip ds quickly as we could^ have walked it, if the train had not' stopped when we were about hilf-way^ and waited half an hour fox a miin whq wanted to go with: us to finish his sup,per. : -^