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PAGE TWELVE
BATTLE SHIP GEORGIA, AND MISS
LOUISE DuBOSE.
(Continued from page Twelve.)
mcnt usually aroused by other innovations. We
may be certain, therefore, that the patriotic
impulse of Miss Dußose carried her into a
work which had its discouragements. Never
theless, she persevered and succeeded.
Last week at the Jamestown Exposition
grounds, the President of the United States
SOME CORRESPONDENCE BE
TWEEN CITIZENS OF CLARK
STON AND MANAGEMENT OF
GEORGIA ROAD ON DANGERS
OF PASSENGERS ON LINE.
To flic Editor of the Herald:
Sii-: —Will you kindly allow us
space in your valuable paper to pre
sent io the public, and especially the
traveling public, the following appeal
of a long suffering p blic 1
Clarkston, Ga., May 9, 1907.
Mr. T. K. Scott,
General Manager Georgia Railroad,
Augusta, Ga.
Dear Sir: —We, as patrons of the
G orgia Railroad, and being pass li
gers at the time the following inci
dent occurred, demand the removal
of your yardmaster in Atlanta on
the grounds ’of gross incompetency.
The act we have reference to being
as follows: On May the 7th the ac
commodation train leaving Atlanta at
7> p. in. in moving through the ya d
was followed by a switch engine and
a string of cars (switch engine and
cars were backing in); opposite
Oakland cemetery the accommodation
met a freight train heading in. Os
course the accommodation stopp'd.
In a few minutes, and while the
switch engine in the rear of the ac
commodation was still backing, your
yardmaster came up and asked the
conductor in charge of the accommo
dation train if he had broke down ?
Conductor answered “No.” Yard
master th n ordered him to back his
train up and take siding. Conductor
declined very positively, saying th it
he would not back his train up as
long as the switch engine and train
in th? rear were backing down on his
train. Yardinaster still insisted that
he back up and take siding, regard
less of the fact that he would endan
ger the lives of his passengers. We
here take the opportunity to commend
the conductor’s act in declining to
endanger the lives of his passengers,
and we consider him one of the safest
passenger conductors in Georgia. The
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received the beautiful Silver Service which the
Governor of Georgia presented to the nation
for the new battle-ship.
Had Mr. Terrell possessed a particle of that
‘‘chivalry of which he prated in his presenta
tion speech, he would have mentioned the name
of the Georgia lady who originated the idea
and worked out the success of the Silver Serv
ice Presentation. W hile he spoke of the “con
cern which my people’’ felt for the battle-ship
first-class coach containing women and
children, being a rear coach, would,
of course, have been the first car to
strike in case theie was a collisi n
with the train backing down on us
from the rear.
The reason we put our request i i
the form of a demand is that we
know you to be an official with a
vast volume of business to look after,
and we do not care to lengthen this
correspondence *so as to tire you,
therefore, we are working in our own
interest to a certain extent in aski; g
tor protection for the lives of our
wives and children, we are also con
sidering the interest of the raihoa l,
in that we do nit care to rush i it >
print, before treating the officials of
your railroad with due consideration,
though we will n d suffer such gross
incompetency to exist, as long as we
have free speech and a fn e press. We
are making no threats; we are de
manding what "we are entitled to—
protection while traveling as pass li
gers over your road.
An answer at your earliest con
venience will be expected. We appeal
to you as friends of the Georgia rail
road. We make our demand in the
name of humanity.
Respectfully yours,
J. F. M’LENDON,
R. M. DAVIS.
As you see from the above we
b;ing a specific charge against the
yardmaster, of gross incompetency;
demanded his removal, and then ex
plain our position in the matter: Let
ter dated May 9, 1907. On May 10th,
general manager acknowledged re
ceipt of same. Eleven days from date
of first letter, we wired asking if de
cision had ben reached. Letter re
ceived dated same day as messaie,
saying “investigation rot complet
ed.” And on May 24th we received
th* following incomplete decision:
Augusta, Ga., May 23, 1907.
Messrs. J. F. McLendon,
R. M. Davis,
Clarkston, Ga.
Gentlemen: —I have. investigated
your -complaint of May 9th and am
satisfied that train No. 24 of May 7th
was properly protected in Atlanta
yard, and not subjected to the ri-k
of collision, as you apparently fear
id, under a misapprehension of the
facts and conditions.
Conductor —; has b en
instructed to so you and state the
true facts and condition as known to
him at the time, and I trust you will
be assured that No. 24 and its pas
sengers were always effectively pro
tected.
Yours very truly,
TIIOS. K. SCOTT,
General Manager, “M. ”
Dictated.
Incomplete in that it does not an
swer charge bi ought at all. We ad
mit in our letter, setting forth our
charge, that train No. 24 was pro
tected by condi’ctor and crew con
trary to yard mister’s ordws.
Jest listen! “As you feared un
der a misapprehension < f the fat ts
ami conditions! V hy, gentlemen,
a Missourian situated as we were
would have been satisfied as t > th *
matter —then : “Conductor ——
has been instructed t<» see you and
state the true facts am] conditi ns
as known to him at the time. ” Were
we not familiar with, the true facts ?
that is presuming too far. If their
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ami of the donations made by “my people”
as having been made by Georgia “under the
lead of one of her fairest daughters,” he care
fully avoided the name.
1 hus the President in his reply could not,
in the name of the nation, publicly thank Miss
Du Lose as he surely would have been proud
and happy to have done, had Joe Terrell been
enough of the gallant gentleman to have nam
ed the lady to whom the honor was due.
whitewash fails to stick, and they
were forced to add some glue, why
not admit it? Then why not put their
decision in wiiting? Were th’ey
afraid for the traveling public to
read it ? Or had the stenographer ex
hausted her supply of chewing gum?
Or possibly the office b>y want'd to
c’ose the office so as to attend the
ball game. There was evidently some
cause for it. *"*
Now for the main plea as set up
orally by their authorized representa
tive: A supplementary rule—an ex
ception to all the rules, as folLws:
“ lhat where a train is in danger, or
a conductor is in doubt, he is em
powered or authorized to set aside
orders from his superiors—use his
better judgment and stay on the safe
side.” Probably not quoted veiba
tim, but think true as to meaning.
Holy smoke! How many railroad
men are discharged for setting aside
a rule or part of a rule? Such a
plea in answer to the above charge
—what does the rule mean? Is it
a dodging point? A panacea used or,
a cramped conscience, relieving th ;
responsibility of officials, putting it
on the shoulders of —as a general
rule—an overworked conductor. S ch
martyrs to a n hie cause! such sacri
fices! Releasing their authority at the
last moment in case of danger. This
rule should be printed as part of our
railroad tickets, so we could s*e