The Railway agent and station agent Volume 8 ; A monthly magazine devoted to the interests of ticket and freight agents and the traffic departments of the railway service

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...for interchanging business at Lake City and Palatka and that consequently tickets reading via these junctions will now be honored. The G. S. & F. has advertised itself well during the past year as the " Suwanee River Route " aud with a through car service ought to get a good share of the business to Florida points in the future. How Major Henry T. Stanton Asked for a Pass. RAILROAD officials, says an exchange, get all sorts of requests for passes, but one written by Major Henry T. Stanton, author of " The Moneyless Man " and other clever poems, to General John Echols, president of the Newport News and Mississippi Valley road, is a gem. The novel communication is in rhyme. "Major Stanton," said the president," was on my staff at the close of the war, and I have always been very fond of him. Last spring he came to my office and asked me for an annual pass over my road. I said, in fun, to him: 'When you go back to Frankfort write me a note setting forth your wishes.' Very soon I received a written application for the annual pass, in reply to which I wrote him a letter, telling him I would refer his application to the lawye s of the company, to advise me whether it would be a violation of the inter-state commerce law for me to issue the pass as requested. It was in reply to that letter that he wrote me this letter." Frankfort, Ky., March 29, 1892. My Dear General:--Your letter is here, and I very much fear that it's the very last word that I ever will hear of that annual pass. Alack and alas, that the souls of the great and the rich should be sich. Now, if I were mogul and you were the tramp, and the journey was long and the weather was damp, don't you know I would say in a Christian like way, "Poor fellow, jump ...