EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: I could not help noticing the impatience expressed by nearly all the passengers of a Union car yesterday, at the long delay caused by the stop at the railroad crossing. The conductor slowly wandered towards the track, both hands in his pockets, turned around without so much as looking up or down, and in the same leisurely manner sauntered back to the rear platform of the car. That the cars should be stopped before the crossing is a wise and necessary precaution, but the question naturally arises, if the flagman, who is employed for the very purpose of preventing accidents, cannot perceive the approach of trains, how can the conductor be expected to do so? A few minutes one way or the other does not, perhaps, make much difference, but when the number of times a man goes to Boston during his four years at college is taken into consideration, any extension, however small, of the agony of horsecar travel should be prevented if possible.
M.
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