accommodation

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3156

accommodation I found that my men had not yet arrived from Alexander Bay, but was not much surprised, as they were to come by an "accommodation." The trains run by the Reid Company are of two kinds - the express and the accommodation. How the latter came by its name I do not know, unless it be that it is the duty of an accommodation train to accommodate; but, to judge from the opinions freely expressed by its passengers, it does not altogether achieve success in this respect. Its speed rarely averages fifteen miles an hour, with further delays of stoppages to collect or to set down freight, or to allow the express to pass - delays which sometimes run [reverse] into hours, a hardship not a little accentuated by the fact that nothing in the shape of food is procurable on board. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story MAY 1970 JH MAY 1970 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 17 Sep 2014; Withdrawn but no stamp; Reverse of card at A_14295