The Portland daily press., 1866-12-14
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management Of tiie ksOrse habfoa"'
MIR. EprroR,-Permit me to reply to some
parts of the communication signed 'ChaTcn,
,,blisbed in the Press tae 4th inst, pluportlng
to discuss the question of Sunday travel by
street ears, and more than insinuating that
the Westbrook church-goers are not accommo-
dated by the Sunday cars,-and on that point
allow me to say the Directors have ordered
the cars to run on Sunday at the request OF
the Westbrook passengers, and if they are no
accommodation, they will with great pleasure
be stopped
But the aim OF said article was at the statloh
room in .his city, and am satlsiled that ilau
you read the article in season, IL would not
have appeared in the Press. Allow Inc 10 quote
from it: "Of all the places OF roaodyiSnl and
flth to be found in our city is the Horse Rail-
road Depot ON Sundays. Peanuts, candy, and
a little of everything is sold there on that day,
and there is not a spot for body to sit or
stand, without getting into tobacco juice
There you have it, and that, too, by aperson
styling herself woman" and signing
Church fora signature. Now, to your read
ers VINO know better, such slang will do no
harm; but many of your numerous readers do
not visit the room in question, and if they have
read and credited Miss "Church's" story, they
never will want to visit it, and the object of
this article is to disabuse the public in regard
to Miss "Church's" communication.
Some three or four months ago an anony-
nous letter came to hand, complaining that
the waiting room was rot kept clean, since
which the writer, or one of the Directors, has
invariably visited the room once or twice every
Sabbath, and always found it quiet and neat
and clean. No person having regard for
truth could visit that room and then sit down
and represent it as the "most filthy place in
Portland"
She complains that peanuts and candy, and
a little of everything is sold there" Peanut
shells, if thrown upon the floor, would be OBJ
lJectionable; but pray tell me how the selling
OF candy can make any room filthy. As for
the. "little of everything" will only say that
it is gross outrage upon the atten tive and
Obliging Fessenden Brothers, and their lady
like and worthy sister, who have charge of the
room They sell papers and stationary, and a
few kinds of choice candy; but the little OF
everything" is left to be sold in such places as
the police visit and the proprietors are fined
$40 and costs by Judge Kingsbury. As fol-
tobacco.juice, will say that no room in this
city is visited by so many persons daily as the
said railroad Office, and will venture to say
that nopublic in this city is so free from to-
baeco-juice. eifa tfiit 1851
Now, having examined the most obiectiona.
BILE part of Miss "Church's" article, would
like to inquire why it was written; and it may
not be out of place for me to say that have
endeavored, through you, to have an inter-
view with said "Church" for the purpose of as
certaining the object; but the writer declines
| to be known. Horse railroads in Maine are a
| some people think they could manage them
much better than the officers in charge, and
their advice is given very frequently and gra-
tuitously. For the time this road has been in
/ operation think it will compare fayorably
with any similar road so far as accidents, rows,
or rowdyism are concerned. The Directors
have not only invested their money, but have
generously given their time without compensa-
ton. The passengers are largely reaping the
benefit and I am glad to know that it is so
well appreciated and patronized. Every effort
is made to make it deserving and popular
No road in this country is running at SO low
fares, and the cars and teams are of the first
class; no other street railroad within my
| knowledge provides SO cOmmodious waiting
room as this company.
Iregret to occupy SO much of your space
and time, but under such representations it is
proper that your readers should have the
- TRUTH.