, 1870-01-29
STREET CARS.
An Abuse Calling for Correction.

Il correspondent asfa u TO be thankful for the
good havet and TO picture to ourselves the for.
loru AID K1etcned cordlsiou this city wou1d be IN
u It had no fttees catE Whatever. Our correspond
ent II probshly not an aaa; he Only suprosea that
cvesJbody else H.
lis facs beyond succetfnl contradiction, that
the accommodation for pupiic narel IN tais city
not only less than Any other city Of tts stze on
this eotEnens, and dtsgfaceful to m euieTpr1ftnS
Community, hut tna. u " Waa happily nd Of
the ra,truad monopoly which now rules It sta,
not month would elspse before tie people
would bayo neans OF iocomodon at ail hours tn2t
would be worthy OF Chicago. T#o monlha' ago
the City Railroad pnt one'hose carr upon its
Iouta nEder the spec1sus plea that It did 10 fo1
the public peDeat Everybody understands now
nnt tnta was done, not 70 Implement hat TO DIS
Elencc or the public, and only 10 the ssy11g Of the
c1penae Of one norze and one man 10 each car,
TN within lev ts1s, tho last car. es IL mid
ebough 10 GET stan nd1nR room, did 50 with tho ex.
FectuIIon OF q 2htug Ior lt-xaa 4 two hnfse car
but Eow. at that eallY hour the oue-norse car, OF
Grly h4N The c8pacitJ, n substituted. TAKE a
scene on ThurraaJ evening - an average result:
The car starts. as usual, full Of lhose eho sc-
cured carly scats ss the end OF the ROAD as LAts
B1reet
Tho few strspz left are taken up within square
or two, though. probably, three carloads Of men
mnas 20 IRON Two 10 three niles % foot. ABOUT
uaIr.son street, the drtyer, after vanJ rnging his
bell, pulls up hll horse, and announces snat there
I'll he nas 0os me stetets or tae money. Iodig.
DaE1 fhouts Of "Go On: You're no Fight to stop !:
co ahead!" To Which the condoctor, master OF
The Ntuatlou, repncs tnst he Is obeyig f1Ies, and
1heleupon lh1ta the door.
Interval, nvc minutes, with some uproar. much
ea afsSfIss psg 'ss,r rfae fsies ''e0 ssa''''
Ths gentlemen 90 40: put IN ~ appearance.
Mso a9otser. sIoa oTs ge foqt esn,s!n
overheard, and ififa nn!r
.ad .xplaina sast Do hss given I'M riSni c1Ange
to ~ tnoneJs passed up.
another Of connscatlng his four cents.
\ 1nt1RnaDny DENIED.
.'D.dn't gtve sou the eurslopet"
"1cF, dash yop, and pOtntQ' 10 II. ~
II want them four tares," ramasta TIC COZ
| dnctor.
Drunken man gees thronga An a1.,hpet,e2l es,-
culAion tnat four fares ara tweutT-rre cehts, And
letDG dlsposcd to 60 hone before morning, pro.
posea 70 pay %.
"wont 70 home TIL morning, " and as one oi
| them Rtta IN the drunken mans isp and auotnef
o1e hsis n his iap, he dicnl,ies Of drunken msn
set.tnE 70 ne 5o1 ~ oprioas and the Jolly eon-
Condaetor continues Its renarka about !" theu
iMee;' The fnnE ten1~ren E1uW oostseperoHs,
I No s1gus ffon any quarter Of specie payr.ene
AohI5el renewed between tue tIrG pasaeCGCFe :.
| one ttill insisting tna. the envelope was paued
! back; tut nthtt reaasentnH tts mptsuess.
Silent passenger who Saw the party OF tho nr1t
rhrt Aezuact tho fouE cent?, keep9 hia oEn
COUNSEL
TILE, ten ntnutea-Horse gone to sleep At tnc
COVER OF Harrison at1eer- No policeman in
! sight
Door opeus, aud ths driver bikrt1y rem&sks.h1,
he would IRE ''them four fafef."
Tod IN reply . 80 to-~en! ..-.
Change nVal1 demanded for fares already pill
Uuef opened from Inside, and driver eIpostu-
latcd Wlh without effect. Throw hin 0xrs.
"D1tTe Aheadt" Smash The conceru!' Four
cslR:' Them 1a1es:" "G:ve NE bAek ny
The situation u getting Interesting: the 1nsn
paSsepcef1 getting Tar Gus: the woIenpssstE-
gers EeftuE pale: the oficef getting frightened.
Time, fifteen minutes, and the dt1ref Rtvcs IN
ia preference 10 going otcFpostb, ana consents,
al .asf, to waEt up the hut3e-Tho n2es laEra8ou
BtIeet-Qud drive on. ~. -.
Bat where were the fartA . No doubt tney had
been rAssed up, and were in eomebodJ = pocket.
| for the toc.e:y OF that car WAS uot all OF the
ctocekt The question for the company Is
whether they mean this foft Of thing shan coz
time to end Ia midnight not eod smashed cat
The rrtCeIy Is plain e1quEc-:a;er and lafzer
cars. WITH cor cbpE1oT1- Whether fne company
VIII be Ktae IN time u for than to Ser!o1Ay co.,
NiEf.