The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-23
Street Railway Company.

10 The A1tIHigShc~!
In your issue Of yesterday morning ap-
peared an anonymous communication
which is intended to be o severe criticism
on the action OF the managers ofthe Street
Railway in having again placed con-
ductors on the cars, as the writer words
it. We suppose he means drivers con-
ductors we always had. The writer in=
sinuates that in doing this, the manage
mcnt has been unpardonably yextravagNnt.
Tie desires to be charitable In his Suspl-
cions, but it certainly looks TO him like
the road was making more than the Board
cares about showing" He then gcnor-
Ously suggests that the managers have
some friends, political or religious, who
are out Of employment, and-whOm they
consider il their duty to care for, ~
Now then, in the names Of the officers
Of the road, l reply. to this In the first
place, your correspondent did not state the
case correctly. His assertion that drivers
have again been placed on the cars, COM
pcls the inference that they have been
placed on all the cars, whereas, while we
have ten cars running constantly, We have
only five drivers. OF this number, two
have always been upon the road, driving
between switches and keeping the cars on
their time, one on the North, the other on
the South part of the line. So there is no
extra expense there. With regard to the
other three drivers, we had been aCCus.
toned before making this change, TO pay
extra, three stable men for driving the
cars after night, besides paying one other
man ior the increased stable work de-
vOlving on him in their absence. With
our three new drivers We are able to do
away with this expense, as also to dispense
with the services of one other man, who
performed the general duty of changing
horses Nt the stable and relieving the car
men for their meals. These two items OF
expense being saved, more than covered
the amount Of tho wages Of our three new
drivers, making the pay roll now really
$40 per day lighter than it was under
the old arrangement. So much for eS-
travagance. ' y..@ .a.
Next, with regard to religion or politics
having anything to do with the hiring Of
men to work for the road, a contemptuous
denial is all such supposition merits.
Again, the article suggests that the
Board desires to keep silent and close
mouthed about the business of the rOad.
A suspicion about as grOundlcss us may
well be imagined. The business of no
stock company was ever managed in q
more open, public manner. Whether ii
was stockholder who wished to see how
his interests were prospering, or an out.
slider whose motives were simply to note
the successful struggle and progress OF mn
institution of such pnblic benefit, our
books have always been open to their in
spection, and statements Of our earnings,
expenses and gains have again and again
appeared in the columns Of your own
newspaper. wa. .,r
In conclusion, I would beg TO suggest to
the magnanimous author Of yesterdays
communication, that the next time he
feels inclined 10 rush into printers ink on
account Of the officers Of this road, he
come to the Company's Office and have
his subject explained to him before setting
out. am, very respectfully,
rIy "a. HARRY CALDWELL, E8g
..., I%c'y Citizens' Railt0Gy Co.