, 1873-12-01

tho city IAeir n1l0a Rthrt from tho c0fFler Ot
Lake und atato. atroota, and run over tl9tblo
tracks ns far M Eighteenth. 1Ioro tho Indiaaa
aycnl,o ltno bratlchcs OF. At Ninotoonth street,
tho Archer nyenlo limo strikca ol1t for tho
ola.,Aio launta around bridgeport. At Twenty
t,rn OF, 4 part running only to Twenty.flth
b!yeot, nsd tho remainder going On to tllo city
llniits, whore tho steam dummy thAos passengers
ns for ~ Hyde Park. Tho stato Btroot cars
proper stop at ,Thisty-fourth street, and
thero limo Of two.hprso cars goes
lnileu Of single traok belonging to this Com.
pany ia nhoat twenty.
on the stock Yarda. Tho whole number OF
CATs IN USE.
Tho number Of cars used by thin Company ia
1GA, OF which 55 are Cottage Grove ayeuuo, ia
Stnto street, al lndiana avonuo, 90 ,Aroher aye.
mo, 10 State and Madison, 2 Stock Yard, ami
Hyde rark. Tho aforementioned cars, arc drawn
by tho dummy engine, and nre heated with
BsoycH.
CAPITAL arooK.
Tho capital stock of thle Company is 81 a50,-
900, and tho yearly receipts aro not far from
$500, 900. Tho valuu of tue stock has boon .nB
htgh aA 1870, though tho price has boon badly
Affected by accidental causos, s'1ch ab the cpl
gootic ot lust year, When all the cars wore taken
cngInos. rho company lost only So horses, out
of.s700.
There arc 325 mcn ~ tho employ T. of this the qom- m
pany as tito present timo, about "a having been
discharged efnco tho panic. Thoro are lnnpy dlf-
;oient Occupations represented OIL tho payroll,
| there being conductors, ariycra btablemen,
atartora, titnekoopcrs, RECEIVERS lboys, track
layers, blacksniths, easrpontera a9d painters.
| lux and painting itb carr, and shoclng lis
! Loraea. >Thcre aro twolvo baoksmiths, ak chr,
| ponters. and six painters conatantiY employed
on Tho Company work. At present, all tlle cars en-
State street and Cottage Grove avenue cars arc
receiving IL diffsrout coloring, whol. adds to tho
lrightuoBs Of ther appoalanco, aud nialEes them
more eauily listlngulshab1e.
! cosT AND MARINER or RUNNING CARS.
The wear and toar Of carb is groater than
| would DO supposed. A. sot OF wheels and boxes
must be replaced every year, and the cars thcm-
aovos are continually reanirng patching pa,nt
coat Of varuish once d year, and, in general, the
| year OF cars arnounts to Ii per cant.
Tho cost Of running, a car with one hoEso IL
5000 por day, and with two horses :312:5o per
/ day. This includes all expensos aud it Mill thua
be aeon that the dividends upon the stock must
| bo larEo. In addition to tho regular cars, there
aro 1lftoon trip curs on tho Cottage Grovo lino,
aud the aame number on State stioot. Theso
ing, aud 30 Off about Q O'Clock, commencing
again at O'Clock, aud going of at II O'Clock at
| nlEht. Tho very lowost that any car averages
for day, eyon under tho most favorable csrcut-
oiosr profit Of S4.40 per day for tho single carr,
which, making Bovcn trlps per day, aud 81 so for
tho double, though a. The latter average more
thnti 81. 90 per trip tho earnings OF each arc un-
doubtodly about equal
| COLLECTION OF FARES.
| On none Of Tho cars Of tho South sido limo
are there conductors to take up tho fares, and Oh
tho Archer aTonuo cars alone mo thore any cou-
dnctors ut all. The, Jamestown" = ' e9rs' from, from
partly under the control Of tho Wcat Side Com.
pany, have regular conductors, who turn In all
their fares collected GU Madison stroat to t'o
West Bido company, md all tnkon up gu tho
run from madison streat to tho southern tormi-
nua, to tho South Side corporation. Al, tue
corncr OF Madison and Clark streots, where these
cars turn of, o ttmn-kcepcr ia stationed, who
receives tho little sipB from oaell conductor 60
ing West aud South. Those slipa contain two
rows Of numbers. one Of which is supposed to
| be punched out for each fare. At the end OF tho
1 day, tho conductor must turn In MI amount Of
money to correspond to Tho total number o. 81
limo, thero is cumbrous box Mt tho front OF tho
car, into Which tho passengers arc supposed, to
drop their nickels or tickets. This systom dis
penscs with the conductor, and makes the Com
rather than upon That of ono Individual. Whilo
tlcre aro matly persons who unho 1t n practice
to ride FREQ il possible, the saving in wages and
in stealage Ia very great, aud the Company have
no daaira to return to the old plan.. The driver
il furnished with change IN scaled envelopes,
having tho sum in each dstinclly printed upon
the face.
1 PERCENTAGES OF DRIVERS
| In addition to his duties as driver and change
maker, he is required to perform that Of cnn'
luctor to tho extent OF seeing that tho passion
CORA pay their fares into tho box. This duly Ii
nude part Of tho drivers interest by GiVint
instead Of paylng il1cd salary. Thls perceut
aEo ia nude to vary according to tho season a.
tie year, 1t being 30 arranged TINT he shau re
ceiyo about e2. 81 por day. A. night: on paaslnf
iup tho Supayiutonlent's oilco on State Atroet
| Htpr111 frat tn1lnct1r TnluGkB
omptios tho contouts into bag, which 1B thoi
tied up, numbered With the CIR numbor AM
sent into tho Treaauser's office: Tho package
Of change are made up in tho Treasl.Eer's oftic
Is remarkable. 1 til box holding $50 in paeka
ges containing from 10 cents up to % ]
given to eaeh drlror IN the morning
J or In the original envelopes, at night, Q
Arohor avenue, the cars have conductors who 81
IL a glass casc as the rear Of tho CTR, to max
change and $50 that every passenger pays I'll
fare.
HOURS or LABOR AND RATES OF rAY-
s The houra Of lsbor tor dryors and conductor
aro longer than In any olherbuslness in tho cit,
, 4 days work ia nescr iesa than th'rtean hour
, and Is often us highras seventeen. Tie men 90
tS lax esis Il The Va ends I line II eoa wessths
ther lite is very bard, aud it la not to be oxpcc
, cd that very efficient class Of mon should sec
the place. Neithor iS II SurEfl6lnE thet conons
: tors should sometimes forget to turn in al th
! money collected They receive from $1.75
$3.50 per day, and ase Aable 1t any time to
> discharged On tho complaint Of tho driver, star
t or, receiver, Or any passenger. A reform IN tl
| matter Of hours, has boom suggested, but Will
, the Companies ean get fourteen houra' work fe
+ ten hour'a pay, they sre not Ikoly to rodut
their profits ont Of regard for tho feolpga (
, thoir employees.
d TIE uonRE QUESTION.
b The number of horaes owned BY the 8out
: Rido Company Ia 781, Of which 40 arc kept !
the State street stables, corner Of Thirty fourt
= street; 86t are In the Btato And Twonty-lr
: street stables. and $50 in the Cottage Grove at
r bles. Each driver has his own gaug Of hors'
J. which he driyos exclusively, but docs not tai
d care Of, al aueh work belonging to the stabl
Il men. On tho long lines each horse 1nakoa thrt
!, round trips IN two days, and thus averages abol
20 milea por day.
+ Tho wear and tear on horaoa ia very greu
It and horse soon breaks down, unless ha ia qui
a hardy. All green, country horses, on first con
/. ing to tho city aro nttaakau with Rprt Of AcQl