, 1873-12-01

S bseught e{ from rpTs c c Eat. '' ''A'''5 20 any
rAY or EMp1oYEg.
estimated at about $4,000 per milo fer elnglo
track. Tho principal running oxpeusoH arc, OF
eou5no, tho w9@Ees @ Of empoyoa md !. tho feed Ut
rGySa ey ' o Ge'"y Ies e 81 aoes 's Gid T 70
diroront clauaea Of hired men. Conductors, Of
whom from 100 10 120 nre employed: For eleven
l.oure' worl, s1.76i for f fourteen llours' e2.1o;
tor sixteen oara sISz' ,} R}sly,o1s t, OF Whom
For olcvon ho,,ra, et.o2; for fourteen hours,
s2.40. Carpenters, s2.75 per day; pantors,
s2.75 per dsy; blaYknmitls, ss per day; ear,'-
watcl,inon (who also attond to the car-lampB),
800 per month. Tlo fosd Of the horaos Ia a worry
considerable itcm, eacl horse enting, por day,
about Il pounds Of feed, which costH &t8.60 per
THE DAILY nEnE1rrs.
The receipts have to DO largo to offeet the
heavy expenditures sntailod by: tho pnymout Of
tho various employees and tho keep OF tho llorscB,
and tho figures slow that thoy ard. Tho total
numbor Of cara in uso ut ono time, on tho Wost
Bnlo 1inos is oighty-f}vo, no loas thau 900 round
trips boing 1nado in n day. Tho total Average
number of passengers carried each day 10 tho
cars Of this Company is not losp than oo,oop,
md tho avorago Of eacll round trip 92.00.
THE TRIALS or A CONDUCTOR.
Tho lifo Of conductor Oil the West Bido lines
is full Of unrest and tropidation. They are
regard to tho starting Of tlioir cars, to their
| action on approaching tho bridges and othor
points Of tho lino, and tho making OF timo
docapitation being tho dreaded result Of > dis
which bolonga to the life of West Bide car-
| conductor really is,. is mnttor difficult to
do.ermine. His home Ia, tho etroet-car, tho
louue whero he Hleops seeing him but n'few
hours each day; Mis meals M he ehts Sitting In
westornmoHt ond Of the line. Tho driver AeopB
him COMPANY, sitting In the shifting seat which
hooks On tho front rail. sileutly but asiitly
thoy doyour tho contentB Of their tin pai}s,' tho
coat-sloeyo is FOR tho laBt time drawn across the
moutl, for cloaneing purposcB, when the COLI
tl,lctor remarks pathotlcally to Ills companion,
"Woll, Bill, ita. about time wo started Tor Chi
q word, tho conductor iorks away at the boil for
about lalf-a-ninuto, to signify bis intontion ol
departing, and the quickly.fod employees star'
for Chicago.
One Of the greatest triula OF conduc.or'&
existence iH to have iust in front Of him u slow.
going country vehicle, with an apparently doai
patlont manner, yet the i!mpor.u1babl'
rustio refuses to hasten his horse: As L.,
matter in hand, which he docs enorgotically,
driving tho car-pole into tho slow-1noying wsgot
and nearly pitching lis occupant into tho stroet
Tho West sido linua arc, take them altogether
very we'll managed in all their departments, th
steady jog Of miles an hour is we'll sustained
and but few difficulties orc ever observable be
tween passengers and employees.
Tho capital stock of tho Company ia 81 ,250, ,o0o
It ia favorlte in tho local market. and is he'll
by shareholders ut 1Go, and before tho panic wa
ouly proourable at about 200. Tho President O
this line ia Dfr. ". Il. Bradley, tho Clark Of til
United States District Ccurt; tho Superin
and Treaauror, Mr. William Il. Oyington.