, 1874-10-04
SfREE7-CARS.
). Protest Against Their Tyranny, and q
Query Us to Their Honesty.
Distractions Of Drivers.


and ray for it, are you entitled to it or not? On
the answer to thst question hang all the
rights CT travellers, aad ell the rules and
md regulations Of passenger companies. Now.
to be Plain at the beginning it may as well be
understood that this article is written
II TIE INTEREST or woa:ES.
II men chocso to be imposed upon,--to pay for
q seat, and then stand from one end Of street.
car route 10 the other, supporting themselves by
old leather etraps bcSrimed by years Of similar
ecrvicc,-t!,eir blood be on their own heads. II
they pay their money for that which is naHght,
it is matter OF choice but with women it is
as things lro now--n matter Of necessity. Il is
eil foolishncss fur men to pretend that thoy
cannot bring st-cct-car companies to hear rea-
Eop. and intimate that, from this tine to tho
cud OF the world, 80 long as streo.-cafs endure,
human bciags to the number Of threo dozen or
more must he packed in space designed only
for twenty rcCCle. Men can do anything. II
q man wants Etrect-trayel regulated, he has
only to make I'd his mind to that effect. end act
on 1t when Jimmy Jon@s, or Ecb Eobinson or
Hunk Smith. co;ac3 into his Office, ard draws
chair close up to his, and Ieys his oreilscs on
Ills arm, ard bcsiEs in husky whisper: ''Wcl,
nov, III tell you: Tic boys L2vo been talking
about 1ny running for tao Legislature, and /
thought I'd Just como round aud sec you"
Right there is a Eool place FOR tils Wc,,ld-bo
st1aet-car regulator to aa1oauco his require
ricu.s OF lie next member OF tho Legislature.
10. 3Icn couliaIe to stand III s:rcct-cars, asid
have t!.cir pockets picked. and inIi.lo foul a'r,
nud put tt:cir Cvn faro iu tie box. all because
they are tco inert, ard tco much occupied, eacl.
with his Individual aELlra, to make q united
euor. for emancipation. Lat WcIn2n-WAa. can
they do il tho matter: Nothing.
10 begin with, it is amusing to notice wba. con
fuE:on exits in tho minds Of Et1eet-car co1npa-
n!es a.:1 tho paLEc concerning IL: relative
rights uf
LADIES A:;D :,:1oEEEs.
When oren cars wc.o Isr: oa tho street, they
wero introduced cst..*iL!:: for smokers. But
tho smokers wc1o not sufficient to fill them.
Moreover womcl had & natural desire fer open
carss aud fresh cl:, and no open cars had been
provided for them. I. found necessary,
therefore. to restrict the smokers ocer;a;u seats
i'll the trout or -car, anil le@yo ;ac inEin part Of
The CO: to be tl!el by ladies. and IleE who wero
rot disposed to s1noHe. This is sometimes
quoted IS q ye:y c;:tT:!-.c regulation on
the lat OF lie eo.a:any; t"t, brought
down to fac:5, it Tosild a:ilAa:
as i. o lady OF Z rou-smoi:icc gentleman uusa.
.
ojeE car. without LaylrS the question Of Sl4;ti-
CT no they shall swallow vic tobacco-snloae
dCtcrcl'ueu SIMPLY by the tl.,cct.on CT the wind
Who are tie sl1.oAers that TIC best cars Oil tho
route should be wholly given u2 to them? /
no;.ce that there is ulorcncH! on foot to mako
1ua.,Glac.orils. etc.. conauue thclf own sl.oLe.
il would appear As Il human ctll.naeys saos.ld 10
made to &c the saLae.
Ia. to return to the opening question
AEE y0U EST:TLED 20 WHAT YOU IAT rt-n?
M f1eA f,rS = fNT
for scat. lie doesn't I.cr It tcr
but yet, at cc1ialu times III tLo 14i;,uiiS and
evening. LIS chance is about oae il tAl"e oi get
ting What belongs to him. "ua.=u's eilaaces
and lightly swing herself to car before j: is
Stopped. Nov, l ID not mean - say that u
wo.naa is not moro likely to get saot than =
ll:an. The probabilities arc that size will &c. !
seat. because sulEe gentleman Will ,lsc AID offer
le- u!lc. Yet even taca she III not getting what
belongs to hers size is s.t.pl' accepting gift OF
I. seat bought by auc;hcr- the s:rcct-car com
Yauy sold Ter i s-Gt, she owed 10 tLanas
to acybody for ii. le:. wEeu she
andcrtaAcs to cnt>r ';i:o Possession
of that which she lss to;:Mht, Sue finds the
strest-car company have soiI It three CT four
times oyer. When sns bo.,S... seat, she tohgLt
Il lAca to sit Oh, surrn-t to le>a baS!: against,
1uo:n to move her elbows, and Is much floor As
her lro feet could cover. be tho sa,uo more Or
lrEs. She finds that size is expected to etand on
whatever happens to be under loot,-1ctlaps it
is her neichbcr's curca perhaps 1t Is LIS basket
Of peaches, s,-perhaps it is his va!iso, aud nlean-
while, to prevent herself from }urcl!lnS into Lis
l2p. s!.o Is obliged to forget tho co.tIl1less Of
Kill gloves, anu desperately cling to IN old
leather 1oon.-t!le very existence Of wLic! is
rEopF OF The OPPRESSION
under which Americans l;vc. But there arc
women a:ld Women, aud co.:e Of then it pleased
Coz; t. make Of short statue; and, tho benel-
ccaz s.rcet-c2r companies not set having taken
tcn into consideration. the lcather straps dan
Hio ts7 above them as si:ey olpessly pitsh back
wa1d, and f,r"arl. and sideways. Cat 1ittlo
IL. cnt ''spunls, and havo recn one cIlag to the
ja,.b Of the door with teE:ci:y which TO efforts
ol the conductor could shake. remember being
III company once with oIo or these llt-
II, 1-footevs, wien tue crowded car pitched
1-roun1 gentleman was 80 moved !lla: be gave
l.er--uo not his scat but bis cane, wAcrcw1tA to
hook to the straps size was too short to reach
Only think OF lady's paying Il strcct-car COM
rany cents for tho privilege ot standing; three
quarters Of aa l.olir i'll crowded car, holding
the earth bcS:imcd cad OF g :s.rangcrs c~uc.
while tho o412cr end of it was hooked iuto
leather loop to Keep Ecr froI bcioG pitched into
said stranSer's lap! Iov charming to foreign |
crs must these tra'el'ug facilities appea7:
II is to be EoEci1 that cCa long somcDcdy will
riss 10 explain wLy strcct-S:- aid ra:i:o-d COM
[,Gles are allowed !
= SoSoroLY u" 1,!E;IoSESIy. |
T.1n1 ys;u buy i'1cite ol ts:cc:-c2: tickets,
each OF WHICH l.; tie laga;I!o2 Ct seat you
taao your el1aac3a Of getting "i4at ;l:c COMPANY
have noI.i vo4. Nov. man doesn't do bnslucss !
ti:at wur, exccn. will E.Tcet-ca- and railroad |
companies. II you Fay rent fo: room in ad- !
,ancc, yon Lavo that room. You dunt al1o" |
,our la:,dlord Or la,'dIa1y.o 70 put you where it
lspren+. or crowd yo; in vita soue o.5c else. or
81 Owl soaic Qua else in with yor: Tlsat is what
.he strecs-car company does. When yon sub
.c.ioe to daily Newspaper, you don't submit to
,a1e t,o carrier dav after day give you half
paper. OF nono ct I'll, or leave you to depend on |
,l,o courtesy u your neishocr. That is wha! the
itreot-car company does. When you take PAS
::ge on 4 stca :ouas aud hire your s.atc room,
iou don't expect that stranger viii be allowed
% rut his child. for ,7om he hes not paid q cent,
II posacssiou ef the place for which yo1, paid
lint is what the at-cct-c2r company does
Next to the imposition ot paying; for what you
lon't gc,, is that Of
Do1SG WHAT GoU ANE NOT PAID FOE
The other night, gentleman got on street
ar, aud took his scat. prescnIly the driver
arg his bell. Tho passenger took no notice.
1t LIS. the driver turned his head, md, address,
s,s the passenger. complained that he had not
raid his fare. Here it is, said the man. " Put
i'll tho box T. Come aud get it. I'm not tho