, 1874-09-24

o'Aeo wv ~ gAt4t"e NAAFe" ~o@- "o+A>
soo,ns si,nhe enough, bit
4 GLANCE At TnE AuLLs
which dog thcni evory foossep slo'ss tltae for n
aH, @ 9ora 70 to 1e m o oa m 70
nble Of mon. 1lo would noed to DO omniprosont,
all-auotng, md posycsacd Of Several Dlhor Of
tt.ose suporuatnral accomplishments OF which
tito orthodox hayo atways aacribcd tho monopoly
to tho Almighty. Aboyo all other montnt pow
ers, that conltnonf| known as abstraotto1l--
not TINT quality whteh leads to ktloot down.
wonll 10 Indispensable. tile ulndoo jngglor
who played tlvo games Of chess, four games Of
composed poem as.l d piece at mua[o, md COTS
cooted n salad at Tho aane ttmo was ali infant to
tho Chicago ear-conductor, WHO succeeds N work.
ing up to Tho ruea md rcgn1attons for t1S e gov
City Halfway Company.
wlilo en- route lo Ia Obliged to stand on tho renr
platform with Ills back to tho passengers, nm act
luatfnota. Ilils Is aggravated by hfa Don3
obliged to whooi round At oach streat-orosslnE
aud announce tho naE1o OF tho street croBsa.};
ho ,nuat SEQ tl.at no inllrin pornona risk tlcir
Company by 1uadly loaplng upon tho front plat.
form ot tho moving chr; ho must render
Gil nocdfu asslstance to passengers having chill
dron pr pnrceis. old latttes wifi huge marriott
baskets Included; tic, tuuat not allow any
drunken, filthy, Or indecent person OIL tho car
ho must DO patient, and answcr my roasnn-
| ablo inquiry In roEorenco to tio, road Or oona-
Slight giving nil tho details, and tho Iatnos and
addrcsaes Of oil tho Witnesses Of tho acctdeut,
must be held responsible to tho Company for nll
damages caused by neglect Of duty Or care1esa-
ncsB must oboy Tho dtiyors call 10 COLLECT faro
from nassengors who hare hopped npon tho front
platform in tho hope Of Rnsing nickel must
ho1p tho dtiyorto manage tho horaos whon called
upon no to do; must not allow cards or ehow-
bills, barrels, boxes, lumber, iron, or bnky NOR
cllandiao to he put on tho chr 1nuat report
ali dofcotn In tho roaa, car, "r horsus;
and furthermore, he 1ntst see that no largo dogs,
or baskets, or br'a'es Of meat arc allowed tustdo
| tho chr. .-
sucl, aro Tow Of tho re1nircmonta Of our
North 5ide car conductors. THEY got along wolf
with these for q timo, but tho Company broke tho
conductors ncckR by tiao Introduction Of
THE DEt1~ruNc1f.
Tlero waa q general murtnnr OF discomfort at
| tAia. Tho mcn argued that to carry round a
punch which rang out oycry time The ptncturlng
was virtuai acknowledgement ot guilt, but atill
they accepted tllo sotorous punch, and, III nc
cordauce with tho Comrany'a order, deposited
$25 ut tho Office AZ security. for it
cascs Of resignation followed tl,o introduction
| of tho bell-puncl, a fact Which rather proved
that tho conductors were not III the 1al,t OF
auguaont}ng their salaries by The knook~doUn
process.
however, recently occurred to tho North Side
| Car Company, by which thcy hopo to sccuro
themselves nEaihst nil kinds of Losses Which may
@rlse from tho cnrelcssnoes OF conductors Or
accidents which may arfao to the carH in transt.
| This was anbodioa Ia IN agreement document.
| which every conductor On tho road mas obliged
[ to sign. Tho document oponb with tito agfeo-
mont Of ta condactof to ~ mork ior 5ns oempony
| Tho following Gloan1 of :hope was held out to
the conductors al originally prepared. but, ,a'a
Fortunately, Tho words woro carefully erased bo-
fore tue conductors 'Foro calets upon to aiga 1t:
AMI at the od Of each and every SIXTY dnyb. srrrco
BY tho ssid second party, aud uot otherwise al
sad y a ZIG Of oc yc should .aa
nary M = renp nI eenuue IN tso e,npoy 10y Of ' ssG
North Chicago City Halfway Company, aud not other
wtse, further and additional sni of........-...
Tor every days service rendered 1J said second party
to said Company.
Thc locumont thon goes on to set forth that
| tho conductor ngrces to forfeit tue enn OF 225
| for each and cyory omission to punch farca for
punch. or for tho ]ons Of Or injury 10 tho punch;
for tho violation Of any Of tho Colnpcny's rules
! Of for ans injury Which may ariso to the Cur
whilo under Ills management. As old Eccles
~ "ruts Ers ARD"
So tho conductors thihL,. however, hnu tho
| Grumbling on tho North Siaelin at the measure
| fl very general. Within tho past few dnya few
rcs!gnntI,ons hove taken place, md theIo way
] remarked to O TRIBUNE reporter yesterday, tho
! timca are too hard for such moaa,1ro. Slio bu-
porntcndont Of tho road bo!lovos TINT the meas
ure is ono Which, whilo itprotccts the Company.
I docs not hurt tho raou. tho conductors, on tho
| othor hand, hold TINT tho agreement pIaces MI
| imulonsn power in tho hands Ut the road. Ac-
cording to tho document Mr.. v. G. Turner, }presl-
don't Of tho road, iH lnado Holo arbitrator, with
final decjsiont Of all casos OF ncc'lont to cars.
md, II a conductor waro wrongly found guilty OF
allowing damage to hia chr, or missing q fare,
Or in auy otliar way breaking the rules Of tho
| Company, tho a25 he had deposited a. tho tlmo
ha ,nado tho agreo,ncnt would bo swallowed by
the Company. There is no doubt that tho con-
ductots would like to strike II 1t would do thorn
my good, but they agreo with tho Supetintond-
Ont that 1t thcy dill resign On masso no would bo
ahle to replace them nil in q day. 1huH tho
| matter stands ut present. What noE ideas tho
] Company may haye for the utter nnnihilatiou of
| knocktlown aud the securing itGolr from damage
from accfdensH will probably appear hereafter.
S. a. BRIGGS.
rTha nrrnat at t. A. Dritrs tho onnnflnm Wen