, 1875-02-15
THE CITY.
OUR STREET.cARS.
rnYrrn or rux EorTn-stDE coHrAhss


N the Etixor n 97hs Chtcnao tribune:
f7u,c.no Fab 13--Ihe above In An alEnnat
st,rsdbsrs subject, but tha writer believed
word ar two more can be mid upon 1t, anil a. =
lover OF fair play, feels in1peed to eay 1t. Ho
does pot own shhre Of nsoch In my railway has
not bcno stked and does not aspire TO tho
champtonehip Of any railway corporation, but in
common With all citizens Of Chicago Ia proud or
thu fair nsms and fame Of our city, hnd fcels
hurt by The falss imE rcasfon hent broadcads over
the land that tho railway s5stem Of Chicago ia
disarsce, or lacking In any OF tbs qualities
which have won for onE oitv It's snvshb's
rrputstfon. The writer has tFseclod on the cars
OF tho South Sido Railway most Of tbs time nnea
their tn:raductton. and th nks that almost twenty
yeatn Of such sravel give him fAlr acquaintance
with the f&ctn Of the case. When tho change
vas made lew yeara ago from tHo-horae TO ona-
horse cars, very many people, including the
vritor. wors greatly prstudicsd against the lat.
~ Ina rsilvaY company. But tina prejudice Is
RAPIDLY paaslug away. and It is ba!lesnd popular
vote would show large majority in favor OF tho
ne-horao system. for tho following reasona:
No individual or corporation tcan be expected
to prosecute any business At \ losa. or 'slthont
rood r,osprcts OF reasonable conlpahsatlon.
i'h;s should be remembered in determining tno
amount Of accommodation to bo furntatied. u
Y1GufTGH 1hlY 0nG-nHlI tl6 I1H4pS4 u tlIt,A AbH
bo lHes 10 operate on8 horno cars that II DOCS
tv,,-hosHe. hance tho former can be aNorded>
and arr, it, loub1e tho nunber and At halt tho
Intervals. = TACT which ono appreciates these
frosty mornings. wheu he Tslta only TOUR min
uLes for 4 Cottage Grove svcn1o car whefeaa
for twn-horso car hn would hava to wait eight,
III hs..,1l ojs Of ronplo know Hlo did ovsfv daY
under the old eystcm.
Tbs two-llorso car will coat t"entF"t~o per-
NOUS two ouo-aoeae cara NIL scat thltty-slx
heuce, under tho prnacnt e!stnn, person hns
thirty-B cnauces of occurring scat against only
twenty, wo under The old. II, trip recently
made th::oueh t4c principal cities OF Tho Union,
in iii OF which rode IN htreet-ears did not 500
q siuglo 7oad With bettcr equipment alther Of
cara or horscs than that OF tile south sido Com
i,ang. AID Tho cars oil Indiana avenue aro bet
Ter tAnn tlo beat in Now York. boAton, or Any
other Eastern city. .... ..,
An Euei1sh gentleman. who last year ua1e an
exteusivo ts.r through this country. In lln letter
to tha I4ocdon Times OF she many notable ttinEs
he saw III Chicago, spoke Of tue stock of tho
Chicago CALy 1.4linay as tho ~ finest ar.horses
In the world" Tho time occupied By tbs cars
of tho above In 1cEs per milo thnn by any other
rund between tbs hltstlsslppt And tho Atlaustc,
aud they are in better condition Of cleanliness
amt repair thaL tho snme number OF cArs Abs%
Wbere 10 be fot,tla.
The atreotcar system IL only In lts infancy
but il suy citizc will Keep his eyes open when.
bo vIsiss other ci ties he will como back satisfied
that the railway company alluded to tB dong its
sbars il, occurring the improvement OF street,
raraY facilities. and has been by no means Pa-
n,srtoua in giving those advantages 10 lts
pat,ona. The diAadyantago Of deposIttng ones
fsra in tho bex Nhou tho err ia crowded.
fsnI f it exists only Al sucb tin,e.} !.
not no annoying A. every ftw minutes TO bs
pushed aud eibowcd by conductor, ctowd1nE
through to collect iaro. apparently taxing par
tcular Pains to tsep Oh tho tendefest corns. INC
frst carB built with anlalI steps and BwinginG
door are awkward for entrance and exit, but tho
uevar oncs with broad stops nod sliding DOORS
nre much better; and the latest, With complete
rear platforms meet all ro9utremente, and
should DO Adopted at onca on all ths
earn Some roop3o eoeu to feel themselves
specially called to abuse railway operations
through The press aud otherwise, but having
ridden, perhaps, as much ss any oac, my exno-
tive aud accommodating. The only case to the
contrary eger had occasion to report met Will
pompt attention, and the system OF paying the
drivers : petcentaSo on Eece'pts tends 20 caul-
nte by tho Row. Robert Coli5cr to tho "hofolam
Of etteot-car men, enduring the late Intense cole
70 tho very last, after otunlouaea bad deserte&
tho street. costing soma Of tho poor fellow
sll whole-souled people. Tho last road built il
tho City Of Now York il run With one-horse ears
and ia the best In tho metropolis, And man
other citief, scattered all the Wny betTeen til
ample Of Chicago and adopting tho one-hora
syeten. Tho discomforts OF not knowing ono
wLoroapouta after dark and when the window
aro covered with ftost, is very great, and sh
publc will rejoico If tho experiment now MAXIM
On 4 State street car, OF 3 street indicator
proves = e,lccesu, and 1t 40 will demand lts adop
tion. With one. or posaibly two, exceptions, II
railway company III tho country carres ita pas
sengers 10 far for tho same monoy.-a dlstanc
somewhat familiar with the dolnga Of the roa
from its beginning, and know tnas It paid q
dividend from 1856 10 1869, but 'hen the Chi
cago Times reeont!y stated that 1t paid .
par cent for 1874, determined to invest. but Q
application at headquarters found tue dividend
had been only 10 per cent, being about por cen
on the present price Of the stock, and decided
would not pay. In stating these facts, It ia M
supposed that the thousands Of people who rid
OH tho South Sde cars arc ignorant OF then
but altar 40 much haa been said hurtful to til
1noBt senhlbls and efficient system OF city travi
and to tho reputation OF our city, which haB Doe
pioneer in establishing and developing the ~.
ten. il seeus right that the truth should b
et4ted. 8ourn BlpE1.
DR.. De kOVEh.
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