, 1875-02-19
proper that 70 should NOW hear from the other

prepss that We shon'd now hsss from tho other
The frat subieet Of tmpo,tancs is that Of
placing Conductor % the "bob-cars." This IL
! vofT good suggestion, - = conductor 10 very |
MICS animal to have on \ strcct-cAr, ~ be 10 60
kiud snd obl!ging. alrsvs Keeping the res! door
Wero iusIlo OF refrigerator, and you nuss al.
ways pay your faro, or else ho will "bouucn"
you. And lie 10 always - accommodating. e.
pecialty 10 laay passengers, and. 10 give h,m tho
article to conduct passengers to Just the street
tilat they don't want to 20 to. And e 10 very tcr"
vieeable 10 conduct toad.bcats on Of hts car.
Ansi lastly, hs IL faithful 10 his own little veat-
ih.t be l.appaua 70 "knoek dorn." Thus ~e
hase tho stroet-car conductor, ~ hb no" IL Aud
il likolJ 10 always remain.
l will now proceed 10 Gtve asreraI good 7eatons
Why think that It would DO detrimental !,'ssaa. 10 70
Tho South 8ido Company to place conductors On On
their cars First. tho Company operates wv
nf thcsc cars. which cost them on ~ - average
$500 each. making \ totA cost Of $2t0 0oo. lno
cars arc not attod for eoaaaso - ~, ,ne,e T. n
the very tisst ohetacio to contcnd with. Second,
II conductors woIe put on the cars. large
platform would hare 70 be attached. tho faro
changes u,aIe. which would make a. average
n1peSeo OF ahont al0o for c4cl car: Which would
make .otsl expense Ut $4,000. SO much fof
beginning.
stcb o.r. whose waxes average 90 per dsy. and
~mh driver =. the same figures. It would
amount to e1.2oo day Just fos employees.
Third. she care .cl onty sca: tvensy passengers:
thirty. THUS 1t would not be 7erT
ductoTs on tic lue, It would nccosat.
tste tho purchase Of no~ carr. capsb!o OF
comfortably seating thirty, passengers: aud
specially fitted for . conductor aud d1vcT.
II now cars woro to be purchased, ths ones
that are now in uso would be lying idle, ~ thoy
could not be disposed Of, rrooablJ only to eonle
country town that Ia too poor 70 pure!sase new
ones aud II they were sold. II would hava to
10 al an immense reduction from first cost And
probably tho reduction would be 100000 on tho
New louble cars cost III tho nelshborhood Of
e1, 400 apiece; therefore tha Company GUILD
not stso1d TO porchaso Al many Of tho double
cass ~ Of tho singlo cars that they are now
using. Tho numbnr purchased would bo nbout
$50. Now, anybody who is possessed OF any conl-
mon seneo. knows TINT the managers Of the
Chicago City Hallway Company would be direct
IY nroiudicing their oHn interests an q corpoIn.
tIon by elthor introducing thsa class Of cars o.
placing conductors Oh tho carh now IL uso. Ono
great feature Of tho - bobs ls, that : Posaon
can 20 10 Ststo street aud get err shss is going
houth every TWO minutes, nui, II doupls cara
were used. you could got one only osery eight
minutes. thus you eco we hare ear!nE Of si1
minutes (1ulte long timc TO stand on sssent
| corner these cold davs waiting for ntreet.car).
| haro observed thnt tho cars Oh Cottage d1ofs
nycnuo, State street, and Archar road are crowd.
/ cd with mechanics every morning on taair way
| to the,f work. Now, II they had to wait from
| eight 10 sixteen minutes every morntnR fot a
| car, II would cauBo great loss Of tmo on their
part, Gntl 1t eau bo called great accommodation
| 10 got aboard a car aud juRt pans up your faro
and not 30 rafting hss "a aous hs ,ta aon neo ssa
waiting for tito conductor"
| Tho Times Drst Informed ita readers that tho
| Company wore violating ono OK tht most In
| porsAut provisions OF thair charter. tho eeetlon
| ;hn& calls for car with conductor. Thesc
| glad tidinga woto cagorty rccoired by the vast
| army Of cead beats always fouud on o atreot~
car md saey have carried tho auggeHton rnsao
i,y tue Times into Rood elect BY entering toe
Presently tho driver beginB to ilag'a hta bell,
calling for tho miEnng fare. ouk 10 lars comes !:
md, wl,on "patience has ceaeod to oe vitsuo" "
| With tho driver, he opens tue door and worry
! politely requests the geutlomAn who got on at
| at1ch atreot to picaso pass up his faro but tho
passenger tells lin that II he IL the conductor
he eau como Into tho car aud get the fare.
Finally tho driver takos upon h!mse1 the
car and collects tho faro and depostA 1t In The
fAre.box. Now. tho driver il violating ono Of
the 1rss Enlos Of tho company, a. tho Company
has posted pacard in tue interior Of lilo caz
1eceivs : faro or deposit. il" and when
he enters The car aud collects tue
faro ho knows that he Is violating the
rnles Of The Company, r;7ht In tho rory faco OF
ihon aud hnye opseryed pas.ougers Who have
1auged driyars 10 collect the fare report them
for violating This ru!c. Such rarca!i!y on tho
part Of passengers should DO ecsc1eiT tunist.ed.
.rho drivers ara Ill working on q meagrs por.
centare. and il ia no moro than right that ther
ilouid receiyo tho faros, Ia otdor 10 .o1oiyo III
tho ws1na due them.
Now. iust tsca,,ao tho Company Ia violating
| a. rh,;,s finn ~ thar chnrtar can \ 3riyar lis
and must lie forfeit d part Of bis waEos to holr
pny tue penalty? Ihls la Jast "hss tneY ate
m" obliged 70 40. BECAUSE saey aa.e u
s.vt o, tao ~ ea.' ;hev | IL Itc ths honos. man rIt
nsyn his fsra.
! Gomo OF the communications speak OF ''nuss
tltivors, "dzivors who are net Civilized" Wit
10 pot knon eaongn to HE.o sae!r nsmes. ~.
aaoaa 'a o.ss ud ~ ,o s,prv nnJ h"c th.no .ins
fosus' s ~ no % ioti thss tho maiorsT ( sho drivoss
sso 1uat 70 Won ooooa.so ~ ~ na, ~ ~, ~