, 1875-10-03

J II ns Editor of The Chicago Islouns:
CK1cAao, Oct. "A great deal has been said
| about the ' bob-tal or oue-hoIse car. Now,
/ the real question ia. how is the public best &C.
commodated, with one conductor-car, or two
! horse cars and two oonductors7 II with two
conductor cars, they should have them. Now,
what ia the accommodation most essential to the
passenger? First, seats; next to have the cars
run at as short intervals possible, 60 as not to
have the Passengers wait on the street for cars
good, clean cars, we'll ventilated, run on as
fast time AZ possible Now, the Chicago City
Railroad has four branches, and the larger the
number Of cars ne can run the shorter the time
the passengers have to wait. Thus ia what the
present Board Of Directors have tried to accom-
plish. We challenge any person to name
any bo1se-railroad company in the
Uuited States that runs as fine cars.
gives as mauy seats to its passengers runs
on as short intervals, OF runs on as fast time, or
carries it's passengers as fur for cents. Now,
facts and figures are our best guide. The Chi
cago City Railroad Company carries about ID, 900
to A, 600 ger day, the West Side Railroad Com
pany nearly 60.0oo. The Chicago City Railroad
Company runs $50 cars per day. making an aver"
age Of eight round trips per car OF sixteen single
trips, giving $500 seats per single trip or II 500
seats to passengers per day. The West Side
Railroad Company runs 100 cara per day, giving
1+4uV beAt8 kilps AuA w fEIy l0uCu AuukoI ILL.,
tervals, and cannot possibly give jts passengers
as many seats with 100 two-conductor cars. 1t
must be plain to any aensible person it We run
all two-conductor cara We could not run over
ninety and run at very much longer intervals,
and only give eeats to 1880 passengers per trip
or only 81, $50 seats, whereas we now give with
one conductor car IL 500 per day.
Some time last winter. when Fisk aud Alexan-
der first commenced the cry OF no pay or two
conductors, being personally acquainted with
Fisk, supposing him gentleman, ! personally
induced our Board to appoint committee Of
three to call OH them aud talk the matter over.
since, I haye boon ashamed when meet our
Board to think I should have induced them to
meet with Fisk aud Alexauder-men SO mean
they will steal ride on q car to save i've cents,
and cheat the poor caI-conductor out Of his
hard earnings We told them, making DO prom
ises that our plans we're to put rear platforms
on our one-horso cars, aud in accordance With |
the orders of the Common Council all new cars /;
we bought shall be two-conductoE cars, OF the |
finest pattern, Of which We have bought twenty, |
and they will soon be on tho road, and run !
them on short lines where travel il greatest. |
Aud ne explained to them that We felt confident |
we could accommodate the public better NTH |
one-horee cars, which facts they seemed unable !!
to answer, and to Atr. Fisk seemed satisfactory. |
but Alexander said il he was running the Chica |
go City Railway he should probably do Us We |
did; that he did not care for The pnblio, but that
We had got the Wabash avenue franchise from
him, and he Was going to reta!iate. Yours truly,
SAMUEL ". ALLEHToN,