Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-05
THE IMPOSITION.

The MuIe.B0x MOnspoIy SIM on
me WaF-Path with CaF.Hooks.
The mule-box ring, which is composed
Of gentlemen representing different na.
tionslities, presenting in that respect an
anomaly in the way Of corporations,
continues to anney the public as Of yore.
Mr.. +. S. Davis, president Of the First
National Bank aad president of the rail.
road, Is an American; Mr.. Dick Vreden.
ourgh, who is vice president of an insu.
rance company and ia secretary Of the
railroad, represents the German element,
aud Mr.. Barrett, the superintendent, rep
resents the Hibernisn phase Of the con
Germ. These gentlemen are all from the
North, and are Republicans, and as a
citizen expressed it, they are not native
here nor to the manner born" We re-
joice to know that no Democrat or South
ern man is connected with the monopoly
that undertakes to harass and annoy the
public By adopting all the little arts and
tricks which are peculiar to people who
have no generous ideas or feelings in
common with their fellow.men Of Mem.
phis and the South.
CAR HOOK BULLY.
A day or two since, on q Main street
Ger, a lady put in the legal fare, a nickel
The brave Sioux who held the ribbons
ordered her to put in a dime, and on her
refusing to do so insisted on her taking
back the nickel and getting out, but
when this dodge was avoided be cour-
ageously said: IF you were q man I
would put you out Of the car" The lady
quietly answered: IF l was a man l do
not think you would put me out, aud l
am not going out. l propose to ride up
town for & nickel, the legal fare" OF
course the ~ruiianly thug would not have
dared to put his hand on a man or to use
the car.hook according to Instructions.
THE FLY CENTS FARE.
Thousands of people ride for five
cents, while others permit themselves to
be pluudered and induced to pay more.
The way this is done is as follows: When
you put in a nickle the driver pokes his
head into the car aud says, Your fare
ia ten cents" When you iaforu this
constitutional lawyer of tie m~ule.boxes,
who is hired to drive mules and expound
law at E salary Of $50 per month, that
you know that five cents is the legal fare
he begins 10 mutter aud grnnble, and ia
a few minutes you feel the car wheels
grating on the pavem snt, he (tbe drlver)
having in obediencet I, orders ditched the
car on purpose.
THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD DO THEIR DUTY.
When a driver bitches bis car on pur.
pose to vex and swindle passengers,
whose only %ofeDse is that they had
obeyed the law of the land by paying
legal fare, the police should at once ar.
rest the driver for committing misde,
msauors, attempting 10 swindle psssen.
gers and blockading the streets so as 10
interfere with public travel. The attor.
%ney.general should certainly bring the
matter before the grand jury, such con
duct OF the part of the railroad company
and its employees being highly criminal
as a public wrong.
A SIDE SPECULATION.
At the head of Vance street, near the
Pigeon Roost road, the company has
erected mule stables, it being the termi-
nus Of the Beal street line of road. Mr..
V~redaaburg, secretary Of the company,
having an eye to what Colsnel Mulberry
Sellers cells a side speculation" pur-
chased one.half Of James Park, aud in
closedit With a high board fence. Commo-
dious buildings are being erected on the
grounds, and this summer it will bloom
and blossom out into a Memphis Jardin
Msbille; a big beer garden, with a brass
band to make music on Sunday after.
moons and nights, and make it lively for
the neighborhoed. The company should
indulge in several Of these side %specula.
tons ard establish q beer garden at the
terminus Of each route. 1t is under.
stood hal OF the above c~arrsVansary on
Vance street, beer is to be sold at ten
cents a glass or four glasses for twenty.
five cents, the same schedule Of prices
as that which governs the sale of tickets
on the road. The beer garden will be a
lively place TO visit during the long sum
mer nights.
THE LITTLE GAME PLAYING OUT.
Notwithstanding time.keeper Woods
admission that he would use the car
hook to eject non paying full fare pas.
sengers, no one has as yet been assaulted
on account OF paying but FIVE cents fare.
Mary Of the drivers take it in a good
humored manner, but others Of them
talk big and attempt to bully people.
The latter drivers imagine that such q
course pleases the ~monopolists and in
sures them a situation during the sum-
mer, but they should recollect that men
who do dirty work for others are gene1-
ally the first to be despised and have
their services dispensed with by the very
men for whom they made Themselves so
very obnoxious to the public. Common
carriers are public servants and should
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