, 1881-06-26
THE HERDICS.

The New Coac1lc& on tll Streets 1T Last.
Yesterday morning TRIBUNE reporter met
Mr.. Charles L. jenkins. the gentleman whu is
actively engaged in introducing the Herdic
coachcs into Chicago. in tho ro:unda of the
Grand rAcflc Hotel. When questioned about
his plnus, Mr.. jenkins Stated that the intro
ductlon Of the cu,&hcs In this city WAS /, ilX ed
fact, aud tho line had been put iu operation yes
tcrdny morning.
"Wtcrc are the coaches running?' asked tho
reporter.
''On State street, rom Albums to tho Water
Works and return"
''flow nnny of them are In opcration?'
"Fol,r. l had TWO il: the city already and
when was Released from my obiisat,ons I i'm
inediAtely Photographed FOR two more, which ur-
rived in the city this morning, md were ut once
put on the street."
''WhIlt 'utligatlon do you refer to?" t.ucrrfcd
the rrporter.
Well said Mr., Jenkins "you sec when Mr..
Hecuc started til. line IN Philadelphia, the
street-car co1nlmnits bitterly uppsscd it. suld
did I'LL they catil.t to injlre it. The., Judge kcl
Icy brought suit against the Company tt' recover
money tic had advanced. and he received Il
Judgment from the Court it, his favor and
urainst the Company. The ct-raiiw;lv mcIl,
through tho Associated Press. autographed all
over the ctnulvy TINT tho Hcrtiic system bad
proved future, ln1eutllls 10 i'ilure us by this
report. had been working to establish tho
Chicago company, uld had received numerous
offers vi capital. had fully arranged with Ger
tain parties, whom will mt nu1nr, to furnish
with the necessary capital to carry tile
ptuns bad formed, and had given them the op-
ton until June ~. When they heard this fnist
report about the lterdic failure they were led to
believe thnt there Was no sure 1h.n:. nbout Mr..
Herdics putcf,t: So June ~ they Informed Inc
that they would not put mp any capital. or
course can't blame them
$50 YOU are Euin.. ahead with tho line your-
self"
II have. made arrangements with the other
parties, allC We shalt
BEG1>; OPERATIONS At ONCE
In fact, we have Our line In operation already"
.When will You have more COACHES On the
'wc eli. you see that the coachus arc manu-
Centennial Buildings, Philadelphia und he
per week. They: nrc: in great
demand i'll Kansas Eity, Cleveland. Washington,
expect can oAly &c! t'su per wcck-IossbIy
four. Whe: MIR HcrGlic WIS here somu weeks
ago we made arrangements with II certlfn cur
rinRc builder 10 build tho COACHES, u1ld expect
here. when | can have all want. Arrange
ments have also been i1aic to build the coaches
i'll Cleveland and ST. Louis
,,.s, "liow is the Aerdie Company doing in Phila~
''Fncy. The Company Is making money. It
Is to he thoroughly reorgnnizcd In July, aud the
work vii! bt, vigorously pushed.
''Whcre do sou intend to run your lines in this
: wherever it will pay. We expect to have Il
line ou Michigan avenue to tine South Parks: un
Hush street to tho hike shure drive and Lincoln
Park; and on the West Side to Central Park.
Tomorrow, Sunday. rhe' ct'uches will run.
starting from the StAtc-s.reet entrance through
Lincoln Park. making the round trip of the
park for ~ cents. Severni gentlemen called on
me to-day and offered me 81 per couch to take