Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-17
Yesterday the Pennsylvania Railroad Comp

Yesterday the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
placed on the streets OF Philadelphia twenty cabs
OF the Hanson or London pattern. For the
present their stand IS at the elegant new station
OF that comp ny, and they are prim lr1ly intended
for the accommodation OF passengers arriving and
departing by its several lines but the purpose is
understood TO be to ultimately introduce a much
larger number OF vehicles, establish numerous
stands in different parts OF the city, and extend
the service IN every direction for the n fit OF the
general public They proved to be- immensely
popular from the start the only trouble In connec-
ton with them being that there was not near
enough OF them TO supply the dem nj. Each cab
VIII hold two persons, and two only, and the rates
for their use VIII be as follows: For one mile and
half or less, 3 cents, and for every additional
mile or fraction thereof Is cents. By the nour as
cents; every additional hour, % cents. and for
quarter OF an hour or less, 20 cents Baggage
racks are provided on the top of each cab and
Charge OF 10 cents VIII be made for carrying
small trunk, and cents for q vali5e
IL Is 10 be hoped that the same company or some
other organiZation win perform like gooi SER
vice for Washington The enterprise could not
fail 10 be popular and successful from the start.
There Is no place in the country where cheap and
quick transit, such as is Afforded by the III ,nsom
cab, Is more needed or would be better patronZe1
than In this city NeitheriS there any place where
they could be run at less cost of wear and tear and
smooth streets. and complete and cheap cab sys-
tenn, people living In and visitors to the national
capital would have the very perfection of personal
transportation, and they ought to have 1t.
S
The Attorney General. who is stin absent from
his post. Is likely 10 fHd himS II IN a somewhat
peculiar pretcamrnt I'm connection with the star
route cases 1t Is given ont that the defendants
are org MIXING movement to get him out OF the
Cabinet, on account OF the part he h IS taken in
their prosecution. On the other hand there is a
good deal Of complaint on the part OF those SYM
pathising with the government that he has not
given those cases the closa personal and vigorous
attention they requIreI,-the latter alleging that
but for the efforts OF special counsel they would
nave gone by default This Is doubtless an ex-
treIne view OF the matter, but il must be admitted
that Mr.. BrewSter'S argument in the Case was far
from what the public here had been Led to expect
from his reputation a lawyer and orttor, as well
as from the promises of his friends But IL the fire
which seems TO have been opened on him lately Is
Kept up he will no doubt be spurred on TO more
earnest efforts at the next t-ial
AS IN all similar cases, it VIII doubtless be diff
cult and perhaps impossible tn get the exact facts
Attending the shooting by Editor Cockrrel of Col
Siayback In the Off of the ST. Louis Post Dis
pdfch list Friday evening; but, according to the
statement OF the fntim te friend of the latter who
accompanied him on his iIl-,tarred visit, the de-
Ceased could hardly have expected any other than
the fate he met, unless he counted upon being
quick enough to fire first and either Kill or disable
the man he went to assault When person visits
anewSpaper Office for he avowed purpose of slap
ping an editors face and demanding IN apology
afterward for some unpalatable publication he
sets out on an exceedingly hazardous expedition.
and IL nay be sid that he courts, II indeed he
does not actually deserve, his fate. To calculate
upon person meekly sitting still while an armed
40 p1y 81 hic
ue 100 much, even from editor. After few
more SOteldos and Slaybacks have gone to their
account this will PROBABLY come to be generally
understood