Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-10
ACa,z-nRryEss-s pauis,SorEz..
The Thought af n WAN Werkiss. Eo,,r.
sceE, Hours Every Day FOR 81 NC.
From the New York Times.

platform of a 81 avenue car as he y.ipa,i his
nose in ameiaacholy way with the sleeve OF his
ulster, and, gathering up the reins in his lett
hand bestowed with his right an emphatic un-
dercut upon his horses. well should SMILE
LII you want To get an itlea OF what real cold u.s.
Just hire yourself out to drive street car in win
ter If | were getting up an expedition to the
north pole and wanted lot of men who could
stand the climate. should select them from the
drivers on the surface roads 4 man vi o can stand
this sort Of scr' CO can stand any thing At this
point blast cane roaring GID the avenue ac-
tua!iy making the horses staogeF and BRINGING
the car almost to a stand-still. The Times re-
porter Gle GcIed down and cIincbed his teeth
bat the driver. wrapped in his ulster from top to
toe aud with only his face exposed which
looked about the color Of raw beef stood Ike
Ajax. defyin@ the Clements. and screwiar the
prtTak around with one hand. yelled To the
horses 10 Proceed Ttey, poor animals strug-
gled over the slippery Cubbl,.ston ones in their ef-
forts TO start the car. ard with final git up
and & slash of the whip we're OF lain
Feels pretty cord. doHt it - said the driver
II see you stamp your feet and pat y0ur hands
in Your pockets. By the ti,ap we r.,arl the
Cify Haii you viii b. pretty well frozen out and
glad 10 get near stove tn warm Yourself. But
nave u 80 tii.s ali day long stand cut here
ana Face ~" wind and sieet until nv h;.d; are
Frozen so st;T can't feel The rcins aIle. nv nose
has nc mo- feeling in it than an icici. Fcrr-
teen hours Il day is by worh.n. time: az h; l.
Fast SIX IN the morning go on. anil don't get
on u,tI hait-paSt eight at Eight and sometimes
later. after t.ie il washed, on and everything
ATTENDED TO- Don't give u filler mach chance
TO STE his family. does it !? How much do YOU
think we make : dollar and ninety cents
Gay: or a little more for the lu.r roJitos tn
Harlem. That is the best we can possibly do
We are supposed to make seven trins day at
"a IL cents q trip. tf the cars are biockc.: and
we don't make so many trips ii is so InnciI off
our pay. just think of having to s,ppcft a
4 u Ent
lett Tor Christmas presents and the amnse-
ments we sometimes Heed for ourselves and
The little ones. Most of us work on SUNDAYS
for poor people cant afford to rest on the Sap
bath in great city like this. Sometimes
when have SUNDAY OF | go to church and
take Sailie AMI the children. 1t seems re-
Specialize. somehow. To ro; end then the Min
ister gets up and talks about the cratitr(., we
ought to feel to God for all the blessings He
gives us. and how thankful We oil aht to be that
We I've through his mercy. Ii NAV be very rue
as FAR as ne Is concerned. but often tnk-and
don't mean to be ungratcfIl, CT irreyprent-
mat most people in this world have Very little
10 De thankful for. and Very little reason to
thank God for fife at all. Ninc-tenils of the
people i'm New York find scarcely Il moment
IN Their lives which they car call their own,
and see mighty little but misery from one
years end to the other How is it possible for
me to thank God in my heart for th;. food he
gives ME and for life. while every morsel | eat
earn with my toll and even s:lffarin. There
may be q providence for the rich man hylt
every poor man must he his own providence
As for the value of life it depends upon the
enjoyment one isabc to get from it. The fact
Is We poor people don't live for ourselves at
all: We live for other people. often wonder
II the rich man. who OWNS great blocks of
stock in the road and rechGns his wealth by
millions. does not sometimes think as he SITS
at his weil-filled table and looks at the happy
faces OF his children. OF the poor car-tlriyer
who tolls for his benefit for 81 81 a day and is
lucky If he tastes meat twice week and can
give the little ones at home warm clothes and
blankets for the winter.
''People can get u ei to anything ] Suppose. ;"
continued the p;ilosOphc Autome,ioii. land we
get SO Used TO the cold after while that we
don't mind il much. They used to let us sit
down. hut n couple of winters ago a man was
nozen TO death. The ear came into the depot
and the driver WAS found on his stool stiff and
stark. with one hand on the brake and the reins
grasped tightly in the other. He had dozed off
anu ne never woke up. Lucky man. The worst
place lie could go to was warm. at least though
I've heard the Esqulmauy think he'll iSa Id place
Anyway he never was obliged to drive a ear
again at Sl-90 day. After that rule was
passed. that employees sheGId not be ALLOW ed To
st down. lest they go to sleep and freeze to
death..lTLeT say its a Very pleasant death to
die and hel.ey. it, for more than once I've felt
myself doing OF and becoming insens:ble 10
the cold But ! reused myself and STAMPED to
Keep myself awake. for thought of the little
ones. Sometimes ] tried tn keen warm by an
occasional dram Of whisky. but find the reac-
ton makes You feel aithc colder afterward"
Here the speaker fell into reverie PERHAPS
ne was thinking OF the poor fellow who drove
MS car that freezing night 20 Hades.
''Sheuld rather lie .cOnductor:- he replied
IN response IN question. Well | don't know
They hayea better time. perhaps on the whole
more exercise. and it is not so cold. quite.
But then it has its disadvantages The work is
not SO steady On snowy DAYS for instance
only half the number of cars rum and half the
conductors have TO lay off and lose their paw
Bnt each car has to have two drivers, the teams
being doubled. so it makes no difference to us.
Then. again. conductor seldom seems to keen
MS place very long. Somehow | SUPPOSE he
can't keep his hands off the nickes and there
are SO many watching him. The road EMPLOYS
nearly as many spoilers as conductors and if
man Is not actually caught. he is suspected and
dismissed. You see that little woman in the
corner of the car. with the bright eyes and fur
tippet! I've seen her before. and YOU can bet
snes spOtter. Stealing: No. don't call it
stealing. Why, conductor doesn't steal when
he pockets a nickel and doesn't register it.
How Is it stealing: He doesn't take money
rom the company; the company never had it;
ne takes 1t from the passenger and lust con-
ciudes ne won't give that particular nickel
to the receiver. There's no stealing about
That Our line has given mp the bell-punch
because passengers didn't take much notice
whether it was rung or not. Another reason
why they dropped 1t was because some in
geniGus Teller got up method of beating it,
SO that one fare out of every twenty or so
fdied to register. don't know exactly how it
was done, but it was practiced very successfully
Tor some time until the dodge was found out.
anu the man was prosecuted-hes in the peni-
Tertiary now, l believe. For some reason.per-
haps because 1t stooexpensive-th road doesn't
prosecute a conductor when he's caught nab
bling few more nickels than Is strictly legit init:
they merely discharge him. friend of mine
got place on the road not long ago and made
over SlOO out OF it in two weeks so he told me-
ne khe" ne was sure TO be caught sooner or
later, but he made 1T worth his while as long as
IL lasted only turned in about half
tne receipts every day and pOcketed
the rest. At the end of two
weeks he was discharged Then he gave up car
conducting. bought a new suit Of clothes and
smoked Havanas He is smart Teller and will
make politician some day. Those drivers on
the Broadway busses know how to do it, When
passenger goes to pay his fare they stick their
hands out through the change-hole and often
PASSENGERS will pay them instead of putting the
!are In the box. That's the way they beat the
Dox and get ahead of the company. All these
things regard as legit'mit The companies
grind US fellers down, and we have q right to
rot TIL