Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-02
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III y DOES 81 dlF lrem fhs former
d4rst qlerted tse inqa, resIal reporter.
rla o-s of wy be ore lhe inf ernal
TEA oaueh uas invented [ made a soot
fal hmg of q aa4 even after &C came o.
t.. l..sss al1 pretty ~el. for q sazal na-
v ih "a large family, p G, tel wa t.e
company has sol - g doa't dspe al on -
raael aI8a. sni has adopted ca a. i'tant
ruacl, - ahi.h -enerai'y dr SIS in Fe-t--
e e ali succeeds - making "a .uss tr o.
sea %. .le conductors a. nay riaion il
It o. -ae punch al g th under. TIE name
of tAs iu eruil cOntr vance i > Folter and
Tn coul any pays = a day TOR is serF'
icss.
-Y8a understand what l mean. The
company hires certain number OF these
srotters e. travel GA tue line and take
notes oi the number Of passenger that gel
en and "a. the number ol farts collected
and the number or times the punch Is used,
which they report 10 the ofice. Most o.
these spotters are young misses, who are
sna oyei lev day, On IA line and then
rar oi another. until the cOnd actors have
lad inss to FORGET tneir faces, for We are
nl,eags on The lookout Tor them. They
generally have a book % read, and sit
where thev can see on ali sides, keeping
oa a cart n their pockets record OF the
trip. some Of the boys are 50 keen that
tnsv can almost smell a spotter teiore
they see L. But as ali men are human,
and -treet car conductors more -, they al
sooner OF later come 10 grief and 90 down
into the "a ley Of suspicion, from whlch no
ordinary conductor has tfiumph1ntly re-
turned. These spoilers include old ana
vounr men. girls, widows and crippies,
and there's no more use OF trying L knock
dow ~ fares and set away with hsm than
there is 70 try - 1ttempt 20 be tank
cashi,r and keep from clio ins to Canada
~It's the meanest business on Gods
foot-s.ool to-day. IL don't make any dit-
f. renee wh hatler a man - honest OF not'
h. Is almos sare 10 -et fired before ne
has been long on the line. II some
cranky old cuss happens 10 hau your car
from a block away. and you don't see nlu'
IN - one be will take the number ani re-
uor5 YOU. which means IN plain English,
that YOU can hunt Tor u new Joo Then,
arain. ii some fat old fool of a woman
pers sts Ia getting of the car before II
stous, ani as Is generally the case, sits
f down on the hes alt blocks with the force
Of a pile-driver. nearly dslocatiag her
spinal column and loosenins the filling
IN her back teeth, you must expect
trouble; anl If she rises in her dignity and
wrath and waves a Wild and vehement
adisu 10 YOU with her parasol you
glide down the grade, you may as well
begin 70 arrange your earthly affairs for
sudden change Of base, for II IS Ia the
air.
This persistent practice Of the dear
public IN getting of OF moving cars, and
either turning backward sOmersaults or
roller eoasting over the slippery paving
stones on their stOmachs has lost more
situations for street. car conductors and
drivers than anything know OF, because
thew are blamed for IT,
"One OF the most exasperating expert
ences that the conductor has % grapple
with almost every day is getting fares out
Of absent-minded people and those who
wnfully lie order 70 get out OF paying
Why. | have seen well-dre.e1 women
Who would take advantage OF the fact that
car was crowded. and declare in the
most spiteful manner that they hal pun
gied their nickel, when I knew that they
were lying. But what can a man dOg They
know that they have the drop on him, and
So does he. The result IS that taey get a
T. . ride, for il would not do 70 try and
put them of. Absent-minded people who
tn % they have paid their fares are just
a troublesome.
Its a sweet scented. encouraging bus
mess 10 new beginner, he way things
are managed N some lines. A man mus,
20 20 work as n green horn. Of course, and
hs is lucky II be averages eight bits day
for a couple of months. For a siagle mar
this Is bad enough. bat I know more than
ore poor fellow with a family who IL
starving along. trying 10 keep soui and
body together on that pay until he can get
on as a regular az - ID per day Of six
teen hours. And the chances are ten T.
one that he wiz not hold the place three
months when he gets it. S-me fine day hs
gets his walking papers, and here isno sp
peal from the ia Ement II bis fam y = or
the verge 81 Starvation it makes no differ
ence. Ia must 20. All to This the FAC
that nearly every line in the city keeps &
hack iist q. the discharged employ :. auC
t,af when man gets the bounce b. Is uams
IS fsrnishsd 60 the other companies. yoi
cta readiy see that uan must. whe7
discharged apply for work unier an a.
sur el name. or rustic FOR some other kint
of employment
Then gain. when he is 90 fortunate A.
zf au a. an extra be must report ~
ear- shops at the unh0lv hour Of ts
io taa morning.. help out cars and sue
seapd issinz his hopes ca she slim pls
s.b 8tv chat me one 81 the re - VII
wat 90 iav 7F far day. II be wsRts q.
he ar extra man 10 must report az that
ir every n rnfnz. even be- don't es
lav's work once fri a we-k. When h.
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