The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-08

"See here" exclaimed suburban resi-
dent doing business on Main street, don't
you think we have the worst street car
service in the worldg'
The scribe not desiring TO be inter.
viewed answered automatically that he
did not know, rs he had not rs yet been
all over the world
"Why," replied the suburbanitc, 'thcy
do not pretend 10 run ON schedule time,
They talk about IL and the driver looks nj
aprintcd card occasionally, but that Is ~
near as the Siamcsc twin company get Ia
H. The new Citizens Railway company
while Il had separate existence and was
trying TO make the old company odious 10y
comparison, ran on quick schedule time
ran their cars early and late Tot the accom-.
mediation Of the public, and thereby ~.
cured large patronage aud the good WIZ
Of the people, hut when u united, consoli'
dated or intennarricd with the old NUS.
nnce, il lost i,s good character and became
quite ~ objectionable ~ liz partner They
are now under the same old management
OF years ago, whose motto was, Wen
make all the money We can for the corpor'
alton, ~ damn the public
trouble be- In the want Of ability ol the
Superintendent or head devil Of the trans
portation department.
THAT has great deal 10 do with H.
Incompetent men ut the head Of anything
destroy the service aud the employees who
are too often blamed, cannot do anything
In the way Of Improvement The consoli
dated companies need business man, 3
man thoroughly conycrsant with mudcrr
street car service, aud such man shout,
be- put in chRrgc Of the rolling stock m,
service. DO YOU ever ride on the stree
eas2'
mot often" replied the pencil sharp
ener 'sinco my last scmi annual free pas
was taken up aud not returned, hut oc
easionally contribute q nickel 10 the com
pany ~ a. 90 secure some hcalihiul aero
battle exercise along the rough lines
That's good laughingly rcpondc,
the merchant. rough lines is guud
Take any Of the old compiny's lines
what line iolting YOU get why phNsi
clans inhibii sick men and delicate women
who are their patients itom rdinl
over thcse corduroy lines. They az
positively dangerous to many people, nn'
tonioundcdly di-arrCcahlc and painful I
oil. It's the funniest thing in the world
no doubt, 20 tie owners Of these lines I
sec n long. lank. honey man Or Numa
ronyulsiycly Clutchng ~ the Windpl
iranc ~ the rough aud terrible jolts com
when crossing switches ~ other lines nj
Main street, thcy make ugly grimacc- an
writhe In agony Tor the moment aud the
neryously sink into dcspoudvut state, T.,
ticntly aud mcckly awaiting the next shucl
Then the little nalty dude anl dudccr
how they bounce up aud down like cork
and how their teeth chatter when III
awful moments come, hut thc FAT womu
and man present the moe, ludlcruus NJ
pearancc when on Col. lhrrvtts spnn
boards, they present great uphoaycls IN
earthquakes, and then the sudden -ctur
down makes them groan Ia body rs We
~ In spirit, but this Is exercise furnish,
for 5 ccnts-Chcap, II Il not2
THAT depends answered the man
thought, upon the value you put ON q
nickel aud The exercise.
"lou are night, my friend you talk III
aphilosophcr, and you should he u cal
talist and the owner " block ui stock
the street car lines. Why, not long ago,
eamo In on one Of these exercise lines vi
Col. Barrett, and lspoko 10 him about q
roughness Of the route. What do "
ulllh Ht SAUL wy nf hllN Nv hlNl
notice Il; that he thought Il was an 90
riding line. You see what q great din,
ence standpoint makes from my stan
point, the road was roughncss itself, i
IRON his Il was all smoothncss. These q
views, 10 honestly believed but ~ diam
rically opposed, remind me Of Miltoi
description Of the opening Of the gates
both bell and hcaycn-did you ever n
Millions Paradise Lost, young MANI
"well," said the scribe, 81 bad to pa
some Of II In my young school days, !
pincc that time Milton and have not be
Intimate friends"
That's rough on Milton, but the emo'
lines Of Col Barrett and my rough III
remind me OF the following lines. Io'
like them because they are new TO you:
NIL A. rELT IT.
''on sudden, open ay. with lmpeiu'
yecoil and jarring sound, tho infer
doors, while on their hinges crate hal
tbunders."
HEAVEN, A. M TElr IT.
Heaven opens wide her airy CAT