The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-10
QUEER.

In Chicago, one night last week, a
mob invaded the general Office of the
North Side Gable Road, demanding
the return of fares and threatening to
assault the president Of the road,
Charles T. Yerkes, late of Philadelp / ia.
and Familiarity known as Baron
Yerkes. The demonstration occurred
when for 1.-THE second time within
tEenty-four hours the new cable col
lapsed through ill-working machinery,
and the cars on she entire system
stopped. They were crowded with
thousands homeward bound. The
nickels had been paid, and, as the peo-
pie were tired, many patiently waited
for an hour. As the cable confined
motionless, they then disembarked
and poured down the sidewalk to the
office. No one was injured. Every
few days trouble occurs on the elevated
steam roads in New York, aud
for an hour or two trains do
not run, while the indignant PEG.
pie stand around and denounce the
company for it's mistreatement of the
public. Strikes by drivers and con-
ductors occur everywhere and for days
the roads are tied up, while the people
blame the road managers for their
disregard of the rights of the commun-
ity. In this issue of THE HERALD is
telegraphic dispatch telling of mishap
which occurred in Dayton, Ohio. The
wires for the electric railway crossed
those of the telephone, and the entire
electric current was carriedsinto the tel
ephone exchange, with the result that 600
telephones were burnt up, and other
damage wrought, while as matter of
course the travelling public was incon-
Yenienced by the stoppage of the cars.
And so it goes, the people are forever
and eternally being imposed upon by
these soulless corporations, whether
the latter is the many millions dollar
concern operating the elevated railway
system of Gotham, or the few thousand
dollar company which propels its cars
along the streets of Salt Lake City
with mule motive power. The
ruolic will insist that all companies
are souIIess, are malicious and are con-
spirators ag iinst the peace and rights
of all individuals. The man who
endeavors to give his common sense
chance, and suggests that it IS quite as
much to the interest of street railway
companies to accommodate the public
as it is to the public to be accommo-
dated is very apt to be denounced as in
league with the grinding monopo-
lies" to Cypress the people, and
a newspaper which in mo-
ment of incaution hints that
perhaps the companies do not break
and destroy their own property, and by
stopping their cars deprive themselves
of custom for the sake of annoying tie
public, will consider itself lucky if it
escapes the popular 6enunciation that
has been Subsidized by the fends.
The Infatuated crowd that wanted to
hang President Yerkes in Chi
cago the other night would have made
it uncomfortable for anybody who
might have suggested that possibly
Mr.. Yerkes did not willfuliy break
the cable machinery so as to annoy
the public. What would be thought of
the man who said the burning of the 900
telephones in Dayton yesterday, was
not the result OF unadulterated cussed-
ness on the part of the street railroad
managers?
At the risk of offending somebody We
are going to suggest two or three things.
Street railway, companies are formed
for the purpose of earning money for
the stockholders; they can earn most
money by best serving their patrons,
the people; the more fares collected the
more money will be made. Nobody
will dispute any of these assertions.
Then, will any save blooming idiots
assert that street railways will be man
aged in such as way as to offend its pa
irons, the people, and thus reduce the
number CT fares? If it is money that is
wanted, will not the companies take
the course deemed best to obtain it,
whether they are operating horse, cleo
trio or cable roads2