Daily Republican., 1888-11-19
STREET CAR RIDING.
THE TROUBLES OF THE CAR
DRIVERS.
The Annoyance from Drunken men
Good Nature and sympathy OF
RsBeDEeEs-Uonduc-
tors Needed.

is responsible for the following:
A tall, Well-dTessed aud dignifed old
gentleman entered q street car ct Fourth
and Market streets on Friday afternoon,
leading little girl by the hand. De.
spite his respectable appearance, the
gentleman was evidently under the In
nuence Of liquor, and the little girl
seemed imldly conscious Of the fact
bat her 'protectOr" held her tightly by
the hand, and appeared extremely AnX
tOus to keep her near him. AS he took
his seat In the car he made q luroh to
one side that nearly caused him to lose
his balance. BE BtralRhtened up, how.
ever, and made = desperate and most
ludicrous effort to appear sober, q pro.
ceeding which caused . WAsRish pas
senger at the other end Of the car to
call out, sotto voce, "Let her 60, Galla-
CHER"
But the keen ears OF the old man
caught the comment and misapplied ii.
StEaighteninR himself up, and putting
oD an air Of drunken dignity that would
have made his fortune ~ . Goodies"
he glared OF the youth who had spoken,
and said: "Sir, my name is moi GAL
lARher, and shall not lei her 20; she is
my granddaughter"
II was like applying q match to o
can Of gun powder, and the mirthful
explosion that followed Eobsred Ihe old
gentleman TO that extent that he
stopped the car OF once aud got out,
taking the little girl with him.
This is the amusing side Of drunken
men coming into street cars, but there
10 enoIher side that Is NOT 60 amusing.
frequently drunken men come into the
cars who are very abusive in their con-
In unA .nA hoo a
become q great Nuisance In other re-
epeots. They often come into q crowded
car so overcome with liquor that As
they cannot stand somebody muGt get
up snd Rlvs them = seat and that teal
frequently happet to be beside lady
who has 70 put up with his Irregular
rolling motions and turn her face away
TO avoid cstohing Whit Of bis fetid
whisky-soAked breath. Sometimes
they are quarrelsome and generally In
slat on talking politics. Thess men are
often young men, more often than Old,
and seem to take particular delight
la being offiolouB to young ladies. OF
course no great harm II done by these
attentions, as everyone knows the men
are simply drunk aud pay no attention
to them, but at the same time they are
terrible nuisance and really ought TO
be ejsoted from the cars.
But while every body In q crowded
car is annoyed by O drunken man 10
thelr midst 1t iH wonderful what an
amount Of sympathy goes cut for him IL
any one proposes to 81 sci him. Friends
spring up for him ell around and they
will say: 10 never mind, he is drunk,
l guess he will do no harm"
The other day car coming up Mar
Eak al h1a L.. IL n.
Of them WAS an Intoxicated man 90.
cupying D forward seat close by the
6lawson box. His head oscillatsd with
the motion Of the car, and he was mum
bling over something Rbout the elCc.
tions.
The other passenger was q anely
dressed lady, occupying . seat at the
other end near the rear door. Size sat
with her hand on the bell strap and she
was watching the movem, ms Of the
drunken man ct the front, who seemed
to be in bad humor about the defeat OF
Cleveland and was directing his re
marks 10 her. a gentleman entered the
car, whom tho lady knew, and aldresg-
Ing him by name said: 10, am so
glad you came in for 1 am AWfully
afraid Of that dEunkAn man." The gen
tleman proposed calling to the driver to
eject him, but the lady said; "No, i
would not have you do that for he 10
only drunk and II he was put out he
might get hurt or the police WOnld pick
him up.
He may be going home to his family
and that is the best place for him IL he
does not abuse them, but only think OF
the mertIhcAtIon 1t must afford them. 81
This lady reflected the general feeling
of all other ladies when q movement ID
made to put an Intoxicated man out OF
the street cara.
Some will ask why don't the driver
put suoh men OUT and others will say
It Ia sgAinBt the rules for them TO enter,
and many other remarks will be made
rejecting upon the driver, who 10 en-
titled to more sympathy than he usually
gets. He seems to be the general OBJ
ieot ct which to fling all complaints.
He is soolded II he does not walt for q
passenger q square off on some oross
street, and he 10 Bcolded II he does
walt. Fault is found with him II he
goes past or stops short q loot or two OF
q crossing, Somebody finds fault with
him II he does not "whoop up" the
horses and reach the boat or train, and
somebody threatens him with proseou-
tiou by the BOoiety for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals II he attempts to
discipline an unruly horse. He must
be awfully polite or he will be accused
Of being rude.
There is no conductor on the inside
and there are some passengers trying 10
best him out of their fare. He rings
his bell for them to put their fare in the
box, but they pay no attention to him.
He then comes In and asks the delin.
quents to step mp and pay. They de-.
clare they have paid and here the DO 7
driver Is drawn into q CROSS eIchEn2e Of
words that he would gladly have AVo!t-
cd II he could.
And then he is expected to come into
car aud eject drunken men. Hs is
more than human II he can do all this
and please Rll, Drivers have been
known to come back In the car to put a
drunken man out, when ladies' aud gen.
tlemen most annoyed would plead for
lin to permit him to remain.
1t Ia very annoying to have drunken
men on the street oars, but It is an an.
LoyRnce that, It seens, has to be en-.
dured, and unless the drunken man is
very violent end liable TO hurt some
body he might As we'll be tolerated with
RH good grace ne possible.
All this points TO the need OF conduo-
tors for the cars, and now that the Will
minRton City Railway has, it is said,
reached 9 paying basis, conductors
should be put upon tie cars as quick ns
possible. 1t is true that the employment
ct conductors would 6ntAil oopplde erable
more expense upon the City Railway
Company, but q continuation OF the
BlAwson box Was only Intended until
the roads got upon good paying basis,
and nov that time having come, the
slAwson box should go and the oonduc.
tor should step in.