The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-05
TOO BIG A HURRY.
Adviee TO City People-The Craze for
Rapid Transit.


Rapid transitl So that is what you
want? Well, you don't want anything
of the kind, taking want to mean need,
as properly it does. What you. mean to
say is that you desire rapid transit.
Very well; you are very foolish per-
son; that's all. You desire rapid transit
as children desire things not good for
them, Why do you pine for rapid tram
sili What are you in a hurry about? To
get to business7 Then start ten minutes
earlier and take tour time; you viii do
! your work better and more easily If you
take it up with mistaken nerves. To
get home2 Home will he "there" at
8 :35 p. M. just as surely as at . :e5; i;
1.-THE kids children, il you are too pro-
per a person to accept the classic slang
and their mother had rather sec you
come homo in placid thtia IN r,Ifdad
state of mind. What are you in a hurry
| about, anyhow
For every beating pulse We tell
L aves but ,thenumber loss t,Sftf4i-S
So sung u Very Piou5 and truthful yer
sifier OF the last century. Why do YOU
desire 10 double the number OF pulse Beats
\ by the uncomfortable s excitement of
rapid trarsit2i The numberlessn is
accomplished rapidly enough by the
slowest process. Soon shalt thou forget
all things; soon by all things shalt thou
be forgotten, 8" said Marcus lAurelius some
1000 years ago. Why do you desire to
| quicken the trot of the procession toward
! the inevitable chasnl Of oblivion?
| What you need-no matter what you
iesires-is comfortable transit. Transit
/ That Jars no nerve by rnnbling cable,
| jolting spring, clatter of hoof on stony
pavement. direful 2roan of laborins en-
! gine. more direful shrek of steam whistle
Or most dircful janSle of brass bells out
| of tune. You don't want to be packed III
a su 81 ce travelling car of any soft; you
| don't want your nerves oquiver with APP
l>relension for the fate of the reckless
,lewsboy-too often wschild-who ex-
poses himself to more danger while
.thopping cars for an hour than many
a battle field disclosed in day. And
! you don't waAt to be. hoisteo into an
enlarged edition of cash and parcels
basket, and wllirled by steam or
electricity at an elevation too high
for safety, TOO low for comfort High
enough tH insure disaster in case of acci-
dent. low enough to catch the smoke OF
! h3dselold clIimneys, and the odors Of
household cooking. Still less do you
want to be shot through the bowels Of
the earth by atmospheric or other force.
| AS has been said, you will explore the
subterranean regions SOON enough. jam
| te prelnet no1, fabdiGque names, Z" said
Horace. They we're too wise to llanllcr
after underground railways in his day.
But the more comfortable transit. how
are you going to get that? Easily, if
| you lave Il talented pair of legs; other
wise, with difficulty or not at all. And
even the most gifted legs will suffer dis
quiet at the bridges ard crossings of the
most crowded streets. Comfortable
transit is as yet afar off from you. Your
| grandfather had IL: your uncle who
lives ii the county HIS it. But yeui
| grandfather was never i'll hurry, and
Sour uncle never is. Therefore your
! grandfather's nerves were and your tln
cle's are as OF steel. The fierce jolt and
hfdeeus rumble of the tbimble skein farm
wagon are and We're to them luxurious
and musical. You have hurried your
nerves into jumble of sensitive nlucus.
For you comfort means quiet. 1t will be
so-'toniy more so''--with your unfor-
tunate children. Science and humanity
viii provide fer them; they can hardly
be expected to help you, who are tie
1. original sinful hurrier The coming man
may cease from being in hurry, or
| humanity may decree that every other
| street be reserved for passenger traffic
and foot travel only; or some large and
strong tamablc birds, graceful as the
evans of Loeda, may be discovered, unon
whose backs, or drawn by whom in
aerial cars, the tired and nervous may. be
borne quietly, and quickly, too, to and
from business; or balloons may convey
people at salubrious heights through the
calm of air, or chloroform NAV be ad.
ministered to each street car passenger
by the conductor in such quantities as tu
render him or her oblivious to the perils
and discomforts of travel. This latter
experiment might well be essayed under
the existing condition of street Transit,
which is neither comfortable nor rapid
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