The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-14
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4 TRUCKMAN'S STORY.
TRIALS AND TRlHULATlONS or A
ZIG Cl1Y5 TRANSFERS

The Income and OUTLAY. Of the Business
Wo. yine the Street Car Drivers
the BAne Of Th.ir Existence Long Waits
90 Get to the Docks.
"Ye. I'm q truckman, and I own two
TRUCKS. Tho TWO hOIs0 one / drive myself
aud my bly has tue other Us not the most
profitable BUSHES IN tho world, but we make
a living. end tl1ts more than some people
can sly No. / can't afford a stable Of my
own. 20 board my horses. They cost me
as ner month. ard shooting aud repairs 10
wheels and springs and such things not
counting paint, come % as more. 50 YOU
Sec have 90 mako SOD month before can
Get a cent Tor mYse.f or my son.
"E8 hara tbe regular trade Of two or three
good horse5 down town, and PICK up extra
jobs tley happen 70 come along It's
Door week DON'T mako s7j. and that Is not
.o much when y0u remember ihs risks run
fla boise gets SICK ol dies am out just 80
nn.h capital. and they wHl get sick and de,
ust like people We DO aii sorts Of work, cz-
cspt moving peoples furniture That's
s1e..al business, and big prices they charge
/ f1r g. too, though they doat make great
deal Of money after ail, for they're idle hall
the t.ns
WuCS GREER MEETS GnEEs.
"Ths tro1b.e a truck driver has nobody
knows So, them that's ia tho business
Them car drivers is tas worst They think
tho- ouu the whole .reet ana arc as sassy as
The devil Yen bet $50 like t. w0uy '9m
Irsunml fm t1 drive right SO ahead Of
car wien tledr.ver thinks ws are going t.
s..nGaI ltluu pas. f0u see tlcy dout
l4ss a.g poles ali there's nothing % pll
f t.at then telius. 3D. tusy have t1 swing item
around. 0lI.eWe g. Ou, laughing.
'IlsIl8 SAYS street cars lars tho right ~
say, llr ii's jas, as easy O. sat the best of
The cars as u0t Il ear drivers were less
f sassy and didn't aCt az though they were tue
whole company. They'd have an easier time
Bl truck drivers lavctheir feelings ilsl like
other mel. aud Te pay taN.s. H-iel c4r
drivers DON'T 81 son see we're bound % nave
ORB share OF the streets l-s-ams easy enough
Do st0p q hl7iiT lo1iei true. but just you
r7 it and ea Then wo aic often pushed i3r
ura aad wait % catch q steamer on Re oa
haui in time 90 unload before the pier gaze
closes Then just as JON come g. O. ear tFa-E
along comes car ald blocks The way. II
r0u want Oh ircb OBJ $50 the car driver gels
ulferlg deaf or wants % talk % the coz
ileior. oh tbotmeka keeping h. eye open fol o
tr.asin llo line and rlCn be biCks his brake
f pin aui sp.ufres along careless Of every body
+ knowing that ue don't dare spoil his pretty
PANT rill q jam II SIC 30 Gle company
F coon has -ur number and sic gal mog- las
than $50 want until we settle up
"S1m3 people never seem t1 know how {.
cross a street, The. start Of all right. and
ias. when we have calculated 90 gu benial
them away they go back aEaM tight uadeI
the horses noses, aud imagine we I'D ir Oh
ru.0J3 The woman arc the worst not
one Ia q hundred knows wc are watching foI
tucm aud 500 sec oil TIE blame, just as II we
wanted 10 ran over the little dears
Keeping TRUCKS E TIL STREET
The greatest hardship we have is about
CIR trucks There isn't room IN New York
10 house them even il we could stard tic
costs SO they haro to he LETT 10 the street
Sometimes we Get tue privilege for pothing
blt have O. pay fnag 8 q month % .eacl
1ar TRUCKS Ia front Of bis door We lose q
rool zeal by 6-cpug them In tie street for
ll0 iron Iu5ts. the paint peels of and the
whole tl.ug wears out more quickly. On
the whole trucking Isn't what lt's cTackedu p
% te. aud It's not over and above profitable
when y0u take everything into calculation
80, | don't know how many trlckmen
there are IN this city, though | understand
there are 1881 of them DO know shsfe
SD ALFRED iot If 'em, and 10 sometime.
Jy.Lers me where they al come from. Ibavs
stood for so L0urs-Gt 50 cents an hour time
ray-at tie end q q string which gau all the
way from Tie foot e Desorosses street up t.
Canal street, and along South Fifth avenue
as far as Houston street. Every once IN .
while tloTa would lie a Increment but il /
took fn. three hours once 70 go distance Of
twelve blocks When the season is brisk we
are lucky 70 get nd Of two loads q dag, ana
that's what makes trucking 50 expensive to I
merchants II the road was clear aud there
were 10 bIockadl5 we could DO twice the
work aud at hal the cost
II don. know just what it costs % snip
goods, for &c al. depends On the weight. II
tne goods are llga. NC can take big loads and
I'LL car In no time, but do most Of my /
wor,; Tor the hardware houses, aud bulk /
4l4 NNNANf ffN "a u a+ArA aNA elAAerA L|lAa
az stretch, aud have az times taken my |
horses out andseut them 10 tie stable toE feed /
ana rest 10 night while slept rolled up IN
blanle. on TOP Of my Load That was when |
$50 GOT ,n q string at nigAtiall and wanted 70
slip eagy SO tho mogai8g, 50 as 70 get on an
other load before noon
so you SEQ trucking ISM, the easiest bust /
ness mau can turn bis band TO, though I've /
been ia it since was boy, and drove tor my /
father Just as ing boy does Tor re. We work /
early and late ana are responsible for the /
goods in our possession. But somebody has /
70 DO it, 60 hero I an handling the reius ana |
breaking ny back handling Gases big ana (
heavy enough Tor an elephant 70 tackle In I
now waiting 70 reach the Fail River steamer, ]
but the Lord only knows whether III mako |
it or not, for the suns go,ag dawn and tbey /
pull out into tho stream 40 sharp, merchan. t
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