Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-11-16
HOW HOLMES TREATS THEM
rhe @r"at street Gar President Gives
HIS Chicago Employees an Evening
OF Enjoy ment and n speech.

ms s"tcsgo Employees an Evening
OF Enjoy ment and n speech
President q. b. Holmes, Of the South
Side Street Car Railway system In Chi
cago. and also Of the principal Lies in
the cities OF Rock Island. Davenport and
Moline, gave his Chicago employees ball,
banquet and speech last night, and the
Nocs thus speaks of IL:
No jewelers. exhibit or tailors' display
hlled Battery ID last night. The young
women needed no flashing diamonds to
paint iridescent hues on their cheeks, and
no swallow tails were required to set of
the husky forms Of the young men. The
south sido conductors and drivers were
giving their fourth annual ball for the
benefit OF their benevolent association.
Six hundred couples swsrmed over the
big dancing flOOr. The ball was the har>
vest home OF the year. II was a hand
shaking event, a social reunion and cele
brated the occasion Of another years la
Dor ended.
g. b. Holmes. president Of the south
side street railway company, sat in the
prompter's stand and saw his conductors
and drivers in 3 sphere different from
their daily AvOcatlOn Aid. Mad.
den added official dignity tn the
JOY OF the evening. After the
| company was gathered Chairman
McDOnough called the boys" around the
stand and told them that Mr.. Holmes
would make them speech. MIR. Holmes
was as radiant In smiles as the jOlliest Of
his employees A roar Of hands met his
! appearance. and close attention greeted
his fatherly address. He congratulated
the company that another year of hard
work was over and that the evening was
to he spent In joyous festivities. Each
year made q new circle in the lives OF ali,
and each person made some new impress
sions on those about him. lie said that
not long ago gentleman came TO his
| Office and asked that certain conductor
be put on the car that left half an hour
earlier The present arrangement caused
him TO lose half an hour every day. 81
asked him the reason why he wanted the
change" continued Mr.. Holmes. He
told me that the conductor was so bright,
and CHEEKY that IL made him happy all day
TO ride on that mans car This shows
that you have an influence on thousands
and tens OF thousands that ride on
your cars. According to an old idea each
person had guardian angel. There is
| no angel In the world that can be COM
pared TO the angel OF drudgery. Accord
ing to the spirit we put in our daily toll
do we grow and affect those around us.
II reacts on our own character and makes
full and dignified manhood" Mr..
Holmes was careful not TO make long
speech and his prudence was appreciated
Mr.. Holmes ran extra cars all night for
the accommodation OF the dancers. and
they didn't go home until the cock crew
All the extra" and "trippers" on the
| companv's list got work last night and
thew got all the work they wanted.
The car men here who had their wages
increased the moment Mr.. Holmes took
control and who have within week had
their hours shortened very materially may
receive similar festivities to those accord-
ed the Chicago employees at the hands OF
President Holmes when the syndicate
gets itself thoroughly established and in
entire running shape.