The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-08
BITTER ATTACK
On the Management Of the street Rail
way lines.

Editor Of tie Tm".
Nav We have space In the TIMES 10
call attention TO the gIsrins outrage
perpeiratcd against the cllllehs ie
siding in The " est End by the City Kali
way Company and the Richmond Union
Passenger Company, aud ask that you IN
your columns assist " IN obtaining
speedy relief.
The City Railway Company, or Bob
Tail Horse Car Line, have Tor months past
pretended TO have a car TO connect win
/ The line. AT the cOmpany's stables, cor
ner Main and L0mDardy streets, 10 take
messengers from this point out TO the
/ New Reservoir. Now let It's tell you
what this connection is. The company
nre,ends TO have a schedule, tO-wli. a
! car every hour until after or J.. NJ,
then car every half hOdf III /. VI. AZ
TO connections, that has long since been
athing of the past. Passengers arriving
AT the stables haze often TO wait Tor
an hour and half and when enquiry Is
made YOU are cooily informed that the
company is waiting tor sufficient mum
Der of PASSENGERS, or that The last trip Of
4, & car was not on time and would not
wait until the next trip. You aye often
met with a gruiI driver who seems 10
take a delight in annoying MS passen-
rers by driving his team al the break
neck speed OF mile an hour The cars
are dirty-ves. iilthy-and the team the
refuse of all the old, plsycd.Out stock
Of the company Then You are sub
iected 10 several changes OF cars, cs-
.n unfortunate .
10 take a Broad-street car. ana no mat
ter how bad the weather, yOu ATE
praciouslv allowed tO wait your time,
without shelter or the slightest con-
veniences until the next ear arrives.
We think IL j. noticeable with ali the
patrons Of the line, that since The present
company took charge, the service has been
run down. together with The stock, road
and cars. the company seeming 10 desire
10 make as much as can De done out Of a
suffering public. regardless OF the wants
Of said public.
We think Richmond has gotten 10 be
q CITY. and that the time has arrived
when the citizens may be relieved from
collecting their fare Tor this company or
any other company Oiien IS II the case
when passenger getting on the cars Oh
lower Main street is called upon 90 leave
his seat n dozen times either %
deposit the fare, or 10 make
change At times his seat Is
occupied by another passenger, and he Is
allowed to stand all this that he may
have the privilege of acting conductor
thus saving The company the employ.
nient IF boy and keeping bread Oui 81
the mouths of some deserving persons
Let 10 all refuse to pass fares OF TO col
lect. Let this company furnish its own
servants and not annoy IT'S passengers
and hi, abuse be not tolerated longer
Now the Richmond Union Passenger
RAILWAY Company is the Electric line
on. humbug service, where art thou, II
not Oh this line. and Mr. Editor, II you
or any Of your readers DO not think So
take An electric car al ReugeI' corner Ca
20 10 the New Reservoir any evening
about g l. NJ see if, when YOU get 10
Hancock and Clay streets, ii YOU are mol
DELAYED for fifteen minutes, and then al
Reservoir and Cary streets. see il y0u are
not landed in the mud and told that the
car going west will 90 some time, bul
when, the company's agent Is moi IN
fOrned
The writer It few nights since started
from the corner aiuded TO- he Mas
forced with other passengers 20 change
cars on Clay somewhere about Gilmef,
then TO change again at Hancock and
Clay, ana then upon arriving al Reser'
yoir and Cary streets, was told that the
car would start sometime or other, and
mat he could spend his leisure hours in
making mud-cakes or treading clay Tor "a
brick machine, but having ihed tue same
experience the evening previous, he de
clined 10 wait and walked.
often is ii that passengers are de-
tanned at this point from one to one and
a half hours, ladies as well as gentlemen.
Now We say this IS a shame and an out.
rage against citizens, and We demand
better service, and particularly DO We
county men ask Judge Minor TO see that
the terms Of the contracts OF these TWO
companies are carried out And we es-
ueciallv ask him 10 be slow In granting
any further privileges until tie grievance
have been corrected, Eand then grant
them with such contracts Tor better ser
vice. IIEARIcO WEST ENDkH.