Telegram-herald., 1890-06-03
An OPEN LETTER
Andries Bevssr % Rev. Charles
Fluhrers Greenng.
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LsAse read sA1n interest your letters
ponEsted Ia the D,m0cras ana Eagis OF
the lsL may say that l vas some
What surprised a. she tone OF your ar
t-cisss Surprised that BY implication. a.
least, -yOa should approve ot that "hu-
Enane ulethOd' OF adjusting differences
of opinion which has Of late been con-
nned u the prize rng; surprised, too,
that ycn should feel justified ia sneer-
Ing a1eny occupation by referring 20
tie stables over which l am sad % be
the "pFesiding genius" / can not con
eeive that you regard personalities as
germ2ne u the question which your
society has sought % raise, and can
not believe that you think that they
are well calculated % advance the
cause II humanity 10 its relation either
10 man Or beast.
You state that the responsibility for
delays or tne cars on Decoration Day
rested with the Street Car Company. IL
q plain that this allegation begs the
whole question, and IS FULLY met by u
counter. statement. But certain 10 j.
that our cars were interrupted by Mr..
Nykes Oh Decoration Day, and, as re-
ported o. nee, ears were intercepted by
nm which had less than = dozen pas
sengeys aboard.
DO YOU know how much larger load
team can easily draw on steel rails
on an open car than IN an ordinary
wagon upon an ordinary highway Do
you know that thls proportion Is from
between seven and ten % one, Will
YOU pretend that there was cruelty TO
animals, calling for the intervention OF
your agent, Iu causing a team 10 draw
"a load Ot ten passengers Iu an open car
up Cherry-st. grade And N, indeed.
upon any OF our cars on that day our
teams were overloaded and iuhumanly
Over-W0rkcd, che pubic would be moro
willing % believe 10 il you or the
sOc.ety's agent. Mr.. Wykes, had lodged
COMPLIANT against Us with the proper
authorizes.
You state that f there were twenty
nlue horses idle ln our stable 1.-THE
management was little short OF outrag-
cOls.'
What viii yOu say when / tell you, as
] 90, that n cur barns at the time to
winch you refer there We're nearly ten
times that number OF horses Idle2 Do
you suppose we have but one team for
each car And before you pass iudg-
mcut or pronounce sentence, let me say
that the reason for IDLE horses was that
our business was so arranged on Decor
alton bay as 10 make frequent changes
OF teams and require but three and one
half hours work Of each OF our horses
during the whole seventeen hours of
that work-day. and the IDLE horses
simply waited their turn.
10 YOU know which IS the most eN-
haustug % a horse, three and One-half
hours OK work Ou q street car, the car
being part Of the time empty. and the
horses having tine best OF care, food and
stab..ug between trips, or ten hours be
fore 4 plOW on 2 farm, or lD the blue
cay OF basement excavation N some
parts of tins city,
Ever since I nave had the manage
meut 0t tu.s cOmplny's business, "tOw-
horses have h3eu placed ON al grades
whenever occasion required. And TINS
has not been done AS p result of any
action of tne society over which you
preside.
On the other hand. during the last
FIVE years I have repeatedly asked Ot,iC-
ers Ot your society Co aId me ID securing
improvements .u our service. and u re-
moving obstacles % ease street car
traffic bat ,0 far without pcrcC.vne
any EFFORT bv tnem iu tu1J behalf For
instance. we llyC tired and asked the
cooperation OF one of your former
acent. t1 help secure the removal oi
thr smooth and pucrv flag stone al