The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-08
BOBTAIL STREET CARS.
Mission.Street People Do Not Like
the Change.
They Consider Their Reappearance an Affront.
The Mission Improvement Club to
Take Action.

The action of the City Railway Company
In returning 10 the use Of the obnoxious bob
tailed. one horse cars. on the MissioD-street
line has given offense TO the property
owners and residents on that thoroughfaIe.
The order went into operation yesterday,
when twenty-eight of these jcgajooks APP
peared ON the line in place of the twenty
double enders used of late.
Pie antipathy of the San Frapciscans to
the bobtailed car dates back considerable
period and is very deep seated. Its aban-
donment on the MisSion-street line was
hailed with pleasure Its temperance.
now that the public have become accustomed
to the clean, roomy and airy cable-cars. is
regarded in the light Of studied afffcnt
directed against its patrons by the City
Railway Company. which corporation is
under the control and is part OF the Mar
kei-sireet Cable Company's system.
BoBTAILED MARTYRS.
The weather being unusually warm yes
terday. the people who had to ride in the
bobtaiis on Mission street painfully realized
The maximum CT discomfort afforded by
these vehicles. AS the passengers struggled
UP 10 the farebOx to drop in their nickels. or
stood waiting for change, or sat sweltering
in the dust which filled the stuffy little cars,
they muttered their disapproval of the
course OK the company. The idea that
economy was promoted by the change was
secuted by ALL The prevailing sentiment
seemed to be that the object was retaliation
upon the Mssion-street people. who had
successfully opposed the scheme OF the COM
pany to open West Mission street through
TO Market street.
WAR TO BE DECLARED.
President Bowers of the Mission-street
Improvement Club was seen in regard to the
matter. He informed the reporter that a
meeting OF the club would be held this even
ing in the Phelan Block, when the matter
would be brought up for consideration but
what action would be taken he could not
say. He believed. however, II spite was
the motive which had actuated the street
railway company, that the company would
have cause to regret its retrogressve step.
The result would be TO stimulate all
the property-owneTs on Mission street
from Twenty-siXth street TO the ferry
to stand closer together in defense
OF their Interests IN : the business
development of that thoroughfare. The
Mission Improvement Club had had but
one purpose in view, the defeat of the
scheme OF diverting ITS traffic into Market
street. which was at the bottom of the pro-
posed opening of West Mission street This
scheme was Killed and the purpose for
which the club had been organized was thus
accomplished. But now tnat that which
looked like retaliation had been exercised,
there was still more important work for tho
club 10 do. The MaTket-Street Cable Com
pany had been granted franchise TO build
a cable line on Mission street, and the club
could engage IN no mere useful labor at the
present time than to investigate the causes
OF the delay in its construction and insti-
tute measures for the forfeiture Of the fran
chise if there is 10 be failure Of PERFORM
auce OF lis stpulationS on the part of the
company.