The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-20
THE CAR DRIVERS STORY.
He Gives a Green Reporter Bit OF
Exclusive kews.
From the New YORK Times.

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| From the NeD YORK Times.
"Speakin' bout Electricity ;" said Blocker
street car driver, one of the old chaps who
have been on the line ever since 1t started,
''they's nobody in this town that's got more
good out of 'lectric lamps than our COM
pany."
"How's that" asked the reporter, who.
| by the way, was new to the business, aud
had only just come in from the country.
"How's thatp' repeated the driver; "why,
it's because they amt half 80 many cars lost
now days as they used to be when they
WASN'T nothin' but gas to light TIE streets
with"
Cars lost! Why, man, what do you
mean' You don't say that your company
ever loses any of its cars, do youW
why, cert'ln. Didn't you know thatl
Amt you never seen in the papers an ad-
vertisement OF a lost cara Why they was
one OF them i'll my paper this very mornin'.
| IL read somethin' like this: Fifty dollars
reward; the above reward will be paid for
information as to the whereabouts of Car
| No. 1872 Of this company's line IL was
drawed by black horse an white mare.
This mare had spaving onto her nigh front
| leg and a straw fender onto her nigh hiud
one Signed by the president Of the road
"P'raDs you think that anybody could
take Bleecker street car out of the stable,
run her down TO the end Of the line and
bring her back again. That's jest where
| you make your mistake, and don't you for
git it. Why, we don't never let new
man drive car till he's run two weeks, at
at the very least, with one of our pilots. y
"Pilotsp exclaimed the reporter.
"Why, cert'in. We have piols just the
same as ships has, and they git good pay,
too; almost S much as the president. We
have TO have 'em to learn the new men the
way round. Drivin' one OF our cars amt
lie drivin' a Broadway car. That's baby
business. All you have to do Is to say Get
| up and Whoa cussin' tween whites, and
down you go and back ag'in. But jest look
at q map Of our line. It's like this:
I'VE start down to the foot OF Twenty
third street, then we run to Ninth aviner.
then to Hudson, then to Blocker, then to
Broad way then to Park row, then to Beck
man, then to South, then to Fulton Ferry
and then we waters the bosses. Startin'
back, we go to William, then to Ann, then
to Broadway, then to Blocker, then to
Macdougal, then to West Fourth, then to
West Tenth, then to Hudson, then to Ninth
avner, and then to ire stable. That's one
of.our routes. The other one is worse still.
"Old's | be, sometimes have to stop
when come to corner and scratch my
head bit fore know which way to go.
Butts said in the begi 1nin' faint nothin'
20 what il was fore we got these 'lectric
lamps"
Ever get lost yourselfr' asked the re-
porter.
"No, never did. but friend of mine got
lost thu Igh, an they didn't see nothin' of
HIM for two whole days. Then they got a
dispatch from him dated way up in West
chester county sayin', The cars all right,
an the hoses is all right, an Pm all right,
but we can't find our way back to the sta
beS to save our necks. )"
"You don't mean 20 say that any such
telegram as that ever came to your super
iutendent, do youp demanded the re-
porter.
That's what said :" responded the driver
somewhat haughtily: 'an' Pm the man that
lad to go an bring the cor in. You never
saw two men gladder N the conductor an
driver Of that car was when they set eyes on
me.
1.-The first thing l said was, How'd you
get lostF
"'Well,' says the driver, twas a awful
foggy night, says he, an reckon | must a
got onto the wrong track somehow
THAT was all he could say about it 'cept
that the further he went the worse he got
LOST
"Why didn't he ask some of the men on
the other lines the way home!" inquired the
she did, but they wasn't friendly, an
gave him directions. Probably it wouldn't
a. happened 'cept with a very late car The
driver'd got long way off our line fore he
discovered it, an' when he did find it out
and ask OF the other drivers he me- the way
home they kept sendin' him till they got him
completely lost"
The driver was going on TO tell more
about the case when the reporter inter-
rupted him: Excuse me, said the reporter,
but l can't stop to hear the rest of the
story now. I've got Co get OF here and go
to fire. but If you'll give me your name
I'll come round and look you up tomorrow
and get the rest Of it. It hasn't ever been
published, has its"
20 nc, :" answered the driver. Then he
took the reporters note book and pencil and
wrote his name and address, "B. o. 8. Slyre,
102 Bunker street."
Thanks" said the reporter, gratefully,
"I1l come and see you tomorrow after
noon"
But be didn't II suddenly occurred to
him as he looked at the car drivers name
taat "B. o. s. Slyre" spelled something
that sounded like BOSS Liar" and then
be knew that the driver had made game OF
him.
CLINIcus You surely do not doubt the truth
Of the ap stole narrativef
CyulctIs-Wel most OF the apostles were fab.