San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
A VIGOROUS NICK.
A Citizen who Did Not Enjoy His
Street Car Ride.

| n Citizen Who DID Not Enjoy HIS
Street Car Ride.
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 3, 1892.
To the DAILY LIGHT.
The new year has come and gone, and
oh, what a delightful time we had.
We had observed the schedule of the
new street railroad running from Alamo
plaza to Alamo Heights, published in the
| Express. As per pre- arrangements We
| myself and family, nine in all got on
| board the bran spankin" new car at 4
| p. m, new years eve. We had long been
| anticipating visiting the Alamo Heights,
since we had heard 30 much of the beau
| tiful addition to our city. According
ly. We left the plaza at 4: rs O'Clock p. m,
expecting to return at 5 o'clock. We were
delayed some Is or 20 minutes, at the
switch, some two and a half miles from
the plaza. The incoming car In switching
off for our car to pass, got of the track,
hence the delay. When we arrived at the
new engine house, the conductor asked
all the passengers to dismOunt, as he did
not believe he could pull them up hill to
the hotel.
A goodly number ~ the passengers dis.
mounted. we, however, kept our seats.
On our return to the city we met the
other car at the switch, where 1t ran on
the track as we were going out. Instead
of switching off this time the conductor
ordered the passengers to change cars,
which order was obeyed. l have been
sick for over two years, my wife Is rather
weakly, besides she had a baby In her
arms, we also had little boy with US
some four years old. he is very 1leShy,
one year ago, consequently he walks
very slow, hence we were last getting to |
the car. When we got TO the car we |
found the seats all filed, all the available |
room was taken. / walked around the |
car to try and find a seat for my wife and
babe but all was occupied. Several young |
men were very pleasantly seated. Not one |
Of them offered to give my wife and babe |
a seat. | stepped up and was going to |
offer to pay some one to give my wife |
and babe a seat, but at that instant |
the conductor rang the bell and the |
car moved off, leaving us to take care OF |
ourselves as best we could The conductor
and passengers looked back at us as they |
moved off, and seemed 20 be amused at
our condition. 1t is now night, and some
three miles from hOme-strangerS. in a |
strange land. No one in sight to help, or
offer to help us. The conductor did not
try to get us seat. The car was crowded,
but there could have been room provided
for us. The two cars are just
the same size. The car we got
off of, brought the passengers
THESE ana the Otner ca cOulu nave. car
ried the same number. He took up the
line of march on foot, and we reached
Houston street in about one hour, tired
and mad. We got on the car
at Houston street and arrived home at
Z O'clock We met the car on our march
that went of ard left us, but they did not
propose to help us. 1t was the first time
in life that we ever were the recipients
of such treatment. The very idea of
s tout young men refusing to give
a lady, with babe i'm her arms
a seat, but on the contrary. |
move off on the car, leave her standing, !
gazing back at her, babe in her arms, ana /
other small children around her, and not |
one offering to assist her. is the greatest |
outrage we ever ever experienced. Should |
we visit the Heights again. we will go in
our own turn out. that we may have some |
that we wont have to walk /
back. Truly yours,
ID l.. RILEY.