The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-05

the Hyde-street line. north and south, and
to hand to the conductor of the car on the
line receiving the passengers transfer for
each passenger
This individual, who is short man with
ford complexion, rendered more so by
full beard and mustache of the hue that has
been designed as deep sulphurie acid fume
shade" attired In brand-new unifo rm,
with highly polished brass buttons, looked
as Respondent as new bonnet just from
the milliner's. He was kept busy from
morn till night plotting passengers from one
car to the other and handing over transfers.
True, at times there were so many VINO
wished to 90 in both directions at once that
it was a physical impossibiity for him to
accommodate all. He was very oDllging,
but he could not attend to two cars at once
and at the same time answer each lndlvlo-
ual who wanted to know why the change IN
the system, and more than once during the
day he asked himself il there was NOT some
less difficult manner OF making living.
"You want to know why the company has
made the changer" asked an empl0ye OF the
Union-street line, repeating the question
asked him by CALL representative. "WeD,
I'll tell you. It's just this-the company
has been beat out of too many transfers.
You see." continued the speaker, the
company has entered into an arrangement
with the California and HYDE street. line to
transfer passengers to Hyde and Union,
and at the end of the month there is an ex-
change of traufer tickets, aud the company
that has an excess over the other pays the
other company 2H cents for each ticket IN
excess. For some time past the company
has discovered that it had to meet an un-
usual demand for extra transfers, and an
investigation was started for the purpose OF
discovering the cause OF the excess. Inc
result was the discovery of the fact that GER
tain parties who are engaged in business ID
the Western Addition we're loaded with
transfers to the Hyde-Street line, and they
were in the habit Of giving one or more
tranfers with every purchase, so that tne
customers could ride without cost 10 them-
selves to Market street or out TO the park,
and our company had to foot the bill.
"Where did the transfers come from?
That is something that we have not yet dis
covered, but they had them and the passen-
gers used them all the same"
docs not the system OF punching the
time on the tickets protect the company
Issuing themY'
"Why, certainly not II passenger gets
on car and offers an unpunched ticket
the conductor may call attention to the
fact and the passenger Will at once declare
that he don't know anything about a
punched ticket and that he just got thai
ticket from the man on the other road
It's the same thing with transfers the
punch mark of which does not agree with
the time of day or night. WHAT'S con-
ductor to do? He can't dispute the pas
senger's word and he can't put him OH by
force for fear of suit for damages, so he
has to take the ticket and let the party ride.
'The company after studying the matter
for some time decided to try how the new
system inaugurated on Monday Will Work.
and if it does what we expect 1t Will be
adopted permanently"
The California and Hyde streets line has
not changed its system of issuing transfers
tn the IlniOD-Strppt line.