The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08

scehI.,l Il he Ecuti&lil tiAOo "
gS79S secure work on a street.
car line, but is usually
disappointed by being
NJ informed that lie must
place SIS deposit into
the company treasury before ne Is aHo"eu
10 go on a ear to break in.
II he has friends who will lend him the
reonjred amount he smiles gently TO himself
and starts in. The next fact which bothers
him is that he must work at least one week
for nothing and to do this successfully ana
live at the same time he 'soHks" MS last
summers 0yercoat.
He does not think Of The uniform which
will cost him s25 before he can do any
work, that is if lie is on the Market-street
line.
This he must do besides furnishing his
change. which amounts to at least So.
On some of the lines. the Omnibus, for
example. man is given the chance to earn
the money for his suit before he is required
TO wear It.
The deposit, however, is required on al
the reads Of the city, and although it does
not amount TO very much when taken alone,
it does count up when is remembered
there are hundreds OF men in the employ Of
the varions car lines in tie city.
Tie Market street is the largest Of them
all, and is considered the meanest TO work
for by those who ought to know-those who
work on il and many who have tried it and
quit disgusied before being turned in"
There Is o. G very small feature about this
line which makes the men hate 1t so much
and which Is not generally known, and that
is none of the grIpmen and conductors are
allowed to ride free on the cars OF the COM
pany when of duty except lew blocks on
either side IF the carh0use, and no con-
ductor dales 20 let one Of his fellOw-wOTk-
men ride further than tie limit set ny the
company.
Although ali the other lines do allow the
men 20 ride upon tie showing Of their
badges the Market-street men would not
feel the privation so much if ii we're not for
the fact that every track-gTeaseT, r0adman,
eobble- FOUNDER, and, In fact. everybody
connected with the road except the grip
men and conductors are either furnished
with badges or passes which entltle them
10 free passage over the road, or else can
Tide by merely mentioning their names.
Below are given few figures which show
how much the company owes 0 its men.
As has been mentioned before ia this
article, each man when he gets n position
on the road puts up SIS a guarantee that
he does not intend to steal his car or run
away with the cable at any time when be
may get chance.
The company mas the use Of this money
until X discharges the owner, when il hires
another man in his place aud holds his
money without interest until he becomes
dsgusted with the position.
On the Nalencla-sIreet llne there are
twenty-thTee regular runs, as the day cars
aTe called, and nineteen badge" runs, as
the night cars are known. There are two
men on each Of these cars, making total
of eighty-fOuT men. To this Is added tbir-
teen extra conductors and ten extra grip
men.
This makes q grand total Of I07 men on
the Naleneis-street road. twenty-five dol
lars each brings the amount OF money which
the Southern Pacific Company is using with
cut interest 10 5000 from one llBe alone
Figuring the interest at the low rate OF
Fer cent, ii makes clear profit Of S160 80
per year, which the men ought TO have d.
vided among them.
There is on this line among the slaves of
tie monopoly gripmsn by the name OF
Frank Reynolds, who preSideS over the
destiny Of run No. IS. Mr. Reynolds has
been IN the employ OF the road fer eighteen
years. and tie interest On his SIS, not com
pounded, should amount 10 ST. This Of
course, tie company appT0pnates for its
own use
Another case where the money has nearly
doubled itself is that CT E. }. Davidson
WHO has been faithful to the COMPANY for
fifteen years and has let it use his money
until Il has been Increased by So 80.
These men and ali other men on the line re-
celYe four tickets per Week. and II they wish
70 ride any more must pay fare, while per-
haps the track-greaser. dressed I'D in his
best clothes and taking dayof. gels on
the same car. shows his badge TO the con-
dGcter and rides free
The CastrO-street line has only Is day
cars and - night hawks, 9 extra grpmen
and extra conductors, the total number of
men employed being 10 The deposit money
which they represent is $685.. The interest
al the rate OF per cent Is dead loss TO
them and gain TO the company Of Sl09 90
The MeAliister-street line has thirty
three runs, including day and night runs;
this makes siXty-six regular men, and with
nine extra grlpmen and thirteen extra con-
ductoIs total Of eighty-seyen men is
reached. The amount Of DEPOSIT is S2175
the interest Of which is $50 90.
Haight street can boast Of thirty runs
ten extra conductors and eight extra grip
men, or seYenty-egbt men, whose deposit
money IS $3.50 and the interest SLY. HAYES
street Is Tie next and the last of the South
eTn Pacihc's cable lines. II has thirty-one
runs, nine extra gTipmeB and ten eonduc-
tors. The deposits and interest amount 10
S2025 and 1921 50 respectively.
The oniy one Of the Asrket-street compa-
nY'S hOrSecaT lines which owns up to the
fact that II IS related TO the Southern Pa
cifle Railroad is the Fifth-street line, which
has painted around the bottom of the car
'MaFket-street Cable Railway Company"
The other horse lines call themselves by
various other names, presumably so as not
TO let the people Of San Francisco know
how large grasp the Southern Pacific has
on the rolling stock Of the city.
The tIfth-street line Of twO-horse cars
has thIrty-twO men, whose deposits amount
to $500. the interest per year being S4S for
tie line. clear profit TO the company
The Sxth-street line is one of the de-
ceptive lines, which 10 pleased to call itself
by the name Of the Central Railroad Com
pany." 1t runs the old-Siyie 'cigar-boxes."
ride N which can only be comraTed to a
trip on a caissOB, or gun-earriage. in actfon.
Il IS Of some use to the city, as it gives
employment to eighteen drivers, whose sos
would amount to $3.50, and the COMPANY
pockets 81 per year from the interest
Tie Inrk-stIeet line is called by the same
name as the Slxth-stTeet TO add dignity to
tie system, and runs ten Of the drop-a-
nickei-in the slot and see -the-wheels-go-
around style Of cars. There is only one
man on the car and two extras to man tie
stretcher when one Of the regular drivers is
shaken 10 pieces and has to be taken home,
a frequent occurrence.
Their deposit money is $500. and the
company only gains Sl8 yearly from Turk
street.
Perhaps the worst riding cars in the CITY
are the Mlssion-street bobtalls, but as the
CITY Railroad Company" has made a good
resolution, through the secretary of the
Market-stTeet Company that it viii mt in
q new road, 1t has been forgiven by the resi-
dents Of the Mission. It's deposits are. fer
forty-four men, Sl1Ooand S66 for the princi-
pal aud interest
The last one Of the Southern Pacific lines
IS the Geary-street Park and Ocean road.
This line has thirty-one regular cars or
sixty-two regular men, and usually carries
about nine names On each side of its extra
liSt-a total of eighty men, with $1,000 which
the Southern Pacific Company uses free.
and for which it should pay S120 per wear
The Calif0rnia-street line runs twenty
regular ears, with two men on car, and
twelve badge runs or twenty-four night
men, and this, with ten conductors and niue
gripmen on the extra list, makes eighty
three men, or deposit Of S2O75, with an