The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-29
THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Girardville People Smart Under the Com.
pany's New Schedule.

pany's New Schedule.
The people of Girardville, especially IN
business men, complain bitterly of the presen
regulations of the schuyllSill Traction Com
pany, and say that it will not be long befor
the management will see that II has made
serious error. One prominent gentlemar
stated yesterday that at about $50 o'clock las
Wednesday night over forty passengers from
Mahanoy City had to wait nearly an hour anc
halt for car to take them to Shenandoah
on account of the orders that certain car
must be in the power house by 8 p. m.
Last Sunday evening number of passeu
gers arrived at the power house from Ashland
and under the o'clock rule the car was run
into the house. The passengers were Obliged
to wait until another car was run down ia
the Richards street terminus and back before
they could continue their journey to shenan.
doah
more serious charge, based upon the irreg.
ular running of the cars, is that one morning
this week fifteen miners, who depended upon
the road to get to their work, arrived too late.
and they were then obliged to return home
with the loss Of day. This has had q bad
eject on the company, and now many miners
VINO had become patrons of the road travel
over the Lehigh Valley. This is especially
true in regard to the miners residing at ASH
land.
10 give publicatio to all complaints the
people of Girardville have made would fiji
many columns. They say that the affairs are
IN such an unsatisfactory condition that some
of the people in chief authority must be ignor-
ant of the true state. No hotel man in the
town can inform a customer when car will
leave for or arrive from any point east or
west. The cars sometimes run as late as l a.
m and sometimes the last car passes through
the town as early as 1890 p. m.
These people also claim that no town
through which the line passes has been more
liberal to the Traction Company than Girard
vile has with the exception of one time when
there was misunderstanding among the
Councilmen), and yet that place seems to be a
victim of discrimination. They feel that they
are victims because people must pay ten cents
to travel from Girardville to Gilberton and
Mahanoy City. In their opinion GirardvilIe
should be the dividing line between Mahanoy
City and Ashland, and fare east and west from
that line should be five cents.
One prominent Girardville gentleman has
propounded this question, "Why is it neees-
sary to have boss travelling up and down on
'dinky' car, and under what theory of rea.
son does the company uphold the re.instate-
ment of a man who has been discharged by
boss as an Incompetent workman ?"
1t IS claimed that the fifteen hour shifts are
beginning to tell on the motor men and con-
ductors and it will be only a question of a
short time when they will break down under
the strain. Some men hardly get four or five
hours sleep out Of twenty four.
Apropos of the wage workers, in a recent
issue Of the HERALD it was stated complaint
had been made that in its recent policy of re.
uenchment the schuylkin Traction Company
had allowed construction gangs to remain
overloaded with bosses, while a great reduc. |
uon had been made in the force ofmotor men
and conductors, to the inconvenience of the
travelling public, and that seven bosses had
charge OF gang of twenty men.
MI Amour, who is one of the construction |
ioremen, said the report was without founda-
ton He says the Traction COMPANY has
only five foremen, all told, Amour has charge
of the Shenandoah and GirardvilIe branch.
aud Laly, Mullen, Sweeney and Weldon are
On the Gilberton side. Amour has sixteen
men under him, eleven on the road and five
running construction car while each of the
other bosses have from five to six men under
them