The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
THEIR MONEY OUT AT INTEREST.
Cash That Should Go to Streetcar Men.

their men, for which IL should pay SO per
year as interest at the fair rate of per cent
per annum.
The ''Sutter-street Railway Company" has
a large system. True. it only runs two
lines. but on one of these alone. the main
line, there are, including extras, eighty men
employed, wlItle the branch, the Larkin-
street line, runs twenty-five cars and en-
ploys fifty men. This makes $50 conductors
and gri pmen on that system; $3.50 is the
principal and S195 is the interest
The San Francisco and San MateO line
gives employment 10 ll6 railroad men on
its three lines and divides them uD as fol-
lows Eight extra motormen and like
number OF conductors, who serve on ali the
lines: Ferries and Thirtieth-street line
thirty-six regular cars Gene terry line. eight
regular cars and Eighteenth-ssreet line.
four regular ears. This includes day and
night cars. and gives tat OF deposit
money for the system of $500 and the right
ful interest STA Quite snug little sum.
TIE Preside and Ferries" has about
sixty men in its employ and the totals for
this road are $500 and 500
The Omnibus system is the most agreeable
one in the city to work for. Ii was the 1Tst
TO introduce the register into the cars ID
place of the heavy, ungaIDly bell-punen.
which required the conductor TO wear har.
ness in order TO keep The punch in place. 1t
was among the first lines 20 proyloe badges
for gripmen and n. ade an order that they
and the conductors should be allowed to
ride free over the whole system
This system Is composed principally of
the following lines: The Howard and
Twenty fourth street, Howard and
Twenty-sixth street. Post street, Ellis
street. Oak street and Montgomery street
lines and the Post-street extension line,
which is included in the last named.
The cars which run on three of Ties e.
the tive Ii ward street and the Post street
l.. H., ~ !,
and Howard streets, and have nfty extras,
evenly divided as 10 position, which serve
on all thess roads. 10 addition to these the
yellow Howard line has twenty-six regular
cars, two men on car, the blue Howard
seventeen, and the red P0st-street line
tweuty-0ne. This makes total # IT'S
men, with deposits amounting TO S4550 and
a yearly interest Of S267 for three lines
alone.
The Oak and Ellis street lines are also
together thirty-siX and sixty men respec-
lively and forty extras. This amounts TO
$500 and S204 interest yearly.
The Montgomery street has forty regular
meD and eighteen extras. and the Post
street extension line has ten men and uses
the Montgomery streets extras. This
makes total of siXty-eight men who re-
port for duty at Third and Howard streets.
These lines have deposited S1700 aud the
men should draw Sl02 for their interest
Besides all this, the most of these men
hsvs paid S24 90 each for their uniforms. and
where is the profit when the highest pay
which they can possibly draw is s. 50 per
daY and that only IN few instances.
II all this money of which the railroad
companies have the free use should he
placed al interest and the interest be used to
support a hospital for the care Of sick rail-
/ road men. what grand idea it would be
and how much good it would do.
Following is a table which shows how
many men in this city would be benefited
by such q place and tie amount OF money
which could 10 used for the hospital.