The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-21
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TO TEE EprroR or rur suS-sri The letter Of "sse-
grade Hog" which appeared in THr Sos yesterday.
made me tired. He 10 evidently one Of those chaps
whose courtesy and good breeding are merely skin
deep. man who believes that he s right in Eeepins
his seat in the womsn's cabin Of fsrryboat because
the average would not thank him 10 he gave II
up to her. 10 sthorOush hog Down our way We vsrs
taught by mothers always to give mp our seats to
woman without asking whsthsr she was well bred or
not she thanked Us. II WAS making Of duty
pleasure.
OF course the gentleman IL right In saying that
when he pays for his ferrisFe he IL entitled to seat
The law does not discriminate against hogs. Even
beg, have rishta And IS for being tired, msn must
be In q pretty bad way who cannot remain standing
for ten minutes. lam, sir. respectfully yours
Fta1a A sourHrRSrR.
Upon a wet, murky day such as Monday
was the cabin OF a ferry boat either the mem
or the won en's-is about as uncomfortable .
spot as you will find In all the world. The seats
and the walls are damp. the windows are dirty
and about as transparent as thick Toe. and the
air 10 heavy and unpleasant. Add to this the
expectorations and the exhalstions OF the
first class hogs in the mems cabin and the
jostls and general hoRgishness OF the men In
the women's cabin and you have about as
drsary and cheerless q place as you could
imagine.
A Sun reporter crossed one OF the Hudson
River ferries on Monday evening during the
rush hours to see the railroad Official who had
charge Of the ferry traffic Only half the seats
were occupied. A crowd Of men who were
smoking stood on the outer deck. Probably
every one Of them would gladly have sat In the
cabin. had the conditions there not been too
much for them.
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the idea OF the conf any evidently being that
the floor was long AID wide and could not
easily be missed. Many OF the men emptied
the ashes from their pipes into the seat next TO
theirs. for some other hog to sit upon The
atmosphere was foul and UNIT to breathe
In the women's cabin there were about fifty
men seated and as many women standing.
One Of the deck hands said to the reporter:
If I wasn't afraid Of losing my Job I'd walk
through that cabin and count the number Of
men who are sitting down In such way that
everybody would know what was doing 1
guess some OF them would get up pretty quick
ly. I'm only afraid that some Of the tired
men would complain and have me fred"
The railroad official said:
I've given the matter q great deal OF
thought but must say that haven't found
any satisfactory, way OF remedying the dim
pg bsrs sre mo Z so
i almost gives me the horrors 70 walk through
1t during the busy hours Brt what can We DO
there would be such howl that would sink
ierry6Sat The people whom TIE SYN has
teen minutes Very well. then. There must
Il Is I'm possible to Keep those people from ex-
nsctorsting on the floor unless you gag them.
ceptto upset them. You can ventilate that CAB
In. either. II you open the windows they'll all
time one eaSiniHi q flrst.ciass hogs VIII ss-
hale more bad tobacco smoke than all the
frssh air that comes q; in can 3, drive tS,. ont
as men insist upon smoktng they must havsa
smoking cabin. and unless you can educate
cabin. the problem is different. 1t Is 9uos-
Ferry would ike To 20 seats or
women IL they could do so. but 1t Is i'm practical
seat as the Women have and nothing but their
own sense OF courtesy can compel them to
k"fftu wss oaiy could sea, every woman who en-
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and whose nerves are strong enough could
find comfort In the mons ca bin. and those who
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paues can change sill this by putting in another slid
Ing door OF the same aimsnsens "a the one used.
rsTtton OF wood or iron back from the meeting rails Of
the yates One side Of the partition would be fer
the plan would work follows. After the passengers
from boat land the gAieman would slide the womsns
bridge 81 ro@d of
had passed through he would slide both doors back
from the mems gate permitting their entrance 10
tn. iessns o. the boat. Would not Be- d.i.yss mo.
that by this plan the streams Of travel TO either side
OF the boat would be Kept separate instead OF being
Inadequate arrangements.
This would suit every body. u would cost the
would be well satisfied, and the hogs would be well
cured cannot TuE SOS persuade OF the ferry
well in practcs and lead taken by one ferry would
be followed by all the rest II there lie any obiso
tons offered 10 this plan let us have them and let fHE
suS spread itls light by publishing this and com
mentinR upon IT, HIM
To EDIroR or TnE sUS-Siri Il 10 all very well
to accuse man OF being hog who sits down in tue
ladies cabin" on fsrrybIA when women are
ton between the cabins Is not that thso-
rsL,eally for Esnilsmsn aad one for ladies'" but
smokers" In the cabin for non smokers men should
h.ys .ns sane that 'Ssy haUS IN the ordinary
lsanl fsrryboAts the gents cabins" are known
ri9nsly as -" .Pisoons" and !" pig pens -
tlsmsns Cabin" Ladies' Cabin" changed so that one
place would be set aside for the the rest
good than by Ieviling VINO keep Ihsir seats
Then the nOh smokers wOull lave right In the
auty which most msa aid Tsessaia. 4, i PREF.
tnt ne non smaksrs are ~ tle womsns CABIN thso-
Orsnsysly. Am air, respectfully.
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