The morning call., 1895-01-02
THE OLD BOBTAIL.
1t May Finish It's Career
in a Lady's Garden.
OR MAY SERVE A SEMINARY.
Or 1t Might Be Conservatory OF
Flowers.
OR MAY SERVE A SEMINARY.
BABIES MAY HAVE FUN WITH IT
A Dream That Might Be Born In
the Poisoned Brain of the
~ Lotus-Eater.. 81.

The Markat-street Railway Company
finds upon its hands az the result OF put
ting the electric trolley in the streets 10
old horsecars, which is advertiser g Tor
sale at the uniform price of $40 without
seats-$20 with seats. = :.:>c
!. The suggestions@ thrown out in the. ad-
vertisementas possible uses to htch they
might be put by possible buyers is :indica-
tive of a roman tic Imagination, which it Is
surprising to find rattling around in The
cold environment of "A street rail ay. COM
pany. II it31oes; Il OF break away from=its
grinding and close-tisted society at the
first chance. and under warmer influences
burst forth into the full glow oil some love
.sonnets it will be surprising. : :
s.: The strset;railway company thinks that
their old streetcaTs could be turned Into
summerhouses. chTldren's piayhouses,
con seryatories, and Division Supe rintend-;
ent Rogers goes so far as to suggest zone
mi gllt: be- set. up In the grounds OF some
:ladies' seminary. where the young ladies
not wishing to be- Dent UP In the house
stilldesre to be under: cover during these
rainy days; 1t. would serve: admirably,
don'tyou think Pr: !: + :: ::
:. Think Of a flight of fancy like that.
from: an old Turk-stree T.: btail, :slo WHY
telling out ocean ward behind a lonely and
tired gray mule. the car filled with equally
tired and more impatient people, to the
rose-b0w ered retreats. of female SEM
mary, sheltering 8 :beyy brlght-eyed
beauties from a summer shower. r.: = !. -: -:
:: mind that can make :a.lran sposjtiOn
like that offhand and for only SO apiece
must find the streecar. business full. of
chatting restraints. -:>:.:* :. ~ J,
But Mr.. Rogers has a precedent: for his
suggestions: that may explain it : ALL
especially as it comes from Boston, ~ -
He says that when the Boston. big rail-
way monopoly changed its motive pow
from the horse to the electric trolley wire
and began killing. people at the rate of
one victim In twenty it:had: to- discard u
jObIot of old cars, which a speculative
Yankee, after haggling over the price and
declaring they were only worth kindling-:
wood, finally purchased at:his own figure:
:. The Yankee had some friends in the
g!lded area Of the Back Bay and on Dor
chester Heights to whom h. made presents
:of*the best OF theold car frames, agreeing
to put them:in place and make them. look
attractive as a palt of the gra ,uitous co n
tract. He put. them in conspicuous places
and fitted them up in such style that he
had no difficulty in selling the others at
good prices and making. a neat cleanup.
Those cars" said Mr.. Rogers, "costthe
company, many of *th en-, as high as $1400
each. ~ OH see that car going along Fourth
streetlthere 2. Well, we couldn't get that
carreproduced for less than $1,000, and yet
there are cars: just like that we are selling
for So We have about 175 of them. They
are stored here and there all over the city.
The perforated seats are good and can be
used again by steaming them over, and
that lie why we make such difference in
The price with or without them. ::
mo. the windows don't go. We take
THE windows OUTPUT the door remains.
1t is Of no use 10 US. :. We have mad quite
"a call for them already. They are being
bought for every use that a small, one
room house could be put to. Why, a Chi
naman bought one for a residence. They
can be used for small business stands,
Offices, poultry ouses, :wo0dsheds, tool
houses, :conservatories or polling booths. :,
f. I'VE could have sold these same cars in
10 better condition: than they are now for
$500 each to- zcountry towns, including, of
course, the glass. But electricity has be-
come sucn a*fac;or every where that: fs W
to WINS are so poor that they can't have as
good cars as any body else. Everybody
wants rapid transit, though; some people
III. San Fran cisco. kick: against it. So all
This stuff, representing an immense ex.
pendilure. is practically a dead TOSS 10 the
company. Oh, it's not all a one-sided
story-lhis thing of running railway.