The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-27
TEA TABLE TALK

Visitors 10 the summer capitol, that Is
Newport, Of course, notice first the peculiar
habits of the electric cars.
As they leave the boats for in the summer
season every one comes by water, the con
ductors line up alongside Of their cars just
like the hacknl0n, and solicit patronage.
There arc three routes branching out from
the central station like "A tan, the first going
t. Broadway, the IN d o. Q to the beach and
tho other to "M'rt'n fark. the gift OF Hon.
Levi Morton.
The beach road line is the queerest.
The rails look aud act as II Garnet tacl<s
were used for spikes at the ancient time
they were put down.
Al the top of 1.-The long hill leading down {
tho bathing beach these ears 20 through n
series Of manouevres wonderful 10 behold
and more wonderful 10 participate in
The trolley car usually has a trailer hitched
on behind 10y wire or string or old rope and
the puzzle is TO get the trailer in back when
they start back up the hill
So they cut the trailer loose at the top Of
the hill and give the trolley ear IA handicap
This car COASTS down the hill.
The trailer comes next and starts with
gentle waving motion, very pleasant mut>i
like falling down stairs, which rapidly in
creases till at regular intervals you see
faint gray blur at the front OF the car. which
upon inquiry, you learn 60 De the motorman.
The trailer finally beats the forward car in
a magnificent Garrison finish inspiring in
the passengers an irresistible desire TO grasp
tine bell rope or the electric globes or their
neighbors.
The car finally stops a. IL IL had run into
elif, furnishing, as side issue, free sym
phuny, in which the motorman and the brake
take a conspicuous part, resulting in CON
bination much like lawn mower, Chinese
fiddle and Dovilne whistle in chorus
This is all for five cents including transfers,
which the obliging conductor offers to every
ono. and which with proper manipulation
enable the small boy TO ride about without
undue expense all vacation.
The conductors are indeed very gontle.
manly. They dispense free information as TO
where the place Is, how you get there and
also protfcrs of assistance If you have va
lise, baby or other baggage.
Even the starter at the central station heps
people out OF the cars, and has been heard 10
order the cars TO hurry up and not TO block
the street, something which in this city would
set a man down as "A lunatic.
Tho cars are placarded with numerous and
unreliable signs" Baseball at Freebody
Park, with no way Of learning whether the
Newport team play Broclston or the tai end.
ers and signs telling where you are going,
which. by the way, are never changed, al
though you may not chance To ba going there.
BY rho way, the motormen have no rules as
TO their routes, for they go where they please.
The following dialogue was overheard
lately be.ween two motormen, one lying
peacefully on the seat OF his car and the
other reading the paper:
say, Bill, where yer eoingi"
'Aw dunno guess I'll go ter the beach"
The tracks are Generally covered with mud
ana stones after "a storm, and are about as
good a. coOblestones for comfort
ear went half block on the roadway
during "a recent storm one day this summer,
the wheels n foot away from the rails but
the native passengers in the car did not know
II till they were tcld.
They are used 20 the cars.
sundays tie cars all run TO tho churches,
on the suppcsiton, which unfortunately, is
not always right that all people go To church
ON the sabbath, and so it is almos; impossible
10 ride anywhere Else
THE n Au,TT Ep