The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-12
EPISTLEs TO ST. PAUL.

They occupied a seat in one of the new
Se'by electric cars. She judges things by
their appearance He doesn't
wasn't 1t nice of the street car company
to provide these cars for this liner" she
murmured.
Nice for the company" he replied.
Nice for the company" she echoed in
surprise. Think Of the COST
On, yes. think Of the cost" he replied,
and think OF the saving. The cars which
the company had on this line are needed on
some os the other lines. Had to have them
OF some Others, Now you see each one OF
these cars takes the place Of two others,
doesn't it?"- -"
She assentedE
That MEANS the company saves the yearly
salary of a conductor for every one OF the
cars There are, say. ten OF them. which
means a saving. to start with. OF $4,000 or
$4,000 year. Then If there are only half
as many cars the company only has half to
pay tax on. There may be number OF
other ways in which the company saves by
COMPANY" IS
She thought about it.
The bell rang in the telephone manager s
house last night.
What is it?" he asked.
'Is this the manager?"
Yes"
do you have charge of the tunnels the
wires run in?"
Yes"
'.Well. say; this is Mr.. Lowry talking-Mr.
Lowry of the street railway company Will
you give me the key to your tunnel. till
can get my cars out of the snow"
This has been bad winter for Mr.. Lowry's
young men. although they have been getting
paid overtime quite few nights. But it Is
several years since the lines have been
as completely blocked they were last night
and Nov q last. twice in one winter. The
trouble all starts in Minneapolis. Last night
the local lines with the exception Of the
Hamline spur, were kept cEen until the
usual hour, but the Minneapolis end OF the
interurban laid down cold at 10 o'clock. AS
a result inter-city traffic was absolutely in
terrupted. and those owls who were out had
to stay all night in Minneapolis. The hotels
in the Mill City were quite crowded with
st. Paul people who had gone over to see
De Wolf Hopper, and the lifelong regret of
the Minneapolis Business Mems union will
be that the snowdrifts were SO deep that the
census enumerators could not get around.
John Copley, cashier at the postoff1ce. Is
very fond of practical jokes. and whenever
d
Assistant Postmaster O'Brien who shares the
same office. Yesterday Mr.. Copley came in
smiling and observed to Mr.. O'Brien: What
would you take if you were in Minneapolis?
Mr.. O'Brien smiled broadly.
Il think I'd take a little -" he began.
'No, you wouldn't Mr.. Copley remarked !;
you'd take an interurban for st. Paul If
you wanted to get among the live ones"
Chief Deputy Redding. of the United States
nlarshals office. sometimes grows reminiscent
when he gets to thinking of escaped prison
ers.
None of them got away from me, -
he observed yesterday. In the middle of
column of figures "Once 1 had to transfer
a prisoner from Fergus Falls to Saltwater; l
think it was between those places. Anyway,
it was my first prisoner, and I did not want
to take any chances on a getaway. 1 looked
at the man, and he appeared puny sort Of
fellow and looked as If he had consumption
or something. However, l was very wise and
cautious. I hired a strong man to help me
and then I manacled the criminal to my man
and brought them both down together 1t
cost S3 but it was worth the money to my
peace of mind" The Philistine