The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
INVOKING ON DUTY.
gow Street Car Men
Dodge Company
Rules.
rnuIET PUFF ON THE REAR END
.Eby Do Worcester's Finest
Garry Pipes With Short
Stems -?

/ 81. CONDUCTOR or motOrman smoking
dutv? Chances are 10 to / that you
aver did, and yet in Worcester the
oioritv of men who are employed in
s,sssa positions are habitual smokers.
i.ro many of them this rule against
smoking while on duty has as bad an
Acct as the loss of days pay would
have and in several cases men who
hsve proven themselves very able to
e0pe with the duties of their positions
have singularly enough been laid off
sSaoause of violation of this rule.
10 many men a smoke is as ne3es-
1sarv as meal, and the world over a
serson will find that tobacco is consid-
sIed in many cases as much a necessity
,oqthe daily life of man as anything
disc This rule shows itself especially
1 N The lives of men who a"a obliged to
1 undergo great hardships such as fall
/ 10 the life Of a soldier.
In every army in the world tobacco
/ L rationed out to the men DIS regularly
1 a food. and in many cases where food
I & not procurable the men get tobacco
! and are satisfied with that. Such w8s
4 the case in many instances at Santa
! go and from Gen. Shafter, who en-
loved the soothing effect of a genuine
Cuban cigar, to the newest recruit in
the army, who secured much enjoy
ment out of a clay pipe filed with
scraps Of TOBACCO, every man appreciat-
/ ed the smoke.
/ Naturally the rule against motormen,
conductors and policemen smoking on
1 duty Is just one for. appearance sake,
1 il no more and yet, according to a talk
] Spy man had with several men en-
ployed in these departments, 1t is one
/ Of the hardest rules to adhere to strict
~ -- "a aHa
II hits the cigarette smoker the
hardest, and many times conductors on
/ the Consolidated street railroad have
been known to run chances of losing
their positions for the sake of INDUCING
in smoke .e-
One of the best known conductors on
the Consolidated street railway drew
the attention of a Spy man to the fact
one night this week by mentioning It.
He was collecting nickels, and when he
reached the last seat in the car a
yOungster blew a cloud of cigarette
smoke in his face unintentionally. This
vas wv lllONAi lOl Lllt lLldll III charge u
the hind end of the ear, and after he
had gathered in all the fares he took
disposition on the back of the car, and
after giving all the passengers aboard
careful scrutiny, he pulle d out a Gig
arctic and took a dozen or more pufs,
each one of which he seemed to enjoy
as much as starving man would a
neal
On being questioned by The Spy man,
he told his reasons for doing so. 1T is
impossible for US to adhere strictly to
this rule" he said, land many times
We have to suffer good deal before we
San get hold 5of a sInokea OF course
mere are men employed on the road
VINO do not care for a drag out of a
plpe or a few puffs of a cigarette, and
mere are others who gladly welcome
Inc end Of each run so they can get a
chance to smoke.
ms rule, of course, is one that we
nave 10 adhere to carefully, and many
tlhes nave known men~to come very
near being suspended because they took
acAance and violated it. Now l take a
Chahee very often because ! am in the
Aaolt Of smoking cigarettes, and be-
sause the simple smell of a cigarette
STARTS longing for just one puff that
Cai Adruly overcome. | have gone for
NUTS on my car without the slightess
wtisihg Tor smoke, and suddenly.
sleh making my round after nickels,
Solhe one smoking in the rear seats
mould be unkind enough to send vel
uule Of smoke into the air that would
Hg 81, me crave for it,"
iHe motorman's lot is a different one,
aIG IN many cases where the car is late
SAu the stop at the end of the run is
V aL long enough to reverse the trolley,
H ;ct9 man on the. front end has to go
i Ttulout smoke, just when he would
IN. tAe ofie' 1t would indeed look strange
70 see motorman speeding a car along
through the streets with a pipe in his
mouth and probably this is a sight that
aE one person in Worcester has ever
soeI 70 a careful observer, it can
Iootuy be seen that the majority of
tbGo IIflen Off. duty wear a pipe, and
c ~'s lact can be noted any day at the
tgSiHer or Market and Main streets near
ne car barn or at the corner of Main
guy; anu front streets, two places where it
% necessary for motormen to congre-
s sSo IN order to take charge of cars at
w Me tline allotted for them to go on du
1.-THE only thing allowed to smoke on
az, Az car in the service of the Consol
r ma.eu, said one motorman to Spy
o mSn is the stove. and then that is
users on the deal.'
ne[y few men have been laid off for
rr,mIiovKlng, which shows that e$ther the
s soie IS very carefully adhered to in the
ii OF the city where there is
ma rnaice OF getting caught or else the
~, ~ Wuo violate it are adopts al salts
''nn.s their craving for the weed.
cnSs QulnSig. car, few days ago,
I"apuetor took a chance with the car
r9eu with passengers. After he had
saa his round he dropped into the
bo ~ on the rear end of the car, and,
nin,aoWing a pipe from brother en-
ssGjsee who was on his way home, he
M jjoSed three minutes smoke, and
birs,IlWSto persons on the car outside OF
TX is ~ and his friend were aware OF
With policemen it is different. Once
81, npur he has a. chance to smoke to
nts hearts content, and nine times out
C ~ Yen ne does it. The mere fact that
ho nieI OF Police brennan does not pro-
soiS 70 allow smoking material to be
fest;,.ol sunday does not debar the
an,oi.te cops" from enjoying their llttle
lne ne ne on that day, and person LOOK
a5 g Tor collection of pipes would be
noita 70 get a better assortment in the
bodiu,e department. than from any other
tbe,S Oh men in the country even II
~ 40 get q mum her of cigars free
NV course theysare all short stemmed
EE,npes, modelled after that species
fn Sown as nose warmers" but this Is
va q reason, "A short pipe can con-
hee,nsl5ehtly be hidden In the palm OF the
n, %np and much more conveniently De
ono ohea and wisked out of sight thah
possessed of a. long stem.
"a Violation of the rule against smok-
wy s on duty In the police department
l nIOuld be dealt With harshly by the Pc
oincials, and yet every man IN tre
a partment, with a few exceptions Is
rssnloker. 1t Is q very uncommon oc-
tiruaPenee forfan officer TO be seen smok-
.nne on his beat. and vet they do u on