The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-10

head wires and his mother turned on
the current and then took her seat in
side and Mr.. Starbuck acted as motor
man and they glided up Sumner street
as if they had always done it. l think
! that George is deserving of a good deal
of credit for having made so big a We
hicle in a week with no tools but a
I jack-knife and scythe.
At Arch street they were hailed by
, a man who was standing on the corner.
Mr.. Starbuck stopped at once This
naturally puzzled the man on the cor
ner, because. as general thing, troll
/ ley car does not stop for passengers As
soon as he stepped on board he asked
George, who came around for his fare,
why the ear stopped.
Why. this is fathers first trip and
he doesn't know the ropes very well.
He thought it would be easier for you
to get onto the car IL it stopped. The
fare is 10 cents, for you see, this is real
| ly my private car and I'm trying to
raise the mortgage on fathers farm"
The passenger. who had been born in
the country. paid the 10 cents at once,
but he advised George to stick to the
usual scent fare. For" said he.
most of these people are city bred and
they won't care a snap about your
mortgage. They are not neighborly
enough"
had heard that city people were not
neighborly and it grieved him. But the
car soon filled up and even at cents
head he had a pocket full of nickels.
He went out on the front platform. Il
gueso We can go back tomorrow with
the mortgage raised"
Then his mother came out and Joined
them. They. were going through the
shopping district and could not move
any faster than mile an hour because
there were so many women crossing
the tracks to go to the shops.
Look here said Mrs. Starbuck to
George, there's no use i'm letting these
people ride far for cents. It's pri-.
vate car. Why not call out 'changd
cars and then fill up the car with new
passengers?
| fancy that Mrs. Starbuck had lit
tie city blood in her. George was
dutiful son and he Immediately stepped
to the door of the car and yelled, ''An
OUT" and the passengers scrambled out
like a flock of sheep and he was free
to fill it up again. Only the first pas
senger stayed in and said: That was a
clever move" So George said he might
ride all day long If he syanted to. and
although he was very busy he did rida
all day long because such chances don't
come every day.
Along in the afternoon they were
passing the Hotel Nendome and the
neighbors came out and hailed the car,
net recognizing George. They had been
sight seeing and they had all registered
at the hotel in hopes of seeing their
names in the newspapers OF course.
George would not let them pay a cent.
and as they nearly filled the car and
rode way out to Brookline he didn't
make much money that trip. But he
left them at Brookline and ran back
quickly to the shopping district, where
he soon made up a load.
One time stout, prosperous looking
man got upon the car and asked George
what line he belonged to- George told
him politely that it was little line of
his own.
Then the prosperous looking man,
who said he was the president of one
of the leadisg car lines, quoted the ia
nous words of General Grant and said:
do you propose to eeght it out on this
line all summer
No. sir; as soon as raise the mort