The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-20

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.niiaueiphla INQUIRER 10 PROVIDE "a
christmas present from the publfc-at-
large to the hard-worlSing, obliging,
quasi-public servants, the street car
men.
The plan is sllccinctly set forth in
the following from the Jnouirer.
uELp TIE CAR MEN.
we are on the porder OF the hol,days. Every
'nins gives way TO christmas ana christmas
eheer. inere is not wall on the streets VINO
ooes noe nave inc sympathy Oh every fieho-
nihuea man at thls Joyous season. we al elip
IN when the he"sooy OF the oootplaek presents
MS tlh upper.
Everyone Is remcmoereu-the ic'ter carrier
the pohcemah on MS ocat' thc BOY VINO ne'i'e's
sroceries' tne ashnah-e'ervohe except t''e coh-
uuetor ana the motornan-tlic men VINO success
iu',y take you 10 your business IN ,hc morning
anu return you 10 your nome ae night.
"hat Is the christmas OF inc conductor OF
the eleetric street car ana the man VINO drives
i'f IL Is oay OF Work-teh, cieVen' t"eNe
hours OF work Oh 4 hohday-ahu thc pay IS not
great
lnese men VINO run lhe street cars hoe ohly
IN fhiiadeiphia, but IN Lancaster, scranton mar
risourg' "likes-barrc' ohestcr Media, Norr,sto"h.
Lenanon' YORK. Doyiestown reading Easton.
hethlehem (why enun,erate an the cit'es ana
The lives Of the patrons of the lines are in their
hands. Who thinks Of them?
The Inquirer thinks Of them, and it proposes
that Christmas shall be a day OF cheer to them
as wen as TO the more favored persons WHO are
pe,n'.sea ~. .,s I,a 10 nave .,, u.y OIL III a.,
vorld sa,o tha ,,hn ,st f,na t,o ~, h,ost,
and carry their more fortunate brothers and sis
ters to Christmas dinners Christmas entertain
ments and the theaters.
and motormen. There are no holidays for them
They work when other people are still sleeping
in the morning and they work when other people
WY a1.' sneh y" .i,'s A., n'nuay t oes"s''"' s re-
And n ;s so o,s,, 70 ron,omhor thsn, too,
Let the remembrance come on the dav bcfor.
Christmas, when everybody is travelling.
Instead of paying five cents for a fare, let
everyone who patronizes the trolley lines pay six
cents-just one cent extra-the extra cent to go
to the Woodworking men who control the cars
ohe cent extra IRON, al the patrons Oh inc hhe
mou.u lnean s'ouy sun, v, ,:. eouse '"e pas
10 ho wishes hut LOT him or bor avo somethn.
IL If 10 onlv cont
That cent, given by thousands of passengers.
will mean happy Christmas in many a home.
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