The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-10


are three competing lines of street
railway each company Is obliged to
give a transfer to the lines of its two
competitors"
FAVORS A TAX.
Attorney d. j. Reedy--"The act Of
this man Silliman is so narrow and so
apparently retaliatory for the sympa-
thy extended by the public to the
striking motormen and conductors that
councils should lose no time in adopt
Ing The Tribunes suggestion regard
ing the imposition of a five per cent.
tax upon the company's gross receipts.
Drastic measures must be taken to
bring this corporation to a full reali-
zation of the importance of the fran
chises and privileges granted to it for
the asking"
Deputy Marshal Clark Lowry--"I'd
like to express myself fully upon this
question, but what I think about 1t
mightn't look well In print. think
that this proves Silliman to be a mar
row guaged man and one not tit to
manage a company Of any KIND. Steps
should be taken at once to tax the
company as heavily as Il can he taxed
uhuer tne laW.'
Attorney .. Il. Partridae--"The or
der to my notion Is the vcriest child's
play. 1t Is anything but business or
what might be expected from a cor
poration which has lived on the people
of this city for so long"
Otto ID. Myers, alderipan Second
ward-If Scranton people have any
rights whatever in the streets of the
oity. then the time is at hand for the
mayor and the councils to assert those
rights. IL not. then let the majesty of
the people assert itself during the
strike and walk. Touch the earnings
OF the company in vital spot. and
someone Will soon cry quits and do
away with the revengeful order.
THIS Is THE GILMAN.
NJ. Il. Sanders--The taking away OF
transfers on the street railway lines.
as proposed by General Manager Sill
iiman's order, is the climax in the list
OF insults which the Scranton public
have endured in recent years-the fin
ishing touch to an abominable and ir-
regular service in foul and ill-smeling
cars, at most times crowded beyond
endurance and run without regard to
public convenience or any desire to
serve the people. To me the order
savors only of revenge-a revenge
against thousands of people who
recognizing the inhumanity of the
railway company to its employees and
its disregard of public sentiment
chose to stand on the side of the work.
ingman in the recent strike against
the greed of dishonest corporation
dishonest in the fiouting Of it's stock
values and dishonest in the acquire
ments OF public privileges, as well as
dishonest with the hirelings 1t recently
tried to place in Scranton. Further.
1t also appears to me as a daring
scheme of men not above such work
to work the ruin of what might be u
splendid property, so that out of the
spoil they may further enrich them
selves at the expense of the small
shareholder, a scheme which the lat
ter ought to see through quickly.
Meanwhile / have faith in the honest
men in our city government to meet
any bluff the Scranton Railway COM
pany makes. and in the Scranton pub
lie to do the rest.
TAR AND FEATHERS.
County Commissioner John Courier
MOrris-In a less law-abiding commu-
nifty, the trolley company's insulting
notice would call for tar and feathers.
County Commissioner John Durkin--
1t is the best thing that ever nap
pened to the community. Scranton
will now get at least a little of what
is due it from the alien crowd that has
been fattenirg on q monopoly of free
franchises.
Attorney ]. L. Watkins. of Taylor
It's ridiculous. Taylor people can be
relied upon to get back every extra
nickel they are compelled to pay by
this spiteful, small-potato policy of the
trolley company.
Attorney c. s. Woodruff-This ac-
ton will certainly reduce the COM
pany's revenues and the company
knows it. Why IL wants to reduce its
revenues is n question that may be
answered by developments of no dis
tant day.
Frederick Dilcher, national organizer
of the American Federation OF Labor
If I was here at the time the strike
was settled, l would have advised the
strikers to hold out for their full de-
mand and refuse to submit to this
reprehensible sliding scale. which per-
mits the company to knock four years
OF cheap labor out of man and then
fire him. In view of the renewed pub
lie clamor against this corporation, it
would not surprise me II the men
would take advantage of very favor
able opportunity to rectify the mistake
they permitted the willy traction mag
mates to lead them into. With the
employees and the public both on
strike. it Is very likely the company
would not attempt to stand out very
long.
ANOTHER MODE OF TRANSIT.
Attorney l.. p. Wedeman-A New
York company is now manufacturing
automobile omnibuses which will carry
thirty passengers over any ordinary
grades at the average speed OF fifteen
miles an hour. They could be oper-
ated profitably at n five cent fare for
any distance. and / have no doubt
that If the opportunities for them in
this city We're properly laid before
capitalists we would see them supple
menting the nerve tracking, fiat
wheeled, dirty, cold cattle-pens that
for the most part make up the rolling
stock of the Scranton Railway COM
Dany