Evening journal., 1901-06-27

carly men work Il hours during the day
light, the late men work five hours day
and fve hours night, while the swing men
are liable to have to take any shift where
they may be needed.
Richard w Crook, general manager OF
The company, Is well liked by his men, be-
cause he is considerate for their welfare
and treats them as men At present Nr
Crook is convalescing from an attack Of
pneumonia.
The Wilmington City Railway Company |
the local branch OF the United Power and
Traction Company. is one OF the most
complete lines In the country OF cities of
the size Of the metropolis OF Delaware. In
the employ Of the company are $50 motor
men and conductors with an extra ser
vice crew OF about fifteen. who can be |
placed on duty at any time for special
runs or to take the place of men who are
Off duty because of Illness or other causes. |
The Wilmington City Railway Company
controls a limo that covers almost the en-
tire city, and for nearly forty years has
carried passengers over various thorough
fares.
About thirty-one cars are operated In
the service, which covers miles of track
on the Delaware avenue line eight cars
are ouerated on the West Eighth street
lime six are in service; Riverview, four;
Maryland avenue. five; West Front street
FIVE; East Fourth streeth two. and West
Fourth street. three. Under the direction
of Local Manager c. Reginald Van
lTrump, the service OF the Wilmington
city Railway Company is most excellent.
Cars on the Delaware avenue une, which
i. els
'utes apart, and cars on the West Eighth
street line are on the same schedule. On
the Rivervew. Maryland avenue. West
Front street and West Fourth street lines.
cars are run on ten-minute schedule. On
East Fourth street, cars run every fifteen
minutes.
Under the present management motor
men and conductors seem to be entirely
satisfied, although some of them have
long hours at work. The men whose hours
are the longest are John Jones, motorman,
land "Nattle" Carey. who are on the late
straight run on the Delaware avenue
branch of the line. They go on duty at
II 26 "A. m. and are on continuous duty un-
til 100 the next morning. On the night
trip the car meets the last train in at the
b. & O. station and also the last train in
at the r.. W. q B. station. on the up
trip they arrive at the b. a q, railroad
station. Delaware avenue and DUPONT
street, at los a. m. and from there pro-
ceed to Rising Sun. reaching the car barn
Z in Delaware avenue at L3O o'clock.
I They ara on duty thirteen and three
, quarter hours, but are paid according TO
4 their work.
The shortest run is ten and three-quar-
ter hours, and is known as the Swing
/ run" The men on this run so ON at 55C
2 in the morning and are on duty until
IN the evening. but are allowed time of
for dinner and supper.
Probably the largest distance Travelled
by cars on the line are those that run in
, West Front street. Leaving the y. & o.
station. Delaware avenue and Dupont
= street, they proceed down Dupont tc
- Front street. east ON Front street 20 Wal
a nut. to Fifth street. to Spruce. and out
l Eleventh street On the return trip they
d come in Spruce street 10 Fourth. M
C Fourth TO French, down French TO Front
T out Front TO Dupont and up DUPONT tS
e the b. a O. station
T There are many old employees on tn,
o Wilmington City Railway Company
J. lines, but the Oldest men in the servic,
s are William Bedwell, motorman, ant
d Charles Stout. conductor These meI
j. have been in the company's service fol
e thirty years and have piloted passenger,
y about the city safely during that time
G They now are running on the Wes
. Fourth street division.
d There are many amusing incidents
,. which happen on the cars that the publ,
I KNOWS nothing OF, and also some patheti,
i ones There are some things. however
n that I cannot understand. Can you tel
a me why woman always persists I'm get
y ting off a car backwards. and why tn
a feminine sex, when nearly all the seats n
Is a Summer car are unoccupied, insists upol
/, lsitting in the smokers seats? These thing
n always puzzlze me. Is IL because the fe
"a male sex are naturally contrary?"
r WILMINGTON AND NEW CASTLE.
y The twenty-six crews which operate tn
:, six cars on the wilmington and New Cas-
!, tie and the New Castle and Delaware Cit
lines may we'll lay claim to being tn
- hardest worked men I'm the trolley profes
sion" To run seventeen miles up hill ans
/, down dale for sixteen hours,to be iolted b,
: the rocking Of the car and angered b,
: the woman who insists that the conducto
I, has not given her tho proper change, an,
=. who threatens to have him discharged un
: less he makes good the shortage, whicl
: later is proved to exist only because he
- early education has been neglected, are no
circumstance which go to make a pleasan
llfe. 1t is true that the country traverse,
lby these lines is beautiful IN its land
= scape views, but these do not atone 70
u the hardships Of the trolley car conductor
on the line with which this story deals.
~ II would be difficult to name the me-
on these lines who have had the mos
. trying experiences and ordeals since thei
= advent into the business. But could il h
: done 1t would probably be the crew
which operate the might cars. Not Ion,
d. since. one Of these crews had TO deal witt
e "a drunken negro, and only to the fact tina
u the negro was OF unsteady nerve do tn
= men owe Their lives, for when he wa
: elected from the car he fired hve shots Al
them. two Of which struck the car clos
TO where the motorman was standing
Then there IS the Intoxicated man xvh,