The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-04-04
CHEAP TRANS
PORTATION
What i Has Done for Atlanta
and Suburbs,
1t Would Do for CoIumbla.-An
Interesting Letter From Mr..
o. P. Rutledge.

Editor Herald 1t will not be long
before my subscription to the Daily
Herald will have to be renewed. 1T
is like getting a letter from home
every day." and no man or woman
could object TO that, much less volun
tarily cut it off. So send it along.
My faith in the permanency of the
Herald is such that if l could get a
sufficient rake Off of the regular
rates, l might subscribe to it for
ninety-nin years, "but no longer, as
Fra Eibertus of the Phillistine says.
have read with good deal of inter
est the articles written by the gentle
men who live ION the farm, especi-
ally that of Mr.. w. T. Galloway. Rural
delivery is a partial solution of the
problem suggested by Mr.. Galloway,
but it is only step In that direction.
In my opinion the true remedy is
rapid and cheap transportation. The
street railroad companies of this city
are extending their lines further and
further every year beyond the city
limits. Every town or village within
radius of ten miles of Atlanta is &C
commodated with an electric car line,
and the residents of those places, and
those along the line. can come into the
city at any hour to attend to any form
of business or pleasure and return at
their convenience. The fare is five
cents each way. The first result is:
Whenever the steam and electric rail
ways touch the same point the compe-
tition is active, and the fare is the
same. The steam roads run sur
burban trains every hour in almost
every direction for a distance of twenty
miles, charging five cents to the point
the terminus of the electric
car line, and three cents mile beyond
that point to the end of the run. Elec
trio cars are run every fifteen minutes
to their termini, and carry passengers
at five cents each way. They stop
wherever tagged, are large and clean,
warmed by electricity, and attain a
speed of about twenty miles an hour. |
The second result is: There is !
steady movement on the part of the |
rich and poor alike, both eminently
to get out of the congested
part of the city, by going into the
country. The rich, in order to sa tisfy
craving for more room, and to enjoy all
IF the pleasures of country life; pleas
Tres that have perhaps been the dream
If their lives, and which they can
low well afford. The respectable poor
nan is also moved by similar notions,
)ut in addition to these he wants to
ret away from the smoke and SCOT, the
loise and clatter of heavy trucks over
Belgian blocks, the shrieks of a thou
and steam whistles, the multifarious
lowl issuing at all hours from large
ity, and to get cheap, comfortable
lome. away from the unwholesome
nd unsanitary surroundings as well
s the temptations of the city tene
nent districts.
The third result is: The villages
re being repopulated by an eminently I
citizenship; private and
ublic schools are springing up,
hurches of every denomination are
eing organized. and the congregations
yorship in their own building, and {
he constant stream flowing from the ]
Ountry into the city is being turned l
ack greatly to the moral and physical |
,ell- being to everybody. Note that all s
this is brought about by rapid and