The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-15
MILLIONAIRE MOTORMAN.
He Took Three BeIated Girls TO Their
Homes i'm n Car.

New York World.
MIR. Radel is a perfect gentleman, and
he is the finest motorman that ever ran
trolley car. If all millionaires are like him
it is a wicked shame to abuse men of
wealth No one could have done more for
than Mr.. Radel."
These are the sentiments of Misses Mae
Bells and Louise DAILY and their chaperon,
Mrs. John Daily, all Of Bound Brook, y. j.
Edward II. Radel millionaire, and gen.
eral manager and secretary of the Middle
sex & Somerset Traction Company, in New
Jersey, arose from his bed at midnight to
take the young women from New Bruins
wick to Bound Brook in a special car after
they had missed the last car on the regu-
lar schedule. The line was clear. and the
eight-mle run was made in record time,
just twenty minutes.
1--WE had been to New Brunswick TO the
theater,'' said Miss Bells. 1T was after
II o'clock when we left the theater. We
expected to take the midnight car for
Bound Brook, but after we had waited for
it until that hour man told US there had
Keen a change in the time table and the
midnight car had been taken off,
I'VE hadn't much money with us, ana
anyway the New Brunswick hotels close at
II o'clock, and we didn't want to go about
folks would be awfully worried if we spent
the night away from home. We felt mis-
cradle enough there in the New Brunswick
waiting room, with a porter waiting for US
TO go, TO put out the lights.
1--WE had heard that Mr.. Radel was
very kind-hearted man, and we decided, as
a last desperate resort, TO appeal TO him.
When we got to his house everything was
dark except for a dim light in a second
story window-Mr RAIDERS room, as we
found out afterward.
1--WE rang the bell, and Mr. Rade came
to the window, and we sld him our pre-
dicament.
"'Wait minute he said. and I'll see
what / can do.
'In few minutes he came down, fully
dressed, and with his overcoat, gloves and
hat.
I'm get you home all right he as
sured US.
I'VE went with him to the trolley office,
and he got a controller handle, such as
mOtOrmen use. a car was standing on a
side street ready to be taken the first trip
in the morning. Mr.. Radel ran this car
down TO the trolley office for us. and we
got aboard
you can imagine our surprise when he
told us he would run the car himself We
found out afterward that he is as good a
mOtOrmen as any of his men, better than
most of them, and they say he is very
proud of it.
1T usually takes half an hour to make
the trip from New Brunswick to Bound
Brook, but we did il in twenty minutes"
Mr.. Radel himself speaks very modestly
of his service to the young women.
There was nothing about ii to evoke all
this comment" he said. 1T is pleasure
for me 10 run car. L graduated, as it
were, from the front platform of a trolley
car, and | love to get back there on occa-
sion. When there is snow on the tracks L
find as much pleasure in running the big
sweepers of the company other men
seem to find in operating automobiles. 1t
is something Of the same sort of game,
only there is more practical advantage in
my automobiling than in theirs.
1.-THE young women were in a state of
mind when they came To my house.
suppose L could have hunted up a crew,
but that would have meant loss of time;
! besides 1t is pretty rough on men who
have worked hard all day to rout them
out Of their beds when they are getting
needed sleep | thought the easiest way
was just to run the car myself. i made
her hum for | had a clear line, and in
just an hour and a quarter from the time
| was awakened L was back home and in
/ he'd -