The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-06
A MoTORMAN'S COMPLAINT.
He Makes a Few Suggestions for the
BENEFIT of Stree Car Patrons.

ne MAKES n rev Suggestions Tor the
BENEFIT of Street Car Patrons.
To the Travelling Public: Through
these columns would like to
make a few remarks, placing before
those who find it necessary to ride in
streets cars a few hints that some
might do well to think about.
Did you ever want a car, and have
to wait an unusually long time before
one came along? Yesi Well, did you
ever wonder why the car was. so far
behind time? 1 will tell you some rea-
sons why they get behind time:
For instance, a lady comes out to
the track and sees a, car coming, but
about minutes run from her. She is in
a hurry to go to her destination, but
she has to wait for the car. When the
car finally reaches the corner at which
she is standing it runs across the
street before stopping. The lady is so
angry because she has to walk so far
that she will not hurry, but walks
leiSurely across to the car to get on.
When she is seated she finds a friend
with whom she talks until the car
reaches her street, when she calls to
the conductor to stop the car. The con-
ductor rings the bell and the motor
man stops at the next street.
After the car stops the lady has to
kiss her friend goodbye, then she goes
to the platform, but stops there to
tell her friend to come and see us"
and gives her address. then she quar-
rels with the conductor for carrying
her a block beyond her destination.
This lady has unnecessarily delayed
the car with all it's passengers from
11a to minutes. She knew where
she would have been standing to catch
the car, but she did not think about
it; she also knew where she wanted
to get off when she boarded the car,
but she did not tell the conductor soon
enough
A man living on Gwinnett street
invariably runs out of his house or
gate as the car is passing swiftly by
though he stops as quickly as he can,
is usually about 125 feet from the
man. The passenger-to- be walks
leisurely to the car Che has never been
known to run after it, or even to walk
fast.) Then, after he is aboard, he
probably talks about how long it
takes to make the trip home and back
and usually estimates OF at 40 or 50
minutes. though he has never looked
at his watch.
a lady asked a conductor the other
day if his motorman was a white man
or a "nigger." He told her he was a
white man. She said that all the mo-
tormen who did not stop for her were
"niggers." This lady always stands
on the sidewalk and the motorman
doesn't always see her.
man stopped a Barnard street car
a few days ago and asked If it was a
Barnard street car, even though the
car carried & Barnard street sign.
When. the motorman answered in the
affirmative the man said he had waited
forty minutes for car going Barnard
street. This car was the fifth that had
passed there in that forty minutes, so
the gentleman evidently had not looked
at his watch.
If the readers of this article will get
on the further side of the street and
the right side of the track, not on the
sidewalk. they will find that the cars
always stop for them. If you hurry
in getting on and off the cars it will
be appreciated by the crew and pas
sengers. Don't forget to give some
signal when you want car, as motor
men are not mind readers.
Don't think because you are walking
toward the car that it necessarily
means to the conductor that you want
to board II. as people are walking to-
ward the cars all the time.
Kiss YOUR friends and say goodbye
before the car stops. Remember these
things, and act on these suggestions
and it will not be so hard for us to
keep on time. Don't stop a car and
ask where it goes until you have first
looked for a sign, and don't get on
car until you are sure it is the one you
want. These suggestions should be
needed by men and women alike.
Some people think that a car can be
stopped within twenty or thirty feet,
while in reality it takes from 125 to
$50 feet to bring the car to an easy stop.
Kindly consider these suggestions and
call the attention of your friends to
them, and it win be highly appreciated
by the motormen and the conductors.
"a Motorman."