The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-28

night wait for cars until 1 feel
like slaughtering somebody. l stand
on corners in rain and mud wasting
my precious time. I've missed dinner
engagements and business engage
ments because of your Egyptian
schedules. (On1y he didn't say,
'Egyptian.O And I've joined citizens
associations and reform associations
and formed a committee by myself to
try to remedy things, without avail.
So now I've taken things in my own
hands.
" I'm going to fight you by myself.
You worry me and I'm going to
worry you. If I am delayed in getting
home I'll call you up on the telephone
at early hours of the morning prefera-
bly, and tell you about it. I'm going
to do the same thing to your president.
I'm going to spend a part of my
bright young life in your midst, in
season and out of season. No bad
feelings, you know. It's just bust
ness.
And sir, he did it. Single handed,
that man, who must have had the pa
thence of Job, the revengefulness of
Cortez and the ingenuity of Machia-
Velli. nearly drove me insane. And
as for the poor president, he became
so furious at last from the constant
prodding that he actually applied to
the company's counsel to see if he
couldn't get at his prosecutor through
the courts. But he couldn't. The
man was too smart for him.
You see, maddening as it may have
been to be called away from a dinner
party or a coy chat in your house by
the telephone bell only to hear that
chaps hearty, merry voice informing
you that another car was late again,
he was within his rights. We couldn't
do anything.
lone day he called up the presi-
dents private office, and when the sec
rotary told him the president was out,
he said that he wanted to talk to him
on an urgent family matter. OF course
he didn't give his name, but gave only
a telephone number and said For
goodness sake, don't forget now. Tell
Mr.. -- to call up the moment he
comes in. It's tremendously import
ant
THE president was scared when he
got the message. His family was away
and he didn't know what might have
happened. So he dropped everything
and called up the number himself,
only to hear that voice which had be-
come absolutely nightmare to him.
Glad to hear from you, said our
prosecutor blandly. This family mat
ter I wanted to speak 10 you about is
this: Last night my family had a din
ner engagement with me at my club,
and your old cars were SO slow that
they were a full hour behind time. l
thought I'd tell
But the president had rung off and
the next moment he rushed into my
office. See here, he shouted, this
things got to stop! It's got to stop!
I'll appeal to the pOlicei'
Il had a fine job pacifying him. At
last 1 convinced him that he would
only make himself and the company a
laughing stock. 1t would have been a
peach Of a story for the papers,
wouldn't it?
Concealed Their Addresses to Els
cape.
well, you may think that it's fun
ny that one single man should be able
to drive the officials of a big company
like ours crazy without their being able
to help it, but so it was. At last we
actually had to order the telephone
company to take our private addresses
out of the book. And furthermore, if
you ever call up that railroad COM
pany, you will find that the operators
will not connect you with any of the
officials until you have been cross-eX-
amned. 1t makes lots of trouble,
for many people have important things
to say to us that they cannot explain
to subordinates. And many big men
have been mortally indignant because
they couldn't talk to us over the wire
! without submitting to examination by
| the girl al the phone first. Even some
/ of our directors nave called us down
4 hard for what they called our idiotic
| red tape.
And this fellow wasn't contented
/ bic
up a lot of other people who have tel
! ephones in their houses TO do the same
| thing. One day he actually got forty
three men together when a car was
/ delayed and I'll be hanged If one of
/ them after the other didn't call US up
with the very same formula. word for
word. And they didn't call us up at
/ our Offices or houses. They were too
/ clever. No sir. they called us up al
the club where we were giving a din
ner 10 a visiting trolley president from
| another city. And. OF course. they got
1 ~ First one would ask for our pres
/ ident 20 go 20 the instrument. few
I minutes afteTward a call would come
for me. Then the secretary was called
up. snd ~ on until the dinner was
nearly spoiled. because every time any
one started q story Or q speech one Of
usf would b. called away, And. or
course, We didn't Ref On 10 Il until We
had each been caught two or three
times durlnR Inc evening.
Another crowd ~ avengers both
cred " in different Way and one thar
YES uoff expensive They went after
pc f9r nffie violations n ordinance
ls0f ordinance connected with tee rum
ning ~ eHra. buf entirely other fhinFs
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