The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-30
NIGHT IN AN ELECTRIC CAR.
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.1HiNGE ron NEW iORk."


y,u'L which knows but the Ideal, in
.,,red five embryo New York business men
70 run their heals up obstinately against
neprarticc- Of the Coney Island and Brook
len Railroad Company the night before las,
The five Young men spent yesterday wonder
bg whether Il was better 10 cat CT cold for
ndnciple or To walk twenty steps. Frank
u Pierre. Rober, Hanford, A. ii. Lehane,
TbeoGure Goetze and John STOPPER hoai d q
parpl, avenue car $40 near Bro olly Il
,fy Hail night before last They are all SURE
,rat the frouloard of the car bore white
bnck lcttered sign New York Pic'c
0,tnn the car first and the other four mme-
timely arterward The latter had attended
aY VI G. A. athletic meeting. All had
settle. down for a long ride when the
en- ar was slid violently back and Il e
u ndurtor said:
.Irln-fers on the sidewalk. Change for
New YORK All changed
This cars for New York Please shut
the door" said Mr.. Pierce.
All the passengers got out except the
FIVE mentioned and two others, a woman
and her escort
You want to GO back to the car barns,
.pose, the cord .ctor suggested politely
Mr. Pierce is a lawyer at rs William street .
We paid five cents for continuous trip
10 New York he insisted. you've got TO
take Is across unless prevented by an act OF
God or an act of a public enemy. You're
com'lon carrier
They're replacing wornoW ties ca the
roatway. and if you call names III give
you in charge fer Lin rdorly said the
r,pG,lctur. All seven OF the passenger
.nooh hands, exchanged names and shouted
common carrier" at the con, uct n. He
slammed the door in a rage, 5000 after
ward the car started forward. rounLei Il q
oop and protested back on its rout. o
tie Ily,tle anG DekaiD sheds. The Journey
VI as legued by discussion as to hos
much tNey would seVeraliy sue the company
Iyr They even got so far AZ asking the
conductor for his name, demand which
va, resp ~ % 20 b. an offhand "Oh, just
nut me g, 5 I apt. Aemu.' similar
a''emir t. get his number miscanir,.
rbrollh lie agility the official displayed IL
ramovlng The number from his cap 10 LIS
irJrs Is pocket.
ga ,ume autograph tienGs aboard Bill. "
10 called TO the motoiman. who IromI tly
floWad his example.
Meantime fhe woman passenger wa
maniesilng 81 'LE uneasness and net
ong afterwaru s.a and her escort got out
Reduced 70 five the party allCwet, them
selves 10 We AIKEN back to the barns There
they fort d tiyc or six motormen waiting foi
them ,uen these learned The facts
heir descriptions Of the ouintItte became
imaginative 10 luIiduess
Get ou, and I'll do the lot Of you, yelled
a man in plain clothes
As the five passengers displayed no in
Iination to move, tho employees thought
ully opened all the doors and ventilators
Mr.. Pierce had no overcoat. On the way
hack to the Bridge some of the obstinate
five stretched out on the seat and tried to
sleep.
This is no Pullman, said the conductor
hanging them on the soles with brake
handle They didn't dare go out to eat
for fear q second admittance to the car
would be refused them. On the second
Trip back TO the barns man whom the
five describe as a @craven, sinister, drunken
looking fellow" got aboard. He didn't
pay any fare and questioned them with
suspiciously sympathetic minuteness as TO
what they we're going to do. After he got
Of they put him up to the conductor as a
low spotter.' :,
why, he didn't pay cent for his ride,
aid one, thoughtlessly.
THAT was a low trick acquiesced the
CONDUCTOR, with chuckle
The second we'll ventilated wait in the
car barns lasted two hours and quarter
Then, with new crew, tho car started fol
Ridgewood
Shortly after the gang OF track layers
who burn the midnight gas, these nights
replacing tho Brooklyn Bridges worn on,
ties. had given up work at dawn. car Oh
orawled over Manhattanward bearing fiv'
heavy eyed young men.
We'll all serve summonses on the officer
Of tho company In individual suits" re-
marked Lawyer Pierce. First for breacl
Of contract, then for damages to health
and dana caS to mind"