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

With the vast increase of urban
Transportation lines, due 10 the use Of
electricity as power. the surface car
has become more than a mere means
to an end. 1t has become a vital ele-
ment in the personal daily life of al
most everybody in a community of
any size.
AS a consequence. anything that in
terriers with swift transportation is
viewed almost as a catastrophe, how
ever temporary its effect may be.
Different folk take the troubles of
each day differently Some threaten
to move out of the country every time
there is a block" on the line. Others
breathe forth their desire to skin the
president of the company alive and
very slowly. Others brood over
thoughts of punching the conductor.
And there are others who work out
simple but satisfying schemes of re-
venge.
Every now and then somebody
arises and complains that the public
is supine. Perhaps, as a body, it is.
But it has champions who do good
Cor ill., according to the trolley Of
hcials) by stealth. With fine disregard
of means they use Uncle Sans mails
and the telegraph and the telephone
Unfortunately to harass the troll
ley company and express their inner
most and least cordial feelings to the
officials. They worry the heads of
health and police departments. No
method is too simple for their aveng-
ing plans.
mo, sir" said the general superin-
tendent of the largest surface trans
portation company in one of the big
gest cities of our country the other
day, after an accident that smashed
two cars and broke various limbs.
mo, sir. 1t isn't accidents like this
that worry me the most. They break
me up, to be sure but we all know
that they are bound to happen in our
business. What's driving me into
nervous prostration is the petty, dia-
bolical roasting and soaking that 1
get from the time l awake until 1 go
to sleep. Go to sleep, did 1 say?
Well, that was wrong. Why, listen!
One night l got to bed at about l
o'clock. dog tired. 1 had been out
over the line trying to repair broken
feed wire with a green crew and in
sufficient material, and 1 left word to
wake me up at so that l could get
out again.
well, sir, at about 2 o'clock the
telephone bell rang like mad and
woke me up. l called my man and
told him to see what was wanted.
After a short talk with the person at
the other end of the wire, he hurried
into my room and reported that it was
a man who said that he had to talk to
me Immediately on a matter of the
highest Importance. There was an ac-
cident on one of the divisions, he said.
1 rushed to the instrument and, with
out asking who was talking to me, l
asked where the accident was.
""I'm sure l don't know replied
the voice. It's this way old man. 1
thought I'd call you up to tell you that
maybe there is an accident. You see,
l had to wait three-quarters of an
hour for a car and so l thought that
when l got home I'd tell you about it,
knowing that with your magnificent
management it would be quite impos-
sible for cars to run so infrequently
unless something terrible had happen
ed to the whole SYSTEM
'Of course l was hot all through
and, without thinking, 1 yelled: DO
you mean to say that you dare call
me out of bed merely to tell me that
you had TO wait for a carp"
And then he got foul. With the
oWCttCoA fNlilNA "a NOANG lie Sdlu.
What! Do you mean to tell me
that the general superintendent of the
- - road, drawing a salary of ten
thousand dollars, is so Indifferent 70
his duty that he will abuse a man wno
is thoughtful enough to call him up
at ? o'clock in the morning just out of
good nature and unselfshness? BY
Jove, sir, I shall write to your direc-
tors and tell them what a return / got
from my ba
pense of telephoning to tell you
things
And then he rang off and left me
| jumping up and down. And the beauty
of IL is that he had the glorious nerve
To fulfil his threat and write a letter
TO the directors. He didn't write Il
al once. either The villain was too
/ cunning for that lie had found out
1 that there WAS "A split coming IN the
/ board and he waited until the meeting
/ a which the trouble was due Then
/ his letter was delivered and Il came
just la time for one Of the factions
which wanted nay scalp. / got q rub
4 bling that took the curl out OF my hair
/ for a month.
Wen. when the trouble was over
/ Was 50 sore that J actually worried
over some way % pay that man back
! BE had signed hls name ana address
F and J kept memorandum ~ D., y0l
/ bet
zone day ! met BIN az q reception
/ and 81 things usually happen fhs
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