The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-10
AS THEY DO 1T Nv JERSEY.
Quite . Difference in Methods Between
Car.Running Across the River.

They take life easier in Jersey. Fol
instance, on the trolley line which runs
out from Jersey City through Bayonne to
the Bergen Point Ferry to Staten Island
there is conductor who runs car in the
early morning. Running car is his occu-
patton, but personal comfort and sociability
are his objects in life, and business is not
permitted to interfere with either.
The car leaves the terminal in Jersey
City and the conductor strolls through 1t
and collects the fares, exchanging a few
sportive remarks with the passengers. whom
he addresses by nicknames based on their
personal appearance. II he meets with
a rebuff he is unconcerned.
-All right" says the conductor. "lou
needn't git mad because you We had night
out"
drunken man who objects to paying his
fare. Other conductors put such men on
This one doesn't. 1t would mean trouble.
and he is not there to be troubled.
Besides, if the man is inclined 70 be noisy
or objectionable later, he might be urged
to put him OF. and that would be nuisance.
80 he goes through the motions of collecting
a nickel, rings 1t up, and afterward can
face other indignant passengers with the
answer that the man has Just as much
right to a ride as they have, AMI if they
don't like 1t they can wait for the ne1s
car.
When the troublesome job Of collecting
fares Is over, he closes the door. sits down
with friends among the regulars and be-
gins the weary ride with pleasant conrer-
sation on the subject of the rights OF Iaoor.
sleigh riding with the girls and other manly
sports.
Ii a passenger wants to get on, the pas
senger stops the car, if he knows how or
gets some one else TO do it for him. u
some one is waiting 10 be picked ND tho
motorman knows enough to stop lor
reasonable time. the new passer ger can
oy,en the door, and anybody Else rear y
can shut II IL he is inclined. or let II s'ahu
open. 1t is quite simple. at, ,
After the car barns at GreenvIllc nave
been passed If friends are scarce, the colI-
ductor varies the monotony with no"
occupation. He Is learning. no" TO rui
the car, 30 he goes out on the froLl PLATFORM
ard relieves the motormRn, VINO comes
inside and curls himself up con'"r'anY
In a corner.
II the trolley pole slips off the feed VIII"
II doesn't bother either. So ore oil u"
regulars ON the rear platform who is anAluL7
to get home, turns out and hooks II on AGAIN
The conductor is busy
BY and by he will know how t" run car
without joltilg the passenger out o. ,lt
seats and win he 80 much the more vauah'e
in the labor market. Meantime, the resn-
lar travellers are patient, They know 'he
futility of protest on the spot and prom
ably they have tired Of complaining 20
the company and finding i useless
They don't do things in this way on mo
street car lines In New York; or. II they DO
the man who tries it doesn't last long In
Jersey It seems different. This conductor.
90 the regular passeng gers cay, has been
combining business with pleasure l3r
his fellows So why shouldn't he take lie
easily .,.as
Il must be simply difference In methods
between this sido Of the North River ahd
the other. But 1t seems odd to find y 80
great with such narrow space intervening