Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-02

surned back 10 hea poaioG I'm the shspe
az annual distdeHds with tine trading
stamps with every dollars w0gfh
whAeh On p~ressntaaAOa At tie @aAce u
any gas company In the Gated States
win cattle tie bearer to free gas far
the Eest II has natural life
The expe~tad Improvements i'm to
pubic seTvtee win BE along the better.
menf az carr, m Increased mFhansty aa
the part q the uaotorEnen and eoENiues'
ors and u far greater regard f@E al
u il all rapid transit matters. As ]
understand the Situation as 90 tie first
Improvements. the cars are 60 he larger
10 begin with. leaser ventilated AMI
without straps No car will he 80
small that anybody will ever have 70
stand in or out Of rush hours Each
passenger will be provided with % Nor
ris chair on a swivel. with = writing
desk and an electric light attacfaed. sta
tionery aud typewEtiefs 10 he Ind Oh
a~ppllcafian 10 the conductor. 40 one
end Of each car there will be = Car
negie library and q reading room, with
all the magazines and weekiaes On
Ole. aud at the other a buffet where
soft drinks viii be dispensed by tn"
best mixers the politicians a drum
III In the advertising panels that al
around the walls of the car. Instead OF
these being merely frieZes OF patent
medicines, face powders. breakfast
foods and corsets, eleyating literature
will be printed by such authors a.
Dicky Davis. lila Wheeler Wilcox and
Henry James. with a college graduate
ON tho rear platform to explain the
paragraphs Of tie last named authoF
10 those who do not understand reform
ed rhetoric. Ladies' will be escorted TO
their seats by bellboys. aud every car
will have a chaperon. aided by u com
petent bouncer to see that attractive
looking shoppers. dainty little widow
and Others of the female persuasion are
able 20 travel a block without being
ogied on the n by vagrom drummers
and lads from the smoke regions late
~ come into possession OF their "a
Tiers hard earned savings.
"AlI the motormen win DO put
through a course Of instruction In good
manners, so that when a lady ON q
street corner holds up her finger as a
sign that she would like to get aboard.
instead OF cutting her dead. as many
Of them do at present. and going ahead
nm though the company didn't wan
any passengers. they win stop the car.
lift their hats like a pack OF Chester
fields. gather up her bundles. call her
attention to the weather. express the
hope that her family are all enjoying
good health and see to II that she gets
inside the car without falling on her
face or sitting Unexpectedly down In
the lap of an entire stranger. The
conductors will be similarly trained.
only they will be rather better edu-
Gated than the man on the front plat
form. | can think OF no better way
20 show what the conductors will he
than to say that they will resemble the
modern policeman, that flne flower OF
the municipal ownership OF the con
stabulary,
"You know what happens IL you ask
a policeman anything. He at once
touches his helmet In respectful saiu'
tation, ficks the dust from the breast
Of his blue coat and places himself EN-
tirely at your service. Anything you
want 10 know he tells you with q
pleasant smile or with an expression
of deep and poignant regret informs
you that he IL not at the moment IN
possession Of the Information you seek,
but will find out ut the earliest pos
sible opportunity and send word by
special delivery post II you viii kindly
give him your address. All of you
who have had that experience with
policeman will know what to expect
from the municipal ownership con
ductor. The city fathers as represent
ed by their commissioner of trollcys
will take the same care In the selection
Of the men that they now take through
the police commissioner In the selec
ton of the preservers of the peace. sc
that we may rest easy as to the su
perior morale Of the force.
''Then. as for the roadbed. which Il
nowadays something OF nm eyesore II
certain localities. the trolley commits
sioners will seek the cooperation o'