The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1908-01-14
MAYOR SCORES SERVICE
BY THE R. |. COMPANY
Asks City Council Observation-Disclosures OF the Road Deny That
There Just Cause for Complaint

/ load, providing more fresh air as the cars
| MI up and closing them as the cal
| empties. II is not 20 be wondered at II q
conductor. busy with his other work
does not always keep track OF this close.
ly, and in fact the ideas OF people differ
so that the best he can do is often moi
satisfactory"
Mr.. Smith, tbe general counsel, said:
In regard 10 the crowding at rush
hours, the very essence of the science OF
running city railway IS to centralize
every effort on talking care OF rush-hour
travel 1 know that our officers have
realized that and our endeavors have
been, when we felt II wise 10 discontinue
trips that only carried out four or five
passengers to have that car available for
the evening rush on heavier lines. n
can't be denied that passengers nltsst
stand al such hours, but this is a fact
everywhere, and the Massachusetts rail-
roao commission has recently ruled that
rsasonaole service is given when reason
aoie standing room Is afforded al such
times" "' SuVh
AS TO 'RUSH" HOURS
General Manager A. e Potter said.
t ~ certainly true that no manage
,.en' n,eIi Oh ou thIs company has ever done so
travel as the present Tnanagement iIe,,
!ns worked FOR the preceding as well as
thls company. i am sure OF what sa,,
our recent reductions OF service II
mas been our policy TO leave the rusb
ho1r schedule undisturbed.
.. we nave taken off some service whore
~ - tnln, and used those ears on lines
honrs N c''ons MS thiekiy populated and at rush
ana All our old cars as well.
OF course people do not get seats nj
snese esa hours; ! remember reading years
city railway carried the workers fra,55 :
70 the cIerkers, and from TO the
snirkers. Now not only all three classes
Dut FOURTH the afternoon shoppers. ali
sha ssart ior nome between $50 and $3.50 in
NO one has ever devised a plan of SER
vice that Will seat everybody at that
m nmour. Ihen when something unexpected
occurs like the hard rain last Tuesday
night, the Accommodations are OF course
strained still further. But we cant be
expected to hold men and cars on duty
IN readiness for the chance OF a rain
II was watching the conditions ON
Broadway New York. recently, and there
boere tne cars at what should be the quiet
a,,o. nours were crowded az ours are in the
evening lnasmiich az they run more
cars IN the early evening / concluded
that their Ideas of reasonable service
Were s FAR from what ours would be- They
appeared 10 figure there on keeping the
cars about so full all the time.
Regarding ventilation. the personal
IDEAS OF each individual differ SO much
that IL ~ one of the hardest things 10
meet. Not long since got into a car that
seemed 70 need "A change Of air In fact,
Mrs. Potter. who accompanied me. com
plained considerably and | opened two
Nenulators. Immediately passenger
pulled high his coat collar. called the con-
ductor and asked him TO close the yenti-
lators. The conductor looked az me in
quiringly, and l told him to close one en-
tlrely and the other partly. The COM
planning passenger proceeded to say things
all the rest OF the trip about fresh air
hends who ought TO get out and walk IL
they wanted so much air.
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