Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-11
ALITTLE RAMBLE.

HE report that the Wilmington and Phila-
delphia Traction Company contemplates
making extensive Improvements in the trolley ser
vice is welcome news to the long suffering resi-
dents of Wilmington. They are always glad to
hear such statements, and they realize that the
new president has hard job to tackle When
considering the vast room for Improvement in the
trolley service of this city should think that
the new management would have a night mare in
stead of pleasant dream. But judging by the
vigorous manner in which Mr.. Crosby has taken
hold of things he must be man of strong nerves
and good digestion, and trust that JOY will be
his Happiness certainly will be his if the
deal has not been heavily capitalized that
man will be driven to his wits end to make both
ends meet The Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Company surely has valuable property
and franchises which a fair capitalization
would bring ample returns.
The new management started right in one re-
spect when the passes withdrawn and every
one put the same level. Just as we said
the resentment Of those who lost their passes is
gradually disappearing. The money that the mem
bers of Council and other prominent officials
spent for chocolate sundaes, bananas and peanuts
will now find its way gently and surely into the
capacous Golfers Of Mr. Crosbys company.
We are not sure that Mr.. Crosby did not have
an Interior motive in his anti-pass proclamation.
He may have desired TO teach the city officials
lessons of economy or he might have thought that
the pennies tossed away on frivolities would serve
better purpose by being put into fund to re-
pair cars.
At any rate Mr.. Crosby must have read with
considerable satisfaction the announcement that
the Postal and Western Union Telegraph compan-
les had cut out the dead-heads persons sending
messages without paying for them. For really all
this dead-head business usually means that some
body else is paying for the courtesies the dead
head receives.
Mr.. Crosby in his elaborate plans for the inn
provement of the service will hear grumbles and
growls without number and shall make few
of them. We might say right away that if we
were disposed to grumble this evening that the
oncoming of trolley on Delaware avenue,
reminds of approaching thunder storm,
of what the noise must have been at the Battle
of Poitiers when the swords and armor and all
the weapons of the combatants clasded in bat
tie
The average manager of a public service cor
poraton would think that the world had gone
away if he did not hear complaints by the barrel
If any number of citizens should suddenly burst
out in flame of praise of a public service cor
poration we feel the manager would be parayzed
on the spot Did you ever realize how many
grumbers there are in the world?
If Mr. Crosby hears complaints he should not
be disturbed, but he should remember with COM
fort that in the old days of long ago in Whining
ton before the enterprising Mr.. Shut tried to
heat all the water in town with gas, the gas COM
pany had deaf man on its staff to receive COM
plants. At times when you want to ride on
a trolley and arc in hurry, you may inn
| agine that some of the motormen and conductors
are both deaf and blind, but that is not often.
h We hope for the best and If Mr. Crosby moves
towards Improvement at an ordinary rate OF speed
! he will far outdistance the speed of the million
dollar improvement that about the time of the
melon cutting a little bird whispered the Della
ware Railroad Company would make in its lines
!