Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-08
Nebraska
Lincoln Man
Forces Issue
on Transfers
Citizens Of Capital City Have Trouble
Forcing Traction Company to
Recognize Them.
IFrom a staff corrsspondent.l

LINCOLN, Feb. 7.-(Special. )-Officials Of
the Lincoln Traction company have been
proved guilty Of discrimination In other
words, when a e00-pound man who shows
fight refuses to pay fare when he has a
transfer, he is permitted to have his way,
while the man who will stand for It pays
two fares.
Here is the story. A big 20O-pound man,
coming in Sunday night on a Havelock far,
asked for a transfer to South Eighteenth
street and It was given to him. The con-
ductor then informed the big man that he
would have to get off OF the car at Eight
zenith and o streets and walk across to
Eighteenth and N streets In order to use
the transfer. The man refused to get off
Of the car, but went on to Twelfth street,
where the Eighteenth and o street cars
cross.
In the meantime a policeman had been
notified and boarded the car on which the
big man was intending to use his transfer.
After getting on the Eighteenth street
car the big man handed out the transfer.
That don't go here" said the conductor.
You will have to pay your fare or get off
the car"
'Ill do neither" said the big man. Il
paid a nickel on the o street car and got
WIS NIduSlGIs dlO Il liA1iAu W ~ hN
on this car without paying a cent"
The conductor called in the policeman
from the front end of the car.
"You will either have to pay your fare
or I'll have to put you off," said the po-
liceman.
Now, look here" said the big man.
you can't put me off this car. All of you
put together can't put me off. If you
stop the car and start a fight I'll be right
here IN the morning"
Then turning to the conductor the big
man said: my name is Debro. L know
Mr.. Sharpe, your president, and he knows
me. Just take down my name and adj
dress and send it to Mr.. Sharpe and tell
him l refuse to pay double fare. Now
start up your car and go ahead"
The conductor did as he was told and
the policeman went on back to the plat
form.
Cal r. Phillippi of the office of the
land commissioner, who did not protest,
paid the double fare. But this morning
he took the matter up with the state
Railway commission.
The lines of the company parallel each
other from Eighteenth street to Twelfth
street on N and o, and for that reason a
person coming east on o street is required
to get his transfer and get off at Eight
eenth and o streets and walk across q
block to N street instead OF riding to tbs
junction at Twelfth street.
The excuse Of the company is that parties
living between N and o on Eighteenth
street ride down on one line, do their shop
ping and return home on the other lint
by the use of a transfer. Parties living
beyond Eighteenth street object to hav
ing to walk the block in order to use theil
transfers.
The Lincoln Traction company has beer
cited to appear before the State Railway
commission February Is to show cause VIII!
it's patrons cannot transfer from o stree
to the Eighteenth street car line at tn
junction instead of having to walk a blocl
to catch the car at Eighteenth street. Sew
eral complaints have been filed against tn
company in this matter.