The Detroit times., 1910-01-03

ta,le In Flint these days-a fact only
~--o natural In the case
AGE or OF that venerable,
DEADf NO: that has suddenly
sprung from dignr
! fed insignifcance TO the center OF
activity OF an industry OF worldwide
Importance in the past three years.
IL requires no great powers OF obser-
walton 10 note where. In the sensation
ally rapid expansion. Flint has oc'
casionally torn of a vest button. Most
OF these scenes are typical OF boom
towns but there Is at least one OF
them that can safely be recorded as
genuinely unique. That is a street
car which daily throughout the year
leaves the ONCE entrance OF the Buick
Motor Car Co. bound for the central
part OF the city. on which no male pas
senger Is permitted to set foot.
Flint's street car system has made
commendable and strenuous effort
to keep up with the duties which have
so suddenly been thrust upon 1t. But
where Is there a city OF 10000 popula-
tion-or is 1t 10000 this week. that,
In addition to its regular just-before-
dinner rush Is prepared TO take care
of 5000 men who want to board cars
passing one corner in one direction
at one definite moment during the
day? That Is the number which
streams out of the doorways OF the
Buick and it's allied plants at $3.50
on the afternoon OF every working
day. A pitiful little string OF cars Is
in waiting and the strain Is all the
traffic can bear at the best. The
first few hundred men out OF the fac
tories get on somewhere between the
floor, the roof and the tenders. The
rest walk.
Now there are at the Buick a con-
siderable number of women Office EN-.
ployes. The swirl of the army OF
men rushing for cars naturally left
them but scant opportunity. The fact
was brought to the notice OF DR.. T.
X. Campbell, w. G. Durant's son-in
law, who plays an important part in
the management or the General
Motors star factory. DR.. Campbells
natural gallantry revolted at the spec.
tacle and he set about to reform the
conditions. He secured the consent
of the street railway authorities to
the running of a car nightly for the
a result, each afternoon the Buick
girls gather in a body until the arrival
of the hen car" as It Is known to
Flint Then they pile on board and
start merrily for their homes with the
motorman and conductor the only
males ON board.
And still they say the age OF
chivalry is past!
Daily interesting fact and without
reference TO the above paragraphs:
The Buick Motor Car Co. OF Flint lie
the largest shipper OF f1rst-class
freight known to the railroads oil
America.
The Smith case at Michigan again
illustrates the asinity OF any system
OF eligibility which refuses privileges
to any college student who is keeping
up his class work and has served
year of residence None but genu
inc seeker for an education would sub
NIT to such conditions, regardless OF
past affiliations.
Oliver Optic in his palmy days never
had anything on that fluent author
Walter Camp when it came to quanti
tative production. Walter may not
be much on the coaching lines these
days, but he is surely there with his
little mill.
| Tip to football reformers: Why not
add an Official whose duty 1t shall be
TO count ten over PROSTATE warriors
and send them tn the sidelineS1
1t had to come. A burlesque lady Is
being exploited through the west as
cousin of Ty Cobb. In explanation
It should be stated, ohwever. that
John X. Robinson is looking after the
publicity for the show.