El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-20

! cross streets, running north and south
I also draws from Rio Grdndc street and
] Golden Hill. and these are all well built
/ up, consequently the travel on the Ari-
iona line is very heavy. And what have
: they given us2 A single line track with
one switch and 20 minute car servicet
( No wOTider StOne-W Webster brag Of FL
I Paso being good payerD Now let US
look al the noon hour You must catch
the ll-55 car or wait for the 1915 car.
Let's follow the 1855 ear. Stop work.
get wraps on at 1850. run for car. If
woman you get seat maybe, II a man
YOU hang on TO a strap. You wait on
the switch in the zoo block Arizona
street while the other car comes down
the hill Suppose YOU live i'm the 1000
block. Rio Grande- You reach your
home at 1925 Cthis is not a guess work
story, but real factsl.- Unless You catch
the 1915 car you viii have TO wait till
l-05 for the next car Catching the
l2-45 car gives YOU exactly 10 min
utes TO eat, five minutes TO get off
little Of the office dirt, five minutes to
run a block and a half and catch the
l2,45 car Well. you can't always. hurry
this fast so lots Of times you get the
1-05 car which gets you back to your
office at 1.25. You left the office at
1l-50 and return at 1:25. have ridden
only to the 10O0 block. have spent only
10 minutes boiling your dinner, and
all the rest Of that hour and IS min
utes has been spent riding on the pub
lie utility StOne-W ebster street car. and
standing on the street corner waiting
for their public utility to come along
And yet. I hear Gin a nightmare, me
thinks) someone whisper that this com
pany should eventually own and Oper-
ate the auto servicet Oh. LET'S all 90
drown while life is still pleasant.
Nor is this the only way that Stone
Webster have failed to provide for the
public in FL PasO- StOne-W ebSuer have
failed to provide convenient service for 7
the public at all times 0nd everywhere
in this city Look at the union depot
Who ever came in and found a street
car waiting there to handle the crOwds2
The surprise OF such kindness on the
part Of Stone-Webster would have
killed any FL Pasoan- OF course,
stranger coming from a city where the
street car company really made some
pretense Of serving the public would |
naturally expect TO see street car at /
the depot TO take him up town In CALI !
fOrnia cities for example where the Pa !
cific Electric operates, when you come !
out Of the station you see rows Of street Z
cars. waiting to. take she incoming |
crowds to the various parts Of the city
This is quite the usual thIuS N all the ]
cities I ever visited. and Yet compare !
il with the arrival into che union depot :
here, OF course. don't mean for mo-
menr to compare a real street car com D
pany like the Pacific Electric company ]
with the make believe transportation /
company we have in FL PasO
I think you are wrong when you say |
that the public is opposed to a corpora !
ton Just because IL is q corporation.
Both the ueIrist and native Of CalifOr- {
MA certainly do a lot Of boosting for .
the Pacific Electric. and they should !
for it gives them service, and that's what 4
they are entitled to- And don't ever 4
think that the street car riding public 4
of FL PasO are not heartily for and with I
hear how interested and sympathetic 4
they are for the jitne and hear their /
remarks about the service % the street !
car company gave.
Take the matter Of transfers. Ever /
ride from the 1000 or 100 block on Ari-
iona over to AIundy Heights2 In view
Of your editorial, you certainly ought to
take that trip Takes from 40 to 60
and it's a run Of not more than
20 or p blocks Just as you are put off
at the transfer street (StOne-We bster
use the public streets without prOvid-
ing any seats or shelter for transfer
stations, as maybe you ere awRre) well.
just as you are dumped INTO the sun or
wind or rain. whichever il happens 10
be. YOU see your desired car go crawl I
ing off UP the hill, and wait you must Z
for the next car. which viii come polk
ing along in 20 minutes or half an hour Q
The hOpeleSsness and WEAKNESS that Z
possess you while taking this trip. Z
labOut a 10 minute ride IL YOU drive
over in your own car. but an endless
trip If you cOnude yourself TO the street
carr and the other transfers are about
the same.
It seems TO me that the Stone-We bster
with all its sob-talk ads which
Il has been running in the papers, is
ike some EaWky girl who boo-hOos /
around because her beau has gone off
and left her for more attractive girl.
" no do they think reads all this sob
ak. anyhow Why. the public that !
should think they would be ashamed to
ook in the face They certainly have
heir nerve to whine around US Just I
because somebody else has come along
md given US the service which they
wouldn't give us All the jitnes have /
lone for FL PasO was TO give US or I
linary decent service and .UranspOrta-
ion facilities. Why should ANYBODY
vhine2 Is Stone-Webstsr Erieved be
'ause we can leave the office at u (
iharp, be home at 1915. ride sitting I
Town, have 20 minutes to eat. instead Of ! /
O. and still get back At oclock2 Wen. {
[ seems to me il would be more like a /
nan to stand up and meet this com