The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-05
ERALD READER
DEFENDS STREET
CAR SERVICE AERE
lillian r. Ross Replies TO Letter
of Criticism and Bays Service
Here Is as Good as Any Town
of This Size.

|To the Editor. the Evening Herald
page Z Of your paper Septcm-
II : appears a letter severely crit
'sing the city Electric company and
methods wonder " the writer
that letter whom I am reliably IN
med is nut a taxpayer here, has
ken The trouble since writing the
ter to make inquiry into conditions
~ realizes Just how much he was
stnken.
'ln the first place the city itself
fpk over the four blocks that Is
using the trouble. ana the Ciiy
'%ecfric company has no legal SAY as
how NJ when tae paving % ihoHe
r blocks shall be handled. ThA
10 can readily realize places tho
advantage and In order 20 please
patrons ! lind that the prosiden;
the Clty Electric company donat-
his own automobile to handle the
ific between the two points
Further ! mud on investigation that
n street car company has during
10 spent as much as Il has receiv-
on improvements an to give us u
|Nlce and equipment hat ~ as uear
rfect as possible. While admitting
street car " a public utility | also
iim that the resident property own
and taxpayer IN the irst one en-
led 90 criiic.se but irrespective ~
.at any public service corporation
\ forced to cater 10 the masses In
II best possible manuc to get its
ONE.
Rm familiar with the street cat
-tems Of practically the whole
uutrt aud ~ an extensive patron
asa.R HAra.#aw AHHNHan FnaH WA Ni
buuuerque are getting both In ser
b. and courtesy AZ much or per
BPS more than the average town
Tor u Public he damned policy
believe ! am supported 10y the ma
rlfN 81 our people here In clnimtnt
have done that We usually go
|urtcsy aud fair treatment butt
nn the gompauV and as employees
- might ns well critirize IA" SAINT.
Tor SOME Things that hbppeuet
bring the recent strike hH We wrti
foadmina,d enough "a realize Ia
|mpuny was doing Cos best TO relieV'
unpleasant situation and the re
Il wns the public met D. iu the SAM
n rit Its the same with an publ
ryiUc. We are ready To condemn hu
ldom ready 10 applaud and J VIII
not " an automobile u%ppreclat
d. street az wherever ana when
lor I can get IT,
am writing this strictly IN an I'm
tart!Ul spirit realizing that when IN
Jess be- finally cleared up ] shall HAY
be- benefit Of % better service bot
y roadbed and faster service.
Itnuld also like to- say a word as
lie cleanliness Of the street cars her
|hlch b. very Noticeable and wher
.cak 81 % better r1adhed I do so ht
use / find that the company j. lay
go tons 81 new Gn-pound ran
do not Ike Inconvenience an
bore thun Do on. elise hut when
hzc some things IRE heinz dor
pr MY riud ! came heip hut appr'
tc anP - tolerant n not ~ sou
IprrcHpendrnt says. ~ don't beliFN
Y viii be- hc'tercd un.il We get ma
|hourh about IT," That policy woul
lei help us as individuals, so herr
5tor those Of as who think we has
n r~rleyan1. against the city Elcctr.
hfUer stop. look and iuye'
n gate and whet We fully realize iuI
. hat the company has done durin
IL. pust few wears and b. trying
IL nov t1at instead OF condemniu
Ia will realize that FOR u town (
lzc Albuquerque has e street car sci
Itrc that viii tear favorable con
grIson with any other
WAL. + ROSS.