The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09

4 slippery tracks allowed thr car 90
/ lisipu ana immediately 1urrWnrd %
rcsDuullng boom a8 the object hit
tho tracks. Barnard Investigated iir
found bis nrf had struck 3D. wagon ON
which q largo galvanized iron t1uK
was cabiucd, and that th, chain had
broken and allowed the uuk 90 roll
of ana iu the street. Tho open end
~ the tank had been loaded toward
The front Of the wagon, and because
Of the snow and Dolduon tho driver
had of1wlod luqidc M, tank and
from tuIH point ~ protection was
driving his horses when tAo tank
rolled tu tho street hc WIS inside
biahoy'lod ana scared, but uuiu.
lur"l. ho crnwlod SLOWLY from hi7
nest and inquired what it was an
about ~ cost tna street railway
/ company t36 20 repair tho track.
WmlH Barnard was relating this
story iu the writer. blind man
entered the car He asked Goo Dee lot
uft 'whDro tho car turns tI the loft
Ou Horh Main street" which is near
the Katy station tlo wus unable to
nud the lfro box and offered seven
pennies 10 the motyrmnu ifl8 money
WHH refused. The conductor paid
your fare" Barnard told him. That
old ana feeble huuI man. carrying
n cane In one hand ana a TIN cup In
the other WAS prpfuso iu his thanks.
Tie probably VIII never know that IL
ear load Of passengers waited while
n. T. McNlllicu. the conductor. took
him by the arm and guided him 10
/ the CufhinB that hc might reach the
Katy station safely
Those days are not Ike the times
OF ten or twelve years ago." Barnard
explained aa ho started the car.
| When ] won't To work Tor this com
pauy fourteen years ago there WASH
an automobile In Tulsa. | remember
the fret that arrived. II was owned
by doctor who ls still here. II was
"A whcczy contraptiou that looked
IKE a buggy. Two seen IL lots OF
times struck along Main street whilo
the owner tinkCrcd with IL patiently
ana tried to start the motor.
In those days that seem but yes
tcrday the streets were lined with
teams and wagons or bugglc8. Occa-
sionalS a heavily loaded wagon
would get In front OF u car and delay
as, but somehow people didn't seem
TO bc In such u hurry then az they
do today"
Being the oldest man In the Tulsa
street Railway company's service.
Barnard has seniority right over all
other traiumcn. lie has the privilege
OF chuUsiug any run on tho entire
system, tie prefers the Main street
line because, ag he explained. these
are tWu-tnau ears and the motorman
doesn't have so many bothcrs and
worries as he does on Unc-nnn
car. because there Is somo ono "a
share tho work. Barnard Ia about
30 years old.
llis son, Harvey Barnard, has fol-
lowed his fathers footsteps and
already has seniority over most OF
the other car men. The son started
with tho Tulsa Street Railway com
pauy BY carrying water to crews that
were laying tracks.
j. w. Maupin. also on the Main
street line. has been with the street
railway company about ten years
When he started thore were three
cars operating on Main street, four
on the Kendall line. one on West
Fifth, and one on South Frisco.
a street car Is a democratic insti-
tuition, ~ one concludes after max
| ing "A few observations. Among it's
passengers one may find represen-
tauvcs from virtually all lines of
business from the we'll groomed pro-
fcssional man to the ragged negro
laborcr. one also finds that every
thing Is discussed I'm street car that
forms topic OF conversation In the
homo. Yes. even more so. For one
may hear enough gossip in one trip
over street car line 10 make him
wonder N there are not lot of
Burning ears over the city,
Mothers discuss their children;
brides Ot a few weeks talk OF the
virtues OF their husbands. (Thcy
haven't lived with them long enough
10 discover their faults) Flappers
chatter about Harry and Jim and
Jack and argue as to which Of these
fellows has the classieat automobile:
lawyers and other professional men
comment on the days political
events or on their own business;
talkatiye matrons FIRE large quanti-
ties OF forty-two ccntimcter shells
filled with gossip into the homes OF
ncighhors or other aCquaintanccs
and are apparently sorry they
haven't larger ammunition to use on