San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-10
LIGHTS GO OUT
ON TOb|N HILL
FRIDAY NIGHT
"I'm-for-ever-bl ow-ing-out,"
Song of Transformer,
Say Residents.
DID BIRD PECK POLE?
Thunder Rumble in South
San Antonio Sometimes
Cause of Darkness.

This is not news story. There is
no chance that it can be. II relates
to the service given TO the Tobin Hill
section of San Antonio by the San
Antonio Public Service company and
there is no news in that The service
has not, so the residents OF Tobiu Hill
say, changed in many years. There is
no news in the continuance of old
stuff.
Friday night Tobin Hill was with
out lights. Just at dinner time they
went out aud when the electric lights
some men in the good old days-they
remain out for a long, long time.
1t is said that all over Tobin Hill
the housekeepers have for years been
working yarn notices something like
this: Our Electric Service-IOye the
Giver" and they love it. Yes, they
do.
1t is no new thing for the lights on
Tobin Hill TO go out just when they
are most needed According TO old resi-
dents OF that part OF the city. they 20
opt every time . thunderstorm daskens
tse air sor whenever = heavy rain
comes scattering down, There is n
story current in that part of the city
TO the effect that once the lights went
out because a sparrow pecked n pole
This, however, has never been proven
or disproven either IL is the truth.
however, that whenever the people of
TObin Hill hear it thunder over in
South San Antonio they rush for
candles. They know what is coming
They. expect gloom and they get it
Just like the man who put his money
into North Texas oil well.
Some Archaic Models.
Friday night the lights went out be-
cause "a transformer blew out" This
is the regular thing when thunder
storms and rains and sparrows are
not functioning. The people Of Tobin
Hill do not know what is a transformer
except that il is something that is
forever "blowing out" and that it trans
forms their homes into Egyptian dark
ness. and that it is hard and constant
worker.
The remarkable service that is given
this section of the city because Of
transformers and things is not confined
to electric juice alone. For the last
twelve years Tobin Hill can truth
tully claim, so the residents say. to
have had the poorest street car service
In the world. For many years the
cars were Just large enough TO seat
sixteen Mexican employees of the street
car company. Furthermore they were
OF the model that is said 10 have been
discovered in the tomb of the late King
Tootendcomeon over in Egypt. These
cars had regular schedule Of fifteen
minutes from which to deviate and
they did more deviating than anything
else. 1t should be said in explanation
that they deviated more toward thirty
minutes than they did toward ten
Chase Cars To Suburbs.
Moreover, when a street car route is
to be changed the favorite pastime of
the Public Service company. in the
opinion of residents of Tobin Hill is
TO chase the Tobin Hill cars info tho
suburbs. All other lines run on Hous-
ton street but there is never room for
Iobin Hill cars on that street IF
anybody desires to get a Tobin Hill car
he must get an AUTOMOBILES and 90 one
INTO the suburbs TO find il. Every
other line of cars can find room on
houston street but Tobin HilI-not
ever. At least. so the residents saw
mere may, be lights on Tobin Hill
SSaturGay night and there may not. II
uepenas upon the transformer. In the
meantime the residents of that section
a .L uylng candles and wondering why
~ company does not work trans
i1rner INTO its policy Of dealing out
eieclrlc lulce; Right there in their
OplGIon, is where a transformer could
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