The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-06
Getting Hit by Trolley Doesn't Pay

DEOPLE seem to think that the street cars had
better not hit them because, if hit, they will
sue But people ought to realize that it doesn't do
much good to sue a street company any more
because most of them have been broke long time
and the judgments for damages are just put on the
spike, in order of their accumulation, and added to
the liabilities In planning to be hit by a street
car the victim should first make inquiries to
himself that the car is operated by solvent
wondered if the street car men got any more pay
now that one man does the work of two and whether
they get any more than the taxi who are out
on strike, but didn't feel as though I could pre-
short acquaintance to ask our skipper such
an intimate question. He didn't ask what pay
getting.
Down in the subway wouldn't have realized how
enthusiastically the old-time open saloon has come
back in New York. They do not have them on
Broadway or Sixth of Fifth, but on Third the
yellow lights were shining again behind steamy
windows and the boys could be SEEM from the
shoulders up, lined across the bars both sides of
the street. taking their beers and their shots pre-
clsely as OF old Law observance maintained on
so per cent basis. Every other customer sat on a
high stool and there was a standee leaning his
elbows along the cherry wood between each pair of
sitters. 1t was along toward midnight but business
seemed to be very good although you couldn't tell
from street going by waiting for the light to
change, what portion of the customers squat
tiers, spending the night over round
At any rate, except that the word saloon seems
to have been dropped out of respect for Mr.. Roose
and the words "bar" or grill" substituted the old
time saloon is back in great numbers along Third
avenue. Just on sight wondered if this boon had
been worth fighting and drinking for so hard for
thirteen years. Some of us got to- thinking of them
as places OF great charm during the long drought.
JOeS' and Bills Haze Tough Time
THERE an ad for shoe polish in our street car
Z the first shoe polish ad had in a long
time. People with taXicab feet get out of the habit
of shining their own shoes and the publications
nowadays don't seem to carry much of this copy.
This Joe, who the Joe's coffee pots, and
Bill, who the Bills places, seem to be having
a rotten time of it, There must be a hundred Of
Jces places and eighty of Bills up Third avenue
but in most of them there not soul to be seen
but Joe, Bill, reading the paper at the counter
and yaWning and scratching. In place Joe had
a of bottles of orange drink and sarsaparia in
the window and bottle of ketchup in the center
Next door in the Emerald grill or The Erin, for it
is still pretty Irish along there, big business
going on, with three bar men, stewards, a I
suppose We will be calling them now in action be-
hind the counter.
The old reliable positively must vacate store was
closed for the night, but the windows we're bright
with wonderful bargains and there were window
shoppers peering in late as that at most OF
the everything must go" stores and the "lost our
lease" establishments
At One hundred twenty-ffth street we turned
east but wanted to see the od-fashioned saloons
some more so got off and came back down, ar
irving home o. k I have some travel folders for
some croSstown lines in the Bronx but the Third
avenue line for comfort scenery and all, is worth
a tour.
Copyright 1884. by Unite Feature Syndicate. Incl