THE ILLUSTRATED BKB.
Mnrch 21, 1001.
Life of the Street
Car Man in Omaha
Tin- lifo of the average street car man tlmy nro told to look clsuwhcru for employ-
In Oiimliu-tiiotorniuti or conductor Is bo- tuotit. Wo have scores of applications every
set with not a few hardships of which tho week from men who want places on car
general public knows nothing. Ills hours, crows, many more than wo can glvo consld-
for example, aro almost as uncertain as oration, and a man has to be pretty well
those of tho country doctor during an epi- recommended If he expects the company to
domic of whooping cough, and ho may break lako up his case. There uro mole us-
li IB fast In the gray of tho dawn or In plratits to positions us conductors than us
tho broad glare of noontide. motormeii, principally because It takes
Ask your conductor (since the tympany longer to get u run as a motormun."
Inhibits conversation with the motormaiO Lllirary for the Mm.
how many hours he puis In In a day. and ,b m , ,
ho will answer: "What day?" Which Is , ,. ,, '
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if.. I tin uiilim Iti IlilU fi ill hill) I Willi llllll fill.
111 liiu oiiiiiu in nun i t ii i vy v t ivn iiiiii, mi-
less ho has a regular run, life Is some
thing of a lottery, and he spends many
a half-day In the leading room at the car
ham, Improving his mind with magazines
and newspapers, while he w, Us i or for uno
to smllo on him and permit l.lm to lake
"I'1 'l C"r-., U. IT'," , .'
a arm on thu lit lo nl.k.d-plate. clock out
at his house needs to be constantly shifted,
that It may utter Its warning any time from
4:15 a. in. to 1. in.
Tho principal rende.y. us of tho crews
now Is nt Twenty-fourth street and Ames
avenue. Hero an average of ICO conductors
and motormeii show up every day for work.
lion Tiny .n A rrii nu.-il.
'Tho force Is divided Into three shifts,
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sum a. u. uiayion, 1110 tiny ioremau. 1110
Ilrst reports for duty from r.:0j to 7:30 In
tho morning, and between theso hours cars
KNJOY1NO PUlVIIiKUICS
uro being run oul as fust as they can be
manned and equipped, The uecuml teports
from 'J lj to 1-.uG, und thu third cumos
011 any tlmu from 10 a. 111. to l'J.kC. Tills
last shift relieves thu other men for
luuchcon.
"Thu llrst shift consists of llfty-slx cruws
and tho second of twenty-six crows. The
relief comprises till thu way from six to
ton cruws.
"Wu havo four classes uf runs, known as
daylight,' 'meal reliefs,' 'swings' und 'after-
uuoiiB-nud-utghtu.' Thu men who have the
iIiivIIl'IiI i'iiiih urn 1111 dillv from fi.Ill) 111 thu
inumlng until about 7 In tho ovunlug. Thu
'meal reliefs' run thu cars whllo tho regit-
lar crows aro at lunch. Tho 'swings' comu
011 early Hi lho morning, und then agalii
early In tho evening, thereby covering thu
two rush periods of thu day. Thulr curs
uro thu llrst ones In tho barn at night. Tho
aftuinoou-und-nlghl' shift goes on Just
after lunch and run on through until mid-
nlght.
"The biggest rush of lho day Is bulwuun
G uud 7 In tho evening. Nearly ovorybody,
11 seems, wants to lease thu business por
tions of the city for the residence districts
about this tlmu, and all outgulng cars uru
crowded, whllo iucomii. cars aro corru- '
spundlngly empty. In tho morning thu or
der ot course Is rtnersed, but tho rush Is
nut nearly so gieal then. Thu cars aro
patronized during tho forenoons at different
hours by the different classes of citizens,
with reference to their occupations. Tho
llrst to appear aru thu laboring men, who
havo to bo ut work In shops and factories
by 0 o'clock or earlier. Then como clerks
and bteiiographurs. then thu business uud
piufcBstuiiul men, uud iluatly, If tho day
Is pleasant, a great crowd of women
bound fur thu department storus. At night,
huwuvur, all classes appear to want to go
homo at tho sumo time, and then wo havo
to bring Into servlco our full equipment,
which Is between ninety uud 100 cars."
Wiim-M All Look Alll.i'.
A uiutoriuan draws tho snmu wages as a
conductor- 0 cents nn hour for tho tlmu ho
Is actually engaged In operating his car
'PI in o spent In waiting to take his car out of
tho barn Is not paid for by tho company
"Tho wago scale Is '20 cents 1111 hour," said
Mr. Clayton, "and all men get thu same,
whether new or old. In this respect tho
green hand Is In as good a position to earn
money ns the veteran, the only difference
botng that tho former Is not so likely to got
a regular run. Suniet lines a nuw man has
to bo on the waiting list for a year or
nioro before ho gets on regular.
"In breaking In now men we place thorn
In charge of some old, trusted employe and
send thorn over tho run eight or ten times,
If thoy show an adaptability for tho work
they aro put on Hit) waiting list; if not
1'" miiu
mo 0ut their cars. These are the property
"
of thu Omaha Street Hallway Uturury und
Eutciliilnmcut club, comprising 150 mem
bers, all employes of thu company. Here
may bo found a liberal assortment of works
npttfifl upl.tdl II1 .nnptllllll.w.t li lul firlritil
rc,K0UHri!irt.Ill.Ill,llK a wWo rullg0 ot
tastu unl not it lltttu uvl.loucu of Kou,l judt--
'"t '' "Km discernment. AM l.avo
b(,CM BO,ocl!1, by lho club ull(, pul(I for oul
((f U(0 ,,,,, lroaiIury. wlluI1 u mumuc.r
,,nnia of ft ,)0()k wh(,h ho (hllkB woulJ
nmko u vn,m, ,,tlon to the library ho
BUKK(,t8 R ut no of lll0 r(!KUnr meetings,
whe1 Ul(J ,U08on f whether or not to buy
t , ,ftUun u, ,, votcl, upon
A mlu of u.o fr()Ml romnB on
second lloor of tho building la dovoted to
tho use of tho club rent free. Hoth aro
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cotnronniiiy rumisncii. uno is iittcu up as
tho library and tho other Is used as a read-
Ing and cord room, On tho tables nro a
OF 1 1 10A I )l N(J IIOO.M
number ot excellent magazines und news-
papers, for which tho club subscribes,
Tlieao rooms nro open to members nt all
bourn und thoru Is seldom a tlmu during
tho day or night that thuy are not occu-
Plod by a dozen or more seekers for knowl-
edgo or ontortalnment.
Good Short Stories
Oncu there was a millionaire named
O'Kellly. who had a servant girl working
fur him also named O'Hellly.
O'IIkIIIv iIIhIIIii'iI furl lint. IiiiiiIith
bites the Iuillamipolls Sun, so when one
eiune to town a duko from Kngland
O'Hellly Immediately Invited the penniless
man to his homo.
"I'leosed to meet you. duke." said
O'Hellly. "Let 1110 Introduce you to Miss
O'Hellly."
Tho duko and Miss O'Hellly, who was
dressed for the occasion, got along
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famously, Miss O'Hellly doing must of the
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llko cunio out uf thu parlor and said to
0 ,lu"ly:
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uiurrlago?"
Certainly, duke," answered .Mr. O Rellly,
gluing up at lua cigar smoku. "Margaret
uas uhvuya longed lor a title. Can 1 scud
lor a clergyman und liavo thu ceremony per-
tunned now?"
Ihu duko was delighted with this, ot
course, and answered heartily In thu at-
llrinutlvu.
So they were married, and the drinks
ivoro 011 the duke.
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Ho was very nearsighted, which fact ac-
counts for this tale. It was on onu of tho
recent snowy mornings, relates the New
York I'ress, and hu was undecided whether
to yield to a Quixotic impulsu und clean
tho sidewalk himself or to toss a iiuartur
to uuo of tho passing shovelers, and, calm hi
the assuruneo that somu onu had been sut
to work to ouru an houest penny or two,
pursue his own and muro dlguillud way.
A preparatory survey, resultlug In the
discovery that a particularly cold and cut-
ting wind was abroad, sutllced.
"Say, my man," hu exclaimed to the
llrst person ho saw passing, "what would
you tako to clean this walk?"
"A shovel, by ull means," was tho
laconic reply.
As a prominent politician went chuckling
down tho street tho uBtoulshcd questioner
went iuto the houso and kicked himself
three times.
A
Charles Sumner, suys Major J. U. l'oud,
In his "Eccentricities of Genius," was uu
,
urlHtocral
Ho was my fathers ideal. After
1 had got back from Kansas and visited
1 xttt ot.1.1
my father's homo In W Isconslu father said
to mo: "James, the Honorablo Charles
bumner is going 10 speaK 111 u . e
mils 1 near mm.
ho wo nrraiigeu 10 (," u numiu umu
miles 10 nenr nun speaK. jij miuci uuvuj
Bpoko of him without giving him his tltlo.
Ho had enjoyed that speech Immensely.
I do not know whether 1 did or not. Fathor
occupied n front Beat with the Intention
uf rushing up to the platform and grasping
him by tho hand when ho had finished, but
tho Honorable Chnrles was too quick for
DEATH
STREET ('All EMPLOYES IN FRONT OK
him. Hu dlsum.eai i d. L.,.i ,.
0 ",o "uii,
huuuu) saw nun.
Father Bald: James, thu lluuorublu
Churles Sumner Is going to Mllwuukeo to-
morning, and we can ride with
film a part or the way.
we were on thu train early tho next
10rnlug, and so was thu Honorublu Charles
Sumner. Ho was sitting reading in the
drawing room car.
Father stepped up and said- "Tho
Honorable Charles Sumner? I have read
all your speeches. I feel that It Is the duty
of uvury Alll(.rlcan t0 tako ymi ,,y llf
'n,8 l3 my B01 u ,aa Jlst murlu,(1 ,,.,
tlu Kiuisas conlllut."
Honorable Charles Sumner dl.l not see
father nor his son, but hu saw thu porter
'd said: "Can you gut me a place where
I will bo undisturbed?"
I'oor father! His heart was broken. Uur-
Ing his last twenty-flvu years ho never re-
ferred to tho Honorablo Charles Sumner.
3
An iCngliali paper says that a well known
lecturer was once Invited to take tea ut a
certain house. Immediately on being
seated at the tabla a little daughter of the
houso said to tho guest abruptly: "Where
is your wife?"
Tho lecturer, who had recently separated
from his better half, was sui prised ami 1111-
noyed at the question, and stammered
forth tho truth:
"I don't know."
"Don't know?" repeated the child. "Why
don't you know?"
Finding that the child persisted In her
interrogations, despite the mild reproof
f tho parents, he decided to moke a clean
breast of tho matter and have It over at
once, so ho said with calmness:
"Well, we don't live together. Wo think,
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'lllllfil till UAUnpt'l illl'll IUOK IU
her pnrents
Uut (ho mtk tirm W
(lu,oU,a untl) Hho uxc,allm, .
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It out, the sanio as father and mother do?'
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it was just after a dinner, reports tho
New York Sun, and the man who hnd been
sitting next to the young woman with tho
beautiful arms and neck thought that ho
wns the most fortunate Individual In the
room He said nil the bright things hu
could bring to mind and wns congratulal-
KKl'OHTINQ FOR DUTY
i Alt H UN.
ing himself that hu nwis keeping up his
end of the conversation fairly well, win 11
the young woman begun to display signs of
nervousness. Sho gazed around the room
as If looking for an avenue of escape, moved
uneasily In her seat and allowed two or
three Jokes to pass her by without making
It evident that she recognized them. As
tonished and half alarmed, the man looked
at her Inquiringly, uud, meeting his look,
sho said:
"I am In misery."
"In misery?" echoed the man.
"Yes," she replied. "I was vaccinated
the other day and It has taken beautifully.
1 could almost scream, It hurts so."
Thu man looked at the beautiful arms,
and, seeing no mnrk there, said:
"Why, where were you vaccinated?"
"In New York," she replied, with a
smile.
Car Run by Hot Water
A standard gauge railroad car, carrying
Its own motors, operated by "superheated
water," was run over the New York &
I'utnam railroad from High Itrldge to Van
Cortlandt and return one day ncently,
reports tho Now York Sun, for the purpusu
of showing to some guests of tho Storage
l'ower company Just what the I'rall system
of "superheated water" can do as a motive
power. According to the stationery of tho
Storage Power company, Dr. W. Seward
Webb Is the president of tho company,
Henry L. Spraguu is the vlco president
and Edward Uarr Is the secretary and
treasurer.
It was said that the distance from High
Bridge to Vnn Cortlandt Is ninu miles and
tho run was mndo In twenty minutes. The
re turn trip was made In about the same
tlmu. Attached to tho under sldo of tho
car were three cylinders, each containing
about 2,000 pounds of "superheated water,"
put Into the tanks under a pressure of nbout
700 pounds to tho square Inch and at a
temperature of GOO degrees Fahrenheit.
Small quantities of this water puss from
tho storage tanks through measuring
valves to motors attached to both the front
nnd rear axles ot tho car. The motors,
generally speaking, are much llko tho ordi
nary high-pressuro engines. It Is said
that In operation the motors consume 400
pounds of water per car mile. It Is nlso
Bald that it Is feasible to carry 12,000
pounds of water In storage tanks of a
suhuihuu car, which will make possible a
thirty-mile run on one charge of water.
To heat enough water (100 pounds) to run
a car n mllo requires nbout 17.0 pounds of
coal, which, according to the prospectus
maker uf tho Storage Power company,
would cost nbout 2 cents.
Among thoso who rodo In the ear were
Joseph Leltor Cyrus Field Judson and J.
I). Iloadley, "
Brother Dickey's Protest
Hrotlier Dickey enmo In yesterday In .1
statu of mind, reports the Atlanta Con
stitution. Ho laid his hat carefully In a
corner, on tho lloor, ndjusted his brass
rlnimed spectacles and delivered himself
as follows:
"I see by do paper yestlddy dat one er
dem poetry-mnkers been writln' ter you
dnt ho done destroy Satan en bu'n 'I111 up
on n wood lire, In do middle or do road?
Well, sub, de days er Ananias en do wife
whnt he had Is not pass en gone! Hoy is
right heah lu de worP terday! De IJee er n
seuslblo human ninn tnlkin' Ink dat! Satan
Is des ez llvo terday ez a bailiff wld a
warrant fer a blind nigger. Des put It
duwn nt dnt. lint what 1 wants ter say,
principle is ills: Don't print no mo' fool
ulk in de paper dat Satan Is dead; ka.e.
ef you does, dey won't be enough niggers
in do nieotln' house nex' Sunday ter nils.'
two dollars, or do tune ter 'Amnzln' Ornco!'
Dot's do very news dey been wait In' fer
dls long time; en of once dey gits It In
doy head, good, I'll hatter glvo up preachln'
en go ter plowln' In my ol' age, en do
hongry, sufferln' heathens cross de water
will never havo another rhaneo nt a mis
sionary f'um Georgia! Dot's all."
