Show RAILROAD MEN HEN EN NEEDED IN STREET CAR CAP 1 MANAGEMENT To th the Editor of oC The Telegram A few v d days s 's ago three ladles ladies one of them 75 76 years ears old boarded the 5 o'clock Jordan bridge car at the Walker corner and when the conductor came round for tor his fare tore he was asked to please stop on the other side of ot Third West street The elderly lady al also aho o said to the conductor Now plea please e dont don't carr carry carry car car- r ry me by Third West e t Instead or of at Third West that conductor never even rang runs the bell until his car carwaR was waR nearly nearh to Fourth West est street and then the ladles were compelled to alight In the mud and had the pleasure of or toting themselves back to Third West Vest street feeling In not the most amiable mood Now the Oregon Short Line runs along Third West cst street an and the street railway people have some kind of a arule arule arule rule which however Is never enforced that all cars must come to a full tull stop before cros crossing the tracks of ot an any steam railway In the case cited this car not only did not stop but It scarcely even slowed up for Cor the crot crossing but scooted across the rails of or the Short Line which nearly shook some ome of ot the passengers Into pieces And AnI this Is a u common occurrence occurrence oc 00 oc- oc currence on this particular line On nice clear dry days as a's a 11 car will wilt sometimes sometimes some some- times come to a u. full tull stop and the conductor conductor conductor con con- ductor will run ahead see that eli all Is clear then signal the motorman to come com ahead but on wet et or Inclement ent days such a a. proceeding is almost wholly unknown Another r thing cars on this line are arc arcin in the thc habit of being run at a 11 breakneck breakneck break break- neck speed down the hill hili from Main 1 street to Third West cst very frequently going a as as twelve miles an hour to within half hair a D. block of ot the railway tracks and ond as us has been several times demonstrated b by accidents that have happened at this corner It seems to tomake tomake tomake make no difference what kind of or a rail It Is dry or slippery a brake Is ex expected expected ex- ex to have ha the same effect on the speed of a n. car It Is said that cars on this line are arc on a ver very fast time card but It I Is noticed that there I Is not one whit of ot difference generally In the speed of running down this hill bill whether er Cr a n car ar nr I L Is behind time or ahead of time lime which frequently frequent IH i the case It might be said that the crew ere or |