Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1873, Page 3

TIE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1873. CHEAP TRANSPORTATION. Street Railroad System of Chicago. Where the Oars Run and at What Times, o Statlstics as to Number and Pay - of Employess What it Costs to Run n Car nnd;tllo Profils of a Trip. Detailed Information Concern- % ing the Management of the Roads, E Growth and Progress ef the - :Omnibus Lines. Number . of Buses and Employes, " Rates of Farc, Bte. 5 / A preforonco for any othor: means -of loco- motion rather than podestrinnism iz n dis- tinguishing trait of American character, which +will probably account for tho superiority which all their machinery for traveling posscssca over that of other countries. Perhaps the fivat thing thnt atrikes o foroigner on his anival in: the Unitod Blales, ia tho comfort and cleganco of its. rallway cara ond stesmboats. The ‘moxt thing that surprises him is; that theme qualities ‘are not n spocial luxury to be acquirad at rates placed purposely bigh,"{n order to Insuro that ooloctness with which tho aristocrat desires to surronud himsolf, but are for tho people, and attawnable at popular prices. Amerioans of ail classos will have ongoand comfort, if possible; nnd never objoct to paying a little oxtra to havo some elogance in addition. Thoy aro fond of pedes- trianism, inother peoplo. Whona-* nobleLord,” on tha now-a-days essontial American four, is aunounced by the Now York Jenkinsca as o prodigions podestriszn, who walks fivo or six times from his Lotel to Contral Park and back by way of an appotizer be- fore cach madl, thoy Tead thoitem in their morning Herald, and concludo that, whatevor other qualities ho may lack, Lo must bave » good pair of loga. Then thoy finish breakfast, spond * a nickel on the car which earriesthem comfortably to their place of businces, and thauk Providenco that they sre not ondowed with sn appetite which needs so terrible a bodily effort to bring it up to time on tbe throe daily occasions whon tho promyptings of its still small voico are so ploas- oot to listen fo. : THE AMERICAR'S.JOY. The pet means of locomotion in Amerca fstha ‘buggy. Giveusayoung,woll-to-doAmerioan,seat- odin alight-built, brightly-burnished buggy,with o protty Amerlcun girl by hia sido, aud a dashing pair of threc-minute boys in front, sud -we hava 88 porfect n picture of content and happi- mess og can bo found tho world over, This fondnoss for * horse and buggy " induces many mon, in the larger citics, to live on tha outskirts, within a decont driving distance, ond holps greatly in the dovelopment of thelr suburbs. TIE POOR AN'S CARRIAGE, But thero aro vast numbers in oil cities to whom tho keoping of tho modestest little turn- out in the world is o thing their income does not permit of. Yot thoy livo in the country if thoy wish, or just in that happy mean between town ond country, whero all tho comforts of the former can bo lad with all tho fresh air and delights of tho latter, and for them is in roadi- nees, every fow minutes, a handaome, comfort- nble cnrringe, drawn by o tesm of excellont horses driven by o careful driver, nono the less accoptable because unliveried, and which is ready to take thom to their placo of businoss, some threo miles away, for tho trifling consider- ation of a nickel a load, children helf-prico, ¢ tho lattor required to make their own chango.” 1t is neodloss to sny that the carringe reforred to is tho inatitution comdionly known &3 o stroet- . car, which has during tho past eighicen years becomo 80 popular with the American public. Now York was the first place in which the eys- tom of etroet-railways was tried, and in the courac’of o year or two later Ohicago made’ the experiment, which-at once proved successful. Sincoe thon, the rapid growth of the city has in- * duced an equally rapid growth of city railway tines, sud the four routes, withjten miles of track, of 1858, have grown into the twenty odd routes and fifty 0dd miles of track of to-day. Chicago, the grontest railway city of the world, is par-~ ticalarly well adapted to tho snccossful operating of strect-car lnes, Built on tho prairio, its roadways prosent no steop lills to torture tho car-horses, which, jogging slong the level plain, ot & rato seldom oxceediug five mwiles an hour, with an easy-run- ning ear gliding behind, are smong the happlest of thelr spocies in the world, What tho street- cars haveslone towards doveloping tho outakirts of Chicago, it i hard to toll. ~ One of the flrat things dons by a young married man who is be- ginning v make money in Chicago, isto hunt up a cornesllot in ono of tho outlying districts near . to tho etreot-car which takes bhim to his busl- - ness. He invests in a Jot or two, if hio has the ‘money, builds him a home, and settles down as & member of that class of the community which 8 the backbone of our city, whose business in- terests aro in the oity proper, bu_whose homes aro away off, whero on one side the prospect is yoofa and Bteeples, on tho other green or snow- ‘covered prairie, and an occasional pioneer home- stead. BSnch s man's moving to and from busi~ nesa overy day, counting in the extra trips when he visits the theatro or the concert, noed not 608t him mora than between $40 and 850 a year. PRUFITS OF OHICAGO STREET-OAL COMPANIES, T'his 18 o small sum, bat so great is tho num- Bor of these contributions fhat the prosent financial_condition of the car companiea is of & nature thnt must gratity thelr stockholdera. Tho Wost and BSouth Stde liues pay handsome diridends of from 16 to 18 per cent per annum, and the North Bido line, although the fire was & gavore Btroke, is foat recuperating, and promises 2 bs & paying concern sgsin beforo long, INTERESTING STATISTICS COLLECTKD, Within the past fow days a TRIDUNE reporter has devoted his spara time to gleaning suoh 1n- formation with regard fo stroet-cars aa might provo lnurounn[i'n. tothe Ammxe. At tho samo time he took tho “gontlemen of tho opposition,” the atago-drivars, a class of men whose aconmmodations are, especially when ono 18 in a hurry, by no means to bedospised. From both étrost-car company offlcials and atago pro- riotors, he gathored an ocesu of intoresting ncts, which ho has condopsed nto resdable shapo. The manegers of the difforent oar com- anles gaye information yery slmilar in natura, R‘ho Tates of pny to employes, tho proportion- ate numbor of horses and_cara to length of Jine, and othor ossential points, were found to bo grutty much tho esme on all lines, Tho elastiol- y of the cars was no less romearkablo on one road thau on anothor, all of them having been praved capable of contalning over 100 custom- ors, aud atill heving room for the provorbial “ona more,” % Many of tho stroet-enr managera think that steam conld Lo used with good effout mstead of horses, but none of them are prepayed to sa that thore I8 & locomotive yot iuveuted hiol sould bo used withous h’lghleulntv borsos, A soon a8 this is done, the introductlon of stoam wpon our roadways and thie presence of oars wi:ich will carry the citizena out to Western svenno, or Lincoln Parls, or the southern sub- arbs {n fiftecn or twonty minules, will ba hailed with Joy by thousunds, TI[E SOULTT SIDE ROADS, Tho Ohl Lr‘ffl“f?“l:wy"'(’x’fi{p.ny has o Ohicago City Railwa 0 28 an- hority by ng chigriar to oy u;ugu suywhera an tho Bonth Hido where permitted by the Clly Coumell, and the number and longth of traclns fiy greator thau in oither of tha othor divisions of thocity, ‘Lheir linos start from tho cornor of Loke nnd Hiato atrcots, and run over doublo tracks an far as Bightoonth. IToro tho Indinua avenuo lina branchoes off. At Ninotoonth strect, tho Archer avenue llne sirikes out for the aluaslo haunts around Bridgoport, At Wwonty- gocond etroet, the Cottnge Grove avonno vurg turn off, o part running only to ‘Pwonty-filth slyeot, aud the romniuder goivg on to the city 1imits, whoro tho stenm dutnmy tnkos passcugora ag far as lyde Park, Tho Slalo stroot cars proper stop” ab /Uhirty-fourth street, aud thero o lino of iwo-horse = cara —gocs miles of singlo rack belonging to this Com- pany i about twenty. ou ‘the Btock Yards. The wholo numbor of OAIA IN UBE. 9 Tho numbor of cars used by this Company fa 104, of ‘which 66 nra’ Cottage Grove aveuuo, 62 Binto streat, 2L Indinns avenne, 20 Aroher ave- 1o, 10 Stato and Madison, 3 Stock Yard, and 4 Ilyde L'ack. The lnst-mentionod cars, aro drawn Ly tho dummy ongino, and are heated with stoves, . i . : CAPITAU 8TOON. "Tho capital stock of this Company s 81,250, 000, - and tho yearly receipts aro not far from £600,000, Tho valup of tho atock has boon s Tigh' aa 180, though tho prico las beon: badl .alectod by nceidental causes, auch as the opi- wootic of lnat yoar, when all tho cars wore taken off, oxcopt auch a8 wero drawn by tho. dummy mllu7|una. "o cowmpany lost only 86 horses, out ©f.700. . . TG EMPLOYES AND WHAT THEY Do. There aro 325 men fn the employ of thus Com- pany g tho melt timo, about 76 having beon dischargod einco the panlc, Whoro are muny dif- foront ueeupations roprogented on tho );’ny-mll. thore Dboiug conductors, drivers, slablemen, atarters, llllle—kon“:tfi, recoivers, hill-boye, track- Inyors, blacksmiths, carpenters, aud pnintors, Plie Company docs oll its own work 1n repair- iug and painting ity care, and shoelug ils horses, There are twolvo blackamilhs, eix onr- pontors, and six paintors conatantly employed ontho dompmy’a worlk, At present, all tho cava aro successively ovorhaulod and ropaiuted, Tho State street and Cottage Grove avenuo_cars aro recelving u differont coloring, which udds to thu brightnoss of ther appenianco, and males them more eaufly distinguishable, COST AND MANNER OF RUNNING CATS. The wear and tenr of cars is grotor than would bo supposed. A sot of wheels and hoxes nuast bo replaced every yoar, and the.cars them- solves sre continually roquiring pateling, paint- ing, nud gonoralitivkering, Thoy wea roquiro a cont of varnish' once'n year, and, in geheral, the wosr of cars amounts £o 16 per cout. The cost of running & car with one horso s 99,60 por_doy,and with two horses $12.60 per day. .gl'hin includes all expenees, aund it will thus | bo geon Lhat the dividends upon the stock must Lo Jarge. In addition to tho rogular cary, there aro fiftoon trip cars on tho Cottago Grove lino, aud the ssme numboer on Stato atroot. Thoso commence running at 4:30 o'clock in the morn-~ ing, and go off about 9 a'clock, commoncing agaiu at 4 o'clock, and golng off at 11 o'clock at night. The very lowost that any caravernges for o day, evon vinder tho most favorable ciroum- ntances, in $2.00 por lrlx‘ which would leavo n oloar profit of $4.40 por duy for tho single cara, .which, making soven trips per day, snd 81.50 for ‘thio double, though na the latler’ averago mora than $2.00 per trip, the earniugs of each aro un- doubtedly about equal, ~fhe faco. COLLECTION OF FARES. On nono of the cars of the South Sido line aro there conductora to take.up tha tares, and on the Archor avonuocars aloue avo thore auy con- ductors nt all. {Tha “orosatown” cary, from ‘Pwonty-sccond atroot to Union Park, boing partty under the control of tho Wost Sido Com- l:an(y. Dave rogular conductors, who turn in all hefr faros collected ou Madison stract to tha West 8ide company, snd all takon up on tho run from Madieon stroct to the southern tormi- nus, -to tho Bouth Sido corporation. At tho corner of Madison and Olnrk streots, where these cars burn off, o time-keeper s _stationed, .who recoives tho little slips’from ench conductor, go- ing West and Sonth. Those slipa contain two rows of numberd, one of which is supposed to ‘o punched out for cach fare, At theond of tho day, tho conductor must turn In an amouut of movoy to corraspond to Lho total numbor of holos inall Lis cards. On tho other cara of this line, theoro is a cumbrous box nt thae front of {he car, into which the passongors aro supposed to drop thelr nickels or ticketa, This systom dlg- penses with the condugtor, and mnkes the Com- pany duflandm upon tbo honesty of tho public, ratlior than upon that of ono individual, Whilo there are many porsons who malo it o -practice to ride froo if possible, tho esving in wages and in stonlage is vory great, aud the Company lavo no desire to return to the old plan. 'The driver is furnished with change in acsled onvalopos, huving the sum in each distinctly printed upon YERCENTAGES OF DIIVERS. TIn addition to his duties as driver and change- maker, he is required to parform that of con ductor to the extent of sceing that tho passen- gora pay their fares into tho box. Thik duly is mado o part of tho driver's interest by giving him a'porcentage nson the rocnipls of hia car, instend of payiug & fixed galary, Whis porceut- ago {8 made to vary sccording to the ecason af 1he yeor, 1t being 80 arranged that ho ohall re- coive about §2.50 por day. At night, on passing iug tha Buperintendent’s oftico on Stato utroot, noar Twonty-first, tho colloctor unlocks the box, emptics tho contents into a bag, which is then tie ng, pumberod with the car numboy, and sont into the Treasurer’s office. Tho packagos of chango ore made up in the Treasurer's oflico by o number of young ladies, whote skill and acouracy in counting and sealing up the money is romarkable, A tin box holding €50 in packa- gon containing from 10 ‘conts up to 32 is givon to each driver i tho morning, and ho muat return that amount, either in casl or in the original onvolopes, at night, On Archer avonue, tho cars have conductors who sit in a glaus case ot thorear of the car, to make ghnnga and 8o that every paesengor pays his are. TIOURH OF LATOR AXD RATES OF PAY. The houra of lsbor for drivors and conductors arolongor than in auy othercbusiness in tho ety A day's work in never iosa than thirteen hours, and {8 often as highwas seventeon. The men eal thoir meals on the cars, and occaslonally gef o drink at the ends oqho line, In cold wenthor thoir lito is very bard, aud it is not to b expoct- ed that a vory eMclont class of mon should seck tho plnce. Neithor i it surprising that condue- tora should sometimes forgot to turn in all the monoy colleoted. ‘Thoy roceive from $1.75 {o 82,50 per day, and are Hlable at any time to be dischiarged on tho complaint of tho drlver, start- or, recoiver, or any passenger. A reform in tho matter of houra, has boon suggested, but whil.- the Compnnles can gst fourtosn houra’ work for ten hour's pay, they are not likely to roeduco tholr profits ont of regard for the feolings of tholr employes. s TIE FIORGE QUESTION. The numbor of horaes owned by the Bouth 8ide Company {8 761, of which 170 are kept in tho Btato street siables, corner of Thirty-fourth stroot; 861 aro in the Btato and Twonty-first streat stableg, and 280 in the Cattage Gravo ata- bles, Tach drivor has his own gavg of horsca which he drives exoluaively, but does not take care of, all such wark belanglug to the atable- meu. On the long lines each horso makos threo round trips in two days, and thus avorages about 20 miles por day. The wear and tear on horsea is very grent, and a horso soon breaks down, unless ha is quito haerdy, Al groon, country horses, on first com- ing to the ocity, are attacked wilh a sort of acoli~ mating eloknoss, and consequently their uso for & month or six wocks is alivays lost. It is con- slderod the safest plan to buy young horses, not -over six yesrs old,” aud, after two years' work, to soll thom, They aro then in Erauy fair condition, have not be- gun to break down, and bring a fair prico. In no other way can a company, using many horees, avert a large loss on their horse account. The horses of tha South Side Company eat 1,200 tons of hay yearly, and each one roquires fiftean pounds per day of ground oata and corn, mixed in oqual quantities, The drivers on the Coltage Grove avonue line have flye horaes each, and make seven trips per day; on the Htato atraet line thoy mako nine Irli)u‘ on Archor avenue, oight; aond on Indiana avonue and Twaonty-fitth atreot line, ten trips ench. HILL-HONGES are used &t the cornor of Stato and Kightesnth, Btato and Tweuty-second, and ‘Fwonty-socond stroot and Cottage Groye avenuo, They simply luteh on to the heavily loaded cars in golug up tho inclines, snd around {he curves, 1t will bo seon that such an asuistance {s novessary wlon it i romemborad that a car welgha a ton and & lislf, and that & heavy load of passengors will add from two to two and o half tons, Ench atabloman haw charge of fifteen Lorkes, taking thio outire care of thom, excopt the foeding. Thls {s done by seven experiouvod feoders, who do nothing else. HHOEING, The shoelug of tho horses Is an important ftom. ‘I'welve blackemitha arc kopt for this and other amithy work, During last summer the Qoodenough shoo was exclusively nsad b{ thia Qompany,;but they are now forced fo abandon it for winter uso, ‘These shoos aro worn out, on au avorage, In twonty-one days. In winter tho common throo-cork shoois resharpened oncosa weols, ‘Uhin is necessary, to enable tho Lorsos to keop tholr fooling om the. foy atroaly, In somo citles, §¢ I8 customary to malt tho _ tincks to melt tho fco, but it is n barbarous custom, which soon dedtroys tho foet of tho howken, owing to the in- tongo cold . it producos. In this cll{ it fs unly done at tho curvos and switclion, whora it i3 absolutely necossury. Tho Company ownd, and keeps running by day and night, whon required, flvo snow-plowa of tho mort approved deserips tlon, so tuat it is seldom that o complefo stop- poge takes plnce by renson of & Bnow-stornt. Tho dummy lmoe to lyde Park runs every avan hour from tho eity limits, and leave Ilyda Parkat overy half-honr, except Bundsy, whon tha timen aro roversod. CONTEMPLATED 1MIROVEMENTA, Thore bave been iwo improvementn in ears Intely nttompted by this Coml)m\y. Tho fircless locomotivo was givon a trinl on the dummy track, and found to worlk quite succossfully, in summer, but it is not thought probable that it can lkeep up s pressuro sufliciont in cold woathor {0 maka the whole trip. Thoe lovomotive i simply o large bollor, with n wmall, singlo, divect-noling engine. A supply bofler at tho ond of tho Jine, fills tho Iacomotivo boilor with superhented steam at o prossure of 180 pounds, whick, on the run of uix mmites, is roduced to 85 ponuda, . *Tho otlier fuvontion ia one of most importance 10 horeo-car companies, - ''ho.grent strain npon the Lorses, is due to the froguent stoppogos, aftor whieh'tho Lorse must start tho wholo dead wolght of the car and tho loud of pausongers. Tho mero drawing Btrain aftor the car is atorted, iy not much, hance’ anything 'which will moako tho cor ntart oasily, s ‘of conslderablo import- anco to the Compuny. A very simplo and choap arrangoment forrolioving the dead pull hns boen Rntnmud by Nelson J, Wilkiuson of Kalamazoo, lich., and when one or two lmprovements hiave boen porfected, it will bo adopted on all tho cars of this Compauy, aud probably of all tho othera. There lsn combination of two lovers and a ratohet, on the front axle, by which the horno turns Lho wheol one-quarter around, botoro ho draws divcetly on tho car. This gives o start of nbout two feat, and the car is startod with just ono-fourlh tho puwoer necossary without the palont startor. DEAGE ARD QUIET TO DE PRESERVED, As o wholo, the arraugements for piiblie con- vaeniouco on the lines of this Company, are guito eatisfactory with somo Cflflln[l(.nxcflpunun. Thoy run cors overy hour during the night on Btato stroat sud Cotinga Grove avenue, aud their dum- 1y brain runa a8 Jato ns 11 o'clock, In order to malintaln quiot iu theiv ears tho following geue- ral ordor Lias boon {gsued, accompanied Dby - ono from the Suporintondont of Lolice of tho city : Cin1caqo CiTx RAILWAY COMPANT, SBuperintendent’s Ofiice, ! } @encral Order No. fiv.a 3f any person rliall Lo guilty of dlsorderly conduct, by using profutie or obacenio lynguage, violating publia dsconcy. Intozicatioty o amokig, an' any car pelonge ing to i Ohicago-Cily Naflwny Gompany, it will be £ha duty of tho driver'or conductor iu charge, to Bums mon n polico officer, and if, after placing bia hond on tho shoulder of such passengor, and requiring him to leavo the car, lie rofusca or resists, to rnq\lulgfhn ofl- cer to remove him, in accordance with tho snnezed ordor, Cuancxs B, Houxxs, General Superintendent, POLICE DEPANTMENT, ;. Offieo of Genoral Superintondent,, General Order No, 45.] ‘Tlio polica force are bereby fustructed that, 1 will bo their duby whonover any persou shall bo guilty of dtrorderly conduct upon a_ tircot-rallway car arislug from auy attempt of & conductor or driver to_enforce ‘any lawful rule or regulution of euch Rallyyoy Conpany in relntion to passengers, to arrest any and all_persons gailty of snch dieorderly conduct, aud to take tlem cforo Lo Tolico Court, the same a8 fu all ofhior cases whero arrests aro mado for dlsorderly conduct, By order of the Board of Polics, ELMER WABNDURY, Qeneral Superintendont. The forcgoing i8 to bo posted in all cars, ag soon as the frames thoretor are comploted, and it is to be hopad that it will havo a good offect, TIE WEST SIDE ROADS. TOUTES AXD TIME SCHEDULES. Tlhe cars of this Company run over six dlffor- ent routes on 20 miles of rail. Tho beas paying of theso lnos is that from tho cornor of Lake aud State stroets along Mad- ison to Western avonuo, tho care running on which making tho trip iz 36 minutes. Tho firat car leaves Westorn aveuue at 5:45 a. m., and tho last car leaves the corner of Lake and Btato atreot nt 11645 p, m. Next in importance is thelr Randolph strest line, tho cars on which run from tho corner of Biato nud Randolph west to Wesiern avoauo, mnklng‘thn trip in 88 minutes. Tho flrst car leaves Weslarn avenie at 5:45 a. m., and the last cur Jeavoy the corner of State and Rendolph ab 11:48 p. m. Tho cars of the Milwaulkeo avonuo route run from the corner of State and Randolph west to aleted atreot, up to Milwaukeo avenue, and along thatavonuo to North avenue, mnking the run in 86 minutes. The tirut car loayes the cor~ nor of Division streot and Milwaukoe nvenuo ot 6a.m., aod tho last car lonves ihe corner of Btate and Randolph at 11 p. . T'ha Halstod streot and Dlue_lelnnd avenuo cars run from tho cormerof Lale and Btate streols to Madison, wost on that strect to Ilal- sted, south ou lalsted and Blue Islend aveuuo to Heury atreet, making the irip in 33 minutes. Tho first car leayes Henry stroet at 6.02 a. m, and tho last cur leaves tho coruer of Btate an Lako at 11 p. m. T'he Clinton strcot cars run from tho corner of Btato and Randolph etreets west on Randolph to Clinton, routh on that stroet to Van Buron, wost on Van Duron to Jcllerson, nnd south on Jofferson to Meaghor sirect, noar the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy froight dopot, making the trip in 83 minutes. The first car leavos Meagher strect ay 6:00 a. m., and tho last ar loaves tho comr of Slato and Randolph ot ;00 p. m, . The Van Buren street cars run from the corner of State aud Randolph stroets west to Fifth ave- nuo, south on Fifih avenue to Van Buron and wast on Van Buren to Ogden avonue, making tha trip in 40 minutes. The firat car leaves Ogden avenus at 6:00 a, m,, and tho last car leaves the coruer of State and Randolph at 11:00 p, m, ‘Tho backbone of the Com}uny is the Madison streot line, whose cars are always well filled, snd froquantly crowded with passongers, and' tho rapid fimwth in all parts of the Weat Bide, gives ground for faith iu » bottorment upon evon this comfortable stato of affaira. ALL-NIGNT CARS. Tt thoro is ono fmprovement which could bo suggested on this ling, it is that tho cars run all night, at intervals of an hour, as is done on_the Bouth Side. When it is remembered that Madi- son stroot is tho contral channel for West Chi- cago trayel, and that at a low computation 2,600 Weat Siders work at night in tho eity, it will ba seon that the regular rmuning of n17h¢ oarg would bo at onco n great boon to the public, and » sourco of edditionnl profit to tha Company. The probability is, that within a month cach of tho cars going wost would carry at lenst $4 worth of passongors. TUE DRIDGZ-TENDERS, Tho g}entlmt trinl undergono by the passenger on the Moadison atreot cor, is that cauked by tha strange and unaccouutablo perversity of the Madison street bridge-tendor. If it be true, as was onco romarked by the venerable Wellor, that the keepors of turnpikes are those whose lives hiave been a series of dieappointments, and who take to * pika-keeping "' as a means of revenge against their more fortunate fellow-men, what a succession of failures must tho lives of our bridge-tenders have been, aud how fearful a yengennco they aro wresking every hour of tho day. But the chiof torfurer of thom allis tho Madison stroet bridge-tender, ~—and it is in that most intorcsting period of the day known as dinner-time, that he indulges In his most flendish freaks. At 10'min-~ utes to 6 o'clock, when, poetically spenking, & geontlo zophyr from the West boars to the nos- trils of about 800 weary wondora of their home- ward way the fnimnce of joint, ateak, and cut- lat, aa they &it in half & dozen atreet cars um, or appronching, the hill which loads to the bridgo, the bridge-ilend soes afar to the south the emoke of an approaching propellor. To make sura of agamng 300 dinners bie sounds his bell, and in the courgo of 10 minutos the flrapuuor PABEOH Up- wards, Just aa she goos by ho discovers in the vicinity of Van Buren streot bridge anothor.pro- [mllur moving southward, Hewsmiles and waits; he passongors walt too, but they do not emile; they swear. Ilalt a dozon more ‘vosauls pasa oach way, no more appoar in slgfi:t, aud the arob-flend is'obliged to go round at his end of the polo snd Jot the passengers ovor. There {8 no doubt that this man is the moat plentifully anathomatizod individual in the com- munity, "Even motmbors of the Committee] of Bevenly have boon known to strateh a point aund objurgate him roundly in oaths of tho purest and moat potent Anglo-Saxon, What peoulinr mizclilef {ho misorable man lu ongaged in during tho wintor montha is not definitely kuowa, THE NOLLING FTOCK, Tt can ensily be undertood thab thoe equip- ment of & company with so many difforont routes, aggregating such o lougth of line, iv vu a vory lovge scalo, Lo number of horscs which ihe Company owns i8 mnot loss than BiG, which are stabled in flve barus, situated, respoctively, o Westorn avonue, Biue Island av- enue, where aflne now barn iu building, Van luren strcet, Jefferson stroet, and Milwaukcoav- enuo, ‘Uhe liorsos on thoss lines all work in pairs, and many of tho tenms are vory handsome ndeed, aud boar evidonces of good esra nud grooming, ‘Lholr sverago value ia §140 ench, 'he rolling stook of tho Company consiuty of 167 onrs, and the usual complement of snow- plows, ete, 'Lho esis are of vaiious mnkos; but at provont thie Company I8 gottiug all itu rollin stock from the manufactory of Usuda & Qo., o this eity, wihoso worlk thoy constdor equal to any brouglt from tho East. TAY OF TMPLOYES, Tho track, whou laid down upon the atreet, is oalinatod at ahout 216,000 por mile for o eluglo teack, ‘'Tho principal runuing oxpousos are, of coursw, tho wages of omployes and the faed of tho boreon, ‘'ho avorage number of mon om- glnyod by this Compnuy is about 880. The following” are tho ratos of wages paid to difforont claswos of hited ncn. Couductors, of whom from 100 to 120 are omployed : or cleven hours’ worl, §1.75 ; for fourtaen hours’ £2.40; for elsteen Jiours, §2.62. Drivers, of whom there are an oqual number with tho eonductora: For oloyon hourn, £1.02; for fourteon hours, 2,40, Cnrpontors, 82476 por day; uvnintors, 275 per day; blnckemiths, €3 por day; Lam- men, €160 por doyi trackmon, from §1.62 Lo #1,87 per day ; barnossmen, 260 a mouth; and watclinon (who .also attend to tho car-lamps), $65 per month, -Tho ford of tho horaes is a vory consldornblo itom, ench lorse eativg, per doy, :munz 14 pounds of feed, Which costs £18.60 por ou. i THE DAILY DENEIPTS, Tho roceipta linve to bo - larga to offeet the henvy exponditurcs entailod by the pnymont of ‘thio varlous omployes and tho keep of tho horsos and tho flgures plow that thoy oré, Tho totaf numbor of cars in uso at ona time, on tho West Budo linas, is oighty-five, no loss than 900 round: irips boing made’in o day, Tho total average numbor.of” pnssongers carried oach day in the cars of this Company is not losn thau 86,000, nmnaking the dally casl’ ‘}:racacds averago 81,800, and the avorago of oacli round trip $2.00, TILE TRIALS OF A CONDUCTOR, The life of a conductor on the West Bido linos is fullof unrcat and tropidation, Thoy are obliged to observe n number of striot rules with rogard totho starting of thoir cars, to their action ‘on npproschivg the bridges and othor .poiuts of tho lino, and tho making of timo, docapitation bewng tho dreaded result of a dis- regard of theso points. What the soctet charm which bolongs. to the ‘lifs of a Weat Bide cat- conductor really is,-is a mattor difficulé to dotermine, Hig home ia the street-car, tho house whero he' slcops accing- him but afew hours each day. His merls ho onts sitting in Lin wandering dwelling whon tho oar is at the westornmost ond of the line. The driver keops him compauy, sitting In the shifting seat which hooks on the front rall. Siloutly but awiftly thay dovour the conients of their tin pails, tho Inst drop of ‘eold coffed fa enguflod, and tho coat-sleva is for tho last Lime drawn across the mouth’ for cleansing purposes, when the con- ductor romarks pathotically -to his compauion, “Well, Bill, jta about timo wo siarted for Chi- cago,” 'The driver takes up his potition without s word, tho conductor jorks away at the boll for nbout balf-a-minuto, .to signify bis intention of doparting, and the quickly-fed employes start for Chicago. One .of the greatest triala of a conductor's existenco is to have just in front of him a slow- going country vehicle, with an apparently deaf driver. Tho. gong is sounded in the moat im- pationt manner, yet the importurbable rustio refuscs to haston Lis horge. As s 1aet resort, the driver has to take tho matter in hand, which he does encrgotically, driving the car-pole into tho slow-moving wagon and penrly pitchiog its cocupant into tho stroot. Tho West Sido linoa are, take them altogether, very well managed in all their dopartments, tho steady jog of 41¢miles an bour is woll sustained, and but few dificultios aro ever obsorvablo be- tvoon passengers and employes. Tho capital stock of tno Company (s $1,250,000, Itis a favoritein the local market, and is held by shareholders st 160, and before tho panic was only procurablo st about 200. Tho President of thig line is Me. W, 1I. Dradley, the Olerk of tho United Slates Distiiet Ccurt; the Superin- tendont, Mr, Goorge L. Webb; tho.Secrotary and I'roasurer, Mr, Willlam H, Ovington. THE NORTH SIDE ROADS. THEIR PATRONS. The Norih 8ido line of streot-cara is to n large extont dependount for ils passongers upon: the German olemout of the city’s poputation, Theso easy-going, comfort-loving &wnp o prove good cnstomers, and help the road make up its yemly incomo. Dut bosides theso, thure is o vory large native population on the North Side who patron- Ige the oata fully, In the Bummer-timo tho busi- noss of this line s grostly incronsod Sundays and holidnys, by the attractions lield out to_citi- zons of_sll sections by Lincoln: Park, with its swarded alopes and artificial lakes, its menugerie, which bas no nercenary Eaminlor, any ity cosy summer-houses. tho wintor tho sacred concerls at the Turner Iall, swith Jager boer and wmo accompaniments ab the usual taviffs, slso avgment somownat tho Com- pany’s bueinoes, Tho cars of this line nro, an s rwe, weil oquipped, aud drawn by very fair horses. TIE SOMEDCLES. Tho following are the difforcnt routes trav- oled over, and tho time of going and comivg : The Clark streot sud City Limits route 15 the back-bouo of the line. 'Thocarson this rond run from Clurk streot bridge to the old ity Limits, in 86 minutes, begiunivg ot City Limits at 6:11 4. m., and closing with & trip from tho bridge ab 11:14'p. m. Graceland cars, counecting wilk tha Dumniy at City Limite, leave Clark streot bridzo ab 6:8 0. m. and every subsequent hour, excopt 12:38 p, m., until G:38 p. m, The Clybourn avenuo and Larrnbeo stroob oars run from Clavk street bridgo north toDivis- ion strest, wost on thiat stroet, to Clybourn ave- nuo, northwest to Larrabeo atreot, and north on it, to Contro strect, making tho tripin 80 miu- utes. The first ear leaves Cantre street at 8a, m., xnd the last car loaves Clurk stroet bridge at 111 p. m, The Chicago and Clybourn avenues cara run from Clark strast bridge north to Chicago aveuus, weskou that avenuo to Larrabos streol, north on that street to Clybourn avenue, an northwast on it to Clybnurn plezo, mekirg the run in 96 minutes. The first car leavos: Cly- bourn placo at G 5. m,, and the last car lesves Clark stroeb bridge at 11:45 p. m. The Bedgwick strest sud North avenuo cars run from Clark street bridge north to Division etroet, on that street tdedgwiok, and along it to Nortk avouus makine the trip in 24 minutes. The firat our leayes North avenuo at 6:17 a. m., and tho last car leaves Olark strest bridge ab 10:55 p. m. The Lincoln avenuo cars run from Clark slreot bridgegon Clark stroet to Centre utreet, wost to Lincoln aveuue, and northwest on that avenuo to Qity Limits, making the trip in S minutes, The firat car leavos City Limits at 6:08 &, m., and the last car lcaves Clark stroct bridga at midnight. ¥ GXNERAL BTATISTICH, The Presidont of the line is Mr. V. 0. Tarner, the Super!n:oudlul Mr, M. A, Bquiors, aud Mr. . M, Townor was tho Beoretary-Trenaurer for some years, but he died a fow days_ago, and his duties are being porformed by Mr. H, Crawtord. The number of cmployes on the rond aro as follows : Uonductors, 40; drivers, 40; 'grooms, 81; blackemithe, 5; carponters, 4;- pamntors, 1; barness-mskers, 1; trackwon, 10, . In ihe office eoight mon are nmrlloyud. The Company has two barns, one on the cornor of OClark aud Blm stroots, tho other on the cornor of Clybourn place and Olybourn avenue, In those aro slabled 807 horses, running In value {rom $100 to $160. They aro very woll carod for, their foed averaging about thirteen pounds & day of bran, corn meal and cut hay. Each horso runs from eifimaun to twenty mllos a day, andno day off s allowed, sayo incase Of BiCk- ness or Jameness, which, av they aro driven only at & rate of about thrao and ahsif miles sn Tour, doss not froquently Lappen. ‘I'he rolling stock consfsts of trirty-soven cars, made by Stovenson, of New Yorl, ata cost of from $1,000 to 1,200 cash, and & couple of dum- mios, which run on tho Gracelund road. The iron horso which pully thecar over this line ig somowhat fastor thau the others, accomplishing itu two miles in fourteon minutes, or ata rate of eight and one-half miles an hour. Tho aver- age daily yleld in iho summer timo from tho thir- toen tripd run by each ocar from Olsrk stroet bridge to its westorn terminns snd back, is from §18 to $26, In winter it is somewhat loss. TIHE CONDUOTORB . on'this road are, gonorally spesking, woll con- tonted with their lot, and are poito and atton- tivo to passongors,. Their pay it from BL76 to $2 por day, according to Jength of sorvico aud trustwortkinoss, ‘Lho aversge longth of servise of the conductors js vory nexr six years, though thore aro men on theroad who huve boen engaged at work since tho Iaying of the track, nine years sgo, Tho main ecssontinls of & good conductor aro & decontly polite maanor to prssongors, & wemery that nover fully, as to who has and who has nct pnid fare, and what slroet difforent passoengors 5“ oft at, au cyo that js ovor on_tho look-out for persons wanting passage, aud au_abuoluto horror of “ knaok down.” ‘nis I8, and has been, since wtreet-cars first began to runm, the great bugboar of Prosidenis, Dircctors, Buporlu- tendonts, and sharcholders, Various preventives Lave beon triod by differont compauics. In DBoston, & streot-ear conductor is obliged, in peually of dismissal, Lo bring ina cortain amount of money cvery day sutiolont to gusrantcs s hondaomne dividend ‘at the oud of the year, Whatovor thoy mmke over sud above’ thid auount thoy are pemitied to * Ewook DOWN," aud tho priviloge la Invavinbly taken advantage of, In momo of our linos, pustongors are Icty Lo take care of | thomwelvos ~ without tho ' ‘attontiona of a ' conduotor, and 8 box ia placed bebind the drlverfivha issupposed to liayo eyes in tho baok of hiy head, to distin- guinh fare-billers from droppers), in which tho nickol Iy nllowed to fall after the nianner of thokn which swell the hidden and mysterious woalth of & nulsslovary hox, Tho )mmdluo of tho dleolples of ¢ knook- down " is {ho Wost Bido line, whore tho unly chevl: on tho conductor Is tho making of s holo in tho card hio carvloy, with a punch ne eilont a8 HMTMI.{ when Intorviewad Ly s reportor, and which tho dextorous knocker-down ean, with the nld of logordemnin mako to look ngif it were punching, whilo It {suot, in o mabner thatis purl‘unll{ antounding to tho unicitinted Buton tho North Bino line, tho perfection of conductor- checliing 1a ronohed with tho aid of tho rogistor- ing bell punch, n useful and clegant littlo machine which, with ono gentle prewsure of tho cons ductor's palm, punchos nhiolo in the card, rotalns tho piubs, registors tho numbor of farea taken, *nd ringe 0 boll, Whon =& passonger, who pays hin nickel, falls to hoar tho gong sound, ho wny Imow thnt tho knock-down process in Indulged in and, it ho fcola so Inclined, ean mako if hot for iha unjust conductor, Tho North Side Bu- porintondont conuiders it next to impossiblo for & conductor to rowain fares without almost im- mediato dotection through the regiatoring Loll punch, whoao cost privn, at wholosale, is $1.608, It is quito n common thing for the manngers of 1ho roud to recelvo snonyinous leltors, accusing conductors of dinhonesty, bul oxcopting iu canes whoro suspicions Jiavo alroady boen ontert jned, such communicatious, ara Joft unnotlced, In cases whero suspiclons have boon aroused, the person nccnsod 18 watched by detectlves, or “gpottors,” as the condueling- fraternity. call them, who sgon ‘“spot " any irregulurities, and roport accordiugly, ' EEFECTS OF TIF FINE. Tho prosont strong financiul coudition of tho North Bido Car Company is due mainly Lo the oxtromoly cconomical way in which it is mnnn(jud, 1t has bad much to strive against within ihe last fow years. During tho enrlier part of tls oxisi- anco the cars of this company had a vory fair quote of pussengers, but the fre, which leg roved o boon to tho West aud South Sido lnos, 08 dono this ono & dnmaf:u which it will take {unm to kot over, Afler tle fire, 1t .wns found bot miles upon milos of tho track wero nearly dostroyed, and it Look nomo timo to hammor thie distoried ‘rails-into sbape agai, und zepince them, Whon this .was completed, and the cars begrn ruuning, tho thoroughnesa of the cleening out which the fire gave the Nortn Bido becamo apparont, lardly sy passongors were to bo fouus on the cars. This han greatly improved sinco thon, but tho Notth Bide ?mu to Lo thoroughly rebuilt before Its stroet-cars can Legin to present as animaled an appesrance o8 1hoeo of tho districts whore lincaworo benefited Ly tho calamity ot 1871, 'Lhoro is no doubt that thore aro bettor timos in utore for tho North Bido Company. Tho dintrists its lines ‘run thirough are fast rocovering, and » fare-paying population is accumulating which will, in"tho near futuro, hielp tho Company to pay haudsome dividends. 'The lnylng of their track across Olark stract bridge and its connection with the Bouth Side line, thus opening & grand trunk north snd eouth line from C‘ll’qimil! to city lim- its, will doubtlcss shortly be accomplished, and, in the end, add to this Company's revenuo. THE STAGE LINES. STAGES IN OLDEN TIMES, Beforo the introduction of tho streot-railway syatom, tho Jxo[mlu' means of transit was the old-fashioned ntago. Tho oldost inbabitsnt bardly loves to_dwall upon tho memory of those convegangcen, Thero woro but one or two lines in thoso days, and, compared with them, tho stagesof to-day aroas tho Pullman paluco car aloogsido of that in which westward-bound emigrants mako their ovorland journoy. One lina ran from the lakoshoro to the “Bull's Head,” a bnildln% which to-day, undor the dignified titlo of tho Washingtonian Home, ig do- voted to tho cure of drunkards, 'Tho running of - stages on this routo wag very uncortain. Nobwithstandiog that . the lowest faro wns 10 conty, tho fainteat appearance of a ooming showor or nppmlchlng spow-storm was tho sigonl for a stoppago of running all along tholino. Another sot of atages ran from the Biato strect bridgo to Twolfth strect, ond these drivors wore ns delicately constituted as those on the other line. TIE BTAGE-DIIVER OF TO-DAY, ‘Whatever Do the fzulta of the presont atage- drivor, lio eannot bo acousod of being afraid to brave tie elements, On tho contrary, he is, porhaps, the man of all othors i the city who faces fair weather and foul with equal good graco, Nothing daunts bim, Early the morning he {8 at his post ready to stort oft in front of the first car, and Into et night ho is found picking up fures, many of them misorablo beings_who grumblo ot tho extra & eonts charged on accouut of the Iatenens of ihe Lour. 'I'hero is no guard overhend to shicld him from the pelting rain or tho driving spow, or savohim from the scorching sun-in the dog-days. From tha tin box by his side, his benumbed fingors make correct change in the coldost wenather, whon tho {;uum)gur is not .green, and when he noars tho barn aiter the last trip ab night ho is found to ho “chippor and sassy,” although in tho courso of five hours ho bus to faca tho Jhour and twenly minutes on DPrairio avanuo. -ty-gecond stroota, WONK OF DMVERH, The drivors of the slages work about fourteen or fifteen hiourn, and rocelva {wnumlly $2 por day. Thoy have to get thelr monls In the briof atop ab tho end of tho Nue. Thoy ofther hiRvo'thelr menld brought to thom, or board In ona of tho bosrdlng-bounea noar Twenty-ninth strool, Thoy are expestod to mako ten trips or moro overy day, but sliould they mnke loss they receivo poy Bt the raln of 20 cents por trip. Thero aro two clarges of siages used, scating twolve snd fourteon paesongora respoctively, the formar wolghing shout 2,400 pounds and the lat~ ter 2,700. Each driver Lisa cither threo or four toams, which aro driven by him exclualvely, Ilis work conslate only In driving, the horos “boin aitonded to by the stablomen, who recoive 1.0l cach per day, 5 THE RUNNING TIME, The flzat atage in the moming leaves Thirty- firat strect at 7 o'clock, and the othors follow at intorvals of four minutes on tho Wabagh avonue line. Only fifteon stagos nin on Prairle avenuo, nnd their time is overy fivo minutes, The last glago at night loaves tho corncrof Lnke and Btato streals ab 10 o'clock. Tho timo of making tho trip on Wabash avenuo s one Lour, and une 'Thia line runo A park of the way on Indiann ave- nuo on account of the absonce of wood Daving on Prairio avenue botweon Bixtcenth and Twon- ‘Trip stages aro thone which run only part of: o day, commencing onrly, and going off at about “10:30 o'olock ; thoy rocommence at 3:30 o'clock, and gun untll about 7 o'clack, T'horo nre eight of those, and on Saturday:thoy begin at 1:30 o'olock in the afternoon, to accom~ madnto people golng to tho matlnces. Thoro aro a number of siagen dotailed for the thoatres every night, and the drivers take turns on thene, roceiviug extra psy for this worlk. Tho faro on theso atagoes afler thoe theatresare out is 20 cont, " 2 On Sundnys the first stago starts at 9 o'clock, and tho usual number is put on, but all but the trip stages aro withdrawn afler church servicos /10 ovor. TILE PROFITS. i The omnibus drivers havo tho worat timo of any " of their kind, belng moro exposed than tho car-drivers, and receiving less {my. They take out with them each morn- ing a tin-box conteining change to the amount of §20.60. This nmouut thoy must haye on de- posit wilh tho oflico a security, "ho chango’ ¥n¢:knguu contain chango for various amouuts rom 16 centa to $§2, buta ticket is placed in each, to ropresent ton conts, that being the rato for s singlo fare. Sinde tho tloket systom hss been atarted; ahout 70 per cent of tho roceipts Tiave boen In tickots, very many residents on the avenucs having Jatd fn a supply at:tho reduced rales, Itia atated thnt the receipta dusing tho wintor months have nover aqualod tho oxpondi- g:ron in this cily, oxcept tho winter after tho 0. ' THE HORSESE, * Tho borees used by the atage linea aro not, as a rule, as powerful a8 thoso owned hg the horse-~ car compauies. 'They cost about $125 each onan avorage, and the wenr and teer is about 16 por cont. They are fed chopped hay, and equal parts of ground onts and corn. 'Tho P. O. & B. Company ovns 300 horses, using about 3uD tons of hay yearly, and sbout three snd a half tons daily of corn and oats. The manure, beddqu, &c,, is bauled to tho lako frout for filling in summer, and .the gardeners about the suburbs baul it Sway In winter. TUE LINCOLN PARK LINE. The North Side was ouco surved only by horae- cars, but before the fire & line was put on, whiclt did a thriving business, though not of tho most amongat politigians A\ ut ox-Gov. IMaight, Antls Rudlrond Doumacrat, will b eleoted for the unpx« plred torm of Sonalor Gasverly, and that Booth's Eruqmcm are agsured by Mr, Casgorly's rosigus. on, SALT LAKE. Mrs, Aun Biizo Young Storts on e Cruside Against Polygamy, Barr Lake, Ulah, Noy. 20.—Aun Eliza, Brig- ‘ham Young's ninotoanth wite, loft yestorday fox tho Tinst on Lot miasion againat Polygamy, ~Hor doparturo savoral duys bofora tho time fixed fo eioted b{ hor frlondato have boon catsoed by the fact that shio Lind thought offorts wonld bo mada | to provont tho fulfillment of hor intontion. She will apoak in New York and Washington. S S —A Bedford connty, Pa,, girl han chfl[an%ud a man o wrestle with hor for the championship of thn Htato. HOOLEY'S THEATRE. Grand Opera in English. MIS§ CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG, JENNIE VAN ZANDYT, ZELDA BRGUIN, JOSEPI MAAS, FITEODORIE 1A BBTMANN, WILEORD MOHGAN, WILLIAM GARLION, HENRY PRAKES, Q. ¥.iTALL EDW. SEGUI W, 11 L1, * ANNIE STAUBIRD, 1full Chorus and Graad Orchestra, 0. D. ARS8 and MAURICE GR. +...Directors, Commencing MONDAY KVENING, Deo. 1. Monday~Tatche di Lnmmermoor—KELLOGG, Thoodore Habulmann, Wm. Carlton, G, I Ifall, Anut¢ Starhied, sto. Tuesday—Murthn~KELLO G, Josoph Maas, G. F. Hall, Edw. Soguin, Mr. Bartleman, ‘and Rrs. Soguln. Wadnesday—Rignletto (TLo Tool's Rovange). Jonoio Van Zanit, Mrs, Boguin, Jotoph Mass, Honry Tonke ‘. Hall, olo. Thursday—Fansi—K ELLOGG, Mrs, Beguln, Mosara. Habolmann, Carltou, Poakes, ete, Telday~Turitaun, Baturdsy Kvoning—Fra Dinvelo. Grand Matinee on Suturdny-KELLOGG. 1 Tasorred Soats can bu obtalnod at the lox O o o Hooloy's Thoatre. Hosorvod Sonte, B1.60 sud $2.0, mor cordiug to locatlon. . Bpecial Notice. Tho Sale of Rosorvod Seats will bo trans« forrod this morning to Box Office of Hooley's Theatre, The Kellogg Opera Lihrettos, Tho .only Corroct Edition for sale nf Hooloy’s Opera-Houso, and at mno othes place, GRAND UONCERT, For the bonefit of tho Organ Fund uf St. Mark's Church, At Carc's Acedowy, 727 Cottago Grovuav., Wednesday Evening, Dec, 3, °73, PROGRAMME-PART FIRST. 1. Bfano Holo, .. i oninatstoriasti L Prol, Tranigitohnor. 9. Song—*'Thinking of Thieo ™ . Sonz—*' It is Enougli"=Kii = S Ty 4. Boug—*" Grotohon urs Splutiuxd™ i, 58 b B KA T PART K olegant character. The stages were rathor clumsy and rough in finish, aud the horses wero of the kind that didn'tdare tostop lest thoy should fall down. i Mossra. A. & P. Ragor lad been running s line on Canal strest for two yenrs, and last May, the North Bido Living beon withdrawn, thoy put of » line of stages from tho cornor of Madi- son and_Olark stroets to Lincoln Park., The lincs on Caual atreot and North Olurk stroeb aro now owned by Mr. A. Ragor alone, and they 8ro both in a first-clasa condition. - The Liucoln Park lino starts from Von Buren slraet, and rime on Clark to Chieago avenuo, thaeuce to Wolls atreet, and out Wells to Lincolu JPark. 'L'ho first stago loaves the Park at 6:50 o'clock in the morning, and the othors follow nt intorvals of 4 minutes, T'kirty minutes are ro- quired for the trip to the southern terminus, and twolve trips aro made daily by each stage. ;The Inst stago vt night leaves Van Buron street ab 10:45 o'clock, ‘I'wa trip atages aro put on night und moruing, making ono trip each, Theko aro driven by extra drivers, who aro waiting for n rogular ““eit,” and thoy roceivo 20 centa per trip. No rejzular thoatre stages aro run, but the Tast two stages wait as long a8 practicablo for the theatre folks, and talke {hemn at regular rates. OANAL BTHEET. The Canat stroot }in3 hns beon runping four yoars, snd has continuully fncrensed in size, The Blart was medo with eiX or seven stagos, and thero are now twenty, beside tho other twonty put on tho Lincoln Park line, They start at b5:45 _o'clock in the weatlior again. 'Tho business of stage driving s not ay profitable an that of running streot- cars. Tha wooden pavements are not favorablo {0 pleasant riding, and, unleos they aro in o hurry, most persous prefer the street-car, go that, althongh thoy run temptingly in front of the cars, thoy ate often ullowed to pass by disro- finrdod. The stages of the South and North ides are betler patronized thou thoso whichrun in tho Weat Diviion. The city linen of omnibuses were neyer as profitablo”or as well patronized es the horsc- ‘cars until giuco tho fire, Previousto that time they domanded high rates of faro, which only could bo afforded by those of comfortablo moans, and besides, tho distances run wero verd short, compared wilh the ear lines. EOUTI SIDE LINES. On the South Sido the large amount of trayel to the extremn south part of the city causod by the desiruction of so many dwelling-houses north of Twelfthstreot, gave abundant nugport for two stage lines on Wabash avenue. ‘These ‘were the Feople's Omnibus and Baggago Com- pany, eommonly known ag tho Z. 1. P line, and W. H. Young's line. Thoy put thio fare down'to 5 ceuts, increesed tho number of stages, and ran in continuous competition to each othor until they made Wabash and Praisle avenues resemble yace-courses, and coused a raiso in the ratos of lifo-insuranco for overy residont on thoso streets. They oxtended their lincs In all directions, and ran from Union Park, on tko West Sido, as far a9 Thirty-firat stroet on the South, The rosult was probably a loss to both lines, and lately Foung's liuo ban boen wholly withdrawn, giviog, practically, a monopoly to Pratt. In conse- quonce, there Las been an incroase in thoxates of faro to 10 conts per trip, and a conaiderable diminution in tho spoed of the stages. One line rung from Lako street’ down Btate to Adams, and on Wabash to Iventy-vinth street, The otlror follows the samo route as far as Bixteenth street, whero it turns off ‘to Indiaua syenue, thence by Twenty-sacond strect to Prairie ave- nuo, running as far a8 Thirty-first street. If o litilo bottor timo wero wade thoy would Lo al | that could bo desired. %1, P .. The People’s Omnibus and Baggage Coriffiiny was regularly chartered by the Stats in duo form, and, in 1867, tho chartor was bought by the Z, I P, linoof stages, and tho orgauization of the Company was perfooted, The capital stock is $100,000. It doos uo heggage-hauling, how- ovar, bewng only & stago live. 'Tho stages used by it, of which thore aro forty, are the hand- gomost in the city, costing from 2900 to $1,300 ench. A patent ticket-box is used, invented by Mr. Pratt, tho foundarof tho lino, and tho driver doos not receivo faros ot all, oxcopt when somo stranger, not observing tho notices posted up, gives his faro to tho drivor, in which case it mn{ gafoly bo snid that tho Iatter forgets to drop it 10to the box, Tho Company has not purchased suy horses since August 1872, but has Iately added ton new stages., Tho wear sud tear on atagos is about 10 por cent, g0 that it s neccseary to keep a numbor of workmon, blacksmithe, carpoutors, paiotors, and harness-malkors, constantly on- goged io ropairs, Tho total number of amployes, mcluding drivers and stablemon, is oighty. Among the im{:rovumanu introduced by this Cowpany, ars the patont eled-runners, which can be altachod to each wheol 1n & few minuten, making, In snowy wonthor, a sloigh ont of & four-wheel atage, These are ibeinvention of Mr. Z. 1. Pratt, who bng_ also takon out a patent for an improved light for omnibuses and lan- torn for stablo use, Candles aro nsed Inatead of Jiorosone, aud with moro patisfactory resultd, Thoy not only give as good a light as the ordi: nary lantern, but roquire no trimming, vary lit- tlo cluuuhlfi; and aro o mafo as to fowor the rates of Insurance on siablos whero thoy are used. RATES OF VARE, Tho rates of fure were recently changed, as {:mvlnuhl statod, 1o 10 conts for ‘a_single trip, ut 20 tickets wore sold for 81, It was soon found that somo regular travelors over the lino were gotiing thelr ridos freo by resorting fo a pleoe pf sharp practice. This lino uses tho patont tlokat-box, asin the horue-cats, the driver only handling monoy when making ohungo, which is givou in sentod envelopes. ‘F'le shay cnstomora who liad provided themsolves wit) tiokets at {he aie of 20 for a 81, would sit cluso to the box, and, lnsluad of putting in the tyansiont travoler’s 10-cent sorip whon parsed up, would alip in o ticket and pocket the sorip, The favo {3 now tho samo for siuglo trips, bub only 15 Mekots aro sold for 81, morning, from the cornor of Halsted streot, run down Canalport svenue to Oanal treot, then to Kinzle, across tho river fo- Clark atrect, sud wtop ot the corner of Olark: and Michigan stroets, They run every four minutes and mako tho Lialf trip in thirty mivutos. In all, ten round trips aro made daily. 3 GENERAL INFODMATION. . On both these lines, tho fare is § conts or twenty-four tickets for $1. * Tho' Caual atroot atables ave near the vinduct acrass that street, and tho Lincoln Park stables arc ab the' cornor of Wella und Bugene streots,. Thero are about 850 horses in uso on both lines, equally divided Detween the two stables, 'Cheir avorsge woight is 1,000 pounds, and - their avorage cost from £100 to $110, Enoh driver has four teamn for his oxolustve driving, but, 8s in other stables, the atockmen tako caro of tho hotses, In-all, Mr, Ragor employs 104 mon. Tho drivers re- colve $3 E“ day, nnd the stockmen 8160, He employs his own blacksmiths for ghoeing in the Canal streot atables, but not on tho North Side. 'WEST SIDE BPAGES. et Btage travol is.not. ko popular onthe Wosk Bide as on the South or North, and yot tho stage- proprietors oannot complain of a lack of patron- ago. One of the largoatof thess West Bido stago companios is that of Stanhouse & Hars wiio run fourteon stages on thoir Milwaukes svenuo line and twenty on tholr Lumberman’s lino, The Milwaukeo avenuo stage starts from the corner of Lako and Stato streets, runs_along Randolph to Halsted; Halsted to Milwaukee avonue, ond along _ that avenue -to Robey strect. The Lumberman's lino starts from the oorner of Lako and State avd runsas far as tho cornor of Archor avenuo sand Halsted streek. Koll's lne of stagen, caumutiug of 13 of the long pattern, with noseats on top, run along Randolph and Loke to Western avenue, Keigher, Korf & Co. run alino of 15 stages from tho cor- ner of Wabauh avenue and Randolph alonj Desplaines sirest, Milwaukeo avenuo, and Indi- ana strost to Robey. Besides this line thero are 14 independent atagos which run over the samo route, Thero is no regular line of siages on Madigon stroet, but the lack made up by about 28 indopendent stages, ' 1o four of which are owned by a single proprie- tor. They vary considerably in appearauco, comfort and speed, and the running of aregular line of rensonably fast stages along this route +would prove profitable. On Bius Island avenuo tho Brickmaliers’ line does a very good business, its stages running from the corner of Biato an Madison sirests to Haleted, and along Halstyd and Blue Islaud avenuo to the cornor of Twonty-second stroct. The iraflio on this routo is shared by ‘an indepondent line. A new liuo has recently beon started by R. Har- ington, which runs from.tho corner of Madison and Btato stroots along Madison Clark and Adnms streets to Ogden avenue, . POLITICAL. eslgnntion of United States Senntor Ousserly, of Californin--Flis ¥robu~ ble Successors 8ax Fraxoisco, Nov. 29,—Tho following lottor was received $hls atiornoon s Bax Fianciaco, Nov, 28, 1873, Hon, Newton Booth, Governor of California, ete.: Bin: Ihereby resign my unoxpired term in the Benato of the United Ktatoa ns Sonator for Californis ihis resignation (o tako offect immediatoly, so thal tho Blato Leglslaturo, which meels on the st of nest moatl, may Ol tho Vacanoy, As my intimato friends in tho Bonate sud clsewhero well know, I have long deslred to withidraw from that body, and attho ssme mo to witbdraw, wholly from polities aud politeul lifo, My pubiio dutics on both aidos of the contiuent Lavo demanded of e, and Lave recelved, 8o much attention a o greatly impair my health, and compol e to neglect my privato affairs, The fattor consld- eration i not a coutrolliug one, “but the coudition of ay health i aucli as Lo load mo'to worlously doubt my strongth to discharge the axduous dutivs of a Bentor from Californta, I bave deforrod carrying out my dasira till tho prosont time, when both ohijacts msy Ly accomplivhed at once, und ‘when tho Legislature just about to mest may eltot my wuccessor, Vory Teapicc fully, E, CAveEnLY, Mr. Oasserly led the mejority of his party lore in opposition to tho railrond monaopoly, but that_majorily is in minority in the Logislu- ture, and might not have buen ablo to efect his ra-elootion fu a triangular contost with Booth on one side. Tho general opinjon i that his rosignation will operate favorably for Booth, sud dlnutrounl{ln the soliemes of “the railroa mgennt:nmd y Billy Oarr, their ohief politt- oul agent. BaN Fmaxowsco, Novy, 20.—It is bolloyed 1. Plano §010..ss e 3. Song—'*Tho Sufl;}‘l 3k i; Fohion. 3. Bang—Dags aroSwast aml Loni "Mrs. 0. L Sosvernt 5 S Fotiz, 4. Bong—'*Whoro ls tho Littlu Gip Alra, Btac) B, Quartatto..... STAR LECTURE COURSE. MUBIO HALL. CAMILLA URS Gonslating of Camilla Urso, Violln Vituoso; Edlth Ahell, Soprano, Rll‘\) of Hichings Kngilslh Opera; Tom Karl, Honor, 4r tho B acopn. Rurs Oparas J. X, Thomas, Barl tons, August Saurat, of Parls, Plavist, and Troderich Youdr, Diroctor, will givo one grand cnticort only, ON TO-MORROW NIGHT, DEC. 2. Adyon, 81; Fourvod Sealy 3 sonts gatzs. T and at Janeon, 3le Sn.n elridsiiii SRR ¥ SiELboN. ACADEMY OF MUSIC Oamival of Funl Housos Urowdod! To witnoss the farowoll porformances by tho world-famod MISS L'YDIA THOMPSON, And hor Mammoth Musteal and Comedy Company, v 1y ovening aud Wodnasday Matines, SINBAD TEE SAILOR, Introducing the Danolng Quakors, Nursory Ruynies, a1 d Mtaaical Yalootions, _ Beata may ba snaurod aix daysin ai - yanas, Thuraday, Dec, 4—ALADDIN, with froah nove tlos. Soeuro your plavcs and avold tho'rush. MoVIOKER'S THEATRE. ‘MONDAY, DEC. 1, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE, T.OTTA, In her groat Bpeolalty of LITTLE NELL AND THE MARCHIOHESS BONGS, DANCES, AND BANJO SOLOS. SEATS OAN NOW BK SKOURED. MYERS OPERA HOUSE. Aouroe-st,, botweon Dearboru Anq Stato, Avtington, Cotton & Kemble's Miustrelg, R . Davenport, Atlinglon, Cotton, bt d'spackl il Soatie, n o'in nor and syarkiing ssocialtios, 10 whole ta comeiuda with th iancy akote, ontltled THE TWO BHOYS; or, Children of the Period, Evory Eveniog and Saturday Matineo, GLOBE THEATRE. Last wock'of HARRY LINDEX. The Bosutital Drams, WAITING FORYI'HE VERDICT. AMatinoos \Vldnbfilfillj:dKBAlluHrdNA,y,.s MAGNTEICEN? INATONICAL, OSEDH Natucal_Sefonce sud A Sadiaonc okt o cants Sbon 2o 8 30 e fo 10 b 1n. da GENERAL NOTICES. NOTICE. CONCERT TROUPE, 133 South Olark-st., nea ac gontlemon ol Door ily and Sundsy. Dofanlt baving beon mada n tho paymont of & csrtain promimary note, mado by Klisha 0. Epraguo to tlie ordor f Lo Bagon 18, Colt, sald noty hzing for thoamouat of 83,000, dated” May' 13, 1473, and duo six monthie tuorent- jof, and besring juterast at tho rato of 10 por cunt per an-~ au ad whoreas thoro was depositud the follawini col- Tatorat segurlty for the paymont of said mota: Bix nutca mado by Kmily R. Jowall, two of sald noics buing for 35 asch, datod April2), 1873, duo in ouo and tww years, roapeotivoly, with Intorestat 8 por_ dont par annuin,” thy four other of said notes datod Nov, 11, 1873, oua (ur ¥,500, dus (aus yoaes {rant tho date theranf, 10 four yoats from (ho dAto tharool, auo’ for §0, das Hive years frum tho date tharout, ono for 8500 , ono'fur &5, , duo tiva oars from tho data theroof, and’ ail of said four notes ing intorest At tho rate of § per cent por amaum, all idUawall notos secured by two trust-docds of 'tiie Sntd Lnidly 1t. Jawoll, datod April 23, ‘1873, and Nov. 11, 1873, raspastively, upon tho followlng desotibod prope sety; Lot munborod 7, tn Block uumbored?, inUushe Tants Subdisislon of 'Nlock numbored 4, in'Bhotfivld's ‘Addytion to Oitengo, bulus 1n Clieago, 1., and kuown s e Ceatare, publlo notlgo 1s Horoby glvan that o, thcrafare, publio m oraby,_glvan that ma el gl st Babifo salo, K& the oo of ‘DAlmCE & Lol SN by Wasiiugton-ate, Noom 17, ab1l ololook & hey o ooty Doo. 3, 15id: to tho higltest and bust hidier,' for Cash, s collatoral aoourity Rbiwy montionod. Tifi, BARON 1, oot Logal Jinldor of a3 PALMER & af SCA. FAIRBANKS STANDARD SCATL IS OF ALL BIZES. FAIRBANKS, MORSH &00 1L AND 113 LAKE-ST. PERFIECLLON? BOKER'S BITTERS. Bownre uflflggflfcm. UNION COLLEGE OF LAW, CHIOAGO, y . Partial cor 1 portion, I 1 e O g P e b ki LYAAN, 'l‘llU.\llll.’Ll:( JAMES R, DOOLI and HENILY NOOTH, and Profs. V. B, DENSLOW sud PUILIP sy, Vi livitd.” 0 g oy, ot Tatbage uliding, Guichee, . i