Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 by Various
page 35 of 46 (76%)
page 35 of 46 (76%)
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How long do you think it will be before the electric light is universally established in the cars? What is your view as to the provision of suitable places for wet umbrellas? Will you at once vote for "Free or Assisted Locomotion"? If a wheel of your private carriage comes off owing to skidding in the Tramway line, will you pledge yourself not to bring any claim for compensation against the Rates? Will you vote for the summary dismissal of any Conductor who proceeds to count the passengers after being informed that he is "full inside"? Is it a fact that you have promised to introduce "Pullman Palace Restaurant Cars, with free lunches," on the Tram-lines? If so, do you contemplate providing the cost out of your own resources, or how? You state in your Address to the Electors that you "are desirous of reducing the hours of Tram _employés_ to four a day, with two months' holiday in the year, and of giving a general rise of wages up to about £2 extra per week." Will you kindly say how you reconcile this desire with your expressed intention to "run the concern on the most economical plan, so as to save the pockets of the Ratepayers"? It is reported that you have pledged yourself, if elected, to see that the Tram Conductors "get their Saturday to Monday at Brighton as a regular thing." How do you propose to carry out this part of your |
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