The Laxity of Streetcar Drivers

July 11th, 2012 by Woody

From the San Francisco Newsletter and California Advertiser, July 24, 1886, page 11:

“Positively several days have elapsed since a man has been killed by a street-car. This is unaccountable and shows a fearful laxity on the part of the gripmen to keep down the surplus population.”

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One Response to “The Laxity of Streetcar Drivers”

  1. jb says:

    Jonathan Swift could not have said it any better.

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