Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1902 — He Was Considerate. [ARTICLE]

He Was Considerate.

When the late Charles Lafferty was at the head of what was then known as the Hestonville Passenger Railway company, he used mules on the cars running on Race and Vine streets, and often was guyed by the directors of other roads, on which horses were employed. He once told “Bill” Kemble that the use of mules was more humane, and said he had been riding on the front platform of a horse-drawn car of Kemble’s system along with a tired-looking Irishman who held a heavy bundle on his shoulder. “Why don’t you set that bundle down on the platform?” asked Mr. Lafferty. “Shure,” said the Celt, “those poor horses have all they can do to drag the car and payple. Oi’ll carry the bundle.”—Boston Journal.