Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1896 — Street Cars in Naples. [ARTICLE]

Street Cars in Naples.

“I was in- Naples last summer when the first electric street ear was put In operation, nnd was stoned by the populace,” said Dr. W. O. Terry, of Sacramento, Cal., at the Arlington. Dr. Terry has been in Europe for two years, mostly In Germany, pursuing a surgical course, and is how going home to practice his profession. ‘The new style of street cars,” he' continued, “give great offense to the Neapolitans, simply because they were an Innovation. The people over there resent every thing that is new, regardless of merit. Naples is one of the toughest places in Christendom, anyway. It is a rare thing in that town to‘meet with any one who seems to recognize the bath as an Institution of civilization. Men. women and children revel In dirt, particularly the latter. Boys and girls of ten years are often seen iii public without a single garment to bide their nudity. The ordinary refreshments of lite, as practiced in America, are unknown there. The public conveyances are crowded with passengers so redolent of garlic that it is often preferable to get out and walk. Doubtless everybody eats garlic in order to keep from being overcome with its odoriferous scent, as a matter of protection. "But worst of all in Italy is the terrible drain of taxation and the corruption on the part of men in high official position. The railroads, for instance, wlilfli ought Iff bri tig in large revenues to the government, are a source of expense. The explanation Is that everybody connected with their operation is engaged In stealing. The charge is made openly, and I never once heard it ■disputed.”—Washington Post.