| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| March 19, 1862 |
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| Passenger Cars |
| We have heard that in
conformity with a general desire to have the convenience of passenger
cars running on the railroad connection on Main street, those having
the management of the road are not unwilling to allow the experiment
to be tried. It is said that an offer has been made to put some
omnibuses on car wheels and let them pass along the road. It is to be
hoped no such absurdity will be permitted but if any cars are put upon
the road they will be proper and convenient street railroad cars. We
hear that arrangements to have such cars brought up from New Orleans
can be made, and that would be the best way of meeting the public
convenience. The ladies, and the people generally, want airy, well
built, nicely furnished cars, in which they can pass up and down the
streets shaded from the sun and protected from the rain, running
smoothly and effecting any entrance and exit. While the road is down
it would be well worth while to give the street railroad a fair trial,
that our citizens may know what its real advantages are, but the
experiment should be tried with good street railroad cars not with
lumbering makeshifts. Such an experiment would only cause groundless
prejudice, and have the people of the city as ignorant of the real
qualities of a street railroad as before. Let us have the New Orleans
street railroad cars |
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