. The Street railway journal . FRONT OF CAR HOUSE. STANDARD MOTOR CAR The company at once appealed the case, but the citizens of certainoutlying parts of the city who had been paying two fares to reachdowntown proceeded at once to demand their rights, as theyconsidered them, under Judge Balls decision, and refused to pay asecond fare after being refused transfers. Then followed a series of performances the like of which hasnever before been seen in street railway history. A number ofcitizens of Austin made it a regular practice for several days to rideover the road, demanding transfers between
. The Street railway journal . FRONT OF CAR HOUSE. STANDARD MOTOR CAR The company at once appealed the case, but the citizens of certainoutlying parts of the city who had been paying two fares to reachdowntown proceeded at once to demand their rights, as theyconsidered them, under Judge Balls decision, and refused to pay asecond fare after being refused transfers. Then followed a series of performances the like of which hasnever before been seen in street railway history. A number ofcitizens of Austin made it a regular practice for several days to rideover the road, demanding transfers between the Consolidated andUnion lines, and after being denied these transfers to refuse topay fare on the connecting car. These passengers were at firstforcibly ejected, where force was necessary, and everyone of thesecases was taken by the city and made the basis of a suit prose-cuted by the city attorney against the Union Traction residents of Austin, headed by an Alderman from that sec-tion, amused themselves for a week or more by form
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