. The street railway review . d Kate, a large white mule which has done faithfulstreet-car service for more than 30 years. Kate was five ycar.^;old when the street-car company acquired her, so she is now 35years of age, but it is said that she was not retired because of in-firmity, but as a reward for faithful service. She began streetcar service on the J^flFerscn St. line in North Nashville, and D. Mills, the present superintendent of transportation, whohas driven her a good many miles, says that Kate is as good amule as he ever held the lines over. She helped to haul, in heryounger
. The street railway review . d Kate, a large white mule which has done faithfulstreet-car service for more than 30 years. Kate was five ycar.^;old when the street-car company acquired her, so she is now 35years of age, but it is said that she was not retired because of in-firmity, but as a reward for faithful service. She began streetcar service on the J^flFerscn St. line in North Nashville, and D. Mills, the present superintendent of transportation, whohas driven her a good many miles, says that Kate is as good amule as he ever held the lines over. She helped to haul, in heryounger days, children who now have children of their own. Manychanges have taken place during her 30 years of seivicc; compa-nies have been organized and reorganized, the heads of depart-ments have changed many times, new lines have been built and theelectric current has taken the place of the patient mule. When the other mules were driven out of service in 1888 Katewas retained, as a good mule was needed for the repair and trouble. I,.\ST . .\T wagon. She performed her new duties with the fidelity lh:itmarked her performance before the car, and Superintendent Millseloquently praises the good sense she always displayed in gettinga car back on the track when it had been derailed. She has beenin two fires and came out without a scratch, breaking her haltereach time and running out of the stable, while the other animalsremained and were burned to death. Kate has also been entan-gled in live wires, but always escaped unharmed. She was neverlaid off a day. and even now the men in charge of the troublewagon say they would rather have Kate than the new animal thathas taken her place. Kate will make her home at Glendale Park, which belongs tothe company, where she will be one of the attractions with the buf-faloes, bears, deer and other animalsr. When turned loose in thepark she hardly knew what to do with herself, it being her firstday off in nearly a third of a
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