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Roof-Seats For Street
Cars
As the over-crowding of our street-cars has been a grave cause of complaint ever
since they began to run in the city, it seems strange that it has never occurred
to any of the companies to place seats on the tops of the cars, as is done in
other places. If this were done, and a law made forbidding cars to carry more
passengers than they could seat, the convenience to the public would be greatly
enhanced, and the companies would lose nothing by the innovation. There would be
no more corn-crushing or rising to accommodate ladies within the car, and no
more blowing of smoke into ladies’ faces on the platforms. If the system of
roof-seats is found satisfactory in London, Paris and New York, where rain or
snow prevail all the year round, how much more suitable would it be to the warm
climate of San Francisco, where we may depend on six months at least of dry
weather? We strongly recommend the car companies to give this matter their
attention.
San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser
June 4, 1881
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