New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-04

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play any OF the signs OF the great fortunes which
,bey are said to be heapng up. The plain sru'h
in The Omnibus business gene ally, when ca'e
fully msDaeed. pays dividend which would pass
with most men "a iair bus never approaching to
fortune making Some lines are better than others
and return something like WaH at dividends, but
these have been more rare than lines that made
dividends out of pocket. When man states that
stage owners are coming fortunes, set him down
as one who knows nothing about it but he that il
satisfied With saying that when well managed
staging ia good business, is very close to the
truth.
It is also worthy Of note in this connection that
all our stage owners were formerly poorm We
have given view OF the allow growth Of the busi-
meas in its early days, and principal reason why
the growth wng so slow, was because no capitalist
would risk his money in the enterprise nor will
they TO this day-enother evidence of the humbug
OF the monopoly" cry there never was money
making monopoly in this city thss did not have at
it's doors whole army of capitalists eager to IN
vest their funds in the concern. The men who
have built up the present extensive stage business
were, nearly al OF them, originally poor, earning
their living by daily labor in such occupations as
driving team, and the like. By long and pasient
toll they have acquired position and wealth, and
now exercise q vaat influence in whatever channel
their energies are directed they are the last men
in the city to whom the stigma OF monopoly or OPP
preston car Justly apply, even though sounded
from the inner temple Of the Board OF Aldermen
In Rabold & Andrews line we find that
from 14O to 100 men are constantly employed.
Drivers get SO per week, beside their dinners
equal TO about s. so AS far as =" knocking down
ia concerned, we need only remark that it has
been "system too long to doubt its existence,
to some extent even where wages are all that
could be asked We doubt not stage-drivers are
aa honest in the main as other men would be an
der the same circumstances. and are therefore not
dispoFed to cast odlum upon them by attempting
specification. They answerable only to their
en- ployers Stable men are paid 81 per day
whe wtghts blaoksmiths, harness makers paint
ers, DC. range from 81 to s. so per day Drivers
are paid daily other men weekly.
Such is brief outline of the Stage Business in
this city, the general arrangement aud corducl Of
other lines being similar to this but generally on
smaller scale.
There are now twenty three lines Of omDibuGeI
comprising about $50 stages, regularly running in
tersectipg the City everywhere, and bringing
Broadway 10 every mans door. The asst new ell
terplise we believe iS the Croton Line, running
rom FUlon Ferry to sd at. through Broadway
l2th.st aud 9Th avenue. Two yetra ago itwoud
have been deemed sacrege to assert tha. che
stately .lerce of the Fifth, The avenue would bs
bruk u by the rattle OF omnibus wheels; but Time
trirgs changes and hardly dare to doubt
that The locomotives will be hissiug along that fash.
oua Bile fs utourg within half adecade The reve-
nue. 10 Ii e City for omnibus licenses ia about $4,000
per year
Broobt and Villa msbuIgh have long been
supplied with on,nibua lines, in the first places,
spd hinh row in some caaes taking the
partly worn stages of our city. There must be
dozen Inca in hose two cites Jersey City has
lately got up one or two lines and we believe they
are well sustained
Estimating in this City and vicinity say 600 stages
which make trips over their routes per day or l6
pstsages " have daily travel of $500 passage,
of 4 miles each, 80 400 miles per day, or l2 OOO-
900 Of miles per year This gives employment to
2,OOO men makes a vast market for horses yields
great amount of public accommodation and
makes fair fortunes for the enterprisng and en-
ergetio ownera
Since the above was written, we have gathered
the following facts in relation to the West side
lines.
The first commencement Of the Greenwich
stages was under. the guidance of company the
majority OF whose stock came into the hands Of
Kipp Brown owners of the pfeaent Chelsea
lipes, They improved the advantages which offer
ed and added to the number OF ther stages from
year to year. In 1923 they were burnt out, losing
some AZ horses and stages. The establishment
was then located at the corner Of ank and Hudson
ats. The firm of Kipp d Brown frat appears in
the year 1927, period ten years earlier than
We mentioned yesterday. Az the deceaae of Hi
ram Kipp in 1886, the busineae was carried Oh by
Mr. Brown, until Solomon Kipp, brother of Hi
ram, was taken into company, and the name of the
firm has remained unchanged from that period to
the present day. We believe Mr.. Brown 10 now
the oldest living stageproprietor in the city, having
been engaged in the business since 1927,
period of wenty.,hree years. The changes wa
have recorded in the Omnibus business here, he
has witnessed in succession at the moment Of their
occurrence
In 1885, Asa Hall ran in opposition on the Chs.
sea route. he charged twenty-five cents fare
Kipp Brown reduced their rate to one shilling.
then to twelve tickets for dollar, and finally got
it down to sixpence, where it has since remained.
| They have had some eleven different agents to
contend against aimee the first establishment or
their line but have always done hourishing busi
ness. They now OWE two lines oBe running from
the Battery up Broadway, and down CanaI-strees
thence up HudEon.a.. and Ninth avenue to Forty.
secoDd'st, IA line of extras conveying passengers
from Thirtiethst. TO this pont-theotber line run
ming from the Battery along Greenwicb, Chambers
snd Hudson sta, and Tenth avenue TO the Hudson
! River Railroad Rannt IN Hhirtr aacond 81 Eihu