The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-15
The City Railroad Lines.

During the past few days Of excessively warm
weather the wear and tear OF live stock on the var.
Gus city railroad lines has been considerable but by
dint Of prudence on the part OF the superintendent
at the expense OF the public convenience It has been
very materially less than 1t would have been had
there been less care manifested. In no instance on
any of the roads have the drivers conductors been
held responsible for time running, but they have all
been permitted to exercise their discretion, of
them having occupied.an hour and half in the trip
from the Park to the City Hail. and walked their horses
almost the entire distance. With one or two excep-
tions--on the shorter lines OF road-the companies
have provided relays Of horses midway on the route
and extra watering stations for the teams on the
FIRST AND SECOND AVENUE ROAD
Two horses gave out on Monday and one died in
the stable yard. The Company has since the warm
weather set in sent twenty teams into the fields to
recuperate -Four relays 81 horses are kept on hand
making FOR each full SET seven full trips per day.
THE THIRD AVENUE LINE
does not pretend 70 run on time unless It -ls
deemed pc rfecty sale for the stock Six horses
were reported TO have died on Monday. several
teams were used up yesterday and three horses that
gave out on Monday have positively died
los, one horse on Saturday but has since lost no
animals, although a few had TO be taken out Of
harness and sent of for vacation
THB SIXTH AVENUE LINE
has been very cautious Ia the running OF its teams
and has provided sixteen relays OF horses; None Of
the teams run the full trips and no horses have died.
The Seventh Avenue Railroad Company has sus-
tanned no losses Of live stock.
TIE EIGHTH AVENUE ROAD
haa some of the best teams or any OF the city rail-
road companies, and has been somewhat unfortu.
nate having lost three horses during the heated
term one OF them having died on Monday last.
THE NINTH AVENUE LINE
has been sngularly unfortunate, driver and con-
dnctor having been seriously Frustrated by the IN.
tense neat but after all this Is not matter OF much
conseonence as IL will not In any sense affect the
dividends as the prostratton OF horsenesh might
do Directors sooquyl
THE AVENUE AND THfBTY-F0URTH STREET LINE
sufYered somewhat In consequence OF several horses
having failed One horse fell In East Broadway yeser
dav and is supposed to have died. Four head OF
stuck are also reported 10 have died on Monday from
overbeatng About ten teams have been deprived
az their shoes and "have left the city during the
hkated term for the country on
THr FuIfoN BLEECKKH AND FOURTEENTH 6rREEr
LINE
tvo horses failed IN the streets and one died in the
company's stable yard on Monday. The trips have
been made with tolerable regularity.
THE BELT LINE,
ar Central Park and North and East River Company,
has sufyered somewhat. Three teams gave out on
MONDAY and I'VE single horses on Tuesday, In addt-
ZION to winch several are reported to have died.
THE "CROsS TOWN" LINBs,
embracing the Forty-second and Grand street line,
the Grand and Desbrosses street ferry line and the
GRAND ana Cortandt street line, have not suffered
very materially. In fact there have been but few
cases OF prostrative exhaustion among the teams
and no deaths reported.