The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-24

From City FALL to Harlem in Three
HourG.
The Cars on Snowy Mght-A Strong Appeal
for Quicker Transit -Drmksnnsss, Dlasphe-
my, Growls and General Discontentment.


In which, from nine until five O'Clock. the heaviest
commercial transactions in the world are made.
In this triangle last evening an exhibition was
made OF the manner In which the citizens Of New
York compelled to submit to the tyranny Of the
corporations which rule the horse railroad cars.
al am bank clerk and my business keeps me
until very late hour In he afternoon. get thirty
dollars week and rent . house and let it out to
lodgers excepting the first ii0or and basement
which Mary ana keep for ourselves. l married
Mary four years ago. and 1t is needless to say that
love her. We have two little girls and about four
o'clock every evening, when get through and fix
things with the cashier-and he Is awfully grousy-I
feel ANXIOUS to see Mary and the girls. Ton CHIT
am late because there was somebody's check
wrong-the cashier, who thlnks he's
THE WORLD AND ALL,
allowed man who k cps an account with us to
overdraw what he had depOs,ted. It's very seldom
that the officers or the bank look at what we
do; but there as On cid gentleman down to-day
VINO said that h knew Gulial c. Verplanck when
he was young man. aud he wanted to know how
the bank kept their accounts. We all wanted to go
home, and every one OF the cerks-tbere are twenty
four Of us-knew that we were In for a night /
helped the b0oKkeeper out OF mis- trouble and posted
and figured until i was tired, and here am ut
twenty minutes past six O'Clock III the evening-rwo
hours after my tme-at the corner OF Ann street
and Broadway, and l suppose my chances for car
are as good as
THE CHANCES OF wEMyss JOBsoN
for the position OF ward censtaolen
The HERALD reporter listened TO the unfortunate
bank clerk patiently. He, too had business to at
tend to, nut having tried five different horse cara,
and having found them all crammed tul an
oyster basket delivered fresh at Fulton market, he
mad wisely iallen back to await events
Seven lines OF horse cars make their starting
point at the HERALD ONCE. These lines are the
Tnlrd Sixth and Eighth avenue lines; the Bleecker
street line, winch comes from Fulton ferry, but
really starts at the HERALD olce the Avenue line
the Dry DOCK line which carries
THE FENIAN CuLoRs ON ITs BULwARKs,
and the Fourth avenue line. OF q light lemon color
and intensely respectable complexion.
The horse cars are bad enough to ride in when the
weather ls OF toleraole nature; but when the
falls heavily and the tracks are clogged; when Tie
drivers are ell muied up TO their blessed eyes with
cOmfurters ana clothes, and when the conductors
are sury and put out their right and LETT arms to
take hold OF female passengers by the elbow instead
OF placing their digiss gently on the small OF the
ladies' backs and breaking whalebones thereby, them
The nix clerk and the HERALD reporter. ha. ing
been waiting i0rtyflve minutes and freezing IN tie
fast falling snow--the Aston House looking lac
tomb-made an endeavor to get car. 1t was red
cara Third avenue car-that they sought Sixty
famshed aud frozen men rushed for this car.
I'm awlully cold," SAID pale-looklng dry goods
..My name Is Tweed; can't have a seat In this
shebang," said butcher from Washington
Market al know Con Desmond. and rm one OF
the boys; give way tnere.n
The horses began TO pun and the starter began to
vel. The driver, who was terribly cold screamed
at his
ARABIAN sTEEDs, BOUGHT AT THE HORSE MARKET
at hundred dollars apiece
An old Lady, wearing gray spit curls, who had
evidently been disappointed In life, came next
The toughest men who were among The crowd
shaking tlc snow of their coats anu stamping their
feet, which had layers Of snow embedded in the
nails and the corners Of the heels made way for tue
disappointed old lady. sfe carried IN her arms q
small poodle dog. Tho poodle was an
UNsUsPICIOrS LITTLE BRUTE,
and was shivering from the intense cold OF January
An elegant brass collar encirced his tender neck,
and tine sp,nster pressed her sable muG to his
Four drunken men got into the car, and, as usual
with drunken men, they were
UPROARI0US AND AEFECTIONATE.
The old lady cldsped her poodle and sank into q
corner, which, b a strange manifestation OF polite
men. 1t was not for the Old lady that this had
been done, but there was a feeling among those
who vacated the seats that the poodle might crawl
A young man, whose face bore evidence OF the
fact that he came from The Eighth ward, and who
had been merely riding around In the cars to get
cooled oil, was induging IN very bad cigar,
the fumes OF which Offended the old lady, The
poodle !. began to cough dreadiuy and the old lady
young man, VINO had previously stated TO the audi
ence IN the car that he was
:" REDHoT OYsTER''
This remark was received by the four drunken
men Win great applause, who cheered unanimously
mixed with snow, in all directions The old spInser
lady had been boiling over Tor some tIme and, hav-
Ing given the reckless young with the cigar as
many Nuts as was possible, allowing for her at,en.
tioh to the beloved poodle, at last screamed out,
III TaERE WAS GENTLEMAN IN THIS CAR
a as YOU'D open the window behind me and give me
Two Of the drunken men rushed instantly to the
Of the pT e oner See one n s
young man. In an instant the spnster took action.
Sne placed her dainty but why fingers, which were
cigar IN the young mans mouth, and with sudden
JERK It was thrown out Of the window into the snowy
street.
Young man, I don't want your cigar. You are
Then came q scream OF delight from the four
drunken men, who were sufficiently sober to relish
Joke; but the inhabitant Of the Eighth ward was
not ut all frightened. He made desperate spring
at me beautiful poodle, gave yell as II ne belonged
10 the old Fire Department, and IN an instant the
fOoDLE OF FOUR BLOOMING SUMMERS
was sprawllng and bowling In the street. The old
lady did not Ike this demonstration She screamed
she pulled at her venerable spit curs, sne pulled ut
me pell rope win an anxious umbrella, and the
l0ur drunken men danced Tor Joy, while tho
FORTY MEN, WHO WERE FASTENED TO TIE REAR
by their eyebrows, and Inen both cave a rolckinp
chorus to signify that they were In with the boys.
Inc oid ady got out and while sue was getting out
caimed:--
what strange and vet what beasty country
tins Isl You know you could never do this in Eng.
!and. NO drunken men are allowed In the cars.
we nave guards there and We have an underground
railway.
IN LONDON You CAN RIDE EVERYWHERE
IN fifteen minutes for distance OF Twelve miles, you
know. Poor p0ode.n
II say Bull, did you hear OF the arrival OF the Fe-
niansP they came two nights ago on the Cuba,n
saia very slckiy looking young man IN another end
o. the Car who was hanging on to o strap, while
I'VE Other friends OF his were holding to his coat
tails.
Don't talk to me about the Fenians; came out
iTom Llverpoo on the Cuba, and they made
AN '0wLING ELL HOr HOUR BOAT.
Blast your Fenians. you know.n
Last evening the Third avenue car arrived Of Chat
nam square twenty-five minutes after 1t left the
hhALD once an noqr and thirty minutes at Caual
street. Two hours at Forty street, TWO hours
anu twenty minutes at the third avenue depot, at
oXy-iourin street, and the passengers who emf |
parked Tor Harlem arrived there
THREE HOURS AFTER THEY LEFT THE CITY HALL.
ms car had four horses, who were all nearly dead
at oiXty-iourtn street. On every car line In this
great cty which boasts of possessing not only the
greatest clvzation IN the world but also the great.
day.