The New York herald., 1872-10-30

trips as usual, and got along very we'll Mr. Carpen-
ter was not In favor ofstopping the cars, as he con-
who could not possibly go ten miles to their work,
sn even 70 punish me n9rses oy using s6em wnen
found it work wen with the horses.
THE FOURTH AVENUE LINE.
The Superintendent here said that he was at
present only running ten cars on the road, and
these were such as were absolutely necessary to
the connection with the railroad. fhe cars were
horses employed on the road only eighty were now
running II consider this the best plan,n said the
when when the other lines are sS ali laid up Tie ccnd
tion OF the horses was about the same as formerly;
tinue to run the ten cars as usual as the horses
which were employed were entirely free from the
disease. Since It broke out In the stables there
THE SIXTH AVENUE LINE.
Here the disease appears to have We made no iur-
said that at twelve O'Clock the horses all fed very
| well and appeared to be better than the day be-
Se day.
AZ only sa3 horses were employed
@ when 81
weil Hr. Bidgood did not believe that thsS there was
at present GSmparativeiy com healthy 9 horse in in any
line, he said they were oil more or less affected
II he had his own way he would completely close
| less the other lines did it also. He had been in
| consultation with MI. Forshay, OF the Broadway
and Seventh Avenue line, and MIR. Wilson, Of the
policy OF stopping the cars altogether. Mr. Wilson
was very much in favor Of it, he said but that the
| gether at present. He (Mr. Bidgood) did not be-
eve that the horses would get well until they
lie could better afford to walk than to ride behind
sick horses, hardly able to drag them. AS 1t was
then il was too much. He had received a letter
from the President OF the College OF Veterinery Sur
| twenty days with eacn horse before being COM
| pletely eradcated, and then the horses needed
long time before 'tS the disease disappeared Only
| three night cars would be run for the present.
At present there are are forty cars running on the
broadway line to Barclay street and twenty on the
Il
to any extent the cars on this line will also be
stopped altogether AS It is no night cars are rum
| EIGHTH AVENUE LINE.
These cars are running half their accustomed
number OF trips. All the horses are sick, and those
| which do the work are unequal to 1t. The loads
the cars carry are terrible. 1t is likely that Mr..
Wilson will soon prevail and stop the cars running
altogether, and then begin to recuperate the
horses.
altogether and determined @ efrort % Is TO be made
to cure the horses by giving them rest.
| The line which runs through avenues c. and
stopped running Eye YESTERDAY; nnS Socx
This line Is running about one-quarter OF its usual
OTTER LINES.
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! was still running yesterday about half their usual
number OF cars. The horses appeared to be In
The The dortandt street line was running few cars,
| as was also the East Broadway and Dry Dock line,
but they were hauled or at night.
| THE STAGE LINES.
At the Fourth avenue stage line stables the FORE
man reported that each stage ran two trips less
generally getting BETTER and OF 800 horses In the
stables only thirty were entirely taken of. The
The Madison avenue line reports that out OF
43o horses usually employed only twenty had been
trips each. M Many Of the working horses @ the re-
porter noticed were severely diseased.
The Filth avenue line were we're i running thirty
and would probably run thirtyHve to-day. This
was out Of sixty run under ordinary circumstances.
They were working three-quarters OF their horses
| The Twenty-third street line OF stages, which
suspended operations completely last Tuesday, a
horses complete rest, resumed operations yester-
day. They report oil their horses, with few excep-
tons as being well. This proves that rest is what
| is needed.
Bergh to tho Rescue.
| The man would be incurably insane who could
rise to remark that the well-known misanthropst
and philozooist, Henry Bergh, to wit, was not by
| far the happiest man in New York; yes
| terday Men might moan in misery, women
might wall and weep as they went their woful way,
ducks might die OF drought, chickens might choke
for change OF air, cats might cry In anguish, dogs
might dev0ur one another and all creation animate
and inanimate might join in one perpetual and uni
versal howl Of wretchedness; but Bergh, the mild
and mercilu was in the seventh heaven OF beatl-
| tude For several days past he had been
CHUCKLING cHEERFULLY
within himself while watching his bountirul harvest
grow and ripcn, and day after day he felt himself
losing the power to restrain his eager hands from
! grasping the crop In its green uselessness.
| wholesome dread OF public opinion alone withheld
him from doing what he feared might only prove a
serious injury to the public and its business but at
came down on the "hipporhnorhGa" like wolf
OH the fOld.n
Yesterday morning Henry sailed forth bright
| and early to perform his part OF that
TARDY JUSTICE
to the suffering beasts Of burden which the HERALD
felt compelled TO Call for. lie was absent from his
| Office on Fourth street and broadway during the
entire day. He spread himself and his command
all over the city, and suffering horses innumerable
were relieved from torturng toll by the influence
OF his brute-l0ving guard, but whether he really
cs ELECTED more good a ,an harm I, st remains, or
in search Of the aniablo President or
The E SOCIETY , WITH II m the LONG NAME
horse seized by one Of Bergh's men. Il was owned
by poor carter who looked every whit as wretched
deavor to draw heavy load Of household furniture
1t was truly sorry-iooking creature, frightfully
Ger compelled It's owner to proceed to the corner
| Of Fourth street and Broadway, where the wagon
was drawn up before the door OF the society's
! ofice Here
| THE SUFFERING ANIMAL
was compelled to stand with its burden while the
unfortunate owner went to procure another horse
to do duty TOR the disabled one. After consider
| able time he found one for whose services he had
to pay four dollars; returned with 1t to the ONCE,
| aud drove It on with its load, followed by his own
brute, the latter, 1t should be remarked being
very littie f IL ALL conditioned animal than
its substitute OF course that made no difference;
| Bcrgh's man had done something
TO SHOW HIS EFFICIENCY,
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don't KNOW said the unfortunate driver OF the
wagon to a sympathizing bystander, II don't know
what good they done by this. The poor baste has
come further than he'd have to 60 II was let alone,
and his standing here In the cowd for the last hour
| has done him more harm than II he was working.
The horse got Is worse than the other, and yet
| they'e let me use him." And so ne drove on,