The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-10-25

UtLy ana nlp1. OLA VI Vic HOfbCs arc Ii uouSCf-
Gus condition, and some Of the horses ana stages
have been taken or the line. Mr. Andrews 10 TAX
ing as good care OF the animals as he can. These
stables are not very well ventilated, and the air 10
fetid In the extreme. Chambers will result here II
the stable Ii not better ventilated.
sixTH AVENUE RAILROAD COMPANY.
The HERALD reporter saw Mr.. Bidgood, who in
formed him that ''he was sorry to say that he saw
no Improvement in the health Of the horses on the
lines belonging TO the Sixth Avenue Company"
There were at four O'Clock last evening on this
line twenty-five horses in very dangerous state,
and eighty horses had been taken or during the
day by Mr.. Bidgood as reserve in case OF future
devastation. Ten cars were taken or the line ON
Tuesday and twelve yesterday, and in all I2s
horses and much is lost to the accommodation to
the public who are compelled to travel this par
ticuar line. The company expect to be crippled
the Canal street branch OF the line FIRST as that
branch does not pay and is only served for the
the four trip cars that were taken on this road
yesterday TWO trips day make DAVIS work
for two horses Out OF $50 horses on this road
about six hundred and fifty are sick.
TwENTY-THIRD STREET STAGES
This line has a sad story to tell. 1t had to stop
5 are SICK ne stable boss Mr. ay ~ was
horriAed on getting out OF his downy couch to ind
that all his horses were sick and unfit to work.
Of the forenoon, and then the horses became 20
cold and III that they had to be taken or the line
aaa 80 0r sae s n he street ne
past, and until better times dawn they win no
more be seen to round the corner Of Fourteenth
EIGHTH AVENUE RAILROAD LINE
Mr. Wilson, superintendent Of this line, is rather
disheartened at the prospect before the Eighth
Avenue Railroad Company. Twenty-Five horses
were taken or yesterday, and nearly all OF these
are troubled with lung fever and do not get much
Mr.. Wilson gives them beiladonna night and morn.
ing and sweet spirits OF nltre Is also administered
to them at the same periods Besides this they re-
ceive potash, are bistered and take pills for lung
fever. OF the 100 horses on this route 7to are
quite SICK but they are all being worked excepting
about forty VINO are totally unfit for work.
NINTH AVENUE LINE.
Mr.. Wallace, OF this line, has very well ordered
and clean stable and its ventilation is excellent.
CarbOlic acid and chloride OF lime scattered IN
all the places where those disinfectants are
needed and the horses are doing as well az can
and Mr. Wallace declares that there was not
well horse in his stable yesterday. There are
eighteen cars now running on the Ninth avenue
line and there were twenty running on Monday,
two having been taken Off since then. Mr. Wallace
is afraid OF the northeasterly winds and the damp
iear dstemper to it's present masnitaae Mr.
Wallace still sticks to his private homeopathy, and
though $50 out OF 407 horses belonging to this line
are sick, yet they not so seriously sick as the
horses the other lines. owing to the care taken
Of them by Mr.. Wallace and his helpers in the
stable.
THE BELT LINE OF CARS.
This line which has 900 horses, is in dreadful
condition. Eight hundred and hfty horses are
ing chorus that Is most pitiable listen to, the
animals tear at their lungs ranticaly and with the
greatest straining on their system. MT Root the
do to save the valuable property OF the company,
but unless some favorable change occurs during
Root has not been able to 60 to bed in three nights
owing to the sudden press OF work that has been
placed on his shoulders. or the $3.50 sick horses
belonging to this company many are not seriously
in danger but the majority will have to be watched
carefully during the next forty-eight hours or
terrible defamation viii be the result
THE BLEECKER STREET LINE.
The miserable, bOny steeds who vegetate on this
line have made up their minds to strike against
wretched for years past, and now, 1t seems they
win be only too glad to resign their lives TO the
wc1 n ina near ,oTr
tire number, are very sick and quite feeble In
their lungs. This line work their horses very hard,
and the horses are lean and poor stock, Just like
the men who drive them. Every time horse gets
chilled on the Blocker street line a driver, it
seems, gets chilled also.
THE BROADWAY LINES.
Nine hundred Of the thousand horses on the
Broadway, Broome street, Barclay street and Sew
these lines which are all united together looks like
q large hOspitai ful OF Nsscnded. At the end OF q
passage Mr.. Leadbeater, the superintendent, stood
with q bottle Of ac0nite in one hand and big table
spoon in the other, with which he administered
dark thick substance known aconite to each horse
by the mouth. On the other side a helper with
large pot Of mustard, ana each horse was rubbed
with this substance on the chest and belly. The
medicine was administered to each horse as 1t
went on trip and when it came back from its toll
SECOND AVENUE LINE.
In the stables of this line there is slight i'm
provement since yesterday. The horses are feeding
better, and are consequently stronger. About
eighty OF them are of work, suffering from the
disease in q mild form, but about ten others are
seriously sick. The medicine used Is mixture OF
aconte and belladonna, which has been found to
work well! This stable has escaped wonderfully II,
as the superintendent reports only one hundred
out OF its thousand horses have been stricken.
THIRD AVENUE LINE.
II was rumOred yesterday morning that in the
stable OF this line several horses had persisted from
the epidemic The rum0r created considerable
uneasiness on some OF the other lines as no death
had far occurred in any OF the city railroad sta
bles. Veterinary Surgeon BrOomer and Superin-
tendent Marian, both attached to the stable
department OF the Third avenue line assured
HERALD reporter that the rumor had no
truth in it, and probably arose from the
fact that three horses had died from ordinary
causes but not from the epidemic in any OF its
forms. The condition OF the stable, all things
sidered, is said to be nothing worse than 1t
TTesday About three hundred horses are lying
considered to be dangerously sick. This leaves
about sixteen hundred horses that are supposed
to be fit for work. There can be no doubt but that
three-fOurths OF these suffering slightly from
the disease 1t has often happened during the past
two days that the animals have completely broken
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that they were able to drag the Car TO the depot
exhausted was their condition when they reached
the hospital At the depot number OF teams
kept ali day yesterday, ready TO take the place OF
the exhausted ones arriving. The total
number OF trips was yesterday reduced by
forty, and probably to-day some twelve
cars will have been taken OF the road. II is the
intention OF the company to run as full number
OF cars as possible, believing, as one OF the officers
OF the road said yesterday that the 10000 daily
patrons OF the road had undoubted rights that ac-
commodation should be afforded them. The treat
m NJ acfi nngpltal9
The medicine is mixture OF aconite, rhastox,
sponga and colelia. No outside application is
used as IL Is believed that such would only coun-
teract the internal remedies. Dr. Broomer's idea OF
the plague is that 1t Is diphthera, which, II allowed
to run TOO long, becomes a double pneumonia. lie
says he thinks he has the disease now thoroughly
under his control from his observation OF its work
ing.
FOURTH AVENUE LINE.
on this line nine cars were taken of yesterday,
the total number now Off being fifteen. About one
hundred and thirty horses are totally unfit for
work, and of these thirty are very bad cases. A
number OF the horses broke down at work yester-
day and the drivers said that all efforts I'm whip