The New York herald., 1872-10-24

cssored woman With ham on her knees before he
arose between the Commissioner and the satirical
driver.
CoxxlsslosER- do your horses feel to-day,
bleecKer street CAR DRrvER-How 40 the horses
feel today Well, this line they feel p0oty bad
can tell you. They always feel bad on this line
They arn't treated right and they know that they
Blame It that's enough to make any hOss feel bad
COhhissIohER-Are any OF them very sickY
o. sy ogS 70 pc al wen
horse on this line ought to have bucket OF hot
rum with q half pound OF butter poured into him
All All our urn horses M have got the chiis and feel as II
was getting the chls my self from these two played
out nags myself Here the the horses rises began to cough
turn around the corner-one OF the numerous cor
ners Of tins cranky route.l
On arriving ut the depot OF the Bleecker street
line, which ID located At the foot OF Fourteenth
street, North River the Commissioner made in
quires In the oice OF the depot OF the company Tor
the superintendent. The superintendent was not
in clerk said, and added supposing that the Com
missioner wished to be placed on car as a con-
'What do you want? He il not in now,
II want Information as to tine spread OF the dis
temper among your horses"
CLERK-"0h you dO-dO YOU? Well 90 In to the
yard there and look for Roberts, the stable boss
he knows everything about the disease.''
lHc ComuisSkOUcr Wdlkcu OdCk through the y8r0
and number OF drivers and conductors and the
starter were discussing the new disease. Mr.. Rob-
erts, horsey-looking gentleman with blonde
shoulders In business. He was civil, suspicious
and brief. The great trouble in obtaining informa-
tion at the horse railroad depots is that the Oi-
cials believe that the knowledge that great num-
Der OF horses are about to die will depreciate the
value OF the stock OF the company.
COMhISSIONRR-HOw are the horses to-day -
Mr.. RoBERrs-well. we haven't many sick; about
twenty, think.
CoMaIssIoNER--Are they ruening at the nostrils ?
Mr.. ROBERTS-A lew or them, but then we take
care OF the horses on this line and treat them like
human beings. II man has cold he ought to be
kept away from chills. have every drink warmed
and give them plenty OF hot mash, and these are
the safest remedies.
CoMMIssIoNER-How many horses and cars have
Mr.. RoBERTs-we have four hundred odd horses
and we run forty odd cars.
CoMMIssIoNRR-Have you taken any horses on
Mr.. RoBERTs-Only q few. Any horse that's OF
can't tea eat his feed for two or three days why, Of
course, he will be too weak to work.
On the Belt Line or Cars.
The Commissioner bade Mr. Roberts good-day
and jumped on car of the Tenth Avenue Belt Line
which was passing at the time. The conductor
was quite friendly, and, being questioned, stated
that two three cars on the line had to be
stopped, as the horses were coughing so badly and
were so much out Of breath that they could not
draw the oars. There was considerable conversation
among the passengers on this line, two female pas
sengers declaring that it was dangerous to inhale
the breath Of the horses as dphthera was catching
At the depot OF this line, which has very large
number OF horses and cars, there was general dis
may and irritation about the prevalence of the new
and unaccountabe disorder. AS usual, the Com
missioner was suspected OF looking for q conduc-
tors position by the clerks; but there was one
arH
"G0 back into the stable and ask for Mr.. D. F.
Root-he is the superintendent, and is now looking
Mr. Root good looking, sensible-speakng gen.
tleman, was found up an inclined plane in the sec
ond story, which had the appearance OF hospital,
gagged in coughing out their lungs among the straw
and feed. This is vast Establishment, and is well
regulated by Mr.. Root. He said -
"This thing first became known to us on Monday
afternoon. The horses began to cough and seemed
affected by something new to US. We have ninety
nine cars and 800 horses on this road west and
east sides Of the city. We heard the coughing all
over the stable. We have about sixty cases among
been cleaning up the stable, and had used chloride
of lime aud assafetida. 1t is sort OF lung fever
and think that the bronchial tubes are affected
CoMMIssIoNER-What remedies do you useP
Mr.. ROoT-Well, am using just now q harts-
horn liniment which we rub the glands with am
not veterinary surgeon, but have had consider
able experience among horses for many years.
think that this fever win get worse before It gets
we do not calculate to lose any from the present
symptoms.
on an estimated average, Mr.. Root
Mr.. RooT-Well, l think it would be safe to say
$166 10 $1s5 piece. The last figure is safest.
At this stable Mr.. Root Is taking the most sens-
BILE and reasonable precautions to do away with
this terrible a1iction, Which may result in an utter
prostration OF business throughout the city. Yet
there is no doubt that onethrd Of the Belt Line Of
horses are coughing badly and are affected, at
least, to q slight extent.
The Grand and Forty-second Stree
Line.
Our Commissioner next paid visit to the depot
OF the Grand, Houston and Forty-second street
line, which Is situated at the foot OF Forty
second street, North River. The Com
missioner ascended the wide and ceanly
stairs and made inquiries for the
superintendent, who is invariably known in all
these railroad buildings as the "Super." The
"Super." was not In, and again the Commissioner
had to undergo investigation and scrutiny as q
suspected applicant for q vacant conductorship.
The Receiver" who takes in all the
small stamps from the conductors was In
good spirits, and did not cough once while in
conversation. He directed the Commissioner to
inquire for Mr.. Chalmers, the 'stable boss" who
was not to be found at the time, or he was, no
doubt, looking for medicines for his consunptive
'How many horses have you which are sicks"
was the question asked OF the Receiver, who an
swered quite cheerfully, as surgeon would after
days work on bloody battle Held:
'Oh, not many; we took twenty horses off this
morning. One-third OF the horses are sick and
coughing, but there is nothing serious, believe"
As Mr.. Chalmers could not be found the Commits.
sioner was directed to see Od Pete" veteran OF
one hundred cases OF SPAWN and jaundice '.Old
Peten was very reticent, however, and did not
want to talk. He looked Tor Mr. Chalmers In the
hay, and the bran and among the stalls, and
could not see him. Then the Receiver put his head
out OF the window and said that Mr. Manning, the
starter might be able to tell something about the
disease. The Commissioner paid his respects to
Mr.. Manning, good looking gentleman; but he
acknowledged that there was some sickness preva-