Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-25

! New YORK, October 24.-The increase
in the number of cases OF horses suffer
| ing from the prevalent malady is caIcu-
lated at from thirty TO forty per cent. OF
! tee whole number in the city, or from
eight to ten thousand in all, in the va
riOus stages of the malady. The sub
ject is universally discussed, and fears
are entertained that serious interruption
to traffic may take place in few
days. Yesterday hundreds Of infect
ed horses were in the streets, and
thus far there seems to be a determine
ton by the car companies and stage pro-
prietOrs to run their vehicles at all haz-
ards. About ore hundred and fifty cars
in all have been taken off the different
lines, giving a little longer to wait be-
tween trips, but it has not yet interfered
with the comfort of the travelling pub
lie. Some forty stages were withdrawn
yesterday. Those in use were conse-
quently greatly overloaded. Alarming
stories have been created 10 the effect
that the infectious nature Of the disease
is transmitted to human beings, but be.
yOnd reports, no eases have as vet aD-
peared wherein the master has taken
the disease from the horse. The Broad
way Street-car Company last night had
one hundred horseS sick, cut of about
eleven hundred. The Third Avenue
line has more than half its number, two
thousand horses, suffering thus Through
out the lines the disease is gaining. The
Brooklyn and Jersey City horses have
been similarly visited. a number of
stablemen think that the disease will
spread for few days, and then decline
and fall away entirely. No cases were
reported as terminating fatally up TO
yesterday afternoon.
Business, manufactures and industry
are partially psralyzed in this city and
Brookly in consequence of the sudden
deprival of the use Of large numbers of
horses. In Brooklyn it is said the horse
cars will stop running tomorrow.
The damp weather last night and to-day
undoubtedly aggTavatedsthe epidemic
and three-fOurths of the horses of this
city are affected. The disease has made
most alarming progress among railroad,
stage and livery stable horses, while
these are suffering at the rate of seventy
per cent, private coach and truck
horses which are better cared for and
not so hard worked only suffer at the
rate of forty-five per cent.
Broadway has seldom been so quiet as
to-day. About one quarter OF the usual
number Of teams passed through the
street, and almost every horse was close
ly wrapped in wooden blankets. 1t is
probable that the mail service will be
seriously affected. 1t requires two hum
dred horses daily, and unless the severi-
ty Of the epidemic be mitigated
the supply cannot be kept up.
The Broadway and Twenty-third
street stage company suspended trips
to-day, over half of its four hundred
and fifty horses being sick. OF the
three hundred horses on the Ninth ave-
nue. railroad, about one-half are affected
by the disease. No cars have been
taken from the Eighth avenue line and
none Of their trips are yet abandoned.
About six hundred of the twelve hun
dred horses of this line are affected.
Ten regular cars were taken from the
Sixth avenue linc to-day. Some four
horses on this line are suffering.
Three hundred are sick on the Seventh
avenue line, sJna ha3 =. Three hun
dred and fifty . the slx .andred belong
ing to ne Fourth aven8e road are i'll, as
are two hundred on The Third avenue
line. The Secoad avenue road is less
affected than the otheTs, out has a con-
siderable number of animals laid up.
But few of the h0rzes owned by the
Adams Express Company We're fit to be
harnessed to-day, and seventy-five be- |
longing to the United States Express |
Company are affected. The business of |
the express companies is almost pros !
trated, and great quantities Of freight !
lies in the warehouses, awaiting ship |
ment. Private firms and individuals !
are suffering severely from the illness of
their horses. In one livery stable |
there are thirty out of thirty-one |
horses laid up. Many of the livery |
stables, closing up. Groeers, bakers, milk !
men and others are, with great difficult |
ty, serving their customers. In |
Brooklyn, the City railroad is eOmpell- |
ed to stop many cars, having six hun
dred out of two thousand horses affect |
ed. 1t has extended tonight. Fifteen
thousand horses are under treatment in |
the city. Two street-ear lines and one
stage line have stopped running.