The sun., 1872-10-28
OUR NOBLE HORSES DYING.
POSSIBLE sUsP BRsTON or CRY
RAILWAY TRaYBL.

nnd Parttut Suspthsteh ~ pturfs
Yesterday Abatement Of the Alarming
symptoms Of the Maiady.
"well, how are your horses today
askcd a sur reporter Of Third avenue car con
durtor yesterday.
"see emY' was the reply, a. though looking
nt them would reveal the situation, and II did
Plainly the horsep were worse yesterday than ON
Saturday. On nearly all the city roads cars were
run at much greater intervals than usual. The
Third avenue line ran nearly itA usual compile
mont Of cara, and the oncct OF the work wns
plainly visible on the horses. Nearly all were
out OF condition, and n majority wero gaunt
and thin, showing on sight the effects OF work
ps them, which the best medical treatment can
not counteract. on Saturday the downtown
streets were almost free OF horses, and cross
ing broadway at Fulton street, which
usually requires agility the part OF the
men, and the assistance OF policemen for the
women, waa done without danger by slow-moving
and innrm persons. OF course no account could
Yesterday he taken OF the effect OF e. G maady
on business pursuits, but there was nevertheless
notable absence Of horses even for Sunday.
gentleman who stood at the intersection OF 10th
street with the sixth avenue boulevard at 3 i. NJ.
Yesterday, looked in all directions without see
Ing horse, where usually many are visible.
Sun reporter. who passed the fifth avenue en-
team entering, and none were visible on the
ruR RAILROADS susPFSptNG.
The reduction in the number of the car trips
cccasioncd much Inconvenience, II IA not inn
lo.sihlc that before tho close Of the week the
cara and stages may entirely cease running. II
Fourth avenue ear line practically ceased work
yesterday, alarce share OF it. patrons nndnF
TRANSFORMATION ia the Third avenue cars, and
.f afauniuu has
been mooted by other companies, who are hold
Ing on with the indcHnte hope that something
may turn up to better their condition. Some
rontinue to express the opinion that the worst l.
past, but a careful canvass 81 the railroad
aud stage lines yesterday shows that majority
VI the stage and car men, including those Of the
heaviest lines, think that the worst has not
come, and that the epidemic must result In at
least a temporary total suspension of travel. on
some Of the roads yesterday extra horses were
kept at intervals along the Tine OF the track,
ready TO replace the animals that might become
unable to work. Continued WORKING II pro
ducing its natural result, and grca er number
In the priyats stables things remain about the
same. In a m iiority OF them the charges have
not been advanced. " Buckers,' as the hackmen
VINO frequent the railroad stations and piers are
called, have advanced their charges, and many
dc handed 81 an hour on saturday AMI yester-
d,y. The absence from the. streets of long
ncra'I have not vet been greatly delayed, but II
l. dritult to procure carriages for them. aud
"hucker are frequently called Into requlsl-
tion.
shortening the funeral corteres Of course
seriously affects the receipts of the ferry COM
. MES. and this is but one OF the unnumbered
ways IN which the malady Injuries the commit
MY nnsncay In the street Ia one ,o n,garaaryy fSgrtmy
surgeon who are reaping harvest On at least
one car line the conductors have been ordered
not to take passengers after "A certain number
have entered car, and ladies bcc,on In vain
while the car is driven forward. on one lire The
nitcr the cars are full Yesterdays bright skics
were. ON all hands, hailed with pleasure, but the
hnrsemon are now anxiously awaiting cooler
Many families IRE Obliged TO wait until a la'e
l,Gr Tor mix, and Tue unearthiy whoop WIN
which milkmen were wont to awake the echoes
pi the -t,ee hasldled away intu.a plaintiyeNaWp
o. subsided altogether. fhe fear that dirt and
flIh would accumulate In the streets on account
OF The horses being unable 10 draw ~ away has
been thus far disslpated 10y the means which las
u thlcken that beef aud other cattle are
attacked by the malady. Throughout the CITY
Sunday was emphatically and ioyfully hailed as
day Of rest for horse as wcll as man. and held
1. he uf greater bcneht To the SUFFERING amin as
Khan countless barrels Of acohite and beiadouha
THE SECOND AVENUE RAILROADS HoRsEs.
At the Second Avenue car stables Mr.. shaw
thinks that n they got along A. well IN the
coming for,y-eight hours as In the past they viii
be "o1t of the woods" Their cars yesterday
made thirty-two trips less than tho usual num-
Der, some trips having been restored. only
thtee horses are in really bad condition. and
SATURDAY.. Some Of the horses ar-t attacked are
at work, and no death has occurred. This line
is apparently getting along better than any other
AN EXPERIMENT WHICH KILLED HORSE.
On the Third avenue line the cars yesterday
made Ia the middle of the day 80 trips less than
usual, and II was intended To make further
horse d. o. ed dead in the street Yesterday
! NJ animal was affected by the catarrhal ualaly,
o,her disorder. Rumor said that other horses
belonging to this company had died ut this dis
ease but MIR. Merriam had no such lntormatlon
AZ ESQ Y, ", except In the case OF one horse
which was very low, and having been turned
over TO confident outsider Tor experiment. dled
In short time after the experiment was made.
than ON SATURDAY, and this is frankly, admitted.
few very sick. All receive the best posi-
ble care, but continued work Is telling on them,
and they don't feed so well. MIR Merriam thinks
hat the company Is working Ion horses thai
should not 60 out, and that a reduction ia the
number Of trips may soon be necessary LIKE M
other well informed horsemen he thinks that
,he best remedy is rest, and that the most judi
;l0us action would be to draw on all their horses
until they are better able TO work.
THE FOURTH AVENUE RAILROAD HORSES.
on the Fourth avenue car line travel was Vir-
tually suspended yesterday, only four cars
making three trips each, having been run 10 and
from the Grand Central depot In tho morning,
and three cars making three trips each and three
making one trip each In the evening. The nunli 81
of cars to be run to-day had not been determined
son has advised taking OF the cars until the
horses are better able TO work, and this advice
may be adopted, though II seems probable I'll n
lne company will at least run cars 10 and from
the Grand Central depot. Mr.. Jackson says that
he has lost no horses, and that the stock under
his charge is gaining.
POSSIBLE SUSPENSION ON THE WEST SIDE.
The sixth avenue line has taken On all It's cars
90 the Broadway and Canal street line, and yes
rday ran only half Of It's Ncscy street cars
Tle stock ia no better on than on saturday, and
the number of cars to be run TODAY Will not he
decided until the horses have been examined
this morning. one horse died on Friday and
one on Saturday. Five horses are very low
These stables are In excnllent order and thor
pushlv cared for, and stll the disease hanlef
those In charge Of the horses. The animals art
becoming thin and iaded, and Superintendo. Al
BigoOd thinks that total cessation Of work
may he necessary He considers that RUM ny
tlc horses only adds fuel TO the fire, with others
he thinks this disease much worse in itself than
the spinal disease which affected the horses q
year ago, and dOubly worse because now sick
horses cannot be replaced for the horses at the
faies stables aie affected like all the rest, while
during the prevalence ~ the spinal disorder fresh
horses not affected could be bought. Now, wher
horse Is disabled. IL Is for the time at east
permanent loss, M1. Bdgood faVors tai ing "a
TIE cars altogether for time, as does hT. VII
fpn Of the Eighth avenue line. The gentlemen
named met on saturt " and canvassed the ques
tiGn. No definite conclusion was arrived AT, lu
further action is prObtb II the west sid'
roads stop running ths Cessation viii probably