Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-01-06
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Horse Cars and nergh-Dsfa lcstio
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The Horse Cars and Bergh-Defaleat lion
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pEaGu AND THE HORSES,
Bergh, the head of the SOciet,
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to An
finals, got after the horse car PEG
pie the night before Christmas in
most delightful way. The cars wer
unusually crowded, and o heav.
snow was falling. The car cOmpa
MES, who are managed by the kin'
of men who look upon man and
horse as SO much money to be dOub
led in the shortest space Of time
were dragging the cars up town
loaded to twice their capacity, will
the two horses usual to good wca
thcr. 1t was one strain from thu
Post Office up town, and the jadet
steeds only got on by pulling thoil
shoulders out of joint. At 23t
street, Bergh's officers stopped every
one of the cars, and compelled them
to stay there till additional teams
could be put on. There was no hell
for it, and over three hundred cars
all loaded to their utmost with hun
cry men were held there an hour
till the teams necessary to drawing
them with some degree of comfort
could be brought and attached
The passengers were as wrOth as
the companies, but Mr.. Bergh in.
formed them that he did it for the
purpose Of awakening them to the
necessity of taking some interest in
humanitarian movements. While
he is about it he ought to do some
hing for the drivers, who are as
badly Overworked as the horses,
and not half as we'll fed. The car
driver in New York is compelled to
work from fourteen to sixteen hours
a day, in freezing weather, rain,
snow or sleet, night and day, for
which they receive the munificent
sum of S1'G5! They are compelled
to stand on there feet all the time,
and their is scarcely one of them
who has not varicose veins, or some
other disease brought on by expos
ure, equally serious, and as severe
as is the labor, and as hard as the
work, there are thousands apply.
ing for the positions for every place
that is vacant. 1t is rather good
proof of honesty that they work at
all at such wages, rather than steal.
But while the animals are taken
care of, there has been as yet no
society organ lied to prevent cruelty
to men. The street cars are so many
mines of wealth, and the companies
arc enormously rich; but their en-
ployees are harder worked and less
paid than any in the city.
HIGH LIVING AND DEFALCATIONS.
The frequency Of defalcations by
young men holding confidential pc.
,itions excites great deaf-of re-
mark. Every day some young man.
gets away to Europe in a mysteri-
'us way his books are examined
md he is found to be a defaulter to
large amount. Then his employ
rs investigate, and it is found that
re has been living fast, that lie has
'een "supporting a wowan," and
hat his face is well.knOwn in the
,ambling hells. If he is smart, he
as stolen and saved enough to be
BILE to compromise with them; but
S rule he has squandered all that
@ has stolen, and has fed without
honey or character. 1 know one
ase of a young man who belonged
D two clubs, his living at which
Ost him not less than $40, 900 a year,
tho kept a mistress who required
carriage for her own use, and
hose mid day lunches never cost
i'm less than s.. At the clubs up.
)wn he was supposed to be part
er in the house, and his extrava-
ant living was not considered sing.
lar. 1t turned out, however, that
Q was merely clerk on a salary
$500 a year, and that his defal-
atoms in two years footed up over :
10000! And he got away to Aus
ALA with nothing-his mother sold J
ocks TO get the few hundreds that i
ere necessary to take him out of !
ew York. Every cent Of it has ,
)ne on his vices. His mistress sold (
s carriages, horses and jewelry, t
I'd Immediately proceeded to find q
lother victem to ruin. Another i
ERIK, at a salary of $500, embezzl- c
in about the same time 100000, +
hich he spent in the same way. :
is a singular thing that the bust $
,ss of a great house should be man
red so as to make such thefts pos
bic, but it is so; and they occur
most daily. /;
POLITICAL. J
The holidays have taken the spir.
ant ~ cha politicians ond fh oro II