Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-22
CITY AND DISTRICT.
EERDsCs AND RANsO rs.
Additions To be Made to the City Trans.
portatio ON Lines-A New Live os Her.
die PhRton.-A Washington Mans
Enterprise with Hanson Cabs, &c.

Additions tn be VI ade to the CITY Trans.
portation Lines-A New Live of Her
die PhPfOn.A Washington Mans
Enterprise with Hanson CABS, &c.
The city will be better provided with means
OF cheap transportation this winter than ever
before. The means Of transportation increase,
both in number and variety. with the growth of
the population, and in the sharp competition
governed by the remorseless law of '.the sur
vival oi the fttest" the weaker competitors will
be annihated The hackman, who a few years
ago made u good living aud had so little COM
petition that he was free to indulge his propen-
sity to char..e exOrbitant rates. now
finds his occupation nearly gone.
The hprdic and hanson cabs provide the public
with cheap and convenient conTey@ncas about
the city. The hackman is still in the field. but
he has a very small part Of the field. While the
old established street railway lines give con-
slant evidences Of Increasing traffic the newer
line of herdc pbGtOns also show outward signs
of prosperity. The immense stables built re.
Gently at 10th and g streets southeast give
substantial token of lie intention oi the herdcs
to stay. The success of the line on Pennsyl-
wanna avenue. which has come into competition
with the Washington and Georgetown road, has
induced the managers to establish
NEW LINE.
which will compete in part with the Metropoi-
tan road and in part with the 18th street branch
of the Washington and Georgetown road. The
route will be from Lincoln park along East Cap
itOl street TO the Capitol through the Capitol
grounds tn Pennsylvania avenue. thence to 18th
street and out 18th street to the boundary
This will give the rapidly growing sections in
the north of the city, and between Lincoln park
and the Capitol. new means of communication
with the central OF business parts of the city.
Some of the new coaches which are intended
Tor this line have already arrived from Phiiadel-
phia, and are receiving their finishing touches
here. They will be lettered East Capitol Street
by way of Pennsylvania avenue, 18th street and
Boundary. The new coaches wider than
the older ones on the PENNSYLVANIA avenue line
finer in finish and more expensive. They differ
also from the old ones in having no vestibule in
the rear The passenger i'll step from the
street into the body of the coach. these coaches
will be put on the new route abont October 1st.
An official of the company remarked to TIE
STAR reporter that while the herdic line here had
been successful there had been apparent di-
minu ton in travel bv the Washington and
Georgetown line. This he accounted for on the
ground of the increase i'm population. 1t was
the growth OF the portions of the city more dis
tant from the center that made business for city
transportation lines: In other cites. he said
the herdic lines had failed on account of the
rough stone payements. Here the smooth con-
crete payements offered special facilities tor such
line.
HANSON CABS.
Another new venture of which the public will
get the benefit this winter is line of cabs for
general service. to be started by Mr. Allison
Nailor. ir.. the we-known livery man. The
hanson cab vas brought here by the Union
Transfer company. ami has been very success
full institution The cabs have not only en-
crOached upon the business of the street hack
man. but even the regular livery Stablemen COM
plain OF them as doing great injury to their bust
ness The horses of the company have hereto
fore been stabbed with Mr.. Allison NailOr ir
Now the company is building a large stable of
its OWN. into which il will soon move its stock
This will leave a large amount of stable room
upon the hands of Mr.. NailOr and he has con-
clutlei To use it in running cabs of his own
THE cab. said Sir. NailOr toa STAR reporter
''ike the village cart. has been diverted from
its original uses The village cart was origin
ally intended ONLY for use in the country where
There are narrow lanes as 1t can be turned
without cranping and is safe for ladies to drive
Some one brought one into the city and it be-
came fashionable The cab originally was used
In London for knocking about. to make quick
run to the depot. or for some other short GRAND
They were never intended tor pleasure carriages.
Now they are used for nearly every purpose
ana have even seen them in funeral process
siOns. So far comfort is concerned | would
not give one coupe for forty cabs: but if the
people want cabs | propose to furnish Them
Whatever the people demand viii furnish"
IMPROVEMENTS ON THE OLD CABS.
Mr.. Naior is having cabs built in this city,
81 under his own supervision, by Bex & Heuntsch.
Some of the vehicles are already nearly finished.
The vehicles will be about three hundred
pounds lighter, each. than the cabs now in use
on the streets. Another change which Mr..
Majors consideration for his horses has sug-
gested is a modification of the shafts, so that
they do not come up near the back of the
horse Mr.. NallOr SAYS that he has noticed that
the swinging motion of the vehicle when the
shafts are high. saws across the back of the
horses and makes sore spots The makers
Messrs. BeX i Heunts ch have also. during the
progress of their work, hit upon two improve
ments, for which they have filed caveats in the
Patent Office. During the many years the cab
has been in use, in London and in this country,
the only means adopted to relieve the horse
OF the weight of the cab has been
. little rod brace underneath the
vehicle which the driver can let down when the
horse stands still, thus making support f-r
the body OF the vehicle. Unless the horse re-
mains stationary this support is of no avail
The weight Of the driver ON the seat behind has
always been a factor in the account as it serves
as Il sort OF balance. No device has ever been
used TO open and shut the doors or apron in
front The passenger has had to wait upon
himself. Ii he lett the cab open when he OF
out the driver had TO get down and close the
vehicle The first improvement made by
Messrs- hex Henntsch consists Of a screw
underneath the vehicle. by which the body can
be shifted two inches backward or forward
thus changing the center of gravity and regulat-
Ing the weight upon the shafts. This screw can be
worked by the driver from his seat by turning
handle The second Improvement consists of a
simple device by which the flies or doors can be
thrown open or closed by the driver from his
perch by turning another han,Ile. Mr. N,,ilor
expects to paint the cabs in black and dark
green. and To uphulSter them in dark green
cloth instead oil leather The drivers will be
htled out III neat and distinctive uniforms The
cabs viii appear upon the streets during next
month and he kept IN service all winter Mr.
Nallor expects To take them out of service in
the summer tine. when there is little demand
Tor such conveyances and the service is very
severe on horses.
should be Attended To ut Once.
To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
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