New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-06
THE HISTORY or THE HORSE car.

NEw-YORK SENDING CARS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
"In 1881 >" said John Stephenson, the veteran
builder Of horse cars TRBUNE reporter designed
and built the first of the first railway for street
service this country abroad This car consisted Of
three separated compartments, each compartment holding
ten persons and being entered by separate doors, The
side from guarlrail. Seats provided on top Of
the ear for thirty persons The very much
Ike the English railway coach, though it was set
sideraby lower 1t hauled by team Of horses the
conductor remaining outside on the rail, rain or shine
The company for which it was built was called the New
York and Harlem road, running from Prncest, on the
Bowcry along the line of the Bowery to Fourteenthst
thence along the line of the present Fourthave TO York
vile and Harlem. FOurthaye al that time had not been
opened, but the line had been surveyed in 1910. Tho
fare paid varied with the distance being sXpcnce or Ga
from IrncCs TO F0nrccnthst, sixpcnce more TO
a point where Forty-SecOnd-st across Fourth
ave, sixpence to YoIkvllo, and 25 cents to
Harlem These fares paid in the silver of the old
Spanish currency then prevalent. In time the through
fare reduced to eigtcenpcnce and then 10 twelve.
But the did succeed In 1897 after six years Of
construction, 1t temporarily way to the steam
In 1s43 however 1t resumed working under It's charter
which had net been given up and which, 10y the way
the charter under which the present Fourhavc horse
line Is operated.
that year, ls45 the rcmOdellcd nearly 10
their present STYLE the great feature being the adoption
of end platforms and entrances No other horse line
were granted for tho Second, Third, sixth and Eighth
ave lines Outside Of New-YOrk IN this country Boston
first adopted the system in 1856 Philadelphia following
IN 1857, after which 1t spread over the country. New
Orleans III lsGl the first adopt the small ear, or
as II Is called. :he bObdl And should like 90 say
lust that of the A2S horse lines existing
In the United states, 279 the small only
remaining 143 having the conductor cars.
We now 10 the Introduction OF the idea abroad.
In 1860 George Francis Train started line, which
constructed the cars in lirkchhrid opposite Liverpool
in England. Popular feeling against the idea how
and the line proved poor affair believe IL didn't
declare dividend In twenty years. So intense the
popular prejudice in England at that time that the
ing of "A in London caIse riot and the rails
up Nor could an Act Of Parliament lie obtained
until late 1870 for the construction of other roads
Now lines operated In the American style in most of
principal cities IN Great Brain-our cars by their
won the day against English manufacturers. IN 1866
South America took mp street railway enterprises a
large Brazil. Venezuela Chilli Peru, Uruguay, |
Ecuador Costa Rica and the Argentine Republic all
adopting them And IL may he stated IL general that
shipments to-day 10 the remote corners of the globe
New ZEALAND. Australia, Java, India Japan. the Cape
of Good Hope and Port Elizabeth In South Africa well
a. Canada, France, Belgium, Portugal, Austria HOl
land, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Norway aud England
The English cars, for which have large ORDERS differ
American IL having winding stairs at each end
which reach the seats On top OF the car The fares
too IN English much mile, as Is the case
companies constructing horse in this country,
Troy IT. Louis and Philadelphia. As an institution the
system II peculiarly American, both IN point of original
nCOCeUtiOu and It's DEVELOPMENT"