New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-26
WORK ON THE CABLE ROAp'
r,r SECOND CABLE LAID.YEsTERDAY.
vup TRIAL TRIP TO TAKE PLACE On MoNDA
49, cpss pREDICTED.

INV, rpcp TO TAKE PLACE ON MoNpAf-so0-
CESS PREDICTED. -
owd of moro than hundred people stoo .i,d ~
Al ro;n Yesterday afternoon before tue no" 0ne-
ing Of the Tenth Avenue arS Sa TeD,have Among
Ta were President Lyon, OF the INIT IF
Ayenue Railroad Company, MaitOy y, The
tne go gathered around a small platform la vi
Grin that had been placed ID the car mh "t midway
70 the cable through the small narlow as not so
ro,"yesn line tracks The platform car vas nan and
p;s ss the average bobtail car but i1,tS nvramid
poys % were crowded upon it so that only ~
of bnman bodies could be seen. beside each
,rha roaa ;s To have two cables rnnnihs 49, no set
no "a .hat if one gives out the other may 40 "a a
in operaton Each Of the caDi1S one in the centre,
hall thick with core OF neinp ,pJ Each cable
aro aa onn feet long and the whole mass "'NN'
more than three tons l., ,roat rare has to be taken
In unwinding the cable great et. The process
~ Podnal and the line has ~ Do kepe IL, n ex
III or II would coil at once Presaen. MI was
planned yesterday that TINS lavSS the ocean
unG A kiuk of this kind might cause l" a."
labor. - al. road was laid last week.
Inc nfs ITS, os If horses we're attached to heavy
W. 20 ,vbieh the end of the cable was "a
III thew were driven slowly along the Iouto % ond
cable paid out from tSs rollers Ipg in The tunnel The
0roc.ss occupied the entire day. Yesterday tie
pronosed 10 make the platform car ansm mo on HE
,,ury of the horses. 10y oe"'''i-o ~ la
pireadv adjusted the car would carry Will Tie re
end of the second cable along the ent,io troraIv
spoo was placed behind tue p9nu aiint of WAGON
plorsn and man stood with bucket Vi "" IIa
grease to oil the sockets as the spur W, aronnd a
ssabis nassed through the building anu aIo9n" "a
49, ron cvlinder before ii entered the tunnoI
,ras attachod to the car. At 2 VcocK the Pom 20
,nachinery IN the cellar OF the Dulan9 uus" and
,nove IL was given five minutes he"uw,a Sn tbe
w AZ moving steadily at a slow even ra'o no dean
mower was applied to the cable. here w., m "f ths
frnmhlin0 Earring sound. paltial cueoA y. %. on
immense machinery for al instant the Sno trapned
the cable frightened as the six miles oa MI 3fe s;de
aud creaked There was rumoie uluoa or vi tho hill
t that nassed IN ND the street and over inc mn
Tba nsyt instant the crowd gave shout, anu ' h
aar ,;iad nm with men and boys. began 10 moso ~
a. nnseen poWer 1t moved slowly al lne i iI !; -
,hraa niles AN hour but the steep bill over M,o
cirobed TO Washington Heights 0nere9 NJ nv ~
ment In a few minutes the car fcao1 In on honr
Tie hin and went ont OF sight MOTE tnS" ,%a road
" as occupied in gong to the terminus VI tuo ~,
Int the cable was laid satisfactorily wlthout; an
accident AS much time was occupleu III 0oni'i M
hack The crowd of men and boys tncn JUN In
the car and congratulated themselves On p ny
,aade the first trip over the cable road fresiueha
Ivon shook hands with Mr.. Lane ana s'iu 'n'
graat nj mn entity had been surrounded. -.
To-mnrrow" he said to Tux TRIBUNE rel;oI tG,
we will snllce the duplicate cable then IL WIN
have 10 be oiled carefully, ana on L. ,re
IN he ready for our trial trip This WORK louaA -
toayed mist everything seems clear now; II IL
proves so we snail DO aoio W op'
public ON Monday" ..;uo rslv
Lawson n Fuller. who has been watihg NV, ~
for the event has full band engaged, anu ~, Wv
neonle of Washington Heights ana uaflem aio iooA
inc exnectantly for the trial trip.