New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-29
ENJOYING NEW nFTH.AvsYUE STAGES
rmnrY-rIvE OF THEN RUNNING YEsrERpAY-pRo-


NOUSCED COMPLETE SUCCESS
| Thirty-fve stages appeared in Fifth-ave. yes-
| terday after numerous postponemsnts The novel
vehicle from Racine abundantly fulfilled the hone
that had been based upon it. II proved to be easy
running commodious caDacous. easy of access and a
steady runner which put to shame its predecessor of
the lumber wagonorder. The arrival made a
decidedly favorable impression upon Fifth-aye
people first glance 1t so impressed the wives and
daughters of some of those that they several rides
up and down the avenue to have good look at the
fnely-upholstered vehicle, Mt its lvercd drivers and
guard conductors and at Matthew Baird's pavement
or rather the mud and dirt covering its defects.
The new stage has body Of deep blue and wheels Of
red 1t is so ow-bung that it il easy matter 10 get
into it il rolls the pavement with less JOLT
ing than carriage; II is handsome and substantial
success
The drivers wear blue trousers, wastcoats and
double-breasted coats with a broad collar of red
while high hat completes the outfit. The guards,
who act as conductors have like outf. Of blue with
blue caps and red trimmings. The guard-conductor
sits at the rear Of the stage at the cad of the step
where he can assist children, and he steps
into the stage to collect the fares Youths Of about
twenty years appear to have been chosen for this pur
pose
The stages run from Fifty -nnth-st to Bleecker-st.
at present making detour to Broadway at Thir-
teth-st and Twenty -fourhst., around the uptorn
pavement Five more stages will be put on to-day.
These are all Ietered Fifth Avenue" on each SIDE
The ten remaining unettered and arc
intended Tor the use of theatre parties or for traffic
in the avenue in case of emergency.
Mr. Ely-Goddard was out OF town yesterday and in
his absence Superintendent Brown poured forth praises
of the new stages "They ale a complete sue
cessv said he Ii has required great deal OF work
and much planning get just the vehicle we wanted,
but we have it now Travel to-day has been heavy.
The stages have been full all day. women and
children being the principal patrons. Many people
living in or near Fifth-ave. have just returned aud
many ladies have been riding back and forth to SEQ
the changes Fifth-ave. has undergone have seen
good many English peope in the stages too. persons
who are evidently travellers and they all seem pleased
with the vehicles
After desperate effort the barricade OF plank and
barrels at Fifty-sixhst has been removed, 30 that
the stages have been enabled to run almost TO Fifty
ninth-st Passage through the cross-strees however,
is shut oil at Fitty-eeventh and Ffty-eIghth SITS
Fifty-ninthst to Sxty-seyenth-st the payemement Is
still torn up. The mud-vbere the dust has been
sprinked-and the dust elsewhere in the avenue still
make the street an uncomfortable in which TO
drive Ii looks as if Contractor Bard had determined
TO keen dirt enough in the avenue to hill and cover up
the big chnks between his paving stones The pres
ence of 40 much dirt could well accounted tor
otherwise
The fare on the new stages is 8 cents