New-York tribune., 1886-11-12
THE CABLE IN THIRD AVENOE
A CHANGE FROM HORSES PROBABLE.
WHAT vrce-pREsrDExr HART sAYs-No REDUCTION

WHAT vICE-PREsIDEST HART sAYs-No REDUo'io"
OF FARE TO BE MADE.
IT seems probable that the Third Avenue surI"oe
cars will be run by cable in n short time fresuo,i'
Lyon and most OF the directors. 1t Is sss arc s'osy
favor Of tho change being absolutely heocS'',
to enable the road to compete with the E'eNa'ou
lines In discussing the matter yesteniay, VICE
President Hart said:
ave have given the cable system fair triai On
Tenth Avenue line and satisfied that IL Is ''
best motive power for these electrical ho.o'S
don't 10 work satisfactory. They run for Ic"
blocks or a fow miles all right and then stop Inc
company has seen all the electric motors tried tha'
have beon invented but do not consider ueh
avail able for practical work such we need per
formed. We have to run cars on minute heau
way, and have 10 have something that can dcpe"'
on"
If the directors decide at their meeting noxt month
TO adopt the cable system either this winter OF hoAS
sprng, a committee of them. accompanied by Ell
gineerng experts, will be sent to Philadelphia Chi'
oago. Francisco and other cities where the caDlo
is used. TO examine the workings of the various sSs
tens employed and got the latest Improvements
TO change the road into cable line, the oiicHs e
innate will cost about 81 100000 The entire iino
viii have TO be rebuilt and new cars purcha9cu'
One-third of this outlay would be realized. IL Is
thought, from the sale of the horses. The operating
expenses OF a cable road, they claim, would De oNoI
hall million dollars less each year than the proso
system entails. Two engineers and half dozen ~ n ,S
would do all the WORK that Is now uohe W a
hundreds of horses, staDemcn, DIaCAshhuAS' N~F
and h0stlers." - >, o,,,,,ea
1T is going to involve great expense cOn.lhuo @
Mr. Hart but it will pay we'll In the end We rui,
on the surface, not in tho air. and all We noGu -, -
Our respects were never better. That man Mllet' M'
who l. finding fault with our management, i ci"t
He owns sixty five shares, and because no = ~
drawing dvdends-because We will not as some ooi t
and attempts TO criticse US. He represents Mai'o
Lane, and for that reason made him Chairman " "
the meeting, never dreaming that ho was gong " ~
kick. Lane and he want to unload, SUPPOSE az q.
Jlst now ! bought some OF our stock at SSoV d d
short tine ago. but do not choose TO buy lu1i l, h m
ublge them. We are under big expenses ana VIII %
IN changing system, but we are not running III ia
floating around the market You Will never ss see
our stock drop thirty forty points in single uaS
"What about lower fares Oh, that Is out OF @ an
question We would not think Of doing snch thluS;;
ruin Itself Passengers cannot be carried Tor lhieo
ceLts a piece by any sy stem of transit now III opera
ton We usel get six cents, aud that scenel htie
enough for eight milo ride. / never owned uol
don't want to own any. want TO invest in some
thing solid when buy. Mcr's remark about olir
be ny dirty is not true. They clean ana Neu
taken Of as the people who ride in them m KNOW
faster riding. The day Of horse railroads In New
York Ia fast departing and the cable system seems
likely 10 tale it, place. Dur road IN Tenth ave has
sent property up 500 per cent value. and VIII be
the making of the district through which 1t runs
Why. you barily buy lots along the line now;
Owners arc holding for even higher figures ana they
get them"
Engineer Paine who charge OF it. says it Will be
ready for operation inside Of two weeks