New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-28

The news that the Broadway Raill road Com
,,any intends t. lay cabl" Oh o'ir piiiripdI
thoronchfarc has tiLvrllc1 a. Tar ~ Chca"'
and elected fr.m newspaper OF mat ''!
n cry of anguish and Uf warning. W"
are not disposed to nndellatc the >nc"lh!
Of Cur Western contemporary. but we can
uot bring ourselves t. believe that This
community is really about Ia cEt'i Gpon
deSpcrat. phase Of existence and needs such
nrofound COMMUNICATION. 1.-THE cable car,
says this unhappy journal. els Jngg"'lian'' a
murderer on wheels. manner OF men ana a
destroyer Of women and children. II Is Il
pe.amb nlating fraud. who's" least Objectionable"
use has hcen to postpone. hamper and h"dcvil
real rapid transit" II this dreadful aira!gn-
mcnt was accompanied by proofs Of IFS truth
and Justice we ccrtninly should urge th" GOV
crnOr TO summon an extra session OF the Legs
lature or call OFT the troops. or promise IN adj
vance a full pardon to the patriot who should
hang Colonel Lamont in front "f Grace Chnlch
Or perform some other great and notable deco
which nigh, pcrchancc bring the sovereign
peoplc &c their senses. But Our contemporary ;
| jercmiad is unsupported by evidence bald TO
the verge of absolute baroness. and on the
whole not sufficiently startling to warrant sum-
mary vengeance in an! form.
Chicago is not tn" only place On caith which
has had experience with cable roads. In fact.
there are so many Of them in operation that if
| they really were engaged in thc JngseInaut
business the noise of the crunching Of bones
would till the land. 1t is true fhat some un-
pleasant scenes have been enacted on cable
| lines in Chicago and elsewhere, but il is also
i Il nv, h<,es M
quite 50 innocent as they look. Statistics are
generally missing when they are wanted,
though intrusive and impOrtunate enough ut
other times but we venture to say that list
of the casualties duo t. hOrsc.cars in any large
| city in the course Of year might he made to
look appalling without seriously incommoding
the star.eyed goddess of vcracity. There IS a
cable road now in existence in New-lork, and
| it does not run through a wilderness. either
bowling or mute. 1t is by no means model,
| and it has come in for a large share OF com
plant and condemnation; but it does not in
cude an ambulance in it's equipment, and its
track is not constantly or even commonly
stained with gore. We hope and are encouraged
| 10 believe that the reconstructed Broadway
road vii! he radically different in most respects
from that uptown but even il it should be
no better, though it would certainly be monn
ment OF broken promises, fraud and probably
q nuisance, it would not convert broadway into
human slaughicrhOnse.
Nobody maRines that 4 cable road. or sur
face road of any description. anywhere within
the city limits will solve the rapid-transt prob
lem. 1t was not with that idea that the Broad
way Company asked permission to change its
motive power. or in that hope that its request
was granted. There is. however. a reasonable
prospect that the new system will prove to BE-
4 public convenience and comfort. The re-
moval from Broadway of hundreds Of horses
| with all that they involve of obstruction anG