New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-06
PRICE THREE CENTS.
HIS PROPHECY FULFILLED
T. A. B. WIDENER SAID THE CABLE WOULD
SWEEP EVERYTHING BEFORE IT..
1T DID YESTERDAY IN BROADWAY. AND MULEg
CARS. HORSES. WAGONS AND FRUIT VEN.
DERs BORE WITNESS TO ITS Ex-

DERS BORE WITNESS TO ITS EX-
CELLENCE As 4 BROOM.
Peter A. b. Widener, of Philadelphia, and IN.
cldentally the macnate Of the Broadway cable
road IN New-iork, enthusiastically announced
year ago that the cable system OF traction was
destined to sweep everything before it, He
little believed at the time that his prophecy
would be SO completely fulfilled as it was yes
tcrday afternoon in lover Broadway Cable car
No. ~, while at Chambers-st. its downtown
trip at . :45 p m, got hold of the cable with y
grip that was grip, and when grpman John
Sneider endcavorcd to let go of the cable at
Park Place, in order TO take on a passenger he
found that the grip had come to stay, just as the
distinguished Philadelphian had predicted Either
the cable refused to be released or the grip re-
fused to relax its hold on good thing when il
knew it had one
On the car went with all the speed of Phila-
delphia cable system: which was not great but
sufficiently alarming in the crowded and narrow
thorOughfare to set all the small boys and few
stout policemen into gentle dog trot along tho
sidewalks 10 see what really would happen
The what really would happen" occurred near
Vcsey-st., where a farmers wagon from Maspeth,
l.. J., drawn by stately pair OF mules, was
vending its way soufhward. The mules had some
of the best Long Island equine blood coursing
through their veins, and they knew it. Their
motto was "as we journey through life let us
live by the way and they livel up to it until
cable car No. ~ overlook them on this most
eventfu day OF their lives and gave them .
gentle Philadelphia push. The Long Island blood
Of the mules was Immediately aroused. Tho
honor of Maspcth had to b. maintained at any
hazard, and laying their back and putting
their bodies in position for resistance they pre-
A. II
a hurry Prawny as were the Maspeth beasts
the Philadelphan cable was too much for them,
and trde faster. and slowly but surely it eL,
vatai their line of defence. and at last dumped
them IN heap. wagon driver and all, at one
side Of the track.
Ar Vesey-st. the runaway car overtool, horse
car No. 239 which was ambng along innoccntlv
enough No. - accelerated it 50 much that the
ran into the horses. This was such common
occurrence that the horses not az all en-
cited about il until the car behind them per-
sisted in keeping mp the profit diminishing rate
for a block down Broadway, when they gave
kick that would have made shareholders heart
leap with pride. One Of the horses managed 10
get loose, but the other got tired OF trying TO
keep mp the mad pace and lay down. He
pushed along the track until he got tired Of II,
when he rolled Of 10 one side and got mp and
walked back to the stable in good condition.
At Dey-st. cable ear No. 80 had lust let 20 its
grip when the procession Of ears pushing the horse
ahead pf il came along and sent il downtown at
mill Philadelphian pace. sandwichinc the horses
between the ears Several wagons. in the mean
time had been gathered into the procession, ard
here and there they were overturned and dropped
ont Py the time the cars reached Cort!andt-st.
the column looked like a .Johnstown food. sweep
ing everything before II The street was wild
with excitement All the bells OF the cable cars
were Changing for all they were worth the con-
ductors and drivers of overtalen ears were ask
ing Why such unscemly haste?- Italian fruit
wonders were scurryng away with their push
carts and vehicles bound uptown were trying to
avoid the rush.
AZ Codar-st the column overlook horse car
NO. 300 Gripman W. II. Fosbendeh the car
behind, ran ahead, cut the traces of tAose horses,
50 that of them escaped without injury, but
the other was pushed along short disthuce be-
fore II could b. rescued.
Fortunately there were but few passengers in y
any of the south-bound cas-, and most of these
Jumped to the street and escaped injury.
one Of the inspectors of the road saw the
state of affair, and. running into drug store
near Fulton-st. tclcphoned 10 the power house
to stop the cable BY the time this was done
the procession had passed R"ctor-st.. and it came
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No WIS killed by the accident, and only
a few people in any way injured. Mrs.
Rehecca IIudh2, twenty-five years old, living
NJ No. l0j FOrsyth-st., Jumped from one OF
the ears at Codar-st. and was thrown violently
10 the ground. bur she escaped with only a scalp
wound. Mrs Mclicnry. with her child and
nurse stood the back platform of car No.
300 calling for assistance. when Policeman Thomas
J. Monday took them of one by one and carried
them safely 10 the sidewalk. Mrs. Mctenry
tainted soon aftcrward but revived.
There was the usual blockade Of vehicles at
Fulton-st. and Broadway. bur the procession
waded right through il unconcernedy as il
the blockade did not exist
The damage done was trihing compared 10 what
might have happened in such crowded thorough
fare Only small dent in the forward dash.
board of car No. - indicated that il had been
in COLLISION. Sohe of the dashboards OF the
other ears were bent almost tat 10 the floor,
but aside from this the ears were not seriously
injured. truck belonging 10 the Raritan Brick
'ompany was upset nj NeSey-st. and one wheel
demolished Two -four trucks We're slightly
damaged NJ Dcy y-st.. and delivery wagon 81
,chustcr a Burns, of No. 23s East One-hundrc1-
,nd-siNth->t.. VS. overturned. Many other wagons
were overturned.
The cause of rhe grip refusing 10 relax its hold
IN the cable. explained by the railroad Of
icias at IIOuStOn-st.. was Il broken strand in the
able Early Yesterday morning the eripman OF
able ear No 60 failed 10 release the cable Ut
louston-st and this injured tie cable. Traffic
,ucncc When the gripman Of ear No. II took
he cable Yesterday afternoon AZ Chambers-st.
e caught il at the place where IL was STRANDED
n the morning, ard the loose wire became en-
angled in the grip.
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