The evening world., 1894-09-20
HERDEO LIKE CATTLE.
Wet and Redraggled Passengers
Had an Annoying Experience.
Some Accident to the Cable Made
an Agsravating Delay.
Many Got on the Street Cars aud
Walked or Took the l. Road.

Inc SnaTneleSS IHpObNiOH winch 10
practised by the cable companies upon
the public was never better Illustrated
than during the rush hours last even
ing, when, added to the discomforts of
n pouring rain-storm and water-soaked
garments, travellers on the street car
lines were herded in like cattle and
subjected to the most aggravating de-
lays.
1t Is doubtful whether any passenger
on the Third avenue line, between the
hours of $50 and 1880 last evening.
reached his or her home with an
unrunied temper II there was any such
person, his name is worthy of a place
in the calendar of saints, for trip up,
town during the interval mentioned
would have tried the patience of Job.
Those who regarded themselves as for
tunate In getting q seat before me cars
mistake later on, for there was big
and thoroughly drenched crowd lying
IN walt at the Brooklyn Bridge entrance,
which swooped down on each car as II
came along, and was allowed to take up
every inch of available space, both In
the open and closed cars;
Those in the seats had the delight OF
feeling numerous rivulets trickling down
their backs and saturating various other
portions OF their clothing from the drip
ping umbrellas of those who were stand
damned in SO tightly that a movement
In any direction was impossible.
Then there was something the mat
ter with the cable Uhere always seems
Third avenue cable), and the cars would
go ahead five or ten PAGES and then
there would be wait Of hve or ten
minutes before they would move again.
Almost a solid line of cars was stand,
ing at one time from the city Hall
| away up to Grand street on the Bowery,
1 Il ..,ts fNat tn and mt
1t took by actual timing with a stop
watch just 10 minutes 81 2-5 seconds to
move one car in that line from a point
Broadway crossing at Chatham Square.
The language INDUCED in by many Of
male be wes
most Of the cars got off and walked
about in the rain during the frequent
stops to avoid the reproaches which
| dignant passengers The gripmen were
less fortunate. for they had to stay
aboard and watch their chance to go
What's the matter with this internal
| road, anyway" inquired one man who
was pinned in the centre Of the car, as
t su se mP your Of rotten the od esSe
mo. il ain 1r, the cable, yell, yelled the
conductor ;, There's some trouble up at
well, | don't care what it is.' re-
| turned the irate passenger, we are
being robbed and swindled, and for one
| won't stand 1t any longer"
| He got up on his feet and made a
frantic effort to get through the crowded
aisle to the side OF the car. but a
sudden lurch as the gripman caught the
cable threw him down in a heap on two
other passengers, and for several min
utes there seemed to be imminent dan
| ger of IL riot in the car.
At each az" station along the Bow
cry passengers abandoned the cable
cars and took to the Elevated trains
where they Jared only little better.
When the blockade was finally straight
ened out somewhere up near Cooper
| Union hardly a car was carrying Its
full complement of passengers. They
soon filled up again. however. along
Third avenue and the Company reaped
double profit from every car that II
had in operation during the rush hours.
Here are some suggestions from
Evening World" readers: