New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-11
SCENES on 4 CABLE-CAR
rvcUDrNTs OF A SUNDAY AFTERNOON
TRIP UP THIRD-AVE.
THE JAM AT TIE TRANSFER POINTS AND COM
PrIcATIONs WHICH 1T CAUSED

THE JAM AT TIE TRANSFER POINTS AND CUM
PrIcATIONs WHICH 1T CAUSED
Sunday on the Third-ave. cable-cars Is sood
deal Ike picnic for some and sood dea nAe
hard work for some others. This depends alto
,o,hor mon where YOU are and who and how many
are with Won The warm weather and the fact That
Sunday IA n holiday likely 10 make tho now
many" a good big figure. and the who decidedly
lndscrlmirate
Yesterday saw several rather amusing adventures
along the line Tribune reporter boarded a
c,b,e-cor AZ Printing House Square about 81"
o'clock In the afternoon as tho open cars sec''e'
,o na abou, the coolest place obtanable. All went
weu for a time There plenty or room ana Ill
the fresh air in Park Row "a limited quantity a,
tmes) with the company OF a good cigar anu p'eAs
ant thoughts. ,,
Around Chatham. Square and under the pianK'hs
IN the elevated TO Grand-s,. went the car bu'
,,or ,,,s ,rouble ahead. Grand-st. is the hrst
transfer station and there was big crowd 10
.,Lc advantage OF II. The Grand-st cars connect
the cable line with one OF the most cro"ued TELL
omcnt districts OF the East side For hiche' one
~ these people who have been shut up IN the not
,orem.,,s or sweatshops for six long. weary days
can reach Contra! Park. or even Fort George AZ inc
north end OF Manhattan Island. And so there was
a cr,,.d a, C;rand-st \ crowd Of people. and each
o,e NJ them with his transfer In his hand Wildly
ges,lculating 20 the conductor OF the car so that
he might be TO stop. And about nan Oh 'he
crowd carried babies or held small children by the
hand.
when tho car stopped there was rush. fierce
and wild and excited that one could gain some
small idea OF what the Interior OF crowded theatre
r,ust be Ike when the alarm OF fire IL raised
Elhowlnc rushing crowdlng talking In about mr.
teen different languages. and most or them anything
bu, English. these people started for the car Inc
little ones the wors; sufferers one niue
chap whose head when he was standing on the
stem reached lust TO the handle OF the seat. had his
face damned III against the brass by young
woman In holiday attire who was one OF the most
active in the crowd The little fellow did not relish
the treatment In the least. and gave vent to his
Indignation and suffering In long-drawn howis. Inc
father finally to the rescue. and looked ndig-
nantlv around to Ind who had been inJuring his
son and heir But he had been too busy himself
to notice and satisfied himself by swearing softly
I'm Uung.trian a course which his wife evidently APP
proved.
BY this time the car was once more on It's way.
and II was noticed that an Old woman leading a
youth by the hand tearing violently after the
car and yelling at the top OF her lungs In some
language unknown to the reporter. The child who
VA. boreheaded had his mouth wide oper and was
CRYING with all his might BY the time the woman
and her charge had run block. the car still pro-
ceedng calmly It's way, somebody understood
where the trouble was, and began to look around
His search rewarded AFTER another DOCK anu
picking up a small boys felt hat, he throw It out.
The old woman stopped the child ceased crying and
the car went on The hat had been carried onto the
car I'm the scrlmmage at Grand-st, and the old
woman and the owner OF the hat had been left be-
hind to do hundred-yard dash up the avenue after
the lost property.
After A moment or two OF comment and some
laughter the troubles of those who had been left
bohind were forgotten. The father of the child
whose face had been used roughly at Grand-st..
among his other troubles had grip. presumably
containing n little luncheon SOME other picnic
necessity In his gyratons to get seated comfort
ably among his human bundles the grip for a
moment forgotten. and In the general melee the
car struck the slight curve near Fifth-st, II was
knocked TO the ground. The kept right The
father was afraid TO leave his children. There
a general howl and uproAr. The conductor
cursed and maligned, but all to purpose The
grip remained the ground and the father In the
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one Of the loungers the street. seeing the grip
and the rapidly receding car. into the street
caught up the article and started in numbering pur
suit. Another chase; This was too much. the
father hope returning. put his boy down and
Jumped from the car. He was pretty good Splinter
and met the man half way. Selling the grip as the
iron arm OF mail car seizes the pouch that Is walt
ing for 1t. he turned again and started on his race
for the car 1T n bllstering afternoon and the
persplration was rolling down the unfortunate
mans face. but he kept bravely on. and after
sprint OF block and half he was able to drop once
more into the bosom OF his family.
This enough excitement for while, and the
occupants of the left to their various pur
suits until just before Forty third-st was reached
At this point a young man, who was evidently tax
ing his girl out for Sunday afternoons pleasure
with dignity and endeavored to catch the con-
ductors attention. All In vain! The young man