New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-23
CROWDING OUT THE HORSE.
FAILURE OF A DEALER AND A RIDING
ACADEMY.
CABLE TRACTION. ELECTRICITY AND STEAM AXE
REPLACING THE NOBLE ANIMAL FOR BUsl-

CABLE TRACTION ELECTRICITY AND STEAM AXE
REPLACING THE NOBLE ANIMAL FOR BUSi-
NESS PtRposEs-THE SPREAD OF CYCLING
1t was like sounding the death-kne for the horse
as mans noblest and best assistant for Inc lrlou"e
TO publish two assignments in single day, o"e '0
cording the failure of horse dealer and the o'nei
of a riding school Yet this was done some uasS
ago. The horse dealer was Isaac II. Ddhiinai
whose stables in East Twenty fourth-st near Ihird
ave- have beco me historic. Nearly twelve tnousdiiu
horses were gathered under the roofs OF the statues
there every wear and were distributed about the
city Thousands sold TO streetcar coHlP"'o''
Heavy draught horses for the brewers Oh the '''y
were disposed OF in large numbers. lrucHheh al
over the city dealt heavily in the DETER ciaSs Vi
stock Business firms of every KIND de.'elins '''.''
own goods were another source OF proht 10 'ne
dealer in horses of medium weight ana sooo spee'
ON nearly every pier about the river front one Vi
n ore were EMPLOYED at the derrlcks for the steam
derrick had not come in to usurp the place OF the
horse as part and parcel OF hosting machine III
the manipulation of heavy loads IhoasahuS u
animals were seen about the piers or the ci'y III
other capacities attached in teams or two anu loui
to heavy trucks for the transfer oi i'e's'' i''
rier TO another ,
Where there were many, now there are exceeding
few by COMPARISON and old teamsters look win sa"-
dened faces out over the waters OF the North river
and mutter strange anathemas dlrecteu dt 'no9e
trucks of the river, the steam lighters WIN ''eii
tall swinging derricks, which came IN 10 take the
place OF the slower land wagon Just as one lreish
train In its passage across the American Deser.
rovolutIonlzed commerce between the East ana
West so the steam lighter. with Its tremendous
carving capacity entered upon the scene III Ne"
York Harbor, and the old story OF the sur'''di VI
the dttest was told once more Numbers Vi
Transfers were driven into other lines oil Uaue 10
mako a living one avenue Of profit to the horse
orI tha =
carrier was restricted by one line or usefulness
Is true and not unnatural that the old-time team
s,ers many Of whom once owned their own s'aD''a
containing dozens of fine horses, ana had III '"eii
o,,,,o,, numbers Of brawny drivers and porters stu
look upon the steam lighter with a peculiar ha,red
as the agent Of their commercial downfall i"eS
coud not cope with it's concentrated strength per
,r,,ipy as Il WAS designed do and as II does DO
.ol,v the work Of a regiment Of men and herd
Of horses.
STREET TRACTION CHANGES.
Pint the most significant sign Of the failure Of the
horse 10 keep pace with the progress of the age
was witnessed when electricity as a motive power
became an established fact VINO that wa'ched the
DEVELOPMENT OF the movement which eliminated III
the trolley railroad does not remember the IN
sctlol character Of street railroad service ali over
the country 4 few years ago? And II was e'ud'y
true OF the invention of the cable road. which just
nr,c.led the electric giant upon the scene. Rail
road officials became uncertain in their policy lhey
were afraid to keep their stock up TO the best stand
ard fearing the coming change and the consequent
,br,stiur upon the market of thousands Of animals
which must be sold at any price at all 80 the
horses on many lines dwlndled to shadows In the
face OF the coming stroke. lie was humanitarian
,deed in the business OF conducting horsecar line
who did not feel like cutting off food supplies USING
I'D old harness and old and trusy horses 10 the last
limit OF endurance, In the effort 10 meet the changed
order with little loss TO his company as posslDe'
stables for horses went swiftly along the road to
ruin In the general company.
Nowhere In all the country was this change to
cable and electric power felt by breeders ana dealers
In horses materially than through the influence
exerted upon the NewYork market. Take MI
Dahlman's case alone. 1t was his company tnat
stocked the old Broadway road before the coming
NJ the cable and the line used over two thousand
horses The old Third-ave. line used nearly as
many and this too vas stocked from the same
stable Good sreetcar horses WttS ~, ~ "a
from $40 10 $50 each. that eacn Inc OF rOdu hu
concerning ike $4,000 tied up in horseilesn
Changes were continuous. Horses "ouil give our
under, the strain OF unaccustomed cohul'lons' 10.
hrrsa a. hrlef The causes OF decay were many y
horse with nervous. testy temper would wear MIN
sir and his driver out a recklessly brief perloi
travelling between the rails on sAppcTy paving
t,nn.s ken, the nerves of the poor beast
an the rack. for his attention Was con-
s.autIy divided. Primarily. he must Keep
his footing lie mus. stop promptly az thr
sound of b-l or voice. as not 70 drag the ear
over the crossing and thus sct his conductor mo
trouble with sensitive passengers. he must s.di'
promptly tho signal 50 a. 10 Keep 10 lHc mere
Ills driver blowing up at the hands OF the super
iuteuleLt.