The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
NEEDN'T" HOLD FAST" NOWl
HEALTH BOARD HAS COMPELLED 4
CHANGE At DEAL MANS OURYE.


broadway Cable Cor, de Ar.,na r,,,,,,
Through tho Use or n Crib umprovewcnt.
In Uso at tho Other Curves Aiso-Hc.Ith
Department Inspectors TIn.e the Cars.
II eycrybody in this o,tv WINS M, t,,l,r. va.
terday Of the ADVANTAGES Of the nav orI,
which tho Motropolitan street RaiIv.v Co...
p,ny has NJ last bcon forced 10 nrt on a.. pso.a
NO. "a C.,..shao w !. n'oeu'
way ana .oiuinons avenue cable cars 1t was
PROBABLY because everybody has not yet had o
chance TO ride around whit b.. bera,ofor.
h.on t,onn = = ..DS'a -" :"
curves at Fifty third street since the now erin
has been In use. -
When tho motorm.n npproocb.d , curxo :,
the past, whether 1t was a big one or u little
ono, a look of desperation came into his face
NC 70 n' nurseries, iookoo hoither TO the right
nor left, screwed fast the grip, and relaxed
neither in look nor in action until the car had
Foaoheu q slf"ish' track again. Mon. women
and children were bowled right and left, and
80 wn.n ~. pn.Ya Wv A'mea grew month "
o"' .neii az noaiu II iieaith TOOK the mates
All this was changed yesterday. Tbe moto,
man did lust the reyerse NJ what h. 80 49,
upon approaching a curve. Instead of tight
ening his grip no loosened It, and then. setttn,
q mn AGAIN l,ttI. Inv Iittls ala hi. a. 49,.
each curve 10 gently that persons who wore
not watching the route could not have tolA
~, -. nv VIZ
tnat there was a curve. Ihere were no cries Of
Hold fast!' no changing Of gongs, and no dis.
comfort. At the smaller curves. such Al tbo,,
AZ Tenth ,treet Tv.ntv.arst 49,, Thir,-
eighth street, Forty-third street, and Forty.
fifth street. where IL was the cuatom never IN
.ton co.. ,,,,hin . h,o,L ,h.v .tonn.d r.s,.
soop cars WITHIN q piooa, they s.oppea yesterday
gers. This revolution Is said to have been 40
complished BY the invention and application
curves was that, II the grip were loosened 10
would let the cable slide out and be lost The
addition to the. grip which prevents this consists
to the lower shoe OF tho grip, one at either end,
and inclose the cable just as II might be done
BY putting down the extended thumb and fore
The mechanical device is extremely simple
mecSanioai dinieui IsSi Tor rn years i IN Providing pro- / ding fs
rounding Dead Mans Curve or any OF he
others slowly and safely. The Third avenue
road has had no difficulties Of this sort from the
first day its cable was run. The reason why
no Improvement was made In this direction
Health forced 1t appears to have been that the
managers wanted granted to them q right to
straighten~ out the road by tunneninR under
Union Square. Gables cost much money and
the thing which wears them out most ranidly
is gong around sharp curves and especially
reversed curves such as those at Fourieenth
street. The successful application of the new
grip device has disproved every statement pub
forth against the adoption OF slow cable. ir
fact any schemes for securing ssfesy At the
IL seems pretty safe now tn predfct thaA
there will he no more Dead Mans CurSesH
allowed in this CITY and that M mari az IIn,on
square Park will be given up to The Broadway
PresiIent wrsop of the Health Roara had In.
spectors NJ work Yesterday timino the cara on