The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03
Under TROLLEYS BLOCKED.
sPECTlUULhR MIsHAPs ON BOTH
or THE CITps BIC SYSTEMS

$1,000 o..
Cars ON upper s.n - ~. s,ad.n
hsH en h r,...,. Co,au,t
Dr as. p.,.,, u,,.h,. on
1870 A.ann. Comp.py,s Lines.
,.u.o.s oon,,nped 10
The Third Avenue han'oou ,s..,,od
have trouble yestetuay VIZ" W. a., 49,. 80
electric power ou' " VOC "o =, o,.,ooI
spect There was '.,a y, tho M.,ro-
yesterday morhineo On ."a n,. s.s,or, AZ
politan stree. h.'" S,.,s a,,.nns vbere
fnU-n'n.h ST.. go, o,os.,ovn line
cars OF the Fifty-ninth s'ree' ..a.u,
those OF the sixth aNenue Snu .xanno
avenue line ana tnose Oh 'no -. .nd
cable line also run ana eVer,,n,.s ..,a-n
below for long distance anu ".a '"o al ,or
fars on fiitv.hihth street "e'0
nearly hall an hour. .u.o.a
Even after ,hey nau lemou.u :. t IA o.n.sd
the block yesterday on the Metropo,,tans
Sixth avenue l'ne oe.ueen "a .,.ahsd
ninth streets. A south hound car han rcaenea
FysIth street when s about zen a ,Ss1 M sp
OF the car there was hasn vi ua.n :, -.
ancy In second a the p "nSs , tes to Fifty
ninth street was In oiaHe; .n "ms. ,,o,
.nd then came a broad sheet Of fame which
shu '".n 49, AZ .,...,sd railroad struoture.
'e Th. on the cars were startled. but
o.. ,hs namss lasted only o minute everybody
% .no nS~ nu,.,sd dom Tn, car. on that Soc
o o,Horsmsn who were summoned found that
the insulation on the power wires had burned
OF. Even the metal had been me'lou IN some
.eotion,. Connections wers N ado with the re-
car. vere running again the same as ever. A
lars. gang OF men were Sc. 10 WORK last n'N"'
hauling OUT tne ru'",u 49, =.
The ds o,s on sno an, uS'a the To.. once a.
-, .,noo tho mart Of the route from Sixty
umes s'"e. ue w,s onsnsa NOR. than .
nth stree, sso. '1 an% PARTICULARLY within the
mon' "a, a.. on the section from Sixth
.sa 10" - ' m, Pos, once. have been
the result OF a ombination OF causes.
fhm u, Wspe principally due to the hasty
w WIZ stoppIns the operation Of tho road
These delays we're greatest on the downtown
:sSns and from sIs see sws sSn % , The
s2Sa SA re f Sad 70 me- @
INK for the ss ars m Of r In tbs Mnnhatnn
% home ss q 10 TUE nossr as
s ssS,s q :oSS q ssss Re :.siss. Q, SFy
n iore the change was made from siSty.aiih
nitb e' the engines there In tho twenty
,onp hours that the road was closed
down from slyty-ftth street to Sixth
tSs ssbvays ami connected with the feeder
,aI. IN he conduit. but before more power
could be provided a lot Of heavy machinery
had to be mGyed Wshn DAY or Hn two another
i to be sff so; S only run Wit, Gers rs
neieSea the m r but he niIi mum bar
avail. .ysiisb lew viii be IN operation Wv '
Ss that ss ss scF daass than G shoss re.
%.aT might have SsW. .,o s%Ssss to rh 5sR
Saya annoysd passengers on the lower
section sect ' Of the line Tor the last few days
mete W. mr: ana sscondariIv 10 ieaEnge. md
sccidents The road from Sixth street't TO the
9o ZACH 81 wsch 90 e
eSer .: SIes Snt thss Gable. were moi lnid N
time AMI an aempt Mas maas 70 SpeTa ar as
Shs npnap and The result WAS that unarr the
S best up Conditions there was such drop
Mhen ,he ths section cot crowded. Win hds
c ~nsn th.re e was Scarcely Current enough to
the csrs AZ the pos Scs LOOP On
X Pas
naa 70 ce S.ss ,nere he a.
street n took A long tins to locate the Gauss
~ tbs ,ranhie hut nneiiv in ron, Of The T,1ns,
RuiId,ng II, was di.cnyered tb,t some cemsnt
had been forced into the conduit which con.
the conduit. and this. sithough DOOR con.
S AZ sU"u - ~ al n IaaE az IN ,ianf ,I,
pSTt ~ tSe aoaS TWO addtiops MIR u maj az
cahIas arc heing RIM dorm 10 this mart ~ tn
road nnd one pair was ready last n obi N con.
meet with the section. '''' ''N"' ~ e0"'
The road Solov Sisth street and n."nIs b.d V ~
sow nlaJe th.Ir ionrnny. downtnwn on To-,
IL cams thu a, fourih s,rsst .oma vor r 49,,
In .crewine feeder rail iost 70 sp In.nIatnr
foront 10 nut !. min throuuh 10 paan ~, -
from WORKING loose Tha Jar On IN ne All III.