Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02
UP-TO-DATE NEWS OF
AFFAIRS In NEW YORK

Special Correspondence Of The Herald.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The anti
quated horse car is getting its bumps
over half a million residents Of Man
haitian and OF the densest sections OF
the city are crying "Down with the
horse carl" New Workers are tired OF
being laughed at as consequence
of the primeVal conveyances with their
jingling bells and drawn by old skates
which leisurely traverse number OF
crosstown streets and go from ferry to
ferry. A fight for modern transporta-
tton facilities Is now on and the Met
ropolitan Street Railway company has
been asked to relieve the patrons of
the haphazard service of old time horse
cars, the relics of the bobtail days
There are still fifty miles Of horse car
lines In operation in this great city
The conveyances are lighted with dim
ill-smelling kerosene lamps, and fire.
quently are reeking with filth. Horse
cars have not been seen in any of the
larger western towns for almost two
decades, and westerners who come here
stand with open mouths at the cor
ners when they see horse cars cross
ing Broadway, the greatest thorough
fare in the world. They cannot under
stand 1t. Only man from Crosscut or
Spinach station could understand it.
ferrous by proud New Workers.. They
declare 1t is provincial, and many of
them now refuse to travel on the
'Auld Lang Syne" routes. The cry
of the sufferers is no longer a pitiful
plea. The passengers now yell, dump
the horse cars in the East riverl',
Patience with these people has ceased
to be q virtue and has given way to
indignation. Orders from the state
~ mn afcssf Hon To oh tel, k1NA
horse car system and substitute elec-
tricity on all it's lines have been igA
nored by Belmont and Ryan. Now, as
a last resort, the city government Is
asked to step in and find means of
sending the horses to the shindery and
the cars to the junk heap. In a petit
tion sent to the mayor and the board
of estimate and apportionment it is
picturesquely recited that during rush
hours, when the streets leading to the
east side are flowing streams of peo-
pie, the little cars fairly bulge with
people; passengers drip from the rail-
ings. front and rear" The railroad
commission in it's report on east side
conditions declared that in no city is
the street car equipment so antiquated
and the service so poor. Most people
walk, whether they have to or not. q
Why Burn Gas All Night?
"Not until 1 became troubled with
insomnia did I have any idea "a how
many persons in New York burYt gas
all night" said a friend of mine the
other evening. when 1 first noticed
those faint points of light shining
through so many windows in the block
that backs up to ours | was alarmed,
for I thought that every house must
shelter three or four invalids, and that
made it look as if an epidemic of some
kind had struck our part of the city.
Upon making a second and more thor
ough investigation learned that these
lights were kept burning by nervous
people, who, although perhaps not ex-
actly afraid of the dark, fancied that
they could not sleep well in the middle
of it. Even in the hot spells a good
many shadow fearing people chung to
the midnight gas jet. Those lights were
turned down to the lowest point, to be
sure, but they were still big enough
to be seen, and it made me feel so hot
to watch the little yellow spots
twinkling through the superheated air
that 1 really think if I had anything
to throw at the timorous folk who
were responsible for the pickering
should have fired it with all my might
and taken chances on increasing their