Year: 1872

Not single vehicle was visible at the
street in Union Square, and other stands
in other parts of the city were alike de-
serted. Among the lower orders, espe-
cially upon those who are in the habit of
burying their dead on the Sabbath, the
calamity fell heaviest of all, as in mary
cases horses could not be procured for
drawing the hearse to the place of burial.
Carriages were out of the question, and
where, as rule, the ferries were besieged
by long lines of vehicles waiting to be
carried over to the Brooklyn shore, yes
terday scarcely more than half dozen
funeral corteges were to be seen in the
city. The milk carriers and ice men be-
gin to feel the loss of horse power to ca
lamitous extent. In many quarters of the
city the milk had to be carried round by
hand, which necessitated great delay in
the delivery. Even on Saturday the ice
carts were unable to supply their consul
mers in certain parts of the city, and yes
terday additional cases of influenza in the
stables prevented them from going their
rounds at all. Above Fourteenth street,
ash barrels and dust-bins were left un-
emptied during the whole of the day, and
the Street Cleaning Bureau aver that if
the disease continues to spread they will
be quite unable to remove the garbage
from the streets, as at the present time
the large number of afflicted horses inter-
feres seriously with the contractors per-
forming their work thoroughly. The
terrible spread of the disease in certain
stables was shown in the reduced number
of cars running, and the total withdrawal
of rolling stock on one or two
railroads. The Ninth avenue cars
fought as long as they possibly
could against the ravages made by
the disease in their stable, but finally sue
cumbed yesterday, and took every one
of their cars of the road. Some idea of
the inconvenience caused in the district
traversed by this line may therefore be
formed. To make matters worse the
elevated railroad ran no trains, and both
the Eighth and Tenth avenue roads ran
only at protracted intervals. One hun
dred and twenty trips were taken Oft the
Eighth avenue, and in place of seven
night cars the number was reduced to
four. The East Broadway line were also
compelled to reduce their rolling stock,
and at an early hour last evening one car
went the whole length of the line and re-
turned to within a few blocks of the ter
minus before meeting the car that was
supposed to be but few hundred yards
behind it. Several of the cempany's
horses died in such extreme agony that
the veterinary surgeons had caused them
to be dissected in order to discover, il
possible, the reason of the disease assum
ing such a virulent type. A gentleman
yesterday walked from Central Park te
Vesey street, traversing the same streets
as those used by the Eighth avenue line
without being passed by single car, anC
even the majority of horses used by thi


company were coughing frightfulll
throughout the whole of their trips. Th'
Twenty third street stage horses are still
low with the disease, and there seems nj
probability of the stages resuming thei


trips for several days to come. Even tn


delivery of the daily journals was serious
ly affected yesterday morning by the lonl
intervals between the running of the cars
N. Y. World, October 20.