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Show Car IUr Rraxtta the Iff. A young roan wlioha Just written a ucccuful play vu leaning on hi cane In company with an actor an Hnglkh Im port atioD watching the paulng ihow cm the Broadway aide of the Morton llouso when, after a ailenco of Mitral minute, tho ilaywrigbtialdi "Do you anything pvcullar about the Hroa lway car horr14 MNay, nayl Would at try to guy mr aald the actor. "Iok at their hoof and tell me If they are not branded." Tho Actor ixed the animal tip, And n reporter, who wa standing near enough tobearthoconrerfation, did tho aim, anldiacnreml the nmnbr 003 on tho forwtrd left foot of one of the horw-a, Tho flgurr veru lot it hlf an Inch lomt and h-vl eTldntly been jut Lamed into the hoc f SnperJotendent tfcwcll of the Uronl Way lln who waaaeen at U oITlce ia the Urn at Fiftieth utreet and berenth arrnno laf r in the day, aild In relation to the reporter' question concerning the branding of the hoof of tho toreei "Yea, wo hare been doing thl for some tlt.o low Tho 1 Jea occunnl to ine aev era! yean ago, and e find It very a t It-factory. It-factory. " "Whatwa your object In branding themT "blmply o keep track of wht each horw wa doing Wo keep tho account of each Lorao now the aama a we do of any man in our employ It benefit u in a thouiand war. Wo know jtut how many day a hone work, how many day it baa Urn alck and. In abort, everything It doe. It enable u to keepauch a minute knowled go of their work llrat wo know jtut what condition they are In, and If they nro not all right we keep them In tho trim." "Couldn't you do that It yon give them namee Imtead of nnmlrr "We hare 2,000 hone In our employ watbo reply and there I a limit to iiamet, unlew yon go btcktuto ancient LUtory, Vew Vork Adrcrtlier. |