| Show CAR HORSES HARD TO GET Th n1n411d h N A 0 SIt That tit TrI Nal ne Oro of the man carious effects of tho general replacing cf horses ly electricl ty ml cable traction for drawing street c irs Is I being experienced by 1 one of tile extensive car lines In this day which still uses horse Ono would ruppow that since the only lines in tbs whole country which continue to use horI now form but n very small pircxutign ot those which used them five years ago theo lines would have a much vv ider range of choice md could get horses of n grade aperor to tile SOIl rot ran of those which used to bo offered to them Itfnmkablo in It may seem this Is I tho exact eipimlto uf the truth life New York city line referral to runs In direct competition with tho cablo lines of the upper west side and its managers who recently puichawd it determined as soon ai they cnmn Into In-to possession to place upon it a suerior lot of horses and in this way Improve I Its running until mechanical propulsion could Introduced Orders were tent out to buy tho nestled harden i Much to tile snrrriMi of the luauagers it VVIIH dixesivaired that there were almost no Flatcar cur horses of any kiwi to bo bought The explanation of this situation lies in the fact that since the demand for street car horses almost eeae the trade machinery by which they worn gathered bat fallen Into dinlsd A few yearn ago the streetcar hernia were OliO of the mol Important features tho horso inrltet They were animals tit n stand and grade and of almost stable price and every part of the country contributed Us quota The street car horso had to bo big mail able and sound of limb and wind but it might bo ot any age Few lasted long enough In the service to make the question of n few years moro or lead of Consequence Thdemantl wascomtint and lha price never varied In New York mote than from about 125tol each Dealers could RlwllY count upon gelling this price and getting get-ting it promptly and na n consequence every horse which would answer tile pnrpoo was a wife Investment at a little lit-tle smaller price j and a clean profit of tlO a horm was regarded as n fair mnr gill In hRDdling them Horse of all sorts which lacked the qualities ot speed Ixmitv or youth but pnswsBid the other requirements were qnickly sorted out from tho markets of ties whole country still every big dealer was always able to gather droves of car borses as fast us tile companies ncedrd them The trolley has superseded the car hoe and car bocs are 110 longer quoted amtaples in the market The I companies militia still nse them are I obliged to go out and search the marls and buy them ono Iy cite IIIten of simply sending n tlI1 order for 100 cr 200 or COO and getting them its readily as they would nn many loads of hay or gralnNow York lien |
