Birth Of The Car Cable

The sight of six horses vainly endeav oring to take a street car up one of the steep hills of San Francisco inspired in Inventor Halhday's raiud the idea of the cable car system. The hill was slippery as well aa steep. One horse feil and car ried down his mate. The other horses tumbled, until the six were in a utrmf gling heap. The weight of the car dragged them down to the foot of the hill, bruising and maiming them. Mr Halliday, lcoking on, was filled with compassion for the poor brutes, and he says he went to work at once on plans for a substitute for horse power. Hij thinking brought him to the cable