Today we use services such as bus, taxi, train and metro to get from one place to another. Just think about the time when such a public transportation system did not exist. How many difficulties people must face to get from one place to another. In such a situation, today’s story is related to the first public bus service, which was pulled by horses.
Today is an important day in American history. Today, that is, November 14, the first public transport was launched in New York to take people from one place to another. At that time horses pulled a large bus. In this one, between 15 and 20 people could travel together.
Start of the first bus service
On November 14, 1832, the New York and Harlem Company of New York City opened the country’s first horse-drawn streetcar. It was New York’s first public transportation service, originating on the Bowery and Fourth Avenue in Manhattan, between Prince and 14th Street.
The fare was 12.5 cents per trip.
Within two weeks, passengers were being charged 12.5 cents per trip. Tram, called ‘John Mason’. It is named after the president of Mason Chemical Bank, a wealthy New York businessman and co-founder of the railroad. This tram was basically a horse-drawn bus, seating a dozen or more passengers.
The passengers were crowded
The New York Herald reported that people could not be stopped from entering. People were crammed into trams like cattle are crammed into boxes. In this, the oil comes out of the sweat. Because the seats were full, passengers had to sit in rows in the middle.
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When passengers had to get off this large horse-drawn carriage, they used to pull on the leather band tied to the driver’s ankle. More than 50 years later, in 1883, New York’s first steam-powered streetcar appeared, replacing horse-drawn buses. In 1909, the city introduced electric cars.
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important events
November 14 is the birthday of India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Therefore, every year this day is celebrated as Children’s Day.
On November 14, 1922, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began radio service in the United Kingdom.
On November 14, 1973, Queen Elizabeth’s daughter, Princess Anne, married Lieutenant Mark Phillips. This was the first time that a member of the royal family married a commoner.
