132:, and numerous other locations. He ran into difficulty in Philadelphia, however, when the Herdic Personal Transportation Company, the company he had begun business with there in 1880, failed to follow through on the provisions of an agreement which promised Herdic 12,500 shares of its stock in return for Herdic allowing the company to use his patent on five hundred of the company's coaches, and that Herdic's stock shares would be increased to 50,000 should the company begin using Herdic's patent on additional coaches over and above the initial five hundred. Herdic contended that the company violated the agreement during the summer of 1880 when it communicated, via multiple newspaper reports, its intent to build 4,000 coaches using Herdic's patent without further compensating him. Unable to resolve the agreement's breach to his satisfaction, Herdic applied for an injunction against the company in June 1881. In his legal response to Herdic, Kelley admitted both that he had entered into the contract with Herdic on July 31, 1880 and that Herdic was the holder of the patent for running gear that was at the root of the men's dispute, but claimed that Herdic's coach invention was neither useful, nor valuable.
262:"The Herdic Phaeton Company, in consideration of the rent herein reserved and paid in advance, hereby leases the cab, the number of horses named, and one harness, all as specified in the memorandum on the margin hereof, to the lessee named, herein, who leases the same to be used solely between the hours named in the margin hereof and on the date hereof only; and said lessee agrees to return the same to the lessor at the same stable whence he takes them, at the time named in the margin hereof, in as good condition as when delivered to him. And the said lessee hereby covenants and agrees that he has inspected said cab, horses and harness, at the time of their delivery to him, and that they are each and all in good condition and fit for the purpose for which he hires them, and properly adjusted. And the said lessee hereby assumes the entire responsibility of said horses, cab and harness during the term of this lease, and guarantees the lessor against all loss or damage that shall in any way arise therefrom during their use by him.
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302:"These two-wheeled vehicle are very bad on the horses, except on very smooth streets. The vehicle which has two wheels ... is more affected by rough roads, and when one of the wheels strikes an obstacle the effect is felt by the horse. The result is that cabs are horse-killers.... Experience has taught us that with the best cab ... a horse does not last more than a year. The vehicle having but two wheels, a part of the weight necessarily comes on the horse's back."
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the stable. Once per week, the company refunded ten percent of those charges to the driver if the driver had rented the cab for six days that week, reducing the driver's rental fee to $ 3.78 for that week. Herdic
Phaeton's policy was to inspect and repair each of its seventy-two cabs every four months, and to sell off cabs after roughly eighteen months of use, or when a cab was deemed to be below the company's operating condition standards.
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drivers took better care of their horses. Newspaper editors also urged their readers to "refuse to ride in any cab, herdic or carriage drawn by a docked horse, and tell the driver why." The process involved amputating a portion of the horse's tail to prevent it from becoming entangled with the harness and carriage equipment, a procedure which has fallen out of favor with multiple present-day veterinary and animal protection groups.
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while inspecting another of his business ventures, the
Huntingdon waterworks, in late January 1888. As he fell, he toppled down an embankment and hit his head, causing inflammation of the brain. He then traveled to New York for medical treatment; while there, his condition devolved into paralysis and then
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Montgomery Street on New Year's Day in 1884. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. that same year, the cost of a herdic cab ride in Washington was twenty-five cents per person or one dollar per hour for a cab that held four people. Herdic car companies in the city sold tickets in groups of
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The next year, civic leaders in communities that hadn't yet developed their own versions of "the Herdic system" began openly lobbying Herdic and other businessmen to launch cab services that would utilize the new coaches. During the summer of 1882, Herdic's vehicles were already at work on the west
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The earliest herdics were painted bright yellow in order to be easily identified and quickly acquired the nickname "canary". This convention is presumably what led to many taxi cabs being painted yellow. Each cab was small enough to move freely through the city streets of
Williamsport and leave its
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But Peter Herdic's ability to enjoy his latest round of success would prove to be short lived. After achieving millionaire status within a few years of his having introduced the horse-drawn cab that bore his name and made him famous as an inventor, Herdic slipped on an icy walkway in
Pennsylvania
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Phaeton Company operated cab services in Boston and Washington, D.C. during the 1880s. In Boston, the company's procedure in 1885 was to lease its cabs by the day to individual drivers who were required to sign individual leases each day they took cabs from the company's stables. The
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Newspaper editors encouraged their herdic-using readers to direct their cab drivers to drive more slowly in hot weather, particularly on hilly routes that would tax the stamina of horses, and also suggested that their readers pay their drivers five or ten cents more per trip to ensure that the
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In 1913, one of the major operating entities in the herdic system changed hands again when Samuel G. Eberly, the longtime owner of the Herdic Cab
Company, announced his planned retirement in June of that year. Edward F. Barker subsequently purchased the company and its equipment in July, and
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Shortly after the first vehicle's creation, fleets of herdics were purchased and used to create systems of inexpensive mass transportation in multiple major metropolitan across the United States, bolstering Peter Herdic's status as a successful inventor and millionaire.
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In 1901, the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia promulgated a series of cab rules and rates for transportation related to the Inaugural Ball, one of which dictated that herdic cab rides "to and from the ball" were not to exceed five dollars.
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passengers at the curb instead of the middle of the street as other modes of public transportation were forced to do. The newest herdic models of 1881 featured gas lighting. The gas reservoir was positioned under the driver's seat.
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As herdic cabs were gradually replaced by newer, faster methods of transportation, horses faced even greater likelihood of injury due to the frequent number of accidents which occurred between cabs and automobiles or trolleys.
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via the
Pennsylvania Railroad to provide transportation services for passengers who normally rode the Consolidated Street Railway Lines, but were unable to do so during a strike by workers against the street railway.
215:. He died at the Glenham Hotel in New York several days later, on March 2, 1888, while still in his early to mid-sixties. His death made the front-page news in multiple newspapers across the United States.
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six, which were usable on any herdic or other street-car line. A special rate of two cents per trip was charged by herdics for the route which took passengers down Fourteenth Street to the
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As herdic use increased, newspapers across the United States began carrying reports of the physical harm done to the horses that pulled this particular style of cab. According to
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and other entrepreneurs from a wider range of companies also began purchasing Herdics for their own operations. The city had already had ten herdics in operation by 1881.
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established a committee which oversaw the promotion of stock sales to fund the purchase of new coaches in order to launch a new transit service for their city.
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on July 26 with the expectation that the new cabs would travel on streets that the city's railroad system couldn't reach. The Herdic service that opened in
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promised, via newspaper notices, to "continue the business at the same stand." The herdic cab was still in service in Washington, D.C. as late as 1918.
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In 1897, the herdic system in Washington, D.C. nearly ended when one of the major companies involved in providing this mode of transportation—the
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His death initially did not impact the continued distribution of his invention, however. In 1889, a group of civic leaders in
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in August 1881 to expand the reach of his business. Its new coach system began operating just weeks later, on September 1.
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Local Intelligence: Judge Kelley Sued: Peter Herdic Applies for an Injunction Against the Herdic Coach Company
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Cab Chopped in Half When Jolted by Car: Horse and Fragment of Vehicle Sped Away
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910:(announcement of intent to build 4,000 Herdic coaches). Indiana, Pennsylvania:
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2687:‡ indicates vehicles that were used historically in public transport services
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Carriage Rates and Rules: The Special Regulations Issued by the Commissioners
856:"New Herdic Coaches: Rapid Transit and Cheap Fares for the People—New Cars,"
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The Boston Herdic: Amy Robsart Hires a Quarter's Rapid Transit
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The Herdics' Defence: Reply to the Charge of Reckless Driving
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Hacks and Herdics: The War of the Ancient and Modern Vehicles
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coast of the United States. The first of his shipments to
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Herdic cab station at Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
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Peter Herdic: The Inventor of Herdic Coaches in the City
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Detail of the patent application for the Herdic carriage
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Herdic Phaeton Company Lessor, by ..............Sup't."
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620:, January 2, 1888, front page (subscription required).
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Cab leased for ..................................hours
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Cab Numbered..........................................
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Kelly, "When a herd of herdics roamed D.C. streets,"
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Kelly, "When a herd of herdics roamed D.C. streets,"
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999:, May 31, 1881, front page (subscription required).
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Judge Kelley Accused: Fraud Charged By Peter Herdic
948:, June 4, 1881, front page (subscription required).
633:,'" in "Washington Letter." Indianapolis, Indiana:
97:Cab interiors were described by Washington, D.C.'S
1726:, December 24, 1891, p. 4 (subscription required).
1530:, November 27, 1885, p. 3 (subscription required).
1169:, September 8, 1883, p. 4 (subscription required).
156:seven for fifty cents, or sixteen for one dollar.
1203:, January 19, 1884, p. 2 (subscription required).
1084:, October 14, 1881, p. 4 (subscription required).
1016:, October 26, 1881, p. 2 (subscription required).
1622:Welfare Implications of Horse Tail Modifications
1347:, April 28, 1889, p. 13 (subscription required).
1220:, March 13, 1898, p. 13 (subscription required).
1050:, August 14, 1881, p. 4 (subscription required).
1033:, August 17, 1881, p. 8 (subscription required).
379:, October 7, 1880, p. 3 (subscription required).
1364:, April 25, 1889, p. 3 (subscription required).
1186:, August 5, 1881, p. 4 (subscription required).
885:"What's a Herdic Cab? What Did They Look Like?"
395:, April 23, 1880, p. 8 (subscription required).
1280:, March 3, 1888, p. 2 (subscription required).
1135:, June 10, 1883, p. 9 (subscription required).
1118:, July 13, 1882, p. 3 (subscription required).
1101:, July 26, 1882, p. 3 (subscription required).
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914:, July 28, 1880, p. 7 (subscription required).
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813:, July 21, 1883, p. 4 (subscription required).
603:, March 8, 1888, p. 4 (subscription required).
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1769:, December 10, 1943 (subscription required).
847:, May 6, 1881, p. 2 (subscription required).
648:Fine Horses Once Gave Distinction to Capital
421:Letters Patent Granted to Peter Herdic, in "
371:Newly-patented Coaches of Peter Herdic, in "
186:The first of Herdic's coaches to operate in
1479:," in "Special Notices." Washington, D.C.:
794:New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier
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487:When a herd of herdics roamed D.C. streets
339:Peter Herdic (1824-1888) Historical Marker
1720:Doings of a Broken Trolley Wire in Boston
2715:History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
197:United States Department of the Treasury
59:Herdics were particularly successful in
839:Start of Chicago's Herdic Service, in "
599:(death notice). Altoona, Pennsylvania:
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52:during the 1870s and patented in 1880.
1477:Mr. Sam'l G. Eberly Desiring to Retire
1326:(obituary). Brookville, Pennsylvania:
908:Herdic Personal Transportation Company
201:United States House of Representatives
362:, retrieved online December 16, 2022.
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159:By 1883, herdics were operating in
1571:How to Help Horses Endure the Heat
32:, which was frequently used as an
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1641:, February 16, 1917, front page.
790:Herdic Cabs at Twenty-Five Cents
1076:Herdic Service Prediction, in "
1012:." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
993:Congressman Kelley's Misfortune
978:." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
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459:." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
408:." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
393:The Canton Independent-Sentinel
360:Carriage Association of America
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1199:." San Francisco, California:
1097:." San Francisco, California:
961:" Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
389:Vehicle Patent of Peter Herdic
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1652:Sues Car Company for $ 10,000
1605:Kindness and Mercy to Animals
1214:The Six-for-a-Quarter Carfare
425:." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania:
1575:The St. Johnsbury Caledonian
1314:, March 9, 1988, front page.
1297:, March 7, 1888, front page.
912:The Indiana Weekly Messenger
2720:History of Washington, D.C.
1800:y." Boston, Massachusetts:
1793:, March 4, 1893, p. 6.
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1560:, November 15, 1885, p. 11.
1392:S. G. Eberly's Burial Rites
1165:." Fort Collins, Colorado:
792:." New Haven, Connecticut:
705:, December 7, 1933, p. A-8.
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564:Death of Millionaire Herdic
513:Something About the Herdics
147:arrived aboard the steamer
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1611:, May 3, 1900, front page.
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1594:, September 3, 1898, p. 3.
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1343:." Saint Paul, Minnesota:
1248:The Indiana State Sentinel
1201:The San Francisco Examiner
1099:The San Francisco Examiner
1082:The Nebraska State Journal
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809:." Boston, Massachusetts:
745:Ryder, "The Herdic Coach."
723:Ryder, "The Herdic Coach."
699:From First Taxicabs to Now
637:, November 18, 1885, p. 2.
635:The Indiana State Sentinel
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549:." Newport, Pennsylvania:
547:Peter Herdic's Immortality
519:, December 22, 1881, p. 6.
502:Ryder, "The Herdic Coach."
375:." Altoona, Pennsylvania:
28:was a type of horse-drawn
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1466:, February 4, 1901, p. 2.
1398:, August 25, 1927, p. 10.
1328:The Jeffersonian-Democrat
1259:"Death of Peter Herdic,"
1014:The Philadelphia Inquirer
980:The Philadelphia Inquirer
963:The Philadelphia Inquirer
929:The Philadelphia Inquirer
843:." Salt Lake City, Utah:
665:Boston's Surviving Herdic
654:, March 31, 1935, p. F-2.
536:, October 27, 1885, p. 3.
461:The Philadelphia Inquirer
391:." Canton, Pennsylvania:
1763:The Firkin in the Herdic
1675:, April 12, 1904, p. 16.
1558:The St. Paul Daily Globe
1556:." St. Paul, Minnesota:
1539:"The Herdics' Defence,"
1432:, August 23, 1899, p. 8.
1415:, March 31, 1897, p. 16.
1291:The Herdic Inventor Dead
1237:, January 5, 1884, p. 6.
1235:The St. Paul Daily Globe
1233:." St. Paul, Minnesota:
1133:The Atlanta Constitution
796:, October 1, 1884, p. 2.
779:, June 10, 1934, p. D-3.
688:, August 25, 1927, p. 8.
296:The St. Paul Daily Globe
290:Damage to horses' health
175:. A hotel proprietor in
2631:Museums and collections
2502:Whippletree/double tree
1765:." New York, New York:
1722:." New York, New York:
1709:, April 24, 1910, p. 2.
1658:, July 21, 1910, p. 18.
1449:, March 2, 1901, p. 17.
1381:, March 31, 1897, p. 2.
1310:." Kenosha, Wisconsin:
1295:Butte Semi-Weekly Miner
1216:." New York, New York:
995:." New York, New York:
944:." New York, New York:
762:, March 21, 1881, p. 2.
682:Memories of the Herdics
583:." Kane, Pennsylvania:
446:, March 11, 1881, p. 4.
253:Cab leases with drivers
2482:Swingletree/singletree
1756:The San Francisco Call
1577:, July 23, 1897, p. 2.
1500:, July 5, 1913, p. 19.
1483:, June 21, 1913, p. 3.
1375:Herdics to Run No More
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1182:." Cheyenne, Wyoming:
1148:." Fort Worth, Texas:
1080:." Lincoln, Nebraska:
1046:." Cheyenne, Wyoming:
760:Orleans County Monitor
614:Energetic Peter Herdic
534:Daily Kennebec Journal
410:The Philadelphia Times
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