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trolley at 21st St. and knocked over on a taxicab, the line was blocked about 30 minutes, the panel truck was loaded with woolen cloth the helper was in the rear, none of us was hurt, the lad in the taxi told me to act hurt, I asked the motorman what happened, he said the brakes didn’t hold, to get back on the four wheels they put a cable around the body and hooked it to the trolley. I was ready to take the truck to the garage at the end of the day, the boss said I had to make a pick up on Fourth Ave, the traffic was heavy and it took me almost two hours to make the round trip, this was a little too much to take, I gave the boss a week to get someone in my place, he wanted to give me $10.00 a week more to stay, I had enough of New York by this time.