 A Fifth Avenue Transportation Company omnibus toCentral Park | |
| Industry | Transportation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1885; 140 years ago (1885) inNew York City, United States |
| Defunct | 1896 (1896) |
| Fate | Declared forbankruptcy |
| Successor | Fifth Avenue Coach Company |
Key people | Elliott Fitch Shepard (controlling stockholder from 1888 to 1893) |
TheFifth Avenue Transportation Company was a transportation company based inNew York which was founded in 1885 and operated of horse-and-omninbus transit alongFifth Avenue, with a route running from 89th Street to Bleecker Street using horse-drawn omnibuses. Fifth Avenue was unusual in that its residents opposed the installation of railway track forstreetcars and was the only avenue inManhattan to never see streetcar service.[1][2] The company was declared bankrupt of the earlier operator in 1896, and was succeeded by theFifth Avenue Coach Company[3]
From 1888 until his death in 1893, lawyerElliott Fitch Shepard was the company's controlling stockholder. He acted on his religious beliefs of the holiness of theChristian Sabbath, forcing the company to halt its operations on Sunday, the Sabbath.[4][5]