The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-26

sryome VINO WIN fsmA n at such uirequted labor whom
there plenty OF other work An expert hand viii cara
With full employnsn, ~ mach - eight nine dollars
week. but there months whsn does not realize two
dollars. Many Of the wooasawysrs-indeed, thu majo.
rity Of thenars poor, broksndown supsrannuatsd ID
horers, who unable to up ladder or shoulder
hod and who take to this the last resort to procure
subsistence They take up thsir station by the wood
pile snxously looking out for customers and where
there are six or seven to the pile or the yard
should say, they take the customers In rotation
This prevents III feeling and jealousy on the
part Of any. They generally get three or four
shrlings load for saving, and even then
although It sometimes not than one half the pro-
ats realized BY the dealer they occasionally obliged to
reduce their prices to conform with those rigid rules
domestic economy which always nd tho poor the best
SUBJECTS to practice upon.
The chances Of the wood sawyer, poor they are,
have BEEN reduced considerably By the application OF
steam to his branch Of the business Companies have
been started within the past eighteen months called
Kindpg wood Associa ons which saw, cut up and fur
nish the wood In boxes ready for use without further
trouble. These understand, doing thriving bu-
slness, although serious complaints mace against
some that they do not give full measure.
The number Of cartmen who employed In oartiEg
wood about the city Is estimated q. six hundred but
as II does furnish them with sufficient work. they
got Their usual for carting load OF wood Is tso
shinas but this regu stsd BY the disarceathough
It seldom seeds that amount. The amount Of capital
which they have invested tho business in the form of
carts and horses about ten thousand dollars which Ia
held in shares OF hundred dollars ea,hthe e,timS
ed value of each horse and cart. Ths added to the
value Of the vessels employed in bringing frewood
to New York, makes . total OF eight hunired
and ten thousand dollars. How mu,h more the
would be increased by the addition Of the various
lite investments Of the itinsrsrt Juvenile retailers it
would be difficult mater to calculate The najsrity-
and large majority, tooof the cartmen the horse
ard cart they drive but some employed by the daa
regular salary This is emily done by those deal
keep Eve or six men constantly occupied.
might nsturar be supposed thai the great increase
of late in the and the rapid snts
Of civilization the limits OF forests would greatly
DIMINISH the supply Of wood for the purpose fue and
that the day not sr distant whom shall BIS obliged
TO fall back upon ipexhsustibls coal beds; but
appyehensionc, told need be entertained on
this subject during this gens on the next the
that follows Or indeed for two hundred years
ctns-for 40 yet there Is percapabie dtminutioa
in the vast storehouse with which nature has supplied
in cur gigantic forests,
ut viii be Some time tell you, before those old
woods chopped down." said experienced retail
dealer to expressing fears upon the matter.
1t won't be In my day IN the next hundred years
The woods going further avsy from us" he added,
"but it will be mighty long time before get to the
ether end Ct them"