The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-16
New York Letter.


10 NV York, Dec. 9, 1883.
We are still in the shadow Of tho holidays
Thanksgiving past aud Christmas to
come. II is perhaps the least practical and
the most enjoyable period Of the whole year
for our merchants aud clerks, having liz.
Tie business on their hands, come bone early,
and between matmess. dinners and balls, in
10 the small hours, there is u merry round
kept up. II was once the case, however,
,ha, the dividing line between the spring and
iall business seasons" was very strongly
marked there being an almost entire alb.
sence OF trade from the middle Of Novem
Der TO the first OF January, when the buyers
Of the iar-oh sections Of the South, were
wont TO come on together. and make very
heavy purchases in n very short time. keep
ing both principal ind sabor,linatcs busy
night and day. But now the Multiplication
OF railroads aIl over tho country has made
journey TO New York from distant points
West and South. by no means the iormIia.
bic undertaking il once was, and the consc-
quence is that far oir buyers often visit tho
city for goods twice In the same season, be-
sides sending in orders; 80 that even now
here is some business doing, not an utter
0atncss,
The dry goods interest 10 collecting about
Park Place u such degree, that rents In
that locality have risen on, OF all proportion.
A leading merchant who has recently taken
u store there, when presented with the rent
contract. affected great Amusement, stating
that he supposed be had paid that price Tor
the title to the storc, and not for the annual
lease merely Wholesae trade Ia just be-
ginning to edge up against Canal street, and
10 two years more, there Is no doubt that
broadway. as far up M BECKER street, will
10 lined with Wholesale stores, while tho ~.
tnIlcrs, who now stretch m far down NJ
SrswAmrs, will spread Up along the whole
length of broadway, and begin 10 infringe
upon the Filth Avenue. For Il 10 tho
opinion Of those who have carefully watched
the changes for sf,y years past, that Filth
Avenue must ultimately become . busincss
street. The streets which are really adapted
for private residences are the cross streets,
and not those spacious avenues which run
the length Of the island, aud are % abso-
lutely necessary for thoroughfarc.
We are beginning 70 hear some murmun
from the laboring classes. Wages have been
cut down 10 10 cents per diem on the public
works. anil the Aims house Governors arc
considering proposition from firm Ia the
city to employ tho copvicis on Blaekwels
Island, at mere nominal wages. 20 10 90 cts
per diem. THIS cxcites great Indignation
among those classes OF Artisans whose occu.
patton would be intericrcd with by the pro-
posed movement. There will evidently DO
some need Of extra public provision Tor tho
poor this winter; but rs last year was tho
case. the burthen will not fall cn,ircly on tho
city authorities. All the towns on the high
roads within hundred miles Of New York
will be filed this winter, as they were last.
with people, mostly foreigners, travelling
from place 10 place ut the public expense.
only changing their place to keep the pain.
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