Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-05-14
WHOLE NUMBER 75O.
MovrSc DAY IN Nrw Yoax Not . few

MovISG DAY IN NEw YoRK Not a fev
OF the vast multitude of movers STAYED from
church yesterday and devoted their time 10
packing furniture aud making other pre.
psrations for the grand begira OF to-day -
What scenes were preseDtedi Husbands
fathers, brothers. aud hosts of other friepds
OF the male gender, not being needed IN the
countingro or the workshop. remained
at home to lend helping hand Tbev hea
in many instances to put up with curt re.
marks, cold bite, and bed made nm a,
The foor. Parlors, bedrooms. libraries and
kitchens we're ''in confusion worse conform.
ded." Barrels filed with tinware. tnb,
heaped full with ctockery, beds rolled mn
In carpets, bags made corpulent with mis-.
cellaneous ARTICLES, dsmantled stoves mock.
ing at the hungry aud shivering inmates, cross
children crying because they misc the usual
comforts within reach. nervous housekeep-
ers regreltiug hat they consented to move.
discouented boarders limiting at their de.
termination to find new quarters, awkward
servants tearing window curtains, breaking
china, chipping pcturefram cracking
costly mirrors, aud The lords OF the house.
hold llElempered and grumblng, wishing
Tor opportunities to baslea to their daily
aVocltions. Many prepared 10 move. and
lew, we fear, made Ssbbath-day's Jour
ney in the right direction. In consequences
OF the rise in rents, there are q greater
number OF moves in this city and neighbor-
mood than there ever has been on auy pre-
Vions anniversary of the kind There are
other causes OF this unpleasant aud uuua tur-
al custom of shifting from place to place.
such as disagreements between landlords
aud tenants, dislike Of neghbors, change OF
business locations, the desire to be near
friends and acqnaintances, the determina-
tlon TO get away from unsavory odors and
uncieah Streets the wish to be iu the vicin-
NY oil tavorite schools or churches, or pls.
ces OIL amusement, hence they move--and
10 DAY the eartmen reap their harvest Of
reward. 1t may not be out of place to
state here that the law does not grant auy
special privileges TO csrtmen on moving day:
that they have no authority to charge
whatever sum they please for their services.
Indeed, they are bound by the same rules
ou the LIST of May that govern them the
rest of the year. Hence, the extortiouate
prices usually charged by them on that dsy
are unlawful. The legal rates for trans.
porting aud unloading goods, wares, house.
found in the Corporation ordinance. as
amended That ordinance authorizes cart
men TO charge slxty-two cents per load for
carrying iarnIture the distance of half @
mile, aud sixtytwo cents additional for
loading. unloading aud housing tho furui-
ture. 1t the distance is more than half Q
mile, and is within mile, then one third
may be added to these rates, and so Oh,
] according TO he distance. Every csrtman
Is obliged by law to carry good and suf.
{ hclenl load. In case of extortiou the suf-
$ ferer can call to his assistance the nearest
, policeman. whose duty il is to accompany
the otteuder and his sccuser to the City
Hall, when the Mayor will adjust the dif.
Guilty. There are many poor families COM
D PEELED TO move to day, who can not afford
TO pay four or five dollars q load for the
r services OF a cartman. While we believe
t he workman is worthy of bis hire, we deem
t II Jdst to dlscountenance extortion, even
: When 1t has been sanctioned by long usage
Our cartman as a class are hard. working
and honest men, aud should not be stigma.
tzed as extortionists, because some of their
number fleece their customers on moving
day. Notwithstanding the high rate Of
: rents. the comparatively few bills on
=. houses announcing them for sale or to let.
J In the Tenth, Eleventh. and Fourteenth
n WARDS, and 10 the vicinity of the Central
y Park, considers BILE number Of new build
e Jugs have been erected. but they were en,
) gagged before they were finished The in.
r, crease in the price of rents varies from ten
r, to thirty per cent A few of the stores on
J. Broadway have Increased in price seventy
J. i've per cent. One result of the high rate
: OF rents is the filing up of boarding houses
i with those who think they cannot afford
d the advance demanded by landlords. Bat
y the moving mania prevails in the face Of
high rents and high prices for everything.
:, Cartmen in their white frocks are jubilans
} as they drive their loaded vehicles through
! the streets Were they all to go in regular
e order of procession the tottering heaps of
!. furniture would, no ubt, extend from tha
d Battery to Bloomingdale.- Is there nc
}. remedy for this annual breaking up ol
;, households Can any good reason be as
!, signed why all tenants who desire &C
d change their place of residence should move
& on the same day? If it be true that three
= removes are as bad as a fire, then il mus
d be very expensive, as well as q laboroal
l aud dlsagreeable custom. The necessity
for moving on given day does not seem
IT 10 exist in Philadelphia, Boston, London
u Paris, or anywhere outside of this city ane
y vicinity. Were it possible to CLEAN thu
e. statistics of damage to health and proper
te ty caused by the universal rush aud crasl
:, of to-day, it would show a frightfu srgu
10 ment in favor of discontinviug foolisl
'e practice better suited TO the first OF Apri
re than the first of May Tribune. May Cd.
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