The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-02

streets, Tor some squares, Sidewalks were ecaroey
man; while, In some cases, the moving In Of one
before the complete moving out Of others mao
fairly erected gave rise, to use ulPiomatC
phrase, to "new Complications" On these occasions
loud English was the rule, and the cartman VINO
a. body, have profound reverence for great powers
OF vocallzaton, and he who most nearly rivals an an
Of the clan aso nv sort ~ snSt,e o~ic in fact,
the cartman associates voice with muscle and muscle
with voice, ana the cartman who can spout loudest
has therefore seldom occasion for blows. BY voice
he saves muscle and by saving muscle he escapes the
station house; and thus, without beigerent opera
tons other than with the tongue, the day Jared
and the evicted, disguised and weary trudged away
from the scene OF their eviction.
the statistics OF moving day would be curious but
through the prolix collation. OF the directory and
even this would fail OF anything more than
fore ali that sSs day sorSs though se som a
thing approximating to statistical Information may
be gathered from the concourse at the several ferries
From the commencement Of the week innumerabe
have been the trucks and carts and huge luggage
vaDs, piled sky high with the various fnpedtnersta
crossed the different ferries ON the east and west
sides OF the city. Some approximation may be
gained by this means OF the number Of removals
tics have been with difficulty procured, but the
figures obtained give only poor result OF the GUS
ferries report as rule considerable falling or from
the returns OF last year; and yet when Is considered
that large trucks are now employed instead OF one.
horse cars for the removal Of furniture. 1t might
turn out that there Ii real decrease In the amount
of property transported from part Of the city to
packing mp and preparing for their respective hit
tngs and the result OF their iabors could have been
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ferries on the Hudson and Harlem rivers TO
and to which this tide oil emigration flowed, 1t may
be said that there were larger number OF removals
to Williamsburg and North Brooklyn than TO any
other quarter Of the suburbs. Taking the ferry
depOts In rotation, commencing on the east side
from the Astoria slip, foot Of Ninety fourth street.
up to Christopher street and the Fort Lee ferry 1t
win be found that upwards OF one thousand loads of
furniture were removed from New York across the
rivers, and about one-third OF that quantity from
Long Island and New Jersey to the city Of Gotham
during the whole OF Thursday and yesterday. Should
the whole week be taken into consideration 1t will be
seen that nearly every ferry on tine east side with
the exceI tIon Of wall street ferry which is avoided on
account Of the steep hill on the other ide transported
from two hundred to two hundred and fifty loads
OF furniture across the river which will consequently
account for the migration and setting up OF house
keeping anew Of some four thousand and odd fami-
lies. The price charged at each ferry on the east
side Tor truck with two horses was sixty CENTS and
Tor single horse cart forty cents. To Staten Island
tile ferry company charged from one dollar and fifty
cents to two dollars and to Jersey City and HOboken
about thirty-hye cents on an average. 1t was OBJ
served ut the Williamsburg ferries that about one
load OF furniture came over to New York for every
ten loads that went across; at the GreenpOnt ferry
came over than went to the other side; at the
Fulton ferry the tide was about equal either way; at
the Staten island ferry three LOADS went down for
every one that came up to New York,
and at the Jersey City and HOb0ken fer
res about one load came across for every
there that went The up ferries, of course
had the largest rush Of custom, the generality Of
the movers living in streets about Tnireth took ad
vantage OF those ferries that were contiguous. 1t
may be observed in concluding this article that the
South Brooklyn and Hamilton avenue ferry cOmpa-
nies' employees were the only ones who refused 20
give any particulars Of the amount of traffic on
moving day to the reporter who inquired for statis-
tics. at the remaining eighteen ferries the infOrma
ton asked was cheerfuliy and politely given. The
following table shows approximate return OF the
number Of loads OF furniture that passed between
tie city and its suburbs ON Thursday and yester-
day.