The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-17
GoTHAM's .HoNs AsINoRUM.,'
1As Danger teths Bridge anderbilt's crutches
sAaky-7A Hsw Iron Bridge to be Built-Ths
0l4Ons to be Repaired the Two
fStosas Hotel Keepers Fear Fall to
the Gyound-A Herald Reporters
Interviews on Wheels

and forthwith million or SO of people began asking
VINO IL Macomb and where Is his cambridge
Lamentable Ignorance indeedl II people have for.
gotten the individuality OF
THIS GREAT MAC0MB
let Aem learn before 1t Is late that the bridge
over HIS dam Is at the upper end OF the island. At
l5otn street Macomb's lane turns or ut an angle
srsm Eighth avenue and runs down to the Harlem
river 1t the point where Seventh avenue looks into
the stream. The brlrge Is wooden, very wooden,
structure. and meets the aforesaid Macombs lane to
Westminster county BY crossing the The traio
over this vtaduct Is OF more import to Gotham
than Gotham imaglnes Vague ideas Of cabbages
and potatoes on their way to market, and the pas
sage OF stray rich men, who make long carriage
journeys to their friends In the city, are about
AL the notions the average New Yorker has OF the
trafiic over that bridge. Two words, however,
throw calcium light OF knowledge on that be-
nighted ignorance. These are
JEROME PARK.
Everybody has heard OF 1t: nearly everybody has
been there.
'.of course" they will say, ''that must have been
the bridge we passed over on our way to tho
racean
the race season Is now approaching at the rate Of
twenty-four hours day, and 1t therefore behooves
each citizen VINO goes to see the tr0tting, or who
has friends well enough or to permit their golng
to excite himself 70 fever neat Immediately. At
Jerome Park races the or me dc Ia creme OF society
cOngreg0tes, aud the fact of dangers by the road
should make all respectable people and their rela-
tives
Peoples and political parties under the wing OF
Providence, ana they are not often aware to what
apparently trivial circumstances the rise or fall OF
either 10 frequently attributable. lew extra
glasses Of whisKey straight saved the democracy In
February last from the deadlock which came upon
them last week. This was at the time OF the Ham,
too. Now, when II IL recalled that so many OF our
leading minds gather to witness the great exhlbi-
TROTTING HORsEFLEsu
the necessity to look carefully after the Macomb
1t was opened to tlal.c in March, 1861, having
been constructed by Mr.. Davis. Of Bridgeport.
one Of whicn rests the SWING, which Is
wishes to pass ''A Us entire s'0 length 0 rom
abutment to aDutnent is l,l30 ieet; It Is 83S feet
rs rom eac s % ssfeaS 70 ae nTSs
home truss on each side also lo0 feet in length The
swing itself Is 200 leet The rise each side rests
on eleven "bents," or rows OF eight by twelve inch
pine beams, four In each oent, II Is from the
DOUBTFUL BEARING CAPACITY
OF these last that the alleged danger arises.
Az nothing short Of actual examination woud
satisfy the public, awakened to sense Of its in-
perilled great men. q HERALD reporter called at
the stable OF a weil-known equine and chariot nrm
and thereupOn selected light road wagon and .
over III the most approved manner. lie furtner had
the magnannious intention OF rlsking his own and
his obhging drivers necks mot to speak OF the
horse and WagOn) IN order satisfactorily TO
THE BRIDGE
"Is 1t dangerous, jakes' SAID the reporter ner-
The character gave the high melted charger
clip on me right ear, AM slowly rsspondedTr =, mo-
70 run TAIN OF pig iron over 1t three tunes
day.n
laugh away his Iears until 12sth street and Eighth
avenue was reached. JacoDus broke the silence:-
''See here, now, these
between lem, and II so as you're agreeable, we
might just ask lem what say they want In the
..Nobly thought. Jake; wen 40 tn
The troiter prickcd up his ears and started brlsXy
"Harry Berlholl's Is that shan,y on your rght.n
The house we'll known to roadsters was soon
reached and the fiery animal was relned mp at the
..ls the old man I'M" cried Jake 70 young man an
stretched himself, then answered, lazily-
.Hes up stairs having lay down for snooze."
"Well, you'll no." said Jacobus, who was EVIL
IDENTITY prepared to do the interviewing on his own
account.
hotel people feel about the danger OIL Macomb's
bridge, and how 1t Will AFFECT your trade"
at won't hurt Us any, We re sure. we don't care
II there wasn't bridge there at ALL
''OH, GIVE Us A REsTW
said Jake cynlca what abou, the race weeks' :,
enough. Anyhow 1t won't make much matter TO
us.o
reporter idea OF asking what the smaller hotel fry
on the road thought about the matter.
"Their opinion don't amount to anything, but,
like most Darkeepers, they've got lots OF chin
musc.n
one OF these small peoples houses, AMI sure enough
there was plentiful now OF language which was
essentially timorous on the bridge question.
CIT WOULD PLAY (sT. DoMING0)
with u.s. was the summing up remark as Jake
gave the reins contemptve chuck and the steed
Billy Florence at the Dam itself is the only other
man this side worth talking TO, and the animal car
Ticd the par down the ane of Macomb at at spien-
'ssav, is Billy inr' queried Jacobus
mo. he amt; I'm H." replied thin young man,
/ bartender" mu,terod Jake, dcprecatingly.
"Ias anything been done about the bridgeG"
Eyes answered the thin young man. lazily "the
two commissioners zone from New, YORK and the
here last Thursday and ordered men to 20 to work
on 1t right away
.iIt would interfere with your business consider
ably II the bridge closed for month or two, or
n you had to walt for the new Seventh avenue iron
.sW lry. yes, the Fleetwood races come OF middle
OF I've. II month, and
:RAoks ARE OUR BIGGEST DAYS.
1t sdsbln't hurt US 30 very much other times,
In, irorse's head was now turned to the bridge,
quiete q by observing numOer OF vehicles crossing
the br t'ge; The passage was made without any
miShaD Dublb WAS only human nature 10 uOtc
SIGH OF RELIEF
VIII oh xcaped from the reporters bosom as he
noted IN, :eod Wcschester earth under tue wheels.
house the r0aisde hostel order painted white,
was on he left OF the chariot, and thlher the
sapienf In e guided his animal Of mclte.
"Say, Joe conIhu, ncics senuemau from the
HERALD, W. siS 70 have say WIN you.
sniendidly nj legmatlc Teut0nic physique.
"Nel, vot IS Az MSlueIf sufsicu sio"v lIoW HIS
lager-llned tn Mltie. .,, s.,. g..
SLOW about Sosinx Wy WIS uriuso III TcpairsF
s'Giozc Id oop " vel. ueh you :,
GLOZE ME UP DOO.'
Here tho Teutt VI threw up b0bn arms appealingly.
MWell IL It Ia unsafe the public should not be
aI,owed 10 run themselves into danger they are
unaware off, -
arross itY Die bnblics wards doc COON anahow.D
.Wbat M your opiniA'n OF the dangcrf
Changer: we'll you 20 zse, misther REPORTER.
nan zay moth ng.' Again the arms were uprased,
and the Qoosl TeutonsN purple lace was turned