Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-08-15
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Great Brooklyn Bridge -
Periis OF broadway Dishonest
CLERKS. sc.

Regular Correspondence Of the srArs JorENAL.
NEW YORK, August l2.-BrOoklyn Is In
n state of eminent disgust at the refusal |
OF Mayor Ilavemeyer and Comptroller |
dream to pay, on the part Of New York, |
$500 900 towards the construction Of the |
great bridge over the East River, The |
Mayor and Comptroller look upon the |
bridge as an engineering mistake. and |
the construction management as Imam
clal fraud.
IN this agree with them. The Bridge |
when completed will cost over ten mil
lion dollars, and will be insecure nj its |
great height, unless guyed down. IL so |
guyed, navigation will be seriously inter |
fered with. II not so guyed, In a heavy |
northeastern, the wind would lin II up and |
II would sag down and drop into tho |
river below. am inclined to think that |
the solution of the problem OF communi- |
cation between these two great cities, or |
rather between these two sections OF the |
same great city, will b.. found TO ha a |
tunnel.
For less than has been expended upon |
the piers alone OF the bridge, floO iuHiiels |
could have bcen constructed under The |
East river.
The tunnel best known is that under |
the "Thames, - aud the cost and difficulty
of constructing Il have caused u general |
belief that tunncling under rivers Is i'm
practicable. OF late years, however, thu |
attention Of engineers has been directed |
10 the subject, snd with the immensely |
improved machinery for boring, q great
advance has taken place In sub iluvial
tunnels. The Chicago tunnel and the
triple tunnel from Liverpool to Birken-
head are the finest examples, nnd prove
cOnclusiyely the advantage of this system
over bridges.
KUN DOWN ny 4 STAGE.
have heard ladies say that they feel
rs eRle as though sitting In their own
parlors when crossing II street, no matter
how crowded, with a stal wart policeman
at their side. Their faith would have
been shaken had they witnessed an acci-
dent that occurred the other day A stage
was coming iuriously mp Broadway, in
the neighborhOod Of Grand street, Just as
a policeman was leading lady across
the crowded thOrOughinrc. The officer
shook warning rattan, but the driver
paid no heed, and in moment the lady
was thrown down and dragged under the
wheels. TIE stage stopped then and the
officer extucated his charge from her
dangerous position, covered with mud
aud badly hurt. Whether the driver was
druHk or stupid, or both, do not know
II may he tnat his horses were unman
ageable. That IL often the case, for they
nut II bad lot Of horses to our New York
stages. All the kicking, baulky and
vicious heasts, that can hO used nowhere
else, are bought cheap by stage cOmpa
mics, harnessed up with an old horse and
sent upon their rounds.
THE DISHONESTY or CLERKS.
am told that there Is an alarming
amount of REGULATION among the young
clerks OF this city. Not only among
those who are driven to desperation on
account Of their fast life, but among
young mon who are, to all Appearances,
perfectly correct IN their habits. Il seems
that there is an organized system IN New
York by which employers are robbed by
their clerks for the benefit of third
party. Not only are there restaurants
where postage and revenue stamps are
received as money. thus offering an in-
duCcmeut for regulation, but there are
men who are professional tempters."
One OF these men will become acquainted
with a clerk some years his junior, and
by bis iusinuating manners, will 10 course
o! time become sworn friends with the
Young man. BY degrees his oily tongue
pours its poison into the clerks ear, aud
before he knows what he has done he has
committed a crime lie sludders to think
Of. As soJn as the deed Ia done the
tempter H. ) him in his tolls. BY holding
the threat Of exposure over his head be
drags him on from crime to crime, until
at last be Is seized by the strong arm Of
law. The iusligstor Of the crime ESCAPES
and the victim suffers his disgrace Of
| capture.
HDw MERCHAaTs ARE RcBnED.
Not long ago Young man, clerk In a
shipping. hosso in this city, b1came nc
uuainted with one OF these temItcrs.
The clerk belonged 10 most cAc,ilert
family AID had been well brought up,
and no cue ihourht him capable OF doing
a dishonest decd, Ills tGmpLcf WAS also
Young man, and one oi unusual ernccs
| VI manner and pgIaou. one fatal day hc
got Ills victim to ship lot of goods TO
his address In Jersey City and destroyed
the receipt. They sold the goods and
shatcd the proceeds Of the sale The
man who had been tcnp.,d felt the slincs
of conscience, and when his friend asked
him TO do the deed agaln, he refused.
iiut I, Nas Of no Use. Tie li.end " told
him if he did rot do as he was bid hr
would expose him. Anything rather
than that lie destroyed another recent.
aud another, and for whole year Kept
| up THE Hyslem ui pcculAtiun. lie never
received IL cent Of the guilty mouty nil,r
! The iitst transaction, for tie sharper had
him in his power and merely need
him as Il tool. Finally, che clerk.
dlshoncstv was Discovered, and he
was brought to trial. lie appeatud 10
ind 'vl'ef in his arrest, and said that
anything Vas better than the agony of
suspense that he had bccu in Cor the pasi
year thai he Vas Ashamed Ia 20 nome
10 his mother and sisters at night, aud
could rot look an honest mau IN the
face. Now il was all on, De could make
clean breast ct il, which he did. Tie
court upon learning the facts IN the rase,
released Tie young clerk aud arrested the
real eulFfit, To whom was dealt the full
/ rigor OF tue law DuTiug the year this
swindllng wGs going gu, $4,000 worth Of
goods had been shipped TO this receiver
/ IN Jersey City, aud the trial further
I brought TO light the fact thGt ,ho came
man had several oise, places whore h.
| received gnous from clerks whom lac had
similarly eu!rapped. II is said that the
amount Of robbery going On in THE vay
is almost mcalculable. The delaullers
! VINO sMlnuied by lac fDfp,UQO worth, are
generally discovered, Il they are not
! punished, but Il seems almost impossible
to stop The PeouaLion which has Meafly
arrived at the dignity Of IA sue art
Cog.iDEECE MIN,
While Rm on The subject of
items IN that line, let me relate Il re-
cent experience OF young gentleman Of
my acquaintance. lie is a Western man
and looks little "green," while, in fact.
lac Is anything else. Walking on nrond.
way the other day a man ran up 10 him
IN The most delighted manner and ex.
Tended his head 10 him, saying, " MIR.
Coos. am happy to see you. " &c beg
PARDON replied my friend, {" hut ms
name Is not Cook " Excuse me. nv
dear sir, but you must be some relation 10
The Cooks, of WATERFOWL, such a wonder
iW likeness, ! assure you" "I don't
Know anything ahJat the Cooks, of Water
town .cphed the young man g INV
name Is Reed, mud my home is in Mon.
reai,sllow me 10 bid You good. day. ana
lie passed on. A block or twa fnrther
On another man rushed Np 10 him saving.
'Mr. Reed ava delighted tn see Won.
see yon dop'! recognize me. Int know
you very well. ] used TO he a clerk in
tue post Office at Montreal and nave often
gwen you your letters. II is particularly
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