The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-02
A PIE SELLERS FORTUNE.
a cove RESSMIN'S MONEY WHERE
IT WILL DO THE MOST GOOD,

a ProteRe of Secretary Bristow Well Pro-
Nided for Under stairway In the Post
Once Lobby-The Clamor OF the Envious.
A large pie stand was opened in the
new Post once on Tuesday. There seemed to
be fortune in 1t for the owner. lie had a large,
semi-circular counter OF pine boards erected In
the lower end of the building. under the great
Iron staircase. II was covered with heaps OF
pies cakes, &c The proprietor began business
with rush, aud with every prospect Of becDm-
ing millionaire In a few years. There was
stream OF boys messenger bankers, clerks, and
louneers toward the stand from the FIRST mo-
mcnt Men and boys ranged around It and
munchcd away ON Ties and sandwiches. But
the business no sooner under way than n
CRY was taised against IT,. IL WAS said to mar the
architectural effect OF the entrance to the Post
ONE, aud was stigmatized % a nuisance. Re-
mpnstrances poured into the Postmaster some
Of them beng written by well known citizens.
lhey requested that It might be cleared away,
as 1t was an obstruction To the building. The
cry against It grew nercer with the first signs OF
The clamor seemed to come from disappointed
seekers after the place, and rival keepers OF
taurants and lunch bars along broadway and
Park Row, They evinced determination to
drive the pie vendor out OF hts stronghold, and
rallied all their friends to aid them.
Yesterday Postmaster James and Supervising
Architect Potter decided that the stand would
have to be moved. "Please say" SAID Col.
James, that after consultation with Mr.. Pot
ter, have ordered the At nd to he taken away,
viii not allow any In the building"
PROSPECTIVE MILLIONAIRE.
While the Postmaster was arriving al his de-
cision, the proprietor OF the pie stanc, blissful
IN tho ignorance of his fate. was doing a thriving
trade, and dreaming of wealth. Three men and
boy behind the counter waited on the hungry
crowd. Ihe pyramids OF pies and cakes rapidly
disappeared and were replaced by fresh lot.
MIX and soda water were the only drinks
Suspended under the stairs. back OF the stand,
were TWO large neatly printed pasteboard cards,
for his lunch room will be constructed IN few
DAYS and No malt or other liquors sold here
and down stairs paused TO gaze at the hungry
and thirsty mass. One oflcial said that he
would rather have the stand than be President
Of the United States. He thought he could
"1hc Allen. who was reported to have been
candidate Tor the proprietorship of the stand,
stopped and looked longingly at II. Mr.. Stet-
son who also aspired to the possession Of the
stand was seen huuying about outside.
WHO mE Is.
The owner Of the pie stand Is Patrick Hawes
who says that he Is Representative to Con-
gress from Nebraska. He looks as though he
lad spent his Younger days on the Missis-
sippL when he was first pointed out 70 the
coat on, aud wearing black six hat. He was
dispensi ng slices Of pie, cakes. glasses OF milk,
&c., and between times he was rakinR the small
change into the drawers. lie was too busy to
be interrupted. The reporter him again
after he had sold out his stock for the day and
figured up his profits He would not admit that
he was to be turned out. He said
JUST ~ thattae matter Is under advisement
IN IN tne treasury Department ana that IT will
thousand dollars IL you Will have me Kept here.
have got notice from the Postmaster that |
must leave here with my stand on Saturday. |
have some stock on hand. and obligations that
! want to oil before close up. Jealousy Is what
has instigated the crusade against me. Twenty
men wanted to get the stand aud nineteen are
disappointed and en,ious. The stetsons OF the
Astor House were after IT, and so was The Allen
and several restaurant keepers around here. |
,s nea, that some one ne offered $1,000 year rem, to
me by the Treasury Department"
WHAT HE WILL GIVE.
81 will give $500 month for H.. II would have
brought me In fortune u had been permitted
and cakes, and to-day my receipts are slO5.
There Is no telling what my sales would have
been tried TO get the stand. To-day old lady
from Brooklyn called here. ana told me that the
stand mad been promised to her. She said that
she had paid them all her money. After telling
her story, she leaned on my counter and began
TO cry. She did not tell me her name
ported that the secretary OF the treasury had
Z" don't want to tell what influence have got,
Ken;aeky' but have lived Ts' IN NsSrss9a "S'%
ed to Congress there last t'll, and /
am going TO Washington this winter 20 contest
months, and have lost $4,000 In Pacific Mail. II
don't keep the stand no one else shall have It,
about the place and denounced II as a nuisance.
and have been told, after they had gone, that
they kept restaurants around here and were
locking TO get this stand themselves. / don't
see why there shouldn't be lunch room in the
Post ONCE, N the Government Is paid "A good
rent. There II one needed for the clerks In the
building. George H. Storer To nave the
space under the stairs opposite my counter. for
"A newspaper stand, and there was to be cigar
aud soda water stand opened In a few days next
10 me. The" Allen was fitting up a room on
the north side Of the building for n regular res-
taurant. They have all got to get out with me.
II had been permitted to stay would have
put up stand hat would have been an adorn-
mcnt TO the building"
The man who expected 70 have the cigar stand
and soda fountain told MIR ODonnell that he
had refused au offer Of 1850 for II.
The permission to keep stands in the old Post
ONCE was given by the Secretary OF the Treas
INV and the stand owners were gwen the same
privilege in the new structure