The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-27

booibacks. They hung around the neighborhood OF
Fulton, Wall street, Catharnc, South AMI Hamilton
ferries both sides. but tue greatest number
nj Fulton ferry, on tho Brooklyn SIDE rh.y had no
social prestige, political business influence 40
monvy, nothing but puck ana fellow leeiing
Among them are u few who are looNcd ~ TO as Lead
lug spirits and VINO, alter the street buys hon. have
picturesque ana appropriate nick names The follow
ing list the names OF the prominent director,
the company as well as The names OF the powerful
leaders OF the ticket spectators who have made the
great corporation trcmDc IN IT'S boots:-
TIL. FERRY CHAMPIONS, THE CHAMPIONS.
H. C.hin, Jonn Days, alias Cranky
Abel A. Low, the Bum"
). t. Chittcndcn, Dau Dougnerly
James How Dcky Golden,
Apram Is. Blylis, ROXY sherDrooK
j. >. L. Stranahan, 'Cnippy,u
James \. Dc Grauw, Garry Anderson,
Walker n. lie Grauw, Fiat" Hcalcy,
h i, ROPES. biny Waii "ihe Gin
Peter c. CorAeil, Ell. Lyon alias "Crazy,,
james a. Perry, J9hnnie Walters,
Nat. b. Morse, Jiines Martini
Charics r.. Bell, George Martiu
Henry f. P'errepont. WHY Patton, alias 'Red
johnnie Markey,
Audv Barr.
The ticket leaders were we'll used TO lodging police.
men, aud looked upon the terry hands natural
enemies, so That Tho nrst efforts made 10 stop thom
from pursuing the new tralic were laughed at They
aid MI mind being driven away from the Terry house.
lJr they could come back again, besides catching
lew customers up the street while they were away.
Ihey rather liked the excsUcnt OF jumping alter
the tickets that their good naturci patrons tossed
them IRON inside the house and matching their
ag,liiy against that OF tue special officers VINO
rsnt merrly, the boys got the best of it, Strlvo
how they would tue ferry company'a officials could
not stop the traffic.
THE COUPON FLANK MOVEMENT.
But when the coupon tickets were issued the boys
realized that tneir business was ruined. 1t 10
that they could aud do, sell single tckeis looming the
purchaser the whole roll OF coupons and trusting
his honesty 10 toss It out through tho gates and
their luck TO discover IT, but this is OF necessity
process. Many OF them have been buying up the old
tickets from citizens who have sought them Tor their
use but this prccarious source OF supply ana
declson oi the lawsuits that may spring OF tho
complication Of the pany traffic in
tickets Will b. stopped, and The victory OF tho wealthy
directors over tho penuess youngsters Will DO com
piete.
Information was received concerning tbs war, some
OF which was al'erward found 10 DC Incorrect mo,
day. The public arc satisfied, all except fow Sore
heads that would DO satisfied with anything. and
even they are not making any moro trouble"
THE CoMPASy's VIEW or
"s It true, asked tho reporter. "that your gate
keepers have refused to sell tickets to those whom
latorsS"
sone Of them did refuse to sell tho old tickets for
u day or two 1t WIS rather aggrayaiing to have
follows buy them and then toss lem right back
their heads, ana .hey got mad the company, how
that asked Tor them. There have been noreusals to
sell the new tickets"
elias any one been put out who gave ticket
detached ~ tue presence OF the gate keepcry'
"No"
GLOW long has the speculation been going on ~
"Ohl Tor Bve or six months more At Grst we
thought II would die cut; put II Increased
stantIy.n
"icw much did the company lose by NJ"
"Fhirty or iorty dollars day, and IT was Increasing
constantly"
Tho boys eager to tell their side OF the story,
and when II became known that reporter IN Tue
neighborhood he was AZ once surrounded by a score
OF them, carrying papers, backing boxes aud Terry
tickets all eager 10 talk, and each trying tax louder
than tho others. IL was uscless To Try to get
nectcd story, and the big ponceman at the corner
looked suspiciousiy at the crowd.
eco iato the iunch room, yonder,' said Garry An
dcrson. the rlngeader, lana l'i bring the boys IN.
The reporter went, aud was presently surrounded
by some twenty boys, who crowded closer and closer.
siappiug his Knee TO empbasizs their woris, and
sptiDg tob acco juice between his legs with accuracy
and saaqt'o,d lars note book reads something ol.
lows, but which boy II was that made any remark
that is recorded he cannot tell.
BOYS TALK.
''Wc gets sixteen ana sometimes seventeen tickets
for a quarter Mcn Buys em Tor US and throws ZEN
''sometimes n gentleman throws us back tho pack
age and pays Us Tor his passage"
"Only the msers WON'T pay Tor their passagc.n
''ihcr's moron three hundred sells tickets"
"CrpplesY Yes, some Of 'em crppies Cranky,
the Bum, IS tho worst kind OF cripple. Hos lost Il
''aomciimes We doh't get our tickets Fcllers beat
OF 'em. Ono beat Maggie O'Brien out uf a pack
age OF tickets ana VIZ chased him 10 Hamilton terry
with brickbats."
''wo sell ten or twenty packages a day. ono
fcllcr sells orIy Some oniy sells i've"
"Ihem's lazy"
'were gong TO see what Judge Walsh ~ do for US
''rhev say the company's going back to the old
tickets aiteru while. lney I'VE only got these new
up TIL the business dies out"
~ went III this morning" chs from johnny
Mackey) ION u new ticket, that tore OF before tho
gnteman bought II from one OF the boys. !
gong over TO buy Iste0rams When got inside
deck hand knocNed me down aud kicked mo, aud |
got out "a warrant Tor hun l dont Know his name.
lie was No. lV6 f"
bradley assaulted me, TOO, D. said Andy Barr.
"Iiavo you got out u warrant ior HIM Z" asked the
reporter
mo-" said Andy.
''lIe's only got eleven cents. He's waiting TO get
twenty hvc 10 get the warrant" explained another
In addition 10 the'arrcsts reported yesterday aud
that OF H. n Rock, deck hand 1876, mentioned above,
there has been one other. special Officer Thomas
Farrell was arrested on charge OF assault aud bat
terry preferred by james L. Martin. Hs case was sol