New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-09
STREET TENDERS And THEIR Ways

HOW TIE SMALL ARdY OF PEDLERS LIVE oS THE
CHANCE PENNGEs OF PAssER>-BY-THEIR HARD
FORTUNE IN THE WINTER MONTHS.
The recent severe cold weather drove from
the the fruit and peanut ycndcrs and visit 10
some az their hauDts found ready receive calls
or the number who living by this system
Of petty trading It would be difficult form an est-
mate many without license, and " these lt
j, impossible to get any accurate account Judging
number OF licenses granted annually. however,
probable that not less than four i've thousand fol-
low this regularly. or these, the greater par
are Ia1ns or Itaan-FreBch. Tor whom the calling
70 possess unusual attraction although almost every
tionalty included, the Irish especially being partial
cOrncrsland- which do not require the exeriOn II
wheeling cart. The ALLEYS OF West Broadway, Crosby
81, the ueGhborho0d of the FIVE Points, and N Tact any
place "herr cheip tenement houses abound furnish
Ones Tor this class, Who usually CunErrCate IN small
colonies of relatives or friends. Two three
seutrdE occupied ~ I'VE Or sly men ana "oLl'h anu
FOR quar- dirty, Hvruaird and rark they
the ability Of the tenants 10 pay. In these
rooms they ear, sleep, and keep their stock
IN trade, the only being thar stock does
retain the vile doors OF the room IN which 10 j. Kept over
- and annual lee OF % cents. This cuttc, HIM
10 where hr VIII throughout the city, bur does not
often compelled ~ some zratOus policeman to move
on o"meumes. however. tue samr stand IS occuped
ny Nyn4er Tor maj months without mOlr-tatlOu, ana
bee l. enabled 10 build up trade ana sam regular GUS
toucr-.
Bananas. oranges. grapes, melons and pineapple
sttutc the principal stock IN summer. and 30 Winter
these supplemented or laced 10y apples peanuts.
chrstnuts nscrt- dIled ng etc IN good days Qua Ing
tue summer ScisOu pellcr viii utjeu make - %
IS clear prUnt. but IN Winter MS daily earnings when
most successful -eld N exceed > Genie. Most Of the
vendors prudent enough 10 lay up something in the
sammer 20 maintain them duuug thc Winter, ana u
HOT unusual Tor ytnIer 10 pend from 80 10 80
hlklug = stuCh OF -rdpes or m" oTan-ts. tn liner
nlt, IA general gives the best profit, few viii
purchase tuat which - poorer partially decayed even
low pGce. bunch OF bananas cost, from - cents
10 - according To the quality amt number on tue -irD,
and oranges vary from )O fo - aud hundred,
and these the ped.er expects 10 double Ms rst
mcut. Peanuts cost from - % 10 - - bu-aei. and
sell 20 cents quart, though less money B., maze On
them Al mat price than tucy Nrr bought az -
b-Lcl ana rcalled at - cents quart. Tie business
being very much OVERCOME. Ihc stock" IL
picked up at tue different downtown markets, and,
place wueTe q eau be ,btAIued cheapest.
In summer Irsh frult g. bought Ir.icli ally the
doca-. direct from the scAuOutrs and ,lougs when
BRING % I'D this cay. With my men bidding for the
lb ia. comp tIiIOn grows hr,I amt tie last bid
dJ, nats uImse -addlcd with lot which he sell
a-.u only sacrifice. The irlsL women general in
cline 20 apple and candy stands the lutilus 10 fruit
ana NUS. A. best, the vendors lite hard, and kc all
OECr occupations now ths ogercrOwdcd, ont 10 stll
Minute from tie life the tramp.