New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-09
DEALERS or TIE SIDEUALKS.

TRAFFIC OF THE sTAND-KEfPERS-THElR SLENDER
STOCKS AND sCANTY PROFITS.
There are few people, doubtless. who have not
noticed the great number of frut-stands IN large
CITY, and wondered how many of them could be
made profitable. Set p man down anywhere III
NewYork and he is TO be in sight Of or at least
within short walking distance of one OF these
booths, where he can get apples oranges, OF other
fruits IN their season. or if fruits are lacking, can
buy cakes candy, nuts. or lemonade AT TINS season
| of the year apples, peaches and bananas are the
main staples of the trut-stands. y short time ago
lemonade was the leading feature of the stock.
owing TO the severe and prolonged heat, and cherries
held their brief and rosy reign on the street aud
then vanished till next year. Pears and grapes
will soon be plentiful and deck the stands with con-
trasting colors OF purple and yellow and red Inen'
as the season grows colder. nuts VIII come INTO
favor the shrill whistle Of the peanut-roaster VIII
rcsound on the street corners; waluu!s ready
cracked. will tempt the passerby; and the Office
bows Will run out TO get Their pocheS Iui' on roy
chestnuts which. if they happen 10 burn through
the cloth. mag accelerate then getting back 10 ther
duties.
York by keeping fIuij-StaUd>. Some OF them have
substantial booths erected on the sidewalks for
which ttcy often pay snug rue rGntaIS 10 NE
owners of adjacent buildings. Oihers keep hatFeis
10 keen their stocks IN over night, and these they
roll IutO SOmo uoishborng stores AT evening WHO
! small trays answer 10 display ther wares uuiMg
! the day Others have only baskets ana GOOD
! many elderly women" anniles," as they are
| popu!arly cailcd-dO iair business by ped9llng
n ME. and other fruit in the banks auu other large
Offices Some hundreds Of frult-NeudeTS nave thcf
little baudcarts on whIcl they must pay license
! fee of So and II additional each year These carts
/ seem 10 be never stationary. Perhaps the police
make them move on. Certainlt is, If one buys some
! GOOD fruit from one Oi these carts ana wants more
| ne cannot find his man, ana II lie fel' chta'ed on
some worthless stut, and wants 10 reDuhe the pte-
dcr the peddier isn't there. Perhaps IL Is best on
! the whole for them TO Keep moving. fIiht on thcse
! ham carts is often not 50 good that on the
| stationary stands. for the carts with me unsod
fruit are frequently wheeled into some hthy place
At night ana the fruit gets dirty or contracts bad
flavor That on the stationary stands j. generally
locked mp in them over night aud 40 Is kept com
paritIycly fresh and clean. 49,
Most If the fruIt-y cnders are Italians The dark
eyes of these Giuscppcs, and GiuiioS. and Antomos,
car, he sccn all along the crowded streets watching
the stream Of people and waiting or tue man with
| spare pennies 10 come along. lhey seem 10 Know
an aIple-eater NJ sight. They are very acute IN
their little dealng-. and Sort their frult INTO very
,rris,, .z.s labelled cent and - cent. >" and
XIX In ~ and - cent; hnt few of them can
| praprle with anything moro Intricate. ew
| of diem speak English, and II one attempts
| conversation with item hc Is answered Mlth
musical mos" and uuos," aud " donos," till ne
| is forced To The conviction that neither oil thein
! knows. .,., -
turrsCue with green leaves and ta>teuly arranged
pIee OF part cul0rcd fruit. Frequently the most
interesting feature Is the keeper OF me stand Oil
!
| liub.rt and West-sts.. old woman has kept u
! stand for a long time. Her lace Is even more
wrnked than Yesterday ReNspHpe4' riiu S''e -
| apparently too old to keep her place long. sue
lc,',s . GOOD Dirc of tobacco and SITS there pulling
| complacenty ana watching the traffic OF Ne'i-st.,
| the lie on the TNtT, a"d, be5Ohd Tie uupOcucdi
| An0thcr old woman i'm Weat-st. sits almost com
u.trlv slut NJ III her booth, only her face appear
/ Ing AID looking Ike that OF a mummy IN lraihe'
Her sock Is generally as ola ana "liheftu as Hrl-
! self hat the ncighbOrng lOugshorcmen have
! leathern stomachs. and from them Sic gets many
Cd Uncle Tom" is well known at Jay and
Grrcuwicbsts He Is nearly paralyZed but MS race
| lights up with a smile when ne sees aH Old lienu'
! and be has good number of patrons who purchase
" Ami Warv.U who keeps a stand at Nassau and
! Ann-sts smd in answer to inquiries about q" the
81 dout make much ont of it," only about n dollar
a day sometimes not tbat. used TO do well before
the war, but there is 100 many III IL now reaches
are Oh aud there IS not much pr0ht III aPpes. MY
lemonade did pay well i0i aWnIr, Dul no one GNU
| now but children. Some people think II easy WORK,
| bat when YOU have 70 go TO market at O'Clock ~
the morning and then sit here till at night II ISN'T
30 ems have kept this STAND for twenty five years
1 and many of these men YOU see mere were boys
! tncn. They always come and see me Wneh they
arc in the city. Sometimes forget one oil tnein ;ud
! he Will say. Aunt Mary, don't you Know moi /
| have had iard work to care for nv children since
nv husband died, but people are very good 10 me-
| and trust in the Lord.
and told somewhat similar stories Some repOi tea
profits of ~ or ~ day, and otheIs Tell below 90
| cents. -, -. $500 cl . nod
| u.,tured Italian who spoke English very well, ana
! also he sad, French and Spanish lie keeps an ac-
| couut book aud showed the reporter ms expense
for pcachcs apples pears cake ana pies, loutihR w
| ,vor az that morning. lie gives cred 10 some
| neonlr and showed "A list OF Names mostly ltaIGL,
| ~ urrsous who owed him sums from cents 10 ~.
| He nays for the use Of the sidewalk ny keeping IL
III md tnp nuI