New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-02
TENANTS IN THEIR NEW QUARTERS

PERSONS LEAVING THE cTTY-MOyIyc no,u..
TOWN.
The truckman was abroad in the city yesterd..
morning long before the sun had risen At a Won,
early hour the fountains of furniture, stoye.n;n.
and crockery seemed to be entirely broken up ana
the streets were flooded with those articles wheh.
floating population Of the city was increased thor
sand fold. Many householder and many dyyelIa,
in the French fat rose early for it was the lst .,
May and for them the sorrest day in all the s,a
new year. They didn't dance around any May-Dol.
to the sound of a violin The May-pole had becops
a wagon pole. and the gay ribbons horses rein,
in the truckman's hands. They paid the fiddler, to
be sure but according TO all accounts his price wa,
large one. The watchwOrd OF the movers YESTERDAY
was upward and Outward for the majority ofthem
are moving upto wn and TO the ferries. Early in
the morning the loads of household goods began
crossing the ferries, most of them going 10 BROOKLYN
and WILLIAMSBURG. although few people seemed 10
prefer the perfumed atmosphere Of Hunters Point
the wilGs OF NewJersey 10 this city OF land
lords and tax-gatherers.
All day long great iron safes were either standing
around prOmi ,cuOusly in lower Broadway and tia
adjacent streets or else were going slowly up stairs
or sliding up the front of sx-stOry buildings Law.
yers' and brokers' Office furniture scattered
about the sidewalks. and truckmeD Were succeed
ing admirably in blocking traffic and in drawing
crowd. Among the tenement-hOuses the yelling
crowds of children, ths dscordant brass stree.
bands the seemingly unlimited quantities of diispi.
dated furniture that moved along in tOtteriug loads
or on the backs and heads Of men, women and chill
dren, all made scenes not easy 70 imagine and diff
cult to desc Inc. The secondhand furniture stores
in those regions seemed fairly swamped by the
floods of broken-lOwn chairs ancient and dishon-
orable looking bureaus, tables that shem. Ham
and Jsphet might have been sent away from IN
their early youth, and kettles that the Witch Of
Eudor might have used. These interesting articles
overlooked the stOrrs spread themselves over the
neghborIng sidewalks, and filled cellar ways and
alleys.
oft tho citr how no 1sto
May was everywhere. The avenues and side streets
uptown were filled with moving loads and Uttered
with burlaps, pastebOard boxes packing paper and
cotton waddng. In Fifth-aye. itself brownstone
steps were covered with piles of bedding, sofas and
chairs with their spring busters on. Among the
yellow dog-carts jOting painfully over the stones
among the family coaches emb azoned with tho
coats Of OF the dukes or at least the baronet
of the realm, moved the unslghtly caravans OF
loaded trucks and wagons with founda ions OF
sewing machines, supersru ctures OF baby carriages
and pinnaces OF bedslats aud stovepipes. All sorts
of vehicles were pressed into service Ihere were
trucks and carts and country "lumber-bOx wagons
wheels and two-horse carts with thres
Nv heels-One wheel having broken down
street-car drivers Covered wagons were seem 50
were delivery wagons OF pie bakeries win KIND
ling wood stove shoves and old shoes on the pie
shelves. Truckmen charged enormous prices, and
got them. too.
Several of the new buildings in the lower part Of
the city were not completed according TO expecta-
ton, and some confusion resulted therefrom. Even
i'm the old buildings the repairs many instances
were extensive that they could not be hnished n
time to d. rmit the tenants TO move IN comfort
ably and this too IN spite OF the TACT that on many
of the buildings the work was continued during
Sunday. Ii was not an unusual Hight 10 see men
whose property could be reckoned Dy millions
sitting in rooms where carpenters and painters
bUsiiy at work. In the midst OF the CORFU
sion they sat undlsmayed, attempting successfully
to transact their business " hen perhaps their only
desk was a bare board resting upon couple OF
boxes or barrels. The safe of one large Spectator
Inv in KFOuH
took books aud papers as they wanted them, and
again locked them up while the safe remained ~
the same place. Some brokers dld not nave even
these cOnyenIences and wandering from theu
former Offices had not where to Law their ledgera
The moving In the neighborhOod Of the STOCK
Exchange was by no mean, general, but because Oh
the unfinished state of many OF the office buildings
it was exceedingly confused. The wall Stfees
National Bank moved into Its new quarters III the
Mills Building, but the proper entrance vas nos
VET ready and on one side there was nothing eAcept
a board partition between the room and the central
court In spite OF all Inconvenience the bank dld It's
business there yesterday good deal OF work yet re-
mains to be done in this building. The upper
stories are about completed and the elevators 10
them are in running order; but the nrSt uoQrs are
not yet ready for their occupants. Among the ten
ants that moved IN yesterday are the Pullman taac3
Ear Company Bouvler 4 Wallace the Ontario and
Western and the West Shore and Buffalo Railroad
Companies and on the same HOor the North RIVER
Construction Company while above them are inc
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company anu tn9
Northern Pacific, and still higher the central
Pacific and the st. Louis and San Francisco RAIL
road Offices. Others who moved into the building
are J. I. Bates x Co., Ialcott x Sons; a; Il. Eae5
Il Co.. Barker X Tinker Hutchinson Brothers, and
other stock brokers; Leland Stanford ana Ciin-
ton b. Fisk. .u
Tho orthodox dscomfofts of the day were fully
exemplitied in THE TRIBUNE Building. whtre rom
daylight until late at night the tenants were en-.
gagged IN moving in and settling themselves III tnef
new quarters Many of the tenants OF the oluer
mart of the building transferred their desks books
and papers to Offices IN the new part. thOhsol
newcomers poured in TO take their places anas
still larger throng in 10 occupy onces IN tns
new building with them. The building IesemOled
a beehive all day. One of the large elevators wa
wholly devoted to the transportation OF iurntiio
and freight, which were constantly arriving IN
WAGONS in such quantities as 20 suggest tine ehot-
nous capacity of lHE TRIBUNE Building anu 70
elicit the query =" Where can they put 1t an laS
discOmiorts of the day were very much rednced
by the improved condition OF the hali"sys
and rooms. great cnange had T Shsa
place IN the building within three days iI ,he
had been general clearing OUT oi Nh
barrels boxes, piles of lumber scafoldlng ana ruD,
bish which ODstructed the several stores IN Tue nc
part n few days before. Except for the thlons 0
human beings there was no difficulty In moving
about the Railways. The rooms were an
habitable. and the bright and handsome LOoa
itself in a marked manner. There was geheIA
feeling of content among the tenants. Those who
had anticipated the evil day by moving IN,
in the confusion of last week, made gooa
Roadway i'll the work OF settling themselves
i'll their new quarters, while the neNe.
corners felt natural qualification that their rooms
were in such good condition and that they haa
successfully accomplished the appalling task Of
removal on May Day. Three large hags were ny
ing from the top OF the building all day Ahnos
every room has been rented. OF the whole zen
stories not quite twenty rooms are now unengasea
OF unoccuped. - =.
A Number of tenants moved into Temple Court. as
Nassau and Beekman-sts., the building erected o
Eugene Kelly the banker. Temple Court Is nlns s
stories high, containing about 100 rooms. ApOus
thirty tenants moved In Yesterday. The stairway
and halls were crowded with the barrels of pas,et
and sand, and the plies of lumber etc. OF the Dul
ers and the furniture ~ OF incoming raSrt 'en's s,S
that the finishing touches will not be put on tas
rooms and Railways for two weeks. The maJoriy
of the rooms thus far leased have been engage"