The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-05-24
NEW YORK SIGHTS.
,.pS COT FROM THE ELE.
Gil " rED RAILROAD CARS.

,,to the Upper Windows of ali
LOohl"r peopIe on all Sorts of Occa-
s'o'' ,jo1 C,rrespondence Of The Chronicle
, YORK. MAY 21.-I took ride
.Ithr whole length OF the city ON
't' IN. of it on the elevated cars few
f. H.. aao and if you use your eyes on
"' ':5 y "trip YOU can see some very amusing
sights a.. r,,l+on .treat station
,.,0 town. and went up the B0wery and
fr, Third avenue. AT one OF the nrst
.o+0n,, the hindmost car IN when was
ated did not run under the shed so as TO
I,.,.r . view into the second and third
.fory windows. In one vast ana dlhgy
So rim, operatives of clothing factory
Ioo.l work There were hundred sew
l,machjues. | suppose, all run by steam,
ms a1 III oo,ly at breakneck speed. wo-
n 'lr or :, man was seated at each of them,
nl''l ,or, ono, sleeves rolled up and every
,nns attention given studiously to the
rl, Little BOYS and little girls were
n,,iuo about carrying cloth or garments
NJ thread
In = minute after the cars started the
.,no wa, changed We passed by one of
,hp Bowery 1O-cent lodging houses
rtrough the window you could see the
rnw, of plank "breaks,' one above an
arbnr all closely crowded, four or five
Gaan and darkness and dirt abundant.
Then another tailor's working-room, this
rime full of men, who were sitting tailor
fashion on tables sewing away. A candy
factory. a trunk factory, a hat factory
yon Get a glmse at each, and then comes
a rarer sight Behind gaudy sign, that
tells Of the making of masks and cos
Tunes. YOU see hanging up in room
hundred clowns dresses, fancy ball cos
fumes, masks wigs, outlandish gear of all
SORTS. And little further on the open
uDper windows of an undertaken show
long rows of collins.
After the lower part of the street IS
passed, you ride by the windows OF upper
stories where people live. You get
glimpse into neat partments-no"er pots
on the inner windOWslll, pictures ON tne
walls neat furniture everywhere, ana
very old man sitting reading newspaper.
Then five doors further along, while one
Strapping woman beats the bed, announcer
one beats a baby You can see the brat's
mouth give every evidence of noise, but
YOU cannot hear its screams. At another
window group of children wave their
hands and hats at the train, and presently
YOU stop Just before a dining room, where
half dozen Frenchmen are taking a
liquid meal Finally, far up town, there
is little to see You pass by closed win
dows or windows open, which show moth
ing but unpicturesque respectabihty Peo-
pie are interesting only when they are out
of the common rut-when they make
themselves ridiculous, for instance; ana
80 the ride far up town is without sights
worth looking at
On the return trip down town on the
Sixth avenue side, the sights are OF the
same -washerwomen, tailors, a we'd
ding now and then, rooms in hotels, stu
dos, wig-shops, nurseries-you get gimp
ses of all sorts Of people while they are
doing all sorts of things. The people VINO
live along he routes Of the elevated rail-
WAYS have become so accustomed TO the
constant passing Of gazers into their
homes and workshops that many OF them
are entirely careless about 1t. And the
ers-by have long ago lost the natural
curiosity of men and women to see What
other men and women are doing. Only
country people and strangers, and others
TO whom the elevated road is novelty,
ever care to look to see even the mos'
amusing and interesting spectacles.