Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-15
BACK NUMBER BUDD"
THE PROSPEROUS BUSINESS OF AN
ENTERPRislN6 coLoRED MAN.
Over million Copies OF old Newspapers
Collected on an OriS,ua, Capital
of es-Reiic, of Ola
New York

of es-Reiic, OF Ola
New York
n New York world.l
AIol ut NJ. pudd t"BaclS Number Budd"
70 cad il q colored mau and was born
VI ashlngs en- 'hiry-two ycrrsago. rive
ysAsss ago he cal.c teNew Ydrkwitl 80 10
his pocket and openeasc iasel blacking stand
enterprising and industrious. he got along
and soon branched out into the newspaper
business. Like other siewsdealers he some
times found himself with umsU!d copies Of
the daily papers on his hands. The FIRE
qucnt inquiry for old papers suggested an
idea to Mr.. Budd, aud his present bust
ness il tho carrying out of the idea--lhe
keeping OF complete files Of all New York
papers 80 as to be able TO furnish back
numbers at any time
In the basement of 1912 broadway,
on the east side Of the street, few doors
above Thirty second. Budd has his place
He still does business as a bootblack, but
numerous signs inform the pubic that
here they may subscribe for any publica.
ton desired Az one side OF the entrance
TO the dark basement Is this notice. Back
numbers of all daily papers for every day
In the year. while opposite Is another
slgp. .Boots BACKED. . cents. Still
another informs the public that the place
IS open every day In the year from
a m Ia 10 D. M. and that whilo seven
boot backing tickets may be bought for
" cents, the proprietor is not willing TO
labor on the Lords day for nothing, and
therefore charges 10 cents for backing
boots after Q p. In on Sunday.
PAPERS ON FILE.
When a reporter visited the place IL was
very dark, except at the foot Of the stairs,
and din jet of gas in the back part OF
the room only seemed TO add to tho gen
ernl gloom. All about the room, on
shelves, tables and counters, were piles of
newspapers. The proprietor, a tall, good
raiured young fellow. was busy writing
IN . booE, stopping now and then 10 sort
OUT s,iuc particular pal er frumsa loose
pile behind him.
~ es, he said. sim Back Number
Bndd That nickname helps TO advertise
my business SO ] don't mind I've been
here since eli 20. 1889; began with less
than wagon.load of old papers. aud now
/ have 100000
what do charge for these old pa.
pcrsy That depends on how old they are
mud how muth they are wanted. My
pr.ces run from cents up Sometimes
these lawyers want paper to use III
c, urt. and they have to pay for it. The
most ever charged for singh paper
was 80. A lawyer paid me $40 tor two
copies of The Sun published In 1861.
Newspaper men often borrow papers,
look them over here in the shop and pay
me 50 cents or 81 4 large part Of my
trade 10 in the country, but l never send
papers out until they are paid for. Gen.
has Va
June, 1854. be came and got a months
file of the papers containing an account Of
the Grant X Ward failure, and the next
day his wife got The World and Tribune
for tue same time
'How do keep track? Oh, that's easy
enough. The papers are arranged by
dates and tied in bundles of one month
then each paper has its own particular
shelves, and the bundles are stored in reg
ular order and each bundle is tagged
Here. for instance pointing to q pile of
papers. is The World. ou see. they
are arranged in double rows of six; that
gives twelve bundles. one year. on each
sheif. You ask for The World Of July 4.
lsoa Here's the 1913 shelf; July is the
end bundle In the second row Seventh
want Is the fourth from the 'top OF the
bundle. The only trouble is that I'm
getting crowded and will soon need more
room. This ace is 24xJ5, and it's full
already. | keep files of twenty-five
dailies, two unday papers and eight week
lea
CUSTOMERS AND BUSINESS.
-Who are your best customers?"
Newspaper men aud lawyers, bat
have alls from all sorts of people--lots o.
thum from out OF town
-Does the business paw"
"Wel. have 800, 900 old papers
you can put any value on them you please
and guess I've got the value Of the q
] started out with. Next year | want to
buy lot somewhere ard put up build
Ing 10 store my stock In. haven room
!, FIR many more here Yes The bushes
avs. but I'm not too proud 10 black boot
yet awhile
4. Here are some old papers. placing
before the re. orter pile dusty and brown
with age. The first was Herald Of ha,
81. 1914. The leading article was headed
esquire Bugg's Great Letter Agalns
lanes Gordon Bennett and the New Yorl
and Erie | abroad ompany. \ Ollie
Gazette Of May 20. 1860 had on its trs
page wretched wood cut of the captur
;ot EFF Davis; IL frank i.eslies. of Apri
%. 1865. showed Booth shooting lincoln
while the issue OF May i contained pic
lures Of Lincolns funeral; and wecl
later. full page picture Of two men in
boat dumping u sheeted figure into th
sea, was entitled "The Assassin's End
Other papers were a Herald Of Aug 70
1860. containing an account Of the 0pcl
ing of Central park; Tribune of o'
e. 1874, with twu-coinmn leadt
headed. Can ] onscieltiously Vote f.
Henry ClayS" and signed, "A Professe
Christian; bound volumn of The u
for the year 1881 including copy (
June 20. of that year, with turne
column rules for the death OF Lafayette
The Sun OF these days was four pat
ehcet, with three short columns TO Il
page The editors were njamln L
Day and George w. Misner
Where the C.iy ohoru. glri Comes In.
lDrooslyn Eaye
-The Mikado" is great opera for ug
chorus girls Justice comes in tue end
every one. and the scrawny aud unsyr
metrlcal members of comic opera organ
cations who have been so long recgat,
20 the rear Of the stage. while thoir mo-
graceful sisters ca ltured salvos Of a
plause. In the front ranks, now have the
innings.
The Japanese costumes for women In
Purltanical design, which would ha
caused acute satisfaction to the mo
proper OF the Pilgrim athers. They u
q III 4.