The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-28
ON THE BIG BRIDGE
The ShriekS of Help From the
River.
THE LOVERS PROMENADE
what May he seen and Heard-Ex-
perieses ofthe Night Police
The Suicides.

The sights and sounds on the New
York and Brooklyn Bridge at night
differ from those of the day, says the
New York Tribune, as much rs the
great arc of electric lights on that aeriaI
highway differ from the glare OF high
noon. Countrymen by the hundreds
drift idly across the structure between
sunrise and sunset every day. People
visiting New York for the first time
linger long on the bridge. They look
at the hurrying crowds who rush along
the promenade going westward to NV
York in tue morning, and eastward 10
bed and board in Brooklyn at night
fall They hang over the parapets, let
their gIances range over the two great
cities throbbing with busy life, mark
the rapid tide of the East River flowing
under their feet with the fleets aud
flags of the world lying at the wharves,
ply the wearied policemen with count
| less queries about the bridge, and then
when they return TO their homes they
| talk TO their friends and acquaintances
Z for hours concerning the stupendous
I structure. But thev have seen only one
side of life on the bridge. It i alter
! the electric lights have Supplanted tue
day, when the apparently endless
string OF vehicles and funeral process
sions that nave been rumbllng across
/ the roadway for twelve hours has
dwindled to an occasional truck or car
rage that the second side OF lie on the
bridge sets in. The steady roar OF the
cities ceases TO jar on the ear; the last
traveller homeward TO Brooklyn with a
weary look on his face and thoughts oil
supper in his head has passed hurrledly
on. The mighty arch is now given over
to family groups and 10 lovers.
The last TO leave the bridge are the
lovers. The young fellow" and his
best girl" will let blisstul compan
lionship trench on sleepiness every time
They form pleasant feature OF evening
life on the bridge. these lovers. Solitary
among moving crowds. his muscular
arm encircles her waist and she trust
/ fully submits to the careSs. NOBODY
, notices them. They are too common
and in that belief Is their great solac
. and assurance. But, though they low,
TO finger, by IL O'Clock they are follow
. ing in the wake of the vanishing domes
/ tic circles. The benches under tn
% towers become vacant. Perhaps SOM
/ lone youth fingers upon them to read
/ again in the white glare of the electricit
A missiye. well-thumbed, dirty and mi:
? spelled. The policeman looks az hin
. pityingly and passes on 70 his httl
I cabin where his can OF coffee simmer
. gently on the oil stove. Poor idgit,
= saws the policeman softly TO hlmsel
|. 'he's eatin' his white bread now In
policeman gets 81 day and has TO sup
mort a wife, mother-in-law, and eigh
children out of that. be pites u
I "A
p the Young fellow doesn't care Tor u
policeman. He cons the letter with n
faulty photography, and his ardent al
= lection for the writer grows with IN
o creased fervOr.
e Midnight sees the last lover gOr
!. from the bridge. At that hour IN
= policemen are changed. The memOel
u Of the night squad Jhat then comes Q
: wear tiffereat expressions from tho:
1. OF the day men. The stony stare an
e pcurt reply OF the dav policeman, WI
delights to freeze the marrow IN u
bones OF countrymen seeking informs
ton. find no imitators among the mgr
patrol. The night man walks with an
re passing foot traveller so long as the Ia
- Ter will be beguied. When the 10
:, travellers cease 10 anuse, there Is usI
- aIlv an animated dialogue going on b
Is tween the policeman on The prowena'
Id and his neighbor down on the driv
ID way. These intellectual exchanges
T views have wids scope. and emora
e. religion, politics, philosophy, and &
" price and quality Of the various bran
IN Of chewing tobacco. There ara
e, jumping crauks 10 worry the soul al
tax the vision of a night polieems
But there is nalack of incidents 10
terest the night Waterman. \ report
crossing the bridge at O'Clock o
= morning noticed policeman ieani