New-York tribune., 1886-05-02
NAY MOVING NEARLY OVER.
AMUSING SCENES IN THE STREETS.
rnx HARVEST OF THE GHAsPING TRUcKMAN-oNLf
FEW LOADS OS THE BRIDGE

rnR HARVEST OF THE GnAsPING TRCcFMAN-oNLf
FEW LOADS ON THE BRIDGE.
The fact that the First of May came on n. Satur-
hoy tb,s year added rather TO It's tcrrOrs and nncc1
tanties for those unfortunate people VINO were were
meet on the part of the van companies OF nav W
make part of ones sunday toilet in the new house
two NIGHTS in rooms with bare floors
on one side Of the town and take ones meas AT an
indefinite distance of Oh the other made ,ne more orc
fastidious housewives hesitate and postpone 'ue
evil day. If possible. until Tomorrow. ~ una. no
doubted in fact, whether moving was as priSk yes
tnrday as on Friday. The demand for the larger
vans at least was said TO be less urgent at the Oh
fees of the companies Fewer were certainty % 10 oe
seen in the upper part of the city ana Oh 'iic "''
Side generally. l., ..o,,.c
On The East Side however, where Sunday counts
abOut the same as any other daN ana 'hc a'tlV,os
TO be moved weTesofew. comparatively as 10 ii,ahc
the transfer only matter OF an hour OF 'Wo' May
moving was in AL its bnstie ana CONFUSION. IN
Third-ave. trucks large ana sn,aiI, piIou up WIN
everv variety of house old goods were to he seen
i'm every block and down each OF the side streets
to the East River. one or two wagons were
standing. being loaded or dschargng 'heir 1relght'
All sorts of cOnveyances were pressed into service
The delivery wagon of an oyster house was
seen carrying bedding and kitchen ware. Another
marked Vinegar and Pickles" had load
of CARPETS and old clothes. Even beer wagons were
taken for furniture and pictures. Down near
Chatham Square an 1t iian family was on the move.
The paterfamilIas had turned his peanut cart To 40
nestle uses aad the wife and daughters We're dr'g
ging heavy storc-boX along filled VITA the 1amly
two loads on single coVeriesS s?ring-
wagon was to fasten ,aor, a WIRE alt.chinr "r
slat mattress upright TO the backhoaFd, h.'ohthe he
loose odd and ends Besides the usual amount oi
dust and litter IN the East side streets the siue-
walks were flied with paper aud raw ana 'hc
wind blew II about dlsagTeeably IN the face ana on
the clothes Of the passers-by.
Stray truckmcn abOunded who offered 10 move
whole households at a single load making cX'raor-
dnary Ofieis 10 the to break them unscrupu-
lousy aferward TO the hope ,,, =. o,o
:" I'll take your furniture out 10 Harlem LOT flo
n load" said of them to Ninth Warder;
out put to- his sorrow that transUGT1%iiSn mU%d%inS
and that an extra charge was MADE 1or
III cost inc nearly SI5 load by the time ] got
through he said to a TRlB " reporter. Another
trucknan charged Sc load Tor trlp acros' toWh,
but calmly sat on his seat and ann 1unced ina' hc
wouldn't have anything TO do with carrying Tue
downtown. except in Hudson-st and cast OF
Chatham Square: there were no evioehcrSL L oi III onc
excitement and discomfors of moving Inc t9ll.
man at the New-lork end of tine brldge sald that
abont ffty loads of household goods had gone over
up to O'clock and the slow movement kept up an
afternoon. No vans, however. were to be seen.
The annual immigration 10 Brooklyn seelns 10
have been etectually stopped.
An empty furniture van, drawn py TWO 'lreu
horses and havngin tow White horse ana brown
mule. went along Mulberry-St. in the afternoon
quarters the mu,c slipped ITS head ont OF the hal'el
and Law down the pavement The owner c9axeG
and pounded 1t III vain. Then he got a plank ana
pried the mule INTO the gutter. large cIo"u
gathered in the street and the owner was guyed
increasingly. Such mCckng ADVICE as lwlst IlS
fallr' and : Pinch his hind feet" was freely be-
slowed policeman went TO shoot the mule put
the owner protested. ., =,
"Ths is an old tnck of the tarnel brute he sad.
"Onlv Yesterday he got down the same way Ill
Gowanus and lay for an hour Hell get up when
he gets ready and not before Finally the owner
went away and the mule lay still. An oihcer OF the
Society fer the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
was summoned. He thought the mule was WORTH
less and might as well he Killed. but III the aD-
sencc of the owner. he SAID, he could not ac' Inc
mule did lot appear to be suffering. II lay on us
slde In a halt dose # ENJOYING long needed rest
Ahont nIghtfall an old Ecgro came along. whs-
pered something TO the mule which the crowd ana
not hear The mule understood the man, however,
and quickly and walked away with the new
found friend.
one of the results of the May moving has been
marked change III the appearance of Broadw2y pc
tween Pine and Cedar SIS The Equitable bnld-
ing has been undergoing process of remodelllng
Snternalv for some weeks and the work OF tearing
kown the buildings next to 1t on the h9rtHehs' M @
Corner of Broadway and Plne-st. has at last be-
cun The EQUITABLE Building has now narrow
front III Pine-St half way down the block, ana the
removal of Its neghbOrs on the corner VIII give II
a full front III broadway and PDc-st. The building
formerly occuricd bv August Belmont " Co. Is also
beng tom down for an outlet III Nassau-si.; ana
the new Fqmtable will thus cover the entire DOCK
except the northeast and @outheaSt corners.
Yesterday heavy Scafoldlng was run up on , lne
begun. Nothing WAS left of DelmOuicos Tcstawant
but the lonc lunch tables. The cooks, walters ana
cashier had all gone 10 thc new restaurant q" w
DIy-Gonds District. Upstairs the plaster was pc
ing chisclled of, tine lathing Tlpped up ana the
windows and sasies taken ont The METROPOLITAN
Bank Building was deserted, and woTkmen were
carving away the last Of the desks ana lalIlhgs
and steam heaters. On the Finest. slde many
windows had been taken out aud the sidewalk
was covered with plaster and rubbish. he new
signal Service tower had Its weather signals lying
but the old one showed bit OF scanoidlns sun
about its top. sign, Dangerous iaSSluei MtiS I
GiSplaved in NaSslu-st.. where the Belmont Bulld-
ing MAS also being knocked TO pieces inside.
There was an unusual number of changes ana re-
moyalS in Vail Street. he changes were more
numerous than important IN the estimation OF the
Street one of the largest firms affected was
Charles Uucer n Co, which was succeeded py
cashier were admitted to the partnership lie
firm of Alleu Dowd Il Field expired by limitation,
and CYRUS W. Field. iT.. ceased to have an interest,"
in the business. new firm under the style ol Al
ley Dowd d Co. was formed by the reiialhlhg
partners and George d. Patten, Jr as general part
ners aud Hiram W. Hunt as a special partner
Frederick Edey and a bert NJ. llerzog formed
new nrm STYLED Edey x !lerzog. Inc hIm OF
Paulding q SlossOn dissolved and two new
FIRMS James j. Paudng x Co. and slosson ~
Berian were formed. Owing to the alterations III
fhe Eonitable Building the Mercantile Trust Com
ranv Is now on the street floor of the new Astor
EuIldIng aud August Belmont a Co. are at NO. IL
pine-s.. A. De CordOva a Co. occupy the Offices oi
f. : Chapm & Co., No. "a Broad-st
Civil Justice Stcckler had more than 300 land
lord and tenant cases before him yester,
day. He informed landlords; that lie would
put no tenants in the streets except Ill
extreme cases. A widow with two chlldren
Informed the Justice tcarfully that she had
q landlord who wished TO get nd OF her aud she was
allowed five days which to lind another place
before beng obliged 10 move.
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