New-York tribune., 1886-05-01
THE ANNUAL AFFLICTlON.
HOMES MADE SAD BY THE MAY MOVING.

.n,,cv,rx,s PROMISES THAT ARE MADE TO BE
nRoKrN-UTIIIrY OF TIN WAREHOUSE.
Tho spirit of the first of May abroad yester-
day in all its nialevolcnce and p'unged lhn.nel- .
able households into the series of m0vlng-tim
Trunks and bags lay at the doors ana on the s,al M
cascs. furniture and wrapped-up carpets were
stacked against the walls. books and pictures wclr
packed in boxes. aud then the impatient owner no
waited and waited for draymen VINO came '"c,
three or tive hours late, or, too often not 4. an.
the Offices of the van and storage companies oN:
women and exaspcratcd men kept inqulrhg
whether Mrs. Smiths furniture was 10 W"lV an
NIGHT on the sidewalk or If Mr.. Jones was gong 10
have TO sleep on the floor OF his new apait'un's'
and the clerks kert adding perjury 10 pe'J@, ~ ond
ccrning the delinquent vans WIN an o'so ' n "i,,
reculnr,ty which gave conhdcrce fJr tiWc 70 cNcu
.i ,,nst hardened movers. The drivers ot stray
trucks however. were happy. Ir.cs YES ; ia go -
Thursday and VITA the ialnie oi lne vpi,'', ~ , -. ..
meet the dcfrand we're slipping up"H.i ~. I uI @ n
nT 10 to 90 cents an hour. Many of the truckmeh
wore engaged ahead and those who were not were
soon called away from their stations ABOUT 'ne up
srn snnores TO help ont i'll the more urgent cases.
There was little moving downtown T' ID the part
Of the city east If Chatham square III ihiro-aVe.
ord on the East Sdc generally there were many
Lusv scenes The tenement population seemed Ill
The main to he holding 10 their old quarters ana no
large vans OF course, were needed iol Wy Wy @ sit,'
stock of goods ana chates of those that dd move.
Ncar Fifty-sx xth ST q brokcnd down wagon was seen
with its load halftumblnc oil. half ON the ground;
bedding. kitchen ware chairs croGkcry % nnu nt ul,
clothes in hopeless confusion, broken mower po'
showing at the bottom of the mass. Oerhiah-
American woman was shouting VIGOROUSLY at ~. .;o
nrt tpr
,m;h,n in the broades of Irish. good zeal OF NOV
;nr WI f, done in a uuet way IN Lexington ana l ARK
aves-he large covered vans Heprvig IL II ,Sar s,Sar
ma RI of its picturesque and medley features rur'hei
across the CITY, IN SIXTH Seventh and Eight aves''
vans were less frequent again. ana the str3esllhg
droyman was in his Il Dry. Household eoous were
ratiled along in way that half concealed and nall
e1lel every weak point In tie outnt; III the
Eight and Ninth Wards. where people still own inc
bonses in which they live. changes were not Ire
nneut though down HudS0n-st one could SOME
times see half dozen trucks. CARVING furniture,
at the same moment. few stra2glGd also across
the Bridge. though the tde In that uilcc'lon has
been for some years steiHiGc'. ~ C
At the offices of the Manhattan Storage Company
Lexington ave. and forty-second,sf.' tue cierks
wore almos. too busy to say anything No; Nou
can't engage a van before the 4th or ON oi MAY,
SAID one to a TEIBCNE reporter. :" am very sorry
but We really can't move you at any price, nc con-
tinued. -. ., ;.,,rod .bo ro
norter who did not care 10 be moved wen,
every one belonging t. the estabiishpicht mas Vecn
rnuninr dav and night, and will for two or three
DAYS vet | can't begin to say how many Outsidc
wagons have hirel. We nave taken ma. an we we
conid get and are still away behind. fancy one
mr. two hundred people have been turned away TO-
day from this Office and the rush has gotten farIy
under way We must have twenty OF thiIt! vans vans
of 0ur own We charge from Sl2 to IL . LOAD now
for a reasonable distance hnt prices VII be DeheT
TO morrow and the day after. FOR the uncovered
small truck and wagons we get from - To Tlo Il
load according TO the distance. There is an extra
charge for freight to Harlem or over to brookiVn
Many families are not really moving, out gre s.1i
Ing their goods IN preparation i'i s''n- '"'o INV
country" e,, , - ;., .r ;o,,a
By this time the room bad filled mp win ANXIOUS
oppljcants who we're real movers as shown hy ther
crhnhling. All the vans were behind time and the
clclk could only make fresh promises TO break an
Lonr or two af;crward. =.
A. the offices OF the Metropolitan Van and
STORAGE Company Thirty y-cighth-st. and Broadway;
there was the same demand ior transportation ana
the same inability to meet 1t fuIy. e are COM ny
much more than yesterday, however" SAID the
clerk "and have gotten on a larger force OF extra
truckmcn. Prices are up asa we ooh lol sieat
Gav tomorrow good many OF the movers VIII
have hard time of il tonight"
truckman who drove his own wagon was moi
inst AZ he deposited his load CT furniture in upper
Eroadwav "Im making more now, he sad
. than did in week. I'm bigger man now than
q cabman IN ii tIe-up. l get 20 a load ana carry
two or three loads OF ar atternoon
Little Inoving was done last night. The men ana
horses except those OF the largest van companies,
were given rest III anticipation OF inc lush VA W
day.