Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-27
The Experience Of aGreen Texan on
His First kmble Down New
York's Big Boulevard.
sIop Women, Snow shovelers, Dudes,
women with Poodle Dogs. Mil
Iionaires, Jostle Him BY.
A Look Down wall Street and visit 10 the
stock acknowledgements Made
by Castle Garden.
sneo,sl Correspondence Of the Gazette,

every footsteD, and the blood in ones
veins seemed to be In the same hurry TO
yet somewhere that is possessed by every
animate thing In the city. After survey
ing the situation / concluded to WAX
down town. 10 walk down town from
the hotel means iaunt Of about six
miles. But as | was ~ no sort OF hur-
nv, as 10 one was down waiting for me,
or for anyone else either, as far as my OBJ
servation goes, | walked. To attempt 10
depict the experience OF green Texan
on his first amble down the famous bOue-
ward will he impossible. It Is too much
mixed and mingled to be accurately de-
scribed in words II Is Il kind Of pot
pourri, as IL were, of wonder, astonish-
ment aud awe. At starting | was sur
prised TO lind how much overrated the
street was for the amount OF hustle and
number OF persons that one would
meet on the walks. Sometimes /
would walk half-block with
out being jostled against by anybody, and
experienced no difficulty Whatever in
crossing from one side to the other with.
out danger of colliding with an omnibus,
car or pedestrian. | sauntered slowly
along, smoking my cigar and gazing into
the shop windows and up at the signs, en-
deavoring to appear as much at ease as ii
| had been resident of Manhattan from
the days OF William Won Twiller and
Hardheaded Peter, determined that no
one should know | was from the rural
deestricks" got on amazingly well
until | passed Fifth avenue and was sur
prised on looking up at lamp-post to
make the discovery that | was on some
other street than Broadway. Retracing
my steps a square or two, | found that
the "big road" had made detour which
l. had not observed. When | was once
more headed in the right direction the
crowd had wildly increased aud | found
slop-women with brooms and buckets, la
borers with iron shovels, dudes
with eyeglasses and toothpick
shoes, women with poodle dogs,
messenger boys and members Of
the stock exchange jostllng against mt,
Just as II I were one OF them. There was
sea of heads and a rushing mass of
humanity everywhere. The street was in
an uproar of confusion and turmoil,
wagons, cabs and cars were colliding,
and drivers were whistling and hallooing
at everybody as II they alone were enti-
tied to the right of way and every one
else was "of time" and running "wild.n
These latter, let we explain, are technical
terms which we railroad men understand,
and most OF your readers will compre-
bend.
Arriving at Canal street | turned aside
To catch my breath, and simultaneously
my eye caught the sign of "Dahlman
Bros" so familiar TO your readers. |
entered aud found myself shaking hands
with Isaac, Abraham and Henry, all look
ing well and az glad TO sec some one from
the Empire state as | was to escape from
the mob on Broadway. / spent an hour
very pleasantly with them and resumed
my way | was sorely tempted to cross
over to Sixth avenue and take the eleva-
ted, but had started out to walk
down town, and I put the temp
ter behind me with u wave
of the hand that would have made old
Podsnap himself green with envy, and
plunged into the mass of humanity with
az much equanimity as an expert swim
mer would take a header into the surf,
or Bill Sterett would open jack pot with
faces and -" read many familiar
signs along the street, when l dared to
look up, and among them was that OF
Edwin, Bates and Co., who do business
on the capital of Romulus Napoleon Ora
ham, the silver king OF the Sierra Madres
| saw the postoilice as | passed, the
Chemical National bank, where | keep my
money, and the largest bank in America.
! don't intend to draw out my deposits
lust now, as am Interested in having the
money market remain serene, and don't
intend by any rash or ill-considered act
ot mine To disturb it, | saw the Tribune
building, with Is tall tower, the offices of
the Times, World aud Sun, and of them
were imposing aud Impressive looking
structures on the outside, but from none
of which Issues as good a paper, com
paratiyrly, as THE GAZETTE. | stopped
u few minutes In front of old Trinity
church and gazed down Wall street
Realizing that man who hesitates stands
as good chance of getting lost as a wo
man does, and that man who stands OF
the corner on Broadway stands Il gooC
chance OF being run over, | ceased u
contemplate the moving panorama anC
showed on" Just rs policeman opened
his mouth as IL he was going TO remarl
that il would be a good thing to do
dropped into the stock exchange, the en-
tree to which was secured by card whicl
member had previously provided me
and remained Just long enough to dis
cover that the members who We're so eN
citedly buying and selling Delaware
I.ackawanna, the Central, Western Union
and other stocks, were neglecting thu
golden opportunity of buying Fort Worth
& Rio Grande, which can be had at 9S ex
coupon Emerging into the open al
with "a Glove In my mouth handed me by
gentleman covered with bland smile an,
white apron, l resumed M walk dowI
town. soon found myself surrounded
by Germans with rings in their ears, ltal
ians with maccaroni in their stom
achs, aud Irish who wonlC
have been more pleasant 4
come in contact with II they mad takel
tho precautlon TO obtain clove--in snort
was at Castle Garden where the immi
grants of all nations make their debut Il
the land OF the free and home Of the brave
| looked out across the waters at Sta
ton island, at Governors island wher
Hancock, whom | once assisted In per
suading to became a candidate for tn
presidency, and whose trite and truthful
remark that sthe tariff Is local Issue.
precluded his getting farther than thu
candidacy, has his home. Away out a
sea saw the pedestal on which the statu
OF Bartholdi Is to be erected some day