New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-17
FROM MANY POINTS or VIEW.

the strctest superintendcnts in tho railroad business Is
exceedingly popular among the employees OF the
Central During the blizzard last March he kept
large force Of men at work night and day. clearing
the tracks It became necessary on the hrst day
on which work was begun at the Harlem end OF the
tunnel to provide them with sufficient shelter against
the severe storm when they were not at work AS
no suitable accommodations could be found in the
neighborbood, Mr.. Bssel promptly ordered several
drawng-room cars to be pulled out Of tho Grand
Central Station and switched of on to the side track
for their use. This created something Of stir among
Of the officials, and Mr. Bissell was asked II he
thought that 1t was necessary TO provide such iuA
urous quarters for his worhngmen
eyes sire answered Mr.. Blsse with decision:
"My men are working hard and working wei, and
there is nothing too good for them at such time as
this Those cars stay where they are as long as the
men stay there" And they did.
race between railroad trains may not be as
exciting as a horserace, but 1t helps to relieve the
monotony OF travel New WORKERS who live In the
suburbs and ride every day on the Harlem or New
Haven trains occasionally witness trials OF speed
by locomotives along the four straight tracks south
of the Harlem River. Most Of the Harlem trains
stop at the One-hundred and twenty ffthst. s'auon
and run through the dark tunnels below Nlnetydfth
st. Recently tho train from White Plains, which was
due at tho Grand Central Citation at 1O:2o a. m,
had several brushes with New-Haven tra'l, when
crossed the Harlem River and took one OF the mddio
tracks about 10 10 Sometimes the Harlem Tram
would bc pulling out from One-hundred and-t twenty
afthst when the New-Haven train crossed the bridge
Before the Harlem train could get under full Roadway
tho New Haven train would creep up and begin to
pass It. The rule was TO give the right Of way into
the Grand Central Station to the train when nrst
passed the signal station at Eighty sixtil-st On
more than occasion, when the race seemed 10
be in favor OF the New.Haven train as far as one
hundred. and tenthst, the Harlem engineer crowded
on steam and sent his train whzzlng into the tunnel
we'll ahead Of tho rival locomotive. Highly re-
spectacle and sod-looklng business men would JOIN
In applause as the smiling conductor hustled through
the train, while the Jolly brakeman calico OUT
All, therol We got therep Fun on that train
was spoiled on Monday, when a change In the time
table made as to bring tho train to the
Grand Central Station ten minutes later
There was race between two Harlem trains on
Monday evening, when the train leaving the Grand
Central Station at 6 80 o'clock a few minutes
late in getting out OF the yard above the station
reporter living in fremont missed that tram, put
got on the express train starting az o:oO LILLE
10 get of at Mott Haven and take horsecar rathe,
than wait for the 40 train The express tram paSssu
the way train at hundred o6a 70 catc
the train which he had missed at torty-second-sI
OF course, said we'll known poultry dealer of
Fulton Market, everybody is getting ready for the
accustomed Thanksgiving turkey, and one OF the re-
quiremonts IS that this populaf bird shall DO Doth
young and large The idea Is mistaken one Tor
the mediumslzed turkeys are much sweeier and more
palatable than the heavy ones. Where do most
of the turkeys come from? We get large lots from
all parts of NewJersey and New-York State, While
a great many from Philadelphia, Lancaster
Mount Joy and other points In Pennsylvania. me
best turkeys are brought from this State. From
Yonkers to Oneonta get shipments, but the hnest
Of all come from Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Newburg
and similar places They are called upcounty
stock The old way of shipping them drawn mas
boon practically abolished except when they come
from Rhode Island-and sometimes from New-Jersey.
Wild turkeys will begin TO come In toward the
close OF the present month"; but they do not amount
TO much compared with the trade In the domestic
one. They cost a few cents moro per pound, ana
are sought after by some fashionable people on
Murray Hill Most of them come from KENTUCKY or
the FOUNTAINS of Tennessee Our hrm supplies
twentyseven clubs and hotels in this city exclusively,
and YOU can form an idea of the enormous consump-
ton I'm the city when 1 tell you that the Fifth
Avenue Hotel alone buys from US every day an
average of 700 pounds of poultry. Our weekly sales
of poultry, which, of course, includes game, amount
to twenty five or thirty tons nriusp Di pI chick
ems. The prices will not be materially alteIcu ny
the Thanksgiving demand, but turkeys wmUd HT ,l
bring from fifteen to twenty cents p2 h VII,
advance about five cents pounu ana tleIo , Wrii
be proportionate rise In the prices ior other poultry
and game
One Of the most amusing specimens ol tho ouI'-
Stone pedler now in town IS short man OF
enormous bulk who sells tooth polish warranted
to give beauty to the most offensive looAihs 'eon'
He ravols around on foot and carries his merchandise
in HIS pockets but he always finds 1t easy TO draw
a crowd by polishing the neglected teeth OF some
street boy. lie uses nothing but piece oi cot.oh
and the polish but he usually effects remarhaDio
Improvement in the appearance OF the urchh tee'n
and gets his reward in tho sale OF NUMBER vi
Cd OnpratiOQS
recently said that there was no trick ABOUT IT, to
nolish was evidently powerful that IL Wouiu noe
only take of the dirt, but would also destroy 'ho
enamel If used Often
The recent sudden reduction In freight rates mas
caused some talk about the difference between Aheii-
can and European usages on thaV point N e0n.i"''1
familiar with the subject said yesterday 10 Tribune
reporter that It was remarkable how many othcr"so
intelligent people regarded railroad wars as being
hoae,a, 90 ,ho community "The evil consists not
ca much in anv disastrous effect there may be on the
stock market, said he, "as in the direct injury OF
such wars TO business men, sudden reduction VI
freight rates on single road may mean ao'u'
ruin to hundreds of country merchants. man WIN
has Just stocked up with high rates ior trans
portation, will DO unable to compete with MS rNa
who gets his stock for the season carried at low
rates But country merchants generally ouy thelr
goods on time and inability to meet the prices VI
competitors will frequently cause their rum SUNS
thing should be done TO stop railroad wars enurely
Dr. David Hostetter, of Pittsburg, was for two
or three years before his death listed among the
most heavily insured men In the world Every
American city has IT'S leading commercially succeSsiu
men who carry $4,000 life insurance. and one, or
perhaps few persons carry policies aggregating
100000 DR. Hostetter listed as carrying $780,
OOO which is about one-thrd the amount carried
bv the most heavily insured man in the world, an
English Duke, who IS preparing TO make goou Dy
tho used during MS IieIlino
f,o,n tbe income Of his great but entaied estates
New York Insurance agents say, however, that Or
Hostetters heirs only succeeded In securing ABOUT
aaoo 600 Insurance. This mostly taken al an
ace above which the companies publish rates. but
seldom accept the risk
SONS OF Y4LE DINE AND TALh AIhLEIios.
nh yoIe Alumni Association last night held Of its
harry meetings at pleasure is handmade to business
and makes her path smooth Brayton Ives presided ana
amouc those present were Maegrsne Coke Charles NJ