New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-23
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MEN CAUGHT AMONG THE WINTER THRoNGs IN
RpoADw,Y AND fIFTp-AvE.
Fur cans furlIned overcoats, seaiskin cioaAs NUNS
DARK tan gloves warm wraps OF every descrpuon anu
faces Redeemed INTO healthy hues by the sharp ar
were to be seen in profson on the great thoroushs
of pedestrian travel Saturday tiith-aVe. was
crowded with people In spite of tbs cold 9ieshs
were more numerous than carriages. After oeiocA
the neral direction of the moving throng was toward
Central Park where she ice on the lakes tenp'oo
skaters and the snow the drives tempted thOse
who had sleighs Not few young people in tobosgan
or skat ng Of bright cJors were to be seen
on their way the elevated stations starting out for
the exciting sports.
scdate and quiet who Il going into the Hon
House where he Is often to be found Is Aqncdnct
Commissioner Barnes. lie has a stout girth, which
has been growing since he became Commissioner, and
. clean cut face with ito gray mustache and gray
ewes The co ID weather and its effect the thous-
ands OF laboers the aqucduct is preached and he
SAYS: More mon die out there on the work from
exposure than from accident 1t would seem as though
the contractors would make money by giving the men
good comfortable barracks in which to sleep, as they
would then get work out OF them The Italians
sleco with all their clothing on. They huddle to-
eeher to get the benefit of the warmth of each others
bodies They look miserable enough in the cold morn
ings. They do not dunk however TO get warmed
up, but go patiently to work. Tho negroes suffer
most. They to get big fire In a biz stove,
shut all the windows up tight, burn all the oxygen
out of the air and then sleep in sort of stupor
Next comes Frank c. HollinS under the eye Of tho
Stroller He has a group of Missonrians with him,
who are interested in the Central Missouri Railroad,
and thoy are on their way to see PrcSid Mt Dcpew,
of the New-York Central. This Central Missouri
heme the great hobby OF the bright all Street
man. Talking aDo , IL ne says: I'VE have twenty
four miles competed but will not do any more WORK
until spring. waiting TO II We are to have
lower prices for steel rails You can see the effect of
this tariff agitation in our case. The tendency OF
the a-itat.on is to cause men wait and how IL
Will settled before ent ring upon further rail-
road building. If are to have free trade which
Will give cheaper rails, want tho benefit OF 1t
in building. We would be perfectly content pay
present prices II sure that tn prices would
not go Oown through the action OF Congress. Being
sure of nothing do nothing. That is the way in
every line business all scted by the tariff think"
Senator spooLer, of Wisconsin, turns up in Broad
8, walking with brisk Iace toward his tallOr's.
90 mt ionIe tn cOIrt ia .of Brown he says,
but almost any Ne"-l Orh taOf ca chdigt prices
thai ought 10 make court tailor BUSH ne sena-
10. has cOn.e over nom Washington Oh fJi trp
to transact private busness and says he WILL return
by the ate noon train
Coming down Finb-ave. from the Windsor Hotel
are Hamilton LIARS, of Albany, and Congressman
James ). Beden. Al! New-l On stale pOutcIau "O-Id
instantly eXc4am thai they Wee pan TO q. d"
to- PrOuaoly in the State have been
credited with Ia ing more influence in shaping legs
iatlOh at Albany In yeas plst than thtoo two hOth
them a.e g-ttlhg along IN years Mi. Harris has
SSH his J.t U.acA han and mustache, but there Is
some about the with which he puts his foot
long risks a fail with the ra ness Of YOUTH but
shields msclf with the experience and wisdom of
years. Into Congressman be .den's flowing brown
black side whishcs tn threads have crept until
their color Is almost eAtIngIIshed