Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-03

NI" 4oNh MAoON1C IEMPLEs and making 1t wait ones leisure, will cost Ill of S5, while those who use cabs at night to take one to a di1ner panty. say simply carrying them and dropping them there, to return at Il, will cost you $2 to 2.5O.
 These prices are regularly fixed by the owners of the coupe and the driver Is not permitted to charge more than the regu- lar rates already fixed upon. These hired cab drivers are paid about S14 week and l are on duty on an average of ten hours a | day; they add to their earnings consider ably, however, by their tips, which range all the way from a dime up to half dol lar, usually given them by men who have monthly bill at the livery stable and who give this sum to the cab driver as a pour boire, and because their experience of New York has taught them that on the whole it Is discreet to be on terms of triendliness and to establish reputation tor liberality among these men for if any aspirations and be moved to write his memoirs under the heading of "What l know about New York" there would be wrath and woe in all circles such as would shake the social world to it's cen- ter. These livery stable cab drivers are, as rule, extremely discreet personages, and, considering how much they know, It ls SuTpTlSlIS tO reuecG upon the very | small number of people who have gotten into trouble through their revelations. This, however, is one of the qualifca- tiOns regarded by the stable keepers when . man Is taken into their employ and their first and repeated instructions are not to remember anything they are not expected to remember, not to see any thing they are not expected to see, and never to gossip on pain of dismissal and hIORx IEfino Tho m Svh0 fhai,. ! own cabs arc almost equally trustworthy In all that concerns discretion of speech and, all things considered, their attempts at blackmail are remarkably few and far between. A good outfit costs about
 1, 200, but most of the hackmen buy sec ond hand and pay only from 2 'OO to $500; ! out of the capital the owner makes good living, and during such occasions as this centennial, for example, he lays the foun- dation for becoming capitalist and hay ing stable of his own. The cabbies themselves, when approached on this sub | feet, declare that 1t Is impossible to live | at any lower rates than those they charge; one reason of the high rates being our sxecrable pavements, which are hardcr on both horse and cab than any other in | the world, necessitating the purchase of | new rig every few years and constant | repair to the vehicle. They also con- plain of the sea air, which they say ruins the harness, spots and mildews the lining of the "rb nd is certain sdestruction to the paint and varnish.
 The "Thomas Jefferson" headquarters for the Kings County Democracy will
 rival in grandeur the downtown Repub- lican headquarters in New York when completed. The money for its construc- 1 lion, $10O, ,O0O has nearly all been pledged. Captain Murrell, the hero of the ''Mis-
 souri, so royalty received at Philadelphia after saving the Danmark passengers, is
 well-known about the Maritime exchange
 here and among sailors generally.
 The Masonic jubilee in celebration Of
 the payment of an enormous debt was
 one of the prominent events of the week
 and the magnificent temple where 5000
 Masons and 65 lodges meet was visited by
 thousands of members of the fraternity
 ln the past few days.
 CHARLES T. BROWN