Telegram-herald., 1889-09-03
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TIE aocss q . great cfsy ocs< strange
sra Interesting ssgEss sno SOUNDS AID pre-
sent peculiar phase of LIE, says The Chl-
c4go Iiznes. II Las = class sf people who
ret oogy worE snn0ng thea eaS VIZ msy bs
sd ~ I've there and become pocailar %
tie pl4oe fkry ssldsn ~ s~ay froD TIC
waters aide czs CT nlght
The otner day l watched . barge from
whlch the lumber was oelsg taken ey .
g4Rg q ssyeaty I've nsn IL wss . huge,
brc2A boat with two uAsts, ana carried J.,
CO, 90 feet Of laEosr. Ths fs3sts are used
Tor szis witch serve no other purpose en-
cept u steady tie Gozg ~ heavy sea as
sEe is teing sowoa.
TWAS c4rio1s 70 see hcw thess seventy
ave men we're kePI busy PuAng thai iua-
Der cut 4 the sides ~ The 6arss and plliag
it up on the docks " carrying it u waiting
wagons % haul II away. wAs sure saat
soIne kind u new fzugsed machinery WAS
used
Locking Ia the mold aft cnly four men, in
pairs, we're seen. They were dressed IN
their underclothing and were trotfiug back
AID forth Ike horse N canter, taking
seven plsHks at time ana showing them
out 70 the men on the docks and tr0ttng
back for others. They had 20 trot They
were expected 70 keep eight men busy tax
ing that lumber cut snd putting u IN piles
20 be taken Up and carried farther awsy by
eight otbsr men. II rez'iiy these four men,
with ike four in the bow kept the seven
y-nve men on the docks busy. Did they
fslter Ia their trot they would be "dOcked"
by the eger-yigilant time-keeper.
These workmen were Of al nRtionali,ies,
il seemed, from the cong cnerate sounds
tbaIr fafl Er.fa
hoInians, Russians, Africans, Greeks, scsn-
dinaviaus, and, belisve- Scythisns, Klam-
ties, Mesopotainians, Romans, friends and
countrymen. Their wages ranged from
one dollar 10 one dollar and fifty cents a
day.
II was the hardest, fastest ard hottest
work l ever saw outside Of q coal-stosing
department OF = steamship
The cabin, or rather sleeping apartments
| for the whole crew, as captain, mate. boat
swain. cook and men all sleep ia one place,
IS yerltably place Of contrasts. The hunks
are IKE prison bunks Ia Russia and are
small. close and dirty. The bedding looks
as though it would have 70 be tied dcwn 10
keep II from walking overboard. The doors
and windows are kept shut ught--probably
to keep the blankets from going ashore for
! fresh air.
But IN contrast 20 this the ''galley'' Is
very clean. The pots and pans are bright
and inviting and the floor as clean as the
deck of revenue cutter. The cook is an
all-round man, too BE is one Of tho trot-
ters saw In the hold, but is relieved an
hour or two before each meal-time so as TO
| prepare dinner or supper He must turn
outn early enough 10 get breakfast for the
others. For this he gets few cents more
/ H. 10. A suk 49,.
Of them seem TO mind work, and are joking,
laughing and singing all the time. L no
longer wonder that so many Russians live
through Siberian exile.
AS If 10 match the Babel mixture Of peo-
| pie who live on the docks every class and
rig Of boat and water craft IS seen.
"Chuff, chuf, chuf, chuff, chung, chung.
chung, chung" and tug goes skimming
! by dragging a little ''cat~ boat" as the
fresh water "salts" contemptuously call
| those little mosquito feet vessels which ply
around the edges Of the lake. Then one
will 20 putting and whcezing and laboring
down the river, leaving = stencil behind and
above and around her as she pulls big
steamer cut, whistIing like all possessed
two blocks before she gets TO a bridge so
as TO nave 1t opened long enough before she
gets TO il TO set thousand people swearing
The Old proverb which says Never cross q
bridge till you get TO IT, should be made to
spply to tugs and vessels not trying 70 go
through q bridge on the Chicago river till
they get 10 IL. These little tugs are made
up of one part boat, one part smoke-stack,
one part ropes, three parts puff, and nine
ty-four parts Of engine and screw. They
can pull any thing. 1t seems. At least they
pull any thing which can be foated Ia the
water.
When night comes all is changed The
noise and rear and hustle cease. All is
darkness. save where the faint flicker Of
strcet-iamp here and there sends its ftful
glare over the piles Of goods and stones and
behind warehouses and lumber piles. The
hundreds OF boats lying along the docks for
miles and miles up the river become dark,
shadowy outlines, looming against the star
LIT heavens, but not & ghmmer of reflection
comes back from the bosom Of the nurky
frothing, Shiny waters. II seems 10 swallow
up the images OF all that should be reflected
from Its bosom, just as IL swallows up every
thing Of Life which falls into It.
The rats como out by thousands ard E fght
and feed and squeak as they swarm about
IN and over and on every thing. And those
tw0-legged dock rats, who infest every
CITY, come out and glide along on their
nocturnal mission OF crime and murder,
and 10 carry out the dark purposes OF their
lives. The night history Of the docks Of "a
large city would reveal many a crime
planned and carried out II IS tue very re-
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