The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-20
SOME QUESTIONS OF punLro1x1rnksr,
To which the Popular Attent,en 10 l.vissA.


To which the Popular Attentssn IL I.vissA.
during the busy. busting hours of day. during
s silent hours Of the nights The report OF the Fire
Commissioners answers the query. Tho average
Der Of FIRE alarms in year In New York city little
more than 1000 which 10 At the Of than
aarms day. Less than onequarter OF the fires start
between IL r. n. and A. NJ. while about three quar-
tiers start between IA. NJ NJ oddly the alarms
are rarest between and A. NJ. when nres for house.
hold and business purposes arc kinded generally. Tho
busiest time for nremen 10 between and o r. NJ.
about the time that res for purposes 70 out
There 10 particular difference in days regarding the
frequency Of ffes except that they arc materially
fewer on Fridays than on other day OF the week.
Three things rarely adays on the streets
OF New York. They arc = runaway horse . runaway
steer and the hue ana cry OF stop thisf Years ago
in New York these things were very frequent and
every old New Yorker recall to mind the excited
startled and shouting crowds which seemed TO overflow
all barriers in pursuit OF frightened runaway
steer, or a nset.tooted pick pocket. highwayman or
housebreaker As Far as st.crs ar. concerned the
change ia attributable to tho enactment OF the ordi.
which prohibits the driving of live stock through
the sreet unless each 10 secured by rope WHEREIN. In
former times whole droves OF cattle were driven
through the streets better drivers and Improved bits
account for the decrease OF runaway horses. and
pocketpickinR 10 no isnger . frequent crime In this
town. Only thirtynve persons arrested for that
offence during the three months ending Jan. l. Five
Of these were women.
Another thriving industry. that OF railway trans.
portaon Is to be added to the other industries centred
in the Ninth ward. when the Pennsylvania Railroad
begins to operate its Thirteenth street ferry. The
officials OF tho road have been negotiating for the old
Delnmatsr Iron works building at Thirteenth street
and Tenth avenue for passenger and freight station
Almost stimuli aneous with the opening Of the
minus. the building OF the United statss Appraiser
stores Christopher and Barrow streets fronting on
Wa i00tpp ND -hoI~ t~ ~ w.
There lack OF enterprise and business activity
in the Ninth ward heretofore regarded ~ the most
conservative and least progressive Of the twsntyfour
wards Of New York.
floating semiseientino paragraph tells Of the
discovery that nearsightedness prevails to larger
extent among blondes than among bruncttes the dis
oovsrer refers to the number Of spectaces worn in
Germany proof Of the OF his statement
His deduction however. 10 wrong. In German schools
the fact we'll known that of the wearsrs of glasses
the number Of Jewish children, who almost invari.
ably brunsses 10 much larger than that Of blond Ger
man pupils. The same condition 10 observed mere
Blindness reaches tho highest point in civilized lands
GIG persons TO 100000 Of population) among the
spaniards, who ara proverbially and conspiouously
brunettss while Il Is much smaller in Sweden p1 per
100000 or less than halo. tho land Of stalwart and
rosy.cheeked blondes The United States. by the way
has the lowest ratio Of blind population In the world
Egypt has the highest.
The number Of white horses tho surface
limo 10 larger than at time since she company
ran Its nrst below Fourteenth street. and the
Der Ia larger than that any other limo In the city
present II tho sufficiently curious observer viii take
station where In Broadway and count the hor.
A. they pass he will learn that Of clear third OF the
entire number the color IL white OF various dsgreo
cream white. gray and white. and chalk white. The
explanation Is that white horses rule both
count Of appearance and for other reasons, the
cheapest In the market and ~ the Broadway railroad
expects to its cable by July the white horses
bought At reduction for merely temporary USE
Very little sympathy is expressed BY his old neigh
bors the side John out
como Of the suit OF George Uppnston against him.
which resulted in . Judgment Of $sl.s5o. 10 against
keenan,. when he lived in oid.rashioned style In .
modest brick house in Seventh street. near Avenue
1t used to be called "Poliscians row'D John Keenan,
we'll liked and he counted his friends by the
When however he began to gather riches rapidly and
moved away from the district he severed most Of his
friendships the east side dsavowed many OF his old
associates. and sought acquatntances nearer the
region OF Murray Hill. The Broadway railroad dlsolos
in which keenan, had active part. did not de-
prve other side statesmen OF tho popularity which
they had enjoyed and three east side Aldermen
proof Of that-Thomas shiolA who has lost
OF his followers in the Seventh ward;
Patrick Farley. who 10 active In the A.
fairs OF tho Thirteenth and Arthur j. McQuade. Who
after serving time in Sing Sing returned to tho district
he had represented, and plunged into politics with
tcrmining the result OF tho succeeding Aldermanic
election and equally active last year Tho local
objection to John keenan, Ia not much that bis
lions in connection with the Broadway franchise
open to criticism and censure but because having oh
tanned the opportunities of through tho assist
ance OF his Eleventh ward neighbors. he threw them
overheard afterward and broke tho friendship yesrs
standing. From being of the most popular and In
Huental OF east sders he IL to-day of those least
liked. and tho news OF the heavy verdict against him
was heard with many sly chuckles by many who
lsoko cd upon as his close associates formerly.
Michael @. Murphy. who was appointed Port warden
by Gov. Flower on Tuesday In place Of Franklin Com
and has been holding the position for twelve years.
was on his deathbed 1t WAS supposed more than
year ago his friends having abandoned all hope Of his
ever recovering from the ailment which prostrated
him. The ailment. for which he underwent several
surgical operations structure of tho ntcstnes For
than year he unable to take any solid food.
living entirely on milk and pepsin. He lost seventy.
i've pounds in weight and became emAciated that
few persons were able to recognize him. But
thanfs to extraordinary amount Of physical
vitality and the skfu treatment of the surgeons no
pulled through. In the summer Of 1901 while in Sara
toGa endeavong to gain strength for the nnal opera
tion which was to be performed. Col. Murphy sank
that friend who went to visit him believed him
be dead and reported with tho result that the Col
ones friends In New York made preparation for his
funeral The report from Saratoga WAS. however
tradcted day. and the Colonel has now thanks