New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-18
SUNDAY EDITION.
SEPT. 10, 1892.
NO CHOLERA PANIC HERE.
BUSINESS NOT PERCEPTIBLY AFFLICTED
THE CITY IN ITS MOST ATTRACTIVE SEASON
LOCALITIES FREeUENTED BY VISITORS
FAR FROM CoyTAGIoN.

FAR FROM COyTAGION.
Tho aueped cholera scare which is supposed to
have taken I'D its abiding place In and about New
York recently IS more Elusive than the mirage of
the desert II looks large from distance, but II
disappears close Investigation. 1t Is an example
OF how distance lends enlargement IL not enchantment
10 the view when sensations" so-called in ques-
ton People In the West and South who suppose
New-York 10 be in condition Of wild panic from
the fact that a few cases of cholera have devel-
oped In its least sanitary parts have Only 10 whect
on the terrible state OF anarchy which the Enghsh
newspapers supposed TO exist In this country during
the recent strikes. and compare that supposi1on
with the actual state of affairs then existing, TO I'M
derstand what an extremely great matter an ex-
tremey small fire has kndled in the press of the
country anent the cholera in New-iork.
The fact IS that the city was never In more
healthful condition its Inhabitants In more
tranquil frame Of mind barring the amusement anu
surprise created by The wild antics OF certain people
Of Long Island New-Jcrsey and more remote sections
OF the country. The new pavements which have been
put down In nearly all the principal streets. and the
conscientious though leisurely efforts Of Commissioners
Brennan's force az uniformed Italian citizens, have
given the main thoroughfares cleanliness such as
they never before. The cool, clear, biacing
days OF fall here and life qlickens in every VEN
and pulses In every muscle September Is twothiros
gone, and yet with the exception Of one half rainy
day there has been nothing b'r a succession OF the
most delightfully."- bright. invisoratng weather that
ever made the reputation OF Naples or klVleh
The elaborate parks that dot the map OF Manhattan
Island and he smooth lawns and virginia. groves OF
the suburban districts, still preserve their wealth OF
foliage, and give only the faintest Indications
OF preparation 70 take on the gorgeous hueS OF their
autumnal livery. The theatres opening their
doors With and brilliant productions Of homo
and foreign paywrights. nstIrdwlched in between
reproductions Of old favoritee. The leading hotel
men have improved the period Of summer dulness
10 redecorate and refurnsh their houses adding TO
their capacity and pu;tng in improved apparatus TO
Insure the safety and comfort of guests in every way
The libraries and other endowed institutions are
opening their doors after the olHe of the vacation
season. Sid II II not Cor the newspapers ana
the feet OF ships riding at anchor on quarantine.
ninety-nine per cent Of the people would not know
that cholera existed.
And now that they do know that sporadic case
or two has occurred in the purers of the town, tho
universal feeling is, what Of it No one but New
Yorker understand the intense localzation OF Nfe
IN the metropolis 1t has been said that onehaf OF
the world doesn't know how the other half lives IL
is certain that quarter of New-fork doesn't know
that the other three quarters exists Even with the
help of score of new spapers continually pryng into
the novel and uncommon phases Of city life, people
In any one walk of life not only never come In con
tact with the people and localities OF anoher type,
but they are large degree unconscious OF ther
existence. There thousands OF men VINO nave
lived and died and made fortunes In NeW-iork and
never went outside of Broadway, Fifth-ave and wall
st. and the crcumscrbed which those thorough
fares represent. Not long ago an application for
loan on certain property in Brooklyn came up before
a NewYork trust company, and was refused for the
simple reason that member Of the board of directors
had ever been in Brooklyn They didn't doubt that
the city and the property in it had d oona-hde ex
isenCe but they conservative, and didn't Ike to
land I'm TOW q
board had personal knowledge.
From this state OF affairs it follows that the state
ment that last week died Of cholera in Eleventh.
ave. or that on Thursday girl was found In Second
ave. with the symptoms, has little more 10 do with
the central part Of the city of New-York than the
fact that there Is Nhlsm in Russia or yellow fever
on the Ganges.
New-York life In rlts, and the visitor Who
comes to the city on business Oh pleasure falls
into one OF the narrowest Of them. He never
gets off certain beat. lie goes to frstclass hotel
where an army OF $50 servants and employees are
watching his safety and comfort and health at every
avenue OF approach. The water on his table has been
artiGcially prepared purified and boiled. The
meats have come through from the prairies OF the
West in the OF agencies who cater 10 that par
ticular line Of hotel trade. and their choice cuts have
never seen an Eastern slaughterhouse Ordinary
New-York market. The fruit and vegetables ale
the finest Of their kinds, and have undergone half
dozen inspections private and Official before they reach
his table He goes downtown TO transact his
business in great Office building which is tiled in
side and out, and where every room is as clean as
a hospital ward He traverscs only streets where
men wait 70 pounce every particle of refuse as
il appears and localities where small smell promptly
brings a large policeman with an inQuirins mind 10
The scene How absurd then it is for any one 70 |
stay away from the city or to omit his usual lall
visit OF business or pleasure because in another |
hemisphere of metropolitan lfe few cases Of an |
imported disease have cropped up and been stamped |
out Immediately by vig1lant and well prepared glarN
fans of the public health7 Typhus ami Other fvers
have shown their ugly heads in the tenements OF the
East SIDE, and no one slept unessiy in the apart
the poor we have ALWAYS with us and usually in the
same localities but buyers do not shorten their |
oficiaIly and professionally pronounced less CON |
tagous than any Of these dsaaScS
yestiaon that the reports OF cholera have materially
What may happen If nadyised sensaonalsm IS con |
tSn1 1 would not be difficult to predict Al the
Fifth Avenue Hotel people said Yesterday That they |
felt IT only 4 The duron Of stay OF Their gSsiS VINO
Families had got such a fright in Europe that they
all wanted TO get homo and get there qulcJy con,
or 50 IN NewYork. Tile clerk Of the Hoffman House
Sad ;hst hotel bad not fcit me elects at ALL The
quests told Of the precautions taken for their
safety and seemed TO b. completely rcassnred II they
ever had been scared. The Gilsey House having
suffered some Some Of The families from the Souti
who STAY at the marlborough have been scared away
against York. and that they might be cut on on
from home in consequence. Otherwise New York life |
rhe stress are as full Of trucks in the drygoGds dis
lTfct the sidewalks are crowded with people In
With plcasureseekeIs in the evening, any other
September day. Human nature is most afraid Of
what 1t doesn't. understand and the Now York public
cholera wen enough by this lime 10 avoid II inolli-
gently and treat II successfully