The sun., 1893-07-29
THE NINTH WARDS TANGLE.
an OLD NEW ToRkER'S WEST SIDE
IOER OF EIPLORA AzION.

| hat nr,oh
wenrine.. ana Finnny Di.m.y Caue to
Him-ue wa. Lost In HIS Own Town
Tia. .v,to y, .trcot n,uhsr,nq and strs.,
ro,,ine In Ne,r yort ia NOT as proseic ma IN,
n,othoS In phi,ndolnhia Neitber Is IL as pic.
| ,,ras,,a o- ,t,roctivo n. th, srstem. or lacL
| =, srstor r,hiot nrovnils In Doston Nov
| Or,o.,. Ci,c;nnai or san Froncisco But a
800 rorar,boIoss tho convonience ~ ros,,
| .,on,s and ~ tnuri.to and a man d.sirin1 .,
"got about" Nav York. can do 40 with little
;n,nnyanionco osnecialIv n tho IocaIities bo
Waits ara above Fourteenth street There
ora howovor excontions 70 every rnla
anS The excen,ion to the rule Of regn.
iorltv and cycnness OF numbering in New
YorL ia tho Ninth ward. which extends trom
Houston street to Fourteenth street. on tho
| wet aid, NJ town An inteIliuept and ohsor.
| y,nt african who bas from long res;depco 1,
| Nav yort co a 70 repard this exception nc
| rather vnpne. misty. and trsditionary. At.
tomnted to mt tho matter TO n practical test
| tho oth.rdo
starting from tho northeast corner OF th.
| v.rd Sixth avenue md Fourteentb street bo
wnit ad loisnrelv west. crossinp in turn Ssv.
entb Eigbth. Ninth Tenth. and Eleventb ay..
npos. thon be reacbed the North Rlvor
"wh.rs tho r,ottor nth thia ,or rogn,.ri,v -,
ho ox.io,nad "No,hing" 80 be thonght ho
ron,J wnIr b.ck NV Twelfth or TbIrteenth
stroat procoeding due aonth n con,l. n,
h,,oLs ho o,nootod IN ho ot tbo cornor =,
Ei.y,nth o,.onuo and rra,,tb etreot bn, n.
fonrd himaoii NJ Tho cornor ~ rrh,rteontb .,nS
nuo and TittIo Tweifth atreet"
Woiti,g a hIo.l onst q, Tbirtoonth ovorro
bo ca mo n ronth ovonue AMI waking ano,hS
AZ hInnI oost bo c,ma to W.shinctnn stroo.
II, ,,.,i,.a a,,,,,, ,y.sh,n,,on st,not 90 -,
Eleventh street Tor I,ittIo Twelfth. nerhan.
I'ie'ehth euee. WI Li'io '"eh'"' peEhaps
they might call it, and came into Gansevoort.
he walked .nsousn n 'ansev0or' an lone one o.oSs.
ras" ra.ohad 'I Horo,io "who. % bas oc h.onm .'u.
EIsyeotb % ] street ," he asked himself inns % with soma
trao,dation "i wondor rhoro Fomr,aantS ou
strost ts ne,tar hach "s so ns ,araunsa
one block unHl until he reached Hudson arsct strect
then S a mother "nd he he rss ] in Fourth street street,
server. somewhat puzzled WHATS become q,
Eleventh. Tenth. Ninth. Eighth. Seventh.
Sixth. and Fifth streets2 guess am on the
wrong track; one block south OF Fourth
street brought him into Eighth avenue at
son onV s,ro.t again. tn,s tma ~, Haot :" n% Tmo
s,e s1n esfe.' us"ir' ."is 'nne NJ nahh. Two
o1 nask u, was lwo,'h
+ He walk ed through Eleventh one block, and it
The name Bleecker had a familiar sound.
md he tbouobt ha ,yoe somo.,baro naor p.s.a
way. Any way, he would Try Ho walked
another block and he was on the corner Of
I Eleventh and Fourth streets. Another block
brought him to Eleventh street and Waver-
ley place. Decidedly, he was near Broadway.
YET ne was again disappointed. for one block
brought him to Greenwich avenue.
ddnt leaye it half an hour agoS"
6 he found % ain himssTi IN ps5ry Street Ths.s one
the Ninth ward isbyrinsh: il was was under these Sc
nnd at this point that the
the only oher enS on the Soek ana
asETf Whas sns tne next street south Vas called
ssse W s
1I,tea FIJI Van ness RI thirI is eaed
answer but rontinued os Sa strpigbt ohG GhomGie.e
him mntiI ba rsncn1 %, ne streets would permit
Which he was told Womd il if5sdeF foSWed eos sfrSeS S
5Easnt Ee a In INTO a. on street where h" might
Ills wers fn ston at tba fonri na
,,f ,treft Test %s &C Of GEsenwich avenue. which he
soins trough Chrsopher II 30
2ie "a diliertnee me th On which sde walk Forlfyou
2Fdss e yos ESe Wsf mSn IT. ss
rsst s4.s Earth Hnda
'orth sde e. " undlnn dntorneri WaikiihR on tne
,isest a2 snd Ma,knG ,Ya on me south side. is
nent i6at tha in"1Isea uue 70 [reEMnr arrange.
ha cnrnsp u, 1 Sath side toqnd himself at
ailed across the Wov to nIf cff,v n,eeekea ne
ened I" he nossinw E wa, 20 cmIfn, zen, Who nap
rom hare no 10 ~ HnhG, ana astsa MN: HOW far
nswered the polite .itizen Ono hioCl oIocK, ~ .
na oe 'e pnGT fron wnSre ths other man stood But
ot Hudson street int RedtnrdH s ftood @ p was
ord street the in"uirin9 ." INTO bed