Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-12-16
A NIcKEL's WORTH OF REQ TAPE
The Man Who wori,ed For IL Is wiser rb.,
He Was.


The Man Who Worked For II IL wiser Tn,
He Was.
"A penny saved is a penny gainel
said Donovan Rosa as he stood :
the bridge entrance on Sands street
clearing the sweat from his forebea
with his bandana.
"lpicked oakum and broke stone
for living, but never before swea
30 hard at making or earning s cent
~ sweated today" and here Ross.
showed the nickel which was the re
ward of his labor.
What do you meant What is Il
all aboutr
1T means this, "said Rosa, Il LOST
cent piece yesterday, and have
sweated my life out Of myself today
looking for 1t. AS l took the first
step in the line of recovering it ]
saw that there were many steps
more to be taken, 80 to give myself
the experience Of the thing made
up my mind to go through the mill
and SEQ to the end Of 1t. The story
is this You can use it. It will be
information for many Brooklyn
man and woman who occasionally
puts Scent piece instead of a scent
ticket into the receiving box Of the
Brooklyn bridge. Yesterday morn
ing Twas coming from New York.
i was to 60 to Hancock street on the
elevated road l gave to the ticket
seller a ~ cent piece. i got a ticket
and q cent piece from him. threw
the 8 cert piece into the chopping
box. Twas gone. He would not
let me pass until threw a ticket
in. Then threw the ticket in. He
told me he could not touch what was
in the box, but that if I applied to
the Office, 81 Sands street, Monday
morning, l could get my money back.
Monday morning went to 81 Sands
street and was told the box of yester-
days receipts had not been opened
yet. ! went TO New York, and com.
ing back from New York now, Mon
day evening, thought may call
into the office and get my 8 cents. !
did call and was told l should get an
order of verification from the agent
that is, the ticket seller, and the
guardian of the box. Back l came,
and as ! was going up that stairs,
which ! thought was the nearest way
10 20 to the ticket seller, police
nan ran after me and told me could
lot get up that way. I told him the
business ! was about and whom ]
wanted to see. We'll, said he, you
AVE to go up those stairs, pointing
o those three fight stairs on the
treet. Up l went / told the ticket
eller l wanted an order from him
or the cents. He couldn't give an.
rider. went back to 81 Sands
treet and told my story. l was told
o get from the agent voucher that
had dropped cents into the box
Invent back to the agent
md told my story to him. He had
o call the man who had charge of
he box yesterday. That man re-
the occurrence. Then it
was necessary for him to write q
voucher, and how to do that and sell
tickets to passengers from the incom-
ng train was the difficulty. Iwait-
I'd and waited, standing there as
rain after train unloaded its passen-
Zers, the advance crowd of one train
upto the stragglers Of the
preceding train. The sweat was lit,
terally bubbling out Of me. At last
there came lull in the traffic. Tho
ticket seller called the box guardian,
Mr.. Ryan. Mr.. Ryan stated that he
saw me drop the nickel in the box.
The ticket seller wrote veri6cation
Of having put nickel into the can
ceiling box. | took that verihcation
to 81 Sands street. was directed to
the auditors department. The re-
ceiyina clerk there took it to tho au-
ditor in an inside room and came
hack to me with the money" and
here ROssa showed the 8 scent piece
he had worked so hard to recover,
remarking that it was the hardest
earned nickel he ever saw,-BrooK-
I1rt, Ea0iA