The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-16
THE HOG ON THE FERRYBOAT.
SCENES THAT EXCITE INDTsE< TI0E
MORNING AND EIGHT.

Flr-t-eisss HOGS Dsaie the Mess Csbt- On the
Jersey cry 1.Ine, Esd Seeoud-eisss Hogs
Make wo,ssn stnsd In the wonen's Cabiu.
To rms Bprop o. TINS srS-Sr, would ike TO call
your attention to the scenes which may be witnessed
every morning and every evening on the ferryboats
that ply between New York ami Jersey city. The hogs
70 into the mems cabin The Doors into the womens
cabin. The women stand up. Yours truly. A cIrrrSN
Yes. the star OF the great American bog Is
still shining bright. Crusades do no good.
Censure and ridicule are alike lost on his hide.
The American Hog will probably outlive the
Constitution Of tho United States
Every person who lives within the circle that
may DO described by a radius Of thirty miles
from Jersey CITY knows what this ferryboat
nuisance is. The working mon and women
who cross the river in the morning. and who
at night. tired with their days work cross it
once more. all know the ferryboat log. To
walk through the women's cabin Of some Of
these ferry boats during the rush hours Is
enough to excite Indignation.
A man Who complained OF this nuisance the
other day suggested that the railroad COM
panies build ferryboats with three cabins, one
for women. another for men. and third for
hogs. That would really be an excellent
scheme. only the passengers would resent
the classification. and would oil flock to the
women's cabin.
usually presents a sight that would disgust q
hungry hog. Throw a match upon the floor
and IL will probably float As a rule tho seats
arc unclean. the windows are stained and the
whole place is Allied with an overpowering odor
OF Yesterdays beer. tobacco Juice. and vile
smoke. This cabin is occupied solely by the
1rst-clRss hogs. They feel az home here. and
each contributes his mite TO the general stencil
and discomfort OF the cabin.
The second class hogs find ting place un-
comfortable. sometimes they remain in ii
Just long enough to smoke a cigar or n cigar
to the womens cabin. where they Ind seat.
OF course. when there ia a great crowd watt
ing for tho ferryboat. the second-class hogs
single woman vas stepped upon the boat.
The women then have to stand. or II they pre-.
fer IT, they may go outside and lean against
the rail There IL usually a sign In the
womens cabin which reads:
Gentlemen will please not expectorate upon the floor
Of this cAbin.
This rule is never violated. The second
class hogs do all the exuectOrating.
1t is u common sight in the early morning to
thirty or forty women standing in the
womep s ca bin while half the seats are occu-
pied by strapping men. who are reading their
newspapers in great comfort In the evening
IL Is the same. The men rush past the women
and seize the seats in the women's cabin. and
all women who cro not able to do a little foot
ball scramhling are com pelled to stand.
This nuisance has been remedled to great
extent on the new ferry oats. the double
deckers where one OF ,he lower cabins is set
In the other lower cabin and in the upper
cabin smoking is not allowed, But even here
II is quite common sight during the busy
hours to see a dozen or more women standing
while great many able bodied men are sit
ting IL comfort And when one stops 70 think
many man men will forget that there il such thing
will deny that the star OF the Great American
Hog is still shining brightly.