The morning call., 1894-01-05

strangely enough they were hungry. But
the hot coffee and sandwiches came not.
However. their generous and warm hearted
fellows divided their own scanty morsels
with them.
Many had only bread and water for
lunch. One foreman divided his lunch en-
tlrely among those who had none.
Complaint? No; not sine one, was
the unanimous expression of the foremen.
Not only do they not complain, but they
work we'll, faithfully and cheertully. /
tell you they are a deserving lot. In the
last citizen movement. four years ago,
there were some hoodlums in my gang,
but there are no hOOdlumS among these"
There were POI men who reported at 7
O'Clock yesterday morning to Superin-
lendent McLaren. The park management
had agreed to furnish the foremen and the
tools. but as it had had only twenty-four
hours notice, the equipment had not all
the completeness that il will have later.
There were not enough wheelbarrows, so
many OF the men were put TO work cutting
trees and brush.
There were eight gangs of twenty-five
men each. The foremen were park labor
ers. Five of the gangs took the Ocean
and Park Railroad 10 the beach. These
men were placed on the construction OF a
road 1900 feet in length, connecting the
citizens road in the southwest corner of
the park, striking tunnel, into the boule-
ward. This will make direct drive to the
ocean, avoiding the present oircutOus
route by the Cliff House.
Two other gangs were at work filling in
deep cut north of Strawberry Hill. This
road is to run from the north drive to d
street on the north.
Superintendent McLarsn and Surveyor
jackson were out before o'clock in the
morning and were kept on the jump all
day preparing for their new forces. Sur
vey0r Jackson completed the surveys for
the tive roads mentioned, and will next lay
out road in the south side of the park to
the citizens drive in part that has never
been opened up to the public. To-day $50
additional men will be set to work on the
| first mentioned roads.
They report at the superintendent's
| office at o'clock and work until O'Clock,
that is eight hours, with an hour for rest.
One could never find moro deserving,
industrious and contented lot of men.
Said one of them, shiVering in the icy
wind that blew hard all day. mo, it is
not coda fine day to work. This work
Is bit hard, but wait until a few days
when our muscles get Strengthened and
our undervests filed out a bit, then we
will put in some good work You see we
| have been living for weeks on bread and
| such potatoes as We could find on the
docks.
1--WE do not mean to complain, although
we hope to get something else to do soon.
| We are glad of the chance to work now.
Perhaps majority here are laborers, but
there are many carpenters, cabinet
makers, carriage builders, statesmen,
blacksmiths, and even one reporter, whom
L know CT. Most of us are so run down in
clothes that we cannot present a decent
! appearance enough Ia secure work In our
! own trades"
choppiDg wood, evidently for the first
time. said be never worked so hard before
! for less than 81 a day. "When l pay ten
cents tor my fare here there are only
ninety cents left, but that is much better
| than starving"
! Howard streets. said that ten cents for
carfare made too much of b ole and that
| he and bis partner had left home at A. NJ
and walked ont to the park, and they ex-
pected to walk home that night. The man
was pretty nigh tagged out then from lift
ing sand. Few of them had worked for
| three months and their zeal was greater
than their strength.
Although their tickets promise only ten
! days work, the confidently expect to work
| a nth or more.
| There were hundreds of the unemployed
| 0f the city who had heard that there was
| work 10 be had al the park, and they kept
| up continual stream all day. All the
| foremen could do was to send them down
to the committee at the Merchants Ex-
| change.
| Promptly at O'Clock Messrs. Hugh
Craig and w. M. Buckley of the finance
committee arrived at the superintendent
| office with a sack full of silver dollars
Very soon the gangs of men arrived, and
as single piece of silver was dropped
into each Of those grim. dirt-soiled palms
there was often glistening of Joy in the
eye and quick spring in the tired limbs
4 that told story In itself.
Park Commissioner Joseph Austin