New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-18
FLORISTS NOT MOLES1ED.
THE POLICE DO NOT INTERFERE WITH
REGULAR DEALERS.
CAPTAIN PICKETT, HOWEVER, KEEPS TIE
STREET VENDORS AWAY BY THREATS OF
ARREsT-FIowER DEALERS SAY THEY
LOST SOME MONEY OWING TO
DOUBT AS TO POLICE

DOUBT AS TO POllNE
INTENTIONS
The wholesale and retail florists. the flower grow
ers and all persons who make living from the sa'e
of flowers except the street venders are In happ|
frame of mind to-day, notwithstanding the fact that
they lost $50 yesterday. owing 10 the DOUBT exist
ing among them az to whether or not the ponce
would strictly enforce the Sunday law. conserve
tive estimate placed the losses OF the whoieSa'7
dealers and growers at $1,000. OF the retal utd'eI
al s2 900 and the street vendors and others al |"VV
Yet all engaged In the flower business. except the
street venders are jubant because the movement
tarsd nv several retail florists TO have the sale OF
flowers stopped on Sunday was not carried out yes
terday. , 100
Nearly all Of the wholesale and retail dealers were
AZ their places OF business early in the rloi''e'
on,,. few timid ones failing to open for business
Those who did open were cautious ANU. ''e
envbodv but their regular customers some ueai
rs oe,er shining goods to out-of-town customers
for to-davs trade and filing orders from chur'nes
dinner parties funerals and persons WHO i"'
n make calls which were received III tue '0"'
~ ,be 1yeal closed and enjoyed hal-ho"ua!' "
wan, Instances persons who were not known u ~.
eors,s found It difficult to buy flowers Inc re'aii
,,ors also suffered severe losses by many OF 'he"
-, customers believing that the SUNDAY Id"
would he enforced and consequently la.'''s ~ '''
,he,r nlaces of business TO make purchaScS'
80 saturday night captain Pickett OF the Ten
derlojn Precinct, made tour Vi '"e "'''' -
ard ,old the dealers that he would not compel 'he"
anu 49, .s,ordav Each place he visited he IN
,orrad the proprietor that he did not inteha u
s,or rho florist from filing orders as ne peHeNv"
such action on his part would be uhcaleu io''
gave the dealers 10 understand clearly tha' "e no
given his men no orders 10 enforce the ou"ua' '''
and that he would not arrest them unless warrant
against them had been issued by the proper author
tiles The attitude of Captain Pickett relieved the
nerplexed minds Of many OF the dealers
The only large wholesale company which was moi
omen for business yesterday was the New-York Cut
Flower Company, at Nos. 1l9 and III West Twenty
third-st This company is composed of a large num-
Der Of big growers In and near the city ana supplies
nearly all of the wel-known florists In broadway
The failure OF the company TO open yesterday was
severely felt by many Of its regular customers
who received late orders and were compelled 10
scurry around town to find dealer willing 10 sell
them the desired stock. Several florists were una
The lot OF the street vendors in Captain Pckett's
precinct and in many other uptown precincts vas
the police that they would certainly lie arrested Il
business in the Tenderlon yesterday, and in iar-
lem only few yendeTs weFe at .hs Da
The flower man who has stand IN front CT ne
, ow sa eT near the Stars Of the Vest twenty
hrdst station OF the Sixth-ave elevated ROAD ola
The order against street vendors is also a severe
blow to the poor and Industrious farmers OF the
Annexed District Long ISIdlu anu .Ne"-"riss
Sunday the best day in the week for them. After
days of Eard work their farms they come
to the city on Sundays with wagOn-loads OF flowers
which they sell to street vendors to the smaller
florists and 10 the large army Of kind-hearted men
and women who spend Sunday visiting the asylums
the hospitals and the prisons The farmers Will be
deprived of the small profits from these sales II
they are not allowed 10 sell in the city again
Regarding the enforcement OF the Sunday law.
Captain Pickett said Yesterday:
81 am not going 10 interfere with the florists
business. | Will not arrest any person for selling
flowers unless a warrant issued by Magistrate
The street vendors though. | mean 10 stop selling
Sunday. and will cause the arrest OF every one
of them caught selling flowers in this precinct on
Sunday. The street vendors are public nulsances.
The number OF street vendors who do sunday
business Is about Loo Their sales on Sunday
amount TO about 5000.