Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-01-08
A HUMAN WINDMILL
He Is Busy FiAEmsn at . Gable Curve
 Tn New Hork.


 Have you seen the man who leads the most exciting life in New York cityg
 If not look out for him the next timo you ride up rown on tho Colum- bus avenue cable He stands at the curve whcre the cars swing at full [ speed back and forth around the corner of Fifty-third street and Ninth avenue, and his business is to see that the way is clear of cars and wagons and pedestrians
 Hc k a voung, active fellow, and he holds D red flag Tn one hand and a whi,e flag m the other. His eyes mu-t bo an ways at once, and at his o.icr crr- start and stop, drivers lUul horses upon their launches, aud tuull passcrsby scurry back .rHm the crossing to tho safety of the curb.
 Woe hy Ca him fl collision occurs ur child k run down and killed, '.- ao ,lone is of authority on that i--g corner. and all who pass there Hu-t needs trust his quick eye and cul jUlgIont He alone stands IHr1 hath ways can be seen, for .iiy-tAIrd street k narrow, Ninth avenue crowded and both streets UarLcHei and impeded by the ele- vltcd railway structures.
 5l upon him alone hangs safety, and upon him all eyes are fixed. His k the responsibility.
 l' if a sorry mechanical necessity that COmpels cable cars to swing curves at full speed Such is the c;~', however, it being requisite to goiin'g around at an that the grip 'Just hang tightly fast to the nov ing cahlo down in tho slot. That is what makes life 90 lively for the Gagmlu Et tho curve. and no curve in tho city is half so dangerous as the one at Tifty-third street and Ninth avenue.
 Stop and watch him in the middle uf tho afternoon, say when the shopping crowds occasion an in- rrsasc m the cable service, and Ninth avenue k thronged with tracks md business wagons and pe dc~'rin1- He spins around like a top ln n!S effort to see all ways at the same moment < cable car comes changing uf Fifty-third street just aS one rumbles down the ave nug. sad n horse car Is switching into ;hc Ninth avenue stable at the corner. There isa jam of trucks and a couple Of bicyclists in the road way, while 20 men and women are crossing in various directions. What a moment for a fine catastrophe!
 Up goes the red flag as 9 warning to the car on Fifty-third street to stop, and ;bc white flag in the busy fellows other hand waves to e heavy truck tO pass along. Get out Q! tho way there. you wheslmcnI Didn't you see thO re'l flag waving at you? And now the white flag 'Io;ions herd of pedestrians across oHH Cosncr and sign1ls a butcher wG"Cn G2d Ia handcIrt to push ahead
 line aa.lnaa' 's two arms wave like those C. I windmill for two minutes. And now t1c corner is clear, eIcept that that plagfed horse car still blocks the way. No. no! Back! The rcl flag warns the impatient grip man on the cable car in Fifty third | street.
 But the south bound car can now pass, and the white flag gives the 1 signal. It rattlcs round the corner with many ClanR and disappears, only to give way to another follow ing in it's wake.
 And now the horse car is started | and tho cable car in Fifty-third street may mako the corner. The l white flag waves, while the red flag frantically warns back a nervous woman who is about to run across tho tracks.
 And SO 1t goes all day long. The man at the corner is an athlete, a a living windmill And, thanks to him, this corner, naturally tho most dangerous on the cable, has a record equal to any and better than most.-New York Herald.