Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-09-04
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Compressed Air as Motive Power-The
Seaside Resort Craze-New York's
Large Idle Glass.
Especial Correspondence. I

jolly, inefficient cable cars. Compressed
air is responsible for this prospect Of re-
lief. The inventor is Scotchman, and
the cars now in service possess more ad-
vantages than their modest originator
has claimed for them. As no special
rails or conduits are necessary, they are
certain to become popular, and, if Dame
Rumor speak correctly, the inventor is
already rich man and Will probably,
in the natural course of events, become
q multimillionaire. The advantages of
the air motor cars are numerous. Chief
among them is the slight expense of
operation. Then, too, they may be so
charged that the operator cannot make
them run beyond the limit of speed de.
sired by the company, and even at the
top speed a Car can be stopped in its
length. The starting and coming to q
halt are accomplished without jolt, a
fact which is certain to be appreciated
by every person who has been bumped
and jostled in the present ridiculous
cable cars.
The ssSeaside Resort" Craze.
A few years ago, when the first roof
garden was opened in this city, it was
patronized enormously and proved a
veritable gold mine for the projectors.
The effect was foregone conclusion.
Every manager whose theater would adj
nit of it started roof garden, and all
hands made money and were happy.
Then one of them secured a "turn"
which was rather vulgar. 1t proved a
strong drawing card, and the other fell
lows not only ''saw" him, but went
him one better. In consequence the roof
gardens in many cases ceased to be de-
cent places and were stunned by the
thousands Of men who are usually &C.
companied by ladies. This did not seem
to make much difference at first, but
gradually it was noticed that the receipts
were falling off. Last year the roof gar
dens had very bad season, and this
summer it has been even worse.
cts an ill wind,' etc., however.
The undoing of the roof gardens has
proved the making of those places
within easy reach which are known as
seaside resorts. Several of them have
been started this year, and nearly all OF
them appear to be making great deal
Of money. All sorts of devices are shown
for Turing the nimble dime from the
pocket of the visitor. Some Of these
most of them, in fact-are legitimate.
while some of them are fakes, pure
and simple, and would not be tolerated
outside of seaside resort. The reason
for the success Of these places is prob
ably due to the desire of the people Of
any large city to get close to salt water.
Then, besides. New Workers as we'll as
Brooklynites are "outing fiends."
Hotels and L. A. W. Members.
.&g The bicycle has been accused Of hav-
ing done oil sorts of things that it had
no business to do, and it is for that rea-
son all the more gratifying to-. read of
one branch Of trade which has been ben
Gifted by the silent steed. It has re-
Gently been admitted to have relieved
the country inn, or those inns at least
within a radius Of 100 miles from this
city, and undoubtedly the invasion Of
hungry riders has brought about an i'm
provement in the character OF the small
hotels along popular routes Of travel:
But the hotels have been called upon to
pay some tribute to the bicyclists for
accomplishing their renaissance, and a
list published the other day showed tho
reduction from the regular rates which
bioyclists could get i'll New Jersey if
they belonged to the League Of Ameri-
can Wheelmen. The highest percentage
deducted for them is 8815, and the re-.
ductions range from this down to 10 per
cent Only one restaurant made this
small reduction from regular rates, and
it is situated in large town. The
average percentage was from 30 to 80,
and the highest was allowed by hotel
in very small town in neighborhood
less frequented than the others. None of
the restaurants in the immediate neigh
borhood Of New York has found it nec-
eesaxy TO make this Difference to riders,
and a numbar of them scattered through
Westminster county are quite as expen-
sive as the pretentious down town estab-
Hshments
Laree Idle Glass In New York.
A we'll known politician from up
the state" who recently came to this
city on q combined pleasure and bust
ness trip. called attention to condition
Of affairs the existence of which and the
remedy for which have puzzled the wise
men Of Gotham for many years. Said
this rural sage:
"There is one feature Of life in New
York that always amazes me, and that
is the large idle class that one finds
here Your parks are filled with idle
men-ablebodied fellows most Of them
and one may find them there at all
hours Of the day. They fill the benches,
and they don't look as if they wanted
work. Down around the piers there is
always a crowd of idle men. The
benches at Battery park are filled with
them. They impress me as being pro-
fessionals in the art Of killing time.
How do they live, and where do they
sleep? We are led to believe that New
York is busy city, where every man is
rushing around attending to his own
affairs. AS a matter Of fact, your idle