Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-31
4 FIVE CENT RIDE.
It Covers Three Hours and All Parts OF
Manhattan Island.

Manhattan lNlanu
One summer night | successfully
demonstrated that the possession Of
fat wallet is not absolutely essen
tial TO the visitor DESTROYS of enjoy
ing an extended trip around this in
teresting town. To any one who con-
templates repetition Of my expert
ment the first step toits accomplish
ment is to board the car labeled For
Fort Lee and Tenth avenue at the
intersection of Sixth avenue and
Forty second street After ride OF
a few blocks along Forty-second
street, passinga brick building over
hung with ivy in a manner that
would do credit 70 the most ancient
ruin in Europe, you turn north into
Tenth avenue. Although the avenue
seems densely crowded, it Is only
when you peer down the narrow
side streets that you grasp the i'm.
mense population of this city. The
houses are packed to sutfocation.
From the windows and fire escapes
lean the bodies of workingmen and
their wives, eagerly striving to Sc
cure a breath of fresh air from the
nearby and noble Hudson. The pave
ment is literally covered with chill
dren of all ages, sizes and nationali-
ties, fighting, playing, screaming
q kaleidoscope mass of diminutive
humanity. Occasionally some tot,
burdened with o can OF mixed ale,
strays across the street, seeming to
dodge as if by a miracle the hoofs of
car horses.
Alighting at Ninety-sixth street,
l received transfer on the car
which traverses the Boulevard. Any
natural beauty which may have at
one time characterized this famous
thoroughfare has been defaced by
the miles of fences displaying the
advertisements of gums, soaps, cor
sets and hair regenerators. The ma
iority of the stores are devoted to
the sale of soda water and the rent
ing of bicycles, an undoubtedly sue
cessful combination.
Arriving at One Hundred and
Twenty-ffth street, | retraced my
steps to the bluff overlooking the
Hudson which serves as the site for
Grant, tomb The bright moon
beams shimmering the surface OF
the broad, cool waters revealed the
majestic Palisades on the opposite
shore and the slowly passing and
brightly illuminated ferryhoat5.
Landward the lanterns of tie bicy
Giles which dotted the broad plain
seemed myriad of huge frcaies.
Then followed a leisuroly insnec-
ton of the attractive interior of the
swell restaurant. and as l listened
to well trained orchestra, skilled
in the playing of popular melodies, l
gave mysolfup to "a fascinating study
of the different outfits worn by the
devotees of tho bike. Truly, ev-
erything goes, from the trim linen
suits of the swagger element down,
through long variety Of styles, to
the strapped trousers and cut down
dress skirts of the humble riders.
The stables sheltered few two
wheeled carts and high stepping
cobs. AS l left tho popular rendez-
vous of the boulevardiers | was al
most run over by Jack Tar, whose
wide collar streamed in the breeze
as he n1adly wheeled along. Rumi-
mating on this new recruit to the
ranks of the enthusiasts, l wander
ed all alone to the crosstown cars at
Ore Hundred and Twenty-hftb
street, where, in exchange for my
crumpled transfer, received anoth-
er one for the Third avenue cable
car. 1t rushed along, stirring up an
invigorating breeze, and soon land
ed me at Third avenue and Forty
second street, in the heart of the
busting east side. Hero the con-
ductor proffered me transfer on
the Forty second street crosstown
line On arriving at Forty-second
street and Sixth avenue, the start
ing point, l glanced at my watch
and discovered that had enjoyed
three hours ride over the surface of
Manhattan Island for a solitary >
cent piece-New York Letter in
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Have tried others but like Ayers best IS
the statement made over and over again by
those who testify to the benefit derived from
the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla Disease never
had greater remedy than this powerful
blood purifier 1t makes the weak strong.
Opening d Closing OF the Mails.
Northern mails close at 80 and 90 o. Il
and 115. 5 co and 80 p. NJ. Open 81
s 90 a. M, - 90 m. and 90 p. m.
Southern mails via Charlottesville close
at 7 so and 10 80 a. m. and 10 and
8 80 p. m. Open at s 90 a. IN. and 3 on
p. m.
southern mails, via Richmond, closo al
1910 a. m. ard 10 and s 45 p. n.
Manassas Division mails close at 30 8. r
aud 3 30 p. M Open at 10 90 d. u.
-, EonrH Hill mQllg close Al