The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-30

The fat people who use the Cortlandt
street ferry have grievance against the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. They
claim that the boats have been construct
people.
Yesterday afternoon the ferryboat
washington on one of its early trips,
mad Just been made fast to the slip,
when the crowd In the smoke edimmed
and tll-smelltng mems cabin rushed to-
might have tipped the Scales at 100
pounds. was the first one at the door
Juaslng from his baggage he had just
arrived from some distant point. He
several parcels neatly done up in paper
Inc narrow swinging doors were closed.
He tried to open the right hand one by
pushing It with his foot, but the tension
of the spring proved stronger than the
power Of his right limb. The door reso-
inches.
The deckhands had already thrown open
the gates and the crowd whose progress
Was blocked by the fat man began to say
unpleasant things regarding the cause OF
the delay. A small boy in the rear offered
sFer five feeF from the DO door ne, he
passengers were jafnmcd together at the
door like sardines In a box
messenger boy began
Say. Quff) dat sblolSe links (pufD he
dis bote sputf) what want ter get get off,
cross de riber on der scow puff.
Ihe TAT man was growing warm.
Why don't you get out Of the way
middle aged man. u want to catch my
train" he added
D. your train, snapped back the
don't they put in doors that will allow
to pass out e AS he said this he cast a
You baTrei s Shaped r S Clown aa get saaus cut of
Of this" yelled the thin man as he
tried to push the fat man out of the
The crowd by this time began to real
ize the humor of the situation and
cheered in encouragement. The thin
dozen men fell ever on the side seats
from the force Of the impact The fat
man realized that things Were beginning
to take a serious turn and he resolved to
carry out bold move He slowly laid
his bundles on the floor and opened one
OF the doors. The opening. however, was
not large enough to allow him to pass
through,
The crowd greeted his unsuccessful
attempt with derisive laughter The fat
man meditated moment and then
cried exultantly:
"Aht / have it. You people move back
a bit and give me room to turn about. =
The passengers granted this request with
alacIlty. the fet man turned around
and backed out much after the manner
Of a locomotive on steep grade. He was
partly through the opening when the
doors came to with bang, catching the
parcels. and sweeping them out of his
hand onto the floor inside and leaving
the owner of them on the outside
The fat man was about to go back for
them. but the thin man who had still two
minutes left to catch his train, unwilling
to tage any more chances, picked them up
and opening the door, handed them to
him.
Say, mister. you orter ride a bike and
chase yer fat cried the messenger, as
he ran up the gangway.
The fat man was about to pursue
him to resent the insult when the crowd
at the rear began to resort to football
tactics. The fat man was bounced from
one snlace to another, sideways for
wards and backward again like Il huge
rubber ball In the hands of a tribe of
.sstreci garnins
After the crowd had passed on the fat
man was found leaning up against the
side of the ferryhouse gasping for breath.
| When he recovered his wind he picked up
his scattered parcels and rernarking with
much feeling, We fat people have
troubles of our own" slowly resumed his
journey.