The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-28

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ones They begin to come in with
their last load at about five o'clock. AS
the wagon is unpaeked the goods are sort
ed and put in their proper places. sum-
door, while the winter garments are
stored away upstairs. Old chairs are.
hung around the walls or suspended from
the ceiling. while bedsteads and other ar
ticles of furniture are stored away in the
furniture department.. The newspapers
and rags are sorted and piled In the rear!
of the building, to be sold as soon as a
sufficient quantity Accommodates. News
papers bring $4 a ton: AL white rags, .S1.60
d hundred pounds; calico, l0Scents a hun-
dred pounds, and n nlaek cotton Ma u ,r cents ana g
copper are the only things that are dis
posed of to the wholesale dealer. AL
other articles are sold at retail on the
premises. The stock in trade consists of
anything from a ten-penny nail to q pi-
cycle, or from a clotheSpin to a double
beadstead. Clothes are to be had in great
variety and may beNsecured at rock bot
tom prices. Mems suits can be purchased
at prices ranging from two dollars, up,
while dresses and cloaks go at proper.
tomato prices. Ladies silk waists IN
good repair sell as low as thirty cents
Shoes you can buy at five and ten cents
a pair. In a prominent position, where
it can be seen by all who enter the place,
is the following sign nana
Trusting department on the roo1-IaKe
elevator"
A blackboard outside the door is used
to announce special bargains. When q
News" reporter called IL contained the
following announcements
Men and boys caps. 8 cents each.
lot of bedsteads. Goods at your price.
Come n"
Another sign was:-
Second hand goods of every descrip-
ton. Come in. Look around. 1t costs
nothing to ami our stock"
The depot is in the centre of a tene-
ment district and within a block of the
Italian settlement. The poorer class or
people in the vicinity have come to rec
in the city. and the place is filled every
evening by men and women looking for
bargains. They watch the wagons as
they come in as eagerly as the Lieutenant
does. and they can tell pretty well
there will be on sale. When an unusu-
ally good stock of clothing is brought in
as twenty women inspecting it at one
time and often the bidding for some par
ticular garment is spirited. Every day is
a bargain day at the Salvage Depot, for
the men are constantly bringing in new
goods of all descriptions. Among the bar
gains offered are a number of old fash
n bedsteads at $1.50 a piece. also a
number of kitchen ranges and parlor
stoves at reasonable prices. A consign-
ment of bird cages was received the
other day. Stored away in a corner are a
which one of the men had given him by a
minister whose church had laid in a new
supply. They can be purchased cheap.
sale of goods amounts to a little over SO
a day. AS has been said his is the only
depot hat is running on a paying basis.
The business has grown to such an .ex-
tent in this city that he talks of en-
larging his store room, which is already
insufficient for his needs, and hiring more
men. He hopes soon to be able to civ
twenty men steady employment.
Commander Booth-Tucker is we'll salts
fed with the success of his experiment,
and is planning to organize a chain of
the continent and afford a livelihood to
thousands of men who would otherwise
be on the streets without work or means
of s~ustainance. Plans have already been
made for organizing depots in Newark
and several other large cities.