The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COMING
NOISE MAKING CoNTRTTAyCEs IN
LIVELY DEMAND.


Manufacturers of Fireworks Pushed to Sup
ply Them Fast Enough-ReR ula tions by
Which Patriotism Can BE Satisfied and
the City Perhaps Avoid Destruction.
The tnauisltive man with nothing to do
started out the other day to bother the fire.
works. people with questions. He wanted to
know how many cords OF Roman candles. bar
rels OF rockets. cubic feet Of frscrackers and
bushels Of torpedoes wore lying around In
New York shops ready TO blow the neghbor-
hood to kingdom come In halo OF red white
and blue lro II q FIRE should reach them. The
inaulsitive man was ignorant Of the law which
! saws that not more than $500 worth OF fire.
works shall he kept In one place. He wan
dered over into tho biggest fireworks shop he
could find and found the manager and bur-
dened his soul Of the questions
We have less than $500 worth OF fireworks
| here" said the manager.
What" exclaimed the inc l's''tpp meH. We
remembered the Fourth OF July celebrations
in summer places for which he had cole !.
with tho utmost pains. 5000 or $500 B.,
buy fireworks: and then he remembe the
miserably disrroportionate size of the coffin
like box In which the fireworks came.
Five hundred dollarsl' he repeated. as lie
looked around the store at the rows on rows Of
| Raudily colored rockets. Roman candles.
| bombs. nwhsels and set pieces that covered
| the sides OF che room. Fireworks must be
cheap this year"
No cheaper than usual" said the fireworks
man with grin.
Wi! you sell mo all'the fireworks In this
room for x500i" asked the inquirer. wno re.
membersd how "Old:Hutch" had once made
fortune out In Chicago by buying outright the
contents Of a carpet storo which he thought
| were being sold too cheap.
.'yoo nan havn Nil fharn a hern n H500.n
said the superintendent ''or for $3.50 or for
1850" He looked around over the stock care
| fully and added: And II you really mean busi-
| hess I'll think over an offer OF $780,"
whats the Joker" asked the outsider.
Simply thfs." said the su pc rintendent. that
| we only keep enough fireworks here to supply
| tho people who como in and buy small guam
| tity to take home. All these rockets and bombs
| and things you see here are dummies, They
| arc filed with sawdust. They are simply SAM
| pies. from which our customers may order.
| Our real stock OF fireworks 10 kept In our fac
tory out IN Kings county. We hnve here few
| gross Of rookie Roman candles and torpedos
| and a few boxes OF frecrackSrs and few
! dozen small bombs. They sre kent back
there QUO OF the way. IN closed boxes or IN
packages. under the counter. man who
wanted to buy q bomb like that"-the superin-
tendent pointed to one as big as q halt bushel
basket decorated with !, emsryellous taosle q
sens. and the order would be flsd from the
The superintendent explained the fireworks
| law that made this small stock necessary. The
$500 Worth only bstreen June 10 and July IL.
What quantity OF fireworks have you III
nd.n 1s xs, .s II aans' e0uns' tho suD'rh
haven't any ,he.s either e. t1 SPEAK Of"
/ hA daRfrNyAi
aroaI OF Roman candies and as many rockets"
A very rough eicals.io1, bassd oY the siIe
900 gross Of them meant about 700 cords.
The, sticks Of a similar number OF rockets
space. The fireworks man explained that he
did not mean that lust because HIS ompany's
selling s" smp naa
that:the reserve supply gassaone. The fac.
tory was rHpnina as hard As ever It could to
But eysry NIGHT almost ali the tireworfs that
:, The other nreTorks menpfacturers all told
stun. is made up Of dpnmies. Most q them
were list moving ID their supply OF hTeeraok-
ets BUYERS 81 sI sio as
July 4. This year found the retail depart:
Of the II rather bad
for them from the small dealers everywhere
a new lot before the m manufacturers could rst
| any to sell over their own city counterA
Moro Of the old-fashioned. sonorous- sou ding
| Chinese Runpowder flreoraokers have been
| sold this year than usual, and fewer OF the
| kind known BY small boys as dynamite crack
srs. The demand for torpedoes has been very
| close to the supply.
All in all It has been q great fireworks sea-
son. The manufacturers FATHER thought thas
hine on July 4. 1859, after due and calm som
sideration Of what the army and navy have
done and are still doing since tho country last
had a chance to glortfy itself. They prepared
| TO help the eagle scream to the best OF their
| ability. The wav people have ghouldered one
another and crowded tho malls to buy fire.
works shows that the fireworks manufac-
low citizens. As result. one plant over on
Staten Island. covering sixty acres OF ground.
| Ia cutting up two tons OF stra wboard every day
and will do 80 until July !, TO be curled un
into tubes for rockets and Roman candlea
OF course all this making Of fireworks .alfp
for Gunpowder. Tho inauisltive mar. last Of
| all wanted W knuw how much Runpowdsr was
kept In stock In these places whore. fireworks
are made. Once more he hed 70 be instructed
is permitted to keep more than fourteen
pounds OF Gnnpowder under ia roof at onoe.
| Even then IL must be put no IN metallic cases
| holding not mora than ono pound. Qunpow-
der In large quantities Ia kept IN powder shi %
! down tho bay between Bedlow's Island and
| Staten Island. They are tho small sohooners.
| painted black. that swing at anchor down
there all tho rear through AZ often as the
| manufacturers want aunpowder they send to
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