The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-25


striking landmarks.
Mite OF u Euilding.
Land is valuable in Manhattan, ar
no one who owns slice of it like
to let 1t remain idle. A little build
Ing like a dolls house has just gone u
on a three-cornered little plot on up
per ANroadway, at the corner OF Ono
Hundred and Fifth street. 1t has {
frontage of twenty-five feet, with
depth at one end of sixteen feet anC
at the other Of six 1t is the smalles
building put up on Broadway for many
years. 1t will probably be used as
cigar store. Tho rental will pay thr
owner for erecting the building.
A Sight In wall street.
One of the common sights in Wal
street. which always attracts curiou
crowd, is the carrying into the ASSAY
offices of gold and silver bullion to be
tested. Between $60,OOO,OOO and $40.
100000 worth of precious metal every
year is deposited in the Office to be as
sayed. The gold and silver is brought
in solid Jumps like pig iron, except
that they are sharp cornered. They
come in express wagons, and are car
ried into the office by men who han
die the stuff as If it were indeed moth.
ing more precious than the lead and
copper 1t appears to be. 1t is dirty
and unattractive looking, but the
knowledge that each one of the Jumps
is worth $4,000 or $4,000 gives it
wonderful fascination for the idlers
who speculate with much g~sto on
what they would do If they had one or
two of the bricks. A trip to Europe
and a fast horse are nearly always in
cluded in the luxuries they name, al
though I heard one solemn-faCed boy
Of about twelve years Of age say as he
pointed to a particularly dirty bar Of
gold ''If had that I would sell my
bicycle and buv an automobile"
Poorly Lighted.
At this season, when so many fam
| lilies are out Of town. it would be hard
| to imagine anything more dismal than
| the long streets of brownstone houses
between Broadway and Madison ave-
A Pickering gas lamp at long intervals
relieves the gloon little. but be
tween them one has to make his way
by sense sof touch. instead of sight
, Most of the houses are closed and
dark, the only sign II life being a cou.
pie Of whlte-aproned maid servants
/ sitting In an area, or roosting on top
/ of the long flight Of steps, because they
find 1t too lonely and ghostly indoors
The policeman on the beat tramps
heavily past once In a great while
and some times a pedestrian Will
hurry along, anxious to get into the
cheerfulness of Broadway at one end,
or the hustle of Third avenue at the
other. 1t is not often that street
robberles are reported in these dark
streets. but it must be because there
is no one on them to rob. The alb
| sence Of electric lights would give
footpads grand opportunities. Is It
not somewhat Of an anomaly that the
| metropolis should be one Of the worst
lighted cities in the country?
Echoes of the Strike.
TIL eleaders now excuse the failure o.
the strike by asserting that it was put
in operation prematurely and without
their entire approval But the conse-
quences of the strike are TO be felt in
the coming election If the most active
| organized labor men can have their
way. A NV political labor party is to
be launched upon the tempestuous sea
Of political affairs in this city, and the
result is awaited with keen interest by
all. The growth Of sentiment, hos
tile to many public corporations, is
believed to have been much more
marked than the newspapers reflect.
The new labor party will endeavor to
crystalize the discomfort. If the mass.
es, not alone Of It's own organizations.
but of that larger number who be-
long to no organizations. AS author
ity and influence begins to centre in
few men, these men will become of
Importance and they will be cared for
and If possible controlled by the par
ties In power. 1t is regretted thai q.
this time there is no commanding fig
ry George was, to lead the opposition
growing to the public corporations
many of which are firmly allied with
the government of the city.
Contributing Causes.
The press OF the city is continually
contributing to the causes which pro
duce dissatisfaction among the people,
and when the outbreak comes there is
a surprise. The patience Of the peo-
pie with some of these corporations
has been nearly exhausted. The
cl>owding on the elevated roads has
long been a source of complaint, aud
the indifference of many of the sur
face roads for the comfort of their pa
irons calls for much criticism. Some
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