The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03

turned AWAY by the proprietor but each man
Of work nbou, the place with the result that Il
was soon completed and a stranger looking build
Ing was probably never raised since the day
The place was orderly, Tor the proprietor. while
liberal In his allowances for hobo nature would
who attempted TO disregard orders. Tor Tcrrndrll
had too many friends among the tramps who
were ready at any minute TO take up his cause;
case In point IT, that Of tramp who was found
unconscious beside a roadway nenr Railway
several years ago The police thought they
man recovered after a long stay In The hospital
and finally left, refusing 10 tell how he came by
his injuries. Two years later yngrnnt who was
fallen in with some of his fellow hobocs and being
drunk. had boosted Of having robbed 1eIradell'f
6, upon him and bea, him into insensibility,
That was the only time that the till was ever
robbed; indeed. most Of the time II would not have
Work was found for Tcrrndcll's tranps when
they wanted it. ,i III sct up Toadcnl'inE indus
Wy ana IN NIUE his "p pSce ha wnS wh9
who had become interested in the experiment.
found jobs for the dodgers, and though by far the
strictly transient order some few from time Il
time would express desire 70 stay and make 4
deli was inborinE and for them he Ne, out 10 ss
tablish a permanent plant BY what slow nnC
painful steps, with what patience irrsistIbly
he achieved his ends he alone knows.
Unremittng toll and devotion brought about
In the course Of years, the wonderful transforms
| ton wrought by the pennilcss and unemployed
| Terradell. In the swamp land where his curioui
| structure Of telegraph poles and boards had shel
| tered his hobo friends the four-stOTy build
| ing Of vitri6ed brick with brownstone trimmings
and around II small cottages were put up, twenty
seven in all, for such families as might Join tn
| new community. Where and how did Terradcl
| get the money for such nm establishment? Pconl
asked this question with wonder, hut nobod,
| ever answered H. Doubtless there were rich mel
who. believing in Tcrradell md his project. CAV,
literally TO help him, for not only was his build
| ing costly but the land which before was regard
| ed as no much waste space had acquired value
| and nearly $4,000 was laid out on land alone
Terradell himself worked with the builders, spur
| ring them on by his example and when the biz
| industrial building, MS he called II, was finishes
he was the proudest man in America. Their
was $4,000 mortgage On the place but he ha
perfect faith that the worst of his work was owe
| and that success was close at hand.
| To support the institution Tcrradell locke
| TO- the workshops which took up all the indus
trial building except tho dormitOry space and IN
| eating rooms and Office There was shop IA
| broom and brush making and one for the mar
ufacture Of crates and packing boxes, and in ON
| or the other Of these any man who was homes
| and would work could find employment no matte
how little experience he had had, II he didn
| know the trade some work would br found f.
| him until he could learn H. Men out of employ
| ment hocked TO him and many Of his former hob
friends came and took regular employment 10 hi
great 10y, though he never felt sure Of them, fe