Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-18
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New York Sun.
The complete outfit of q pawnshop,
numbering 56,17S articles. was carted
yesterday from the Third Avenue rail-
road car depot. at Sixty fifth street and
Third avenue, to Reeber's second hand
lumber yard Mt the foot OF East One
Hundred and Seventh street. It re-.
5quirsd ten trucks to carry the stun
away. There We're seventy-nine big
wooden boxes filled with goods that
had been pledged over fifty years ago
in Henry Harris pawnshop- long before
MIR. Hart became president of the Third
Avenue railroad.
In the 40ts Mr.. Hart had a pawnshop
at q Chatham street, in the building
now occupied by saloonkeeper near
the Brooklyn bridge entrance. When
Mr., Hart gave up the pawnshop to
manage the Third Avenue railroad, !n-t
stead of selling the contents OF the
shop he had the goods carted to the car
stables, and stored away in the cock
loft in an unfrequented part OF the
building Why he did this no one
knows excepting Mr.. Hart. II he had
his way about it, the goods from the
spawnshop would still be in the car
house. But having lost the control of
the railroad, his successors. represent
ing the metropolitan Company, notified
him to remove the goods Immediately,
as they desired to renovate the build
ing. Mr.. Hart worried over the mat
ter. He had kept the goods together
for over fifty years and be was not
In Eyr.r 1o1
his agent. Fauhaber, who looks after
his business affairs, and asked what
was to be done. Being told that the
only thing was to get rid of the goods,
Mr. Hart sent Fauhaber out to find a
buyer. But buyers We're not plentiful.
There are over 10000 suits of
clothes" said Mr.. Hart.
Probably out of style now said
Fauhabe1l
Mr.. Harris agent went in search of
some one who would buy a big pawn
shop fifty years old 1t was job lot
and there was only one man who would
take chances with 1t. William c. Rec
Der was the man. He had Just bought
a gas house up on the east side, be-
lscause3 the Consolidated Gas Company
has TO make room for city park.
The agent went around to Reeber and
said:
.It,s bargain. You can have the lot
flor SIS 900
What ~ exclaimed Reeber. Five
Thousand for second hand pawnshoT
lfifty years old. Not on your life.!
bought twenty-seven railroad cars and
1.-TWO graveyards for a hundred dollars
yesterday."
Make it four thousand said the
agent.
THE pyramids OF Egypt have been
offered for half that. replied the sec
ond- hand man. Keep a showing.
n ows about one Thousand? y
why, said Reeber you ought "a
]pay me for carting the stun away. I've
lust been offered presents of three
Ichurches, two synagogues and couple
sof bridges up in Connecticut, Just for
1.-The tearing down.
The agent went back and made a re-
J9port to Mr. Hart. The latter said some
lthing, and half an hour later the agent
3IEreturned and said We don't know
whats there. but we'll take 5000 fol
4 ALL.
Then the big trucks from the second
- Wy - - ~
1.-THE car depot Seventeen men dug the
Il goods out Of the garnet and loadet
them on the trucks. a crowd followet
1.-THE trucks 10 the foot of East One Hun
gtdred and seventh street. There Reebel
i proceeded to find whether he hat
bought a gold brick.
4 TIL first box contained half hun
Sdred theatrical costumes and com
6pIete outfit for the performance o
a Richard Ill. Pawn tickets pinned 7,
them bore the date 1s4I. 1t twas eviden
& that some theatrical manager had beef
Fl stranded and had been compelled Y
Il pledge the costumes. The second DO:
Il opened contained clothing. There wer
fancy colored silk waist coats viii
small buttons. velvet waistcoats witt
sEbig buttons and every style sof wais
a coat that was ever seen in a pictur
book, a pawn ticket was pinned I
each vest. One Of them of bright col
ored silk with big roses. bore this in
Iscription in the lining:
Presented to
Mr. Des Rockers.
August 3. 1871.
BY the Hanover Nerein.
10 n,,t,a al eft IN n