The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-13

TIE TtkNtnI Itf DTlk di' III 'iTi' ThA'''f' -
footed run. ere the pri, ate fire fighters. pom
their arrival they calmly ait down to resi-, ana
be hired by excited tenants IRON Dnliuih1s
burning or threatened, and they drive q CLOS"
bargain, too. amid the cracking OF the faines,
Sorne time before this there had been n,ilte
large fire.involving. about three hundred owem-
ings. For n while IL looked NJ though the VAIN
able property belonging 10 the grahdmothrI
OF my Greek friend Demotrindi would have, w
go Dem"trindi and his brolher-h.law appea,eu
posedly smoking their cigarettes waiting ior
an engagement,
Come. get 10 work herel How much do you
Fifty pounds, al, least, Encndim"
Fifty pounds, You're inadl Glye yoa zen
relative grasped reyolyers. and at pistols
muz2le persuaded the independent beggars, TO
pu, their pump into. operation. afterward payihg
4 few nights after the first fire another oc-
Cured only a few hundred feet away from
my hotel Three houses only TINS ,ime, nm
other English friend, the representative Of one
Of the principal English INSURANCE comnsnies,
Why, Well dG9r you Ior, s """' ,h 'sey ,rs we're mo
But an ignorant policeman got himself mo
trouble that night lie caught three men red
handed, actually with torches ~ their hand,
! setting fr" To these buildinRs. and he was STUPID
enough To listen Ia n" explana'ion-, ana To m
~isi on locking them ny IN Galata Seral, me
next morning they were discharged, perhaps
with apologies, AID the POLICEMAN. VA, taken
to one side and got certain Instructions Tor ms
future guidance, The Government VIII insist
IL is said. that the burned buildings be replaced
| by stone ones in pursuance Of It's policy Of re-
| building the city.
While on no subject Of fires. it is a curious
fact IL true. as asserted by my friends In. Con-
stantinople, that insurance premiums are lower
there than in London and the field an unusually
profitable one 10 the companies. Granting
that fire protection Is inadequate and crude
and that serious fires are common. they vet
assert that when placed by Intelligent agents.
familiar with local c1ndI,lons, the business Is
competition among the British and German and
other Continental companies.
As one approaches Constantirople for the
first time he Is quite sure 10 look forward 10
! the custom house Inspection with some anxiety.
Hear"ay and the glidebooks have combined
to lead him to anticipate that his COPY of the
latest French novel a, wcll rs the Testament
/ nesting beside II in his bag, IA fact, all printed
books. possibly even hi diary racked in bis
luggage, will be coutiecated for inspection 10y
tho censor and only returned TO him, If at all.
through hi Consul and after "A lot Of bother.
What actually happens is that YOU give your
! self over 10 the ear" OF \ hofcl guide. or a kayas
from the Consul or Minister if Won have in
nuence enough to comnand tho presence at
railway or quay Of one OF these Sorgnoiisly, ca,
parisoned attendants, and this individual
as~surcS ia" Inspector that Nou nave abSo-
lutelv nothing in vo,r baggage, and by the
transfer. politely and unostrntaiInlsIv oil
a pa!trv one franc piece the transaction -
! closed and Won are AT liberty 10 drive away.
To iump from arrival 10 departure, II may he
observed that Con-tantjnorle is one Of the
/ lItNf~ "a Nf' u ~ NV NldU ~ ~ WV VIZ
After preliminary arrangements have been
ooprleicd one finds that he must again have
hi baggage examined, must AGAIN contrlbul"
a franc toward tho. comfort Of the customs
service. must have his passport carefully eN-
ahmed and full details Of complexion, sex.
whittier md whence, recorded lahoriously q a
huge book Zone wonders what ultimately be-
comes Of thpml and NJ length after passing ont
another fran" or two l. himself permitted 10
YOU ,- FAR ~ the barrier, but unless they have
sufficient ruil 20 obtain n permit from the pre-
,crnamrailv fat and solemn Turk who SWANS
IN. deNllnl"s OF mankind n ms regard Ihey
ioalOl~ly does the spider fasten in his not the
creatures once in hIS power
out of Turkey Is an insignificant indication of
Is possibilities in n commercial way, AZ the Gus
tom house. Has the inspector doubt o. 10 the
character " certain goods; even Of their ad-
mi--ihiltv9 Bak>hish. diplomaiicallr admir-
r.I"red. help, wonderfully to smooth ont
,ronhl",. ! package of jewNlrv q box OF, per
pnrtant consignmente Of American 0our were
n%NclUdcd BY n" Huihorit,sc r." Ghemi>, Of
house reported that the -four Did not conform
to the tests renni7cd.. y a matter of fact lG'"r
and impartial analysis ds'ermincd, clearly hat
II did meet even thee autiouated tests. But
the -four was only admitted finally through
tn" cncrCH'ic Efforts Of the nl'ed state ,or-
the cirr at the time had il hat a band of local
millers had formed n poo, contributed athonsAnd
rounds .irrlinC aud distributed II whore II
would ha mos, effective in stopping the impor-
tqtiou Of the thousands OF bags Of cheap Amor
lean -four which threatened to become u really
-eriois matter l,r them in the way Of price
Newspaper dc~natChoS recently announced
that the Port" had promulgated an trad" for
bidding the import alton Of imerican pork prod
u,t,. Washington corre,por i"nts made light
Of the matter, asserting that III" bushes, was
an insign,Ncant one at bet ord that ia
tl-tl"s showed cNnprt- IN tho" live 20 Turkey
Amounting - ONLY SIG dung the pat year.
ng Tor -~iati.tic-' The writer Wa IN Constant
riuop,e when TIVE consignment, Of american
hams Of MANY times this value arrived and
N"rc promptly thrown into the .ea by the zeal
o'l- people in the custom house because they
were Spoiled II might seem a ht queer To
the ~hipnors who are doing millions Of dollars
Worth Of cNpo', bg.ine,. and pr" mall kn1w
unicial Certificate attr-'ed the Tact, and What
va - he done'
The lera Palace Hotel IN ton-tanfinonle
and thr summer Palace Hotel a, Ih"rapia are
lighted be- cleC'rCitv II L. said that their in
,'allntion.. nr-t and last, cost thcm $50 s"
Outside Of them elect ricitv does not scintillate
10 any arprnciable extent in Constan'inurI",
while tho irwo-t trade reported IA emanating
from M" Porte iorhids the entry, OF any, >ort
nf electrical apparatus. even Of electric heI-
II l. connolly laid that Tire Sultan has been
persuaded by his Jealous keepers. ever anxious
10 remind him Of his perpetual danger that a
DYNAMO t. first cousin to dynamite and q very
dc.irahl" article TO leave severely alone. \
local merchant assured tho writer with a grin
that he va getting out tyo dynomoos which
customs people werc ~ all Suspicion, there re-
manned The ever available resource Of bakshl-h.
\, for trlcpEones but what an opportunity
thcy wo'It AFFORD for. whi.rcriug trea on
WV. pconle could actually talk ~ one another
right in hi own capital and the Sultan's pic
have ueycr n chance nj ovrrhearing a word.
Its said that a local postal service was tr"d
y Tow year- ago in ConstantinoDle. But ,ou"
foolish fellow developed, q mania for writing
llrid language inst how rOor an opinion he 90 .
t%crtaiupd 81 him and Of the established ordol