Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-15
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Growth of New York-Thrift Of the
Denzsns Of the City People Who
Live by Their Wits-Polits c o. ks
Congressman Cummings
East Side Meat Abstainsrs.
(From Our Special Correspondent)

New York May 7.-One scarcely appre-
ciates the marvellous growth of New York
till he pays visit to some OF the subur-
ban districts where new buildings sprinp
up rs if by magic. The large district Is
ing between Brooklyn ana the sea shore
stretching from Fort Hamilton away to
Rockaway is being gradually built up. lit.
tie villages, here and there, appearing nj
frequent intervals and all these will bc
united into one great city one of the>C
days, and form a part of Greater New
York" as they are all in the city limits
The avdity with which these new houses
are rented or bought by people who ar,
every day in quest of new homes, is re
markabe and shows the wisdom of in
Ncsting in this sort of property. In fact
IT has been shown, not only in New York
but in London, San Francisco, and Other
great cities both of the old and new
world, that investments made in suburban
real estate are nearly always profitable.
improvements however are not confin Il
60 the suburbs. New buildings. and i'm
provemonts are constantly going on r
he very heart of the city, and what
strikes the visitor to New York more thar
anything else, is the number of substan,il
docks Of hrpWnstone and brick residences
on hundreds of streets, being so many evi
donces Of the great thrift of the people
end the comparative small number q
cheap tenement houses. In fact, one won
ders how there can be so many people wnt
are able TO pay the rent necessary to oc
cupy this class of houses, and, no doubt
many find it difficult to do so. but pride
has no small share in the matter, as there
are always people who are constantly liv
ing up to, or beyond their means, and mo-
saving anything for a future day. Never
thciess, the fact that there are few dis
possessals for rent is proof that the oc
MIC % hnt, To-, tIx a.,
we'll to-do.
SHARPS AND CROOKS.
OF course, as in all large cities, there Il
IN Now York "A very considerable army o.
men who live by their wits, rather thar
soil their hands with labor. The scheme!
that they evolve for fleeing their victims
would bring them fame If turned to hon
| orable purposes. They range all the way
down, from the bunco steerer and golt
brick seller to the humble house breake
and sneak thief. Some of the latter ar,
not without a sense OF humor The othe
day, or night rather. some of this frater
nifty, who had been making themselves a
| home at various places, visited a hous
where they proceeded to cook and eat
meal, and then left a note. couchcd in ex
cellent English asking that the lady
whom they complimented on her goo
| taste in the selection of beefst eaks, be
little more thoughtful in the matter o
! leaving the salt where 1t could be found
as beefsteak. no matter how tender. taste
much better when properly sailed. In an
other case, two strangers. who had beel
"entertained" by a gentleman who ocCu
pied fiat alone. beat and robbed their en-
tertainer, after they had all become gross
| ly intoxicated. and left him in such "a con
dition that he had to be taken to n hospi
tai.
| DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN CUMM-
INGS.
| The newspaper fraternity have cause L
mourn the recent death of Amos j. Cum
mings, who worked his way up from tn
case to high position in journalism. an
was one of the prominent officers in IN
civil War. He was not so much of a politi
clan Is he was a man of work and sterlin
falthfulness, and, consequently, was not f
widely known as he might otherwise hav
been, He began as a sub in the Iribun
Office. and was at one time chief editor q
the Evening Sun, and president of tn
New York Press club
DINING WITHOUT NEAT.
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