Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04
ROUND ABour NEW roRK.
RippIes o. the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.


Metropolis.
A green goods man named MONTGOMERY
who is booked for a long rest from IN,
cares OF business, Is convinced that thV
twentieth century woman is sharper thar
q row Of upturned tacks on a bedroom
carpet. He regarded them as tempting
game Of the "come-on" varlety-a come
on" being a person with a bundle Of money
anxious to exchange It for twice the guam
tity Of counterfeit bills. To test his
theory he selected a milliner In a Pennsyl-
vania town, sent her q charming letter
inviting her to invest and promising profits
that would make a stock Of Easter bon
nets look like remnants at a bargain sale,
But the milliner did not embrace the op-
p%ortunity. She sent the invitation to the
postof1ce authorities at Washington, where
such documents are gleefully accepted.
Presently a letter, ostensibly from the
milliner, was received by Montgomery, ask
ing when she should go to New York,
where she should stop, and what she should
do. The Information was sent immedl-
ately and when Montgomery reached the
hotel designated he met a tenure little
woman in country garb, who told him she
was ready to do business.
Dlu you Keep IL 10 yourself
o course 1 did. Good graciousi How
could 1 Ass any Of your money on my GUS
toners II they knew I was down here buy
ing counterfeits Of youl Do you think I'll
be arrested for passing Of TT"
NO." said the sleek New Yorker, II
don't think you will ever be arrested for
passing Of 1t on any one." Then he said
to himself: "Oh, these women are 30
oa Uhu dfd I o.,ar 49, th.-a AANa-. 80
And he had to work hard to conceal his
inward mirth.
Have you the money!" he asked.
Right in this sachel. All bills. Where
are the goods7"
lover in Brooklyn. We will nave to go
over there to get them"
II hate to go to Brooklyn. ] don't know
that town. But 1 suppose I will have to.
I'm ready"
So was Montgomery. So were two de-
~tectives listening in another room. The
green goods man had not got to the door
when he was placed under arrest.
Miss Saunders" was Miss Mamie Clancy,
one Of the best detectives employed in a
large New York department store.
Douglas Robinson recently purchased a
Of houses on the blocks bounded by
Thirty-frst and Thirty-third streets and
Seventh and Ninth avenues, New York.
The and is to be used by the Pennsylvania
railroad as a station, but not right away.
prevent the vacant houses from being
plundered by thieves Mr.. Robinson has
offered them to policemen rent free and
already a number Of families have moved.
Some OF the residences are very fine and
there is som prospect that the officers
and their families may have the use OF
them for a year or more.
There are taller buildings in New York
and in other cities, for that matter, thar
the so-called "Flatiron," which is soaring
aloft at the junction of Broadway, Fifth
avenue and Twenty-third street, but this
structure, which Is to be but twenty stories
In height, is often termed the most re-
markable sky-scraper in the world.
To begin with, the lot area upon which
the 'Flatiron" stands is of only 8,770
square feet, yet its cost to it's present own
ers was, in round figures, $2.250, 900 or
about $3.50 a square foot. The building,
which is approaching completion, will cost
another So ESQ. 900. The building rises
twenty stories above the sidewalk and
there are two stories below 1t. The height
above the walk is 300 feet, below 1t thirty
one feet. The total floor area is 204, O00
square feet. The area Of wall on street
fronts is 152, 900 square feet. There will
be 10000 square feet Of glass surface. II
will have 1900 windows, 5000 electric
lights. 5000, 900 brick will be used; seven
teen stories are of terra Gotta M pressed
brick and 1000 toni of steel is used in con-
struction. The structure will lave 400
ofices and six high speed elevators.
To the casual observer the twentieth
story of this spindle -shanked building
would not seem to be a desirable shelter at
the time of a heavy vino storm, but there
are many applicants for Offices in the top
story.