Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-11-20

John Duane of No. 26 Nassau street
was mayor, and Nicholas Low, the an.
cestor of the present mayor, was do
ing business at l16 Wall street sell
Ing looking glasses from London and
brandy from France Isaac Roose-
welt was president of the Bank OF
New York, and was a sugar refiner at
l5O Queen street or South Pearl street
Now there are 81 Duanes. 56 Lows and
IA Roosevelts- in the New York di-
rectory. The recorder of the city
in 1856 was a Richard Varick, and.
although there is street, a bank and
large skyscraper bearing his name.
there are only six Varicks in the di-
rectory.
Bayard of 4 Hanover Square did a
big business in real estate when the
first number of the directory appear
ed. But there are only four bearing
the name in the last directory Peter
Goelet did business at the Golden Key
in Hanover Square, in bootlegs. vamps
and bottled beer, but there are only
four Goelets in the New York direc-
tory and none of them in that line of
business.
The Bleeckers had their office at
1856 Water street, between the Coffee
house and the Fly market. and there
was Bleecker an inn-keeper in Cher
ry street, altogether about dozen
Bleeckers in the first directory but
there are only twenty OF the name in
the present directory.
In the directory of 1902 there are
twenty-eight Vanderbilts. one less
than in the year 1901. but in 1856 Oil.
yer Vanderbilt, shoemaker. doing bus
mess at Water street, was the only
person OF the name among the regis
tered citizens of New York.
With regard to number, the Smiths
carry the palm. There are at least
5000 in the last issue OF the directory
AS compared with 1900 Browns, 773
Joneses and 7ls Robinsons. The
O'Briens and the O'Connors are great
ly on the increase.
OF the aristocratic Norman lineage
of De We're there are eleven in the
New York directory, while thirteen
of this well known family have mod
ernized their Norman pattern to
Devery.
The growth of the Hebrew popula.
tion In New York Is very remarkable.
In the first edition of Trow's directory
there was only one individual of the
name of Levi, Rayman Levi. merchant.
of Duke street. or what is now
known as South William street. But
In the one hundred and sixteenth vol
ume there are not less than $3.50 per.
sons OF the name OF Levi.
Levy. Levey and Levie. or Cohans
and Coins there are nearly 1000.
Ethically considered the New York
directory Is not to be despised. There
are 30 citizens who claim to be Good,
and of the Goodmans there are more
than 100. Twelve are True. | (who
is Il clerk is Honest, and Is mum
BILE. There Is one Proudman. and ne
is coachman in livery. Strange %
observe. there is not a single Faithful
in the whole directory. nor Is there
one in Brooklyn, although 1t Is a com
mon English name.
In the new directory we find the
structure Of the human body almost
complete. There are only 2 BodyB.
One Is a musician, and the other III O.
tessor OF theology. But there are IS
Heads. SO Hands. s Arms, 4 Foots. IA
Legs, 2 Nails, 4 Tooths. Tongues.
and Hair.
Thirty.seven are Sweet. Sour.
and ! Bitter.
or wild animals there are II Bears
16 Lions, S Tigers. 400 Foxes and
about 900 Wolfs. VOLTS and Woulffs.
As protection against these in
New York we have 10 Traps, and
more than 100 Hunters and Hunts
mans.
Neither in New York nor Brooklyn
Is there a single citizen who calls
himself Horse. But there are f!ye
in New York and one in Brooklyn who
are Horsey. There is not single
Cow, but there are Cowards.