The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02
OATS dude Iangwudge for long grass.

OATS dude langwudge for long grass.
Besides de banks Whiskers goes on.
''our hotels. insurance companies municipal
offices and odder money-making institu-
tions is run by formers from over de sea,
or beyond de Bronx. What do New York
ers do. / ask your
well" says Mr.. Paul, ''I see dat you
will be answered. Some New Workers go
to South Dakota and some to Newport;
but de main push goes to de races if dey is
sporty. or to New Jersey IL dey is domestic.
We is mostly too strong to woik, and too
bored to see dat gets fair deal;
farmers from dc tall timber comes in and
rakes off de pot, kitty and percentage.
Derefore de city is going to de dogs fast
as it can find kennels to hold itself Strang-
ers in New York is de only ones dat gets
any good out OF de city. All dat most
New Workers gets out of de city is DER
trunks
But We should stop in New York city,"
says Whiskers, getting a mad on.
1--WE would stop in de city and browse If
we had de run of de pasture. but We re-
fuse to be stalled" says Mr.. Paul.
Nonsense says Whiskers. I'VE has
underground rapid transit almost ready"
Chances" says Mr.. Paul. toining to me,
''you has been seeing de city--how is rapid
transit going on?''
TITS getting on so swift" / says, dat if
dey don't take a wrap in de reins and pull
up a Bit / says. ''dere is babes alive at dis
very minute dat will live 10 see daylight"
1 says, "and some of 'e,n may take a ride
on de loop" / says.
Whats dat about a loop he says 81
was talking about rapid transit
"Dey is bote ringers for each odder," /
says. Main lines. trunk lines. side lines.
double tracks, terminals-de whole bunch
is loops when dey comes out of de slot ma
chine. When de front of somebody's house
slips into de rapid transit hole-in-de- ground
de Rapid Transit Board calls de Rapid
Transit Mayor, and all de odder wise mugs
| dat has Rapid Transit bugs, and dey all
says, let us get rapider.'
Sure says de mayor. Let US put In
| de loop below City Hail..
Deb. de controller says, No. he says,
let us loop under de East river. five times
and repeat, best tree in five to take de
money
| mot bit like it, says de Chief Engi-
neer. Let us all get togedder and loop
| from de old bridge to de new bridge, wit
Il
building for beer
| wit dat de Brooklyn Borough President
makes holler, and he says, DE foist loop
de-loop dat is to be looped is to be 20 Will
Uamsburg and back.
why back? says de mayor 'Dere's
| plenty of beer and teeatres in Williams
burg. Why back he says.
| Den dey all resolves to loop over and
4 der n
dere is. and de meeting adjoins and reports
progress. OATS de only progress dat goes
| ahead
i Noting doing?'' asked Mr.. Paul
! only loops" l says. when all de loops
Is done you can run around in more kinds
| of socles dan dere is in a slice of raw
| onion. Dere will be tousand-mie tickets for
sale. and you can ride EN- out to a finish
and never get half a mile away from City
Hall. Gents dat puts up a scream to get
to Harlem can do as dey do now: Telephone
to WHEY to meet EN- half way; and dey
can dine near Long Acre Square and call
1t draw. De loops is coming for fair but
uptown tunnels, when dey is finished, is to
be cut up into sections apd rented out for
hotel wine cellars and ratskillers."
We'll. Chances" says Whiskers, after
he'd taut awhile. 'You don't draw a
| hopeful picture"
Excuse me, sir" / says, eff it's only
hopeful pictures you're looking for I'll fetch
you dope book on Rapid Transit called
Report of Progress. Tree sure winners
wired every day amt in it alongside"
After ALL, says Mr.. Paul. II suppose
deere isn't no longer any use for rapid tran
sit out to Harlem. Years ago, when desc
tunnels was foist started, folks still had
to hike out to Harlem to sleep, at least.
Dat was before we decided to build twenty
story hotels on every corner, wit a few
chucked in between for good measure.
wit all of de middle of de city covered
wit hotels dere is no more need for a Har-
lem dan dere is for a public clock in de
Tenderloin. where every man has a watch
and no woman cares what time it Isl
Say, when Mr.. Paul gets talking fast he
only says woids, not sense