The sun., 1904-08-31
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

A pedler who plies his trade ON Fifth
avenue between Fiftieth and Sixtieth streets,
does great trade In whips. His customers
range from private coachmcn to drivers Of
brewery trucks, and he carries a big assort-
ment. He also takes whips for repair on
commission. He does a thriving business
and says that he Is making money.
The women employees Of the large de-
partment stores are forbidden to receive
letters at the business addresses Of the
firm they are With, and In some OF these
establishments 1t has been found neces-
sary to enforce very rigid rule in order to
convince the young women that they must
have their personal correspondence sent
elsewhere. All letters that come for them
ployees and then sent TO the person to whom
they are addressed with the observation
that they were thought to be business
communications, as 1t Is we'll understood
that no other kind are to be received at the
stores. 1t has been found that one eT-
on the young women more emphatically
than anything else.
Honesty has had to be it's own reward in
more than one case. At Manhattan Beach
yesterday a clerk in the bathing pavilion
had checked a patrons watch and jewelry
and ring belonging to his wife. After
his bath the husband tore open his en-
velope, took out his own possessions and
his wife's diamonds on the counter among
many similar pieces Of paper. Then he
looked at himself in the mirror and went
to join his wife.
But he came back on the run.
i left diamond ring worth 900 IN that that
It for anything. am oertain-'
-Here it is, answered the custodian Of
valuables. Il found it in a corner Of the
envelope"
There was an expression Of immense
relief @ on the mans e. face. Then It changed
Much ebiised,' he said. edging toward
the steps, Il am really more indebted to
you for your kindness than can say. I'm
really very much obliged"
There is nothing more sleepless about
New York than the North River. All
through the night traffic goes on between
its shores, If not quite as busily as by day,
at least with a nearer approach to daytime
activity than the car traffic of the city.
A man who crossed on Cortlandt street
ferry about A. NJ. recently counted ten
ferryboats in motion at that hour. There
were two OF the Liberty street and two OF
the Cortlandt street lines, one Of the Des-
broeses street and one each Of the Barclay
street, Chambers street and jay street
lines. Two more boats far up the river
were visible, probably. Of the Christopher
and Fourteenth street lines.
Besides these, a tug with steam up was ly-
ing OF the American steamship Line pier and
a railway tow was visible in the moonlight
~. Do ho <lo o<r
boat had to go around fotilla Of canal
boats being towed down stream and another
was in sight half mile to the north, and
still further up stream sundry tugboat
lights could be discerned In motion. Near
the jersey shore. a fast tug went puff putting
a tow by daylight somewhere along the
Along the shore front Of Jersey City
several tugs were shifting floats, loaded
with freight cars. The railroad yards
were brilliantly lit with arc lights for acres
and the whistling and painting Of locomo-
tives went on without pause.
Property owners on South Fifth avenue,
Sullivan and Thompson streets have learned
with pleasure that work is to be resumed
on the Watts street improvement on Sept.l5
They say they had begun to fear that the
city had forgotten all about 1t.
The work Is the extension Of Watts street
from Sullivan to South Fifth avenue. 1t
was begun last winter. when broad cash
was cut through one block and the northern
end was Topped OF another for distance OF
15O feet. All the superstructure Of the houses
was removed. The contractors removed the
bricks and woodwork and left the cellars
filled to about the street level with the plas-
ter debris. Nothing has been done since
and the cleared space remains;
MoanwhilA the OwnarA Of the ah1YtfiN0
property have gone ahead and built stores,
tenements and lofts facing on the new
thoroughfare and many Of these are let and
ready for business; but no real Use can be
made Of the buildings until the street II
made passable.
Hills" said the impromptu spellbinder
to listening MONDAY crowd. "frame the
destiny Of both our Presidential candi-
dates. Yes, sir. San Juan Hill made Roose-
velt popular. and Dave Hill Is making
Parker unpopular