Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16
BEN BEAR In NEW YORK.
DEcORAH'S SQUARE DEALER WRITES
Interesting Letter of tile Many Things
New York City is Noted For.
Crop Outlook in the East
Etc, and Other
Matters.
New York Office of Ben Bear.
6S7 Broadway.

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have been in the city, over a
week, doing my work as usual. I
confess its not very light job at
that. as it's telling during this busy
hot spell. The city has been very
damp and close, the entire week
which is even more wearing than
dry. hot weather. However. / am do
ing nicely and feel that have ac-
complished good weeks work
New York has had extremely hot
days. this summer, in fact. the July
heat brought good deal of suffering
to the three million people living in
the city. OF course New York has
beautiful suburbs, such as Long
Branch, Far Rockawav Asbury Park.
and hundreds of Other near by places.
where people. who can afford. seek
relief from the heat Of the city. The
great mass, however, are obliged to
remain in town, and get on as best
they can.
The city has many small parks. and
several very large ones. among them
Bronx. Central and Prospect Parks.
These gardens are certainly a blessing
for everybody. During the extreme
hot weather, they are open all night.
thus permitting those who want to
take advantage of it. to seek relief
from their houses. which have become
heated by the suns rays.
| There are also "a number of RE
creation Piers" These places are
built along the waterfront. and people
take advantage of the cool breezes
from the waters. Music is furnished
on each of these piers every evening.
and the people are seen there by the
thousands. The government does all
in it's power to relieve' the2::suffering
during the hot weather. and in this
respect the city is very literally aided
BY men Of means.
The most popular resort in the city.
or in Greater New York. is the world
famed. Coney Island. This place con.
tains amusements of every sort and
description. The electric display
which this place affords is beyond de-
scription. and we'll worth going miles
to see. Conev Island can be reached
by many ways; might add. il costs
fifteen cents to go there. but there
certainly is no telling how much it
! costs to get back. The shows Of the
place are something on the order Of
Decorah's June Carnival, only the
IOoney Island Shows are SMALLER,
and not SO MANY Of them. I venture
to say. when in company with a
friend the other evening at Luna Park.
which is one of the main attractions,
that no less than 100. 600 people were
there, and crowd of quarter of a
million. is not considered the most
they ever mad there.
New York City is never happy with
out some sort of strike, and this time
it is the Bread Bakers" who have a
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is especially effected, and those living
IN that part Of the town are eating
cake at present. instead of bread.
| mot very serious hardship at that. }
The railroads. entering the city, are
making tremendous improvements.
The Pennsylvania is tunneling under
the Hudson River. and will also ex-
tend the tunnel under the East River,
so that through trains from the West.
will be able to 90 to Long Island.
without any change in Jersey City, as
they are doing now The depot. or
station itself. will surpass any that
has heretofore been built. and the
Pennsylvania r.. r. Co. have issued
$50 600, 900 bonds to defray cost. This
however looks insignificant. along side
the amout of indemnity which the
Japanese have demanded from Russia,
which is one billion dollars, and which
is twenty times as much as the i'm
provements Of the Pennsylvania Co.
AS one of the papers states it the re-
lceipts Of the st. Louis Exposition
were about ten million. and it would
therefore take 100 such expositions to
pay such an indemnity.
The New York Central r. r. Co. is
not permitting the Pennsylvania to
get ahead. and at present are making
vast improvements on their already
handsome station Within a short
time. they expect 70 run all their
trains into the CITY by electricity, thus
doing away with what the New
Workers call, 1.-The smoke nuisance. {"
On my journey East bound, I had
occasion to notice the general con.
dition Of crops, and end that all
small grain looks fine and a:.good deal
OF 1t harvested; while corn will have
a record crop. The Government Re-
port, issued lately. gives an average
corn crop OF over 80 per cent. / might
ADD, that our own county had as good
"A stand. in fact better than any have
seen all along the line. So here is to
good old Winneshiek.
The wall Street people" are such
interested people in the growing crops
as the EARNINGS IF tho railroads 40