The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-11
LIVE roprcs ABOUT TONY.

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| composed Of few conductors on the b
r. T., few inspectors of that service and
some OF the McAdoo dragons.
The conductors on the racs trains have
the opportunity to hear about the good
things, and each - sure to meet somebody
on the train with whom he oan discuss the
chances. When the inspector comes aboard
to count up the train the tip Ii passed to him.
In his case also duty chains him to the wrong
track. Here Is whore the mounted cop
comes in; his beat is ocomotory one and
he can carry the tip at let.st as far as the
track gates and from that point there is
no difficulty in getting the money down.
The syndicate did 40 well at the opening
OF Gravesend as TO run up shoestring into
bundle big enough to stand it's few re-
verses.
'Yep, the subs pretty hot, groaned the
Harlem passenger. II cant zee why they
don't run more open cars down here.
What? Never saw an open subway car?
Why, l strike one almost once a week.
and say, they're all right II you can get q
corner seat.
Il call them open cars, because there are
no sliding doors OF glass partitions at the
ends Of the car, The ends are open, with
s1 brass grill and you GET s. ~ bag against ss
fan zephyr skinned by miles.
"They run them mostly on local trainsi
and whenever I get a chance to cop a COR
ner In one don't bother changing for an
express. The breeze is too hne. I cant
summer, aud we wouldn't have. 90 much
complaint about the stuffy cars
A Gates avenue car crossing the bridge
during the rush period, crowded as usual,
carried among others an elderly man seated
and naughty beauty Of uncertain age
standing. After the car had slowly and
aboriously traversed the first stage Of it's
Brooklynswa ard journey the. elderly man
.Wen, I've had a seat over the bridge and
now III give 1t to you for tho rest OF the
II should think 1t was about time was
the response, which startled those within
hearing
The Old man was equal to the occasion
He had not stepped aside, and he sat down
quickly saying in perfectly audible tone:
I'm damned II I do.
The woman left the car at the next stop
while the remainder OF the passengers went
their way rejoicing.
The assistant in branch Of the Public
Library opened the book just turned in
and found a letter which she smilingly
handed back to the borrower. Observing
his confusion she remarked:
"Oh, that's nothing; letters OF all kinds
even love letters. are among the commonest
finds in our books. We could fill small
store with what we come across, and few
OF the things are ever claimed. Bills espe-
oially grocery and gas bills, arc frequently
met, and among the other things l might
mention hairpins locks of hair, book mark
81 yaa nf them liz In a Lo
bits Of lace dress samples. sketches. dried
leaves and insects, photographs. and once
in while insurance policies and even drafts
OF wills.
Real money we rarely find, though once
I came across brand new five spot. The
owner called the next day on the bare
chance of finding it. She was poor wash.
erwoman whose little daughter had used
thony sent her to the library for It, and went
Postage stamps and imitation bills We
meet regularly. But our greatest trouble
Is with advertising circulars. which seem
to find their way into the books either ac-
cidentally or deliberately or both"
New York is behind the rest Of the country
in the matter Of trolley signs. Time
was when the cars carried different colored
lights at night and we're painted different
colore for recognition by day, but these have
been done away with and one must wait
until the car comes close to knew whether
a lower Broadway car ia bound for Lexing-
ton avenue, the Fort Lee Ferry, Seventh
avenue and Fifty-ninth street. Columbus
avenue aud 10th street or the Lenox ave-
nue. terminal.
In the smaller towns various expedients
are used, but none IL more simple than the
plan OF the Conestoga Company OF Lancaster,
Pa. There the dashboard carries a huge
Il - lott fxrA irh
A Rocky Springs car Us labeled II. S., and
so on, and one may tell a couple OF blocks
awat which car Us approaching, though all
the ears are painted alike.
.The practise of hiring cameras for a day
or a week il growing said the dealer.
There are many persons who know enough
to press a button. but whose knowledge OF
stops there. They like to
preserve a record Of their summer vaca-
tions and to do 80 hire a camera. This
costs anywhere from 50 cents day to $40
for a week. according to the sort Of ma
chine they want.
tives developed and prints made. 60 that II
is good proposition all round, The vaca-
Zionist gets the Use OF good camera for
short time for a small sum- and the dealer
in the course Of the year takes in many
times the value Of the camera
The facsimile of the frat city directory.
dated 1885. which real estate Arm has pre-
sented to it's fellow brokers, is an interest
ing document, but it's SUCCESSOR, the di
rectory for 1890, contains historical
OF an even more absorbing
character.
In it we learn; for instance, that Wash
ington after his first election to the Presi-
danoy took up his residence at 3 Cherry
street corner of Dover, now covered by
the Brooklyn Bridge There. were many
history records, from his fel.
low citizens, because the President had
fixed his home 30 far out OF town on the
road to Rutgers farm.
Vice-President John Adams lived in
road on the opposite side of
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