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

r. T., few inspectors of that service and
some Of the McAdoo dragons
The conductors on the race trains have
the opportunity to hear about the good
things, and each Is sure to meet somebody
on the train with whom he can discuss the
chances. When the inspector comes aboard
to count up the train the tip is passed to him.
In his case also duty chains him to the wrong
track Here is where the mounted cop
comes in; his beat is locomotory one and
he can carry the tip at least az far as the
track gates and from that point there IL
no difficulty in getting the money down.
The syndicate did 20 we'll at the opening
of Gravesend as to run up shoestring into
a bundle big enough to stand its lew re-
verses.
.Yep the subs pretty hot" groaned the
Harlem passenger. II cant see why they
don't run more open cars down here.
What? Never saw an open subway car!
Why I strike one almost once week,
and say they're all right If you can get a
corner seat.
Al call them open cars. because there are
no sliding doors or glass partitions at the
ends of the car. The ends are open, with
brass grill, and If you get up against that
grill you feel a breeze that has an office
fan zephyr skinned by miles.
They run them mostly on local trains,
and whenever l get.a chance to cop cor
ner in one don't bother changing for an
express. The breeze Is too fine. cant
see why they don't run all open in the
summer, aud we wouldn't have 30 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 a naughty beauty OF uncertain age
standing, After the car had slowly and
laboriously traversed the first stage of it's
Brooklynward journey the elderly man
arose and said:
Swell, I've had seat over the bridge and
now IN give it to you for the rest OF the
IL 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 ne ,, sat down
quickly, saying in perfectly audible tone;
I'm damned II 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 smlingly
handed back to the borrower. Obser ving
his confusion she remarked:
On, tDdt . IOtlllliS, iCs'Nic Vi o'i N'''Nf''
even love letters, are among the commonest
finds in our books. We could fll small
store with what We come across. and few
of the things are ever claimed. Bills, espe-
cially grocery and gas bills, are frequently
met, and among the other things ! might
mention hairpins, locks OF hair, book mark
ers. of course some OF them really valuable:
bits of lace dress samples. sketches. dried
leaves and insects, photographs, and once
IL rlifnl mr. q NnN n q
in while insurance pohc'es ah'e>en o'a''s
of wills.
Real money We rarely find, though once
| I came across a brand new five spot The
owner called the next day on the bare
chance of finding y. She was poor wash,
erwoman whose little daughter had used
the bill for a book mark. She said st. An
thony sent her to the library for 1t. and went
out with tears of gratitude in her eyes.
Postage stamps and imitation bills we
meet regularly. But our, greatest trouble
TO find their way into the books either ac-
cidentaly 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
colors for recognition by day, but these have
been done away with and one must wait
until the car comes close to knew whether
n lower Broadway car Is bound for lIexlng-
ton avenue, the Fort Lee Ferry, seventh
avenue and Fifty ninth street, Columbus
avenue and 10th street or the LenoA ave,
nue. terminal
In the smaller towns various expedients
are used, but none is more simple than the
plan of the Conestoga Company OF Lancaster,
Pa. There the dashboard carries a huge
sign with two letters twenty inches high;
A Rocky Springs car is labeled n. S., and
SO on, and one may tell couple OF blocks
away which car is approaching, though all
the cars are painted alike.
aThe practise of hiring cameras for day
or a week is growing" said the dealer
| There are many persons who know enough
to press button, but whose knowledge OF
photography stops 'h mere s mey 'Ne 10
| tiops and to do so hire camera. ms
| costs anywhere from 80 cents day TO slo
| for a week, according to the sort OF ma
| chine they want.
| tives developed and prints made, so that it
| is a good proposition all round, The vaca
| ZIONIST gets the use OF a good camera for a
| 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 first city directory,
dated 1855, which a real estate firm has pne-
scented to it's fellow brokers, is an interest
ing document, but its successor. the di-
rectory for l,se9o contains historical
information Of an even more absorbing
| character.
In it we learn, for instance, that Wash
ington after his first election to the Presi-
dency took up his residence at Cherry
| street corner of Dover, now covered by
the Brooklyn Bridge, There were many
cnmnlaints history records, from his fell
low citizens, because the President had
fixed his home so far out of town on the
road to Rutgers farm
Vice President John Adams lived in