Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-27
LUGGAGE CARRIERS
FEATURES OF A BUSINESS Pc
CULIAR TO A BIG CITY.
Grips and Bundles Of Travellers Going
To and From Depots Afford
Chances of Earning
Money,

lead to railroad ferries and to steam
boat landings are to be found young
men and boys looking for jobs at car
rying the luggage of travellers making
for these points of departure. War
rem street, for instance, says the New
York Sun, is traversed by many people
bound for the Erie ferry, and of these
travellers good many come down
town by the Ninth avenue elevated
railroad to get off at the Warren street
station
And so, especially at about the sail
ing time of the Sound boats, there is
always to be found at the foot of the
stairs of the downtown station OF the
elevated railroad at Warren street
bunch of young men waiting for
chance to make a little something car
rying bags and bundles for travellers
from there to the boat.
1t is at this point and at this hour
that most OF the luggage carrying bust
ness in Warren sereet naturally con-
centrates, and there, naturally, most OF
the luggage carriers assemble, for
there they can nail the people carrying
heavy bundles and bags who might
like to hire carrier as they come
down the stairs.
Many of these carriers make more
or less of trade of this work; that is
to say, they are not driven to it by dire
need, to get few cents for immediate
food, but they make sort of business
of it and hustle for the business in a
busineslike way and come there every
day.
Then there are transients at it, who
take look in here occasionally with
the hope OF picking up dime which
they may need very much right then.
But as a lule no consideration of SEN
timent enters into the account be-
tween the traveller and the luggage car
rier. If the traveller wants somebody
to carry his bag he is likely to take
the first carrier that offers, and that's
all there is to it; it's service for money
and money for service, and it couldn't
very we'll be otherwise at this point,
where the people come down the stair
from the elevated road all in a bunc h
to meet that bunch of carriers waitir G
and bidding for jobs at the bottom.
But not all of the luggage carriers
that work Warren street always con-
gregate at the bottom of those stairs.
Occasionally one, and this likely to be
an amateur casual, wanders up Warren
street to intercept possible jobs coming
| toward the river from Broadway, and
| these wanderers may have experiences.
In the crowd at the foot of the stairs
it's all over in minute with the train
load; it's a crowd meeting crowd;
but up there in the street it's an ihdi-
yidual man bidding for job meeting
an individual person carrying va!ise.
| There was big, stout man, COM
fortably clad, and comfortable and
| cheerful looking himself, making dawn
the street from Broadway, carryir x a
big telescope canvas case at his side
in the usual way by the handle with
| the straps running through it around
the bag. And coming up the street at
this time--not regular at the work
this man, but looking for a job al ii
now-was another big man with an
eye out for bags to carry; tall and
rather spare man this was, and man
| of some years, and incidentally, with
| out an overcoat, and apparently he
really wanted such jobs as he could
pick up, and could make use of the
money.
And when he met the big man COM
ing along with the big telescope bag he
sheered over toward him and reached
down toward the bag and offered tc
carry it. And the big man with the
bag didn't sheer off from the other, OIL
steer clear of him,or go by without
paying any attention to him whatever
but he sized him up in minute, ant
in the most natural way in the worlt
he held the big bag up high to SHOW
how light it was, and said, smilingly
to the other big man: Its empty!
and the other man said: "Oh, thanl
YOU"
Now this was a meeting as between
man and man; for which both no doub
felt better, and then the big man will
the bag held his way toward the river
and the other big man kept along to
ward Broadway, looking for somebod.
with bag that was loaded.
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