The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19
Stray Topics From Nev York

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 New York. July 1s-(special. )-Cer- tain small and rather doubtful con- | cerns that carry on business on small scale in New York are always search ing for new ways of irnpressing the un- initiated with the size and stability or their companies, which as a matter or fact exist largely on paper. The erection of lofty sky-scrapers. however has opened new way for these rather tricky companies to con- | vey the impression to people who live | far away from the city. of the irn- mense size of the concern with which I they are invited to deal. The plan was disclosed by the unusual demand for very small and inexpensive rooms in the new Singer building. which is at present the talIest finished building in New York. As soon as they have moved in a single desk and waste basket their sole possessions, they have print cd elaborate letter heads showing the Singer buildings with it's forty seven stories towering in the air. Under heath in conspicuous letters appears "Our Home office." which the unwary would readily construe as meaning that they occupied the entire building. when. as matter of fact they occupy one room on a dark air-shaft at rental of from two to three hundred dollars year.
 Each year finds several new amuse- ment parks constructed near the city to catch the dimes of the fun loving public. The management of each, of course strives to out-do all the others by having some one attraction that is positively unique.
 At the new Palisades Amusement Park, which has just sprung up on rhe banks of the Hudson, there Is an at- traction that Is not only novel to New York parks, but is destined to attract a big crowd It Is nothing put long and narrow lane freely equipped with rustic benches, each built for two, at the entrance of which appears this sign:
 Lovers Lane.
 ''Young People Welcome.
 ''No Police Interference"
 It Is the custom for a good many Gothamites to sleep on the roof these hot summer nights Until the recent hot wave when people of all classes who were living in apartment houses were forced to take extreme measures in order to get fresh air, l. was hot discovered how many peop.9 really sIAep upon the top of their houses dur ing July and August. Curiously enough a. dozen years ago the custom was widely practiced by tenement cwelIels s bu, for some reason they have discafd- ed the idea and 1t Is being taken up by the Well-to-do
 Some, of course, .ake mattress aT.u law if on the roof, but others have es- necially constructed beds, with canvas tons to keep off Lhe dew. Some men who have offices in the big skyscrapers downtown return to their offices at night and sleep on the roof of the building.
 In the crowded Ghetto where it is the custom to sleep anywhere from five to thirteen in a room, these hot nights are most severely felt. Consequently during the recent hot wave many of these people slept on the fire escapes all night long.
 One of the delights of the small boy in New York as everywhere else IS to chase the fire engines IS 1t tears al a terrific pace through the streets. Ihts spousement, however, IS soon to be a thing of the past in Gothah' now 'Ha' i.s the high pressure mains nave been Il- stalled which, as soon as the system Is nerfected, means good-by to the nre aneines Just as soon as the pressure can he regulated at the hydrants the old fire engines will go.
 The recent tests which have been conducted with the new sys- tenn have been most success S,u and the authorities pre- aIct that there can be no more great 6res as the flames could not possibly live against such a water battery.
 At present the power has to br rAsulated by telephoning to the central mower station, but 1t is expected that 2 method will soon be devised for gov ernIng it at the hydrant
 Al pressure of 300 pounds to the square inch can be secured. The sys- tenc mn to the present time includes the srea between Chambers and Twenty third Streets
 The thousands of Manhattanites who arrht and push these hot nights for q