The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-23

NEW YORK, Saturday.
"a IP! Nip Where's Mp" II say Pop.
)eH\ ! what's I'll Rayo any better than * Why
DON'T 70, you move, move herr" TO nodes with
Rather be short than long in this Wash
mgtou weather" whats the low for Stewart"
sOyez oycz. ye mighty Yale Is there any money
n your trousers? Diyvle u cent In the lot" "ChnO
Is going some" Here's Put on Mckinley at 96%
III the twcnteth How much is that?' mo, no. not
aim Lancons de big feller IN dc brown combination,
wild de pink in dc buttonholc That's him" "Carlsol
Carlsal Carisaw
So they cry and chan, through all seasons and all
Eeathers In the hours Of every business day the
New York Curb, the celebrated al fresco market Tor
dealings i'll miscellaneous securities not bought and
,old within the walls of the Stock Exchange, though
5nanca houses having seats in that great Institution
supply the Curb directly Indirectly with eighty per
cent of the business.
In 1909 the two hundred curb brokers had turn
of S25O,ooOooo in mining railway electric and
Industrial stocks and bonds of corporations with an
aggregate capital of S300000o,000.
Every business morning at ten they line up in their
reservation with the ardor Of Mohammedans at the
tomb OF the Prophet and bow metaphorcay. sym
bolically unto T. s Mendes guide and philosopher
Of the family.
And we'll they may. for the Curb of to-day, system
,tzed by him on unanimous request after the col
lapse Of dealings in outside securities following the
panic of 1907 IS the embodiment OF his ideas the eX-
preston of his Ideals. If institution be the length
sned shadow of a man, the Curb is Mendes long
drawn out He Is the Boss.
Down on the pavement of Broad street and few
yards south of the eastthrown shades Of the Stock
Exchange the Curb fraternity and its clientele main
tain system of trading that is as unusual in It's
guarantees as 1t is picturesque in its surroundings.
view one gets of the door Of the Stock Exchange
from cutlery is not picture. 1t is sight but
also Is the view gets or the interior ol
boiler factory when business Is brisk Trading arouno
the posts of the Stock Exchange creates sense oil
power and momentum like the whirling nrmature OF
dynamo but there really is very iite In 1t all upon
which painter would fastcn With the Curb it is
otherwise: the whole situation stirs ;he pictorial
faculty
Three characteristics the Curb has that set it apart
from all other markets. three beside the unique pecu
lInrty Of an existence out of doors.
Flrst-The Curb is the only market where the
regular traders make point of asserting that tney
have organization,
Seconl-The Curb is a public market, to which all
who desire lis facilities have unrestrn!ned access
Thrd-Thc Curb is a kindergarten for both securl
ties and spectators,
In the Canyon.
10 The ordinary sighlseer who turns into Broad
street from Wall about haf-past nine OF business
morning in the dog days and moves slowly SOUTHWARK
picking up what a cursory glance VIII reach Inc
aspect of this renowned horoughfare for the hrst nNe
bupdrcd feet IS suggestive of some deep canyon u
polished granite and marble the stream at the bottom
of which has run temporarily dry Far down DE
tween towering precpiees humanity crawls, antlike
OF serpentinc. ,
Though the roadway is wide, it seems merei! C""
nt the base of the walls Of lordy structures soale
twelve 20 eighteen stories high on the rlght ana e'
dotted curiousy with multiple glass eyes ine oo
pauses study the elegant design oi 'nc 'o0
Exchange white cbaste. Its pcdment iSc tue le"iP'
OF Zeus at Olympia, adorned with scu'P'u'eu n5"'
among which pigeons dart apd cluster ana on the op
positc side of the street Mills Building long nu
object of devout admiration TO the pioneers ia '"'
evolution of the Office buildings tor WHICH,
New York city is prc-cminent in the world unu
building even now not often surpassed IN exterior
At No. 3Sthe skyDes, western and eastern cua"s'