The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-24
life IN NEW YORK
Row It May Fun In a Deep Rut
/, In the Matter of Locality.
LAMENT OF A EaAN WHO MOVED
The Homesickness That Came With
|, Working Uptown After Twenty
/ Years OF Routine Travcl 10 and From
and IN thu Downtown District.

] Years OF Routine 1ravtl 10 and from
: and IN ths Downtown District.
There are thousands ard thousands
Of Lca IL New York city whose DuSi-
ness has beel confined to one district
for twenty years or more, wsiose dal.y
routine seldom nuc tuatcS, who ate
punI tral in travelling by certain
train every day III the week, who reach
their Offices, Dlir.nS tlc-ups, ut 4 rr2u-
lar hour and take vi, Their L;iily grind
all held to it rn,il the hour Ct tlcsi.iSS.
Z Many CT tsc5e 1cn uAcoas. lousy get
to knew and maize f::cnCs CT pc'pl"
whose names they never learn. They
become attached to localities III Il
strange sort CT way and Go net re;;!i-c
how strong IS the attachment. 11era
+ the stCry CT one Of them i2to whose
life there has come 4 change through
moving that startlcs AID surprises
him AMI throws Il cu"int light upon
some Cf the citT's people.
.'ln the twenty years that vas
downtown" tic man sad il tal:i:l'g his
eSnc"icN G, Il was il the hal.it. wcat.-
er permitting, CT taEin" i walk alter
the luncheon hour ever G:sy in Scr'e
street between City FALL all the G"t-
ter. | have fco:Cd every Lit Of lin-
buii. ground in that t2rritcry. Wat
marvellous changes have cGElc n ta"se
twenty ycarsi lew Elaay :tcn' "n
bui.Gn~s have tlnn~cd i'll t.,At i:H"!
How many houses have Dccn Eu.!;M
down. How L!2Iy E"w o@cs have &nAc
up. som. CT them tcTei IN: S..;..w.ld.
to take the pa cs &C tie la:.dnnrES:
IL gct to i;3uU' tie lor c: Cn;l ct
town 50 we'll cci;'d S..;t ..!y eyes IN
make ,no3tal r! ta""c cf !:"ny CT ia"
blocks and sec ;hc names e.. Tie l'i:!~.-
ings. IF wanted IN. aiti &. from
sforl:ccs to &M-tA:n2; elaborate. knew
exactly where to -ct t'!c!H. # scN!"
particular G!sh were desired k"cw
where Il ccuid be served AMI just what
Il wuU.l cost.
AZ great city never stands still. IT
IS rs rcst.e-s as the great deep. Ent
the man who bccoIloS Il part OF It
does n1t think until ha Gets away 1e:o2i
the part Of it where he has Gone huSi.
ness what the changes are. When
began my st"ollS there were no lun-
ncls under the two rivers In the
years that have Gri'tCd away greet
bri:l"cs have been constructed he
tweell Manhattan and Long Island.
It does not seem long sill | used ta
hear the restless pII Of The coal fe.!
locomotives Of tie elevated system.
yet 50 gradually Gil the Cd ORDER pass
that do not distin. tly recall when
the present system was Installed.
THE changes that took place IN
business firms were interesting. Many.
MANY times I have secu tie name Gf
the inc:l who established i trade taken
down ard that Cf his son ar soAs take
its PLACE. So frequently were the
SANE people met il the same place
and Ct III, SINE hour that we nodded
us we passed, although none Of us
knew. tie name Of the nodicr
+'Not long ago the business with
Which I am connected made jump
llp:own. Never until tcu.l my traps
uptown had l any occasion 10 walk ~
the street where our new buIlLin"
stanGs. The first day went out to
luncheon l hid to search for Il ras-
taurans. 1t seemed odd. saw peu-
pie I never saw before. read signs.
one OF my fool habits-I never read
before. Many Of the vehicles that
passed were quite unlike those usel
to see downtown.
II hid to change my hour and route
for coming to business. For awhile I
Lad to watch The street signs to know
where to get ut. How I missed the
familiar call Of the guard OF the CAR
for l ulwa;s cume Gown in the same
chr in the makeup Of the elevated
train--t,le one l always boarded at
tile same hour.
"And that makes me think. l came
to know BY their faces most Of the
passengers who boarded that train u
my stotjcn T ].,nU whore mcst Of
them rot or, Now that am IN new
quarters In a new section miss all
these people with whom Travelled fer
years. 10 they miss ME. wonder?
and Tie many whom | came to
know uowut0wn-how they will ue
missed. There is the oll street preach
,er who us.,I to stand on soap bo1