The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12

and reveills now sound pleasantly
across the island: that is. they do much
10 make the island seem pleasnnter. The
biggest hope of the boys II % have drums
and flies drop down from somewhers
| in the clouds. 10 that the corps may grow
and grow until perhaps each boy may
he a part Of H.
Speaking Of hopes. il Ia the hope
, Of the overseer that some day these boys
may have a big chance indeed: that they
may he no longer CLOSELY associated
with the older fellows In crime Of the
workhouse. hut that the Reformatory
NAV h. put upon a strict military haaia,
with a regular military instructor. uni
forms guns. parade ground. drill hall
and gyrsaasium
Great a. Is the responsibility Of dealing
with these young and presumably mds-
sgable citizens while In bondage. says
Chaplain A. Bray. greater is that Of
finding what 20 do with them when the
marks have all been paid and they again
board the big white boat labelled Depart
ment u Correction 10 make their way down
the river The most important moment
h that Of landing down az the foot Of Past
Twenty h street. for having graduated
from the New York city rpformatory of
misdemeanants Is not the hest Of recon-
mendations
II has been this chaplain's business and
pleasure % 60 out and hunt jobs for the
OutcOming boys. often personally guar
teeing them and always meeting them
when they land lie has already taken
clothes up 20 them 20 nc them for q re-
| entry into the world
1 90 down Saturday, DOCTOR or NY
times up on Thursday. doctor- are the
introductions 90 serious consultations on
nearly every one q his visits 10 the
island
Il is the chaplain who is called upon 20
write dihicult letters 81 explanation home
and to perform many like duties for the
boys IN gray, good. bad and Indifferent.
Ne says he does not hesitate about giving
a personal guarantee; In his experience
only one boy has failed him
Most travellers up the Sound know very
little about the city institutions on the
different Islands, they know that they
are scattered thereabout hut that's about
all Few IN New York a. any rate know
the extent Of the population of Harris
Island u comprises more than the boys
| In gray. the branch workhouss prisoners
and their keepers stOry true and
seriously intended. illustrates this point.
Hello, says a friend a. an employee
on the island. how are yons'
Pine. says ths employees.
How many you got up there noW7'
Where d'you mean above or beloWi"
For on Harris Island j. the city's pOtter's
field. One out Of every ten that die IN
I New York finds his last resting place there:
40 the underground population increases
/ rapidly. Twice week burial services
are held. though the dead boat goes
up the river from the Morgus Oftener.
The city dead arr burned in trenches,
I double tier. thrre deep There are twenty
/ Ave bodies In a layer. seventy-iive On each
side u the trench. and $50 IN each trench
when completed Fhe pine boxes, cost
/ ing rs OF ~ cents apiece, ara stacked III
| place In the latest trench. twenty-five nr
/ thereabout a day. sprinkled over wissss
/ dirt, services held when the chaplain
comes. dirt removed and more boxes
stacked when more bodies arrive. and 20
on until tho trench ia filed. which generally
| requires very little time.
The graves Tor childrrn and babies are
apart. u was asked why.
/ The boxes ara shorter than the others
was the reply. and no room IN lost In the
I trenches ~ keeping them separate"
/ 10 even up tho Sound New York leeka
% save space. and from her dead AZ Well
AZ her living Already the authorities
are worrying over the amount u ground
| required when the boxes are stacked
three deep. Perhaps ultimate Necessity
win bEtng about a city creDatnry.
II IA aEarried that q large proportion
nf those buried IN Harts Island belong
% New Works. floating population. and
though hey have died unknown IN New
York have friends and family somewhere
! urhn never know what han hlsfynHna AZ fhaTr
HoaFCeiy q week passes that does noa
hrinN ~ claimant Tor tho body % q r1ll.
live 81 trend and q diEintermgnt and ~
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