The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-15

sssse Real S~w Sssksvs aemsmh<s the
HssrufiAl New NaSh

Esseafiai New YsSk.
To rms EpIIoE oF THs SCN-sU' The
"Reminiscences Of John Worthy and others
make us old boys live our srhoo, DAYS over
again There we're bus on srcond
avenue also They had an iron ladder on
III. rear running to the roof, and on 'hs-e
ladders No. boys used 20 steal rides. The
driver sat on the roof and had whip with
long lash. which he used 20 chase boys OF
the ladder
The regular siy'h avenue cars had = s,xn
running m. length OF the car which read.
"'olorrd persons allowed to ride In this car :
shout every -iy'h Ear had this sign. The
Eighth avenue cars had a dial in the centre
of the car. which the conductor pulled for
each fare, something like the present ar
ransemsnt. hut the conductor hal 20 go TO
the dial with sach fare
I'm the Third avenue lin. passengers
climbed TO the ioof. and ] once saw 40 many
passengers ON IN. roof that u cavrd In. n
was the current belief that every conductor
on the Third avenue line got rich In those
DAYS
When lady got on the car the conductor
would call for some man to give her a seat.
and II he saw hoy in a seat would yank
him out OF 70. They raised the fare to six
cents. and then there was trouble. many
giving the nickel and throwing the extra
cent out OF the window
Freight cars were pulled bv four or siI
horses from Twenty seventh street TO
White an Centre streets. and they
passed through the Rowery men and boys
would climb on the rear The company
hre'i men with clubs. who would pounce
ont upon these men ard boys and pound
their legs and knee aud clear the cars.
song pedlers would string about four
rows OF cords. 100 feet long ON the Ci.y Hall
iron fence and attach songs hv small wooden
pins 10 the cord Rich and poo used TO
stop and read and sometimes Guy az q
penny apiece
Apple women selling Washington pies
lined the fence. AMI ais" battery Park and
Union square William VI Tweed had these
fences removed
Every boy had to belong to a fire engine
company in those days. md II ne got into
the wrong bailiwick he was sure 10 &C.. q
black eye
Who doesnt remember =. Old Rock. on
Marion street NJ. Black Jake. on Houston
street J. Forrest. IN Eleventh street | beiievel
and the fights they Used to have in the Hay
market. Seventh street and Third aud
Fourth avenues?
There used TO be n bell tower between
the city Hall and the new Court House
The old Bowery Theatre. next TO the
Atlantic Garden. was run bv Fox 90. l.,
and lingard. and when they Quarrslled
fInRard opened the New Boweyy on the
mel, block The new thea, r. bu rnad down
later
The school principal was an autocrat.
and the hoy Who n.vsr On, IcL I'D he bi,r
WINS cnn-,d.r.d no goo. In IN. no-ni,y
W. pr.p,rrd our hand. nv rubh,ny rosin
ON them and then ,h. wbinnipg would NO,
pain is and II Va. puIl.d ,h,,.. or tour hair.
from ON, .y.I,sb.. and ,,i, no.. ON o.,
ro,in TINT VA, a .Ir. pv.y.n,iv. of mi,
When tn. prtncinaI di.coy.red tb. ro.in
we would &c, i, ,roupd th, Logs too
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