The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-24
ILlFI: IN NEW YORK
&t:oW 1t MaysRun In a Deep Rut
In the Matter Of Locality.
LAMENT or A fasN WHO MOVED
The Homesickness That Came With
lt Working Uptown After Twenty
Years Of Routine Travel 10 and From
iS and In tho Downtown District %5 w..

Il Years Of Routine Travel 10 and From
and 9ln tho Downtown District. 3,
G There are -thcusands and thousands
of men ii New York: city whose busi-
mess has been confined to one district
sSur twenty years or more, whose daily
routine seldom .luctuatcs, who are
splnctral In travelling By a certain
train every day in the week, who reach
their Offices, barring tlc-ups, at a resu-
lar hour aud take UP their Gaiiy grind
and held toitsrn.l the hour Of tlcsiiG.
4 Many CT these ucn u:lconsciOus.y get
to know and maize friends CT pc"ple
whose names they never learn. They
4becoue attached to localities III n
strange sort CT way and do not realize
how strong Is the attachment Here
Is the stcry Of one Of them ilto whose
life there has come 4 change through
moving that startles ard surprises
him AMI throws quaint light upon
GONE CT the city's people.
lin the twenty years that I vas
downtown" tie man said il tel:il; his
expcrien.c, 81 was II the hal:it. wea.h-
or permitting, CT taking 4 walk after
tht, luncheon hour evcrT day in SOME
street between City I1all a1l the Bat
tcIy. have footed every cit Of nm
built ground IN that territory. What
marvellous changes have ccrle II thnse
twenrv years! ucw many si-n7 en-
buildings have chnn~cl III that time!
How many houses have been pulled
down. How many new oHcs have gone
up, some CT them tcweiiag s.iywMd,
to take the p!a; es CT the landmarks?
Il ret to Know the love: end Of
TOWN SO we'll ccu,d shnt n!y eyes AM
make mental Ii :u:c Ct l.!any CT thu
blocks ard see t,ln names CT the bull
ings. IF wanted an arti: &c, from
shoc.aces to anything elaborate. k2cW
exactly where to set them. II sem"
particular Gis. were desired knew
where Il could be served and just what
II would cost.
"a great city never stands still. 1t
is as restless as the great deep. Ent
the man who becomes Il part OF IT
does not think until he gets away from
the mart OF it where he has done busl.
ness what the changes are. When
began my stcolls there were no tun-
ncls under the two rivers. In the
years that have Grirtcd away great
bridges have been constructed be-
tween Manhattan and Long Island.
It does not seem long sin l used to
! hear the restless pu.f Of the coal fe:!
locomotives Of the elevated system.
yet so rradually Cid the o.d order pass
TINT I do not distinctly recall when
the present system was Installed.
1.-THE changes that took place IN
business firms were interesting. Many.
MaHy tines have seen the name Of
the inaa who established Il trade taken
down ard that Ct his sc:l or soas take
its place. So frequently were the
same people met in the same. place
anu ct the san,e hour that We nodded
as we passed, although none Of us
knew tie name Of the nodiier.
s s'Sot long ago the business with
Tfich I an connected made jump
np:own. Never until l took my traps
uptown had any occasion TO walk IN
tht. street where our new DuilLin.
sttsnds. The first day went out to
luncheon he'd to search for res.
talrant. 1t seemed odd. saw peo-
Pile I never saw before. Tread signs
one Of my fool haDits-I never read
before. Many Of the vehicles that
passed were quite unlike those used
to zee downtown.
~ had to change my hour and route
Tor coming to business. For awhile I
ftd to watch the street signs to know
where to get UT. How I missed the
familiar call Of the guard Of the car
fer l always came Gown In the same
CIR III the makeup Of the elevated
traln--t,le one always boarded at
tile same hour.
/ "And that makes me think. I came
tie, know by their faces most Of the
passengers who boarded that train Ut
nsy station ] knew where mcst Of
them got OF. Now that l am IN new
quarters III q new section I miss nh
these people with whom Travelled for
years. Do they miss ME. wonder?
= "And the many whom came to
know downtown-how they will he
missed! There Is the old street preach
er who uscl to stand on Il soap box
near Wall street or Oh the stone steps
of the custom house and talk to people
In the summer days and again In the
days that bctulirned the coming Of az
tNmn. Then there were the I.cntcn
days when | spent q part OF my hour
ut Trinity or III cd St. pau!'s. l came
to knew the regular attendants on
those services SO that The strangers
became conspicuous. There are 10
street preachers in the new district to
which I have gone. l wonder why
the mj;.dle district Of the great city
doesn't need spiritual direction as well
as the downtown districts.
".Anl so it seems sometimes that I
Inn in q new town. among new people.
HeeinE new buildings, reading new
signs. hearing new voices, but nll In
nAe same old New York. And when
shink OF the old walks have taken
downtown. the old Buildings that ]
Dassed so often that they became as
Familiar rs the faces met md never
kneW BY narne. Of the Strolls along