Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1934-10-05
Lights Of New York
BY [. L. STEVENSON

The most expensive committing in
the country is done by those Wall
Street fnanciers who fly from oyster
Bay TO their Offices each us,ness day.
The cost is 81 each way. By rail,
monthly communication ticket, which Is
good for sixty trips. costs S1304 or
little less than % cents a trip.
by rail. the distance is IS miles. BY
air, 1t is 30 miles. Rail passengers
are landed at the Pennsylvania sta.
ton, however, and that Is several miles
from Wall Street. BY subway, the
quickest form of transit, II takes about
10 minutes TO travel from the Penn.
sylvania station to Wall Street. That
time, of course. must be added to the
6S minutes it takes the fastest trains
to cover the distance. BY air, the en-.
tire trip takes only % minutes and
the airplane passengers are landed in
the East river, which is right at wall
Streets back door.
The alrplane that carries the com.
muters leaves Oyster Bay each MORN
ing at o. In the afternoon, there are
two return trips. one at 4;l5 and the
other at 5:15. Sundays and holidays,
the trips are to Martha's Vineyard and
Nantucket so there is no time los. in
reaching summer homes. The resu-
lars include Charles f. Hoyt, whose
company operates the plane; Frank
Russell, f. L. Mcconnell. officers Of
the company; c. C. Cleveland Gerald
Livingston, H. L. Garrison, Rudolph
Looming and S. S. Auchincloss.
Despite the haste of the aerial com.
muters to get there. these are dun
days in Wall Street. Recently thirty
two page boys were laid off by the
Stock exchange. But. despite the dull.
ness of business, the boys only got the
usual weeks vacation this year. They
start work at SIS a week and are ad-
vanced gradually. When wage cuts
came, their wages were also cut There
are some compensations. however. Be
cause Of their Stock exchange connec-
tlon. they receive discounts when max
ing purchases at various places. Also,
there are opportunities to form con-
nections that lead to advancement as
brokers are quick to grab off bright
boys.
Busy days ON the exchange-and
many down there are wondering II
there will ever be such things again
put the floor men on diet. When
business is bEisk. they don't go out to
lunch for fear of missing something.
Members Of the Morgan firm do not go
hungry. however. In that company's
building, across the street, are two
cafeterias and trays are sent over
from there.
Every Sunday that | have been out
to Larchmont, I've seen an airplane
with a streamer advertising shoes or
beer. Understand that such advertis.
ing costs $50 an hour for ordinary
planes with rate of $50 for gyros.
Wondered how a landing was made
without getting mixed up with the
long tail. An inquiry brought the in
formation that when the pilot is ready
to land, he cuts loose the streamer be.
fore he starts his descent.
Having caused lot Of trouble with
that mixed up word, "casrue"-the lat.
est return was from George o. Mac
Gregor, San Diego, Calf. who report.
ed his wife worked out saucer" in
one minute and forty-two seconds
will try another. It's 1.-THE curb" sent
in by William E. Ely. Detroit. The
two words work out into one common
seven-letter word. 1t must be easier
than "casrue" because 1 did it
Miss Sally Gibbs, Bryn Mawr grad
uate daughter of George Gibbs. novel
list and seenarist, is a singer. In the
recently opened Shubert revue. life
Begins at $40" She is also an au
thor in her own right as she has just
published a book OF poems, Beauty
for Ashes" One of the dancers is
William Van Loon, youngest son Of
II. W. Van loon. author and artist.
He is twenty-three years old and stud
led In Vienna and Paris. His stage
name is William Gerard