Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-02-20 | Page 11 | In New York

I In New York r I Ino NEW YORK Feb Teb 20 There There is iH no adventure to be had In New NewYork NewYork York quite as stirring as a fernI ferry fern I ride through the fog Pilots cannot cannot can can- canI I I not see more than a few feet ahead yet they know the river and harbor aro with craft cratt Direction Is found Cound by sound The various wharves have bells of varying varying vary vary- ing fag tone and the ferry pilot recognizing recognizing recognizing I his own on particular bell heads heads' in that direction I All craft keep up an incessant blowing of whistles and ringing of bells They proceed at a very slow pace All of which creates for the ferry passenger an atmosphere of great suspense Some great bulk is likely likely likely like like- ly to loom up at the side of the boat any minute There will be screeching of whistles and the churning of water as the vessels are thrown Into reverse There may maybe maybe maybe be a collision passengers being hurled to the decks But the thrill is putting foot I n ashore after the ride I I I S a a aA I IA r A fog will discommode hundreds of thousands of those who I work in New York and bring about heavy financial losses to business firms The only means of transportation I between Staten island and Manhattan Manhat Manhat- Manhat-I Manhat tan are the ferries The trip under I normal conditions takes from twenty to thirty minutes depending on the state of the tide In a heavy fog such as New ew York has experIenced experienced experienced for several days the trip takes several hours Many Man thousands of workers in New York live in New Jersey Many oJ of them can connect with trains through the under river liver tubes on foggy mornings Those In North Jersey are dependent on t the e ferries terries W sv J J. Perry Perr a a cultural anthropologist anthrop anthrop- anthrop j of London sa says sas s that Nor dies die out in urban centers like mee London and that the Big cities are only for the short dark darl haired and brown e eyed ed type I do not know know- enough about the subject to argue one way or ot the other but observation observation observation tion In New York Indicates that he Is right All the I know here talk about being farmers some I da day Add Inconsequential statistics There were 84 few fewer er trunks and I parcels handled at the Pennsylva Pennsylva- nia terminal here during 1924 1024 than in 1923 when the total was 1 This Is accounted for by new Immigration Immigration Im Im- ma- ma migration and tariff provisIons and the tendency of women to travel with smaller wardrobes wardrobe JAMES J. W W. DEAN