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Show LUGGAGE CAMMEJIS FEATUHES OF A BUSINESS PECULIAR PE-CULIAR TO A BIO CITY. Grips and Bundles of Travelers Going To nnd From Depots Afford Chances of Earning Money. In certain downtown streets that lead to railroad ferries and to steamboat steam-boat landings are to bo found young men nnd boys looking for Jobs at carrying car-rying tho luggage of travelers making for theso points of departure. Warren War-ren street, for Instance, says tho New York Sun, is traversed by many people bound for tho Erie ferry, and of theso travelers n good many come downtown down-town by tho Ninth avenue elovnted railroad to got oil at the Wurren strcot station. And so, eapeclnlly nt nbout the sailing sail-ing time of tho Sound bouts, thero Is nlwnys to bo found at tho foot of tho stairs of the downtown station of tho elevated railroad nt Wurren street n bunch of young men wnltlng for a chance to make n llttlo something carrying car-rying bags nnd bundles for travelers from thero to the boat. It Is nt this point nnd nt this hour that most of tho luggage carrying business busi-ness In Warren sereet naturally concentrates, con-centrates, nnd thore, naturally, most of tho luggngo carriers assemble, for thero thoy can nnll tho peoplo carrying heavy bundles and bags who might llko to hire a carrier ns thoy como down tho stnlrs. Many of these carriers mako more or less of n trade of this work; that is to Bay, they are not driven to It by dire need, to got it tow cents for Immediate food, but thoy mako a sort of business of It and hustle for tho business In n buslnesllke way and como thore every day. Then there nre transients at It, who tako a look In hero occasionally with tho hopo ot picking up a dime which they may need very much right then. Hut as n tule no consideration of sentiment sen-timent enters Into tho nccount between be-tween the traveler and tho luggage carrier. car-rier. If tho traveler wants somobody to enrry his bag he Is likely to tako tho first carrier that offors, and that's all thero Is to It; It's servlco for money nnd money for service, nnd It couldn't very well bo otherwise at this point, whero tho peoplo come down tho stairs from the elevated road nil In a hunch to meet thnt bunch of carriers waiting and bidding for Jobs at tho bottom. Hut not nil of the luggngo cnrrlers thnt work Warren street always congregate con-gregate at the bottom of those stairs. Occasionally one, nnd this likely to bo an amateur casual, wanders up Warren street to Intercept possible Jobs coming toward tho river from Broadway, and these wanderers may have experiences. In tho crowd at tho foot of tho stairs It's all ovor In n minute with the tr.tln-load; tr.tln-load; it's n crowd meeting a crowd; but up thero In the street It's nn individual indi-vidual man bidding for a Job mooting nn Individual person carrying a valise. There was n big, stout man, comfortably com-fortably clad, and comfortable and cheerful looking himself, making down tho street from Ilroadway, carrying a big telescope canvas case at his sldo In the usual way by tho handlo with tho straps running through It around the bng. And coming up the street nt this time not n regular nt tho vork, this man, but looking for n job at It now waB another big man with an eye out for bags to carry; a tall and rather spare man this wns, and n man of some years, nnd Incidentally, without with-out nn overcoat, and nppnrently ho really wanted such Jobs ns ho could pick up, nnd could make use of the money. And when ho met tho big man coming com-ing along with tho big telescope bag ho sheored over townrd him nnd reached down townrd tho bag and offered to carry It. And the big man with tho bag didn't Bheer off from tho other, or steer clear of hlm.or go by without paying any attention to htm whntovor, but ho sized him up In a minute, nnd In the most nnturnl wuy In the world he held tho big bag up high to show how light It was, and said, smilingly, to tho othor big man: "It's empty!" and the other man said: "Oh, thank you." Now this was a meeting ns between man and man; for which both no doubt felt better, and then the big man with tho bag held his way toward tho river, nnd tho othor big man kept along toward to-ward Broadway, looking for somobody with a bag that was loaded. |