. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . on during the rushhours. Hundreds of thousands of human ants wantto pass along the fence rail at the same time. The wonderis, not that some of them get hustled and pushed, andthat many lose the polish of their boots and the sheenof their hats; but that more are not injured or killedoutright. The transportation of a million or more peoplea day from one point to another along the high ridge ofcrowded Manhattan is no easy task. They say in Londonor Paris or Berlin, with a little air of superior experience,that they do things differen
. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . on during the rushhours. Hundreds of thousands of human ants wantto pass along the fence rail at the same time. The wonderis, not that some of them get hustled and pushed, andthat many lose the polish of their boots and the sheenof their hats; but that more are not injured or killedoutright. The transportation of a million or more peoplea day from one point to another along the high ridge ofcrowded Manhattan is no easy task. They say in Londonor Paris or Berlin, with a little air of superior experience,that they do things differently over there. True enough,but the chances are they could not do this kind of thingat all. The movement of these large bodies of people alongthe ridge begins early in the morning. From seven untilten oclock one may notice the drift of people in the sidestreets toward the main thoroughfares. Men hurryalong for a block or so and then disappear down a sub-way entrance, or up the steps of an elevated station,or they turn down an avenue to wait for a surface |N-ife|!:i>f Pl. 13. — Broadway, Down Town THE STREETS IN THE MORNING 63 The surface lines along Third, Fourth, Sixth, and SeventhAvenues are always crowded with passengers from Harlemdown as far as Union Square; but they are not usuallytaken by people who are moving toward the lower part ofthe city. They are not fast enough and are subject tobeing held up at every street crossing. The crowd in themis getting to business in the up-town stores and offices,or else is coming down from the region of the park toshop or travel or keep some form of engagement. It is a good-natured, long-suffering crowd, and submitsto being packed, like cattle in a box car, without a mur-mur. Long after the seating and standing capacityof a car is exhausted, the conductor keeps stopping forjust a few more. No one complains. Everyone hasbeen one of the stopped-for, and knows what it meansto be left standing on a street corner, perhaps in the
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