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The ola HucKeiberry 7'D.oaci
and some of Its Employees as T remember it
Tim 7urphy was supt. and many yarns wer srun
about him. 73ig stout stern looking man. well one nigat
as lie was walKing over Harlem 73riuge when anotner big man
non to steaay on is feet ran into him aTiL. tae two got in
an argument some say 1:-,urphy cowneu the otner man anu
was going to chuck him over tne priGge rail but outsiaers
sereratec tnem both went on taere way. —el± a lew nignts
later well we wer in Harry Fills piece or course you all know
nis plEIC just at tile Soutn enu of tae briuge "urpny comes in
sees a big man at bar say Harry who is tilat man
wily says Harry thats Toe Courbin the rignter 70. 7o. says
7urnhy tilts the guy T was going to trow in the river last
night well I gess I will get along up to the car barns now
one oi them arivers on oi them one horse cars hasent turneu
in uney money for Days Ii have to watch him he might
sell the horse and leave the car out ail night so long
any
Harry. I roue maney times on the forunam cars but I never saeni
old
iTucKelberys. I know it uia good service to the residents of thq
1-orrisania so long rememberence Tuitor Ii be seeing you
iater. :Tra Hopwood
Honeywell _Ire
du Years in wriat is now
Fnown as Bronx County I crossec
tne old wooden hriciFe maney times
Come times when it got out o) orcer which
was quite oite-a we hau to go to 7c Combs
Cam briuge to 6et home. (one socK) up
to olu man flaynor tne boat house man
to row us across. Here is how Bronx was
known to us in those clays
D)othaven, Nortn NY, Tast lorrisania .:est i'orrisania
T7eirose, I:orrisania Tremont Jest Farms .,:ust chester
L3pringnurst, 2airmont Belmont outn Forunam
—oruham ;Ungs Briage, rris Fridge.
well when the rirst norse urawn car was
run irom the narlem briuge T was to the snow
anu believe me us boys wer celighteu to
think now we coulu go uounto
Tony Thstors or Harrigans (anu) Harts am, get
Home with out walking rrom tne bridge
to sixtn "t where I iivea at flresent lootn
the nouse T was born in is in
tne iamily yet, anu is known as
T'orest Sve anu on tne olu Tap
or 7orrisania by :,nurew
well now lets see ii we remember some
of the oic time resiCents of 70 or 7o years
ago. Bill Cauluweli. Jim 1ells.
Silas DG1IX'ord, John Henry. Leo Combs
Tim Tooney. 7arvin. the ;lark boys
maney riore wno wer in 7oiitecks
olL boys wno ioveu to run to iires
anu some times -,,nen tnere was no iires
Thas Gampman eter qecks
Geo 7an KcGlii
\hill nave to stop rememoe so maney
it wouiu tsi.J.J to ionF. anu to mucil room
in your naner. 7 wouic, liLe to esr;.
any ol tne boys on. Mtcla or
Tackson tour ever knew now ola _auy Tashinton
useu to get to tilem iires so quick
:ell I Loeing to tell you. they useuto have toe
engine waitinF at -Lae ena oi ranKIin ve
Line at trio iirst tan ol trio 7ell tney
wer way aown theure.
'ell now T will take a 100K Kyles --'artc
at nich Ilriu7,e I remember when 7rank Leslie
walkea acrost tne riv.sr on s tiont rope
wrist a sicnt them aays when 11,, got nali way
over ne sat aown on tile rone coocke some
pancakes on a stove no carieu on nis back
ire threw some aown to tne neonie in
boats. T also stoob on -Deac 7e'
at tne orening 01 Teremone '-ace track
Ofle oi tIle v,'iners was ientuckey
lets tae a walk as Id says
but we will stsrt irom nariem riue
anu weiK up Thruham ::Zoau as it was thuul
anys ;irst T. L. ::loots iounury anu Resiaenee
1,umber Yara :obitzek- coal Denorests
reea olo stone church. 7,Zogeys Hotell
:3entrai Hoteii Toss shooer Oflu XT
7ou at ta,:e _Loa?: don ose -t ane
boys i'rOr tIit tsrret
.xeursion nes ,7one home I1 ii not
w-:Ltik on ur 1 st tne OIL -arry to .'r:es
ciotairn-- store tii only one in to ni ton
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ee 7en _Lett
trx cors cot in runs. c T) a
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iKe ouneys Te1 is ifleE3 you cro:,,is
-Hanceriul. :treem inown as -fill 2roor.
thts toe niece whare -ete -ora_L useu to
tne COWS nerm te :Jt to o_Lu
ciVeLLLa then you mic,nt :07)
at EiriLL) 7. Bowes store L. you wanteu
7roct:ries ane 1:)ok acrost the stret at
aiems stone yore )ut oont co ir
to mers eteii. you rif,,,lat at ta t
tor in HOMEME all, or Tubbeis 7rewry
7ou nreler _le you oup.at to nave
stcned at 7oariee aserts.
•i tke alook old eorr.es nine
at taut tir%e toe court nouse you
ri onsite .sion on toe niii
you 51iTrlt ceil on olu Tudr,e,
,tintman you ht heere hir
say -ut ti -7; down stairs. -Io' about
stoning in acuy 7urrens, one now
I must say a word o an oie rriend
',:ho I always thoeFht was a tinicai old
:orrisania guy he was in the Express Buis
His Name was Harry Harris well I used
to at one time co sign (and) wagon painting
so Harry wantea his ::xpress 4.agon letterea
I aske him how to spell it and here how
_rry ,.rris well I finished lettering
the ',:agon anu to my suprise when I- looKea
7 had left out one R in 77orrisania
on one side of the wagon. well or course
I told Harry .I wouldd change it the next
but he said what the L thats all
righ,. they cant see both sides at once
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