The evening world., 1894-10-10
A BATCH OF GOOD THINGS.
Many Important Achievements
Placed to the seventh Years Credit.

Placed to the seventh Years Credit.
No. IAN instance of 1.-THE Evening
Worlds" devotion to the cause of the
people was shown In the efforts which II
made to secure better water supply for
the city of Brooklyn. Reports were made
from time to time that the city's supply
had been allowed to become polluted
through the carelessness and neglect of
those where duty II was to see that 1t
was KEPT Pure and clean. Reporters
of THE FL cnrg World" were sent oft
to investigate the matter. and they dis
covered the existence Of state OF
AFFAIRS that hisd never been suspected
by the citizens OF Brooklyn. Omclal in
vestigation followed, and as a result ac-
tive measures were at once taken to
purify and renovate the sources of the
city's water supply to the great benefit
OF the health of the people. Clerks
whose negligence was responsible for
the state of affairs were discharged and
the Department underwent general
No. 2.-One of the most notable
as a. or The Evening World"
IN the way Of news-getting during, the
special correspondents abroad. of the
details of the sinking OF the English
line,o tle-ship Victoria by the Cam
British fleet in the Mediterranean. The
bare fact that this terrible disaster had
occurred had been known for several
days, but no details of the occurrence
could be obtained by the newspapers,
either In this country or in England.
The first absolutely authentic account
Of Of. the disaster was published in an
printed and circulated at II o'clock at
night, giving all the thrilling details of
the laundering OF the unfortunate war
ship after the collision with the Camper
down. telling OF the heroic rescue of a
part OF the ships company, the battle
with the waves and the horrible havoc
made among the struggling sailors by
e The ERsnP pEoP @ord Ths cs sfHy
back in full to the London papers
ana printed the next day. Thus the
Eng English people received their first re-
which so nearly concerned them THROUGH
the enterprise of an American news
paper
No., No; s,For a long time it had been
Department of this city should be sup.
plemented by an improved system OF
Signaling and the use Of patrol wagons
f fop transporting large numbers of police
case or an emergency. as well as for the
conveyance of prisoners to the police
stations when the arrest was made at
streets. The Evening World took ur
this question, investigated 1t thoroughly
ana ana, In behalf Of the public demanded
tablished in New York City. 1t was
shown that New York was far behind
even the other large cities in this coun.
primitive methods prevailed here in com
The The result Of the agitation begun b!
nr rme Evening o World is that an ap
city treasury for the purpose of pro
viding the necessary equipment for ,
police patrol wagon system for at lcas
panying feature OF code signals, AMI
within another year 1t is probable tina
the system will be in full operation here
sI No. 4:.,During the Winter and early
World inaugurated a crusade agains
the STRENGTHENING Department as man
| aged by Commissioner Andrews. 1t wa
shown that although Mr.. Andrews hat
received larger appropria tions from tn
| city FOR cleaning the streets than any o
his predecessors, there had been no i'm
provement In their condition, and the.
| the town. especially in those localitie
| where sanitary conditions most demand
e ed that they should be kept Clearly. Il
TINS connection The Evening World
ments contracts with garbage men 10
removal of the city's refuse, and foun,
that some exceeding queer methods ha,
prevailed: Large sums had beer paid 70
| this work to favored individuals, Will
there were many other contractors VIII
would have been willing to do the worl
Investigated by !The Evening inef W SSSISf
was the famous deal in horses for use Il
the Department. BY getting at the bot
tom facts In this case IT was discovers
that the Department had been squander
ing many thousands of dollars in pur
chasing Its horses at ridiculously hig
figure. and not getting good animals q
windbroken and spawned. and yet In
price paid for them was as high as tn
finest fancy stock in the market com
manded.
No. 5.-"The Evening World" devote
heroic efforts last Spring to the ex
posture of wholesale Naturalization
frauds, principally among the italian
of the Fourth and Sixth Wards
was shown how citizens papers ha
been distributed broadcast among tn
very lowest and most ignorant OF tn
city's foreign population, and that de