The record-union., 1897-12-20
IN The METROPOLIS.
GREATER NEW YORK AND THE
BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN.
Two Touching Incidents of Life in
the Theatrical and Musical
World-The Brutal Six-Day BIZ
cycle Race and What It Was
For.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Brooklyn has
discovered that on account of the deficit
IN her treasury she will be compelled to
ANIMATE herself with the greater city,
leaVlng plenty of debts unpaid, a cir
cumstance, by the way which the
greater city thoroughly appreciates
Each and every employe of the present
city of Brooklyn will, it is said, be
compelled to apply to the courts for his
back salary, and then they will not be
able TO obtain it for at least a year af-
ter applying. That this will affect
Brooklyns prestige as borough goes
without saying, and her erstWhile en-
ployes VIII have to get most of their
satisfaction out of that fact Mayor
Wurster made avery logical prophecy the
other day when he said that if the
greater city finds itself compelled to pay
defunct Brooklyn's debt it will be rather
shy about granting improvements to
that section. He then squared matters
OF by claiming that New York would
hnd herself equally embarrassed were
she to suspend business as suddenly
AS matter of fact, Brooklyn politi-
clans are seriously meditating as to
whether or not it was an i'll wind that
blew their stronghold into the Tam
many fortress. Tammany has always
borne a consistent and unimpeached
reputation for looking after her own,
ana 1t is an open secret in her council
chambers that appropriations for the
Improvement of Brooklyn borough will
not be large. Tammanys real strength,
her reliance, is in Manhattan, and it is
there the mamma will fall
L nave it on good authority that John
Z. Sheehan, the present nominal leader
OF the organization, is about to fall;
this, Notwithstanding the oft-published
denials. My informant states that
Sheehan attempted to undermine Gro
ker during the latter's sojourn in Eng
land, and now the mighty Richard is
planning his revenge. The breach be-
tween the two widens every day, and
it is probable that Sheehan will go out
with the old year Thus will another
great political tragedy have been en-
acted on the last of the old New York's $
bloody backgrounds
Perhaps that which strikes the strang-
er in the great metropolic most forcibly
is the seeming complete annihilation of
individuality in public places. Every
thing that occurs out of the ordinary
has its accompanying crowd of inter-
ested and curiously curious lookers-on
yet interest in the personality of the
principals seems to be wholly lacking
| For instance, an accident occurs upon
the streets; an immense crowd gathers
almost Instantly about the PROSTATE
form Of the injured A policeman runs
up, forcing his way through the crowd
and bends over the man or woman,
which ever it may be; the nature of the
| injury is determined; a telephone call
sent to the nearest hospital, and the
| victims clothing ranSacked for infor-
nation that might assist Identification
There is no probability that the injured
person has an acquaintance among the
crowd, and, then, whether he be bank
er or laborer, the mode of treatment is
the same. In generally about ten min
utes the ambulance tears up with
changing gong, the surgeon runs to the
scene, and soon the unfortunate one is
being hurried off to the hospital The
crowd rapidly melts away, and the i'm
preston made upon it does likewise in
the normal rush and swirl Of city life
A few evenings ago l had occasion
10 pass through Bleecker street, in the
heart of the wholesale dry goods dis
trict The night was raw and misty,
and the thoroughfare, crowded during
the day, was then almost deserted
Looking across the street I noticed two
men carrying a third, and, going over
to them, l noticed that one of the for
mer was policeman, and that the man
carried was unconscious and bleeding
profusely from cash behind the ear.
Here l thought would be the unusual
sight of an accident down town with
ed. The man was laid upon the side
walk with paving-stone for a pillow,
and under the f1ickering light of an
electric arc the officer and his compan-
ion examined the wound. The police
man then raps his stick upon the curb
for assistance; a brother officer soon
runs up, and is Immediately dispatche
to the nearest telephone box to sum-
mon the inevitable ambulance In the
meatnime, however, a small crowd has
collected; night prowlers, belated clerks
and stray individuals of other callings
The two policemen then get to work to
apparently disrobe the man where he
lies, but they are merely searching for
papers" Shortly one, with the air Of
a .'Klondfker'' discovering his first mug
get, hauls out from somewhere a leath-
er wallet stuffed with papers; these he
holds up to the light and examines one
by one, but they betray 10 intelligence,
for they seem to be all in German. a
tongue which the officer is entirely in
nocent of. Somebody steps out and,
bending over the PROSTATE form. yeils
some questions in German and though
he is patient and strong lunged the ST.
lent bundle remains silent Why doesn't
the ambulance arrive? 1t seems to be
aggravatingly tardy. The crowd keeps
growing somehow, but preserves a Gu
rious silence. To relieve the pressure
the officers chafe the mans hands and
move his arms about, and occasional
ly they gallantly charge the crowd and
order ii "to go about its business"
This piece of advice they fail to see the
soundness of. Finally the warning
gong and Gathering hoofs are heard on
the still night air, and the crowd surge
to the corner to watch the approach of
the long-expected succor. A young
man OF haggard and tired countenance
whose long ulster is seedy, jumps from
the still-moving ambulance, and
satchel in hand. is soon bending over
the PROSTATE and still unconscious VIC
tim. The driver hauls out the stretch
er; the man is hauled on to 1t and
showed into the wagon Meantime the
haggard and seedy young surgeon is
comparing notes with the stout police
man.
Questions and answers are naturally
stereotyped in character.
"Name?" asks the former.
"Dort know"