The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-23
TO RELIEVE BROWNSVILLE.
PART OF THE DE HIRSCH FUND TO
Re EXPENDED THERE
Young People to he Educated to AN Under
standing of American Institutions and
of the English Observation-Disclosures to BE
Rented md Al I'd One to lie Fro ct ed.

Young People to he Educated to an Under
standing of American Institutions and
of the English MISUNDERSTANDING t" BE
Rented and Afterward One to BE Erected.
The trustees Of the Baron de Hirsch fund in
this country are at present making plans for
ameliorating the condition OF the Hebrews
living in that part of Brooklyn known "a
Brownsville 1t ia the first attempt made to
utilize any Of the money in BROOKLYN.
The Brownsville district is at the extreme
eastern end OF Brooklyn and is almost entirely
settled 10y Jews. The number Of them living
in Brownsville is computed to be about $1,000.
Nearly all of them came from the east side dis
trIct of Manhattan. and the conditions in the
two localities are much the same.
Since tho movement OF east side Jews to
Brownsville began very little attention has
been paid to them in their new habitations
either by the city or by charitable organza-
tons and It was not till about two months ago
that the matter received any attention
from the trustees of the De HirSch
| fund About that time the general manager
| OF the fund, Mr.. A. s. SOomons. made
| visit to the district. The report which he
| made led another trustee OF the fund. Abraham
Abraham. to take steps toward interesting
persons not directly connected with the fund
| to attempt to improve matters. He wrote
| letters to about twenty persons. among them
| Congressman May and Congressman Fischer
| whose districts include Brownsville The visits
| made by the various persons whose aid was
| thus solicited showed them that the district
| was sadly in need OF assistance. The poverty
| OF the people, 1t was found. was oven worse
| than in the slume on the east side, the only
advantage gained by them in their change OF
residence being slight improvement IN the
onud on ho the eas . wss S5
| to be seen in Brownsville. but the Nth 1t the
! locality was far worse than in New York Tor
| the reason that no attempt had been made To
Pie we're found to be in pitifql state o! iG-
WeTe able to- nSE EnsSh WITH The
object Of finding out the views 81 ths people
nent Jews Of means was held in Brownsyiiie
last month. Suggestions as to what form OF
from the residents of the district. and
| nearly all were unanimous in asking that an
h mss of the EdncSi9mni KancS II the Fast
| Side The plans for such building met with
the hearty aprroval OF the trust@rs 81 me DE
| Hirsch fund, who at once promised their CO.
'r At "' second meeting which was held few
| weeks ago, Il committee was appointed on I!an
| and scope with authority not only to create
such an institution hut also 70 start an aEitn-
| ton for an Improvement OF the streets by the
city, This sub-eornmittee consists of SnmuG
RothSeh5ld Chairman; NJ 1h nh, hfT Tur LEO" NJ
| While the erection Of IA new building for the
institution will not DO started for some time. 1t
| been IL
which shall be, fully adequate to the needs .
the situation The building has not yet been
selected. but 1t is proposed to have the new IN -
i aIiu In It vii vii he a Complete Gymnosiun
library. reading room and lecture room with
classroomsto accommodates nv" or SIX hundred
The people whom the work OF the institution
| is designed to reach. It was explained by Mr..
| Abraham last night, are the swcntshop work
ers. both Young men and girls. who are unable
to avail themselves Of the cityS oducatinnhl
| system and who have no chance TO learn Eng
fish or anything about American institutions
EThc main object Of the De IIrsch fund"
said Mr.. Abraham, is to promote COLOMBIA
| tion among the lower 81 asses OF Jews, But in
order to effect this we have found that they
| have got to be educated somewhat in Just
| the way we propose to do in the new
institution in Brownsville. A. long as
| American institutions we cant iniuse In them
any desire to occupy the various rural sections
which the fund has secured Tor colonization
| the east side scattered over the New Eng
and States on farms owned by the fund;
for which they pay nominal rental 81 !
| at Woodbne \. j., and others At Nineland,
| \. j. Eventually we hope to get lot OF the
| families OF Brownsville on farms hut bcfor"
doing this we have to educate the young
The condition of affairs in that district is
fully as deporahle as 1t is on tho east side.
scheme will come from the he llirsch fund,
hut possibly much will be raised by private
subscription. No statemsnt can BE- made ~
| enterprise nor what it is expected 10 cost II
is going to DO done on large sea o. however.
Th bs tSc
public bath IN the district, to be open all the
vii viii he graded in I'M short time and thorough
| reluvenaton Of the place set on foot.