New-York tribune., 1902-06-29
THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
STRIP OF BEACH MADE INTO PARK-PRLsON SHIPS MAR
TYRS' MONUMEN7 ASSURED
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH.

To s V White. the we'll known deacon of Plym
| outh Church and Wall Street broker, is due tn
credit OF securing the passage through Congress
the bill appropriating 100000 for the erection OF IN
proposed monument to the men who lost their llVe
in the British prison ships during the Revolution
ary War. For many years the Prison Ship Martyrs
Monument Association has been trying to se
funds for a suitable memorial. Each year for the
has introdliced Bill in Congress for the appropr
alton of 100000 by the government put the 9PpoSs
ton has always proved insurmountable- STEADY
progress however has been made each year ne e.
n M White packed e 4turhed h m b hsa
passed.
The memorial which is to be placed in Fort
Greene Park. where many of the bones of the
prison ship martyrs lie. is TO cost 100000 and the
intention is make 1t Cf the finest examples OF
memorial architecture in this country. Several
plans already under consideration. but an en-
tirely set of designs viii be asked for in the
fall All but about $4,000 Of the necessary s2looV
has now been raised. When President RooseVeit
was Governor he signed bill calling for an appro-
manning money had been obtained The city has
remainiHg s25c66 $1,000 has already been paid into
the treasury and promises of considerable portion
of the other $4,000 have received. The success
of the project is thus absolutely assured tenta-
has been selected It is now occupied by a summer
house the top of the terrace directly above the
location Frederick MacMonnies is expected to be
one of the competitors IN the submission OF designs
Much to the qualification of his many friends.
ex-Judge Samuel D. Morris. of the oldest active
members of the Brooklyn bar, is age
attend his business Early in Jan
Norris fractured his nip by slipping
near his home. No. 80 South OXford-st.
his advanced age-he is eighty-the injur! Nas
rightly considered serious His splendid consul
eight ,i- weeks confinement in bed he was able to
drive out Theb he m got ecenfv 9uf are b
has been able 10 lay those ASIDE
Augustus H. Murphy. who says he is the Oldest
living Sandy Hook pilot. will celebrate his golden
wedding tomorrow his home, No. AIS Monroe
st. He is now in his seventy-eighth year. but only
retired from active work five years ago. Although
the gray haired veteran never brags about MS
thrilling experiences in the old days, his children
are not relating some incidents which
show his bravery. Then there was great rivalry
among the pilots and they.would out as far
sci. one day thirty-seven years ago Captain Muir
ply was bringing in a vessel from South Africa,
when a heavy storm came up. He anchored the
ship in Shinnecock Bay The captain of the boat
licitude about bag of gold he had on board. Cap
tain Murphy offered to take il ashore and did so
Brooklyn is in particular need Of the corrective
influence of the ordinance recently introduced in
the Board of Aldermen which makes it imperative
for all househoders to display the number of their
house in a conspicuous and designated place out
side of the door. 1t is often hard enough to dis
cover certain number in broad daylight. and at
night it is almost impossible
No end of ingenuity seems to have been displayed
n placing the house numbers-where there are any
at all-in places where they be found only after
he most careful investigation. Persons whose du-
les frequently require that they find certain houses
n the evening, experience the greatest difficulty in
searching for the right number. Particularly il it
s at time when the hall lights have been put out,
one may go the length of an entire block without
being able to learn the number a single house.
1t is obvious that in city house numbers, con-
spcuously displayed. in the highest degree
ful, and it is hard to understand why the aver
age householder does not realize that fact. One
might think that a number. placed that the
oasserby could make it out at glance. dis
grace TO be avoided at all hazards. The way such
numbers there placed would lead one to