Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11
BROOKLYN BRIEFS

The condition of Frank Convard, the well known contractor, who was seriously burned by the explosion of lantern a few nights ago, is still serious. His condition yesterday was somewhat worse than on the previous day.
 Work on the new brewery in South Brooklyn is being somewhat delayed owing to lack of brick. MT Suese expects to begin the brewing of beer the date of the first output of stock will be a few months later.
 Daniel Condon, who was one of the passengers on the i'll fated car of the Danbury fair excursion train and was somewhat injured, is recovering rap idly from his injuries and it is only a question of a few days when he will be enjoying his usual good health.
 Charles Balkeyinzius of 36 North Riverside street, who was injured in the collision at Sandy Hook, is feel ing somewhat better to-day. He was injured more severely than it was at first thought and his condition yes terday was rather serious He has bad cut ill the back of his neck and his legs were badly bruised and he was injured somewhat about the ab- domen.
 --The residents of South Brooklyn feel that they have a grievance against the school board and judging by what some of them say they have q good case. Some time ago the district was admitted into the second district and soon after the school was closed and parents were obliged to send their children to Porter street or let them run wild through the woods. Here IS the way one of the residents of that place sums up the situation: They closed the school and advised us to see if we could rent it for social club. We don't want social club there, and there won't be one if we can help 1t. The city gets $2.25 per head from the state for school population of about 25O children in that district and yet they are not willing to provide accom- modations for about half that number. The rest attend St Ann's and St Pat rick's parochiaI schools. wonder what the school officials would do if the private schools should go out of business. 1t is out of the question to comply with the order issued to us to send our children to Porter street school. Perhaps you know something about the place yourself, for think I saw you down there a few times. In winter time it requires all the strength grown people have to pull their way through that street and it is nothing unusual for people to remain home rather than risk their lives through that quagmire. We have stated our case to the school officials and while we got promise of relief, still, it is mighty slow in materializing. We don't intend to stop at that. We have made up our minds to appeal to the state board of education, if relief can be had in no other way, but we shall not do this until the local authorities have had ample time to give the mat ter careful consideration and adopt some plan whereby our children can have school accommodations within a reasonable distance from our homes. At the present time all the town school districts are forming league for mu- tual protection and intend to show their hand at the next city election. 1t is not a political organization and with it that would accept public off flee. Our object is to endeavor to se- cure the nomination of men who will give the town school districts the con- sideration we feel they are justly en- titled to- The man was very much in earnest and said that every soul in the district looked at the question 6x- actly as he did.