New-York tribune., 1902-03-16
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH

Commissioner Of Public Works Redheld set his
Bureau Of Incumbrances at work on Friday. and
as q result a large number Of dealers IN lower
Fulton Il were hopping mad because they h'o
to remove their signs Many Of these signs had
been in place for years. and their owners had come
10 believe that they had a right place their signs
: where they pleased As the result OF the removal
OF the iuCumbranc in lower FUltou-st. the uh-
fortunate dealers at organized themselves
into special sleuthng parties for discovering other
violations of the law. Well known merShahtS
could hr seen standing IN" sidewalks gazing ny
at of some rivals aud making fr tlf,,,a.
RrdfeId has been overrun with complaints enanal-
carfa c' that he viii show no favors to ANYBODY and
that all violators of the Law Will be 'rratsH G5,,
1t is fact, not generally known pgrnapS pi pcT 81
nevertheless existent SAYS Commissiointfr f tSt 'n,
field. that the city can be Justly oaTy F L yesenrS
! Of an iucumbrauce IN or over a street or IT,
] mrau ',t ~ ,bs sign the reason Tor this being that
the city allowed the sign to remain in place in
direct violation of its own laws
Naturally the employees Of the Bureau OF lncdm-
brancca have met with great deal of opposition
in their work Many protest against the fe-
moval OF certain stands which encroach ON CITY
property. saving that they had paid the city Tor
the privilege. They told that CorpoI alton
Counsel Rives had decided that a man cannot
legally pay the city doing Illegal act Other
yiolators of the law have ignored me w2rhhS & %,
Of bringing these men 10 terms. \ certain trunk
dealer who was using more than MS Shtt' " 'i,
sidewalk for the display of his wares ana wh2 , nad
neglected heed the notice to take the thiuSS
away was quickly brought To terms wagon OF
tho Bureau of Incumhrances was driven up To ne
door. and several husky men began loading The
merchants trunks and bags into TIE wagon The
merchant came out in great rage When he
learned that h" would either have 10 take the goods
inside have them conhScat'd. he took them In
In hurry.
Speaking OF the readiness with which the shop
X. epers sped out other vioatOrs ~ the lava
tain well known job painter and decorator spent
several DAYS last week watching the carrying
Of a contract for which he had been underbid. The
work was being done in OF the public buildings
The painter In question who has done a great deal
who he did not believe could carry out the work.
So when the job started the painter taking
OF the employees OF the building into his confidence.
tucked himself in a dark niche watched
days and said he found that the work not
being done according to contract and that his OBJ
strvHtions would be made the subject Of "A
pant {" the Commissioner of buildings.
In Brooklyn the sign that spring has come
surer even than the return of the robius-is the
appearance OF baby carriages In the streets In
deed Brooklyn has been called City OF Churches
anu bahN carriages. Last week the infant
ambu!ators out In fun force an over tn. bor-
hahy carriages were counted In block Seventy
eight We're seen In walk OF half hour
The nrst robins OF the made their appear
aTce IN FlatbuSh last week. the grounds of the
hnickerbocker Field Club The cock seemed tame
ana consented to, eat of the hand of the gar
aener who declares that It is the same robin that
inerS. The female bird. however was
after several hours OF hard work the robins COM