New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH

One Rrooklyn man. whose heart is filled with JOY
and gladness because his cellar is bullying with
eighteen tons of hard coal, which was purchased
last JIne at s. % ton. frankly gives all the credt
for his enviable position to his wife
Yes she is responsible for good fortune,
he said yesterday. by some power of intuition
which some women possess and which cannot be
explained she foresaw that the price of coal would
no worry high this fall So entirely her advice l
ordered eighteen tons placed in our cellar-more
than / had purchased at one time before. 1t
WAS all packed away in my cellar few days later
and the entire amount cost only s. % ton
Now whenever / get blue, all l have to do is to
go down into the cellar and survey my gold fields
NV eighteen of anthracite coal. / would back
nv wifes Judgment, or her intuition, against the
world. If you should get very hard up for coal
old fellow, come up and 1 will let you have buck
II was not long after the coal baron had been
besIeged by many of his friends. who pleaded win
him to sell them one ton of coal or even haf "a
give them bucketful if they would come after
IT but Ro$Tgy % esr w Would allow
him to go.
The Brooklyn Union Gas Company is being del
uged with complaints about the wretched quality
Of the gas being furnished. and the other day
of the officials. more communicative than usual
admitted that the gas poor but said 1t could
be helped, and that the company was in despair
its failure get coal. Coke Is being mixed
with anthracite coal, and has resulted in decreas-
ing the Illuminating power of the gas and making
it smoky and disagreeable. Agents have been sent
all over the country looking for coal. and lots have
been brought here from Burlington I. ana otheE
contract has already been made five thousand
Tot only has the gas cohany found it dificuit to
supply its usual amount Of gas, but II has foul9
of coal. for cooking purposes The gas company IS
almost on the point of refusing to install any more
ranges until the coal famine Is over
twenty-five tons of coal in the cellar" That
was the alluring announcement made in a Brook
lyn paper last night in advertisement offering
house sale. Usually in attempting to dispose OF
a dwelling house. the real estate agent mentions
the desirabty of the location. the excellence OF
the plumbing. the good condition OF the property
but none OF these points q feature of the ad-
that the fact that there considerable amount
of hard coal in the cellar would prove far more
than anything else which could be mentioned: Pei
haps he right. II would be most eXtraordl-
nary state of affairs II a man was obhged 10 pua
coal It may be that if the price Of fuel keeps
soaring it would prove profitable iRvestment MT 10
that might be made in selling the coal
Coal a curiosity! 1t would seem TO be from an In
cident that occurred in Hooper-st. near Marcy
ave. the other night family that had put IN
about fifteen tons of coal before the strike was
moving TO another house. The coal had been
heped IN the Et cf y SO Much Of the precious
product caused large crowd to gather and many
owner was taking no chances. and watched it with
b Box H'''" care 30 u - ''"1 'e~'' "
one man in the Gowanus district has been coin
ing considerable money by recovering coal from
the waters of the canal where IL has been drop
ping years from the barges as they were being
unloaded He suggested the idea TO a coal dealer
who has yard on the banks Of the cana d the
dredge along the shore and sell al 1hf Goa. ne
tongs and his labor has proved profitable as ne
has secured large quantity OF coal "hich ne mas
Funny things happen at Democratic conventions
That is case of historic record. Democratic con
venons in years. are declared by politicians
TO be highly affairs. especially to those
on the inside who know the insincerity of the po-
IticaI workers
It NAV he frankly acknowledged at the same time |
that at least one funny incident has occurred at
Republican convention To tell the whole truth, it
happened on Friday night, when the Republican |
County Convention, in the Criterion Theatre, unan-
imousy nominated Colonel Ardolph l. kline OF the |
Delegate after delegate from the various Assembly
districts fastened TO second the nomination OF
rcssibe to recognize everybody once. but George
that each delegate would have as much right as
any other TO speak in the conTenIon' ana ne
ne dalegates were secondng the nominations as |
sm b a. th M man in the gallery with
that could discount a rnegapnohe' mo "'.leI 70
the cairnam and the delegates helpless They
touId not do otherwise than listen to him
Mr. Elliott used his gavel and said again that
every delegate should be heard. ne c0hdgehnQn
what the man with big voice had to i say The
in the ery sh hScnnd the eg Nomination. S
and then when hundreds OF delegates were watch
stage or gallery fright. and shouted WHO was
Tp gaii.rV man however. was trying shout
for Colonel Kline. and will probably continue to
shout for him til election.