New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-18
SOME GOOD WORK OF THE FUSION ADM1N1STp .T1oy ;.
pHAh - lid ACCoMPLISHED IN THE GAS HOrS17.
DiSIRiCI, THE TAMM4NY STRONGHOLD
TIE ole lines.
Lord, bless me ana nv wife.
Uncle Joe ana his wife.
e four and nc more.


----,sent no uncommon state o. mind A,s So.
-.-ziouar KIND % selhshnes viii be seen OF course
A. .se present campaign in this CITY Jus, ss 4, has
heen seen in every political campaign that eyer
~ss
-.-s-- the House district where Tar,-,sr1,
SCI i.scif IS. and where Tammany Halls absolute
eoss Charles T. Murphy. raised and laid the
s,unss-on ~ his large fortune, and where he is
-. district leader. are thinking hard about what
;. s.d for them as compared with what has been
80 Cor them under Mayor Low The district
lends from East Fourteeuth-st De line 10
r-4-g Place 10 East Nineteenth-st.. to Third
sve % East Twenty-third-st-. to second-ave
:, rss- Tve-ty--ffth-st. 70 First-ave 10 Fast
-vs--v-si xth-st. 70 the East River 10 East -Four
,ss--h-st In addition Charley" Murphy Frank
cpc1ne-l treasurer % Tanrnsny Han. and Colonel
r.--ee .. Mcclellan live there. L well merits
,.s name n Gas House The big red tanks meet
re eve ~ many points X is n district. too. OF
--ose-a-e.y 7co- people not SO densely peopled as
,be lower East Side. but wei crowded and having
~ wealthy residents as compared with other dis
--,--s III The city. Il is a district. in a word where
---- cufct rooG can be done. though lacking many
.--,s &C -he eycsore kind
AVS this c1o5 work has been done under Mavor
roz A balance exists in the NNTIIth in favor OF
TIE s-si7r alrninistratiou and against the Tam
nav s5n.-is--ati1n that preceded it that is re-
-.s-Bzh-e. Perhaps the most startling piece q,
s,=e--e ne the many that show this is the state
--ert ~ c- urdertaker in the district The under
tsks- ;ol5 The Rev. Dr- George [. wenner the
---re-s- Clergyman. pastor o. Christ Lutheran
rrr-c- -t no $50 East Nf1eteenth-st who knows
hl- wei personally. that Nhereas he used TO have
-e- ~ -Velye chldren's funerals week. now he
has OILY o. three month The same thing
&c 1913 tv florists ia the district who COMPLAIN OF
the e--are-t 5-n.rUtion in the number OF funerals
ore IL Se-c-5-ave particularly noticed big falling
r. IN rris respect III The last TWO years Al q sho0
r. -rr5-aEe the proprietor was even more out
spoken That there were fewer funerals. she de-
D..
hes-.1 ct the district due 70 the fine work OF the
Eea--- Dc7artment-"and il we women had the
bsr,t Mayer Lov'd get every vote we had"
N1- oily health. buc policing. tenement house
sue-,-so1. schools park facilities and many other
fh-rs are fa- better ia the district because Of the
two wears az Mayor Low.
As 20 policing. some exceptionally striking figures
ar z.ve- i- the reports OF the Police Department
Tor :ev years hack. The offence OF gambling IS
TIE OILY one 81 which The total number Of arrests
<7- the wears BY precincts appears. The Eighteenth
Fc-f-e Precinct. running from East FOC-teenIh-st.
&c F0-rth-sve- 10 East Twenty-seventh-st, TO
Ff-s--zve. 20 East Twenty-sixth-st- 10 the East
E.re- 70 East Fourteenth-st. includes all Of the
xv---th Assembly District. IN 1850 the arrests for
ra-1-r- In that precinct numbered :: in 1901, =.
& 49, g. In 1890 the convictions Cor gambling
result q these arrests numbered @; in 1871. 4. and
n $50 -. II 1890 the cases discharged numbered
!, II -sr 2 and IL 1872, 81 The cases pending are:
800 @. -s- 5: 1902 G. The figures cor the present
zes- are OF course. not yet al hand. but there is
re--v CO evidence that Captain Gallagher, who has
hse- II command O. the precinct since February.
Is making q notable record This is generally
sr-ees 70 by representative men IN the district
ryr--es 81 rhe station there show that from Febru
81 Z 70 February IS. 1sCl Inclusive, under Tam
nav Police Department, the number OF arrests in
ths precinct for al causes was 1s6. From Feb
ruz-y -2. 1853. the Gay Captain Gallagher took
charge 20 February :, 1905 inclusive. the number
:. arrests IN The precinct <or ali causes 2Ss-
Ths -ec1arkable difference toc. IS despite the tact
ga. re new captain went II unfamiliar with the
r-s--c- and had al Hrst uphill fight Captain
Gallagher himself made nine arrests February lis
.--.-e.ve IN his precinct. OF these SIX were or
tae-t-r zs=o-se~I-- houses. From March 70 March
2 t-l-s.ra he personally made forty-eight arrests
a. Which -ri-tv-seven were for keeqins disoroer-y
houses and four or the technical charge OF Oeins
cs--5er,y persons
creased % saws -he Rev. J. @ Halinond. VINO IS
t---e-.zte-6e-t C -he Bowe-y Mission. and VINO
lives al 10. 20 S-cond-ave- There Is no clsoI-
6e-,- house n The kTIIIth Assembly District, 50
.s- as know says United States MaTshal Billy
r-e-t-- Es--trf-ar leader q the district = be-
-ss- v-- are practically clear Of them There IS no
hIs i--rzE q ali s- The district that know OF
T--z=- The -1----a-r regime L was soII1elhlls
saa-et-l In Tll-d-are." says the Rev. FreoeTlck
= Richards pastor q the Fourteenth street rs
t--e---1 Church who lives az No ~ East Ilir-
teertt-s- barely outside q the district, and whose
work briggs him into Il a great deal inc streets
g. -he EEII-th Assembly District are free rom
f--eetv-a zers SO Ear as have observed n Ihro-
ave particularly conditions are very rnuch better
= n. --el-r---- was once solicited eight NIlIies
r. one evening That was under Mayor an
v-v-rs a6-ri-ls-ration. The improvement o. the
moral condition q the district began unIer I'm
missioner Partridge. but under General greene '7
e-errv ~ the police in al this neighborhood mas
ben great"
.- certainly believe that the district is cleaner
r-o-7--r said Simon Brentano, who lived IN inc
district twenty-five years. his home nc" --e
.us- outside q IT, at 10. 10 East SeveIteeIlh-s'
Toward The suppression OF disorderly HO~ae9 11--
hare been much more persistent efforts ana No.
greate- success urde- che reform ac-rlIlslra
tla- under -auuanv rule The Rev LI- L5'--9
7 E-1-lEa-. pastor % the Roman calnci-e
G. -he Epiphany. No SI5 Secono-aFe' - IL -
Cs nun 1er q rerresertative men o. 1ils US
to- who rars 70 see Improvement except liSAI
which comes t~om the upward tendency oy reason
q individual effort and despite political chalse
Ee believes Third-ave. 70 be as bad noI4-is a.
ever
- D. roL- Z F7airchld. pastor Of the He'd
dr. --a---5fet Episcopal Church, at No SS' f-ast
se.--ae---st Is sure there is much less soIlc-li-
rlCr ir that part Of the district WIKI "--'-4' -0
cone II contact There IS little OF H. ne cec-' -
n se-o-5-are Il have been here since '-e sp---e
q. -e1 . -.s NJ Fairchd. and think me ponce
s-s .-.z., "a business better than ever BEFORE
The force seems 20 be freer from even the s1eseS-
tio- 70 tarafr~ have one policeman as a pa. 80
La friend married him The other Gay WIZ 70'
hin Dc --,rza-a5 10 DE troubled W max : the mat
,e- l-----,.,. 2 ssl<ed He told me he was greatly
t-r--l-a= Lest some dav he should be found JUST
I.-e of rfr beat He didn't want 10 get cehsIIeo'
To- ttst would interfere with his chances lor pr
motion Now. that's mighty good 1llhs 4Oi ''0
fore
'EncldentaIy.r declares M Fairchild, I've
chzures NV view about reforners don't beAe'o
nov Ia the CID story about practical pollucals DC
ing after all the best ones 70 govern plg e.'s'