New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH

Brownsville, the Jewish settlement of Brooklyn.
is of the most distinctive race quarters in
that borough and such possesses peculiar in
terest. Although not so crowded as the so-caIled
Ghetto on the East Side in Manhattan its popula-
ton Is almost exclusively Jewish. The Health
Department has had considerable trouble with the
residents in this section. Recently a number or
cow stables in the district abolished through
the action of the department. A great fuss was
made to get renewal OF the PernltSs: S ana as ID
perintendent Raymond a characteristic incident
occurred: large woman declared vehementiy that that
Of real estate company, composed Of GentXes II
think 1t is shame: It Is shame end sne sf Sn9uIeHd nd
Brownsville be If it wasn't for the Jews?" Nobody
undertook to answer her question.
A Brooklyn conductor told amusing story the
other day Of father who came into a car with
two children. both of whom he said. should ride
free. 'I told him., the conductor said, 'he would
have to hold them in his lap then. So he took
one on each knee Pretty Of them got
sleepy and cross and insisted upon sliding down
into the seat, that he could put his head on his
fathers knee. At last the father compelled to
yield to the little fellow. went in and, pointing
to the boy. who was seven years old If he was
day, told the father that. the youngster was on
the seat, fare would have to be paid. The old
man reluctantly dug up three cents. handed them
over to me, and 1 rang up the fare. About five
minutes later the boy. having got enough Sleep in
sisted upon climbing back his fathers knee.
The latter. having paid for the seat wanted to use
@ but the ad 2 eT et the %a boy g to ay hT he ]
pack as ne was Upon getting down. and the father
old man Seckoned yiolentiy to me Went in, and
nearly dropped dead when he said: Give me back
my three cents Here is your seat / don't want
10 use &, That old man kept at me until he
neo6se MS 0eS'n''0n trying to get back that
is interesting to note that not only is Brook
lyn firm selling structural steel to English manu-
facturers Of that product but $1,000 lot of steel
that is now being turned out in South Brooklyn
Is destined to go into buildings to be put up above
the Arctic Circle. 1t that the two largest
steel companies in Great Britain own valuable
deposits Of iron in northern Norway, which they
are about to develop. For this purpose they are
putting up large plant and constructing a rail-
road, for which many bridges needed. AL
though this sort OF work IS turned out in their
own shops. the directors Of the companies de-
cided that, they needed the materials in a
r5c hGrry they could best be obtained in America.
In ten weeks after the receipt Of the contract but.
that time had expre 6R aecounf 0n n b oc nS
work the firm also got the contract for the steel
That there many professional beggars who
are possessed Of good sized bank accounts was
brought up last week again, when William L.
Vaughn, who for years has been familiar figure
in Brooklyn and Manhattan, was sent to the pen
itentiary for six months on charge of Vagrancy
by Magistrate Furlong In the Buter-st. court It
Is said that Vaughn. who Is known as ''Kind
Friends" account of his custom Of addressing
his victims in that fashion, owns two houses, and
has money in the bank 20 the extent of about
$4,000. While the beggar is serving his term. Mag
tstrate Furlong intends to try TO find some OF his
property. A. c. Wheeler. who caused the beggar's
arrest at South Ferry says that twenty years ago,
when he clerk in the Butler-st. court. "Kind
Friends used to appear regularly the charge
of vagrancy He thinks 1t about time that the
: FaSrant's tactics were stopped. Vaughn usually
carries about camp stool. on which he places him
self In busy thoroughfares About his shoulders he
wears shawl tand from his neck hangs a
tTtbution box with an appeal for aims printed in
German and English. When his appeals not
needed he frequently uses vile language and some
times even strikes persons with the cane crutch
that forms part of his outfit When asked In court
about his bank account, he would not deny that
he had some money, but told the questioner that
1t was 'tnobody's business"