New-York tribune., 1903-01-25
THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
PORTRAITS or Prominent BROOKLYNITES NAY
HING IN THE INSTITUTE MUSEU-M
4 Descendant Of lie Baron and Other ufocer ancestors To
Married Soon
GOSSIP or THE BOROUGH

a member of TIE debate club" OF the Manu-
fa~rr-ers' Association OF New-York was waxing
eloouer- a the last meeting upon idea that had
INST occurred to him. II that instead OF al
-srratelv depressing and elevating the tracks OF
-l-a Long Island Railroad according TO the grade
I'm removing them fr the surface OF Atlantic
ave il would be far better 10 put them unceT
ground for the entire length. He had aroused con-
siderable interest in the proposition, when ne sud
til YOU. gentlemen property in the vicinity
-- A-Tsr-fc-ave- viii never improve as ii should
l-rr57 IN Of the tracks on that thorouEh1are are
TIE 6ai' caused laugh. which dissiDatsd al AL
the seriousness that mao pee oeslovNl u15l ~ s
idea. and the member Of the debate cluo SAT oo"A
-n disgust
some strange and ingenious pleas are made by
corporations 70 evade the payment OF taxes. said
the counsel for well known corporation the other
cav. The subject had been brought up by the &C
non OF the Appellate Court II deciding that the
Ford Franchise Tax law was unconstitutional
.elarurall-' said this LAWYER. corporations viii
fight 10 the last ditch tc keep from paying taxes
i the law cannot be found 70 be unconstitutional,
rhe- each individual corporation tries 10 ind some
peculiar lCophole which viii let II cut One OF the
most peculiar pleas I ever heard was that Of
eofpoTalloh, NLllcl -s-l d si'----- l3 ~
5~g'-s-a EXEMPT from the tax The clever lawyer
fo~ -h.s marine corporation pleaded that his clients
wee 1xa-1-r from tx because their process for
cleaning ne bottoms OF ships was really washing
and ironing And the funny part OF T. TOO was
that the plea was seriously considered
Relatives q John Blanford Ingles5y. whose tomb
stone vas recently dug up by worknnen avating
r-- the extension te Han Records have been
found IN Charleston :. c According 70 the in
scrlpton on the stone. Inglesby was q son Of VIII
ia-n and Mary Inglesby of Charleston and Cied in
-.s Public Works Commissioner Redheld, who
ha7 .la stone n his Office, wrote 70 Mayor Smith
or Charleston and received the following refly:
r have sent your letter 10 Charles Irglesry- g
prominent LAWYER O. Charleston. and asked him 10
communicate with you as the wishes Of the fam
1v with regard TO the disposal Of the tombstone
The Commissioner has not. however, heard Vet
from NJ Inglesby. He stin has 2 number OF other
stones The bones thai were found were so mixed
rra- il would have been Impossible TO identity them
some were carried away as souvenirs others were
Isturied below The level where they were round
Because there is 20 suitable place in any Of the
public buildings FOR them the collections Of por-
traits Of the former Mayors Of Brooklyn and other
prominent men OF that borough may be placed IN
the museum Of the Brooklyn Institute Of Arts and
Sciences Formerly this collection. which is OF con-
siderable historical value hung in the old alder
manic chamber in the Brooklyn City Hall After
cereo5afion the room became the Court % Spe-
--sl Sessions and the diSnifed ex-Mayors were
obliged 10 look down upon the motley crowd that
hauuts such places, and grew griny with the
smoke and filth in the air- Now the room IS Deing
entirely reconstructed, and IS 70 be given over 10
the Au1eIIare Division Of the Supreme Court Inc
paintings have been removed. and are now scat
tered around II the various Offices Borough Fresl-
cent sv-snstrorr, intends 10 ask the Sinking Fund
Commission set aside z room ID tl-e 1L-7l-
museum Tor the preservation Of the pictures anu
other relics Of Brooklyn municipal government