New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH.

William Frzell expert indexer and the Oldest
empoye IN point OF service in the Commissioner
OF Records Office. IS proud Of the fact that he has
tho pen with which Governor OdeH signed the bill
that mas made the Ofice permanent Under
the bill creating the Office. in 1899. 1t was TO exist
only five years. at which time II supposed
that the work OF ndexing the county records under
the block system would have been completed The
period expires May 20 Tho bill, therefore,
which passed by the last legislature making
the Office permanent means much to those
who are employed there. and the pen through tho
fundamentally Of which the bill became law
Is Of special interest to them.
Mr.. Frizell. who lives at No. 6Ol Greene-ave.,
in the Twenty third Ward. was employed in the
Park Department when. IN 1895. Register Granville
w. Hartman was authorized TO re-index the county
records. which were in deplorable condition Mr..
Frizeu transferred then to the Registers
office to assist in doing that work. and has been
employed on the records ever since In the years
1897 and 1898 the work was carried OF by a triple
Rasquin and Meeker. they were legislated out OF
once by the FeGords COMPREHENSIVE bin IN 1899;
the XVIIIth Assembly District. appointed
Records Commissioner under the bin Since then
he ehas broken with the organization. aud in the
last few years Of his office has been entirely out
side OF the breastworks. The leaders are, there
fore glad to see him go on May 20. His place
will be taken under the now law by John X Neal
recently appointed by the county judges.
The pen that became an object Of special interest
because Of its having been used by the Governor
70 sign the bill, obtained by Mr. Frtzzell
through appeal to Mr. Graham, the Governors
secretary. 1t is an ordinary brown penstock with
a cork grip. and contains a small stub pen Mr.
FrizzeH has tied a big bow of lavender ribbon
about IL and placed II in old Jewel casket with
glass cover This is all carefully tied with blue
ribbons. The letters received in connection with
He is contemplating presenting the relic to Mr.
Neal to be used the nucleus of a bureau OF
archives for the department. The boys IN the
records office planning a high old time" in
honor Of the new lease OF life Of the department
II Is even said that some Of them are writing epic
poems in their odd moments.
II Is stated reliable authority that Mr. Waldo
does not intend to retire from politics when he
ceases TO be Records Commissioner on May 26. but
intends to be a candidate for the Congress nomina-
ton in the With District This district was laid
as a Republican district, although It is rep
resented by Edward NJ. Bassett, Democrat. The
1t seems hardly likely that Mr.. Waldo's ambitions
will be realized unless he gets in a compromise
candidate in case OF a fight between the With and
the XVIIIth Assembly District factions in the
Congress district.
Another landmark IS about to give way to the
march OF progress II Is the old building the
triangle bounded by Broadway Marcy-ave and
South Ninth-st. in the Eastern District which for
so many years was occupied by DR.. Holmes. who
always said he invented a process for embalming
bodies that eventually turned them into stone. In
the Civil War he made much money preparing the
bodies Of soldiers for shipment to the North For