New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH.
Brooklyus Entry Wins Blae Ribbon
aftermath of the Election.

INIT as he was about TO leave his Office, in the
Municipal Building. go homo yesterday noon su-
per.ntendent w s. Clarke, in charge of the Brook
lyn Street Cleaning Department. was called to the
telephone
els It DossfbIe2'' he heard to remark in
surprised tone Then he Jumped UP and ran around
the room. shouting: ''Three cheers! Three cheersi
viii pass along the good news. Isn't that grand?
It Ia MAGNIFICENT"
The oflcs staff was at q loss to account for the
strnnge actions Of their chief. They had about
decided that the Board OF Estimate had granted an
increase in salary to the sweepers, or that Comms-
siouer Woodbury. had got appropriation for
new stable In Brooklyn. when Superintendent
Clsrke cams back TO earth and explained that he
nRd Just received word that Brooklyn had not only
carried off the blue ribbon, but also the red and
yellow ribbons, In the Street Cleaning Department
entries at the horse show in Madison Square Gar
den.
Mr. Clarke explained that the victory meant con-
siderable when it was understood that Brooklyn
had only six entries, while Manhattan had eleven
other boroughs The horses were snown to carts.
and, IN addition TO other tests, compelled
@e Of fhs E zeGaf pTze .s IS fFo @ Stable n e
Ing Place nSar & r IT IS tbs ssid bs faas 9 the
would win that he backed him for 500 Others
eba3ge SG on Jim GRAY. Last year the best that
Brooklyn could DO in the Street 9 Gesnng Ing entries b
this year received an honorable mention. so the
Brooklyn.
There IS q story going the rounds in connection
with the recent surprising sweep Of the borough by
the Municipal Ownership ticket One of the candi-
dates whose chance Of election was considered so
remote that he accepted the nomination merely as
a Joke. woke up the morning after election to
discover that he had been elected 20 a good paying
Office. 1t is said that his daughter who had prevI-
oGsy been a candidate for position as teacher in
appointment at the same time. She thought it
for few minutes, and then wrote TO the Board of
eetous a;iG resTE IN tie 1GtGre NOBODY WORKS but
father"
Oas OF the unexpected elections that OF the
candidate for alderman the Municipal Owner
ship ticket out toward Ridgewood. He is now serv-
ing as motorman for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company. His campaign didn't cost him a single
cent and he didn't make one speech during the
canvass. He wouldn't believe his friends when
they told him he was elected Now they are & aqVls
the salary of an alderman. small as it is is nearly
that' If he is wise he viii Start saloon in the dis
triet and that at the end OF his 1ouToyeaT tern ne
Harvey. the Assemblyman- elect on the Municipal
eer apoyed S By the Brooklyn Rapid transit Com
pany. He IS only twenty-five years old
william ordeman. of Corona, who lost his job in
the Queens Borough Department of Highways. be-
cause he came out for Joseph Bermel for Borough
President, sailed for Germany a week ago as
result OF Bermels victory 1t was in accordance
porter The latter declared that if Bermel was
elected he would pay ordenan ma passage 70 s
OF the trip There was condition. 1t was that
Order1an II he won the wager. should take three
autographs OF Bernel with him 10 45renen ana
sec thaf they were exhibited in prominent places
ebere This Afr Crdeman is going 10 do. The only
forfeit he was required TO make II BeTLnel was was de-
Teated according to the terms or the pet ilaue pg
rhe oyyerenthusiastic and oyerconfdent friend OF
CASSIDY was that Ordeman would nave 10 move
ont of Queens Borough and remain out during cas-
sidy's term Of office. This he SAID, ne woulo %
have been glad to do anyway, should CassIoy M nav
ree19, re-eIeefed When he returns from Germany
he expecfs 10 get good appointment under BerInei