New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH.
I'm 4musingIy Serious Candidate
Premature Patraotesafs.

~. 1yo5,s,. who is going 'lnerriiy along
witt, his candidacy for Mayor, entreg isli =,
MANS Of the Republican or Denaocf~do
- ov-n manager, CORPS of speakers ana caiei oh
,,;,,+,, sanartmeut The following poeIn-s winch
rs NOT only written by him, but was set up ei.o
,,sn+ed nv his own hand. shows what an exIfeine
iv modest man he is. tits dedicated TO tneH"o
ing men and women OF greater Ne"-
HOdet the nna we TEsnt 80 ,'tn "a. p,oosa
ii t. is.s fair sns a ths sna Il saaS
aoonss ls Las Ell T6rns1en and march IN the van.
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& he wins you'll boss in New-zoTk sVeF'Wh'' W
Eosn.ts hes stood for twsntyavs +,aT ssar, ....
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sess g .eg.s5 I, sh5St ss sas aag l fes-
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~ Hn,.so e 1asSa him Mayor votss as ono lna-
so,s now thsts rh.. all men say
as I, ,.l ss ssss fs .sands1 hum Tsa Nm. s,.
Rass. to saa a ooss na@ r.r
s.na l4s. ,s,sss & sssaa s 'soe, sa4 DO
Nss Co Sa oSesal ssop III he's IN WashinrtOns shoe
Dow F. Smith, the general superintendent OF ene
1srposryn Rapid Transit Company does not attempt
=, direct the operation Of the vast systen py ST.
ting In the Montague-st Offices and receiving re-
ports but much Of his time 10 spent Out oli .iIo
lines He has q thorough and intimate Kno"leoge
Of the system from personal ooserVacon dls DUST
nsse hours have no fixed limits. and ne is as likely
to be working at night IN tina Daytime When
eny trouble Of any serious nature develops. MI
Smith makes point Of getting the scene at the
earliest possible moment With that END in view
he has a telephone at his bedside. and his orders
are that he is 10 be called and Immediately in
formed OF any occurrence OF moro than ordinary
Importance, matter how 'unesrthly" the hour
tght always Ss in readhsss for him at the Union
vile barns near his home in Bath Beach: When
Mr. Smith always telephones for his car, which
dressed About ten days ago fire g started I in the
eaeya!ed shops In East Nevv-York; For some little
G n dseR
put out with only 500 damage Mir Smith was in
run from Bath Beach to East New-York he was
anxious TO get his car as soon ss possible. There
was some trouble on the line. and the minutes
slipped by Mr. Smith began 70 get excited When
responded over the wire. IN few clear cut SEN
tences the superintendent gave his orders for the
seem TO understand
Won say ven & we0 eOs,s are you % ahywy? Tie foreman
Then a sleepy Irish voice az the other end Of the
wire ssid The foreman Of the dumps
The Street Cleaning Department Ts oveTetraine6 raj
few gTe way at TINS point and Mr. Smith made
ing ,rn 9gt the ne eltogsther Ordinarily although
calm deliperation.
While looking the mail Of the Home Trust
Company the other day, President J. Edward Swan
In Hungary for funds to build q church and par
son2ge to pay the minister's salary and establish
q library. For time Mr.. Swanstrorn was
puzzled Then he decided that the appeai must
have been meant for the Home Trust Company In
another city. In which Andrew Carnegie is inter-
esteo As the Brooklyn institution has not vet
gone INTO the philanthropic field, the appeal was
destination. ~ - P-F
Never before has the Brooklyn small boy' be-
gun the celebration Of his Fourth Of July so early
as this year. For years il has been the Gus
tom TO permit the sale CO fireworks for a month
prior to the national holiday. but the boys have
never got down to their celebration before the
week prior. This year. however the evening air ,s
nned with the sound OF exploding hrecrackers and
even skyrockets and candles flash across
.he SKY on occasions. stad citizen, walking
sslrOugh crowded section of the borough nirh3
rso Two ago. received shock by having a powerful
SsS.OckeI go Wplzzing over mis- head. narrowly
[alssang him Looking around, he discovered some
toys setting OF rockets from cellaryay, lust off
TIE SIDEWALK dc says he has had one or two
ether similar experiences recently