Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-13
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

visiting John Kelly.
 John Henderson is entertaining friends from out of town.
 Mrs Waugh of Thomaston Is vis- iting the Lord family on third street.
 Arthur Dempsey. who has been returned to New York.
 A number of Eagles from this section will go to Bristol this even- ing where new aerie will be or ganized.
 William Mccarthy of South Leonard street will resume his stud- les at the University of Pennsylvania the coming term.
 Manager Thomas Cunningham of the Cadet Juniors requests all candidates to be present at the Brooklyn Athletic club rooms this evening at 7:30.
 There will be a meeting of the Brooklyn Athletic club members Sun day morning, at which the election of officers will be held There is 9 fight on for one of the offices and all members should be on hand as other business of importance is also to be transacted.
 Gerald, the 5-years-old son of Jerry Shugrue, was hit by bicycle last evening while running along Bank street. The youth with several other boys was running along after the patrol wagon and did not watch where he was going, consequently he bumped into cyclist. The boy was knocked to the pavement, but was not seriously injured.
 Chairman John Henderson of the Brooklyn and Town Plot Im- provement committee was asked this morning If the organization would meet this evening. He said that he did not know as he did not attend the meeting last week and has not talked with any of the members since that time. Still if there Is meet ing I will be unable to attend 1t as I cannot possibly get away to- night" He continued. He stated that 1t seemed strange to him that the members who were present last week would vote to have gathering this week especially since the weath- CT Is so warm. The members seem to be in a quandary as to whether there will be anything doing tonight and nothing should be done until this en- tanglement is straightened out. There is no need to have such mix-ups as these and 1t should be definitely
 known when meeting is to be held. Complaint was made to Health Officer Kilmartin last night that the
 gas odor was again prevalent in Brooklyn, but on investigation to- day it was found that 1t was nothing
 in comparison with the stencn which
 was so much in evidence on this side a few weeks ago. At that time the
 majority of people seem to think that
 the perfume came from the tanks of
 the United Gas company. A thorough
 investigation by the health officer
 and sanitary inspector was made and
 in their opinion the smell came from
 the tanks. At that time the people
 in some parts of Brooklyn could not
 sleep because of the gas smell and others were almost asphyxiated. The
 officials of the gas plant did not think that their tanks were the cause of the nuisance, but were willing to
 make any Improvements suggested. The latest complaint came from Pres
 ident Hemingway of the Waterbury
 Paper Box company. He said that
 the girls who work nights in his fac
 tory complained about smell com
 ing from across the river and de-
 clared 1t was so strong that they
 were unable to work. Health off,
 cer Kilmartin visited Brooklyn this
 morning and looked over the situa-
 tion. He left for the clambake at
 the Wigwam reservoir about II
 o'clock, but before going stated that
 he could not really tell what the ob-
 jectionable odor was. as very few
 persons noticed it. It might have
 come from the American Brass com-
 pany where a car of oil was being
 unloaded, and a Brooklyn man this
 morning said that he was sure 1t did come from there. But the smell was not bad one by any means. It was
 not at all similar 10 that which filled the air when the cry was made some i time ago. 'I got the smell and just
 for curiosity's sake" he said. "I
 donned my hat and coat and inves-
 tieated the cause. I found at the
 plant of the American Brass company
 a car of petroleum oil was being un-
 loaded and that was the odor which
 was circulating" The residents did not seem 10 mind Tuesday nights