New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
BROOKLYN NEWS
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Strange Names an Coler's COMMITTEE
Ban on Fire-.Minnte Sermons.


There was considerable amusement in ofiCia!
circles the other day when the makeup o.
Borough President Coler's Committee OF one
Hundred became known The committee WIS
appointed 10 work for the Fourth avenue SUI
way Conspicuous among the names on bne
list was that of Thomas Peters. Of The Bro"K-
I'm Times" Mr. Peters has opposed the subWaE
scheme from the start, and il was at hr'st
thought that Coler had overlooked the tact, IN
spite Of various attacks which he has mace on
The Times and its editor IN ms 6uilellh
MIR CoIer had an explanation when called upon
H.. had ordered the stenOgrapher, VINO maze up
The committee list and sent il around. TO invite
all the editors of Brooklyn papers 10 1s necoilie
members. Before their replies were retui'leu
the list WAS made public Somehow. the stenoS-
rapher not instructed TO exclude Peters 5
name from the list of Brooklyn edltors' ana nc
was in consequence announced 10 be one of the
committee
The committee also had two other members
vino drew attention. One was DR.. MchelwaH,
Of THE Brooklyn Eagle, a paper which C2er
has attacked for months past in every posslb}e
way. Controller Metz was also named as
committeeman. A. the organization meeting
Metz was one Of the conspicuous persons pres
snt'S The Rev. DR. s PaTkes Cadman, IN a la!h
drew attention to the fact i am glad. ne
commented. TO see that the lion and the la1nD
have AZ last consented lie down together
(which was which be did not say. DR.. Nickel
way was appointed chairman OF the press cam
,nittee, and William s. Hurley ex-Rapid Ira n
SIT Commissioner. Metz's friend and the friend
fof Senator P. H. McCarren-one of the chief OF
Colers enemies. according to his own story
twas made the chairman OF the TlanCe COMMIT
ftee. Both appointments were dictated ny CoieI'
The Brooklyn Presbytery. in the last Week,
thas done away with one OF the rules IIai IIds
.,ong worried the candidates for the ministry
TN to the present. the young men have beer
tcompeled TO deliver hVe-mlnute sermons peIole
1.-THE Presbvterv. as part of the eNaTnlnall II
Esnrough which they have had 10 pass MOI
Esrator AfcClelland was the one who moved TO
lsoa1se ,l1e nile Eliminated He said that il MS
ssmpossibe for any one 70 preach coilli3Ie pr
Eneasible sermon in the allotted time. ana lnS' ,.
-G=T
k,5ates IN such 4 manner The members OF the
l1eresbv1ery agreed with him. Hereafter. cdndi-
Aoates are to hand in regular discourses' and
when thought necessary, deliver them
Several sledges that left Brooklyn in 1884 to
hunt in the Arctic for Greely are TO pe removed
from their repository beneath pile OF loose
boards back of the marine oarraChs IA t .iie
navy yard 70 more conspicuous pace III @ tIe
naval museum Annapolis. The sedges are
eight and sixteen feet long. and were made after
'-he design Of Chief Engineer Melville, OF the
i-1avv They were intended for carrying boats. If
necessary as We'll for ordinary purposes NOT
hong ago. Boatswain Anderson. who Is IN cnaIge
of the rigging loft of Building %. pulled the
sledges from their hiding and found that lheE
trvere in good condition Many Of the olnctIS
who were members OF the Greely relief eXpedl-
1sion are now stationed at the yard MedIGal IN IN
tspector Z. H Green. surgeon OF the Nard, was
THE chief medical officer of the eXpedltion Rear
iAdmiral W. II. Emory, until recently IN com
,Tand Of the receiving ship hancock, was a lleu-
tenant in command of the Bear one Of the re
lief s1ips Rear Admiral c. I. Goodrich. now
The conlmandant of the yard. the officer
t-x-ho brought the Alert. OF the ships OF the
t-,eIfef Marty from England He did not go to
the north John QueyedO, a boatSwalns mate,
who died recently while attached TO the Eard.
was q member Of the expedition Lieutenant
fSzreelv who led the Lady Franklin Bay eKpedi-
frion and after whom the relief expedition was was
kSiispa1ched is a major general IN the
United States army.
4 Young couple Of this borough have been in
the habit Of conyersing before their three-year- ear
told boy by spelling out their words @ IIe
tyoungster resents the lack Of confidence The
lother evening while several minutes OF such
terthographic communication vas passing over
his head he mapped out a plan Of vengeance
After his mother had conducted his regulation
t.S%oTr I 1av me- rraver service at his bedside
,.,e 5i6 ROT arise Moving further away he
placed his hand at the side Of his mouth near
.est his mother and continued his supplication
~ABc GHK
Then he arose with an expression Of intense
satisfaction and crawied into bed
Joseph Bush head Of the Brooklyn Anti
Noise League said yesterday:
Through my injured ear drums sorroWfuily
tobserve that conditions in Prooklyn are steadily
becoming worse Only yesterday the man across
.the street finished repairing the clapboards OF
his house and 1 think he takes the palm for
NOISY carpentry. Thus far ] have located only
six of the countless number Of monographs on
trnv block Just now il is the fad for the boys
iof the neighhorhood 70 gather under my win
dow and compete for the pUshmobile and loud
yelling championships Of the borough.
There seems TO be keen rivalry in the retail
banana business these days Recently I counted
-four pedlers selling the same fruit in our street
within hour Each Of them provided
with 2 double tuTreted. superiInpOsed voice and
IF volume OF tone counts for anything the Sec
ond sold the most fruit
The contractor who is repairing the asphalt
stn the middle Of the street has G5raed en-
gineer TO steam roller back and forth
fover the loose rnanhole covers all along the
kbiock The engineer has been at this tasb
EIGHT hours each day for 2 week. and can now
s1nake the most astonishing rumbles with ap-
sparently no effort. Sometimes when / see how
tmuch employment he gets out of noise making
7 feel tempted 20 found college Of boierTnak-
Ting in the lower part Of my house Two
milk dealers who have some arrangement witt
each ether for the carting Of milk decided aftel
much careful thought that the best place q
swap cans IN the early morning hours is few
doors down the street from m.7 place. Thel
spirited remarks whenever any Of their horse!
start 10 go are noisily amusing.