New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Much Needed I'm proUemenfs Aro"nd
Citg Hall Building.

In the last few days scaffolding mas peeh
erected about the cupola of the Borough man.
and painters have been at work around lhe
clock putting on 4 violent red. This is a part Vi
the $1,000 worth of TepairS and repalntihs
which is TO be done on the structure. Superln-
tendent Lawrence Of the Bureau OF Punnc i
Buildings had expected TO have this work COM
pleted in the summer time. but the Finance
Department did not register the contract uhtli
after the recent bond sale The red paint Is
only mt OF TO preserve the stone work of the
building. and it' Will be covered with slate col
ored paint later. Tire inside of the bulldlng VIII
he redecorated and the stone work and the Pill
lars in the corridors viii be reset 1t IS plaIled
TO move the coroners Office into the Munlclpai
Building. across the way. and devote the room
10 the work Of the Borough Presidents oHlce,
when the redecorating is accomplished
Brooklyn has taken the place Of Boston as the
greatest bean eating centre in the world. That
IS according 10 the statements Of the salesman
OF one of the ellief bean preserving firms OF
the East. His firm, he says keeps record OF
where the most beans are used. and mas tlat
Brooklyn in proportion 10 her population, mas
the Hub skinned a mile The part OF
Brooklyn that consumes the most beans IN pro-
portion 70 its population is included between
Sumner avenue and Ridgewood Jefferson ave-
nue. and Cooper street.
II was a cheerful crowd that gathered at the
Department Of Public Charities the other day.
The occasion was the payment Of pensions to
the blind OF Kings and Queens. In the crowd
There were altogether 459 persons. increase
Of ten for the year The applicants ranged IN
wears from twenty-one 10 ninety Inc old
est was Patrick Mccoy. of No S23 Bergen
street He hand 10 receive MS n1st
pension. His blindness was the result OF oIo
age. The amount distributed this year oy tne
city was S22.49 or S49 10 each applicant Last
year each received 500
Though the plans for the Central Library
Building have been filed with the board OF trus-
tees of the Brooklyn Public Library by the ar
clitect the prospect Of the quick erection OF the
building is still hazy The site for the structure
IS TO be q triangular plot bounded by the PARK
Plaza Flatbush avenue and the continuation or
Cnderain avenue. The plans as drawn up py
the architect. cali for magnificent structure OF
granite, limestone and steel Its cost would pe
about s. 2ss0 600. while the trustees nave only
planned on spending S2.500.Go0. or SI50DtO less.
The present design is for q building in the style
of Louis XVI somewhat the lines Of the
Ce,+raI 1ibrary- in Manhattan and Boston's pro-
posed Museum OF Art. The new Fort Hamilton
branch viii be opened on October 10, and con-
tracts have been let for the erection OF four
other branches about the borough
Brooklyn is 10 have a new theatre. Plans
have been fled with the Bureau Of Buildings for
the erection of one in Fulton street near Nos
trand avenue II is to cost S1t5.00 and Will
have seats for 1.43S persons The theatre Is TO
be named the Fulton, and VIII be controlled oy
the management Of the Broadway Theatre, it is
understood.
As soon as the Mardi Gras rush is over the
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
will begin work on a S2O0000 Improvement
shifting its tracks from the west side TO the
centre Of Coney Island avenue, between Fort
Hamilton and Neptune avenues. bill went
through the Legislature year and more ago
authorizing the company 10 make this change
The shifting OF the tracks is much more I'M
rortant than the bare statement Of the facts
would indicate, By neXt spring, If all goes well.
the avenue can be properly payed-a much
needed inproveHenf-and II Will thencetorth
take its place as one OF the chief thoreughfares
OF that section OF the borough