New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-26
GOSSIP OF.fTHE BOROUGH
Fire Insurance. Rates to Drop in
BrookIyn-Satbzoay Celebration.

AS the result of thea establishment OF the high
pressure service forhfte fighting in the downtown
blse section. the fire underwriters have prac-
tically promised clp down the insurance rates
In the district 10 per cent II will be a month
more, however before te service Will be available
the Fire Department must wait that long before
II gets its special hose carts according TO Deputy
Commissioner c. {. Wife.
The underwriters made.-another test of the ser
vice in the last week. Two miles from the
pumping station they obtained pressure of 30
pounds 10 the square inch. al the hoze MOBILES At
the time a successful experiment was made
with a nozzle holder Without the holder a
half dozen men are required 10 manage the lines
under the high pressure while do
trick with holder. The excsvating for the in
take for the salt mIins which will be used
auxiliary water system for the benefit Of
the high pressure service. has been begun within
the last few days at JoT-slemon street and the
East River. The salt will be used only
under extraordinary circumstances. but the officials
have determined TO leave stone unturned in pre-
pairing fer all usefulness the service.
The 2-inch main viii eventually carry the salt
water from the river 10 the auxiliary pumping
station al Furman and JorzlemOn streets
The citizens committee of hundred. the
chairman OF which is Professor Franklin W
Hooper director of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences, has completed the plans for the
celebration OF the opening OF the subway from the
Borough Hail Atlantic and Flatbush avenues
on Friday a special train VIII leave the City Hail.
Manhattan al $50 o'clock with four hundred
guests They viii include many Of the former and
the present city officials and the members Of the
old Tsapid Transit Commission and the present Pub
lie Service Commission and other prominent citi-
zens When the train reaches its destination at
about O'clock tie guests viii go to the Baptist
Temple where a public meeting viii be held Chair
man w r Wilcox the Public Service Commits
sion will preside and speeches will be made by
seth Low ST. Clair McKeVay Borough President
coler and the Rev DR. Nehemiah Boynton pastor
- The LAFAYETTE Avenue Presbyterian Church. In
&c evening there will be a big civic parade, an
automobile parade and dinner at the Union
1esepe Club at which August Belmont will re
oei,,e . loving cup. On the Eastern Parkway there
will be an exhibition Of fireworks late in the even
ing
The Rev DR. y. MCGEE Waters. pastor Of the
--r,-a.i,e Avenue Congregational Church, cracked
a little Joke al the meeting held at the BED
ford branch Of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation last Sunday afternoon which was not re-
ceived with much enthusiasm by fne crowd OF
ministers who sat back of him on the platform
1T Was late in the evening"" said the minister.
and sam and Miranda still sitting together
on the sofa near the door Father was near the
head OF the stairs IL the hail above waiting for
Sam TO GO Sam SAID;
Miranda the current OF my true love ripples
smoothly forever
And father said:
oh dam iti' -
DR.. Waters Immediately turned toward the plat
form ard asked the clergymen to please note that
there was m fathers dam
In spite the publicity that the underriver tube
has received there some people about New
York City who never heard of IL A couple
wandered into Deputy City Clerk Scully's office
the Borough Hall the other day and tried take
our a marriage license scuiy learned that the
n1aa n.ed in Jersey City and the girl in Manhat- J
tan
.Yc.'n have TO go the City Hall TO get your
license then said Seuy.
Where N hell wey' asked the man.
Don't exaggerate it, protested Scuily This
is 10 Iur;her than the Borough Han. Brooklyn"
well. how Gid get here?'' demanded the man, /
aocusingly-
SEARCH me- returned scully Did yoa jump
you pushedg
Neither replied the outlander. Il took the
Subway
oh" responded the clerk, new know how You
got here