New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH

-ha erst recorded attempt of the BROOKLYN
rburches to ioin hands TO aid Governor Hushes %
sec,,-e denomination was made-ano suCcess1u
q, the yaneerveer Park Methodist Episcopal ohu'c
last sunday After the sermon by the Rev n L
-rrinkaus the pastor. in the evening, the Men
1aaepe held a meeting The object OF the inee'i's
vas TO sound the sentiment OF the members re
spectins Governor Hughes The call was read q.
the morning service. J. NJ Thompson. president OF
the club presided There was large ateehoaHee
of men of both the big parties
when Mr. Thompson had explained ths reason
FOR the meeting a resolution was muoouceo -
pressing pleasure of the club al learning eha'
Afr Hughes had consented To run for the Governor
shin again and the hope that the party which he
represents would consent 10 his denomination. 1t
continued:
We express this wish only as Republicans.
snt as sooa @ feeI that ali good citizens should
,,nite 10 help re-elect Governor Hughes, because
rsats carving out and enforcement of the Ag-
new-Tart anti-racetrack gambling laws Oh oui
.ba Governor in his campaign, and carried clause
,nstructiug the secretary to send copies TO Presl
dent Roosevelt National Chairman Hitchcock ana
State Chairman woodruff The Rev O. X Miller
district secretary of the International Reform bu-
reau and many others, spoke. A number SAID that
they were Democrats but would vote for Hughes.
The speeches intin1ated that. If Governor Hughes
were not nominated. the Republican machine couio
count the church members of the city ana stats
among its opponents. The Rev. Mr Miller sa1o
that he had travelled through the state when the
work was being done by his bureau to get the
anti-gambling measure through the Legislature,
and that he had found overwhelming demand
for Governor Hughes's denomination among the
country people He predicted that tia refusal OF
the party TO renominate Governor Hughes would
not only lose the Republican the election in the
state campaign. but also in the national campaign
The landward work the big flushing tunnel
which runs through Degraw street from the head
of Cowanus Canal to the East River, is practically
completed. The westerly heading reached the
Golfer dam at the river last week. The natives
along the shore thought that they were TO see
volcano pop its head out Of water at first when
the compressed air began TO escape with a roar.
carrying up mud and throwing it above the sur
face, while the water seethed and boiled. The next
step VIII be clean up the interior OF the sewer.
Afterward, the waterfront exit must be built. 1t
will be formed OF steel pipes, laid on piles 1t
viii be constructed in sections, each weighing four
or five tons. The sewer mouth must be extended
10 the pierhead. beside the Mallory Line pier
After this work is completed the installation OF the
pumping apparatus will remain 10 be accomplished
before the dredging OF the noisome canal can begin
William H. Taft is TO be the orator at the dedca-
ton of the monument OF the prison ship martyrs,
In Fort Greene Park. November Il All the
Governors of the thirteen original have also
been invited participate in the exercises and all
expect to attend. For the monument, which is
circular shaft which rises hundreds of feet above
e long terraced stairway, beneath which the bones
Of the martyrs rest in a vault, Congress appro-
priated S1eo0OO New York State. SIS 600; New York
City. $4,000 and voluntary subscribers gave $4,000
making a total OF 100000. Twelve thousand patriots
lost their lives in the infamous prison ships that
were anchored in Waabout Bay and the vicinity
OF New York Harbor The bodies were first buried
ia the sand of the shore. but placed in Fort
Greene Park, through the efforts of the Tammany
Society and the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
Association. The monument viii rank among the
greatest five in America.