New-York tribune., 1909-11-07
BROOKLYN NEWS.
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Snosc Plough Rampanf-Van
der Fecr Mansion SaUed.

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
has caused 10 he made brand new snow
plough ihat runs ike a trolley car aud is
expected 10 90 great things when IL comes
20 removing drift from the tracks. The
company took the plough out for a Cuiet
spin she other evening. There was no snow
on the ErOand. but there was fog IN the
sii, and maybe tho company wanted 20 get
the car used 20 going through white objects
without tremOT.
Al went wei until Douglass street and
Ffth avenue WaS reached. Al this point a
particularly donse cloud had accumulated.
hui tho motorman did not take warming
tie sent the plough bounding ioyfuily to-
ward tho middle Of the cloud drift when.
hh,go' the snow plough Jumped the track
and before thc motorman had time 10 wind
up the brake n had almost sprung upon the
Sidewalk. Seventeen or more trolley cars
iilod with Passengers were held up an
hour before the wreclSers could coax the
plough hack into the FOG on the tracks.
The old Nan der Veer Mansion. which
has been n landmark in Flatbush for a
hundred ana fifty wears. or theroa bouts.
had narrow escape from being made part
of the election celebration. shortly before
Election Day the police of the section found
hCrn down the mansion and also the Nc
corn'ck barn near by. The boys had been
Inarauding about the neighborhood and had
pulled down three OF the wooden columns
IN the rear of the old house. The police
Got all their names and are ready 10 pro-
duce them whenever the boys start out
looking for trouble again.
The mansion stands in what vas once the
village OF Flstands. The property Is
known as Flatbush Gardens. The building
was put up before the Revolutionary War.
The Van der Neer who owned il al the
tine % tho war stood at his front gate and
watched the Hessians file along Kings
Highway 10 the Battle Of Long Island.
II was occupied until . few months ago.
II was purchased recently by r. B. Ste
venson. who intends 70 restore It and make
81 his home.
The Church of the open Door. usually
called The Auditorium, Is out q com
mission. and she building which il occupied,
at Saratoga avenue and Halsey street, .las
been rented 20 moving picture concern.
The rental secured for the yellow barn
like structure is $500 a year.
The Church OF the open Door was es-
tsblished a few years ago by the Rev.
Dr. Charles 7. Baylis, who had resigned
from the pastoTate OF the BushWiok Ave
rue Congregational Church. His idea was
10 open 20 the public an undenominational
church. Everything seemed 20 he going On
smoothly until last spring. when Or. Bay
lis lnft town after securing the Rev. Dr.
Madison c. Peters 20 take his place.
In the fall ne returned 20 tell the people
that he was going 20 leave the ministry
and enter business life. The same day
Dr. Peters told the people that he was
going 20 open The Peoples Forum" at
the Masonic Temple, but that he would con-
tinue the church as an adjunct. lie re-
ranned Il The Auditorium. BY the end OF
October be found that the plan did not
work. Dr. Baylis formerly owned the prop
erty. but sold il. The present owner is
Dr. J. L. Cole, Of Manhattan.
The four remaining symphony concerts Of
the New York Symphony Orchestra NIL
ne held in che Opera House, Academy OF
Music. under the auspices of the Brooklyn
Institute og Arts and Sciences, Oh the even
ines ~ November -. January p, February
Is and March j. The remaining Young
Ponies concerts, which are held on sat
urday afternoons. will fan on December l.
January -. February 25 and March S. The
Eneisel String Quartet stIl has four con-
certs scheduled for the Music Han AT
the Academy. The evenings chosen are
November lS. December 16. January - ana
March 10.
on November L. the Boston symphony
Orchestra Will give The first Of its series OF
uhnharmonic concerts. The other concerts
win be on December 10, January 4, Feb
ruary . and AIarch -. r. q. Knowles will
give the last Of his illustrated lectures on
travel on November L. His topic viii be
A Visit 10 South Africa On November
I6 Dwight /. Elmendorf win give the first
OF has afternoon and evening series ot Aus
trated lectures on travel. His first t2pic
win be '.BarbaTy. Trom Tangier 20 EgYpt.
The rest fail on November 3, December !,
December and December Il. bis lectures