New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-03
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Working Papers in Demand
Fate of Great Ship-ChurCheS.

Fate of Great Ship-ChurcheS.
For the last week the local branch Of the
Health Department in the F'iatbush avenue
extension mas been besieged by an army
Of small boys and their parents, seeking
working papers" No certificates are
ISSUED TO youngsters under the age OF four
teen Those who want TO go TO work must
show record from some pubic schooi'
stating that they have spent $50 days IN
school in the last year and that they nave
completed the work Of at least the "a
grade. The rooms that are used Tor the
sppIications are in great contrast WIN
those used by the authorities last year
Then the branch was housed in an oio
dwelling house in Clinton street The rooms
were small. and the clerks who could at
xe-a 70 the applicants were limited by the
space II was then a common thing TO
End the line of children and parents ex-
BENDING TO the next corner. The rooms III
the new building are large and airy. and
sertees are provided for the applicants
One of the churches Of Williamsburg
which has been putting forth extraordinary
efforts TO maintain itself amid Ihe influx
Of East Siders from Manhattan Is the
South Third Street Presbyterian Church
While other churches have been gong
down all about il, this church has in some
way managed 10 survive though ii is said
that not one in twenty of its members or
Sunday school pupils live in its neishbor-
hood The church was organized in 1874.
The first pastor was the Rev. DR.. John ID
Wells father Of the present pastor. the
Rev Newell " Wells. The father Was
pastor for ffty-foUr years. and for the
of n
son was his assistant. The son took fun
charge of the church in 1904. 1t is believed
thai the long connection of these TWO men
with the church has had much TO do with
its survival The church membership has
fallen to 546 and the Sunday school mem
nership 10 4s9 The church property is val
ued at S5G,Oeo, and there is no church debt.
For the benefit Of aliens applying for
naturalization papers, Judge T ]. Chat
fed. Of the Federal Court. has had sew
eral copies OF the Constitution Of the
United States ard the Declaration of In
dependence posted up on the fourth floor
Of the Federal building Charles A
Decker. Judge Chatield's former law part
,er. has provided frames for the docu-
nlents-
Plans are on foot for the erection OF
new Church Of the Blessed Sacrament to
take the place Of the small frame building
put up at Euclid avenue and Fulton street
eight years ago. a big euchre was held
under the auspices Of the societies Of the
church al Dexter Park, Jamaica, last
week TO start the building fund The pres
er1 church was erected by Father John
Mccoy. II was provided with four hundred
seats. The parish is now said TO have
Mummy and two assistants now look after
the spiritual welfare OF the flock.
N spite of the protest Of citizens of the
Bay Ridge section the Postmaster General
has accepted the recommendation OF Post
master VOORHEES, that Station { be removed
from Third avenue and SD street to Fifth
avenue, between SD and 54th streets. The
object of the move vas TO save mileage III
carrying the mail - the new location will
be more nearly in the centre OF the district
served by the station The new quarters
wip be opened on October l While the
lease Of the old building will have TO be
broken to carry out the plan, objec
lions are being raised by the landlord, as
lie can rent the building for more money
1han the government is paying.
The Shenandoah. said TO be the largest
wooden ship ever built in America. which
is HOW discharging cargo from San Fran
cisco at the Atlantic Dock has been sold,
and is 10 be dismantled az 18th street and
converted INFO a coal barge The boat
spreads 12o90 square yards Of canvas on her
four masIs. Her main truck stands l92
feet above her deck. and her main yard is
sc teet Ia length. With her last voyage
ends also TIE career Of her master, Captain
James Murphy. Of Bath. Ne, who has
been IL charge OF her most OF the twenty
wears since she was launched al Bath.
He has spent forty-seven years at sea.
Tor twentv-seven years he sailed ships
SCI cost $1S4e0o and IS as good to-day she
was a. first. She is the last remaining Of
four ships built by the Sewalls at the same
time. He says that she viii carry 500 tons
OF coal. She is 299 feet long. % feet wide
and p feet deep Supporting the statements
made by William y. SewaH at a hearing
before the Merchant Marine Commission
six years ago. Captain Murphy said:
The Shenandoah has been bought by the
SculIy Brothers for $4,000, but there was
nothing else 10 he done. The government
IS % blame for The loss Of these fine YES
sells, bat the fact is that The people in the
interior Of the ollltry care nothing about
or maritime interests. All they care
shout Is getting good price for their
wheat, and the American ship has TO CO.