New-York tribune., 1910-01-02
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD. 73D STREET AND
FOURTH AVENUE
s&hern- One cabman, whose stand Is at the
Lung fsf1na ffafIrozd station. said that
ds hsd Ilz De $125 In nine hours.

.&hen- One cabman, whose stand Is at the
Lung fssanf Railrozd station. said that
7os hsd n-zd De $125 In nine hours.
Dezth recently removed an aged negro
woman who vas weff known in the DAYS
of TIE ''rnd derErcnnd railroad and the
abolition movement She WAS Mrs. Chris
tina r Freeman, Of No. 80 Fleet street.
Al the time OF her death she was ninety
eight years ofd In her early years she
had been closely associated with Henry
wsra eeeciler. William Lloyd Garrison
snd os1er men prominent in the movement
TO free DIE slaves. At Mrs. Freeman's
home in Brooklyn John Brown ate his
ssst dinf1er before going South to Harpers
Ferry. Va, where he WIS captured In 1859
and aftsrm-ard executed at cflariestown.
Mrs. Freeman WAS the widow of the Rev.
Arno4 ~ freeman, who was also promi-
rent m abolition work. He was pastor OF
the Silvau Presbyterian Church, in Prince
STREET. the building was recently removed
10 make wsy for the F1atbtrsh avenue ex-
tension.
After eighteen years occupancy the
Board of Health vacated its old building IN
Clinton street on Friday afternoon At
midnight IL WAS established in its new
building. Fiatbush avenue extension and
Fleet Place. The removal OF the posses
sions Of the department was made difficult
by thesnecessfty of transsctiug business all
through the moving time. The last desk
removed was that of the clerk who issues
burisl permits The wires at the old build
ing were disconnected in the afternoon and
building The telephone number remains
the same. z729 Main Three large safes and
come OF the records were removed on
Thursday. Twenty-Five trips Of the moving
van were required for the transportation of
the resr OF the records and furniture. The
furniture, which was considered TOO old for
she new building. was sent TO the Kingston
Avenue NospftaI- The hurry of departure
was caused by the termination OF the lease
st midnight The new quarters will be
cramped for the next two or three months
before things can he Strengthened out The
first floor Of the new five story building is
not Yet completed.
Abraham Abraham expects a large influx
Of Jews from the East Side TO result from
the opening OF the new Manhattan Bridge.
I'm replying the other day to letters con-
ssining contributions TO the Brooklyn
FEDERATION Of Jewish Charities. he said:
't,onser rvatireiy estimated, there are 2o9.-
'&s Of our co-religionists over here-the
great influx beginning with the COM
pietion OF tlT. Williamsburg Bridge. AS
SCOT ss fhe Manhattan Bridge is opened,
which also starts in the congested East
Sfee another in1peiiing force will be addeI
10 the clearing ont of the Ghetto. and we
can leek for large accession 10 the num-
her nosr here, ana winch Will result in ail
HKeIihood in another large settlement in
Brownsville. This scattering of our people
IS good thing. at least over here. They
hare better housing ans more sunshine.
But the care of the dependent poor. the
aubnergea 10 per cent. will always he N
evidence and will accentnate and increase
the heavy bur0en now resting on tile CON-
psratjvely few rich, or weil~to-do. living IN
Brooklyn. Il is curious condition.
White the roor come over here, as soon
es they prosper financially they move back
20 Mania ttsn and lose interest in their old
fcnse"