New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Brooklyn Has Junk Yard Worth
Over Half a Million.

pensive and most conveniently located COM
bination junk yard and wagon yard in this
part of the country. Real estate men say
that the site is worth between $4,000 and
s750.oeo. As for its location, il lies directly
across the street from the Borough Hall
Borough President Steers can look from his
office windows and watch the men in the
yard breaking up old water pipes ana
Milling ND the splinters into a nice neat
heap. Once this piece of property was a
park 1t was in those days chiefly noted
for its hold-ups- Then came the subway
builders ana converted the park into a
storage re',. Next the city officials d.
vided Inv -. into two ralts. The front
strip they soHed witt I'D separated
from Joralemon street by a high iron picket
fence The back portion they cut off from
the rest by high board fence, and in 1t
they built a long carriage shed for the
benefit Of the officeholders who used car
riages and automobiles Part of this sec
ton is now used as dump. Some day,
maybe, the plot will be included in the site
OF the new municipal building for which
the borough has been asking a decade or So
To the obserrant car passenger the sights
end sounds brought to his attention while
riding about the city streets present a
varied programme in which humor and
pethos mlngle in a haphazard manner. It
is their skill in reproducing just such trivial
bits Of life that makes the lectures of
Holmes and Elmendorf-especially the lat
ter-popular- The audiences laugh at such
scenes from foreign parts, and probably
overlook others ju~t funny that arise
about them every Jay. The other night
the conductor Of Union street car became
greatly fatigued. He was wet, too. for rain
IA There few
Passengers, and he took advantage of the
opportunity TO go inside the car There he
finally dropped into seat beside a messen-
ger boy and entered into spirited CONVEX
sation with MIN about the weather outlook.
He got up couple of times TO stop the car
or. start ii, when brilliant idea struck
him. He pulled a shoestring from his
pocket and fastened it to the bellrope.
Then he sat down, and when he had to ring
the bell he pulled it from his seat Finally
the shoestring broke, under the stress of
particularly heavy jerk
"Confound it, cried the conductor. as he
made repairs. IF that don't hold now, I'll
have 10 take string out of my shoe
A small boy with round apple cheeks and
bIg blue eyes, and dressed III natty brown
coat with brass buttons became very tired
Of travelling in q Flatbush avenue car the
other DAY. He jumped about and behaved
CUTE. badly. His mother at length deter
mined upon heroic measures. She removed
her rnuff, which was large and probably eX
peusiye, and threw the cord over the little
fellows head and pushed his too active
hands into the openings.
--Thereta she cried. Now, see if you can
keep still
The plan worked like charm. Half lost
under the heap of fur, the youngster looked
about him with almost regal pride, and it
made him act with unbending dignity
through the rest of the trip
Ia Court street a couple of days ago
burlv individual with a pugnacious face
blood in his eyes and more or less alcohol
in MS aiimentaTy canal boarded the front
platform of a car bound uptown He was
smoking a short black pipe. which he
. sripI5ed vigorously between his teeth. In
I stead Of entering the car, he slouched
against the gate. The motorman turned to
him and said shortly:
GO inside! You can't stand out here
Why not?" demanded the passenger.
You can't. It's against the rules Be
sides. you're smoking.
What business is it of yours if l am
smoking?"
I'm not going to start this car till you
20 in
Have I got to take my hat off if 1 go
in"
No: Of course not"
An right III go in
Standing behind the glass door. the pas
senger slared out at the motorman's back
and pUf1ed angrily at his pipe. The car
was soon filled with the odor of tobacco
Finally. the newcomer realized that he
was out of order. looked about him confu-
seciy and then, singing out man seated
near bin, said:
WHY I can't smoke in here
Il guess that's right" replied the man.
The newcomer pushed his pipe, light and
all. into his pocket with expression Of
great disappointment on his face.
IN Kill some son-of-a-Sun before go
10 bed tonight lie cried, turning his
eyes back toward the motorman.
A small fire caused big commotion in
the downtown section d few evenings ago
IN the midst Of the rush hour, big caul-
oron Of tar. used in connection with the
work on the Borough Hall station got
or fire in some way and blazed furiously.
The cauldrOn stood in the midst Of the sup
plies OF the contractor in the rectangie
opposite the Borough Hail. at the junction
Of JoraIemon and Fulton streets. Famed
by a strong wind, the flames swung about
and threatened every instant 10 set fire to
the planks under and about II and over
The opening in the ceiling of the subway
house An alarm was sent in and Fire
Chief Laly IN his red automobile accom-
panied the engines in response. The peo-
pie Of the neigh borhood thought that the
public buildings We're fire at first and
made greet rush for the Borough Hall.
but the flames Were smOthered before many
Of the sight-seers had time TO gather.
What's in a name? According to at least
one authority, a if called by any
other name would be sweet However
that may be. one Isigold-pronounced
-'Easyeold"-1id not appear in the Supreme
Court before Justice Aspinall the other day
TO experiment with his financial circum-
stances Dy asking to have his name
changed. He there merely a wit
ness in q divorce case. He did not speak
English fiuently. so the Russian interpreter
was called upon TO translate. Trouble be-
gan right away In response 10 the demand
for his name, the witness undertook 10 give
il IN United States but his efforts were
lnapprecisted Neither the court stenog-
rapher no. the interpreter could undeI-
stand The voices OF the witness and the
iYYterEreter rose as their tempers waxed hot
over their misunderstanding.
Spell it, cried the stenographer at last
The witness did so.
oh Isigoldl+' exclaimed the Interpreter,
sotirsa ting that he would have known