New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Hard Work Choosing the Scrub
women To Be Discharged.


Troubled times have struck the Municipal
Building and the Superintendent OF Public
Buildings and Offices. The appropriation
for the bureau was cut down last fall, and
with the first of the year twenty-nine, II
rot more. scrubvomen Will have 10 quit
work For days the office of the superin-
tendent has been besieged by friends OF tho
women. pleading for their retention out
shortness Of appropriation is something
that cannot be ignored. In choosing the
women who must go the superintendent Is
TRYING TO select those who will suffer the
least. but the task is a dlscouragng one.
The prospect is that all laid off will suHer,
and their families with them, In pleading
for the retention of one woman visitor
said 10 the superintendent;
This woman has half dozen chhdreh
20 support
isn't she married." asked I've superin-
tendent
yes" admitted the visitor, but her
husband is good for nothing, and she mas
10 support him, too
Wen have to MAKE him support her'
declared the superintendent We've worse
cases than that. and sbcll have to go
II It IS disheartenng to the superintend
snt il is much worse for the women them
selves.
'The salary uf rne we'll paid official
would pay all our salaries for months.
they say why not discharge one OFF,
cial?"
As a preliminary to the distress, "Old
san1" Jackson died couple Of days ago.
He was seventy-three years old. and had
been an empoye of the city for thirty-hVe
years-practically ever since he came as an
ex-slave from the South. He was under
stood 10 be among those who would have
10 go His place was that Of watchman In
recent years Paralysis had robbed him OF
much OF his usefulness.
SAYS John Pope Hodnett. Brooklyn's lead
ing orator statesman, poet. historian. law
yer and genealogist. member Of the fam
flies Of Henry Hudson and George Wash
tngton. IN his letter to the members or the
State Legislature:
Il have served the American people from
my boyhood up to the present time, ootn
as lawyer, speaker ana organizer have
spoken in many states in defence OF the
farmers and the workingmen. My ances-
freedom to mankind l therefore respect
fully ask the members of the Legislature
Of New York State irrespective of religion
or race TO vote for me for United States
Senator. as the representative of labor
Every Democrat and every Republican can
vote for me. and not injure themselves or
rnisrepresent their constituents by doing So
for the farmers and workngmen are a
solid majority OF all the districts Of this
state"
Burton Holmes will return 10 Brooklyn
for his eighteenth year on January IL. lie
Is To deliver course of five illustrated
lectures under the auspices Of the Brooklyr
Institute of Arts and Sciences on successive
Wednesday afternoons and evenings. HIS
tcpIcs will be Munich and Bavaria" "Th'
Passion Play" "The Real Bohemia" "Ir
Germany" and Two Ways Around thu
World" The Kneisel String Quartet will
open the music programme OF the new year
with q concert on Thursday evening
Other concerts will be given by the Bostor
symphony Orchestra. with Mischa Elmar
a. soloist on the evening Of January 13
and the New York symphony Orchestra
with George Barrere as soloist, on th'
evening Of January T.
The Long Island Chapter Of the knights
O. Columbus is thinking OF the erection
of a new 100000 structure The plan in
cludes the removal Of the mortgage OF
sf7 600 on the knights Of Columbus fnsti
tute. Hanson Place and South Portland
avenue II is intended TO sell this building
for the purpose Of forming the basis of g
nov building fund. The old headquarter:
has outliyed its usefulness, the members
say and the needs Of the organization
make il imperative that a larger and better
equipped building be put up as soon as the
money Is available. \ campaign for the
raising Of funds will be started shortly
throughout the borough. There will bt
lectures and fairs and literature will be
distributed. Other organizations have
offered to do what they can to advance the
project.
The Brooklyn League and the Brooklyn
Institute OF Arts and Sciences have ar
ranged for a series Of lectures to be de
Nvcred al the Academy Of Music by promi
ncnt men Of the city Calvin Tomkins, the
Dock Commissioner will deliver the first
Of the series Saturday evening He will
illustrate his talk with lantern slides. Hii
tonic will be the docks Of the city. Nelson
i. Lewis. chief engineer Of the Board o
Estimate and Apportionment. will give al
Illustrated lecture on February 2S. OF
"Practical improvements Which the Citl
Needs"
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