New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
BOROUGH GOSSIP
poIyteChnic Institute Pays Debts
after Collecting 100000.

po,vtecbnjc Institute is now entirely out
of debt Such was the announcement me- 4So
,rb,,rsdov night. With the close of the
year the school completed coilectihB lui'"
Of $4,000. This money was pieuseu WIN
the understanding that the luIi aiilou"'
sbould be subscribed by the end OF tne
wear. on the last day, when ie" lnou
sands were lacking, the members Vi 'ne
Board Of Trustees who had areany Pu'
down their names for S5OOW0 mace up III"
reouired amount This brought their con-
tribution up 10 more than SbOVVo' Alto-
eether 800 persons contributed TO the iui-u'
Part of the money has been used now 10
wipe out the two mortgages on the schooi
property. The rest Of the sum VIII Oe III
vested as an endowment, the interest 10 Oe
used TO keep the yearly dehclt from piii"s'
up. and for improvements. Inc oi'i@0''
committee which had charge oil the COL
lection or the fund is now trylns 10 'oliec'
81. 900 more OF this amount $,Wo Is 10 Ue
used to pay the expenses OF the campaign
for the $4,000.
Tho renorters who represent the New
YORK morning papers in Brooklyn are
waiting for the arrival of a consignment Oh
Colt IeNOlNGIS NIuOil q oAAA@'''
NOT unknown to the downtown section OF
the borough, promised them very carry the
other morning and the police have received
instructions to arrest any newspaper man
on sight who appears on the street with
buIkv article in his right hip pocket. 1t
was a dark and stormy night, and the
wind was screeching shrilly about the bOI
ough Hall, when the small, dark man en-
tered the assembly of reporters. WIN MN
came a small. light man, and on the siiidi
light mans right hand was blood Inc
time was about 2 q. m, by the Borough
Hall clock. There are four faces TO the
clock. and one said 1850. another 2lN, an
other 1:57 and the last 209. So, the urhe
must have been about 2 a. m
"Now l want to tell you," began the
small dark man." waving preliminarles.
The crowd looked up in startled silence
until some one huskily cleared his throat
and murmured:
'"Wen?"
.sNow, want to tell you" continued the
visitor. I'm going to bring all OF you men
down Colt revolVers. They cost A4 each'
but don't care. Every man who hVes IN
a house ought to own one. I've got Iols
Of them at my house.
.You don't carry one yourself, do you!
somebody inquired.
eyes. l do, and 1 shoot TO Kill. I'm go
ing 70 bring all Of you men down Colt Ie-
volyers. They cost Sl4, but l don't care
Every man who lives in a house ought 10
own one. I've got lots up at my house.
and any time you want you can come up
there and practise shooting with them!
"Hov about the neighbors?" one sug-
gested. ,ou
.Thev won't near. They live too far
away. I'm going to bring" he began
again. but the small light man, his com
nanion pushed his way to the front.
'.Did he shoot your" somebody demanded
pointing to the bloody hand.
.No returned the small, light man. y
did that myself. 1 was under the impres
sion that I had five cigars in my righ
hand. and as / stood beside a cigar cutte
I pushed them into the hole one by one
The knife didn't work the first time, s.
tried another cigar, and then the knif
+, did work, and I found that 1 wasn't snow
ing a cigar into the thing at all, but ina
/ had stuck my finger into the cutter an
cut II rye Just got 20 cents. If one Q
YOU fellows will lend me a dollar VIII
10 a drug store and have my finger fixed.
And now the small dark man denies tina
he ever intended to give out those Colt'
denies that he carries such weapon, an
denies that he shoots to kill. When hi
proposal is mentioned, his unvarying re
!. tort is:
. "Aw, I'll buy you q life membership !
Wlthe old ladies' home You ought to get
. Job in a knitting MILL you ought to-
q.
The city is going 70 spend $4,000 1t
expected, to put up a new ferry house 10
the 39th street line. The plans have bse
approved by the Municipal Art Commis
sion. The present house is one Of the OLD
est to be found in the city, and there
fear that a good wind will blow it away
The new structure will be Of steel. covere
with corrugated iron. 1t will have tw
waiting rooms. each 20 by 100 feet. Tn
main room will be on the second floor TIL
building would have been put up by thi
time had not Commissioner Tomkins sac
rificed the building to the beginning OF IN
engineering work on the Jamaica Bay i'm
provement.
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