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YOUR CITY HALL TODAY'S 3 Redheads' Mom Turns OLD TIMERS DAN NOONAN BOOKS has The Tri borough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Back the Years By WILLIAM JUENQST F.ihtnr Old Timers A Cry of Children' mors Our Nylon- Charges Ambulance Service Was Better The Younger Set Will Deem These And-Zippered Era A few weeks ago somebody wanted to know about Fulton St. and Xostrand Ave. in the, early KMXis. I think, I can give! this information, for we moved, there in 190ti. right under the! roaring eleavtor and after that i When Hospitals Still Had Their Horses A CRY OF CHILDREX by Fighting Words ohn Home Barns (Harper ers, S3) Here is pitiless, fire house when we had the(beautiful and modern ambu- Editor Old Timers: Editor Old Timers: lan tram added.

lances, had horse dra pmpassionate reporting. I dare in ni Michael Owen inquires In the horses, the harness was suspended from the ceiling in the he contradictory adjectives be- Old Timers column as to when ause I am sure that most read- stable on 7th St. I enjoyed Tom Keefe a let- Tne nouseg between Nostrand ter about the 10th Ward and es- aml Npw York Aves were justl pecially his mention of the bujlt ved at nu over punchba games, although they! The last horse drawn ambu of this tragicomedy will gree with me. As far as I am were called fist-ball games oncerned the author has man- lances. Asks 'Dors' to Write There are many Old Timers still with us who will vouch for the fact, that in spite of the speedy motor ambulances we have today, the ambulance service was better when we had the horses.

lances were used in Brooklyn. I believe this question will be a little difficult to answer because some Brooklyn hospitals held other tenant in the house was the Rubins family, who owned' the paper -tand under the elevated stairs on Nostrand. Far- id to marshal the facts of his ry with the hard-boiled ruth- In those days, in the Methodist Hospital, a steam whistle would blow on the high smoke stack as a signal that an ambulance call was received and that horse started to jump around in the stall, ready to run under the collar. that time, Tom. for 'Pinch hall' It wasn't until 19 thrown in the sponge so far as its efforts to re-establish the Street Ferry to Staten Island are concerned.

Protracted negotiations with the present operator of the electric ferries running from 60th St. terminated when it appeared that the best offer available was institution of service from 39th St on a one-ferry basis. The single ferry proposed for 39th St. would have been taken off the 6frth St run. On top of that, the ferry operator wanted another slip built at the St.

George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island to accommodate the proposed 39th Street Ferry, according to the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. All this, of course, means that Brooklynites who travel regularly to Staten Island will have to continue thair subway journeys to Manhattan ferry points or travel out to 00th St. and Shore Parkway. Particularly hard hit hv the news will be tne borougn parents of retarded children living at the Willowbrook State School on Staten Island. A spokesman for the parents plead? that ferry service from 39th St.

would halve the two-hour traveling time for many an important consideration for thoe who make the trip weekly or even more frequently. Magistrate harles E. Ramsgate says he will hand down a decision Wednesday on the longstanding Smoke Control Bureau complaint against the Consolidated Edison Company's Hudson Ave. generating plant adjacent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The original summons was served on the giant utility Aug.

8, 1951. Followed a series of adjournments and trial session which ended on July 31, 1952, when Ramsgate reserved decision. sness of a newshawk as por ed by Humphrey Bogart or my Caaney, let us say, and Many prominent doctors still bresent them with the wis- of a priest as played by irry Fitzaerald. I recall the horse drawn am- with us could write some bulances out of the Coney mighty interesting stories of the Island Hospital. Brooklyn Hos-jhorse drawn ambulance days, pital, Holy Family Hospital (the prominent physic ians and sur-Holy Family's first motor ambu-jgeons such as Sawver, Nash, Since the success of his first novels.

"The Gallery" and on to their horses for sentimental reasons. From my jecol-lections, 1 woul? say that they were discontinued in the very early 20s. Many, many years ago, after the management of the St. Mary Hospital at Buffalo and St. Mark's purchased a new White motor ambulance (they always ordered them painted blue I wonder why?) this new motor ambulance was parked Lucifer With a Mr.

lrns has been living in lor-ce. But judging by this voi ce his leart is still with the that they started calling it hois had a five-and-ten-cent "punchball." -tore in the block. A big market Although I'm not exactly- an was opened at the time. It was old timer (37), I know most of called the City Market. Farther' the fellows Tom mentioned.

down the block was a big Degraw St. Area Were Tops Where Ferguson kept his mov-J There were some great games was played on Degraw St. and all ot hatkwh thellows Tom mentioned 'hp'p which sUl1 there toj were fine players, but I thinkj he'll agree they couldn't com Red Got a Shiner pare with a team that came up; Qur neighbors were the about a generation later the family, Harrv, Rhoria and an-l Degraw Aces. They were the otner" bov: Russel Miles, little! best in the neighborhood and wilken- Bobby Potts. Fredj one of the best in the borough: Srhafer.

Sam Levine. the Weiss-! I know because 1 played against One day, I remember' thern many times and never did'om, (ll vVeismann bovs came beat them. And 1 was on a Upgtalrs to me and said. "Mrs. pretty good team the Wildcats Re(l Big Ked hit My an.

Hnghie Johnson Starred jswer wa. "And why didn't you Irish, and more oroaoiy lance was a adillac and they held on to their horse for a time after), the Norwegian Hospital (their ambulances were always painted white) and the Long Island College Hospital. There is an Old Timer, I hope he is still around, who drove the horse drawn ambulance out Parker, Reynolds. Cross, C'leary. Searle and many others.

How about it, some of you Old Time Docs? Why not put aside your stethoscopes and scalpels and "eveal to the Old Timers some cherished and interesting memories? JAMES A. MANNIX, len America an America lriekine with the nylon-and- alongside the horse drawn am bulance in the old stable on bpered tempestuousness of its Prospect Place. The Sisters out ge. Briefly this is a tale of a there had an affection for that of the Long Island College Hos 8th Brooklyn 15. pital for many years and long old horse and just didn't wish to part with him.

At that time, ve affair between a young usician and a girl of whom irdly anybody's mother would prove, and its reactions on after he retired, I recall he used Ham Kissam and Hubert Allen Mr. Spiegel Gives Data Editor Old. were th ambulance drivers Many, many years ago, the Mr. Michael Owen of 18 Hazel Court asks for information on I Methodist Hospital purchased a em Bd Oil their families uch of it may be shocking ac irding to the standards of an her day but all of it is hon-t, as honest as Mr. Burns' lit ary style is modern.

Fears that leaky sewers might contaminate any part of the city's water supply system were scouted by Water Supply Commissioner Dominlck F. Paduano when he explained: 1. All water pipe joints are sealed with lead. 2. Sewer pipes re invariably buried in the middle of the street ten feet below the surface, while water pipes are placed in four-feet -deep trenches close to curb lines.

3. Even if a leak did develop in a water pipe, the con- fine looking electric ambulance to have his glass of brew and dine in Tom Cunningham's bar at 4th Place and Court St. Cunningham's, owned by Tom Cunningham, is still there after many, many years. Those horse drawn ambulances covered a great amount of territory and we still have Our star outfielder could hit him hack: well, netore i reallv belt that ball. When he knew it, my Big Red (at the was at the plate the opposition ripe old age of nine years) outfield reallv went way back.

upstairs with the biggest. His name was Hughie Johnson. 'shiner ever. I gave one look.l and it was driven by Jim Brooks who married a cousin of "when the last horse-drawn ambulances were used in Brooklyn or New York." The answer is: The ambulances at the Brooklyn Hospital were motorized in October, 1011. The rest of the your correspondent.

The Methodist also disliked parting with I feel that I must warn you one respect. By digging up In those days we played Id saw "You can't tell a their mare and when anything later I saw them play-! stantly maintained water pressure within it would bar the with us today, many prominent wok by its cover." I would hate went wrong vith the electric seepage of sewage into the water supply system. physicians and surgeons who, horses in the balance of the rode them and it was no eom-hospitals in and around the fort riding them in bitter cold boroughs ere relieved see anyone decide whether amouianre, tne norse was gal not he wanted to read this 'loped out on the call. with a "pimple" hall and on a cold day when your hands were slightly numb It really hurl when you hit that ball. Nowadays the kids play sttckball.

Ate they getting soft? Afraid they'll hurt their hands? ne entirely on the basis of the Harness Hone from Ceiling Unm Ing together again, the best of friends. The children In that neigh- liorhood all went to P. s. 41. (P.

S. 93 had not been built.) Miss lire ii nan wait principal. in nig the end ear of 1915. acket blurb. While the Writer; Th amhnlpnnei Mnnv'niri Timers will rerall 'nf 1(114 ann to Mr.

me has been JACK SPIEGFI was parked alongside the elec-iwhen the Holmes Ambulance Jurns he or she ambulance, as in now operating a fleet of (i2 rt Brooklyn 6. One day she arranged a little Ihink, been nearlv as fair to Burns' characters as the Well. 1 guess I've said enough for now, hut I could go on forever writing about the 10th uthor has. In short, there's CwlAL I Ml DmomUmII Ait amAam Police traffic fftirials enthusiastically report that the recent reshuffling of Brooklyn and Manhattan-bound vehicle lanes on the Manhattan Bridge have reduced congestion on Manhattan's anal St. 35 to 40 percent.

Comparable Improvements, they maintain, have been made In handling traffic headed over the bridge from Brooklyn. The Department of Housing and Buildings has more headaches in store for Roy Glinski, operator of the AAA Metal Works at 370 11th St. Benjamin Saltzman, borough superintendent of ihe department, says he intends to ask the presiding magistrate In Municipal Term Court Wednesday to order the foundry closed "forthwith." Saltzman would like it known thai the summons charging Glinski hmethirig about that darned it Al VIS LUIC UUSCUUII IViCIIIUI Wishes to Identify 25 or 27 Fulton St. IWard, a real colorful neighbor little tramp. 'Tsohel, that I like! show.

Each child should come in a different costume. I went and bought an Indian suit for one of mine. (By the way, there were three redheads In my family.) When the prizes were given out Harry Jones got first prize. His father, being an artist, painted him up It may be that when Mr. As True Character Builder hood.

JOHN CLIFFORD. 519 49th Brooklyn 20. iurns and I are long dead, lit Editor Old Timers-Can anyone identify the redi erary critics will call him great. present reviewer for swears that overworked appel as the finest Indian. My Mttle I sandstone building at 25 or 27 1 Fulton which is now usedfl I as a waste paper warehouse? (Also the building at 43 Fulton; Tod Colvin Thanks Many Well-Wishers lation merely because Mr.

Burns was ar rare as finding a pear! in an oyster. During 1911, Gorman directed the Dover F. and a year later, 1912, took over the reins of the Nasau B. B. and they home crying.

I witn "violating the zoning resolution" was obtained by his Red rami mirrored our life and times agency "concurrently with publication in the Brookly po vividly for him that he feels I would like a little history I of both of these buildings. 'Editor Old Timers that if he did toss the rather superlative label "great" around "Mom," be said, "you know-Miss Brrnnali said I was the first red-headed Indian she ever saw." Across Fulton, on the other performed at 52d St. and Editor Old Timers: This narrative concerns the baseball activities of the late William (BUD Gorman, who passed away in 1939. He managed several good sandlot baseball aggregations, in the period embracing the years 1909-13 or thereabouts. He lived at 794 3d Ave.

at that time. In those days also, he was employed by the Brooklyn Home Talk, whose offices were at 47th St. and 3d catling about the Kou- Tod olvin ha then known as King's Star inn i mmdw if rih.rino'c would be sort of valnglo- Oval. Here, the famous 0.w, i riously accolading his own Av6 i I side, there ere Pfister Sit- after these people. his home at S0-08 also am anxious to Know Jackson Heign sines lf this is the same road that) He was just Anthology on Jesus UDstalrs A new restau-.

Naval Battalion edifice on 1st Ave. formed an background. The Nassau's disbanded in mid-season. This did not retard the baseball-mindeu Gorman, however, a he agreed to lead the Nassau Jrs of the same locality. Under his tutelage, they won 12 contests, THE BOOK OF THE SAV rant was opened next to Wil-kens'.

it was tailed the and which was subse origin. ly ran through the hackiwith the tlood ot mail that came yard of my home at 1459 54th in to him from the Old Timers St. where I lived as a boy. ((close on to 1100 letters and SAMUEL GREEN, ards, in addition to many tele- card's, in addition to many tele- tOUR, assembled by F. J.

Sheed, (Sheed Ward, $4) This Is in expansive, wisely contrived 1211 Avenue 1, Brooklyn Mr. and Mr, Ferguson were the phone calls and personal -r customers in there. Pe 1 2 ICVxt'to stTve1 Sra anthology of excerpts from the mtings of leading authors put quently taken over by the Brooklyn Eagle. His son, William Gorman, presently residing at 302 79th' turned over to me, the data of the various teams which his father once piloted. His purpose is to create interest u- fruit Eagte last Tuesday of neighborhood complaints.

Glinski already nas declared in court that he will vacate by Sept. 30. Public Works Commissioner Frederick H. Zurmahlen experts to advertise for bids to construct the SOO-bed, Coney Island Hospital about the end of One hundred and thirty-eight candidates for police-woman appointments will compete In agility and strength tests Friday and Saturday at Van 'orUandt Park in the Bronx. Mental and medical examinations reduced the original number of competitors from 943.

In response to our invitation for Ideas on new laws, regulations and legislative revisions needed for the common good, Knut Halle of 141 E. 21st St. writes that a complete ban on U-turns within the city would materially relieve congestion and cut down accidents. He also thinks police ought to hand out more tickets to traffic light "jumpers" and that the Sanitation Department should issue more summonses to "litterbugs." Robert Davidson of 97 Osbom St. would subject each and every job in the municipal government to civil service exams, appoint a city manager to run the city, require City Council approval of all parades other than Loyalty, Memorial and Armed Forces Day celebrations and den Welfare Department assistance to those with less than three years residence in this city.

together in such fashion that wind dKdni nnu or n.a nf vernna may well be read as if it were book by orfe writer. The nine When 1913 rolled around, he KGITiqan vJail was selected to lead the St. Michael Jrs and they attained Cukiort fit OlIPTV high rating in baseball circles 3UDleCT OT all over the borough. Sandlot Editor Old Timers: ball was robust in those days.j Does anyone remember Ed and a team had to be tenacious. Kerrigan and Rose Illustrations are photographic me to deliver this message to all you good and kind folks, who with your cheery messages and calls, helped him weather a very dark hour of amongst the numerous players Plate was Mr Raubenheimer drugstore.

Rosenthal's bakery 12 rolls for 10 cents) and inter-man's delicatessen. In the afternoon we always reproductions of standard class ics, including El Greco's "The and fans who can recall that era of spirited amateur sports. The Sunset A. C. was handled irglng of the Temple." Among he authors with whom the public is uenerallv familiar are.by "Bill" Gorman back in 1909 as well as skillful to win.

The, (O'Brien Kerrigan, who lived had our coffee, milk and cake ball-tossers of this team com-, in the of Hudson d7 "m' 1 after school. The hoys always prised: Ed Sullivan, Clement, Ave or Tillarv St. in the years and some otne. hoys with Golden. Ponelli.

Kehoe, Cafferv, of 1S78 to 1884? von Fver murn- I them. One I remember in par- Hillaire Belloc. G. K. Chester- They played their home games Alfred Noyes and Alice at 4fith St.

and 8th which deynell. Vardi, Reiily. oocls and Quirk Edd; Kerrigan had a twin Uiscussing in- stay in si. ticular. He was in tin- orphan was wide-open territory In the golden days before World War latnernies iio-puai he paid a age Atlantic Ave.

His name glowing tribute to the wonder rhristopher Robin Beware! I. Acreage for baseball teams by the names Ellen; also broth-and John, and sisters, Sarah and then was Indeed plentiful. There FAB AND FEW by David ers, Thomas a couple of Mary. ful treatment he received from the nuns, nurses and doctors and declared that between them they snatched him from the claws of the Grim Reaper. McCord (Little, Brown fMS) For Dads and Mothers, Bind probably kids too, this one was Grimm, a little gentleman.

Today I am a little old lady, her red hair turned white, sitting by my window. 1 still look upon that same hill, but, oh, what a differ-rnre the hill I used to come Rose (O'Brien) Kerrigan had is scarcely an outdoor playing field in that vicinity today. Homes and small buildings cover the area. The Sunset team's roster included: Herman Heinze, Charles ly interested in organizing and leading young athletes in sporting events achieved grand results and deserve to be remembered. They were trully character builders, who implanted firm bluwarks against juvenile deliquency and its subsequent Recalls Bicycle Age' likely to push A.

A. Milne's a sister, Laura, and a brother, Thomas. know from personal ex- rhymes for and about children but of the picture and even lo with my baby earring onderfully readers of If anyone has this infor-jperience what mation, will you please get inhuman group trdwd Stevenson' "A Child'siKnudsen, F. Smillie, W. Butler, er K.r.f.s In Its Gay 90s Heyday Such fellows, to lie sure, touch with me as it ie page arc and in n- Jarden of Verses1 somewhat.

Harry Doyle. Harry Haley, Ed little redhead very Take a quote from Mr. Mc- Waul Earl, C. Forsvthe jrd: Editor Old Timers: which was at its best There still must be many old through the 1890s when Drifr have made this world sphere ol Import ant. My telephone num-each and every one of you are ours, a much better place to: her is MA.

"Greathearts." live in. 1 Mrs. FRANCES GLOVER HENRY KLINGER. ALEX E. PREUTZ.

I McADAM. I 894 Bush wick Brook- 344 76th Brooklyn 9. 530 Lafayette Brooklyn S.llyn 21. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; cry, and you cry alone. A REAL OLDTIMER.

Neal and Garcia. This club amassed a long list of diamond victories. They lost, too, of course, but when they did it iround who have pleas- tlcally all of the younger gen- The pig has a pen The bear has a den The trout has a pool While I have school" I ant memories bicycle; eration were using bievdes. and also many of the oldsters See what I mean? Presenting a Memento of an Old-Fashioned Schuetzenfest Young Animals ror Simon Schuster, iarth Williams has painted a So it is strange that so few write of those dajs. Spring and Autumn were th ideal seasons for bicycle trips, Mid-Summer being a little too warm.

The Merrick Road was the main objective on fin Sundays and holidays, with Sayville or Patchogue the destination, or a turn-off to Far Ties ot pictures of very young aimals, lambs, bear rubs, lion md tiger cubs and even a camel Entitled "Baby Animals" the book is priced at $1. BROOKLYN Best Sellers Rorkaway Jones Beach had not yet been dreamed of. Permitted Bikes The elevated road to Eat 'New York in those days permit-ited riders to take their bicycles jon the trains, which some preferred to do. avoiding the rid-ling on city street' and giving r.hem start for the dav on Country roads. The North Shore Turnpike Hie following report it bated on lut week a I Abraham i Bk lr 1aEB B.

MmW atmawamamk7amWl WhaiiB ftraus, Knmm Inner and Martin' rkrton offered better scenery than the Merrick Road, but there were r. The Silver ChalireCotaui S. The CtJtM Mutiny IFoufc 3. The BMMMN in Belween Spring 4. The Gown of Glory Turnbull 5.

Matador Conrad 6. Catherine CarirJoamon 7. The Cruel Sea Monsarrat Srolpel MrC'ov Suraeen Blade Verb? iiuiiiuci ui sirq. nun that had to be climhed slowly, ibut seldom did anybody get off and walk them. Oysters Good In Oyster Ray Oyster Bay was always a good objective, and at the old Ostagon Hotel in that town fine oysters were always to he had.

a dozen on the half-shell for 23 'cents. 111. The Sinner of M. Anibrow Reynold, Jon-Fiction I if WW WW WLmWr I There were always good trips on Staten Island or in New Jersey, especially to Morrisiown or Princeton. On Thanksgiving Day a friend and I enjoyed a very satisfactory and complete 1.

Wilne. Ckomfrer. 2. The Sea Around l'Crion J. Diary of a Young Girl Frank 4.

A Man Called Peter Marshall 5. Postmarked Motrow Kirk .6. Submarine Beach 7. Jodmey to the Far Parlflr Oewev H. Window i (or the Crown Prinre Vininf f.

Lnder the Sea mdCtJw ainner at a hotel in Morris-Itown for 75 cents each. The exercise always created a healthy appetite, and there were no disasters on the roads hs in the present auto-Age Those "ere the happj days, KRANK STOUT. 1309 Punts Coma. Santa Barbara. Cal.

-SUN, SEPT7J952 Tf the businessmen of this r.eetion attended this grand day's outing These are rfie names I can recall Fred C. Barsch-row, James Hartley, Fred Finkeldey, John Baumann, Fred Gref, Harry Jankowsky, Rudolph Maeder, John Wolf, Fred Witte, George Rieger, William Ropke, William Donovan, James Kekoe, Chris Maeder, Herman Rugge, John Plate, Richard Wmkelmann, Charles Deakm, Fred Bohland, EDITOR, OLD TIMERS The South Brooklyn German Independent Guards held their annual target excursion each year. After a short parade through the Re Hook section of Erie Basin they boarded cars to Ulmer Park A dinner and then shooting for prizes, supper and in the evening dancing. I have tried to name ai many at 1 could. Nearly all Mortm Hoehn, Wdhom Brond, Fred Fitschen, Peter Horms, Peter Carroll, Ernest Kielgast, James McMonus, Otto Hildebrand, Michael Baumann, Anton Hilde-brond, James McKenno, Henry Rugge, August Shufelt and Henry Dohrmann ANDREW HILDEBRAND, (Formerly printer on Sullivan St Queens I lage BROOKLYN EAGLE, 10.

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