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31 BROOKLYN LIFE city in the development of the town. All of our leading citizens from the Borough President have co-operated splendidly this Boost Brooklyn Movement, and to you Rotarians, representative, men all, are given the invitation to join, each in his own way, in this movement to advertise our borough and. its products, that' its importance as an industrial center may be-; come more generally known and its commanding position in the industrial world be firmly established. "Thank You" Pays Business Dividends It pays to say "Thank You." If a receiving teller of a certain New York savings bank neglects to say "Thank you when accepting a depositor's money, he loses his job. the bank's deposits have trebled in the? five years that this and other courtesy rules', have been in force.

In some cities there has been formed a museum where products manufactured in the city may be displayed to its people and to visitors. The idea of such a permanent exhibit is now being considered in Brooklyn by the president and board of directors of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and during 1923 active progress is expected along these lines. Brooklyn Industrial Exposition Last year, through the activity of the Manufacturers Council of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, twenty-nine unselfish professional citizens of this borough, members of the Chamber, subscribed to a fund to underwrite the expenses of an exposition to be held to show the extent and diversity of the products manufactured in Brooklyn. It was deemed advisable to have a separate corporation to handle the affairs of the exposition, and accordingly a separate regular incorporated stock building corporation was formed. With what success this exposition was attended you are all familiar.

Over 162,000 people attended the exposition, and Brooklyn was put on the map. The Chamber of Commerce has continued this project this year, and a second exposition is to be held at the Twenty-third Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, from April 7th to 14th. It is of interest to note that the proceeds from these expositions will be used as the basis of a fund for the construction of a permanent home for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. In this year's exposition the various borough and city municipal departments are to co-operate with the manufacturers and show the active assistance rendered by the Before the war we were told that it was going to free humanity. After the war we ia-i 41sf iltfti A a wcic iuiu nidi wc wtit umuim iu wi income tax.

And now we understand that the world supply of coal will not last more than 250,000 years; hence the present high prices. Going or coming, beforev or after, with or without, the Boob still gets it where Aunt Sarah wears her Richard Times-Dispatch. Lincoln said: "If we buy goods manufactured in foreign countries we have the goods and the other country has the money whereas, if we buy goods produced in America, we have both the goods and the money." 'T-V-i Applications Filed for New Butldings and Alterations Year No. of A plications No. of Buildings Estimated Cost 1916 13,885 16,448 1917 11.095 12.255 33,590.071 1918 8,600 10,275 23,775,950 1919 15,854 17,100 99,813,643 1920 17,516 18,314 80,731,166 1921...

21,944 24.898 162,132,747 1922 24.332 31,140 peoples' 1922 requirements in the States of New Jersey, Missouri, Massachusetts and Tennessee. Bread Brooklyn in its 1,600 bread plants in 1922 manufactured daily 1,700,000 loaves of bread, which retailed for approximately $170,000. These plants employ approximately 3,000 bakers. Sugar The Port of New York is, as has before been stated, the greatest sugar receiving, refining and distributing center in the world. Ninety per cent of the sugar handled at the Port of New York is shipped from Brooklyn.

Brooklyn leads the world in the sugar industry, and is followed in order by Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, Boston, Havana and Galveston. The following table shows the tons of sugar handled at different ports during 1922 Toiis (2,240) Brooklyn Receipts, 1922 1,945,000 Philadelphia 913,233 San 512,217 New Orleans 493,947 Boston 428,615 Galveston, and Savannah, combined 225,310 Baltimore 124,431 The Coney Island Boardwalk The Coney Island Boardwalk, which is nearly completed, extends from the foot of Ocean Parkway to the entrance of Sea Gate on West Thirty-seventh Street, the entire length of the city-owned beach, for a distance of 9,500 feet. The walk is 80 feet wide, or 20 feet wider than the widest part of the Atlantic City board-' walk. The floor surface is thirteen feet above normal high tide, and can be reached from adjacent streets by double ramps at each intersection. The height of the walk was fixed to give ample clear space under the boardwalk, both longitudinally and laterally.

The walk itself is made up of a series of pile bents twenty feet apart. Each bent is composed of two girds of four reinforced concrete piles, each gird supporting a reinforced concrete 1 girder. These girders cantilever out beyond the end piles of each gird, thus having a longitudinal expansion joint down the middle of the structure. The piles are 14 inches square and 20 feet long and are spaced 10 feet on centers. Each pile has a penetration in the sand of at least 20 feet when the sand-fill is in place.

The boardwalk itself is designed to carry a live load of 125 pounds per square foot, which is considered the maximum that can be imposed, even with the heaviest pedestrian traffic. The land required for this walk was acquired as a public beach on October 1, 1921, and the value of the land so acquired has not yet been determined. The total cost of construction, engineering and inspection is approximately $2,000,000. It is unquestionably conceded that the building of this walk, which is far superior in every detail to that of Atlantic City, will greatly increase real estate values and business projects at Coney Island. A few comparative figures on the traffic to Atlantic City and to Coney Island may be of interest.

Receiver Lindley M. Garrison of the B. R. T. states that the B.

R. T. lines carried 19,800,000 passengers to. the five Coney Island stations last season, as compared to the 2,000,000 carried on the Pennsylvania Railroad to Atlantic City. Advertising Brooklyn Those of us who have investigated in-dustrial conditions in Western cities Ijaye been struck by the advertising campaigns, both in newspapers and by means of specially prepared booklets, and the interest that has been awakened in visitors on.

behalf of the industrial conditions in the various Western communities. Such advertising is sadly deficient in our Eastern communities, and it is hoped that additional work along this line will be encouraged and fostered. principal raw shipments were Sugar, 785,032 tons; bananas, 307,461 tons; coffee, 49,941 tons petroleum products, 198,899 tons. The principal domestic shipments Flour, 45,000 tons; sugar, 20,195 tons; lubricating oil, 26,331 tons agricultural implements, 62,540 tons machinery, 35,167 tons, and chemicals, 28,100 tons. Sheepshead Bay A new pier development is promised at Sheepshead Bay in a change that has been outlined by Commissioner of Docks De-laney.

It is proposed, on the north side of the bay, along the line of Emmons Avenue from Sheepshead Bay Road to East Twenty-seventh Street, to construct twenty-one piers which will be 25 feet wide and varying in length from 95 to 295 feet. It is also proposed to construct a bridge for the Bay at the foot of Emmons Avenue, connecting the residential section of the Bay with Manhattan Beach. To carry out the proposition, the Dock Commissioner states, will necessitate the ing of 2,470 water feet of property. The cost of the improvement, exclusive of the bridge proposition, will be approximately $1,000,000. It is also proposed to construct a brick wall along Emmons Avenue and to.

establish in the bay a nine-foot channel, which would do away with the mud flats. This matter is now in the hands of four civic organizations the Community Club, the Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce and the Improvement and Civic Association for discussion and decision. Manufacturing Statistics The figures of the Bureau of Census of the U. S. Department of Commerce for 1919 showed that Brooklyn had 6,738 establishments, engaging 203,021 persons.

The total annual value of the products amounted to one and three-quarters billions of dollars. It is now estimated that this borough has over 10,000 establishments, employing 250,000 persons, and the total annual value of the products amounts to more than two billions of dollars. These figures show that Brooklyn still ranks as the fourth industrial city in production among the cities of the United States. Ice Manufacturing During 1922 approximately 1,000,000 tons of artificial ice were manufactured, and 20,000 tons of. natural ice were used in this borough, making a total consumption of 1,020,000 tons during the year.

The rapid residential growth of the city has necessitated the establishment of other ice plants, and at the present time there are seven new plants under the construction process the Kenny Coal and 'Ice Company, the Retail Butchers' Association, two Rubel Brothers plants, the Baltic Ice Company, the Riverside Cold Storage Company and the Superior Ice Company, and in addition to these new plants the Michel Ice Company and the Long Island Ice Company are increasing their capacities and electrifying their previously steam-operated plants. Coffee Brooklyn rates first as a coffee center in the entire world, being followed in order by New Orleans and San Francisco, respectively. Seventy per cent of all arrivals and deliveries of coffee in the entire world are from Brooklyn ports. For the period July, 1921, to June. 1922, 8,946,475 bags of coffee arrived at Brooklyn ports and 9,607,450 bags were delivered to various ports of the world from Brooklyn.

Boots and Shoes Brooklyn outranks the shoe centers of the world, having in 1922 173 concerns manufacturing 114,855 pairs of shoes per day. Lynn, has 115 plants. The shoes manufactured in Brooklyn in 1922, eliminating sex, would have supplied every inhabitant in Canada, Australia, Denmark, Ireland, Switzerland and Turkey (Asia) with one pair each. In 1922 Brooklyn manufactured enough shoes for all the Building Plans Filed During 1921 and 1922 1921 1922 No. of No.

of- Bldgs. Families Est Cost Bldgs. Families Est, Cost 1,243 1,243 $10,554,290 1,438 1,438 $10,921,180 2,525 5,050 26,949,300 2,864 5,728 30,363,650 943 1,886 11,247,500 1,018 2,036 12,449,500 496 7,574 33,152,500 1,218 14,400 56,313,500 5,207 15,753 $81,903,590 6,538 23,602 $110,047,830, 3,824 3,824 $20,348,385 4,855 4,855 1,401 2,802 12,082,850 2,337 4,674 20,257,045 38 150 547,000 24 103 313,000 5,263 6,766 $32,978,235 7,216 $46,032,975 10,470 22,529 $114,881,825 .13,754 33,234 $156,080,805 New Buildings Dwellings Brick 1 family 2 family Stores 2 am. Tenements Total Frame 1 family 2 family Tenements Total Total dwell'gs. $7,838,000 9,736,095 6,653,665 523.500 Miscellaneous Buildings-Factories and storage 195 Garages sta.

3,284 Stores 303 Theatres 28 Churches 25 Schools 14 Hospitals 5 Office 9 Banks 2 Hotels 6 Clubs 9 Bath 2 Court 1 Miscellaneous 855 Schools 23 $6,092,250 296 5,548,790 5,728 3,209,500 325 2,718,000 5 1,498,000 25 library 1 470,000 6 2,701,000 10 225,000 6 389,000 3 394,000 7 150,000 3 190,000, Sta. house 1 1,068,350 C. I. boardwalk 1,122,000 60,000 985,000 2,815,000 1,325,000 860,000 182,000 innnnn 1,900,000 45,000 1,056,890 Fire h'sel Miscel.919 Grand Total New 15,208 21,105 $194,301,755 $146,816,715 Alterations $13,162,915 $15,160,475 5,972 Total alterat'ns. 6,089.