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2 THE DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1915. MISS CONNOR'S ENGAGEMENT. CELEBRATED ORPHANED PARKWAY IS SADLY NEGLECTED Clark Purchase Recalls Famous Charlie Ross Case OFFICIAL RED TAPE KEEPS GREENPOINT HOSPITAL CLOSED Van Brunt Property on Shore Road the Scene of Shooting of Douglas and Mosier, Who Kidnapped Germantown Lad in Early 70's Van Brunts Prominent in Bay Ridge Long Before Revolution.

mfkiu, I had not Albert suddenly realized that he had the loaded revolver In his pocket, which his sister had placed there. Whipping this out, lie shot Mosier, who died without regaining consciousness. By this time Douglas had come to his senses and called the men to him. He confessed they were kidnappers of little Charlie Ross, but said the secret of the hoy's whereabouts was locked In the bosom of the dead man. All Douglas knew was that Mosier had taken Charlie away somewhere in a boat.

Next day, after the startling details of the shooting had. been published broadcast, the little brother of Charlie, who had been playing with him at the time he was kidnapped, and who had been sent Into a candy store while his brother was spirited away, identified the two men. In the morning the chief of police of Brooklyn appeared on the scene to arrest J. Holmes Van Brunt for the shooting of two of the most dangerous characters the country had ever known, but Justice of the Peace Charles W. Church of New Utrecht, an uncle of District Attorney James C.

Crop-sey, and a friend of Mr. Van Brunt, had previously placed him under arrest. Mr. Van Brunt was saved the humility of being confined in jail only through the quick-witted action of his friend. The coroner's Jury congratulated Mr.

Van Brunt and his son on the brave manner in which they had handled the case. For some time afterward, whenever they appeared in public they were heralded as heroes. Shortly afterward, young Mr. Van Brunt started South for the winter. No sooner had his identity become known in the cities that he visited than committees waited upon him, asking the privilege of extending dinners to him.

This became so annoying that he was kept on the constant move. J. Holmes Van Brunt dropped dead at a station in Mineola on September 26, 1896. His two brothers, Charles and Nicholas, died in the same manner, the former in 1905, at the entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge, and Nicholas several years before. His father, Albert Van Brunt, died in the homestead on Shore road, which was occupied until the death of Mrs.

Vnn Brunt, his widow, which occurred about two years ago. Wray back in 1732, Rutgert an Brunt bought the estate, consisting of nearly 100 acres, from De Nyce De Nvce for $6,500. This property was left to his son, Judge Albert Van Brunt, Chief Justice of the County of -Kings, which was then known as West Riding of Yorkshire. The home the Van Brunts built wai situated on the spot where the Crescent Clubhouse now stands. The next in line to inherit the property wii Judge Charles H.

Van Brunt, Clue. Justice of the Court of Appeals of tna First Department. He sold the homestead twenty-five years ago to the Crescent Club, The Van Brunts In the Revolution. Judge Albert Van Brunt had a son, Nicholas, who was an active patriot in the Revolutionary Army, and a lieutenant in the draughts furnished i by Kings County for the Continental Armv In 1776. He was captured by the British and confined In Provost' Jail In New Tork, but' th inhabitants of the community petitioned his release.

Provost Jail was Used until 1901 as part of the register's office in the County of New York, when It --was torn down to make way for the sub- wav station at City Hall. i Albert Van Brunt inherited the property from his father, Nicholas, and made a name for himself Jn mil- Itary circles. He saw service in the 1 war of 1812 and then followed his marriage to Mary Holmes, the daughter of John H. Holmes of Monmouth County, N. and granddaughter of Colonel Daniel Hendrickson, Monmouth County's hero of the Revolutionary War.

During this war, the old Van Brunt barn, part of which is still standing, was used for the confinement of prisoners by the authorities. It is said that while Judge Van Brunt's son was confined in the Provost Jail the stragglers of the British Army, who had been hroutrht to Justice by Judge Van No One Seems to Care What Becomes of Fine Automobile Driveway. PROPERTY OWNERS SUFFER. Road Full of Bumps and Patches Because City Officials Squabble Over Control. Poor, neglected, unpatched, dirty Fort Hamilton parkway Is in the position of a child who has been taken from the custody of one parent without being given over to the care of another.

Nobody has any legal authority to do anything for the street. The Park Department is technically responsible; but the appropriation for the maintenance of the avenue was cut out of the 1915 budget by the Board of Estimate on the ground that it was then the policy of the board to turn over to the care of the Borough President Fort Hamilton parkway as a street which was no longer rightfully a part of the park system. This was a very good proposal as far as cutting off the Park Department's appropriation went, but when the Board of Aldermen voted upon the measure, because of the objection of the local Alderman, according to Commissioner Ingersoll, they refused to concur with the Board of Estimate. The local Alderman was only carrying out the wishes of large and voluble element in. his cfStriot when he objected to the measure, for the people along the parkway feared the change from the Park Department to the Highways Department because they thought that under the Highways Department the abutting property would be assessed when the proposed and badly needed new pavement was put down.

If the Park Department were to keep the avenue the cost of the new pavement would come from the department budget and would thus be exacted from the whole city. The result of the action of the Al-dermanlc Board in refusing to concur with the Board of Estimate has been more disastrous to the property owners along Fort Hamilton parkway than the assessment that they sought to evade would have been. The fifteen-year-old macadam paving, which has been a thing of patches for years, has been allowed to go almost absolutely uncared for ever since the beginning of the year. Only in cases where holes In the street were really dangerous to life and limb have any repairs been made. The great volume of automobile traffic which uses the thoroughfare from Ocean parkway to Bay Ridge parkway is of a kind particularly destructive to a macadam pavement.

Swift, heavy machines cut furrows and raise dust as almost no other class of vehicles can do. The dust nuisance cannot be abated because, as Park Commissioner Ingersoll says, "the department has no money even to pay for the sprinkling of the street." Housekeepers sweep down their front steps five and six times a day and keep their windows closed to no avail; the dust piles in little windrows on the porches and sifts through all the crevices into the rooms inside. Tenants Moving Out to Get Away From Dirt. The real calamity to the property owners lies in the fact that families are being driven to move out of houses on the parkway and the neighboring streets, leaving rows of empty dw-elllngs In a district In which it used to be almost impossible for one to find a vacant house. Soon there will be more vacant houses than tenanted ones, say the Borough Parkers, if the present rate of exodus keeps on.

In addition to the plaints of residents of the street automobilists who need it for their business or pleasure are complaining that almost any way of getting through the district is better than the street that was made especially for the use of machines heading for the Shore Drive. It is not complained that any particular part of the highway is worse than any other, but that it is a "rocky road" from end to end. In fact, when inquiries were made of a continuous traveler of the parkway as to which section was the worst, he replied: "Oh, almost any of them," and refused to specify any further. Recently an attempt to at least start a movement to better conditions along the highway has been made. No new pavement is sought at present; but Alderman Valentine has Introduced a bill providing for a special ap propriation of 7,500, which Is to be i used in patching and filling until a permanent disposal is made of the whole question.

The Board of Aldermen has voted favorably upon the measure and it is now to go to the Board of Estimate for final approval. OuUooU for Improvement Far from The outlook Is still far from rosy, however. It is stated upon competent authoritv, which cannot be quoted, 1 that certain members of the Board of Estimate, stung by the refusal of the merman cna noer 10 approve ine.r nun to allow th street tit nnn into Inln i pass mio nn I ii f.PP,'hI ill do on the! ine nanus oi uie riign ment, will oppose the priatlon. This uiii.iiui, rimi they ground that the proper action for the Aldermen is to conetfr with the Ks- tinmte Board Transferring the parkway from the Park Department I I FLATBUSH COUPLE WHO GOLDEN i 50 YEARS MARRIED GET GOLD SHOWER Mr. and rs.

Robert M. G. Dodge of Winthrop Surprised by Their Children. JOYOUS PAY FOR HAPPY COUPLE. Two of the Dodge Sons Have Been Muriicd Twenty-five Years Themselves.

Congratulations have been pouring in all week upon Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. G. Dodge of 148 Winthrop street, who last Sunday celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding, surrounded by their five children, two of whom have themselves been married twenty-five years.

The couple had planned to spend the day quietly in each other's company, and they were greatly surprised when their four sons and one daughter visited them and showered them with gold pieces and flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge were married in 1864, in Providence, by the Rev. Dr.

Augustus Woodbury, pastor of the Providence Unitarian Church, and at that time chaplain of the Providence Light Infantry. Mrs. Dodge was Lydia Gould Webster, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Webster of Providence, her father having been at one time one of the best-known physicians in Rhode Island.

Mr. Dodge was prominent in fire in surance circles, having been with the Stuyvesant and Pacific Fire Insurance companies, and was secretary to the Franklin Fire insurance company, ana after its consolidation was secretary of the combined Franklin and Emporium Fire Insurance Company, until it went out of business, In 1870, after which Mr. Dodge carried on an insurance brokerage business, and was with the Pacific Bank until two years ago, when he retired. He has lived in Brooklyn for the past forty-seven years, and in Flat-buBh for fifteen years. All his children live in Brooklyn, and he said he was particularly pleased with the artistic ability of his boys.

He took occasion to show many beautiful paintings which adorn the walls of his home, and which were the work of three of his sons. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dodge enjoy perfect health. Mr.

Dodge is 72 years of age, but he is a frequent Manhattan visitor, and both he and his wife "take in the movies once in a while." as he expressed it. Mrs. Dodge is 69 years old. Mr. Dodge wanted it understood that for fifty years he had voted the Democratic ticket, and intended to do so until his death.

His first vote was for President George B. McClellan in 1864, Mrs. Dodge, early in the week, ex- Dressed a desire to have the account of her fiftieth anniversary published In The Eagle, and when she realized that her wish was to be fulfilled she was overjoyed, and hastened to find photographs of both herself and husband. She is also very proud of her sons and daughter, and ex pressed regret that she was the grandmother of only seven grand children. Each year Mr.

and Mrs. Dodge spends the summer months at their country residence at Fortunes Rocks, on the seacoast or Maine. Tneir children are well known in business circles; Stephen W. Dodge is of the firm of Dodge Morrison, architects; Charles J. Dodge is Eastern manager of the Garry Iron and Steel Company; Robert M.

G. Dodge Jr. is a painter ana decorator in soutn Brooklyn, and Amos H. Dodge is with the Great Northern Paper Company. Their only daughter, Grace, married Percy L.

Graves or tne Booth Sleamship Company. Mr. Dodge and three of his sons are members or uewitt Clinton Council, Royal Arcanum, and at the eeting of April 8 last attended the council with his sons on the twenty- fifth anniversary or his initiation. Stephen W. Dodge is a past regent of this council.

Mr. and Mrs. Dodge entertained the company by showing many mo- mentos or their courtsnip, wedding and early married life, with lively reminiscences of the golden wedding celebrated at 146 Keap street, of his father and mother, Charles J. and Mary L. Dodge, in 1879, which was a most elaborate function, attended bv the New York Liederkranz.

of which his father was a charter mem ber, as well as of Benevolent Lodge, F. and A. of which he was treasurer, being a 33d Degree Mason. Stephen W. Dodge and Charles J.

Dodge, the oldest two sons, have both been married for over twenty-five years. Mr. Dodge, the father, is a staunch believer in Christian Science, and is a member of the Christian Science Church, at New York avenue and Dean street. He became affiliated with the church about three years ago. DANCE AT FARM HOUSE, The Alpha Chapter of the Phi Sigma Sorority held its spring dance last Friday evening at the Farm House in Prospect Park.

Some of the subscribers were the Misses Doris Cadmus, Kathryn Hasbrouck, Doris Ranck, Leona Carter, Grace Cronln, Papline Haviland, Ruth Main, Amy Sheffield. Marion Klaeder, Dorothy Pyle, Lillian Weed. Klla Clark, Dorothy Wasson. Margaret Wasson, Dorothy Weir, Ruth Stein, Mildred Rich, Mary Beech, Marion Clark, Thelma Ford. Margaret Robertson, Gertrude Wolfe and Ethel Kellam.

Lowell Mc-Cutchpon. Olson, Ellis Nugent, Donald Kendall. Wallace Vermilla, Russell Her. Lewis Klingberg, Frank Bateman. Hugo Long, Arthur King, George Boyd.

Dudlpy Cornell, Fred Vousht," Frank Cameron, Reginald Vahn. Robert Duryea, William Vass, Harold Dean. Oshourno Taplpy, William White. John Booth, Hugo Duffy and George MARIE ORILLO. 7.

of 44S THIRD avenue, while crossing Ninth street last night, was struck by a Smith street surface car. She received lacerations of the left eye and bruises of the body, and was removed to her home. vwrSS I I is Celebrated by a Gathering at Her Home. The betrothal of Miss Mabel Con- nors, daughter of Lieutenant Connors of the Police Department, to Robert M. Cuming was cele-'brated at the Connors home, 626 Sev enty-second street.

This young couple are well known and popular in the society of Bay Ridge, and their engagement has been made the cause of congratulations from the whole community. Mr. Cuming occupies a responsible position in the works of M. A. Cuming A in Manhattan, where his zeal and energy has received substantial recognition.

At the party, singing, dancing and recitations, together with congratulations, occupied the time until supper was served, in the spacious dining-room. Among those present were Mr.and Mrs. J. F. Connors, Mr.

and Mrs. J. Lynch. Mr. and Mrs.

Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Finken, Mrs. Mrs. Mc-Nally, Mrs.

K. O'Reilly, Mrs. J. Siess, Mr. and Mrs.

Davidson, Miss Marjory Siess, Miss Edna Lake, Miss Sigrid Rosen, Miss Matty Donahue, Miss Molly Donahue, Miss Jane Donahue, Miss Grace Ross, Miss Ceil McNally, Miss Kathryn Cuming, Mari A. Cuming, R. M. Cuming Thomas Connors. Cornelius J.

O'Reilly of Los Angeles, Mr. Cahill, Gus Roesler, Norman Fallet, Phil Baillet, Jack Cuming, Matthew S. Donahue, Mr. Kelly and Mr. Reilly.

RIDGEWOOD TO FIGHT HIGH WATER RATES Promise of City Agreement With Private Company Has Not Been Fulfilled. DEPUTY AVILCOX ASSAILED. Paul Stcier Says Nothing Has Been Accomplished for Relief of Citizens. Will the exorbitant water rates that RIdgewood is now forced to pay, ever be reduced, or is the private water monopoly which now holds full sway, to continue? When will the so-called Citizens Water Supply Company render to the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity and to the Mayor of New York City the report that has supposedly been under prep, aratlon for many months past? These are among the questions that are being asked by the citizens of Ridgewood id in fact the entire Second War of Queens County. At every civic Meeting and In most every place that the residents congregate, the question of a reduction in water rates seems to be the chief topic of conversation and yet no one seems to be able to throw any light on the subject.

Everyone knows of the recent addresses made before several civic bodies by Deputy Commissioner Delos F. Wilcox and his promise to keep the people of Ridgewood informed on whatever progress is made in relation to the matter, but that is where the matter ends. Neither the special committees appointed to keep in touch with the Commissioner nor any of those who ought to be in a position to know can divulge any information and to all appearances the matter of reduced water rates bids fair to be forgotten as were the many previous agitations. Commissioner Wilcox has told the people of Ridgewood that the city must come out of the game the victor as there are three ways open by which the people can and will get relief. I irst, he says the mains of the private company can be paralleled, bringing to this section part of the Catskill Water Supply.

Second, by forcing the company to reduce its rates and if this has not the desired effect, by acquiring the mains of the private company. But according to the Commissioner remarks, the city does not intend to get into any legal tangle with the corporation, preferring to have a friendly agreement that will be satisfactory to both parties. "But," continued the Commissioner, "should the occasion require we are in a position to fight and leave nothing undone until the people are satisfied that they have been Justly dealt with." There are some people in the section, however, who take issue with the recent remarks of Mr. Wilcox, no- iauiy raui oieier, wno assails the Commissioner and the Water Depart ment, asserting that thev have complisbed nothing that might assure relief to Ridgewood. He says that Mr.

Wilcox has not delivered his report on franchise, to make which the Board of Estimate commissioned him last August. Apparently the onlv evi- If.r.s'a3 coVy'' January to the Citizens Water Supply Company, in which the purchase of the mains is proposed and does not ln-' clu'le he stations and water-bearing lands. This bv an elab- orate BVSt(mBof flnance ana tio coverln a period of tcn a wnich Mr. 8leiei. UIUJUlUOn WIMCn MT.

OlPlBr SajS IS impossible of acceptance on the part of th company. ThPre is a contention on the part of Mr hi. i. imaiiy years) to the anl0unt of litigation involved. A deplorable con- th nirltntlon.

And In ten vears from now Ridgewood will still be facing the same exorbitant rates as it does today. The Citizens Company will not consent or consider the division of its property, neither will lt accept the terms proposed by the city, and lt is was to have been ready several weeks ago when the company would be In a position to know whether or not the city's terms would be acceptable. Not having heard from the Commissioner, the people of Ridgewood take lt for granted that all possibility of a friendly deal Is off and a fight will result. JUNIOR F.AGLE BASKBALL. Another pair of interesting games was played at the Parade Grounds yesterday in the Junlon Eagle League, and singularly enough, the scores were the same, 3 to 2 In each, in the first the Tremont Juniors de feated the Rangers, to 2, after seven hard-fought innings, while in the I second the Aztecs deteateo tne Home- wards in a listless game, four games 1 vlll be played Decoration Day.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY NEW AMERICANS IN JULY 4 "HURRAH" Commissioner Howe Would Impress Meaning of Independence Day on Immigrants. SEEKS IDEAS FItOM MAYORS. National Americanization Day Committee and Immigration Organ Aiding in Plans. The "Immigrants in America Review," is sending out a patriotic call to all citizens, American born and foreign born alike, to make the Fourth of July Americanization Day, and to get together as one nation and one people for America, in peace or war. He believes that all races in this country are first for America, but that they need to know and understand each other better.

Frederic Howe, Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, has addressed the following letter to the mayors of American cities: My Dear Sir You may be interested in learning of a most significant civic demonstration that may be of value to you in connection with Fourth of July celebration in your city. I refer to the "Citizenship Receptions," or "New Voters' Day," which the cities of Philadelphia Cleveland, Baltimore and Los Angeles have recently held as a final Btep in the naturalization of foreign-born aliens. Each year large numbers of aliens are admitted to citizenship. The procedure is for the most part informal, and is attended with no recognition on the part of the community of its significance to America and to the alien. The purpose the reception is to give dignity to the ceremony and at the same time impress its meaning upon all citizens.

The idea arose in Cleveland in 1914 when the "Sane Fourth Committee" assumed the responsibility for a programme, arranged by a committee representing all local patriotic and civic organizations. Through the clerks of naturalization, the names and addresses of aliens admitted to citizenship during the preceding year were secured, and invitations for the reception were sent to each. At the reception, each new citizen on entering the auditorium and showing his ticket, was presented with a small American flag and also a seal button of the city with the word "Citizen" upon it. A platform decorated with the flags of all nations was reserved to seat the new citizens. The audience itself was secured by general publicity through the newspapers, which gladly gave publicity to the idea.

The programme opened with national airs. This was followed with the unfurling of a large American flag, the "Star Spangled Banner" being sung and the "Pledge of Allegiance" being recited in unison. Officials representing the nation, state and city made addresses, followed by a speech of appreciation by one of the prominent foreign-born citizens. The significance of such a reception given on the Fourth of July is obvious. Should they become national in scope, they should have great civic value.

I am sending you this information with the thought that you may desire to appoint a mayor's committee for the organization of such a reception in your city in connection with whatever exercise may be held on the Fourth of July. There will be a "National Americanization Day which will furnish information and answer inquiries. I would appreciate having from you an expression of your ideas on this subject. Very respectfully vours, FREDERICK C. HOWE, Commissioner.

The editor of the Review by the cooperation of the Association of Foreign Language Newspapers has addressed a letter to the foreign-born citizens in America, through the columns of hundreds of foreign language papers, in which he says among other things; "In 177G the Declaration of Independence set this country free and made it a haven for the oppressed of many lands who have come here seeking op portunity. In 1915. the Declaration of Independence is to be interpreted as a new Declaration of Citizenship. Americans and coming Ameri cans, safe in the peace, prosperity and strength of our country, seek some way in which to express as one people our appreciation or tnese blessings. It is tnererore proposed that on the Fourth of July the American-born citizens hold receptions with appropriate exercises in honor of our naturalized fel low citizens and declarants.

On this occasion, we will all seek together to make this July the Fourth a day of inspiration and fulfillment to all citizens alike." The National Americanization Day Committee has established offices at a 5 Madison avenue, Manhattan. MANDOLIN CLUB DINNER. A progressive dinner given by the Packer Mandolin Club was the source of much enjoyment to a number of young people of Flatbush last Saturday evening. The final reception was held at the residence of Miss Ethel Smith, where the guests enjoyed dancing and the members of the club demonstrated their ability as musicians. Among those present were Miss Mabel Reynolds.

Fred Brueckner, Miss Munez Bickley, Douglas Rainc, Miss Ruth Hawkins, Stuart Andrews, Alva Durring. Byron Tullar. Mlnj Marie Durring. Richard Ferris, Miss Florence Wiliiie, Paul Comey. Miss Evelyn Andrews.

Willard Tut hi II. Miss Ethel Smith and Russell Bucklin. MOTHERS LEAGUE MEETING. A special meeting of Mothers League of Public School No. 26 will be held In the regular rooms, Gates avenue, near Ralph, Tuesday afternoon, June 1.

at 3:15. An address on "Why, When and How to Tell the Beautiful Story of Life to Our Children." will be cd bj Dr. Elizabeth Muncie. Delay on $900,000 Institution, Started Two Years Ago, Causes Acute Dissatisfaction. WAS THK DATK 8ET.

I'urllipr Postponement Announced. Charities Department I'uts Blame on Board of Kstiimitc. Despite repeated promises, the long-delayed opening of the Greenpoint Hospital, said to represent a total Investment of about 5900,000, will not inaterialize on June 1, the date set when the last appropriation of for help was made a few weeks ago. The building was structurally rompleted on February something 'or, other delayed the opening for fifteen days; thpn it was announced that no date, not even a tentative one for (lie opening of the badly needed institution, could be set. Later hope ran 'high that June 1 would actually see opening of the hospital.

What is the trouble? No one seems to know exactly. Commissioner Kingsbury's office says that the necessary 'help has not been obtained; that the superintendent has not been selected because the Board of Estimate has not ii greed upon his or her salary, and trial the interior equipment is nowhere rear completion, for which latter the Jinard of Estimate red tape is also 1 lamed. Everybody, Including, the Charities Department, residents and officials in Greenpoint and Williams-'hiirg and other hospital authorities jcontending with congestion In their institutions, agrees that it Is a pity that the. great investment should remain idle and useless for six months or more, a direct loss on investment of at least i 15,000, netting no return of any kind. To say that the hospital Is badly reeded is putting it very mildly.

The large and rapidly growing manufacturing centers of Laurel Hill, Bliss-yille and the Newtown Creek section contribute each its quota of accidents, there are only three hospitals within reach. Two of these are so far away that the sending of the ambulances from them is impracticable except in unusual cases. St. Catherine's is the nearest, but because it is (obliged to harbor the overflow from ihe Eastern District and Williamsburg and because its own territory is a very large one, it is always The Greenpoint Hospital Is situated just on the Williamsburg side of the line which separates Greenpoint and Williamsburg. The site occupied by the six large buildings is an exceptionally good one at present, as it overlooks Cooper Park, a six or seven-iacre tract, which is refreshingly green all summer, and to the east is not hemmed in by any buildings whatever, but has a clear outlook for a considerable distance into Queens County.

Fronting the hospital is a vacant square block, which may later be acquired by the city. Local civic and improvement associations have long tried to obtain this plot for an Inddition to the hospital grounds, and also have tried to obtain an ample appropriation for the dredging and automatic flushing of the Newtown ('reek, so that the hospital will be free from the contamination of the jstenches that rise from the creek dur-'ing warm weather. In January Commissioner Kingsbury appointed the six Brooklyn physicians who will act as the advisory u-ommittee for the Greenpoint Hospital. Sume of the ablest medical men are Included in the list, which consists Dr. William B.

Brlnsmade, Dr. Glentworth, Butler, Dr. H. Beeck-inan Delatour, Dr. Robert L.

Dickinson, Dr. John A. McCorkle and Dr. Lewis Pilcher. Although by no means the largest institution of Its kind In the city, the new Greenpoint Hospital represents 'Ue last word in hospital construction.

It was designed by Architect Frank JHelmle. and work was begun on It inure than two years ago. It consists of six buildings, the main or administration building fronting on Bullion street, which has not yet. been cut through; buildings for the help, power building and other necessary hospital buildings, including a morgue and accommodation for the ambulances. The lyle is extremely plain and simple, but pleasing.

It is carried out in yellow brick with white limestone trimmings, most modern contrivances in tne care for the sick have been or will be installed by the time the hospital is completed. The original cost was to have been about but by increases in size and other changes the estimated cost was greatly increased, and with equipment will he $800,000 and $900,000. The hospital was originally intended only for the use of the Greenpoint section and parts of Long Island City immediately adjoining the Newtown Creek, but instead of locating it in Greenpoint, the site finally selected, after much wrangling, was actually in Williamsburg. It was said some time ago that the Greenpoint Hospital figured at so much per bed is the most expensive hospital in the city. The dissatisfaction with the delay is particularly acute in Greenpoint, because the residents of that section expected to have a hospital devoted almost solely to their needs within a year or less from the time work was i begun.

When the time lengthened out and the Inadequacy of the hospital service furnished by the slender means at the disposal of the section was evident there were frequent protests, and the securing of the appropriation i of $24,500 from the Board of Kstimate only a few weeks ago was taken as evidence that the long-ex-pected opening would at last come. The hopes have been shattered, how-pvcr. and so uncertain is it that the opening will take place In the near future that the Charities Commlssion- r'H office will give no intimation of date for It. (HILDRF.N HIT BY' TRUCK. Two Injured, hut Not Severely; Chauf' fciir Gtics Free.

Ilarley. Neulinry of 271 Taaffe place driving his motor truck along Troutman street yestpnlny, when Mir saw a group of children running into his path, near Wyckoff avenue. As he steered into the sidewalk to Avoid hitting the children, they be-canio frightened and ran bark to the walk. In doing so two of the children ran into the path of the truck again and were struck. They were bruised and cut.

The chiMi-on were Lnuis Lpnz. 4 nars old. uf Troutman strppt. and Marl" 2 years old, of Troii i ma rt'-pt. They v.e-vn trentod by a sn'-jon fnm St.

Catherine's II, a -id v. pvp taken home. Neubury u.o not an cstr Wrhen E. Walter Clark, the Phila delphia banker, during an automobile trip down the beautiful Shore road. Bay Ridge, a short time ago, feasted his eyes on a spot having a commanding view of the Narrows and almost immediately closed the deal for the purchase of the property for (35,000 as a wedding gift to his daughter.

Miss Christine Clark, whose engagement to William Prentice Willets of Brooklyn was automatical ly announced with the purchase, he did not dream that the property he had purchased was intimately associ ated with Philadelphia far back In tl.f 70's, at the time Charlie Ros3 was kidnapped. It was In German- town, a suburb of the Quaker City, that Charlie Ross lived when he was stoltn and it was on the site of ihs future home of Mr. Clark's daughter In Bay Ridge that the two men, Douglas and Mosier, believed to have been the kidnappers, were shot while trying to rob the old Van Brunt homo which stood on this site back from the Shore road, with a great liwn in ront of lt. On the Shore road there are now two homes owned by Van Brunts, who are cousin. One Is a big gray structure at Eighty-second street and Shore road, which has a long line of historical incidents connected with it and the other is a large white mansion next to the Crescent Athletic Club, at Eighty-sixth street and the Shore.

Attempted Robbery of Van Brunt Home by Charlie Ross' Kidnappers. On a night in November, 1874, J. Holmes Van Brunt was lying seriously ill in the big white house, the old Van Brunt homestead, next to it, was then being occupied in the winter months by his brother, Judge Charles H. Van Brunt. So ill was he that his daughter, Mrs.

Andrew Dltmas, had been summoned to his bedside to take care of him. Suddenly the burglar alarm rang. This alarm was connected with the homestead closed at the time. Thinking that a loose blind had sounded the alarm, Albert Van Brunt, Mr. Van Brunt's oldest son, started over to the house with a lantern unarmed.

Quietly he stole in the house and up the stairs, and stopping to listen a moment, heard voices in the room below him. Just then the door below opened and two burglars entered the hall. These two men later proved to be the abductors of Charlie Ross, a lad 6 years of age, who was stolen the previous summer from his home in Germantown and held for a large ransom.Young Van Brunt quickly hid the lantern under his overcoat and crouched his body Into a niche on the wall meant for a piece of statuary. The men passed beneath the foot of the stairs to the room at the other side of the hall. Van Brunt returned home and aroused the gardener and coachman, but insisted that his father go back with him to take charge of the fight.

Holmes Van Brunt, as he was known, armed each of the men with a double-barrelled shot-gun. As they left the home, Mrs. Dltmas shoved her brother's revolver into his pocket, although he insisted that he would not need it. Later this proved the means of saving the lives of the entire party. Albert Van Brunt and another man guarded the front of the house while Holmes Van Brunt took another man with him to the rear.

The following instructions were: "Don't run but shoot any man who does run." In the dark this seemed the best way of distinguishing friend from foe. After waiting for some time, Mr. Van Brunt told the man with him to go up and throw stones on the cellar door. This was no sooner done than a door flew open and Douglas and Mosier appeared. Holmes Van Brunt called to the men to give themselves up, but was answered by two shots which went wild.

Mr. Van Brunt and his man returned the shots, emptying their guns, which left them without ammunition. No one was hit. The two burglars started to run around the house. Van Brunt called to his son.

who with the other man, met the burglars with a fusilade of shot, and suceeded In shooting Douglas. Mosier came on, and young Van Brunt with a swing of his gun, broke Mo-sier's arm. As Mosier started to run for the fence. Van Brunt leaned over to disarm Douglas. As he did so, a bullet whizzed passed his ear.

Mosier was coming back at him with a revolver. With an oath he cried, "You're all out of shot, now I'll clean you out," which doubtless would have happened LINK. ATL. AV. DIV.

TO SUB. Secretary McNulty Says Jamaica Plan Far Better Than That of Flushing. Harold C. Nulty, secretary of the T.enc-iie of Jamaica, in a communication ro Cyrus W. Miller.

chairman of the advisory council or Real Estate Interests of the City of v. York, savs that the project of linking of the Atlantic avenue divis ion of the Long Island Kaiiroaa to the Interborough subway line at Flatbush avenue, Is a far more attractive proposition for the city than the proposed connection between the npnlri Transit line, at Corona, with the North Shore division of the Long Island Railroad. Mr. McNulty advocates an adherence to the old Dlan for the Flushing extension. This plan proposed the building by the city of Its own elevated structure and subway through Amity street to Main street: thence to Parsons avenue.

Flushing, which, he says, will cost only He savs in his communication to Mr Miller, concerning the cost of the Long Island Railroad plan of exten sion: "One of tne commissioners estimated for the writer that for the first year's operation, the cost to the city on the Long Island Railroad plan would be as follows: Proposed rental 1250,000 Grade crossing elimination, $2,000,000. Cltv's share, one-fourth 500,000 Interest on railroad's share, one-half, equals $1,000,000, 7 per cent 70,000 Cost of connection 600,000 New stations and alterations 100,000 Total $1,470,000 "This Is the first year's cost, without, reckoning deficit in operation. We submit, from your own figures, in regard to reduction of average computation rates from $172.20 to 31.20 per annum, or $96 per commuter per annum, on 10,000 commuters. the difference would equal $960,000. and that as the railroad Is reported to be iwoul(1 cost parallel the mains of this ivat6 comany tnan t01BmVy Ule outright.

Even then the V'Z ft 5 Brunt, were held as prisoners in his stable. The present house was erected in 1854 by John Holmes Van Brunt and his wife, Cornelia Ditmas Van Nuyse. i Previous to its erection, Mr. Van Brunt had lived with his parents in the homestead on he Crescent Club site, where his two eldest children, Albert N. and Mary were born.

The latter is now Mrs. Andrew Ditmas of Flatlands, Brooklyn. Four years after the death of his first wife, he married Miss Magdelen Vandeveer. and his two younger children were horn in the present house, Henry Charles Van Brunt and Marie A'an Brunt, who is now Mrs. Harry Scranton McKeever.

on a non-dlvldenld paying basis, even at the rate of $127.20, it is properly to be supposed that the operation by the city nt a rate of $31.20, would produce a considerable deficit. "As you will note in our petition, the Equal Transit League merely asks for a completion of a connection at Flatbush avenue, which is 90 per cent, installed, an equitable rate of fare, commensurate with the actual cost to the city, and an operation through a thickly populated community. There are 50.000 passengers dally using the) Flatbush avenue terminal. "We wish to secure the assistance of your council to prevent any undue haste (as Is evident from the publicity and advertisements relative thereto) In the consideration of the north shore proposal. "Should the city accede to the extravagant proposition under discussion on a.

poorly paying portion of the railroad property, it will be unable to effect favorable terms on the more profitable division, upon which we request a simultaneous negotiation." NEWS BRIEFS THOMAS MCCARTHY, 17. OF 627 Fifty-seventh street; Anthony Pinto, 17, of 67 1 Fifty-seventh street, and Randall Shenton. 19, of 5716 Seventh avenue, were found guilty yesterday of coioi uuy ih iunsot Park, i were re-1 ence. "Six annoying young women In Sunset Park, by Magistrate Dodd. They leased on suspended senten months In Jnll for the next said the magistrate.

CHARLES ZINKE. 28, OF 4611 Third avenue, was arraigned in the Fifth avenue court yesterday, on a i charge of grand larceny. The complain- ant against him was Andrew Swenson, a carpenter, of 343 Forty-fourth street. Magistrate Dodd held In $1,000 bail for a hearing June 1. tUTTHF.W N1IZZI.

18 YEARS OLD. I i piay lor ume on ine pari oi wie up- c)iUon would also from tearlnK ponents of the who -hope that' tm, strf.eta lt is asserted by temporizing they can in the end. that the oepartment cannot force the from a new Estimate Board after an- prvate eompany to ower lts rates other election, manage to keep the t0 the clty having been tried parkway under the control of the Park on a occasion through a tax-comm ssloner. suit, which failed. In the meant me the owners of Mr st(ier classifies the Commit-property along the street In dispute Rloner.g speeCh as being "bold" and of suffer going and coming.

If the High- uch a naturc a8 to paclf a f(w wno ways Department gets the orphaned re not acquaints with the facts of nuici. pavement. And If the Park Commis sioner keeps the street, without being given any money to maintain it, their property will decrease in value and their tenants move away. SKILLED REFUGEE MUSICIAN. rumored about mctgewooa mat the vl ii company will fight off any attempt of Mna Colosimo gave an Informal mu- the tnebway 0f competition, slcale on Thursday evening last at her In nis before the numbers home, 607 Fifty-fifth street, to Intro- of the Ridgewood Heights Improve-duce Mile, Lucile Collette, who is a ment Association and the Citizens Im- fine violinist, pianist and all-around P.rov'm,tnt IT'fhL0" musician, besides being a war refugee: Wilcox told the people that the she is quite a celebrity in Europe.

In private water company had appointed several violin selections that she or engaged an expert appraiser for played at the musicale she proved her the Purpose of detei mining the exact artistry through Exceptionally bril- valuation of Its holdings This report llant technique, strength and fine in tcrpretatlon. Her encore was a Chopin number, played on the piano. Mar cus Kellerman. of the Hammersteln opera forces, who has Just returned from a long, successful concert tout, sang several numbers and showed himself master of the bel canto. Among the guests were: Mr.

nml Mrn. Kellerman. Mr. and Mrs. Slnut, Mr.

and Mm. Kolly (from a Southern Mlns Bain of Manhattan, J. tr, Sehulz. MUs K. Conner, Miss Parker, Mr.

und Mrs. Huker and Mrs. Hanawalker of Oswego, V. JOSKPH SCHACKER. 27.

OF 653 Third avenue; George Dunn of 617 Third avenue, and Gustave Canada of 570 Third avenue, were held In $500 ball for a hearing Thursday, by Mag istrate Dodd. in the Fifth avenue court sterday. They are charged with hav- ing violate lated the excise law, of 16 Van Sieklen street, and James Vlcono. 20 years old. of 1881 Graves-end avenue, were arrested last night by detectives, charged with having at- tempted to steal two horses from art Inclosed lot at 1908 Gravesend avenue I In the Coney Island court Magistrate Naumer held them In 500 ball for a hearing on June 1,.