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Show Lights of New York Yark Y YorkBy ark By ByL : .STEVENSON STEVENSON L"STEVENSON LSTEVENSON L . " , . I ' The Tl1e old Gowanus house tlouse 0\ 0 over 0er \ er tn to toBrooklyn tnBroohlyn InBrooklyn Broohlyn Brooklyn , Interests me . . . It was lostaway lost lostaway lostaway away back In 19U5 1005 and nnd as may bl be berecalled berecalled : ' recaled recalled ] , " was "as as found recent recently recentl3 ! } beca because becausea USf ' a workman happened to stub his bls tot toe toeon toeon ! on it It . . Now men on the tbe citv Clt\ Clt tits Clts \ s unem unemploYed unemployed unemployed ploYed roll ron are dl digging ln It if ( t out ou * ' thollgtl though thoughIt thollgtlIt It Is uncertain what the pardpp'lrt park par\ par \ " dpp'lrt dpplrt depart dpp'lrtment departwent dppartdent ' ment went will do with WltD it when It again I ! " ' crposed exposed to the lights of ot day CIvic CIvicand Civicand Civicand and patriotic patrIoUc societies will wlIl probably probablyassIst probablyassist probablyassist assIst In solving the problem however howeversince howeversince howeversince since , for the last ten tcn years rears they b'1ve b1ve have b'1vebeen havebeen havebeen ' been urging the city to make mnke a 5e search searchfor seirchfor trch trchtor tor for the house Their Ther [ Interest Is dUt due dueto dueto > to the fact that the Gowanus bous house housewas housewas ( > was used as a block house by thE theContinental thpContinental ' Continental army In 1776 176 ; when the theDrltlsh theBritish theBritish Drltlsh British , under Lord Uowe Howe . , , chased GeD Gen GeDeral General General eral Washington Wnsbmgton IVasbrngton s ( forces orces across LOI1g Long LOI1gIsland LongIsland LongIsland Island It is also believed belle\"ed belle "ed ed \ " that W'lsh Wlsh Nash W'lshIngton NashIngtori WashIngton ' Ington Ingtori Ingtonuscd Ingtoriused used uscd the house ' as 'lS lS his headquar headquarters headquarters headquarters ters for a short time.f timef time . . . I t * . I IHow How the tbe Gowanus Gow'1nus Gow1nus ' house got lost Is Iswen iswell Iswell wen well known . . ' Twenty 'l'wenty lwenty ' eight years vears ago agoa agoa agoa a real estate boom struck struch the section sectionot sectionof sectionof ot of Brooklyn nroodyn ] in which wlilch \ hleh It stood Con Contractors Contractors Contractors tractors llling mUng filling ( In the vaterfront waterfront were werein werein werein in such sucb a to " ' - - ' hurry get through-'withthe through 'withthe withthe throllghvlththe throughwiththe throllgh\vlth throllgh vlth through-with through with \ the job that they dldn didn didnt t bother with withtearIng withtearing withtearing tearIng down the old stone hOllse house hOllseThey houseThey houseThey They merely tore off ' the roof and andrIpped andripped andripped rIpped out the ( floois flOOLS loots Then they lhey bur burled burted burled led ted it It . . When the tbe city got around to tosearcnml tosearchm6 toBearchint searcnml searchm6 , , for the house , , the Ihe job wasn wasp t tso tso tBO so easy e'1sy e1sy ' Engineers Cngmeers Cngineers calculated that It Ithad ithad Ithad had stood In a certain spot a short sbort shore rlls dis rllstance distance distanca tance off on ' [ , rifth fifth lftb a\enue a enue avenue \ , , . Brooklyn nnd and nndtbe andthe andthe tbe the park parlt department dep'1rtment dep1rtment ' s set ( > t unt-mplovcd unt mplovcd unemploed unemployed unemplo\ unemplo unemployedmen - \ ed edmen jmen men to digging dlggmg When 1Vhen they got downabout downabout down Iabout about 25 feet teet the decision was wac wag : reachedthat re'lchedthat reached re'lched relched ' ] that the house wasn't wasnt ' tliere there So a dl di dlagonaJ diagonal dlagona agonaJ agonal ) trench trcnch 10 feet ( eet deep was started st'lrt stlrt start st'lrted started ' ed toward the soutlm southwest est . . . When 1Vhen tbpworkmen theworkmen the tbp | workmen had progressed proJressed ; about 30 feet feetone feetone feetone one somcthlngHe somethingHe of them tripped over something somcthlng | He kicked at lit it and discovered that th'1t th1t ' it itwas [ Itwas t twas was a corner of the house bouse for "hlch hlch which whichbe "hlchhe " whichbe he be and hig his fellows fel10ws were searchln searchingf searchingSpeaking searching f * . * . * . Speaking Spe.thln Spethln . of ot finding that thai " which "hlch hlch was waslost waslost waslost lost reminds me of the bPntleman ke'ntlenean kentlenean ke'ntleneanwho bPntlemanwbo ( , ' fntlemanwho wbo who havln having meddled with strong bev bevernges beverages beveragcs ernges erages entirely too freely , started to todrh todray todrive drh dray c a home bome . . When he had gone one some somedIstance somedistance somedistance dIstance be he realized reaJl7ed reallyed that thaI he ml might mighthave mighthave ut utbave bave have trouble with the tbe law because bec'luse becluse ' he hewas hewas hewas was unable to keep beep his bls course So be beRbandone beabandoner heabandonee Rbandone abandoner ' bis bls his car and hailed a taxi taxicab taxicab taxicab cab UI Ills Cris reception by his wife Is not nota nota nota a part of this yarn ho however e\er e er \ . * . * . The next morning mornlnh mornini , the bentJeman Renilemarl Renilemarlarose bentJemanarose fccntlemanarose arose very thirsty tblrsty with a 8 fine beadache head headache headache ache and an nn elegant e1eg'lnt e1eglnt ' case of o ( { the lit tit terii terb tern . . Ue He lie did faintly recall thai that tJf be bebad hebad ' bad left his car fcomewhere bOrnehere bOrne\\ bOrne aomew \ \ here hut but didn'thave didnthave dIdn't dIdnt dIdn'tha didn'thave ' ha have ve the slight slightest cst re recollection .ollectlon ollectlon < . ot of tbt the thelocality thulocality : locality Bin BUI flue tie he dldn didnt dldnt t sit do\\ do donand down \ \ nand nandnorry and andworry andnorry norry worry about the matter mntter Instead Insle1d . , , bE bemerely hemerely ' merely ( called ailed cahled the police poille depart department departmentand departmentand mpet mpetand and reported reportcr1 that his car cur had heen been heenstolen beenstolen beenstolen stolen Within an hour bour he received 8 a 8reporl areport areport reporl report [ that lint It had bart been recovered and andall andall andall all he had to do was go after it It . . . . S . SStill Still SUJJ on the subject of lost and andfound andfound andfound found theres there s that tll'1t tll1t ' story of Charle Cbnreo Charles CharlesM CharleM ] < : M at Sdl\\ Sdl Schvvab's Schvvabs Sdlab's Schvcab's Schvcabs \ ab's abs ' band b'lnd blnd blind ' " which "hlcb hlcb he be took on onan onan onan an excursion enurslon to New ew Yor York ) , . duringvar during \var var war wardays \ wardays vardays days On the return the conductor of ofthe ofthe ofthe the train ll qsked asked ler1 [ the bass ( diummer drummer ) ummer tor for torhis forhis forhis his ticket tllJ.et tllJet . . . The drummer made a thor thorough thorough thorough ough earch bearch search s > of his Ills clothing with no noresults noresults noresults results . . 'I I ' ] guess I ve we lost 10"1 101 " it , . " he de decared dedared dedared cared dared ] 'l l ' "lhats lhats " 1 hat hats s Impossl Impossible le 1 I l ' snapped snappedthe snappedthe snappedthe the conductor "Impossible Impossible " ootulng nothing nothing'returned nothingreturned ' returned the bass b'lsS blsS ' drlllumpr drummor d llmm'l llmml ' , , 'I I ' 'Ive Ive ' se \ e losl lost loslmy lostmy lostmy my drum twice todayor today or " . . . If the example e\ample e ample " \ : of ot m'lnIanhattan man m'ln mln ' } ) \Ianhattan Ianhattan Manhattan Manhattanrestaurants . : \ Manhattanrestauiants Ianhattanrcst'lll1 rcst'lll1 rcstlll1 restaurants ' nnts Is fo followed 11 0\\ 0 0ed \ ed generally henunlly ieneraliy , , , thehoarsevoiced the thehonrse.olced thehoarse-voiced thehoarse voiced honrse-.olced honrse.olced honrse .olced olced hoarse-voiced hoarse voiced - - - . counterman who ho shouts shoutshis shoutshis slioiitshis his orders to the clief chef will be a thing thingof thingof thingof of the past . they 1hes IOVT lOW row bpeak speak penk the or ordcrs ortiers orders dcrs tiers softiv softlv softly Into tnlo a microphone mlcrollbone and a aloud aloud aloud loud speaker spe'ller speller spe'iker speiker ' , In the kitchen I-Itthen I Itthen - docs does the therest therest therest rest . . Won Wonder er \ what \ hilI would happen hallpen If IfIi ifa Ifa Ii a counterman should forget for.et foret . ? and be beln belnto bejinto , ln lnto to doon ClOon ctonn ? ' A @ t 1933 33 BeiiSyndicate BeiiSyndicateWAUSentce Bell SyndicateVt.U Syndicate -WAUSentce WAUSentce -\Vt-.U Vt.U Vt .U U - \ WMJ - . Service Scnlce |