New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-20
ing to investigate the charges against Chief of
Police Van Buskirk.
SURVEYING THE HARBOR,s MoIrH.

SURVEYING THE HARBOR'S MOUTH.
trim little craft has been lying in the lower bay
Just off Locust Grove for several days, and dimin-
the nose of Coney Island with sufficient regular
ity to d, cause the curious observer to- ask
what she Is and what she is doing there.
The answer to this query is that she is the A. ID.
Bache, cutter employed in tho Government Coast
Survey: Lieutenant E; B. Thomas is in command,
and eight other officers The crew numbers thirty
SIDE OF the vessel yesterday found the officers taking
their ease on the upper deck. One of them cx-
the weather not favorable, the surface of the
water otf Coney Island being too lumpy for making
accurate soundngs.
the business that brought the A. d. Bache into New
York Bay, the channels and bar have undergone a
great many changes since the last chart was made
in 1858. Sandy Hook has also changed great
deal, and so have the beaches of Concy Island as
everybody knows. These, changes have
been considered of sufficient Importance
i%r na a new . survey of the entrance to
from Concy island to SANDY Hook. and from the
channel leading up to the Narrows eastward. ont
to sea to the outside of the bar The object of the
work to change the character of the bar and
channels and what changes have actually taken
place. When the work is done new chart will be
made, showing the exact contour Of the ground
SE Ga' wEa will :? a aRs BAY "s 4
flow of the tide may determined-a fact of great
value should any engineering work be attempted in
!. Lieutenant Thomas also said that the contour of
the bar could he determined with great degree of
soundines, 100 feet apart, and these were
crossed ,at right angles by other lines
and channels where il was desirable to have fuller
knowledge of the depth of the water the lines were
drawn more closely together The area lines were
being drawn on scale of 20, 900 of the actual
measurements, and the souudiugS on scale of
1-lO,000 the actual depths in feet and inches. 1t s
first OF November Al present lines are running off
the beaches of Coney Island. In Il few weeks the
WORK Will be transferred to the other side of the
Last winter, and until May 1S, Lieutenant
Thomas was engaged IN making surveys in the Gulf
OF Mexico; The A. ID. Bache was at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard for several weeks after returning North
and rcftting, and she sailed down to where she is
now anchored week ago last Sunday.
CHURCH TROUBLES AT NEW ROCHELLE
The iresbytery of Westchestcr County, which en-
braces Ncstchcster County, he lower part OF Put
nam County and the state of Connecticut, held a
special meeting at NcwRochclle yesterday to con-
slider tn" ditfere existing among the members of
the church aud congregation in regard to ne pastor
the Rev. X. X. Hoes who has been set
tied there for about two and a half years
The meeting was held in compliance with a memo
rial presented to the Ircshytcry by about one hun
dred members of the church and congregation. who
felt aggicvcd at the action of thar body i'm sustain
ing the session of the church, which had refused to
call meeting for the purpose of clccing two or
more additional elders 50 to enlarge the session.
v,
the moderator There dispute as to the cor
reel mess Of the minutes of the meeting held July D
and finally resolution adopted declaring tllat
all action aiken at that time in reference TO
the church at New-Rochellc, exec / rhc action of
the Iresbycry in deciding in the matter of the COM
plant, be omitted from the minutes.
y motion was made by the Rev. Mr.. Dixon in
favor OF allowing the conplainants to be heard
through counsel. This was denied. Mr.. Hoes then
read his resignation rs pastor of the church, and
conhmtlea was appointed TO confer with tie pastor
and the mcmbcrs of the session in
regard 70 the termination of Mr. IJoos',
pas;oratc and the payment of his salary.
The committee recommended that the c>glation be
accepted, and that the Passionate hc Terminated on
the second Sunday OF September, that the Board Of
trustees continue the pastors salary until Novcil-
Der, and that the session be at liberty to invite any
member OF the Prcshytcry, when il may be desired,
to preside at its meeting.
On the announcement that the Prcshytcry de-
cllnrd 10 hear any arguments on hch II of the
petitioners who had astcd for reconsideration Of
the action al July ., about % persons principal v
women, left the church and engaged in ~ warm DIS
cusson near the vcsibuic IN regard To the proceed
lhgS OF the day. Some spoke about organizing new
society in the village.