New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-24

to "other meansr if arguments fail. A memo
rial TO the British Parliament is being prepared
and it will be presented at the bar Oh tno
House of Commons with proper ceremony.
Plainly Ireland and the Isle OF skye are no'
the only sore places i'll the British Empire II
is painful to note that naughty Bntohs spc"A
of this trouble in Jamaica as "tempesI ia
teanotr That is the way they talked aoou'
+bo disturtapcos in Boston little more thah u
| hundred years ago.
We nota with hearty satisfaction the oeglh-
r;n, of the trial of one Of the two men VINO
,aro onnorentlv responsible for the railrold as
oster of last January at Spuyten Duyvl' IL Is
,oorl q year since the accident occurred, anu
holiof that the indicted men would never DO
tried has pretty generally prevailed. Oons'uTi
ing how many men have been found guiI'y "9
coroners iuries in similar cases, ana yeV nav
never paid any penalty Tor ther hesicCO W
duty this belief is not strange. Uehei"iiJ' -
the matter has been pressed to an lhulc'nicn''
there if has ended. To whatever cause 'hcIe-
fore il is owing that this trial has ut lenSth pe-
cun-whether ornOt because among tne NicuihS
was so nrominent q man as Senator wagner
q valuable precedent has been established. we
trust that it will be rigidly followed hereafter
The Court of Oyer and Termlner is a place
where commonly exact justice is metea OUT
and there is little doubt that the brakeman
Melius will have fair trial we shii sooh
know if he was guilty of manslaughter I'D 'he
fourth degree in not going back lar ehousn
when his train stopped to give the slghal W
the Tarrytown special. Whether he Is con-
yicted or not, the public has reason TO DE
thankful that at least he has been brought 10
trial.
talk with Mr.. Esterbrook, the efficient In
snector of Buildings which is reported else
where in this ISSUE sustains the views WHICH
The TRIBUNE expressed recently III retanu
tn the laws relating to unsafe buildings we
pointed out that the Inspector coulu justly
plead, in reply TO the censure OF the Coroncl
Jury touching the Park Theatre ire, an lnSulil-
| cient force of inspectors and inadequate "S'
| lation. The work that ought to be oohe' nc
| simnlv cannot do Under the present laws he
has no power to make the owner OF an Ola
theatre tear down wooden prOscenium wall
and mt a fire-proof wall in its place. Inc
| rnost that he can do is, when plans Tor atela-
t;ons in such nlaces are submitted to him, to
refnse to approye them unless all the require
ments for safety are complied with. These
defects in the laws have long been known.
Last winter Mr.. Esterbrook drew up Dill
remedying the matter, which he tried to have
passed at Albany, but failed. He has now or
| dered another inspection of play-houses, not
expecting that the reports can be used to make
changes at present, buthOping that they can DC
used with effect in calling the attention OF the
Legislature to the matter more successfully
this winter. Ii is difficult to see how the AS
sembymen can disregard the fOrcible argument
that will be offered by the verdict OF the Cor
oner's jug and the reports of the inspectors
If they do disregard it, they will need to give
some excellent excuse to escape the most
severe censure for letting death-traps remain.
Mr.. Esterbrook has the support of the COM
munity, excepting few politicians and build
ers. Let us see which will have the most
influence in the Legislature