New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-14

After tho blizzard, the thaw, and then the
dcluge
The suburban resident who spent Sunday in
planning his garden and marking out the first
row OF carly peas, is contemplating hanging him
self on the nearest evergreen
Americans the best natnred people IN the world
The blizzard brought almost uncomfortable dis
comfort. annoyance and privation TO 100000
Of people within q radius of thirty miles Of New
York Yet everybody laughed and considered
II the Iolliest lark Of the season. Everybody
except the man who bad no coal in his cellar.
lie was grim and thoughtful
II the weather prophets are without honor IN
their own country now. they can't say they don't
deserve IT,
When the robins nest again. will they have
the goodness to do with some publicity. to
the end that folks hereabouts may know when
to begin to count upon spring.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Is only consulting
its own interests when It proposes TO elevate It's
tracks 10 all the cities In New-Jcrscy. When its
trains don't have to slow up at street crossings
OF course better time can be made II Is TO be
hoped that none Of the other cities will be so
short 81 GIFTED as Jersey City has been In objecting
To an Improvement that would be OF great adj
vantage 70 all It's citizens The getting rid OF
grade crossings In cities ought TO be only pre-
liminary TO abolishing them everywhere In States
like New-Jersey Except in most sparsey settled
countries such crossings source Of danger
that people should no longer be compelled to
submit to.
Only moderate blizzard says Weather Officer
- m. lac, 1oli mad frnp, a
thorough going onei
"One p NJ Arthur" and his Brotherhood were
talking about stOpDing every Wheel The
storm has done effectually what they vainly mag
ined they could do by turn Of the hand
It must occur to the Democrats from this State
In Congress that they cannot cement the Democracy
OF Ulster County by putting cement on the free
list. Why did the Republicans OF Kingstt n
elect their candidate for Mayor the other day ?
Kingston IS understood to answer, cement
Two bills are under consideration ut Albany
which relate to the Brooklyn Board Of Aldermen.
One of them Is so preposterous that 1t can hardly
be the intention Of its author to have 1t considered
seriously II proposes to give the Aldermen twho
now serve the public for nothng salaries OF
$4,000 or course this figure is absurd The
other bill is similar TO one introduced in the last
LEGISLATURES IL rcorganizes the Board Of Aldermen,
doing away with the election OF these officers
AZ large and by districts, and providing for the
slection of one Alderman for each OF the twenty
six wards-the old system. The present method
OF choosing Aldermen was adopted by the intu-
ence OF Mayor Low, who thought that thereby
a better class OF citizens would be brought into
the Common Council and the evil political lnhu-
cnccs eliminated The plan, however. has failed
to accomplish the end in view; II anything the
Board IS less digniied and certainly it Is no less
venal than In the old days The Mclaughlin
Democratic Influence has dominated the Board,
and the time for change has come. Under
Mr. Mathison's bill $500 will be paid 10 each
Alderman which appears reasonable. Due regard
for tie interests of Brooklyn viii lead TO the
passage OF this bul
Blizzard Monday, In its way, was us exciting
as Black Friday.
II is an i'll wind that blows nobody good. The
i'll wind OF Monday blew into the oonsclcnccs OF
NEWCOMERS "A realization OF the paramount ne
cessity Of supplying themselves with under
ground railway service
Estimates OF losses occasioncd by the blizzard
are curiously inflated. They are great. no doubt
but q large proportion Of the estimated losses
simply represents money that there was no chance
TO spend. and simply remained IN the pockets Of
It's owners. So 1t was hardly lost
ARRANGEMENTS have been made TO run fourcaI
trains on tho Bridge. This improvement comes