New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-02
BEYOND THE BIG BRIDGE.
WHAT PEOPLE IN BROOKLYN ARE TALKING

WHAT PEOPLE IN BROOKLYN ARE TALKING
ABOUT
II is curious 10 note brooklyn contractors are
being dIstanced by from other cities, who arc
stepping in and securing most OF the fat jobs that
Brooklyn has TO give out. This began WHOM hcmsh
Clark got the contract for cleaning the streets.
notable instance occurred in connection with
the Federal Building. when Chicago contractor
named Gobe was able to undcrbid all competitors
by than 100000 And now the contract for
paving several streets badly In nerd Of improve
ment IS going to a Ncw-York man, william Kelly.
NJ. Kelly IS not widely known as contractor Tor
public works, believe, and when his bid was opened
along with tho Others II al first supposed that
he dummy for somebody else. he turnci up
at the City Hall the other day. however. and threatened
the city In the contract withheld
from him. There probably had been no Intention
of leaving him out in he could show that he
qualified to do tho work, and able to furnish
the proper security There has been some question
about the Gobel also. IT being asserted that
he had been Improperly favored by the authorities
at Washn gtOn Mr.. Clark obtained his contract with
out trouble, and, in fact, with good deal OF salts
faction the part OF the people, who believed that
experienced and energetic man should keep tho
streets in better condition than ever This expectation.
put It mildly has not been altogether fulfilled Tho
interesting question remains How IS Il that Brooklyn
contractors able to do work In their city
more choaply than men from NewYork. Chicago and
elsewhere Have contracts in Brooklyn heretofore
gone by favor, and has the bidding been done In
rngl II so, this competition from the outside
Will probably prove a profitable thing for the city
Boss" Mclaughlin has been in the habit for years
OF spending the summer months at Lake George. His
headquarters have been the Trout Pavilion, tho
east side, and there he has been wont to FISH ard 10
mediate politics. This year for some unexplained
reason he has made a change. Instead OF betakins
IN Lake ha tcer =
Long Island. ST. James has moro pous sound than
Lake George, but II may easily be doubted whether
there Will be any change In that d.
rection I'm the Boss's7 politics They
will be Of the same unreccnerate sor as ever
lie in town the other day, and IS described By
those who him looking remarkably vigorous
One of his subeucnants remarked that tho old
man. never looked BETTER and that he would ouihvs
all the who aspire 10 Is place leader Of the
Kings County Democracy.
There is only one construction to be put on David
a. Boody's resignation Of the presidency OF the
Brooklyn Democratic Club and his membership
therein. The rules OF the club forbid a member TO
be candidate for an elective Office. Mr. Poody's
resignation means that he IS willing TO be candidate.
and the Office he IS anxious fill IS that Hllcd
by Congressman Felix Campbell \ Democratic NOM
nation I'm that district equivalent an election
So Mr.. Boody's only anxiety IS about the nomination
"a point which, naturally. Boss McLanghla
has the deciding voice. Mr.. Body for Congress-
few years as independent Democrat. receiving
also the Republican Endorsement. since then he has
NOT manifested disposition TO kick the party
traces But Mclaughlin has a long memory. and
l. NOT possessed OF a forcving disposition Besides.
Mr.. Body is better than tho ~ Eos Is IN fle
habit If giving nominations lie IS wealthy. how.
ever; and could probably be induced to submit 10 q
handsome assessment
The suggestion that Brooklyn should b. the dis
rlbutng point for all the mails for Long Island and
that the mails for Long Island should b, dispatched
from the Fla'bush-ave. station instead Of from Long
Island City, assuredly has much 10 commend II.
Nothing could seem more stupid than to send letter
written say. Babylon and intended for Grcenport.
to New York for distribution, or 10 compel all Brook
Ign mails for Long Island to be carried to Hunters
Point, four or five miles away, when the Fla;buSh-
ave. station IS not more than a milo distant As It
IS delays often the ferryboats Long Is
land City and trains are thus missed. By sending
Long Island mails the Bridge 10 Flatbush-ayc..
there need never be the slightest DELAY and a good
deal OF time would be saved. such an arrangement
could be made # the Long Island Railroad Company
would only lcnd H. cooperation. The arrangement
would be Of great ADVANTAGE 10 Long Island and IL
is strange that President Corbin who has done so
much FOR the development o. the territory through
which hls lines iun. should hesitate 10 DO all In his
power in this direction.
1t claimed, of course that there IS not enough
room Flatbush for the postalcas stand.
That IS objection. surely, that Is insurmount-
able. Tho company finds enough for other
cars there, and considering the valuable privileges
which It enjoys. IT might well make an effort to
supply a demand : clearly in the public interest
In connection with this matter It IS to be noted that
The Eacle7 makes he suggestion that a morc
mOdious station needed AZ Fatbushave.. especially
the Long Island Company cOniemIlates erecting
a large and handsome structure for is business at
Long Island CITY. The Eagle writer seems To
overlook the fact that surface rapid transit In Allan
Ifro % Ion
that Is what the people Of brooklyn hope for There
would have been an elevated road built bcfon' this
time along tho Who'll, o. that avenue. II the Common
Council had not stood In the Ua.-and in such wav
provoke the suspicion thai its meElters cor some
OF them LEASH Were only waiting 10 be seem
Ther is Of building big station building for
a sort Of traffic that is shortly 10 be- done away
when the elevated railway system in Brooklyn IS
callicI over it to East Ncw-Yorkl
Already complaint is made that the cars on the
Kings County Elevated Railway oycrcrowdcd
II that IS tho condition now, what viii BE- in few
months. or a few years Now Is the time for tho
public TO speak out 50 cmphacaly that the officials
must give heed Soon II will BE- too late and tho
company will come to the conclusion that tho travel
ling public will stand anything That at least appears
be the conclusion long ago reached By the elevated
corporations in New-York. But It Is hardly likely
that so aggravated a condition OF oycrcrowding as
prevails there Will soon come 10 pass In Brooklyn.
where the travel i certain 10 m moie widely ds-
trbucd and whore. I'm consequence. Tho earnings OF
the elevated roads can never be 20 great In Now
York Indeed. within years heard member
Of one Of the numerous Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
missions assert that elevated road, could never b.
made 10 pay I'm that city with lyc-ccnt far AZ all
hours SIN enough capitalists have been found
willing to take the chances to insure fairly complete
cey atcd system when m" roads now under way arc
complctcd Tho Kings County Company expects 10
bc running trains 20 East Newlork THAT was before
winter sets In.
Mr. Elvclls narrow escape from a fro IN his own
house suggests the necessity that private families
should make provisions for readily leaving thir resi-!
dencc in case Of such emergency. OF course fr,-
escapes are Of the question private houses but
every hous hold should consider the thoroughly
and be prepared to act promptly In they should
be awakened In the night lbs smoke and fr and find
the usual OF getting OF the house cut OF.
Naturally they would bctake themselves the roof,
provided the ladder stairway leading fhorfu vas
unencumbcrcd and the Scutc could be quickly opened
Tho i'm nnrfanrc OF lnnklnr afirr fhn,n fhin-,A L