New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-30
ought to be no longer delay in taking favorable
action In this matter.

IT, &c gratifying TO see at last some signs tnat the
Prool,lvn Aldermen mean to take up the questioh
of increasing the city's water supply in earhess.
Action on this important matter has pccn pun on
for no good reason whilc the work ought 10 ha'e
been far under way by this time Inc plans luz
s.,onaino tho vyaterworl1s were made long ago,
hu.,. difserence arose between the Aldermen and
tho Commissioner of City Works regarding priority
NJ action. ard so nothing has been done. Mean
time the city has been going on with a supply
that might easily become insufficient ohouio
there be a prolonged drouth, the condition OF inc
people of Brooklyn would probably be extremely
unfortunate. No more time should be wasted lh
proGtless disputes. The work should be under
taken without further delay, and carried 70 COM
nletion as quickly as may be- Our neighbor is
growing rapidly, and improvements OF TINS char
acter ought more than to keep pace with the In
crease of population.
Assemblymnn Matbison has succeeded In get
ting his bill for the election Of Brooklyn Aldermen
by wards advanced to third reading. Inns 10
bill that ought to pass. The system Oh choo'-
ing Aldermen by districts and by the vote OF INC
city at large has not produced the results 'ac ~
was expected TO bring about. Absolutely nothing
has been gained by the change made IN 1902
which Mayor Low strongly advocated II any
thing the tone of the Brooklyn Common Councl
has been lower since that law went into eneco
than IL was before return to the old metnoo
is therefore to be desired
The strike at the Edgar Thomson Steel VOTES
near Pittsburg will cause delay in the den'ery
of the steel angles for the construction OIL 'nc
new gunboat Bennington and the new cruisers
Philadelphia and San Francisco The Carneeie
Company had this contract and has been opngeu
to transfer the contract to another mill at fitos-
burg.
A committee of the Real Estate Exchange thinks
that the motive power for rapid-translt rallroaos
should not be steam but cables. lnac
depends. The principal cable ROAD III
this vicinity Is that on the brooklyn
Bridge, where the highest speed attained is Vcn
miles an hour. Does anybody call that rapiu
transitp What is needed in this city is one or
more rapid-trnsit roads on which trains can DC
run at forty miles an hour Nothing like that
has over been done with a cable AS a substitute
for horses. the cable no doubt can serve an ex-
celent purpose; but for high-speed trains 1t
probably cannot be made available.
Ex-Mayor Grace did not take long to make up
his mind to return from Europe and resume
charge of CITY Chamberlain WINS Mr. Grace
sailed from Queenstown on the Cunard steamship
Etruria early yesterday morning ana when nc
reaches here he will give Wins lesson in how
to govern ones tongue discreetly
DISPATCHES from Washington state that there
is much confusion in the Navy Bureau OF Pro-
visions and Clothing in connection with Secretary
Whitneys new system of accounts There
seems to be lack of knowledge of bookkeeping as
debts and credits are made under the wrong head
ings In one case there is discrepancy OF $500
in an item of powder tanks, and yet the accounts
| balance.