New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-23

sn,coustv active I'm all the measures desie"o" '"
assist those who met with losses In one way y, ~
otber I'm connection with the fire hsro' SOU W.
Reechcr is Colonel Snn-a very goou ma" w"
had name The audience appreciated the point in
mcnseIy Colonel Sims retort was perhaps eq"aiis
good "If It was not for me. Mr. beechor' no sow
YOU would not be drawing 10000 year. why
how Is that?, said Mr.. Beccher in mild amazement
II there was sin I'm Brooklyn" responuoo 'no
Colonel there would be no preachers"
Nowhere in Brooklyn has there been moro MARKED
Improvement In the last year or two than NJ ho
junction OF Fulton-st and Flatbush-ave There Is
lust now a good deal Of talk IN NewYork about tho
detrimental effect of the elevated railroads on prop
erty In the Brooklyn neighborhood mentioned IL
Is obvious the effect of these structures has beeh
helpful TO a large degree Tho Kings County ana
the Union roads cross each other at this point yet
right here two imposing buildings have been erected
One of them. in fact Is not yet completed IL STANDS
at the southwest corner OF tho two streets. enc OF
fits chief features largo square tower rising from
one corner From the Union Elevated Railroad this
building Is tho most conspicuous object az one looks
ont over the city from the vicinity OF Fort 'feche
Park The other building. standing at the intersection
Of Flatbush-ave and Nevnsst, has taken the place
Of number of shabby and rambling wooden structures
which were long eyesore 10 every passeroy'
Across F1atbush-ave stands what was once the
Brooklyn Music Hall. This put up some ten years
ago. but as a place of amusement It proved failure,
and II has since been converted into furniture stoe
Perhaps its protector was few years ahead OF time
but with trains on elevated roads laundering by
# is little 10 be regretted that the pleasant hall Is
no longer used a place for concerts lectuies,ec.
And besides It has been suppanted for these purposes
by the hall Of the Young Mems Christian Association,
block two below.
Tho annoying dripping from the engines on the
elevated railroad in Fulton-st TO which l recently
called attention, still continues, and the nuisance
seems to be on the Increase. On Saturday week IL
was especially obnoxious. Fulton-st. the neigh
borhood of tho Bridge was almost flooded, and since
then have observed the thing under the station
between Court st. and Myrtle ave. This IS something
that the public should not submit to In silence
There IS the fantcst excuse for It. The elevated
roads in New-York long ago showed how all dripping
from engines could be prevented from falling into the
street The Brooklyn authorities cannot too promptly
pass an ordinance bringing the Kings County Company
to terms.
Curiously enough the trains on the Union Elevated
road arc not heated with steam from the engines.
Instead of THIS modern improvement, which The New
York elevated roads were the first to introduce, a
heater in the cars is used 1t Is good heaer-One
NJ those that circulatcs either steam or hot water
through the garland gives good satisfaction. inc
trapmen have no control oyer the temperature Oh the
cars however. The heaters are managed entirely al
the East New York terminus Of the road Ihey s'du
I'm little closets with grated wire doors "h'ch dro
locked and cannot be opened by conductor or oraho
mon Tho state law, which went into effect on
November l. does apply to railroads OF inc ehg'h
NJ the elevated lines in these two cities but when the
ractic ability Of the use Of from the engine mad
been on several sucn lines 1t IS odu thae
ono OF them should revert more primitive NE mods
The Kings County road, by the "aS' "Api'S' '"'
modern idea