New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-15
BEYOND THE BIG BRIDGE.
WHAT PEOPLE IN BROOKLYN ARE TALKING
ABOUT


mssloncrs than at some of their predecessors Inc
utility OF the old windmill from Bridgehampon as
feature I'm the landscape Prospect Park Is yet 10 oe
demonstrated Where It has stood II has oeen DC
turesque quaint and attractive. and many an ar'is'
has taken great delight In IL. What impression " WI"
make In its new surroundings is uncertain Il WONDER
whether II Messrs olmsted and vaux had been con
suited in the matter, they would have advised the
purchase. They have not yet been engaged TO super
wise the contemplated improvements In the PARK.
Why did not the Commissioners walt until they had
the opportunity Of consulting them
Tho Bridge lights will not have to go-at least not
Just yet District Attorney Walker finds that nothing
can be done without the action OF Congress and Con
gress VIII hardly act the matter without due COZ
sideraton OF all the factors involved The vague
complaints OF few pilots will nof avail as they nave
with the Lighthouse Board. Meanwhile the Bridge au-
thories doing what they should have done IN ,he
first place,-fnfing ont what evidence there IS una
the brilliant lights interfere with navigation Inus
far they have found no evidence except that OF mega
tive character The pilots OF the Brooklyn eooaf
assert that the lights I" have not caused them any
Inconvenience trouble in the matter OF navigating
This is what good many persons have supposed oil
along II the Bridge trustees had attended 70 their
business during the last five months. instead OF not
showing sufficient regard for the public interest or a
keen enough sense Of duty public officials to
have been attended to In time to prevent any trouble
The Standard Union appeared on Monday in new
dress of type, with new heading and enlarged by
the addition Of one each page. 1t presents
a neat and attractive appearance This paper is do
ing excellent work for the Republican cause and
deserves the prosperity which it is evidently en-
joying One sign Of this prosperity Is that IL Is now
printed on one Of latest Hoe perfectng presses spe
ciay constructed for II. The standardUnon' IS In
able hands, and the management give every promise OF
succeeding at last with property that has had
varying career from the time the original Union
was started. At all events they deserve to succeed
Never was there a more purely political act than
the increasing Of the salary Of me superintendent
of Streets from 80 800 TO $4,000 George H. Sterling
who is the recipient OF this generosity. is y very
ordinary person, but he is Influential politician in
the second Ward. That he has done anything in his
capacy as Street Superintendent deserve the favor
bestowed upon him there be no pretcnce on the
part Of any familiar with the facts To be sure
Commissioner Adams says that be IS " alert and in
dusrous and Mayor Chaplin declares that his services
are faithful and efficient" But such statements de-
ceve 10 one-not even the person
who makes them. One might imagine
from the encomlums heaped sterling's
head that the streets Of Brooklyn kept I'm excel
lent condition. There could be no greater mistake
If there has been any Improvement Of late-and 1t is
thought by close observers that some IS percepuoe-
It has been owing to the contractor rather than the
superintendent stcrlings career has been somewhat
checkered. He first before the Brooklyn public
ss an Alderman. He acquired somewhat wider fame
from his appointment By President Cleveland Super
ntendent Of weghers for the Brooklyn district, IN
connection with which his helpless hounderng IN MS
attempt to pass a Civil Service examination Is well
remembered. As a reward for his failure here Cover
nor Hi named him for Port Warden, and he under
took TO seize possession the Office by force and arms
His effort was in valn and he not confirmed Al
length his bark to have been steered into
comfortable haven.
Attention was recently called in this column to the
fact that there are In the city three schools for
colored children situated in the regions where the
colored population most abounds. An investigation
ordered by Superintendent Maxwell In one OF these
quarters shows that .her sixtynne negro chhreh
who do not 60 to school Moreover, there Is no room
for them The school specially provided for them Is
more than filled and all the schools for white children
in tho neighborhood are more OvecrOwded. The
Superintendent SAYS that the building used for the
colored school IS small, dapdated, badly ventilated
and on the whole, about poorly adapted Tor scnooi
purposes as possible. a new building Is clearly
needed The question for the Board of Education IS
whether # shall be put up solely for the use of negro
children or be open to all alike. The proprey Vi
maintaining separate schools for certain class OF inc
popuation may we'll be questioned. This Is one OF
the ways in which the equality assured by the law
made of no account Negroes are entitled TO the same
rights rs other people in cars. hotels RESTAURANTS ec'
why should their children not BIO taught in the same
schools with white children
The Brooklyn Ethical Association, which holds
meeting every other sunday evening in the second
Unitarian Church, has taken up a rather AMBITIOUS
course of study this II is the subject OF evo-
luton I'm a broad sense and during tho winter there
Will he essays on Cosmc Evolution" Evolution Of
the Earth Evolution OF Animal Life,' The Descent
Of Man. The Growth of Language Evolution OF
Tbeoorvs Evolution Of Morals Proofs of Evolu-
tions Evolution Related TO Religious Thought
Effects of Evolution on the Coming Civilization
and allied topics. The first paper was read last
night. on 6" Herbert Spencer by Daniel Grcenle4f
Thompson president of the Nineteenth Century Club.
Among the other lecturers will be Rossiter ". Ray
mond the Rev Minot j. Savage, the Rev. John W
Chadwick Professor Franklin W. Hooper, DR.. Lewis &.
James, the president Of the association Garrett /.
Ser-iss James 4. Skilton Starr II. Nichols and VIII
lam Potts Each Will be followed by discussion
feature OF the meeting last night was the reading OF
a letter from Herbert Spencer, to whom an outline OF
the course was time ago. IL Is understood
that he cordially approves the scheme OF the assoca
ton which. by the way, should not be confused with
the Ethical Culture Society Of Mr.. Adler and tho
similar societies in Philadelphia Ohlcaso ahu ." ho"S'
/ am not in the least disposed to take mild vie"
Of the general Indebtedness and ineficiency OF the
! Postal Service under the present Administration.
When for instance 1t takes letter four days. lacking
four hours to travel from Brooklyn to syracuse, as
was shown to have happened the ether day, there Is
something fundamentally and radically wrong All
DELAYS however, arc not the fault of the postal au
tborities as friend OF mine had occasion TO ascertain
not lone ago he sent a letter to, let us say, Dr.
Frank @. Jones. in New-York, and expected pretty
r,or,nt rcsnonse. But no answer cane until week
| and dav later when Or. jones informed him thai
the letter had Just received and expressed wonder
that It took week to carly letter from Brooklyn
TO New-York The matter was not explained 10 the
writer Of the letter for time as 1t was several
~. o.,rort,,nltu tn Sc Innes.