New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-17


caused the blu laid before the Legislature ias, wso
TO be prepared It seems 70 be generaiv -.
tho initiative toward such UNION u = 49,,
,r,. - a..r. Ann I,rootiyn rather than from new
work r. ,he MA, is ever carried out, brooklyn VIII
ha comreiIad 10 surrcnder It's Individuality, ana ue
ouestIon xyhe,her or not this shall DO done y
onestton for proohyn 10 decide. have saio pe"to
that II E vote were taken to-day the pro9eoe Solu
DO Overwhelmingly defeated sec no reason 70 cnApS'
that opinion
Ao,,. ,ortant stan has been taken In tho project
sor erecting museums of art and science for BROOKLYN
During the week there has been introduced Al Albany
hin authorizing the Mayor and Park Commissioners
to set apart portions OF the so-calied esstsiae au'
for tes for the proposed museums The sitcs are 70
be leased for nominal sum to the museum
for ternseaaot exceeding 100 years. ms p'l
that ougi pass Probably there VIII % some oppo
sticn to Et because there is no ponLcs - 1hsre
nothing can be mode out of 1t by anybody Anoio
cold he no better place to build the museums tnan
the high ground In the vicinity of tho reservoir
near the entrance to Prospect Park. Inc CITY eaH
certainly afford to do this as beginning ior 'ne
museum project. Probably 1t VIII DO ASKED :" 10
something more by-and-by, as the insttuuohs arc "
be FREQ to the public 1t is expected that tne
Institute win sell its building in Washingon-st' lor
which IL Is hoped to realize 100000 and this sum VIII
IA ,be nacIeus of the fund for erecting the museum
buildings
IL Is highly gratifying to the night travellers whose
persistency finally induced the Kings County roan "
run all-night trains to know that they nave ProVa
a great success This is the language OF PTesiuen'
JouESian who says that they Will certainty DO ooH-
anued. Thus far the managers OF the Brookiyh hio
waited road have proved obdurate on TINS quesu0i'
The success of tho Kings County experiment Ousn' "
be influential with them If they are really unaoie 70
make up their minds. The public demands hsh'
trains, and 1t has right to have them IL may 10
necessary TO get law passed the subject but there
can be little doubt that or later passengers VIII
be carried at all hours on all lines of travel In large
cities.
Colonel John Y Culyer has been in Boston re-
GENTLY and appeared before committee OF the etate
Senate In advocacy OF bill authorizing the construo
ton OF elevated roads In Boston He is competent
witness on that subject as he was member OF a.
hast one of tho rapid transit commissions which nave
considered the question In relation 10 Brooklyn Be
fore elevated roads In Brooklyn had been pushed from
nroroise 10 performance Ito use Mayor Whmey's
phrase) Colonel Cuyer did not believe they could ever
be conducted prohtably ut hve-osnt rate OF iare al
day. All the same, he was an ardent advocate Oh
rapid transit which has not yet reached tho part OF
the city IN which no has his home he Tolls me that
the Committee before which he appeared VIII soon
waited structures here.
word of praise for the name-Montauk-selected
by the new club on Prospect Heights Is not out OF
place. 1t is q capital name. 1t Is name identtned
with Long Island, and It has the richness and indi
yiduality characteristic OF our Indian names. The
club could have found better. The new organlSa,
lion makes its start under favorable auspices, and
there Is no doubt OF its success.
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81 don't consider II waste OF time to have to Walt
for train on the elevated road" So said regular
traveller by that means of transportation. III
have to wait minute two,' he went on, "or even
longer as is necessary sometimes, get SO much the
moro exercise. AS soon as reach the platform
begin to walk mp and down IT. sometimes travel
the length of It two or three times, which con-
slider 30 much clear gain. At any ratio, the train
never comes moment sooner because one frets and
fumes and II you work yourself up into state OF
mind and get ready TO the railroad company for
It's lack Of regard for the pubic, you simply expend
so much nervous force for nothing. have recently
adopted the plan of walking, and though people occa
sionally look at me in amazement mean TO keep IL
up Suppose get chance TO walk as much a. ten
minutes week. which is fair estimate That would
be 500 minutes year, or moro than eight hours OF
solid exercise in time that would otherwise DO thrown
away, or worse than thrown away"
Perhaps the suggestion may DO acted upon by 9th
ers 10 their profit.