New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-23
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
GLDiPSES OF MEN AND THINGS IN Ihk
METROPOLIS OF LONG ISLAND.

Corroratlon Counsel jerks has not waited lor the
Action of the Court Of Appeals but AFTER deayhg lot
considerable period in order, presumably ho' 10
COMPROMISE his dignity and to snow 'hat nc ooes NOV
believe in acting hastily ne mas pro'eeu.u a.
fully as possible to reverse himself on the question
- ws.tlv p.vments 10 salsried employees OF the city,
Mr. Jenks attracted some notice in June last by his
construction Of the Weekly Payments law SINCE
ME INTERPRETATION different from that OF the law
officers Of other cities who were asked to express an
,r,rion upon IT, lie contended that the language OK
che s,atuts covered all employees of tho cty-a view
which aupeared TO be justified by the strict letter OF
>,hs Law IL at once became evident that the question
vas one for judicial solution Shortly afterwaN
oase was made up in Ncw-fork, and Judge lngrana"
s.coed in october that the law applied only TO per
sons receying wages in distinction from salaries B,
A. Ie,,,s did not bulge. a fortnight later a sui
.,S ,r,bority the General Term OF the supreme
1our. IN Buffalo rendered opinion TO the sa"'o
goct II was then thought the Brooklyn Corporation
Counsel would bow TO two decisions In the same hio
Ard co he has, but, like the woman so toucnihsV
.Ipded 10 by Max O'Rell, he has taken his time oVc'
=, In a communication to the Controller on THURSDAY
,o sad that the two decisions "must be regarueo as
.ns authoritative exposition of the application OF the
,,nte so long as they shall stand unreversed.' Iha'
CITIES H. unless the Court Of Appeals should uti'
,naaly decide that Mr.. jerks was right ana all t"e
others wrong
aThe Eagles which has been loudly proclaimins inc
,dsaom of the scheme, which 1t claims to be ts very
AVN Of making Cleveland President Hi senator ana
rbapn Governor, appeared In the course Oh III" "eoN
- .bsndon this programme and came out empha''caiS
T., favor of Chaplin for Senator Should ths susscs'o
ks adopted it would raise an Interesting question Us
=, ,he fntnre OF Mr.. jerks "Thc Eagle" mas re
o,rv mapped out q career for him when cohten'
,laed his election Attorney General OF the o'ac'
presumably during Mr.. Chapin's term as governor
and subsequently raised him TO the post OIL ATTORNEY
General in the Cabinet of President Chapln. III Chap'
Is sent 10 the Senate, what wouid Dc JUDAS o"'0o"
for the next six years
w,.r tho announcement was made recently that
,ha Park Commissioners had selected site 1or s"''
na,k in the Eighteenth Ward, and that it was bounoed
- Vp;ckerbocker and Irving ayes. and suydam ana
starr SIS how many people in the city had uehhVe
,sea NJ rne region in which the PARK 10 DC iau o
Doubtless to O vast majority that quarter Is "'" '
oognits. on one Of the recent warm, sunny uAsS =
took walk out in that direction ana nave ho ho''
tation in saying that the Commissioners nave n'aoo
good selection. Crossing Broadway p"ceeocu "'oe
what Is still marked the street lamps As
.,horc, according 10 .is directory IT IS now called
w,uonphbv ave- being virtually continuation Oh INC
,astnamed street The houses in this part CT inc CITY
are almost without exception OF WOOL anu many VI
then, are shabby in the extreme. The nun avenue
tast of broadway is Knckerbocker-ave' WHICH d. So'
presents nothing TO the senses to JUSTIFY us
and pretentious name Willoughby-ave aOu's against
the park site and will be cut off by It, one Dioch 10
the south IS Suydam-st and one block 10 the hof'h ~
6tarrst.
The land purchased by the city is wholly unoccu
c,ed IL consists of a slight elevation composed Oh
sandhill and is capable of excellent treatment "heh
turned into a park. While by no means 50 pio'u
resoue or so high as Fort Greene, the new park Will
more resemble that pleasure ground tha any o'"e'
In the CITY, The hill is made up OF SAND OF gooo quail
@l,pixy in hlS
carried ON by considerable number OF men VINO were
a,upcntv engaged in carting 1t away. This pllferihg
has been stopped the title passed to the city, anu
I'm attache of the Park Department is now on ou.s
constantly to see that the public properly Is properly
protected Conspicuous signs have been posoeo W vi"
following effect "Notice.-This property peng owou
bv the city of Brooklyn any person or persons taxing
Rand or any other material will be prosecuted forh
with by order Of the Park Commissioners Inc pio'
contains lO4 lots and the price paid was $1,000 lot
The greater part purchased from p L. barh"'n
who said that he w5d not have sold at that priv ~
any othe- purchaser than the city The hanlc ioi -.
rev park has not vet been decided on nuS""i0n
Park is the latest suggestion. which has certain
,irni6cancc though il is not precisely enphoNous.
Tho nar,, lies NOT more than quarter Of mile distant
from, the boundary of Queens County. III Is Only d
few blocks from the Ridgewood branch OF the DrooA
lvn Elevated road, and line OF horsccars from NV
Eastern District passes on the western side OF H.
will be interesting to watch the effect OF an aurae'>'
park upon the property in the neishporhoo"'
The downfall OF Albert ii. Smith caused te"u'',
tensaton in the city, where he was weifho"" anu
universally respected. The only bright feature IL. a
black and melancholy picture is the lact Una. '"0
Lucretia Mott Dispensary-a most worthy a..
of which he was recently elected treasurer mas no'
suffered from his handling of its funds That ths Is
the case appears 70 been due more 10 gooo iuo
than TO good intention. The exposure oain0 w ,
spparently for him TO carry ont MS pans "o VIZ
che disnensarys surplus Of $500 from the trust COM
many in which II was deposited, and pihceo ~ '''0
credit of the Institution certain railroad Donue' ny"
were found in an envelope properly lhoorseu "s INV
nroperty OF the dispensay and so 1t loses houi'ils
bv +he collapse of Smith If the exposure Hhu io,
occurred until some time later, the probabilities arc Una"
tha bonds might not have been found and inc US
pensarys surplus wouid have been wiped out
Secretary Tracy appeared in court in his capacity a.
o. LAWYER In the course Of the week. Tor uhe seo'N"
fine since he took his place in the Cabinet vi oou'0
bis annearnce aroused good deal OF interest laihii
s his face and voice are to lawyers and the court
Going public 1t must have given s'eherai Ira's ih"'
satisfaction that he won the case Tor MS che''
The first protest against the use Of overhead eec''
,rires Tor strses-car taction comes from property
owners in tile Eastern District along the he Oh one
~ the roads ON which IT is proposed TO MAKE the SUI
,i,r,io, n will not be the last one by any meahs
rbero has beea some fear that the people might MOI
fully understand the danger of the overhead eiec'rio
system until it was too late. That fear Is SHOWN ps
This meeting 10 have no foundation formai p''i'ion
was drawn up to be presented TO the common 'ouno'
setting forth the objections to the proposed con
,o,,n,a.od CHANCE This will be circulated for slG
$50, or,o,c those interested before being sent I'd t'
CITY Hall There can be no doubt that IL wiz Do
numerously signed. And the same VIII DC tno cas-
in other streets where the surface coihp'l'os o.
anxious 10 Introduce the cheap electric system VIM.
IS both dangerous and unsiehtly' Inc n'ooNiS ~
Company has secured the pr'VNe2e VI "'','S ,'or1
Oh its suburban line in New 'fccn. anu 80, ,o
trt ,h.t g very different matter from permitting te
sano svstcm IN he employed in city streets. Besdes'
the company itself IS an extensive property OWE ~.
tIis region. and naturally gave its consent ~'H'"'
tie slightest hesitation.
&, .,,,, :, would he money In tine pocket OF the
81 -. r,to,a,.a palroad- said wcilknOWn