New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS Or
Cr1upSES OF MEN AND THINGS IN HE
METROPOLIS OF long ISLAND.

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,,,s, MA, blown. to b, whrled through tie ar ana
, a.. taco. or The hundreds of people VII" thFonIcd
, a., ,-.ot before Chi ,tma> The heaps OF o'H"l'IN
,.ct dirt were ornamcntcd with bits 81 paper "'rc
and small i'm number, too great 70 pr e''"''''"'
o,lv il the immediate vicinity 81 the DIX s'"''N'
where the proprietor, had felt incumbent upon .".l
,he r-ol, which a city contractor - PAID Tor
s,,,c was there anv effort whatever al 'id'''i'NN'
rhe contract FOR street cleaning, # seems mas pee"
= ,opod "a a yellIilo~n politician. According u TIC
,,o,,o,, made AT the Office OF the Commissioner
NJ civ WORKS no arrangements were iormeN m'uo
q, clc,n any streets between December ana NP'i' "
hoiYc taken for granted that during the WINTER Slo"
,rord conceal whatever dirt might lie upon the pave
,,n,s The prcsent arrangement is that the super
;,.enscnt Of streets shall designate what streets are
=, he cleaned duru. the winjrr MONTHS. The super.
trto,dcpt say, that Fulton-st had not been swept
,c,use there was no money FOR the purpose, but he
p,omi.ed that something would be doA' on fHuaN'
WHY the streets were not made clcanN before INC
, Holiday shopping done is only explained by say
ing that il was not considered desirable 10 raise
clonds Of dust while large numbers Of people were
shroad OF course a. a heavy snowfall came on
I,id,v the proposed work Of cleaning had u be
nostnoned. ON The whole, the business Of street
cleaning IN BROOKLYN seems 10 &c managed about as
badly as possible
The name Of c. u. Wood /, not one that can be said
N bc familiar T. the public. At least it was not
,uor to the ccrtrou, offer which he has made "a the
Young Womcn's Christian Associations Mr. WOOD Is
, wealthy man. who occupies fine house IN lile
fashionable upper portion Of -. Nartsavc. street
which will compare fiVOraby with the much bcucr
snown Cliuton-ave. Ills late WIG, Mrs.. Helen ogden
Mood was deeply interested 300 Ore work of the as
,ociotion and his gift is bestowed hy him and ms
children as a memorial to the wife and mother VINO
recently passed away. The offer Of $4,000 as
portion OF the building fund Is conditioned upon the
raising of 100000 more by july l. 1-9l IL can
hardly be doubted that this Will be raised promptly
The late : b. Chttcudcn - is we'll rcmembercd gave
the association building ste shortly before MS deau
80 that with $4,000 for it, building the ASSOCIATION
will soon bc in position u do more ana better "orh
than ever heretofore. The building cannot AL 70 TIC
a public improvement Of Importance since II VIII be
erected on Vacant lots Fatbu>havc. and Schermer
born.st which have never presented an attractive
appearance u tie eye
The possible consolidation u the society for lmprov'
ing the Condition Of the Poor-coumonly spoken Of by
those engaged i'm charitable work the :. l. {. P-and
the Bureau OF ChaitcS-- viewed with satisfaction by
n good many persons who desire that all the WORK III
the direction relieving the necessities oi the poor
and needy should b~ done in the most thorough way
and with entire cooperation between all the agents
engaged in its performance. The society is much the
alder Of the two and there time when 1t looked
with Il doubtful eye upon the bureau and Its am al
consolidating ana Centralzing the charitable work OF
The CITY. lie meeting in Plymouth Church last sun
aay night took practical steps toward union OF
he two associations, but 1t showed that the best OF
feeling exists between them. Important results may
DC expected from it.
Referring 10 the purchase by the city Of the Long
Island Water supply Company. which has been fur
uishin- water to East Nev-York keen observer OF
public Affairs said 10 yesterday u have often hah
occasion 10 remark before that the politicians OF tis
.ity don't really seem to what the people viii
think when any scheme for the spending Of large sums
If The pullc money is in sight The purchase Of the
water i-hts Of private company in East Ncw-iorK
j, Il c,,e in point 1t is known That this transaction
las been 50 70 speak, the stocks for some time ;
ihc wedges creased every thing ready for launching
The Esc,' ought 70 have something to about the
natter since it interested that paper greatly at one
time 70 be sure time sort of placaton have
lad eir influence, and, besides, the season OF peace
and good will 50 oppOr1pe for ventures, has Just
passed. What want 10 ask particularly at TINS 'he
1, not much why apparently eNorbi'ant price mas
been paid for rights Of such doubtful stability ana
liant long neglected. upon which the city will shortly
be called on 10 cXpcnd good deal of money for re
,,- a. whether the source 81 the water which con
s.mtos this supply j. such that the city authorizes
were justified under any circumstances IN making II
rat of the public water system. In the neishbprIood
whence this water is drawn there are number OF
cemeteries. and The question Of contamination under
somewhat similar conditions IA, engaged the serious
,l,.ucut Of scientists for time Perhaps Mayor
CHAPLIN who has given good deal Of attention to the
subject Ia, satisfied himself this point, aud can Is
sure the citizen, of the new ward that it all right ana
that the purchase is blessing in disguise, after AL,
although blessings even In disguise, come high al THIS
season."
How much dependence is TO be placed upon the print
Cd registry Of voter, Of the city may be judged from the
mistakes which discovered the other day In the short
space Of five lines found one man recorded as
Lcuc tlrty,ix years old. having lived tlhrtySix
wears in The state and having lived thirty seven
year, in the county His neNtdoor neichbor was put
down as thirty three years old, While strange 10 say
he had lived in the STATE thirty years Most
astonishing OF all the case of a man living a fc"
door, further on he is. according 70 the record, only
,,yentouc wears DID, but he has lived in the state not
les than thirty nine years and in the county twenty
four wears, For A about To cast his first vote IL
must be said that that Is doing very we'll
Tie Aldermen have reversed them ELVES with dis
rach if not with ncatncss, IN the matter Of steam
u,o,ors ON Third ave They have decided that nothing
more j., 10 be done toward the removal Of the dummies
until further orders. This action was taken III CON
ueciIon with an application from the president Oh inc
rlty Railroad Company for a hearing on the qlesuo
4 the u,c If electricity for motive power on That com
many. system. Nothing done about the hearing
however beyond the statement Of the chairman 0 ne
Railroad Committee that meeting for the purpose
wOuld be held this year
There is to be no competition among architects i'r
the privilege If furnishing design for the new aiiofy
Tor The 18th Regiment. \ majority Of the ArnoY
Commission decided to give t!" work 10 William nun
DELL who ll, made the plans for number Of pubHo
If,j,dpc> iuclrding armoiic- heretofore. The MaNor
and tlc super, sOrat Large used al the EFFORTS III te'i
power 10 prevent this action from being i''"h but
they were oycrulrl in the case of the l"'h ana ga
Regiment armouc, there wa an open c""Ich'"h'