New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-11
CHURCH CHIMES CAUSE I"oO DNA'
THE pELLs OF ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CIT X
n,sr,.Rn THE NEIGHDORHoOD.

TUE nEILs OF ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL Gu ~
DISTURB THE NEIGHD0Rioop'
,,o r;ro NJ bells in the tower Of the ne" ~ Nj
a,,s rr,+estant Enlscopa Church, at llrh ''c. anu
one hundred a nd twenty -scventi--t' HIS
much ammo, ance to occupants OF """'o' ~ .1 ,,a,,
horhood that a complaint has been "'"0 ~ ..,
NJ Health and steps have been taNe" " ''0p goo .,
ing of Tho bells at night INC o'i'' ~ 'r, u.,r,
"s .,anod !, nosiiion two weeks ago. IheI WI
"''0 -. ,,o church lay Miss Ann scguin III memory
p ..nor ,,ho was a singer in st. Andrew oil"''
n sunday Novcmbcr 30 when the DeIN N'' -
~ On call ,hc congregation to worship "o me-
ous sounds caused pleasure, alhoue" .no ' ,i
fored somewhat with the seTN'cc' III y" , -,
uoutist Church on tie other sac Oh uo " -,
making slight changes in the hoar' vi "o',"p hail.
'.,o =, wa, po,slble 20 prevent the Episcopal "'"9
'''"'' go, =. Jerusalem when the Iaptl''' were
singing hymn. Ihc No's' ""
neoplc wished to sleep. , t,,.
IA, backward, the bells were made ~ Il"- '' 49,
al ,icb, long Worse stil the quarter muir
,,r,,d by little fragments Of tunes. NJ P'"''' P-
zach lour thrrc were fOur no;e~; al nan P"'' CIV
eight strokes fifteen minutes later tl'Fe WIZ to
', inc, before the striking OF tie hour Inc ''"'''
"'N ,,, - t,,c I, sixteen notes. Thus at II p H.
H. o,.uu,,:s of Harlem houses heard NiN'c'' ""-'
COL notes on the smaller bells and eleven ur''"''
,,.,l,es ON thc large. decptOncd Uch' NV"
opar,cr hour, were marked by Tue '.""'o' )"
;cbt twelve and sixteen strokes, ana 'NcN' ~"
an ,he biz bell announced tie hour oil h""N"'' |'''
ge,ncr seventy nine bell strokes in the space - '',
a., hopr Healthy and tired persons Ni'"" "'''
-, tne hcus found that they could not sleep >o'n"'l
v,hen there WAS 50 much ringing "hic SO" a."
,ervnus nsr,ons could not sleep at -"
Thomas J. Brigc-. wall paper mhhnia''"''' VIM
live at M. IL East one hundred aud 'WchN >'' Gnu
9, NEXT door to Il. Andrews Church. VEN - 90
ucalr Hoard with a complaint on N''"'l' az"
.,,i,,rv inspector wa, directed 10 make an l'N'',''
,ro, and report If the ringing of the bells WIS "''
.o,,s IN life o. detrimental Il health iVs''''
ti.ta,t sanitary superintendent James "r''' ~ tug
Paw nr Ccor.e Van De Water, rector OF t"' ''"'' 81"
advising that the ringing of the bells b.
., u,gh, The vcstry of the church airea"l "'"' '''
,., q, discouucrt the bell, al night. a'o u Nn
yciferi,y mai there would be no reason io' '''F'
in future. -. ~, Water thr rector e
:, .rdr.yv's Church. said lat night Pr 10
i,s. nat ci.ula\ed a god spirit IN HS H.A,''' 49,,
ri. ,riul,-i log the first time on II."' ,',rt
UOtnr,loy morning Nc sent complaint u w. w., ' ,"'
80 U.,Iih II he had come e. me III inc mr. ,',,".
I shonld have been glad t0 meet ms NI7tS -" ,...
no.S1lr van On saturday mShi i''t't1 Io,i,h a.,
fi"Tiv worried not. from the IhI III ~" ,.
,,fereucc 10 the difficulty. and 80 ".,' >l'il1t
t.,, ~, tho he'll, A; night. Now ibr an h"'.
h.. Leen ~ srrau scd that On" 1ri, '''''"' $500
"narrrr, and hours only during inc udN'