New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-20
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
,,vnou JOTTINGS AND OBSERVATIONS IN
THE FOURTH CITY OF THE UNION


4. last the railroad experts appointed under 'ne
,v,ce and direction of the Bridge Trustees u u0'S9
,s and means for increasing the terminal anu ran
"a facilities Of the Swung highway oo,'"o'U,s
xsv.york and Brooklyn have got toget"er l" ','
tent Of organizing and laying out plan 1or worn
y. has becn said more than once already t1e oo"u
:, experts is an uncXcepuonable one us iion'De''
understand their business, and II VIII III az, - ~.
a.. he their fault IL the result OF ueir iao''' " Nv
a enormous benefit TO the great ""Nei''e ~
.,.t daily makes use of the Bridge i"cS "'' eo"e
hint their deliberations in deliberate so'o Vi ~
stn n Is a catholic way, and they VIII a'oru
- o..,oar Win has an idea IN rcGarn
- IN. n,ohlem IN be solved an opportunity "
...srt and exnoupd IL. Perhaps they might save
.bsmselves a GOOD deal Of trouble were theS 7" ro''
aver the proceedings OF the former boaru VI tApo'
who presumably covered all the gronnd III .hoIo"si
,n,nner. Plans however, to be presented al any
.r,a nm IN September !. The chances arc udV UIoS0
Ill worthy Of consideration will resolve themselves
down 10 two-the enlargement OF the tall-s"l''"''s
system as proposed by Superintendent Martin ana
once already adopted by the trustees, and one or o
=, the circulating systems which have been suHses'oi'
What the trustees are hoping for, OF course Il an III
dorsement of the system to which they nave eVc "C
anproval This was unanimously condemned OS t"o
experts who made their report In 1898 ana II rc"ds
N he seen whether other experts, coAcedeoN d. con-
pet.nt can take any other view Acooi""e w '''0
rccedcnt established the trustees VIII reject thelr
exnerts, conclusions unless these agree WIN tr own
n,conceved ideas on the subject. Even at the best
q will he q long time before the plan recommended
nv Messrs. SPENCER, BuckholZ and Plympton can be
mt into practical operation and the relief SO much
needed afforded.
Meantime q little something is TO be done In this
s,rccton by widening the platforms in the stations.
pverybody who has watched the loading and unloading
NJ trains when travel is at its height has perceived the
danger which confronted those Who happened TO stand
next the inner edge Of the patform-the danger OF
being pushed of by the jostling crowd behind, and
crushed by moving tain pulling alongside. 1t Is 10
remove or at least to diminish this danger that the
Improvement now resolved is TO be undertaken
It will be somethipg-but not much. STILL the patient
Bridge travellers ought to be thankful for even an effort
10 promote their comfort and safety. They nave
learned however, not TO expect consideration al inc
hands Of Bridge officials whose general ncompetency
has been so constantly excmpllfed for years.
A spasm of good sense came upon the Aldermen at
their meeting last Monday and before had passed
they had rescinded the action Of the previous week
whereby they sought take $500 out of the city
treasury in order To make tunketing excursion TO
Gettysburg in September. 1t is not surprising that the
people asOnished at the Aldermens course, which
is really inexpcable OF course their action in ap-
propriating the money. which was no better than a
clean steal from the pockets OF the taxpayers had
been rOundly denounced by the press and the people
so far they had a chance 10 make their feeling
known; but as a rule the average Alderman Of Brook
lyn is wholly impervous to criticism of all kinds
There an intimaton also that Mayor Chaplin would
depart from his custom and intcrpose veto. This,
perhaps, had influence with the Common Council
than anything else At all events, the trip TO Geys
burg at the public expense has been abandoned, and
the people of the city have the satisfaction Of knowing
that the fair fame of Brooklyn will not be smiled by
anything done by its representatives in their official
capacity on the famous battle field
The project for street railroad in Montague.st
has assumed definite shape in the of the
week, and from the list Of officers and directors 1t IS
easy to see that business is meant and easy TO be
eve that in no long time the road will be accom-.
plished fact Mr.. Lewis, the president. is also the
president of the Brooklyn City Company, and, the
new line will a5ut end upon the main lines Of
the latter company and Of its branches
its ferry terminus, it is reasonable to expect that
ailiaon will exist between the road and the cid
ones with possibly system Of transfers. which, of
course, would be highly desirable One of tho schemes
mentioned in connection with the Montaguest. road is
that Of carrying passengers across the Wall street
Ferry without cost in addition to the carfare This
would undoubtedly prove popular 1t is now said
that account of tie steep grade OF the hill near the
foot of MOntagfe-st cable Will be used as the
motive power, instead Of electricity, as has been
previously stated 1t may be interesting 10 recall
that as long ago 1883 The Tribune printed an
editorial paragraph advising the of cable 10
draw passengers up the Montague-st. hull, and said
that a company which undertook 70 provide relief
from that dsheartening climb would have OBSTACLES
put in It's way and would be hailed as public bene
factor
The phlanthropic work of the Scdl Society deserves
more public notice than ii receives. The public Is
prone TO look upon this organization as merely an As
ISOLATION Of women who are interested III music and
especially In Mr. seids fine orchestral performances at
Brighton Beach. Bat IL IS much more than this. II
has a benevolent side that ought tn be emphasized.
Any who will take the trouble to walk around TO
the seaward side OF the music pavilion in which Mr.
Sedl gives his will find building confronting
him which from the inscription upon 1t he will know
TO be the childen's pavilion of the Sedl Society 1t
contains wide hall and rooms on either side-Onc
dining lunch room, while the other is fitted up
with number OF neatlOoking cots of small Size over
which mosquito Ganopies arc hung Not week passes
that considerable number of poor children not
taken down 10 the beach under the auspices of mem
bers Of the scidl Society for day Of pleasure and
refresllmen by the seashorc. The children are pro
vided with the shovels and pals which are indls-
pensable to the happiness Of boys and girls playing
In the sand. Dinners are furnished for them, and
oitentmes second meal is necessary before the start
hOmeward Is made. as children get very hungry when
running and rOmpng the beach. On the cots
Just mentioned the tired little slowed away
10 sleep when sleep 10 them greater boon than
even the delights Of play under such novel aud
pleasant circumstance When the statistics are made
mp at the end of the season. the number OF children
thus made happy will doubtless be surprise to those
who regard the sedlites-as they sometimes called
-as no better than Standardization society. TO
raise money to pay the expenses Of these excursions
number Of lectures being given under the direction
OF The society. several handsome gifts have also
been made by generous ladies' of Brooklyn, who realize
nat hundreds OF children cannot be cared for and fed
without somebody paying for It.
bioof1yhtes always feel peculiar interest in
brehtoh Beach, both because It is the product Of
brookyn capital and enterprise and because IL is so
reahB accessible, being connected with the centre OF
inc city by weilcquipDcd railroad that runs In a
straight Hhe 10 The beach. Those who are fond Of
sea-pa'hhe are eongratuhting themselves on the
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