New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
WAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF
.,rv AND MArTERs ON THE LONG ISLAND
SIDE OF THE EAST RIVER.

SIDE OF THE EAST RIVER
-. res,strstion On the second day Was not emu
~ 81 reasonably have been expected TO BE- as
- AZ on the first day, when . record truly phe-
-.-.n.I was made. stu the total for the two days
- . married. advance upon the first two days In any
s.sr;ous year with which comparison can properly
800. md this too, in spite Of the f~ct that tnere
.,,n ,vo moro days for registering. II anything
80 On. same proportion is maintained on the -.
- a.x.-rriday and Saturday Of this week-it VIII
s".,S,r an extraordinarily large vote. As was 10
$3.50 ,ast week in this column, both parties are s''
=. dersve about equal comfort from the inoros'e -
..,,,,sioo In the wards commonly claimed oy CO"
rs,.Inly saerc is nothing dscour~cing to the heps
nm. in the registration figures thus far AZ VIZ
snt 10 q vigorous state of political feeling anu
~ rrneral principles the interest in the new n.e A.
= rottne 50 far Is " operates to bring voters W ..
.ons viii work 10 the benefit Of the Repunh' :.
rrooslyp Is doubtless slowly but surely oeoos
rspubican city, since the class Of peopo hs. ~,
attracted to its rapidly growing rev rs'''''
sort who vote the Republican ticket
-,,,r. . very extended investigation
-. ~. Comm,ss,oners of Charities and Cor1ecuon W
.o,rinoe them that something Is wrong wren u"u
,.,,o. tnnatic asving escaped lrom '''o
F1.tbush is allowed 70 90 at iaree, ""' w..
srect.I efforts arc made to recapture nih' Inv i1H!
hcn t,,.v have begun he's brought out no iacS ohas
"" - .,r..Av known to the readers OF the news
n.-. pub,tc opinion has not been slow to reach the
nr,ns,on that the asylum authorities were at faur m
- displayfng greater vigilance ana foresight espe-
a.nv rs Doueberty once returned 70 the asylum
.cer making his escape and seemed TO mean mischief
INV . rcsolute effort was not made to restrain
him a. that time is by no means clear A
60 NTH n pistol IN his hand cannot but be a
s,cerous customer and 1t would certainly seem that,
9TH their experience in dealing with lunstcs, tho
.sv,um authorities could readily have decoyeo the man
into room where he could have been captured easily
md ouie;ly The fact stated by one OF the witncsse
n., Inmates who escape from asylum as rule give
=, wide berth has no bearing upon the case whatever
Tn. Commissioners will fail to meet the public demand
n,ch the unfortunate at Flatbush has pro-
dnc.d unless they succeed in mixing the exercise OF
later vigilance BY the asylum authorities certainty
In the future.
Tn. mention OF Engineer wellngton's name to the
bridge Trustees have the same effect on those
onicias rs the waving OF red nag before the eyes
r, A bull. Mr. Wellington. It will be remembered Is
IN. engineer who devised the circulating plan for In
eremns the capacity Of the Bridge railroad. which
received the unanimous approval OF the experts VINO
Examined the question extensively early IN 1885.
Ir.r rec.vtpc the report of the welknown engineers
who constituted that Board Of Experts the trustees
took II upon themselves to cast aside as Of no account
N. optnon Of men much better qualified than them.
selves 10 deal with the important problem then. as
now pressing for solution. To Justify themselves In
their acton they had estimates prepared showing thai
the Wellington idea would be enormously expensive.
bu, they took pains to give Mr. Wellington no op-
portunity TO show that these figures were erroneous
In view of the conditions imposed by President Howell
upop those who thought fit submit plans to the new
BOARD of Experts Mr. Wellington wrote TO the ex-
perts In July. giving an outline OF the present plan
proposed by him for relieving the congestion OF the
Bridge. and asking that the conditions imposed be
relaxed. The experts turned the letter over 70 the
trustees and it read at their meeting last Monday
vhereupon the trustees impateny ordered 1t returned
10 the experts and thence 10 the writer. Meanwhile
on that very day Mr. Wellington was before the ex'
perts explaining bis plans. So 1t is evident that.
whatever the trustees think Of Mr.. Wellington the ex
perts are willing to accord 70 him the fullest op-
portunity for presenting plan which is modification
Ct that which commended itself strongly to Messrs
Katie, Crawford and Adams nearly three years ago.
The experts hope to be able to report at the next
meeting Of the trustees. The condition Of the latter
tn case the wellington system should again be recon-
nended would be comicaly pftisbc.
arooklyn IA making notable advances 50 far as its
suureciatton OF orchestral music is concerned. The
philharmonic concerts have for many years been main
tanned ct . high standard. The Seidl concerts AT
Brighton Beach for the last three summers have done
good deal to stimulate interest in highclass music.
and now the seidl Society has put itself under re-
Moved Civilizations 10 all mCS1c-lOVers Oy
series Of concerts to given in the Academy Of Music
by TIE seid Orchestra The concerts are to be OF
hgh order while the prices CT admission are in the
tuest sense Of the word popular. As seats IN the
rily circle can be had for IS cents, 81 so for the
series no complain Of being kept away By
the expense ALI Of the concerts will take place IN
the evening" except the first which will be given on
the Afternoon Of October 30. II will be Wagner
matinee This series of concerts is a part Of tho
90 nd
deserving Of much praise
The BROOKLYN Library has moro than placed tho
people of the city under obligations to it for giving
them tho opportunity to listen to lecturers OF world
wide reputation. This was notably the case year
AGO when under its auspices two lectures were delv-
srcd By Mss Amelia B. Edwards and an evening OF
suthors' readings arranged This year the library
has been remarkably fortunate IN securing lecture
from Profs ssor James Bryoethe only lecture which ne
VIII deliver In this country. Mr.. Bryce Is 100 "eu
known through his monumental work on The Amer
can Commonwealth to need any special introdncuon
to . Brooklyn audience. The lecture will be dehV-
cred on Monday evening. November g. IN the Academy
Of Music and Professor Bryce's subject Will be- An
Aee Of Discomfort Some Characteristics Of the Ago
We Live ino The lecture will precede the lecturers
departure for England by only snort time SO 'nss
Ms first appearance the platform during his present
visit 70 America WIN b also his farewell. Brooklyn
Will honor 1tDeN, - well - mr. oAyS0t " 0S~~~e
b,s audience TO the Academy the night before cleo
ton.
Reckless driving IL not confined to New-York where
1, number of cases With more or less serious results
have occurred recently, the most notable being the In
Jury to John Jay In rorty.second-st case occurred
in BROOKLYN q few evenings ago. man being Knocked
down and run at Fulton and smith sts oY morse
which wSs being driven at rapid rate ana any
ease % the part Of his driver the driver maae a
desperate attempt TO escape after seeing what had oc
eurred. hut fortunately was unable to do So 1t Is
undoubtedly fact that there is too much driving In
al ctes by boys and others who are not familiar win
hersas and have never been taught how to dleve-
Soma day perhaps some restriction VIII be piscea On
drivers, and inexperienced boys will not De permi'Sa
10 endAnece peoples HIVES through thear scoA@
and hek Of knowledge. A good many VI ~ -.