New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-02

In many cases. however. the numbers are placed SO
that they only be read easily rom the street sae
or from the opposite sidewalk and at that distance the
glare of the Iekerng gasjet is certain TO interfere
with clear view Moreover when one sees the hgure
. for example placed wrong side Arst the impression
Is created that the employee Of the CITY " rks Do
partment who did this work was not Oh Il y terms
of acquaintance with figures.
IT is not surprising that some of the residents in
the vicinity Of the site of the Tabernacle are
NOT anxious that the edihoe should be put up at the
Mace where it is intended to erect it. II appears.
however that they have not objected strenaously
that they were able to buy the Tabernacle people off,
and no more is likely to be heard on the subject
| though at one time a change from CHnton-ave. to
! Washin gtop ave. was contemplated While church
has no damaging effect property situated short
distance from it, but is considered advantage rather
| than otherwise, it certainly does not enhance the
price of houses close at hand. The effect is the OPP
! posite, in fact. A good many people would hesitate
about buying house next door 10 church. While
half BLOCK away they would consider IL no draw
back. The objection in ClntOnave. appears to have
arisen mainly from the fact that great crowds viii
be drawn to the neghborhood and such expression
as the Tabernacle rabble' has been heard. IL Is
true that when the congregations dispensing from
the schermerhonst. Tabernacle the street was over
crowded for few minutes, the pavement being
almost as densely filed the sidewalks. But
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exits as the church will stand corner, and thcre
will in every way be better opportunities for the rapid
dispersal Of several thousands Of people.
spoke a week ago Of the insignifcance and unim-
portance of the Board Of Aldermen at the present time
At the meeting Monday good illustration was fur
nished Of the amenities which prevail among the class
of men who constitute the Common Council. This Is
what took place Alderman Leech offered resolution
calling upon the clerk to read at each meeting OF the
Board the bills affecting Brooklyn which were intro
duced at Albany These bills sent down Tor the
! information of their constituents well as OF the
| Aldermen, and he did not think the Board would re-
fuse to hear bills Of Republican legislature. Alder
man Coey said that the bills ordered by the Board TO
he sent down for the information of members and
| not Of their constituents
"Have you read any of these bills 7" asked Leech.
"None of your business" was Cofey's reply.
Comment is unnecessary.
; An announcement that must be particularly graft
fying to lovers of fine music in Brooklyn, New York
and all the regions roundabout is that Mr. seid ana MS
orchestra have been engaged TO give concerts al
| Brighton Beach the coming summer. 1t Is hhteu
that some of the programmes will contain greater
number of popular" selections than in the last TWO
years 1t is hardly to be wondered at that some con-
cesson to popular taste and preference is made when 1t
is remembered that the Scid concerts have not been
| remunerative If the receipts and expenditures are
! compared. Yet it is not to be expected that MI
sedl will consent to any lowering Of the general eh
tone Of the concerts and those who are fond OF hgh
class music will be sure find enough to enjoy and TO
crafty them at Brighton this season. which will open
about the end of The sedl Society, which mas
established its reputation energetic and pract-
cal working organization, is preparing TO enter upon
vigorous campaign and will make It's influence leiV
even more than during the first year Of its existence
Complaints abound concerning the failure OF the
| elevated railway companies TO ventilate their cars
| nronarlv One traveller tells me that he has re-
peaedly spoken to the guard and asked TO have the
ventilators opened, only TO be told that the lever
which operates them is out OF order ana Ohat uio
passenger must be content with the overheated ana
overbreathed air with which the cars are hlleo- lie
thinks that the old SYSTEM when each ventilator was
independent Of all the Others and each could be opened
separately was much to be preferred to the ne" d.
rancement of levers which gets - of order and pre-
vents the opening Of single outlet for the escape Oh
foul air. But why should not the officials Keep the
levers in order? 1t should be The duty Of the train
men to report any in the apparatus and the duty
| of somebody TO repair It forthwith
Some seemingly representative persons are anxious
10 have the name of Madisonst. changed TO Madison
ave. for no reason that be brought to bear upon
the mind Of reasoning creature, SO far as has YET
been ascertained. A supposabe reason Is that Madl
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Nadison-st Is of the rather "low-dOwnn order 1t
Is also said by the advocates Of change that most OF
the streets running parallel with Madison are caled
avenues This only be asserted by the ignorant.
II is true that the next two streets to the south are
Putnam-ave. and Jeffersonave., and that running IN
the same direction not far away are Gates Lexington
Greene and Lafayette ETC. but the first street
IN the north OF Madison is Monroe-st., and nearer
than most Of the avenues just named are Hancock
Halsey Macdonough Quincy and Van Buren, sts. 30
that on this point the burden Of proof IS in favor OF
retaining MadsOn-st Besides JenerSOn-aVe. has
been so-called only few years, the change from JEFF
ferson-st having been made because there were two
streets Of that name in the city. That was good
and sufficient cause for a change. None such exists
in the case of Madisonst. which is established
and excellent name and should not be changed unless
for a reason that is imperative. The proposition for
n change seems TO be the product of a mere within
without rhyme reason The neutrality-suspicious.
policy is the wisest to pursue In such a case.
There is no little significance In the fact that Mr.
Bliss the new assistant pastor of Plymouth Church.
preached last sunday for the Rev. H. T. Collier IN the
First Unitarian Church. This is said to be the first
time that an exchange of pulpits-as it may be
called though in fact Mr.. Collier was lllhas been
made in Brooklyn between any orthodox minister and
a Unitarian Mr.. Bliss is an extremely liberal Con-
cregationalst, however. When he left the Union
Theological Seminary he was licensed TO preach by
| the New-York Presbytery. 1t was close vote,
thoueh-17 in his favor to 16 against him. If
had had a chance to vote on the question: said one
Of the Younger members of the Presbytery YESTERDAY
Mr.. Kiss wouldn't have got license. Such man
has no place in the Presbyterian Church" If. as a
Presbyterian, the young clergyman had exchanged
with Unitarian preached in Unitarian pulpit IL
likely that he would have been taken to task Tor
1t by some of his felOw-minsters.
Walking through street in the part of the city
which is sometimes known as New -BrookA n-that
legend, by the way, is painted on the dasboards OF
line Of cars which from the foot of Broadway
to FultOn-st-I was little surprised yesterday TO
soc a Cherry tree In apparentY fOnrshng con-