New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-02
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL
THE ANNEXATION OF FLATBUsH
PROPOSED NEW wARD-TERMs OF THE Lh"se
LATIvB BILL-PREPARING AN ANSWER

TO MR. DAGGETT.
The probable absorption Of Flatbush oy brooAvs
will add another TO the number OF wares III .ne o's
The annexation Of New Lots was the nrst anoiuon :"
the city since 1854, when Williamsburg ana the o~n
Of Bushwick were added to Brooklyn, nearly douonns
its area. What had been comprised In the Guy pc
fore that time the old town OF Brooklyn, IN INC
days before the city was incorporated ano fiAsous"
WAS the county town. with the Jail ana courIhouso'
and overshadowed Brooklyn In Importance. bus 'ns
growing value Of the waterfront OF Brooklyn gave
great advantage over the inland town, and as long
aeo AZ 1882 the courts were removed from Fistpusn
10 the old Apprentices Library In what was then 'ns
,auaae OF Brooklyn. Flatbush was soon reduced 70
the nosition of suburb of the city. 1t Is now likely
IN become a coordinate part OF the Dig mumcipsny.
when the Eastern District was Incorporated WIN
The CITY the wards from thirteen to nineteen In num-
h wore added to the twelve into which the Original
Eve districts of the village had EXPANDED La'er .ne
rn,on,,etb was taken from the Seventh on ono sac
d the Twenty-frst on the other, the Twenty-secoha
VAS emf of from the Eighth, and the l"enty-u nu.
Txenty- fourth and Twenty-ffth were carved ou. "
tho ninth bill was introduced IN the Lesi'i*saie
last winter to divide the big eighteenth warn snx
create the Twenty seventh out OF one hail. pnt IL me'
atoot A similar measure has been introduced again.
70 both this and the Fatbush bill are BASED, one "
the new wards will have to be called 'ne L".u
eighth The bill for the consondauon vi 80.
with the city is drawn up In similar uerhn " 80
prdar which New Lots annexed 10 Droohsn Oh.
. nort,on OF Westchester County was absorooo "
New York II provides that tine terri'ory IN
80 sb.u form the Twenty seventh Ward OF the c'y.
IA will he mart of the LIST Adermanic Dlstrict anu "
Tho lid Judicial District of the city. Inc Pr"pe.v
used for public educational purposes VIII oeco"o 80
nronertv or he vested in the Board OF Eoucauon
Of the city, and all other public proper" ~.
become the property OF tne ''' A..
c,tv shall not become liable for any Oh INV
he
,rat.r sunplIed to the town shall continue uh.n 1
nronertv OF the water company Is purchasea' 80
tbis is authorized to be done by asreencn' Wv" a.
officers: or If this cannot be reached inc po"o' ~
acouire the property by eminent DOMAIN - u''e
20 the CITY within two years hereafter the nione'
Cor the purpose to be raised by the sale VI 49,
AZ, . ~, ~ assessments to the collection o.
,axee for this year is not to be interiefeu "'
Afterward tile duties shall devolve upon 'ne o...s
~ the CITY, and there shall be an addi.iohii ",
the first incumbent 10 be appointed os Sno 49,
,rom the annexed district. The supervisor e~
Justices of the Peace are 10 serve W. ""ns,sh,es
bnt the terms Of all other officers save cons"os.
a.. nd whom the act takes effect. The ponceme"
=, tho town are to become part OF the Guy po'as
force at the same pay, and the annexed 'eiri'o ~
become the Nineteenth Precinct Inc coueo, Va
construction Of sewers and the care Oh sIroe' eAs
be vested in the Mayor, Controller anu ol' - nav
commissioners The town Will he requreu -.
"a. sh.r. ~ the cost to the city OF the Broge' ous
~ otb.r mart of the debt Of the city incurreo oeio'
he act takes effect shall be @ charge upon 'a' ~
nexed territory. The land USED ior 49, -
rosss shall be taxed such, unless IL shan nave
divided up into building lots OF SOLD 70 Dc u'0N A''
building purposes .,. l.. .h. civ a.
r,n The hearty support of the owners OF extensive
nroperties in the town. prominent io''N.
Yesterday have thus far failed to nna con,
whe Opposes S ns holders whose places viii be
wiped and their Irlenus. hsorbed the last week
~ tha sIatement which ex-senator Dagseu nui 80
Tito Republican circles IL was eAPe,Sso ,,inS Mr.
answer eSe aGsinst naval Oicer Willis, Franklin
W9rnf T. F. FISCHER, Jesse johnson, ana osncs
Leading p e 70 The number Of adavits to be secured u
could not be made public. IL Will pro'AO'' w
E1JUdge Lewis has been reelected chairman sn.- u
tho Gegsistye Committee of the Republican uenoa S
Committee ana close oiai Watch viii be kept al
measures affecting the city introdueea, a. niShi ~
inc The Consolidation Of New lork and Brooy1
fayorite idea with j. D. l. suananan, Sno ,Ie savs
frequently naS Rr5oyn sees that Chicago has outsrpped
her in size she will be ready TO form part Oh inc
Rober B. sedgwick, Of NewUtrecht formerly q
the First Ward confidently expec tor a' one w
appol Week Stephen Cond held the place In 1880
one Of the rising young men S IN e pSnSa w ss
He is son 81 Congressman woodruff, OF Connecucuss
who died when he nine years ou Ills uncios
ErankIIn Woodruff, then made ms guardian Inc
exigencles Of party politics put them upon opposie
sides in the late General Committee contest but there
is no lack of friendly feeling between them.
Michael Nathan, son OF the Collector OF Internal
Revenue recently retired from the Office OF secretary
Of the Twenty-thlrd Ward Republican Association. HIS
friends presented him me gold watch last week
TO show their appreciation OF his services.
The vile condition Of the dirty streets after rain
is apparent TO every one. yet Mayor Chapin's Com
missioner of City Works who combines with his PUBLIC
Office that Of president Of the Democratic General
Committee. says that they in fair condition. ne
is contradiced by no less an authority than Dr. Lyman
Abbott. 49,.
The many friends of William IT, Barker rejoice at nus
appointment to position at the head Of DIVISION
In the Pension Bureau at Washington at the salary Oh
80 900 year. He started for Washington last even
ing and says he will be glad TO greet his BROOKLYN
friends there. Mr.. Barker has long been an active
Republican in the Seventh Ward. He filed the Office
OF Journal Clerk in the Assembly for dozen terms
and has also been State Librarian.
The first Of the conference meetings TO start the
new fveyears' pledge temperance movement when
Albert Griffin Is promoting, held on Thursday
evening in the old Rushwick Reformed Church. Four
similar meetings will be held this week on successive
evenings, beginning tomorrow. In the Bethany Pres
byteran Church. the Tabernacle Conversations
Church, the Rrooklvn Reformed Presbyterian Church
and the Moravian Church in Jay-st