New-York tribune., 1891-12-20
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
e,rupsEs OF MEN AND THINGS IN THE CITY
OF CHURCHES.


0sosIvn trustees. ex-Presldent Howell in particular
naon considerably disturbed by the report and
S uo,rsu even SAYS that IL piece of impudenco
W. .hose officials to make any investigation whatever
~ his point at least. there is room for difference
w ,,on The Commissioners Of Accounts. 1t should
" .ouembered are appointed by the Mayor OF New
- and are subject TO his orders. If he wishes any
,nsrtment of the city government inquired into or
~ ,oks gone over. he directs these men to do IT, NO
-. commissioners are Immediately under ms eye
' directly responsible to him. As the Mayor OF
- Work is q Bridge trustee, bis right to nave inc
80 management Investigated cannot be disputed:
~ course he could not have the Newl YORK thiru Oh
van,ined and the rest left untouched. An error OF
70 was found in the accounts for seven years past
a. the mistake Of ticketseller now dead. and the
W.. W. .s made GOOD by the treasurer out of his own
w., II T., gratifying to the public 10 know that the
sIso has been conducted we'll financially. AS for
o. recommendations Of the Commissioners OF Ac-
It's one's opinion will depend upon his point Oh
- The suggestion that the authority OF the treas
-. he enlarged. and that his subordinates be ap-
In,aS by himself rather than by the trustees LOOKS
Pl,,r IKE a plan to increase the power of Tammany
shn Rrdge for the treasurer is good TaInmany
and could be trusted 10 put his additional patron
H rber, II would do the most good. Who can believe
a.. tbat would be a good thing The less OF Tam
s..Dv in the Bridge the better.
IN one point the report is entitled to careful con
,,ertop II points out that there issno checK WhaV
vcr upon the olltakers on the carrageways' ana inc
.connendation IS made that the ticket system Dc
aon,ea There is at present no way of determining
- toDestv Of these men except by "spotters." Ihat
49,. a,ne system should be employed here as elsewhere
ms obvlous and ii is not little strange tpat sue"
-. management has been allowed to 60 on 90 long,
a, Howell says that the expense oil ucAe'S' eVo'
,ria he TOO great to make it worth while But does
So ~, Gee that IL this proves anything it proves too
NVhC tha
on the promenade urged was that the amount VI
orev taken in did not warrant the trouble ana eA-
nense of collecting II. on the Howell theory however
,be bridge officials shoud have done away WITH 'he
,cse system there and kept no check whatever upon
ps men employed to take the fares. II proper eSs-
tenn Of taking fares the roadwsys is too expensive
view Of the amount of the receipts. The fact "ouo
ssn IN be an argument for making this part OF the
r-doo free as well as the footwalk Indeed, If the
rr,dQe is TO be looked city street. as Is soho
,nes claimed ought anybody to be asked to pay any
,hinr for using any part Of it unless he rides IN the
cars
II is not surprising that there is another outcry IN
reeard 10 the condition Of the streets IL was te saihe
hast wear when the Christmas shopping was going on
and great multitudes abroad day after day ana
ras the same in the years before that. At the very
Xne when the streets should be in as good state as
possble especially those in which the prnclpal shoP
ming is done they most shameully neglected. ana
coud Of dust is stirred up by everI' ylsslns oreeIe
unless indeed the shopkeepers themselves take the
pains 10 see that the pavements are properly swept
s m absurdty and outrage that the Streetcesnlhs
Affairs NJ great city should be conducted on the theory
that no sweeping shall be done between December anu
April OF course there is the inevitable complaint tla'
the appropriation is not large enough ana tine assurance
4 given that as much as possible is done with the
amount available. That there will be demand fOr
more money for this purpose is matter OF course but
nnblc opni will not sanction it strongly for tie
reason that the appropriation has been increased hereto
fore without any spending good results IL the con-
oihon Of the streets.
The running OF al-niGt trains on the Union fle'
waited road-that is, the Lexngton-aVe. hne-"mch
began on Monday night has been pronounced success
thus far The trains run every half hour ie'Nlhg le
Bridge at six minutes past the even hours ana the Hill
hors making close connections with the Bridge cars,
and furnishing better service than Is given by the
Kings County company. The trains are run at higher
speed than during the daytime and the stops are as
href as possible two trains being made to do all the
work as one of the employees phrases it. one late
traveller who has been I'm the habit OF gong as lar
rs Reid-ave by stIeetcar taking thirty y-hVe minutes
from the Bridge, tells that he now goes by ul III
fifteen minutes in nineteen minutes from the NcW'
York end OF the Brdge-a saving OF over % per cent
IN time The business done by the COMPANY thus lar
has been larger than expected. and IL is not I'M
reasonable 10 indulge the hope that III no long ume
4he managers viii the advisabity OF running Ne
trains on their other lines well as on the one 10
Fast New York. There is only one drawback 'ha'
tvs heard Of in connection with this matter: that is
that many OF the company's employees are TO" cohi'
peed 10 work twelve hours daE- .Bstead oi ten' as
fornerly If the additional work "icans extra pay,
bowever perhaps they have no reason to complain
The macmillan methods OF the Board of Education are
illustrated by the summary decision In the SUIT oi
Maurice Condin against the Board IN the supreme
Court last week Condin is carpenter and was en-
Moved ON school work. giving satisfaction, until his
,lace ras wanted q few months ago lie Is Ke-
nuhlican Politics OF the lowest sort was reSpollsiDe
for his displacement. The only way 10 secue MS
removal was through the Schoolhoase COMMITTEE ue
majority of which-cOmposed OF MeSafs' haIhne'''
Culyer Weir and McNamee-stOutIy opposed all e"orts
IN This direction being heartily supported 10y supenh-
,srden. Naurhton When the committees were re
cast however Colonel Cuyer dropped from TINS
one and the end sought by the POLITICIANS WIS accoh
pished Thus Mr.. NaugtOn fond MS force cTlPplou'
and il is declared that some OF the buildings uhoef co
srIction were lefl with little or no SUPERVISION MI
Condln, however, dscharFeh eooieI' anu vi u's
croond \ sllit was brought in his behalf The result
Is his restoration 10 his former place, and ne Will
rereiye fulI nay for the time he was idle. some one
ought 10 be held responsible for this blundel but Is
not in the least likely that any one VIII pe'
The transfer of the property Oh tne Dio' -
stute to the Brooklyn Institute OF Arts ana oe"oo'
possesses no special significance. "Ihe oid @ oIuer
ohsneeth giving place 10 new" The transfer meaiis
no change in the announced purposes ana d'ih9 Va
the Institute which, however, under its new charter Is
equipped for greater things than under the od one
There will be some change in the officers, out rr0Si
dent Woodward VIII retain his place and ProlessoI
Hooper will continue 10 perform his important uuueS
as director and curator The future of the IhsuuVe
looks bright II Is IL qualification 10 know that, 50
far as the city authorities concerned, 1t VIII re
oeve all needful furtherance, since Mayorelect Boody
is one Of the directors Of the Institute trustees uhuer
the new regime) and IS one Of the life members ne