New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-18
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
TOPICS OF UNIVERSAL INTEREST on THE
LONG ISLAND SIDE OF THE EAST RIVER

Wv represented in the legislature Although the
city nearly equally divided between the two parties
,he Democrats have captured eleven Of the twelve
Assemblymen and the seat Of the solitary Republican
1, in fair way OF being wrested from him by par
,isan House. Three charmanships were given by
sneaker Shcehan TO Kings County members Earl get,
,inr the Committee on Excise Shields the Committee
IN Codes and Schaaf the Committee on Trades and
manufactures. II is really surprising that mpor-
,aut committee as that excise is intrusted 10 the
care Of Mr. Earl who. though lie has served several
terms in the Assembly, has not commended himself
20 observers Of his public career az man prondity
or wisdom practical craftsmanship. Nothing wise
en- the way Of excise legislation can be expected from
a committee with such at It's head. Brooklyn
has two Democratic members the Committee on
cities but the Republicans Of Brooklyn viii have no
voce whatever in the deliberations of this important
committee
A hill has already been introduced in the Assembly
o give the Park Commissioners salaries-the president
60 600 and the other two Commissioners 81, 800 each
This would be radical departure from longes tab
usbed custom. No Park Commissioner has ever re
,oved a salary in Brooklyn. The work of Mr.. Stran-
oban and all the other Commissioners has been done
without thought hope Of reward 1t is difficult
IN see though, why Park Commissioner should be
expected to the public for nothing when all other
heads OF departments compensated for their labors
II is expected Of Police Commissioner a Fire Com
missioner thdt ne ShdH give an MS Time W MS puOH
auties The same expectation has not been INDUCED
BOARDING the heads of the Park Department. who have
rather been expected TO look after the parks by way
of amusement. all events side issue by n"
means depending upon labor in this direction as Il
means of livelihood Why this should be so Is not
easy to explain. The bill in question may be the
means of opening practical discussion OF the whoie
oreston which will result in wise and rational sou
ton Of it.
II has taken the Board of Experts arranged for by
the Bridge Trustees long time TO come TO decsIol
regarding the questions submitted to IT. ana no" '"'"
4Ie rcport has been made trustees in no hurT
10 act upon 1t and proceed to It's recommehua-
tons into effect. The subject was only relerreu ~
at MONDAYS meeting in an incidental way. but 1t Is
unders God that special meeting OF tho trustees VIII
be called soon to consider it, lnaSmnch as inc ca
perts have furnished the trustees with the very E
fhev wanted ii is hard 10 why there should be
a moment lost in beginning the work of carving
.ho Improvement into effect For certainly If under
the system proposed the carrying capacity OF the bridge
railroad can be doubled. more than doubled VIII
be an Improvement Of large proporuonS' pioVlued'
Of course that the system modified can be carried
on with safety. one surprising thing about the
matter is that it should have taken the experts SIX
months or so to reach their decision 1t would seem
that month at the outside would have been sufficient
considering the result just it is. They have gone
directly counter to the eXperts-a least equally com
petcnt-who went over the whole matter three years
ago and recommended the extension Of the present
system which Mcssrs. Katie Adams and Crawford
unouafedly condemned. They reject all loop or cir
cIatinc systems and vet recommend that experiments
he made f., determine whether form Of these may
not be available. The report cannot be accepted rs
satisfactory except by the trustees. who themselves
adopted this system before the former experts were
named, but did not dare TO put it into operation
because of the dangers that nseparable from It,
..ir- n,ot,in m
al intervals of forty seconds is proposed to realize
what the EXPERTS and tho trustees propose to under
take.
Another important question in connection with the
repor is the treatment Of the Brooklyn terminus OF
the Bridge. The extension of this toward the CITY
Hall has been rcsoutely urged in some quarters, and as
re,olutely opposed in Others. There is more than
chance now that struggle against ii Will be made IN
the courts. At all events, legislation on the subject
all be required All this delay. at any rate.
and as the new system cannot be put in practice until
This is settled the prospect of relief for Bridge trav
clcrs seems almost remote rs ever. better sug
ec.,ion than that OF exMayor Low has not made
ou th, subject Just before leaving brooklyn no said
In a speech that the best way to provide room Tor
storage tracks and switching purposes was 10 cross
letting the railroad curve to the left
Instead Of tc right as il does Just before entering the
I,rooklyn station There property is comparatively
cheap and the tracks could be run far as the Navy
Yard Il necessary. If this were done, all the tracks
south Of Sanlsst could be removed. and an adequate
approach TO the Bridge thus provided OF course THIS
would interfere the plans of those who think the
Bridge railroad should 10 the City Hall, ana 50
the suggestion has been sldc-tracked.
1t will not escape notice that the experts In talking
Of increasing the capacity OF the railroad TO 4oooo oi
more count On cars Just much crowded as they are
today The car, seat forty passengers. All the cal
.r.o la-f ~
least IoO-thc sixty being packed in the asles and on
the platforms This is the way the public Is TO be
4" accommodated"
The water scandal does not lose interest as time |
passes. The fact that Mayor Chaplin has hopelessly |
himself is becoming and more EVIL
dent Tie glorious career laid out for him. whereby |
h. was 10 go from the Mayors chair to the Governor
ship or United states SenatOrship and thence
straight TO the Presidency has vanished into thin ar
IL is no longer looked possibility In connection
Win any Of these things His candid newspaper sup
poltes admit that his future is behind him. and that
In th, affair he cuts a hopclessly bad figure. Com
missioner Adams has been reelected chairman OF the
Kings County Democratic General Committee. and
hellaps may look upon that Us a vind'cati0n "lhe
Fagle however questions whether he IS a damaged
labltys OF the party and "The Eagle is not alone
In entertaining doubt on the point "cileriA
Christensen has offered to share the legal expenses OF
the suit begun by Mr.. Zeglcr with the latter-an oer
which has been refused. Mr.. Zegler says that Mr.
Gaynor the lawyer who is conducting the case with
marked ability, has declined to accept fee on the
ground that he Is a citizen OF Brooklyn and IS acting
Tor the citizens. II Is certainly most generous OF Mr.
Gavnor 10 take this view Of the matter. There is no
doubt that good many other citizens would be GLAD
to make the same offer General Christensen The
terms of the statute known as the T1den act are 30
liberal that if this suit is successful there will be
plenty Of opportunities for similar actions on account
Of the wastefulness Of officials.
Bishop IlttleIohn has fallen foul OF the Rev. j.
leicester Lyme better known as Father Ignatus ana
the latter will not preach again in Brooklyn with the
Bishops consent. In fact, the services hed IN the
Academy q Music last sunday were held contrary 70
he pi.fo,,e ,,i.b althougr the monk did not know