New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-05
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF
o,nIpSEs OF MEN AND THINGS ON THE
LONG ISLAND SIDE OF THE
EAST RIVER.

EAST RIVER
49, :, has heen decided that the statue Of Mr. Beeoher
IN 10 placcd in the City Hall Park, although the
Cor reversing the former decision in favor OF
INC, Park are by no means clear and viii hardly
,,,octory TO a large number Of people. "Wen
" W. Wv money back the remark heard during
We ,eek from one who had made small con-
o,r,on TO the statue fund and very likely there are
- others who feel the same way. II has always
.d IN me that for this statue in the cool ana
go spaces of Brooklyn's principal pleasure grouhu
s ~. eminentIy appropriate Mr.. Beecher was an
nt lover OF nature in nothing, perhaps, did he take
inch delight as in outofdoors; and so there ap-
owed a special fitness in placing his permanent me
al amid trees and flowers, and where the songs Vi
NJ, ara heard and where. moreover, the people couiu
- in ouietness and leisure and gaze upon INC
80 corn, and features Of the great preacher Then'
~. prospect Park is so poorly supplied with statues
80, 70 enrich IL with this work OF MI warns "ouiu
-, most satisfactory accomplishment buV uiis -
-, N be. The executive committee III oiaIBc Va V
",ns enterprise has settled upon the City Han PARK
a the Park Commissioners have, with some reluoV
anu sor +boIr consent The City Hall Park is only
t little triangle OF green, In the centre OF WHICH
IDS fountain. There is no room for O STATUE ui-
-, the fountain is taken away, ana, any way ViNie
NOT there that reach OF space wmch Is necessary ~
-. chat such a work Of art may be studied and ap-
uociated People simply hurry past TINS park as 'neS
A. along street. 1t is great satisfaction tn"V ir
III considers the Beecher statue one OF ms DesV
- prooklyu people ought to regard II 20 highS
,,. thew would make of Its being erec1eo Oh 'i
80 nossible Site The site selected Is assureS nv
.no. II is fitting that the unvelihg sho"iu Vano
rIoce on the cath of June, the anniversary Vi va,
,poohor,s birth The occasion WILL OF course oo "
table one whatever is thought OF the ooiniii''0
choice. ~ .
Ito. ., +be RirkettI hlmann Bridge bill ls'
-, oorrse a sad disappointment to the many pcrSonS
Tho boped soon to see the beginning Oh WoiA vi
ncure 10 unite the Eastern District WIN MalHa'.a
leland Still there is less cause LOT VS.. - a.
oason that even If the bill had passed. ln0 0e i
nanoes in the Assembly would not have peeh PIoI
,Dr Mr. O'DonOhue, its principal opponent % r.
ne l., rammanv Hail. and the Tammany lnnuehoo -
tuI On the Assembly. Very likely the Dill "ouiu
- hocn opietlv smothcred in the committee 10 "iVH
1. would have been referred OF being reoeNeu .,t
earate Mr. Uhlmann is not cast oO"h ny piS 49,
rnises IN be on hand bright and early heAv
- A most unsatisfactory feature Oh Vie aISO ~,
.ba Senate is that the chief SPOKESMAN ds'i'' 80.
~ nn-country member, whose interest ID ina''e'
a.. concerns New-York and BrooAyh' 10 o
,~s,on 10 the rest Of the state, II Is very nav
orcove Not much importance proDaply 10
Pei's 4. The movement by Senator Jacobs, TO SUB
ts the provisions of the defeated measure iol
:, NJ ODonohue's bill, which Is sun OeICio ',,o
" committee To be sure. the Senate mshU No'o
ss.v a second time although the ueleat VI Va.
o,inn IN reconsider the vote taken OH .i'o i' ,1s
-, .,narently conclusive Mr. O'DohOiuo mas So 60,
vsor Int he cannot permanently prevent 'i0 O ~
inc Of the bridge that shall take away
his sntQuated ferryboats'
rr,asrtlv the cause OF the recent fire IN uen e
ro-rler,s house will never be ascertaiheu INC nS
,t.rsbol made what he called an mVes's@o s.
onorted as the result that it was causeo Uy no
- ~ bonse-in face OF the fact that there was
- eus in the adjoining house within Ten lee. ~ =,
,lace where the fire broke OUT IVORY -sas.tod
necton by the Building Department uoii MA Uo+
| 49,, nos the case and that the fire couu no'
nosbly have been caused IN inc way ~ 1os+ boen
tfr MARSHAL report to that erect mas az i"9. tho
wv q was not handed IN and given " V''0
NJ or,ntIv * vet to be explained lOr uio IN
Daction was made few days after inc hi0, ,
49, was a desire to let the Fire Marshai uo ~,
Az all events the last inspection was 'hoio - "a
brick wall between the two houses Oon an ~ +be in
,airO found as wel-constructed wan a. U NJ.
80 had ever seem An explanation from fio
Marshal Lewis is clearly in order. he ~se III
.ba week and il was intimsted that MS Pio .,
night he due 10 overwork and anxiety III 0o"n 49,
- 49, ++smnt "a discover the author OF inc
numerous incendiary fires. 1t Is ID De HoP 80
go % bs labors are more thorough and exhaustive
,hon his Investigation regarding the Monroe-st' NV
Mayor Chapn's visit to Boston is said to nave n'i
- =, its objects the inspection Of the trolley
y..er, NJ electric traction, which both the OltS nan
road COMPANY and Mr.. richardson's company "io
DESTROYS of introducing in brooklyn ING ""S "a -
repored TO have been the recipient OF many "'O0'
tons in the Massachusetts Capital HIS HlenuS , -,
have honed sincerely that one in Boston wouiu 10
u ipdscreet as TO ask him TO take look at the Guy
uratorrorks As for the trolley, If Mr.. Chapm IS as
easy 10 convert to it's merits as Mayor Grant was
when he recently visited Boston incognto, Broohyh
will have little chance of escaping the NsluaOoh WIN
which IL Is threatened Brookyns stake III the IhatVr
& much greater than New-Yorks since IL Is only
proposed to introduce the trolley over there on one
line above the Harlem. If Brooklyn ALLOWS H. INC
trolley will invade almost every street on WHICH
horse car now runs.
notice that the bin Incorporating the Young
wOmen's Christian Association of Brooklyn has been
recalled from the Governor by Senator Birkett on q
techncality Possibly there will be as much trouble
with this measure with the bill incorporating inc
Irooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences year ago
That had to 90 back to the Legislature twice aitei
having been passed; once the Governor objected Do
cause some of the nc0rp0ratOr names were hot gwen
In full the initials only appearing and the otlei
time some further tgihng defect was discovered OS
him. These incidents lead TO the conclusion that Mt
Hal is fond of strainng at gnats and swallowing
eamels.
The seoond-ave extension jobbers are happy again
The chances of passing their bill extremely slight
but they have hit upon a new eXpedient II IL i
successful, the people VIII have Governor lin u
thank for it, In vetOlpg bill providing for the eX
tension Of wythe-ave. he remarked that power II
general should be given 10 the Aldermen to extend th
streets of the city The iobbers eagerly caught a
the idea and bill promptly brought forward
giving the Board Of Aldermen just this authority
should it become law the first act under it would
be the authorization Of the extension OF Second-ave
As Governor Hin is the virtual hacker Of the measure
Il likely IN 20 through the Assembly without serious
opposition The people Of Brooklyn must therefor
look TO the Senate 10 them from this outrage
Great efforts were made to get up big public meet
ing in favor Of the job in South Brooklyn on Wednes
day night About fifty people were brought together
and this demonstration" hailed by the organ o
the iobbers as an enthusiastic gathering Of sol'
citizensn This makes one think Of the reporter VIII