New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF
..sAF,,gER TOPICS ON THE LONG ISLAND
81 sInr of THE EAST RIVER.


VS. rrocklyn within few days, nolther Oh WIN"
IL sou'n p'o ssst fatal, show clearly enough in the
iorahsS .,ua,ced persons. the dangers that lnhero
eyes Of electric traction within the streets Oh
a they come at time too wheh ''c "at"'"s
wy and cannot fail TO be imprSsve' ior oiie "a
IS hoan,os whose heart is set on the use Oh u,o
~ s~ and which failed in Its apphcsuon W V"0 No
commissioners is on the point OF appyans 10 U,
Cor the appointment OF commission WINS
r, 70 the use Of the new me'hou snali ou have
so - Mace of that which the property o"no'o
"" =. crant In the courts, at least, tlc me''VS
raa. .o,,ov will be duly considered, and wha'o'oi
- a. reached will moro readily appear " P
oe.,-., that the finding Of the Rsalroau O'' 49,.
sP ,rho simply put the entire respons'ph's y" SlO
a@ q, admitting property, imposing Only some 'inno
o"n s,,ons which the local authorities may ""' UNIV
remove.
.,o acc,dents referred to was o consloh Oo.
V -, o,ec,rIc train and heavy beer wagon, an"
',,sa IN the serious injury OF four perSo"s' Ia
F....ehod N the driver Of the wagon VINO 70 So
90. 20 heed the warning 10 get out Vi ''0
-, ~ &c undeniable that the electric ""'u
AZ very high rate Of speed ana tnS' !, =.
,onpad IN time to prevent the coh's'o" ",a,r M
~ hat the big wagon was in the way N..., A.
.h system can be employed with rsSOn"ue t,mes
..r.4s which are likely to 90 croW"'N 1'oro aas no
.ofhe accident Inn
lpo metz, hut the driver of truck, heari.s 'o
he'" - NV an electric motor, ana Hlnu'ui VI
w., hob happened q short time oeiol', - n,s
-..o,o esor, 70 get out Of the way aau V 80. "a
~ "a op,ch,v that he was thrown vi MS -
~ ,,rdsr tbe wheels OF his veh'cie' Al W" -,
Ss trolley road was not responsiOie io Ut, ,,ordar
-, On another sense it clearly was FeoPio -, nil,
IN these occurrences asd, II lleS Sao A. 49,.
"so nm their minds to all their nnuen.o " P-o
want the infection OF Such "'V4'
pulsion upon the city at large.
er "a reason for grave thought IN tne
A.. church building which has oeeh eloS =, - -
year Is found to be unsafe Inc Uu.- -on. uso NV a
-. .ha4 &c Il has BEEN erected Tor PieSeh' use ~
o"s,y, in The hope that byandoy, when tney
- - numerous and wealthy, they VIII % Soie "
80. go and commodous church on grounu au!o.u
tie tso chanel which they have aireauy seo -, =
US r y ~ hinge building, and it would seem 'na'
any builder of good sense and ra0On"o4 r. go
no,,,d have been able to construct IL III say 1.1
nropcr manner But the roof IL appealS, .,S. A.
PP ,.ooa upon the walls with the result that Tue
proPe'i' ,1nos ard renairs have become necessary
=. tbs bnlder II Is said that this was the nrst
- - boa ever mt up. Still the plans must nave
.n,yod Tho auproval Of the Building Departmeu' anu
unless the examination Of plans there Is ioo W
=, ,or how is II that the defect which mas cauSeu '
,ronhle was not discovered and remeded 10 inc ms
placet Then too, 1t is TO be presumed uhat Oh III
800, ., ,bs same department looked at the building
p', =, ~ construction If he were compe-
,rt narson is strange that he saw nothing wrong
The builder ard the Building Department must snare
The responsibility and public confidence IN the a'ei
will NOT be increased by this occurrence For aueii'
ANYBODY knows other church buildings may be IN Ie
condition and It may chance that the fact VIII hoV oe
discovered until they tumble down. TAKEN IN conhec-
.oo with the recent accident in NewYorR, there Is
Sefprhi IN
The walls Of Grace Presbyterian Chapel
The rusical season at Brighton Beach Will come 70
an end with the two concerts to be given by MI seu
admirable orchestra morrow afternoon ana evening
Tho closing programmes have been OF the cholces'
character and the attendance has, on the "nole oeon
satisfactory The singing Of Herr Fischer on TUESDAY
and Thursday evenings attracted especially large and
apprrarve audiences and so did the fine Wagner pro
cr,,nrne nm Wednesday evening. Mr.. Sedl was at Ills
les. in interpreting the "Siegfied Suite arranged o
him for this occasion, in which he included the Des
Parts OF both @siegfried' and "Die GoeueruaeIh
merung.s and his audience was in the keenest sym
pathy with him. The final concert tomorrow evening
viii be made gals night by the members OF the SEA-
soriety all of whom are hopeful and confident that MT
edrs orchestra will be reengaged for another season
As for the season al Brighton Beach generally 1t mas
felt the depressing influences which have been apparent
at all the summer resorts. 1t has been no more than
49,
Brighton Beach Company, tells me that out Of the
seventy DAYS that the hotel has been opened this
summer some fory-seven or forty eight have been more
or less rainy Under the circumstances it seems sur
prising that seaside watering places have trven SC
well they have.
In the course Of the week met a wellknown citizen
who was in highly indignant frame Of mind and when
he explained his grievance fully convinced that
he was not angry without reason. His complaint was
~ {fe
Union elevated road in starting trains. Said he: Il
went into train yesterday with my wife and daughter.
There were good many people already on board, and
most of the seats had been taken. Before we could
reach any seats the man in the engine opened his
throttle valvo with jerk, many Of them in
the habit of doing and il only by the narrowest
chance that we were saved from all going down In a
heap on the floor Of the car. Such thing as that is
an outrage and it is absolutely without excuse. There
is no possible reason why these trains should not be
stopped and started gently, and the engineer who
doesn't know how TO do this ought to be discharged
incompetent. / honestly believe that they do it on
purpose and laugh 10 themselves at the thought of the
people they have tumbled upon the floor or into the
laps Of sitting passengers. have heard Of streecar
drivers doing that sort Of thing and taking keen delight
in throwing dudes down by letting the brake go sud
denly; bub then they see the mischief they have
wrought while the enginedriver cannot have that
miserable comfort.
Il once had an experience" went on the man who
was doing the talking which am half sorry didn
follow ont 10 the end. was coming down on one o.
these elevated cars and happened to sit beside man
who, as learned, old engineer. The man II
the engine Of the sort have just been describing
The engineer beside got mad he couldn't contain
himself and his Indignation Overhowed into talk Will
his nearest neighbor-that IS, myself He vowed and
declared that the engine driver ought to be SHOT Every
time the train stopped or started he would double i:
fist and shake 1t toward the engine and indulge in
another explosion Of wrath. When we reached the
ferry and went out Of the car he started toward the
sngne when turned downstairs. AS / said, / some
tines regret that didn't 90 with him and see what
End Of dressing down the man who ran that train
g0t7
Speaking Of the Union elevated road, wish to bear
witness that what said last week about The wretched
manner IN which the stations and stairways were
lighted has produced good effect In comparison with
te semidarkness TO which adverted the station at
NE Bridge has been brilliantly Illuminated for the last
Jew evenings One Of the platform men on duty there
explained the Change saving tlo oil mead q