New-York tribune., 1892-11-27
ruAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
., TOPICS on THE LONG ISLAND SIDE OF
TIE EAST RIVER

W n, fhc erection OF stands, etc, on the dag Of
SUI, ,rrDis celebration. Week before last they
II w verrodc the vetOeS OF the SupcrvlSor-at-
can9 ,r,,bout giving the slightest heed to the con
i p's ,easons set forth by him for disaowing the
| vm ,,ls Incurred. The amount involved is small,
i H',. with some of the jobs that flourish in a
| CUR which the people have little for regard
l ~", confidence, but Mr.. Kinkel was undoubtedly
l W., IN taking the stand which he assumed on the
Wf,be taxpayers and OF economy in county affairs
s e,, Of the supervisors voted In favor Of uphold
W. W. his vetoes. The announcement Tuesday last
snit would be brought against the Supervisors
,shar OF certain taxpayers naturally produced
q. excitement I'm the neghborhood Of the County
- House. Presumably the only ground on which
e,on could be based is that the supervisors have
- rrdtv OF "waste" within the meaning OF the
.1,s holding public officers responsible for the
Lnse OF public funds. As william J. Gaynor has
~ engaged TO bring the suit, it Is not singular that
y announcement made the members of the county
,ssrpine board tremble Mr.. Gaynors vigorous
aoo against the water steal Is well remembered,
y, II is known that ne Is fearless well a. able
rbout doubt, furthermore, 1t Will be easy to find
s, grounds for proceeding against the supervisors
s.n their in paying too dearly for the Column
rs Day celebration
There are some queer things too. in connection
v.h the expenditures of the Aldermen for the same
r,,cton The price which they paid for the
And erected for the ceremonies at the park plaza
GEMS 10 be entirely too high, but the committee in
srce OF the matter clam that they had full author
,t AMI that the Board OF Aldermen therefore, has no
ooxer TO approve disapprOvc their course. Hence
na,Mlls will not come before the Mayor In any way
.rs he has said that he had no intention of making
,,r iroures or Investigation regarding them. III Is
angular that there should be something in the way
a, sardal in relation 10 both the Aldermen and the
srnlvisors arising from the Columbus affair IL Is
moi pleasant to contemplate the results that would
have followed an attempt TO conduct celebration on
larger scale.
A, last the Brooklvn Elevated Railroad Company
has begun to place drippans underneath It's tracks
Nowhere was one more greatly needed than at tho
mint where the tracks turn from Adamsst. into
Nvrle.ovp for doubtless eght-tenhs OF the passen-
GERS alighting at the City Hall station have 10 pass
underneath the curve there sometimes, before the
Improvement made at imminent peru 10 'I'ir
clothing from the drippings descending upon tlch'
The beginning has been made at the right place but
tie ccod work ought not TO stop there. There Is 10
reason that the ordinary mind IS able 70 perceive
wNy the Brooklyn elevated roads should not be sup
piled with drlppans a extensively aS those In Ne"
York but neither company has yet shown a dlsposl'
ton to meet the public demand in this respect. II
The railroads will do IL Of tler own accord WHY
should not the city or State authorities take 'he
subject in hand and compel them to do the right
elevated structures should be protected properly 50
that pedestrians might feel entirely safe.
Joseph c. Hendrix announces that when he takes
hi, seat In Congress he will resign the presidency
Of the Board Of Education. In the case Of most
men no one could have imagined tlat any other
o,lrse would be taken but Mr.. Hendrix has some
times manifested er2Splng disposition In the m'uer
Of crcos. lie retained his place In the Board OF
Education while serving Postmaster, and would
have been glad 10 hold on T. the s'cFe'ary'hP u
ho Bridge Trustecs-aud the comfortable salary cou-
nccted tilcrewith-at tie same time. II Mr boOdS
had been Mayor then, it IS highly probable ua'
Nondrix's acceptance Of the Office of Postmaster
would have been held 10 vacate his place IN the
Board Of Education. Mayor Body compelled MS
oppointees Il give up such other public or semi
public Offices as they held, but his predecessors were
less exacting 1t wOuld require more than ordinary
ability however for a man TO hold a seat In Con
ercss and also t) preside at the regular meetings
n the Board OF Ehuc;tioa In BROOKLYN Mr.. Hendrix
does not mean TO resign from the Board "a soon aS
V becomes a member Of Congress. but Will retain
4 place until tie session Of Congress opens, whether
sbe the regular a special sessi)n IN hl' eSulhI-
aon no special session IS needed
The trolley has been responsible for further trouble
n Fultons. Through The breaking OF the pole which
carries the current from the overhead WHc 70 .'e
motor one OF the Third-ave. cars was diNablcd
on Tuesday blocking all travel on the dO"ho"" u"0"
for ten minute, or more. This no, very serious
matter to BE- sure. but II is suggestive as focsoo"
ing what may happen when the trolley is In general
use There IS no little complaint made by lides VINO
travel on the new cars regarding The height Oi 'he
step above the pavement. 1t l. nearly twice rs hs"
as that OF the ordinary hOrsc-car, and 'HoSe VIM
Gre not aware OF this narrowly escape iahlhs "'c"
leaving car. The floor Of these cars Is Lifted hshef
than that Of the horse-cars on account Of The size
Ia lac UO
ducing the height OF the step unless 1t Is By nakns
two stems instead Of one; that would in all PROB
ability cause more trouble than single Aei Step
One advocate Of the trolley said t. me yesterday 'E
he considered II safer for use Ia the streets u CITY
than the cable since the grip used with the latter
cannot always be depended upon 10 let 90 "leH Il
ought and bring n car a sandstil. In hts opinion
thor. are going TO Uc lively times In BToad"ay' New
York when the cabe-cars are put In operation terc
Tbe voltage used TO propel tUlley-cmi Is ho'' h'
declared high enough 10 cause serious INJURY u any
one under o.dinay Circumstances.
Tho question what should do who discovers
. lu,clar iu his house is one TO which men may DC
,xDoctcd 10 c1vc v.nlous answers. Mr. F2ri, "i ben
sonhurst gave his answer IN the FORM Oi iVu P9'o
shots each of which took effect and then ne D'seeo
bis man without inconvenience u himself ne S'cI'
to have been dealing with an amateur However IL
the invader of his domcilc had been an old hand 4"
the business Nj. Ford might now be- rcsic''iAS MS
real n pursuing the unknown few YEAR ago LS
man : Weeks paid with his life the PnaiV oi At
tempting 10 get the better OF burglar whom he iold
at work in his dining room; and few years "IicT
Mr. Hondow. a well lknown resident Of III" heis"tS'
narrowly escaped with his life from the a'A'u' h''uc
upon him by a burglar whom he undertook 10 secure
The experienced brglar Is always armed, and Ia
case he is driven to corner, Will resort 10 any
measure to escape capture. The Ordinary citzch Is
10 match for desperate character under such crcum
stances Despite Mr. FOrd's success, COCA many
men viii deem IT wise not ~ follow MS example uneS
will prefer TO frighten the un"elc0me Vlstr """S'
and Will rejoice to succeed In doing that ana "ccpHs
their own skins whole.
1t IS singular that any one can object 10 .le i'V