New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-17
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
o,r,pSTS OF MEN AND THINGS IN THE
METROPOLIS OF LONG ISLAND.

Work ought 10 ~ct TIE PCOPIc VI i'4Ooh-
.@ % thinking about the condition Of their own
lat and the proper way OF improving It, Under
s -, ,,crrod TO- New York will soon be supplied with
wv ornanlzei and uniformed streetcleaning force.
cd there is to hope that tile problem OF Keeping
h ets clean will cease to be an unsoVed prob
on Manhattan Island. Now. what does Brooklyn
l 20 do about it, As respects the Police Depart
,,t and the Fire Department. Broo!lyn Is equipped
18th forces that Will compare I'm efficiency with those
a. bigger nechhOr. IIOw long will 1t continue 10
limit IN such wretchcd strect-cleaning methods rs
. has MI along tolerated provided that New York Is
ccessfnl in showing new and a better way ON
,hs face Of things II would appear that Il uniformed
I'd permanent street cleaning force, holding snbsta-
.ouv the same relations to the municipality the
'~ucomcn and frcmen points to the true solution Of
e question. OF course the expense OF STRENGTHENING
r,uN be vastly greater than mt present; but Il really
clean streets to be assured the OUTLAY would Je
worth while At all events it behooves the people
y, rrooklyn and the CITY Officials to keep close
watch upon the working, OF the new law across the
river. something worth iedrhhs IS likely 10 DO ldush'
there.
Meanwhile il IS encouraging to the interest
She women Of Brooklyn are displaying in this subject
NJ clean streets Especially is it encouraging in view
., the large share taken 10y Mrs. Klnncut in bringing
ahout the reform In New-YOrk. II one woman
do 30 much for city. why cannot woman.
several women. do something for Die other city The
The right ring but it vii! require something more than
Than fine speeches accomplish the great end in view
The only immediate hope seems TO lie in the TACT tlat
through the action Of the present Legislature the
Der miles of streets that may be cleaned In each year
has been practically doubled That is something. Of
course: but in reality Is absurd TO 90 abpGt the
great work of street-cleanng any snch principle.
The essential thing is that the streets should he
cleaned often they need ii, and kept clean Mt all
times. one thing is certain Brooklyn must be pre-
pared spend good deal more money for this pur-
pose than it has heretofore laid out II the streets are
10 be put and kept in proper condition. TO eX-
pect greater mileage of streets to be kept clean for
One-tenth of the money NewYOrk spends is something
that rejecting consider with patience
The Aldermen have taken a step in the right di
icctOn In their ordinance providing that papers shnH
not placed on the sidewalk. 10 je carried away hy
the ashmcn without being tied in packages. This is
sensible thing. II will prevent papers thus deposited
for removal from being blown TO and fro by the winds
Loose papers carried ahout IN this way have been a
great nuisance and have done much TO Offset honest
efforts to put the streets in paSsabiy good condition
There Is great need Of the education Of public senti
mcn on the question Of deflng the public thorough
fares By tossing bits Of paper and other rubbish into
them If the Objectionable character Of these prac-
tees could be impressed upon the minds Of citizens
generally. the gain would he great Then. too. with
the substitution Of better pAvemens for the cobbc
stones that abound, there will be strong additional
Incentive in the direction Of cleanliness Of the streets
The fact that the -eidl Orchestra has not been
engaged for the coming ut Brighton Beach ana
VIII be- cannot fail profound regret among
large number Of lovers OF good music In the city and
In particular among the members OF the sedl society.
II is we'll known that Seid has never been great
popular success at the Beach. His audiences for IN"
greater part of the time have been but few. The
alleged for dropping him. II that is the correct
word employ. is that the noise of the breakers IS
great to allow OF the proper performance OF orches
tra music. and that. moreover the dampness incident
TO the nearness Of the music pavilion TO the ocean Is
serious detrimen strings. There Will be strong
suspicion however that the real is that seid
YVES not great drawing card. and that the Brighton
Leach Company hopes to make more money by FUR
nshing music by military band. Ii is understood ttaI
Conternos band has been engaged for the coming sum
NOR There will be n great contrast between the
music Of 1892 and what has been heard there for the
last three years and the seldiites Will inevitably De
conspicuous by their absence.
The Seidl society's appreciation Of the conductor
who's. name II bear i 10 be shown by comph
,neurarv benefit concert which will he given 70 him
on TUESDAY Aprl B. The singers will De Herr Fischer
Frau Melke and Herr Dlppe but the programme ha'
not yet been fully arranged.
at is Just rs feared" rs n wenkn0wn verse
writer once remarked. When IL was proposed 10 open
the Bridge promenade free. IT pointed ont more
than once in The Tribune that the tendency would bc
- AXE it a loafng place for the idle and Unemployed
- manifest disadvantage OF those VINO wish 10 use
il regularly on their 10 and from New-l ork one
Of these latter has printed letter calling upon INC
trustees and Superintendent Martin 10 take care that
the legitimate purpose Of the promenade snail a''a
some small degree Of fulnlmcnt.7 The writer very
properly declares that this promenade IS or iathcr
was intended to be- thOIOughfare, ana not Il park
and that the persons who frequent ought 10 be kept
moving In direction or the other and saws tha inc
evils threat, rs 70 become intOlerable This does not
eyagrerate the true stare OF the case. 1t is the PLAIN
dutv OF the authorities 10 issue stringent orders 10 me
police 10 keep people moving, except those VINO are
seated quietly upon the benches. The toll, having
been abolished, Will not of course, b" restored DH'
sufficient number OF policemen should be Kept EN-
rlOycd ard attentive 10 their duties, 50 that prns
TRANS may bc enabled T. u'e the promenade WITHOUT
obstruction.