New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-16
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
CHAT on CURRENT AFFAIRS IN TIE CITY
OF CHURCHES

a,est event In modern history IS to take place next
Friday 1t Is generally agreed that the postponemet
~ this AFFAIR the best thing possible 10 40 bioo"
,v,,s celebration In competition VIII that OF The beScf
citv would have been Insignificant; sahuhg 10y HSrn
week and n half later II viii be crecl'aDe ana WIZ
command attention is WISE too. TO couple win II
emo dedication Of the memorial arch which now STANDS
roa,ed In IFS full proportions the entrance TO
,,rosnect Park Near not at The completion OF lhe
arch does not alter the firmly established opinion .""
the rgh, location not secured Tor WORK "iicn -
10 remain perpetuay as a great cnys trlDne 10 Us
,ons who persisted during the CIVIL war. but '"c
hest must be made OF bad business, Jus. US III wv,
placing OF the Beccher stane In front OF ne OiS i"
With the face turned toward tnt none TOO iner'S'is
,u,,dnp T, Is rity tha, Or. S'orrS not secured
os tho princIpal speaker next Friday. No one eiSe
identified with Brooklyn Is SO we'll fitted for tha' ser
vice The substitution Of Or. Talmage is perhaps on
The whole the best hat could be made. ohe oi u'c
interesting features OF Fridays parade VIII !" the a
neorance ~ several thousand boys from the puplc
schools There Is some difference Of opinion as |"
IN, wisdom OF allowing fhose boys take part In IN"
nrocess sion but doubtless the general feeling Is 'h
they will thus get valuable lesson In PATRIOTISM ana
n is NOT likely that the exeron will be injurious to
them.
Brooklyn did have a share In the New-lorR ceie
MONIES since the Brooklyn regiments took part III 'he
nloce ON the Bridge twothirdS OF which belongs to
prookyn The city also furnished lis share OF sight
s.ers both at the NewYorh parsdes and at the pyro-
technlc displays On he night when The Brldse was
opened nine and half years ago, hreWorRs were
displayed upon II. but there has never peeh all W.
ession since which seemed TO demand It's use lor 'hs
nnrpose 1t Is clear however. that as tie scene lot
.rch an exhibition 1t is without rival. leaving OUT
however set pieces. which from such an elevation
could only be seen by few persons on or near the
river 1t is probable that the display on TUESDAY
night would have surpassed that OF Monday II IL hau
M, been for the m!shap which set off the principal
niece prematurely. In brilliant features the secohu
exhibition outdd the first but II was an ant'chhaA'
There was no final blaze OF glory. The hing stopped
Int there was no ending that the hundreds OF thousands
Of onloohers could appreciate MANY thought II was
univ wait and fingered impaiently for the second
act The numerous boats on the river whSueo 'heir
disapproval In uncertain tones The sho" was
voted failure but 1t not. II the brilliant vol
cano Of Gorgeous coors which began It's eruption JUST
before the Niagara opened its inglorous career had
come at The close everybody would have gone home in
glad convent
Immense numbers of people We're carried on the
Fridge on the elevated railroads and by all the hheS
NJ transportation. on Monday evening the brooklyn
elevated was severely taxed. mainline tram ar
living a, the Bridge just at o'clock left several
NAV every foot OF space in the cars and between them
being filled far up town. Those unable to get on
we're as rule good ma ured about IT, though few I'M
patient women would insist that there was plenty Of
room In the middle Of the cars and no doubt visited
,mpreca Ions upon the hardheared guards VINO refused
70 omen the gates They not put In good huhor
when some youthful passengers on the train ADVISED
them 10 climb on the roof. Monday TUESDAY ana
"wednesday were The three greatest days In the history
NJ tho BRIDGE the railroad carrying many thousand
moro Messengers than during the Washington Centen
NAL Fortunately there were no delays OF break
downs.
In spie Of te columbus attractions. DrookynteS oil
exceedingly well In the matter Of registration on Tues
day. Compared with the first day OF the last lTesi'
aenla year. the increase is almost exactly la'ooo'
compared With last year, when the registration was
phenomenay large the advance Is nearly ''ooO. IhiS
Is very satisfactory indeed, especially wheh IL Is re
membered that New.York fell some 5000 short OF the
record in 1898 Comparison to the wards between this
and previous years is difficult, for the Eighteenth
Ward has, like ancient Gaul. been divided Into three
parts while big slice Of the Twenty fifth has been
Mded to the Twenty third and a section Of the
Twenty second has been transferred TO the Ninth
The second opportunity for registration comes next
Wednesday / heard OF one man who answered 'he
usual questions last Tuesday In this fashion: GLOW
old? A.-Sixty four. Q.-How long in the state
O-How long In the county! A
sixty four The question the election district
brought out much smaller figure, as the part OF the
city where lie lives open farming land uhtil less
than q dozen years ago. That man ought 10 be one
OF the old Brookynites II he isn't already enrolled In
that honorable society.
Congrcssm an COMBS is going TO have an easy time
this year Two years ago he led fororn hope In tie
old lid District. which had never been carried by
Democrat. Coombs had close pull but managed 10
beat Congressman Wallace by eighteen votes-prohably
as small a plurality as any Congressman has had In
recent years. This time he Is 70 run In the new lVh
District which according to the results Of previous
elections has Democratic plurality OF some 1900 MI
Coombs does not In this district however, the new
makeup Of districts placing both him and Congressman
Clancy In the same district The last time non
resident CONGRESSMAN ran In Brooklyn was SIX years
ago when S. v. White, resident OF the Heights was
elected In the lid District In speaking OF the prob
able nomination Of Coombs In the WITH District, The
Eagle, last Monday commented on " the addition OF
part Of the Twentythird Ward TO The Twenty fifth.
recently made.' This Is surprising blunder, since
Il IS the Twenty-third Ward which has been enlarged
ct The expense OF the Twenty-flfth.
Another accident due to the trolley. and the most
Serious one that has set occurred The responsibility
OF the trolley in this case cannot be escaped. When
car nan away An Manst. the other day, II could easily
Be said that the brakes horse-car might as readily
have got out OF order and caused the trouble. On
Tuesday, however. trolley car had stopped at Ihrd
ave- and TWEEN eehth-st TO LET OF passengers when
II was smashed into by the following IT, The lat
ter Is said 10 have been running at too high rate OF
speed At all events. The mOtOrman-the trolley peo-
pie to have stopped using that abominabe word
"motorneer'was unable to SOP II in time. though he
dexerous enough to Jump before the crash came.
II Is wonder that Of the passengers were not
hned. The delinquent motorman was arrested afo
curously enough, charged In the police court with
reckless drvingi The Introduction OF electricity and
cables on stree, cars will evidently make necessary
some changes I'm the laws and the creation OF some
offences.
From the cars Of Of the steammotor lines rum
ming from Rdgewood curious sign attracts he atten