New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-26
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
ro,yy TOPICS ON THE LONG ISLAND SIDE
OF TIE EAST RIVER.

,.,oh,vn has furnished splendid example OF the
lift opcration Of justice in the course OF the week
IN ~, night Of Tuesday, June IA. the man VINO Gals
It C.rnentcr entered the house OF John F.. Scorles
-, made lis deadly assault upon It's proprietor Inc
of the arrest Of the fellow and the escape
:, his companion are too well known TO require ~
~oar.al. ON the following Tuesday Carpenter was
r-arned I'm court indictment having been iomu
~-,inst him with commcndablc promptncss ana ms
10, was ut once proceeded with. Although counsel
ss n signed him. he undertook to do the crosscAa'
,n y, the witnesses against him his own account
hut did not make much OF u success as iawHer' ms
% $50 seemed to be- 20 reduce the gravity OF his crime
n possible. and secure II lighter punishment tmh he
ga, clearly entitled to. His own story ana HIS manner
I'D. little impreSsion on either judge or jury
nudge Moore i'm his charge. said plainly tnnt the lc
low was by his confession, boid ana uh>cr"p"
lous criminal and that his story was an cAtraou''
one The Juror, took only short time - ma "'c
prisoner guilty of assault in the first degree In pas
inc sentence Judge Moore read Carpenter severe
,o,ur, and LOT a. he known that he took no stock
rhotever I'm his version of the assault No one can
cav that the penalty inflicted Is too severe Carpenter
&c n most dangerous person to have abroad, anu the
community is well rid OF him for long term OF years
Nothing is better established than that the people
will travel wherever of transportation are pro
,ided Companies that furnisk transportation do not
always realize this and often hesitate about providing
such facilities as may reasonably be demanded IL
took the elevated roads In Brooklyn bng ume 10
make up their minds To run all-nght trinS anu VIE"
ono of them set the example the other showed NJ eager
,oss 10 follow Nevertheless. that Is established
on both the principal lines the night service is found
:. he As well paying the day service leaving ont OF
account OF course. the "rush' hours In the morning
and evening There Is parallel state OF Things IN 'he
matter Of water supply. Tic moro water there Is at
the disposal OF the people the more they are cer 10
use The new water main through the centre OF the
city has It j. stated increased the consumption four
~ five million gallons day. There Is natural In
crease in the amount OF wotcr used from year to year
and for obvous reasons tie greatest demand occurs on
Monday.. ON Monday Of week before last the record
for Brooklyn broken by the consumption OF
r69s0I4G gallons. Last Monday went still higher
the figure, being .5.4sS,0@1 gallons Both N these
amounts are considerably In excess OF The Qunnuty
pumped into the Ridgewood reservoir 1t /. curious
but weLknown fact that the consumption OF wafer
reaches its highest point in the hottest and very
coldest weather. though OF course, not for the same
reason.
Brooklyn has splendid water supply Mt least, the
seurccs from which II is drawn nexhaustlble and
the Quality Is probably superior TO that N any other
city in the country. People who are aware that Is
easy to get good water anywhere on Long Island by
means Of arteslsn wells sometimes wonder how the
island happens u be underaid with such quantity
Of rst-ratc fresh water while 1t Is Itself suTounded
by salt water. According 10 the geolOg'sts oil thR
water comes from Connecticut. passing beneath the
sound which has clay bottom, so that none OF the
vr,t,r escaues into H. The great we'll in Prospect
Park seems 10 tap sibteanean river, and at various
points on Long Island ponds and streams are supplied
from some unseen source with pure cold water when
IS so abundant that many times rs much nows out
from them as flows into them from rain and surTace
drainage. LAX, Ronkonkoma Is an Illustration IN
tT,p int
rood-szed one flows ont Of It, Then at times IN tho
wear Il will rise three or four feet higher than at
other times showing that II Is supplied by underground
ream which cannot of course originate on the islad
The water all over the island Is exceptionally pure
coming as II does from the Connecticut sandstone a
student of geology that the snmc quality OF water
has been found near Plainfeld, n. j., where big
artesian well lately been built and he thinks that
The Ncw-Jersey sandstone, which IS g"OoHcaly
Identical with that Of Connecticut, IS responsible for
the waters purity and excellence.
Ii Is the general opinion OF those wbe keep close
watch OF educational affairs in Brooklyn TINT mayor
Uo,dy would have done Wei to weed out more OF the
last competent members of the Board OF Education
when he had the opportunity to do 50. As matter
OF fact he eapponcd all Of the fifteen whose terms
expired. with a single exception. The man ohiuFu
Is well SHARED II some Of the Others had been classcd
with him. and their places Alcd with intelligent citizens
would be permitted 10 DO So II would be to the general
advantage Now that the appointments have been
made interest I'm public school meters Will centre
npon the election OF president OF the Board Inc
meeting for that purpose Will be held On JuI D. more
is movement TO prevent the reelection OF MI
Hendrix who, on the whole, has given good satls
faction in his Office, which he has heh for several
veors He won the enmity OF some OF the politicians
by his bitter resentment of the insult TO the Board
administered by Mayor Chaplin when he rcappointed
the discredited Barthman 10 place on the Board Mr.
Hendrix was otspoken in his denunclato7 OF Chaplin
whose action he condemned the lowest form OF
politics ard he foremost In the policy OF boycotuh9
Earthman which pursued by the majority OF the
Board The candidate for the presidency against
IIendrx Is the vice president james B. Pouch, but In
,pc OF the political influence which he is able to WELD
If Is doubtful whether he will snccecd To my
knowlcdc. one member OF the Board is going to travel
several hundred miles In order 10 attend this meeting
and east his vote In favor OF Hendrix.
Two Of the Brooklyn NatoDa! Guard regiments are
20 enjoy tho privileges Of the State Camp ut Pceksl
ibis wear The I4th will begin its week Of tent life on
saturday next and later the 18th viii have It's tour
of outdoor duty The udicous miugng OF work and
MAY ON the bluff overlooking the Hudson al the en-
trance Of the Highlands makes the weeks ontihg the
best kind OF holiday, and the boys ARE iooohe lorwa"
eagerly 10 the time Of their departure. The week In
camp Will pass all too quickly and with reluctance
they will return 20 their ordinary duties.
The map which appears in the new Brooklyn direc
tory shows for the first time q city OF twenty eight
wards though OF course. there has been no Increase In
territory People In general that the
Eighteenth Ward divided last winter into three
wards. and In general way they knew that the
Eighteenth Ward lay to the east Of Broadway. running
from Williamsburg to East NewYork But the precise
boundaries OF the Twenty seventh and Twenty eighth
Wards 1t has not been so easy 10 carry In MIND a
glance al the directory will show Just where the new
divisions lie. The directory contains close 10 @oVo"o
names which according 10 the usual cstmntc. indi-
co,es nopuution OF abou. 900 600 II is Of n-res.
10 note that the City OF Churchesa phrase more ALTER
alive than accufate-c Jnains $50 churches. OF which
thirty are set down as miscellaneous" That denoli-
nation is pretty well represented The Methods's'