New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-04
AROTE THE HARLEM RITER.
RECOMMENDING A NEW PUBLIC sCHooh-"O
TryITY IN OUTDOOR SPORTS.

RECOMMENDING A NEW PUBlIC S'hoO" w
TryITY IN OUTDOOR SPORTS.
Tho children Of Bedford Park nj last 10 nave
n public school. II the recommendation 81 9"p'''
,ondcnt Jasper made to the Board OF Educd'i"i -
carried ont He recommends tho purchase OF 'le
cor-o prv,pertv nj Webstcr-ave. and Mosholu i'"h"
for n school site. The property has a 1roh'asc VI NV
feet in the Parkway. which VIII be Whcil 'o'.I
the widest and most beautiful thorongliaIe III Wv
city, Many of the children from Beoloru i''n nov"
bccn compelled 10 attend school In foTu.a" .
other parts Of the Twenty fourth Ward, miles away
,a ,hoir homes Mr. { Jasper says that he mas
rv 400 children Of SCI DOL age In the nciShp"'hoo'
Tho cost ,of the land which includes twelve Guy lo's
will be about So5 900. The residents OF b'uio'u ~
have been long carrying on an aSi'auo" io'
school facilities and the action OF aui'i'"
Jaspcr gives them hope that their wishes Will y
speedily fulfilled. ds with
,,,no,,on Island Is now making some progress ln'
,,pg last vcck Cf the contract for RAISING 'le ""'
NJ the Central and Harlem Railroad comp'ir 'o'
rork.ave marks a step In advance III '"'i''7 ~
that project 50 little had been DONE ana 80 ion7
= time had elapsed since the commission was "r
,,o,n,od that the residents who would be bcncn',ea
bv the Improvement began to despair Oh us ''''7
carried out. some years may be occup'e" III 'o"'
,o,,,c tho work but the fact that II Is uhocr WHY
viii keen ND the spirits Of suburban residents WIZ
have complained Of the delays caused by 'he m
of the drawbridgcs and other impcrl"cuo"S VI
prcsont system of traffic. The contractors WIZ
:, charge the work Of building the new Mac"N"
Nom Or Central Bridge, have completed the ''Si"-
=, ,h main obutments and the north ana Sou'u
,, are nearly finished. The central ahu''"'n'
has hecn soidly built Of large granite bioch' ;" do
hear the weight OF the whole bridge "hti u" Nm ,t
onon The work on the bridge is'H VIII 80,
next MONTH There has apparently p''i -,
alov aho, reparing the bridges at kingsnridSe wiz"
,,as,.r ,vepue Fridge also the work las not peci
expeditiously carried on. -, ,
Manv complaints have been made about the mum
her Of wires which are strung along 'lo $50 ,o
Tvenivth Ward. There are het"oiA' g.,
over some Of the principal avenues ana ''''' 49,,
hoon no apparcnt effort TO carry ont inc rui's W Wv
poa-d of Electric Control above the Harlem NV
49, -, ,bob have been erected do not CONFORM WIN
.' cnla,ons Of the city authorities ana o'crn'"'
,o are carried carelessly along streets "here 'i'
l. uttle need Of electric lighting. Inc """''
add OF course to the unsightlineSS ana ""i'7' ,-o
cvsten, Of overhead wires. and the TACT '""' w
has not vet been large fire caused oy '''
a cause OF surprise. The uptown streets arr H
neglected by the city authorities "i''o"' '
a.. ,rooont NJ n mass Of unsightly wires
nntdoor sports of all kinds were acuveiy carr"'
! IN ,n tho several parks and along the ROADS uptown
last week. At the Archdocesah ean'S " A..
Berkeley oval, on Tuesday the uptown N''""'. No.
not make so good showing as nan pcc" 'Ni a..
The ST. Jerome Lyccum won the tug-oi'""i' uu' N
runners and other athletes from whom "'u'n 'a1
Hoo, exnected were unsuccessful. The Kcpuoh'i"'
=, a., c,rrn,n CIub succeeded on Decoration Day
=, mining , decisive baseball victory from 'heiI
ichbors NJ the Northern club. The residents VI
fremont are greatly Interested In the oohcS' o''
these clubs and there were many sPe'''" WV
watched the games AT Croona PARK. Inc -'o'''''''
were at first in the lead. but ten runs were sco,'
| hv the ~ublrbans in the nth lihihs' P"'ne w
cuh greatly in advance Of their opponents q gam
of baseball between the married men ana '' ''"7'
mo, 90 podford Park brought out fun at'ohuahrc '"
mo ladies who were Interested rs wives or 'r'h"S'
in the various contestants. The game WIS Nv. ~
closelv plaved as one between PROFESSIONALS Du, ti
| - t,Iv nc much fun for the spectators. Inc oe'
! cisions OF the nmpres caused the usu'i ""o
wrancllng. The bachelors maze eleven ru"' III w
o,ct inning and although the married men m'"'
| ,ns in tha succeeding innings they We're not SUI
scion, IN overcome the large lead won by the Aihpi'
mon The score was seventeen TO ten In favor vi III"
| hocbeIors The Clarcmonts Of Mount HOPE uci'"'''
! fine Maynowers Of Brooklyn BY score Vi o''N
five and we're also successful in game against Inv
Morgi, Athletics The North side Atieuc 'iun "'H
successful in the baseball game against the MOTIFS
Athletic Club. There shooting at west f"r"'
hr ,ho pronx River Gun Club on Tuesday ana zap
,oi, John Fisher won the medal. The Washington
Wheclmcn Of fremont. had ROAD race Ut fo''
SCHUYLER and good time was made IN Var'o"" 'o''
| tests The Kingsbndgc bicycle Club heid races ~
| Irper Broadway Tuesday afternoon. l"' ''''''
mile race was won by George Stanton the one-Inl"
race by c. H. stonebridge and the four-ile race oy
Edward Cook. The officers OF the club are '""cs
I'M pois president: Frederick Norman, treasurer ana
Mr. scrmgOOur, secretary. Al, -. ,,..i, ., hor
wi Mrs franklin Edison, who died last week AT ncr
home n, rordham Heights. was OF the most prom,
mcnt women Of the North side In charitable ana So.i
attairs until She received stroke OF paralysis ir"
Gears ago Her husband was formerly Mayor, per
brother was the 1ammany leader u: y. Won . n'i
son DR. Cyrns Edison, IS We'll known from Ms 'un ,
ner,inn with the Health Department, and she lmn
other relatives who had been prominent IN cl'y ai"I
Inn,bor 81 lanes L. Wells formerly Ass"mllyni
died on Wednesday at the home Of her son. NJ "eA
vacancy in the Naval Academy 10 be filled by ap
poinment from the XVIII Congress Disn" VIII Il, n
awarded on the competitive examination. Snpr ln,
tendint sanford Of Albany; the Rev, Bl 4,n"i
ir"ntne Of Wcslchcstet and Mr.. Adams. Of bediorc
held in Grammar school No. "a. fordham, OF
saturday H. at a. M Congres, man t tSau
Ms, Point tis year will be William G. Rogers h'
son Of Thomas Rogers. OF Morrisnnia Inc so"iIt
man was appointed by Congressman 'otailnecker' i
The last exhibition Of The gymnaStc work Of men IN,
bcrs Of the Mc,ose Turn Ncron. 10 be held under n
direction of The present teacher took place last week
Richard Mel.r Who has been In charge Of ihc class
for some Years, will soon remove 10 lihlalo. ih'
| performance gwen under his direction last Week wa
Interesting especially In the exercises by The e'rls a'
The Tallapoosa club, Of which mary men well know
In the upper wards are member opened ihs' w'ri
! tIla clubhouse AT Pelham Bay The president. JOIN
, W Falk: John IIafcn. Emil Rozck. Charles Jacobs
| Thomas Farley. Thomas Jordan, John Young ana oh'
we'll known members Of the club were present I'M
Morrisana Macnncrch0r held IT, twcniy-ninh ann,lh
| summer nights festival AT Trnchs Hail. on In"'da
| evening. on the same evening the Chry saltheinu'
Social Club met at Mclrosc Hall. The silver Sta
! social Cllb met on Monday evening nj the home o
The president Frank McGill. No. 362 Westinghouse
An entertainment called 4 Carnival Of Days am
Columbian Exposition was held In the North New
York Methodist Church Willis-ave. and Onc-hundred
| and forty -frst-st on Thursday afternoon and even
Ing Among those who had charge Of the tables wer
Mr. Folhemus Miss Susie Ross. Miss Marion Fowler
| Miss Emily Osborne. Miss Grace Fowler MISS Nh
| storrs Miss sadie Schofcld and Mrs. Haven. I'm
| prCceeds OF the entertainment went 10 IN" buldln
| fund 4 Columbia tea was given on Thursday ever
ing nj Il. Mary's Episcopal Church. The SUNDAY
, school room was decorated with flags and flower
Those nj the various tables were Mrs George Ecnio
Clark Miss Maggie Ten Eyck Miss Mabel Entwist!'
| Miss Martha Rapnst"r Miss Fdra Freed. Miss LILA
r | Clark Miss Lizzie Kctchum. Miss Marion Mason an
Mss Fila Kctcllum. 4 strawberry festival was hel
nj the Fordham Methodist Episcopal Church on Thur
dnv evening The ladies In charge OF the tables wer
Miss Gussie Sialp and Miss Van lIaupi. Miss Lea
jisk Miss Louise Stalp. Miss Julia Knox. Miss Lanr
. 4 Il.lo VouO nd