New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-26
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF
c,,r ABOUT TOPICS OF CURRENT INTEREST
N THE CITY OF CHURCHES

- t., ~, supreme Court. in order to obtain his fee
"" 800 900 for services ia connection with the r.
:" bond litigation on behalf Of The county. in which
w. c,unty gained complete victory. Goes not.
taors,apd Il. involve the amount Of the fee. hut
=. IN determine the tight 0f the County Treas
ST. q employ special counsel under circumstances
a. existed in this The counsel employ d
,,,out The authors alton Of the Eoard o: super
- and hence the objection OF thc SUpCrNiSOl-at-
Va, N the payL cnt of the bill Tut in ly Mr.. De
T,, The decision OF the court This question is not
b. anticipated and as much may be >aid Il The action
Il, brought 10y John b. MeyenOorg, following MIR. De
wits example. to the amount Of his fee In
"a same CASE. His position is not identical With
1.; NJ Mr. De Witt. however. for BE- Is regularly
rloycd as counsel TO the 81 ard Of supervisors ana
', rss 10 be expected that he would every effort
- his power to uphold the right of the county to
ne The bonds which came into dispute. For him
n.,e 4 charge Of $4,000 for his services la, ap-
s.,rcd 10 many phenomenal exhibition of assurance.
y does not II the decision ia Mr.. d. Wits
-, .hould II l.. favorable To him. would have much
r,ps upon that Of his ;sSccate In the PROCEEDINGS.
. s.orv was told during the week of party Of
Jewellers Who were stuck in snow drift the
,,,mv railway To Richmond Hin I'm the recent NINA
,o bliy7ard and compelled 20 spend the entire night
a.-s I'm durance uncOmmOnly vile. This reminde,
,s,dent of Brooklyn OF the fact that he once had
"a snend several hours In snow bank we'll within
,,a city limits. This /, ia" story hc told II {:
,hout ten or twelve years ago l was living IN
rls,hush Tha, was before the horse ran all
,irhl 10 that suburb, the company evidently acting
an the principle that the people OF Flatbush must he
r,N and should not be allowed 10 stay out late at
,lsh, The last car left the ferry at half past l.
., those DAYS. and any one downtown later than
mai either had to walk drive home else lodge else
,h.re one night ! had been detained late I'm New
yaN and 1t wa, my intention to stop at Il hotel in
Brookyn not far from the City Hall. II was cold
,,n,er night and there was IA lively wind blowing.
A I was trudGing up from the ferry, TO nY
rsst surprise slw Flatbgsh coming down
ys.urslv boarded It, and found That Il Wa going 10
make the return trip at once. II was special car
ha, is II had been engaged to Lrlas lone. AT a late
hour party Of Bro,klynilc> who had been spend
pc The evening ia Fiatbu>A was tie only pas
ssDser As We nearcd the park 1t became evident that
The snow was drifting badly. for the hOrS,S were com
,eled 10 slow up and could drag tie car only with
dfftulty Just opposite the park entrance a MG
diff was struck and the car stopped. All the ci
,or Of the driver the conductor and the horses TO get
n., that drift were useless Although tUerc
ccod supply of coal on board the piercing wind
would find is way in. and II soon became uncOm
,o,ably cold There was nothing 10 do but 10 walt
for assistance and tlat. it appeared could ONLY come
when snowplough should De sent ont 10 clear the
,-ark for the first ear come down In the morning
TIT; would not be- until after o'clock. You can i'm
anne that the tine passed wcahy enough. and That
bitterly rued my attempt TO g,t home. Finally the SHOW
plough came. ana hcn the six or ci-ht horses draw
ns II were attached the car. and it was dragged
M, q, the mass Of snow that Imprisoned It, cot
home about s. nearly frozen to death. ! suppose
am the only man who has ever been sormbound for
number Of hours In the city Of BROOKLYN. II Is
plsasanter experience to look back at than to go
through. can tell you
thor an
and the had walking in the evening ncrer,d with The
su,rsss O, the BROOKLYN Institutes celebration In re-
spsct Of numbers for the audience In Association Han
On Wednesday night was not - ;arge as Shonld haN'
sa,Asred 10 do honor TO George william Curtis. who
himself was the orator IN that place last year ana
The year before No mistake was made In selecting
me Rev Mr. Chadwick TO pronounce the eulory on
Yr Curtis but "eulogy" Is not the fit word 10 use
/, describing the fine grafton which he delivered III
honor OF his friend. II not an easy TASK u
follow Mr. Curtis who had spoken 0l AN "I'nuS
sumner and Lowell but Mr.. Chadwick performed h'
hbor OF love with admirable taste ana u''rih''''o"
and with genuine cloqucnce He was h'arul "P
plauded at several points In the course OF me
and az the close when Mr. Sherman ana MI 'aiN
gracefully expressed the appreciation OF the audience
and proposed a OF thanks. In speaking OF Gurus
Mr. Chadwick eHaccd the personal clement "hule'y'
and did not once make Of p-r-oiAi prohou'N
indicating his own relations with The subject "a NV
discourse.
Al leas, one Of the present Bridge trustees l. /"
favor Of the Reorganization bill now before ."'
legislature George W. Anderson SAYS: Inv
present boari Is altogether to- big. and there are
men in il whose business engagements prevent them
from giving 10 the Bridge the Zine that II requires
There Is no doubt Of the truth Of this. ana II Is
refreshing to hear the truth told plainly by one Oh
the inside II the Bridge trustees tAcn'eiv"' ha1
teen In favor ~ smaller board, they might easily
have brought about the reform years ago H'
rule they have steadily opposed II, al the sans
tine continuing their policy Of neglect Of DUTY IN
way hard 10 understand Mr.. Anderson makes
the Interesting and believe novel suggestion that
the best thing for BROOKLYN 70 do would be to buy
out Now YOrk's share Of the Bridge. Most proDapN
yev-Yrk would not hesitate 30 sell II Price couid
be agreed upon. but IL Is not easy 10 see "haI
Brooklyn would gain by The Transaction. II would
Get all Of the Bridge receipts, It IS true Instead OF
txo,hirds Of them but they by 10 means amount to
fair return upon the Investment. II would be IN
terestng TO have valuation set upon the B1deo
now as 1t IS nearly ten years since Il was opened for
public
IN spite OF the failure hold the regular February
meeting Il was with difficulty that a quorum OF INC
trustees was secured for the special meeting called
for The purpose Of awarding the contract Tor ~" cree
ton Of tie new terminal station IN BroOHNh' II
II had not been for the telephone, by means Oh VINO"
Controller Corwn summoned after ten trustees
had waited an hour or So no meeting would hav" been
possible The contract given TO the IhoehN
Bridge Company. which agrees TO have the s'a'oh
built In eight months. This means that t'e ne"
terminal stations for the elevated ROADS VIII "i'o "
completed in that time. that by next ran INC Puo
convenience in reaching and leaving the Hrldgc VIII
be greatly lmp,oved The public has waited a long
tine for this Improvement and for the INTRODUCTION
q the system whereby more trains can he rum ana
vii gladly welcome the change judging by INC
past. however II will be- some time aflcr next ihii
before the change Is brought abon' APP''o"''
nlang has been done toward adopting the r"conNeh-
cations o. the last board Of experts, although inc
'rstees secured from II Just the decision 'Eey ""h'u
Tie change Of management proposed by thc pehu'"s
MI Will, It Is 10 be hoped Introduce new IDEAS anu
o..d.,., ,ldc .ur,o;tgnt