New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-05
ruAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
,,s,.N, COMMENT ON TOPICS OF INTEREST
IN EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.

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as IN favor Of honesty In city affairs. 1t will he
ds"' s.rod that two companies sought the privilege
rs,,a,,r a railway IN that street. One OF them
Of a, nav 40 900 for the privilege. The other
o noltcal concern through and through. and
We" MT a cent nevertheless II secured the fran
' ''. from the Board OF Aldermen. ThereupOn suit
. hrourht by taxpayer to have :he grant declared
80, an thc ground OF waste OF the city's property.
i've n,oc..dInss were brought under the same act as
-" action Of Mr.. zeGer to prevent the purchase of
Wv ,orp Island Water supply Company bv Chaplin ct
Wv =, an extravagant figure. In behalf Of the city a
'n,,er was set mp. alleging that no cause OF action
". nsen stated against 1t. This demurrer has now
S overruled by Justice Cullen. who holds that the
=" uast be tried on its merits His decision affords
.orsble ground for hope that the ultimate outcome
a. he victory for the taxpayers The complaint
.,ss that the action of the Aldermen was fraudu-
-, and collusive. and Justice Cullen says: This
. for the purposes OF this decision, be taken as
NV. M one can doubt that the award OF the fran
,. 10 the political corporation justified the graves
.,oeon. especially I'm view OF the character OF the
,a~nen Certainly as between offer OF nothing
,s, offer OF $50 900. no would hesitate long TO
-. unless he were a member Of the Brooklyn Com
- councl II Is 10 the credit OF Mayor Body
.. he vetoed the award. but his veto was over
,1asu BY a vote OF l6 TO .. And this. too. was be-
49,. Mr. Body learned wisdom through the sequels
he
nh. aIssolution OF the long ontinued partnership
=, Wechsler g. Abraham Is matter in which the
ami. OF Brooklyn generally are deeply Interested
~. retirement OF Mr.. Wechsler, however. will make
=, nraelcal difference in the management Of the big
dyrsoos house. and 1t appears that the old firm name
4. N he continued. The price paid by Mr. Abraham
4, large one, and shows how greatly the business
,srasd on BY the firm has been developed In the
no
rb,y began In a small and have continually been
rnd.rsoIng q process OF evolution. Wechsler &c
Abraham were the pioneers In the new and popular
,b.npng district between the City Hall and Fatbush
ave- When they decided to leave lower Fulton-sf. It
vas generally felt that they were taking hazardous
s,,o Al first. In order TO induce shoppers TO go
Tram their former haunts farther uptown this firm
furnished free transportation in the street cars 10 all
Who asked for st. But their judgment was speedily
,rs,iGad and a complete transfer OF the shopping
,.rion has since been brought about the one firm
which continued to hold the fort In the old quarter
having surrendered last year. Mr. WecDsler Is pro-
United fIom engaging in business under his own name
"a, Eve wears TO come and says that he has formed
no definite plans for the future.
Curously eloueh. there Is one obvious error IN
both "The Eagle and "The CITIZEN" ainiahacS'
II Il the retention Of Lefcrts Park upon the
m
.nn.srs ~ large as life on both the city map and
a, The sectional map which includes the Twenythird
Ward The Citizen" publication omits 1t on It's map OF
tho ward In question while retaining Ii on the map OF
,hs city nj large As a matter OF fact Lefierts PARK
has been completely wiped out; 50 completely mat
almost It's entire extent has been covered with houses
end other buildings. II was situated between Iohp-
hins. Gates and Throop ayes, and Quincy-st, Dut
within nv recollection 1t never embraced the iu'i
block There liquor store at TompKlhs ana ''i'eS
AVIS fifteen years ago. The park was one of the So
called private parks OF which there are number near
fine circumference OF the city at the present day.
md was used for picnics and the like in the days
uhrn Tompkins-aye was considered far uptown. Al
different times sunday services were held there during
one summer l remember that Miss Anna Oiiver' WHO
hsd an extended reputation as a preacher, preached
there reeularly for several weeks Eleven years ago
q number Of houses built in Quincy-st.. on a
portion OF the park. but the remainder was not occu
pied In this way until two three years ago. Now
the entire Quncyst side has been built up and more
than half the Gates-ave. SIDE while at the eastern
end stands the new branch building OF the society
for Improving the Condition OF the Poor Leher's
Park must be counted among the things that WERE
The trolley has been cutting up so many capers
aey that It requires faith like unto That winch Is
apable OF removing mountains to pronounce IL sue
DELAYS
urrence and they are Of the most eXasperatng char
,c,er The conductors are compelled at not rare In
etyas 70 climb 10 the roofs OF the cars In order 10
d,ust the pole and trolley wheel, and one day curing
he week trolley car on the bciNohiiurS' me ''
way and plunged down an embankmeh' LuchN
hero were no Messengers or else howl OF denunciso
would have gone up from all parts OF inc Guy u''
rculd have made the surface companies hai' III '"o"
ans for running cars BY this method on all the INES
fhn fp0ll
,etter than an aggravation. When they are eoou'
bev ore very. very good but when they are bad
10 adjective can be too strong TO describe them lhr
,aryInc intensity Is their weak point. 1hey 90 up anu
Town according TO their own sweet VIII. No'"ns
ould be more trying 70 The eyes, even OF tio'e WIZ
,re not reading. A man who has i0r years oe'" "'
,ustomed 20 read all sorts OF pnDhc CONVEY any,
ellis mo that he would far sooner have lamps Vi
hs old fashioned kind than the electric heh's ""'"
hine out with almost Overpo"er1ns brInah'e one NV
neut and die down 10 almost nothing the next Inc
,h.,co ,otos n,ace every time starts or stops,
IA souo,mes without any reason while 1t Is moving
steadily along Lamps are retained at each end OF
he car IA light The cOlorcd glass which distinguishes
,ne line from another. and so the passengers ai. o
eft In complete darkness when the eiecuic "s"''
approach tie vanishing point
Tho rod hapcIncs around the stage in Association
hail. placed there for the lecture on "eoneN""'
night on passion in the Greek Poets wmch WAS
Illustrated by q number of yonng women VINO "p,
pered in a modified Greek costume ana aho"eu "
remain for several succeeding lectures ADDED HheaS
nrsbly TO the appearance OF the hall. ana II lei.
there permanently wOuld be an apprecia'cu
Improvement Possibly II some drrperies were
arranged In other parts OF the room the u'as'roio
rcho which prevails when there is small audience
would disappear. Even when half the seats are hied
This echo is very noticeable. AS for the CLASH OF iroh
which occurs every time Of the seats In that ha
lowered IL seems to be beyond the reach oil remedy
unless It be a remedy radical as the entire re-
noval Of the present seats. When one OF those
comes down ready for occupancy the sound is Ike
the explosion OF frecracker the report OF small
pistol.
NOTES ABOCT THE CHURCHES.