New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-14
WHAT BROOKLYN TALKS OF.
GLlMPSES OF MEN AND THINGS IN ihh
METROPOLIS OF LONG ISLAND.

METROPOLIS OF LONG ISLAND.
Governor Flower has met the best expectations III
his approval Of the bill permitting "h aPP ~
the city from the recent decision on '"'eo -.
setting aside the award Of the commissioners appeA
to apprase the property Of the Long is'anu "a.er
Supnlv Camponv As the matter stood. the CITY
was subjected 10 grave injustice. while every possible
advantage WINS given TO the company. IL me oe-
cision had been against H. the company e'"'u nave
exhausted the matter Of appeals p"' WIN oecsph
In favor of the company, the CITY was iei' ""'o'ei.
pewer)ess Jus, how this neat little tick was played
In The Interest Of this much.talked-of concern has
eTpsS . am see ss A ne Gsncds s
for the viii ,aT 60 to the cont
Of la last rs0s and nhe Every taxpayer will Welcome the
tRoSShpi that udge Iratis ruling Is not to be nSl
The popular osi ayc nas IN there Is pretty S strong
sus,icior that there was shrewd management In the
interest of as Of the award heard b judge Pat
rather than by any other supreme Court justice.
IN the same day that the Governor did BROOKLYN
Good turn BY signing the bill Just referred TO- he
likewise affixed his signature to the bills which legal.
,ze all the expenditures made by the city and county
I'm connection with TIE Columbus Day celebration.
This will prevent any possible litigation against the
officials conccrncd-including Mayor Boody-for the
recovery of the sums unlawfuly spent. on grounds
Of abstract justice there Is, perhaps serious OBJ
lection to these laws. II is expressly provided in
them that they shall have bearing upon the pend
Ing in1ttMeUtS, out everybody lees sure tnut tney
viii have-that they will be employed as effectively
rs possible by the counsel for the accused men In
Governor Flower caused profound CONSERVATION in
Brooklyn when he vetoed the first bills passed having
aferward he repented and decided that it would be
wise for him to make friends with the Democracy OF
suggestion. and it was a foregone conclusion that he
would approve them.
The Democrats have scored a point Of consider
able importance In securing from the. Court OF
Appeals the order for reapporonmcnt OF the Assembly
districts in the form suggested by the Corporation
Counsel What the Republicans asked through their
counsel. Jesse Johnson, that the order shouid
that in making the districts no wards should
be divided: that is that wards should be considered
on the same basis towns Judge Peckham refused
10 allow this. but he distinctly declared that the
Court OF Appeals had not passed upon the question
whether wards should for purposes Of reapportion-
ment be considered towns lie declared. however,
that the division of election districts ought not to be
permitted on account Of the confusion which would
there is s,ill stronger reason for refusing divide
wards. still, II is undoubtedly the intention OF the
to disregard wSFa n ssd The gre up Se
lion that tho Board Of Supervisors will act honestly
and fairly Was this as Artemus ward would say
That allnght trains pay we'll the elevated roads
n shown BY the decision OF the Kings County road
to shorten the Roadway OF its trains after O'Clock
a. m. Heretofore II has run trains at Intervals OF
hrcc-quarters OF hour, but now this time has been
cut down to half an hour. The Improvement Will be
appreciated by late travellers, OF whom there are
large number The Kings County Company was the
pioneer in running al night trains which proved sue
long tine e 10 make up its mind TO follow suit. but
it runs trains every half hour on Its principal
the trains run during the middle of the day.
A consi rrab,e number Of people in the city seem
bound to make things uncomfortable for Mayor Body
For instance the Young Mems Democratic Club has
had series of questions drawn up for the Mayor TO
answer-questions which traverse the weak points III
his administration, and which framed In such q
way as TO constitute serious indictment against him.
The Eagle, comes to the Mayors defence with the
remark that the questions are a series OF ansuits.
Just why they should he regarded is not clear:
They deal only with matters of fact and record ana
enumerated. OF course Mr.. Body will make no at
tempt TO answer the questions In fact they are
nnanswerable unless h. intends to condemn himself
hopelessly. The significant thing about THIS cate,
MAYORS own party. II Republicans had framed the
questions, the latter would naturally be viewed In
q different light
aThe Eagle, asked the Mayor in the course OF
the week whether he was candidate for renomna-
ton lie answered that he not, and that he was
not "a candidate for any ether Office either when
asked II ne would accept denomination. however, he
answered. after moments pause: 81 have given no
consideration whatever to that subject and see no
reason for considering it at the present time Then
after another pause he added al shpuh not feel I'M
happy to say the least TO know that should never
hold any OTHER official place" There seems to be
gocx deal between the lines here. Undoubtedly Mr..
body must regard his official career as fiat failure
He knows that he might have made II o brilliant
success But at the outset he yiclted to the demands
Ct the gang. and he has been compelled to Keep on
II he should be renomb,ated and because Of weak
opponent should be reelected his second term could
scarcely be an Improvement upon his fr;t, ana In
the end he would retire from the Mayors Office
completely discredited man.
The people Of Newtown have good reason TO rejoice
heartily over Governor Flowers veto of bill pro
vdinp for another cemetery in that township. They
have far more than their shsreof cemeteries already
and are entitled relief The question OF the dis
posal Of the dead OF the big cities around Newiork
Harbor is an important a good deal Of Long
Island near the outskirts of Brooklyn has already been
be used for this purpose before many wears II the
present custom continues. There Is sCuint NJ
cremation I'm the memorandum filed by the Governor
In connection with the Newtown bill But those VINO
have watched The progress Of cremation since the
crcnatoFy AT Fresh Pond was erected sever OF ceh,
years ago cannot fail 10 perceive mat tmt mcthou
Ct dispOsing Of the dead Is making It's way INTO
popular favor very slowly Indeed
There has been little occasion this year TOT the
customary llants concerning the running OF open
cars a, TOO carly date or on days when II Is danger
Gus 70 ride such The fact Is that the weather
until within the last few days has been so chilly that
even the street car companies bound TO take
heed Of IT, and when the warm weather came early
IN the week Ii came all al once. ana the open cars
were welcome 10 EVERYBODY. The open trolley cars
bound TO be popular during the warm season.