New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20
TIMELY TOPICS IN BROOKLYN.
THE TABERNACLE FIRE-ClTY EXPENSES
BRIDGE AFFAIRS-MKANE
DEFEATED

THE TABERNACLE FlRE-ClI1 EAfE->SI>'
BRIDGE AFFAIRS-MKANE
DEFEATED.
The destruction of the Brooklyn Tabernacle by
Ore has been the sensation OF the week That goes
without the saying. Interest In the IRE 'sell anu
In its origin has been divided with interest i" 'e
nuestion whether another big church wouio ever
he built in Brooklyn for DR. Talmage with the
single exception Of the Brooklyn Theatre hre " Is
safe to say that Brooklyn has never experience
a fire with so many sensational elements as mo
which carried away only the Taoerhacle ou'
the fine Hotel Regent. only recently compIe'eo anu
commonly supposed TO be so well puiit as 10 oe ~
,,roof THAT II could be burned down IN lew
,oinutes was never contemplated as remote pos
sIblity by the large number OF weH-kHo"" psop' 49,
who made It their home. many OF "hoi" pun, -,
hoavv losses in the destruction or tnen Pc $40
Tects which they had opportunity 10 saN Of
seems out Of the ITesGln VIII ever be asceraned
~ ,beorv Of incendarsm found rather IeduS az
eeptance because inf IN sense fttngy dramatic
Climax to the celebration OF Dr cannot vet be
sccented notwithstanding the stories Oh Tbn only
and footsteps heard SaDa Ge4 Kat the the electric apparatus
~ the building caused the fire; ana ms M by
less be gensray, reg me church that the fire could
n POSSIBLY have been started IN 'hal way
What everybody must be thankiui ioi -
,ns fire did not break out until after the
.ne ~ s,rarsed Had IT occurred half an hour
\,
sarrer while some 5000 people were IN tie c" T,
and the adjoining Sunday-schooi room a ,Nen,,s,
destruction of life must have followeu-a onn ,,
nv the side Of which the loss oil nea's 'V ,e-s
by the burning of the BROOKLYN I,anance The
1rou,d dwindle into comparative hsisn''''""
on,d,t, With which the Tabernacle was consumer
was positively startling. Almost as quoN'' s t.,
takes TO write the words the whoie 'ei -, "a
haze The walls of the building were ma 80
suhstantial but the whole inside was OF 'ie "
was d
work and of course the papier-macne sioS III
we're used instead Of plaster 10 liiie Wv, GO
Furnished the easiest possible iueI io' w -,
rhara has been complaint regarding 'he sio
1heIe s s" IN reaching the burning building but
49, fa,,It .nnears to have been rather IN the iaiiu
10 send out the alarm promptly. a aT sUpply and
hampers t ~ reason or because of improper APP
naratus were unable to throw water "i sShe water
the nn IN this part Of the city appears We're a
thirty-fve years ago, wheh u l., is s1nposed that
pun are 81 much corroded that Their re-
capacity has been considerably roEnS the Taber-
nacIe was doomed. and while II was I'm ~ erenen
save the hG S MetRodis Church
and number of houses close ny IRON a,rinS the fire
The excitement in the neghborhood Gui n and the
and for Was rnd e hsen Burned
news that Talmages TaoerInacre ing nH papidity
snread through the city with aihaZi"s i"P'
Will there be another Tabernacle? That Is Nie
question or at least one OF them Ut Aae
nosition seems clear: He will refuse 10 ASSUME
huge burden Of debt in order TO nave ano'"e
church building now that three nave pee" ou,
aou,r during his Brooklyn ministry and seeing no"
embarrassing was the debt contracted in 'he cree
ton of the edifce just wiped out he Is quo'1u
es saving that he considers his pastoral WIN 90
Rrooklyn finished, though naturally ne expects ~
preach for good many years Nhiie 'he Inns
$50 vet smoking the Tabernacle trustees heia a
,meating and resolved TO rebuild There is rouC
The cornical in their soemnly asking Dr. Ian ser
limit
him he would be their pastor since the uus,ees nd
Presbyterian church qo t he' pastor Of the Taber
nacle society long as It eXiSts p Doctor insists
that $3.50 900 be raised before step is taken ,o"ara a
buiding a fourth Tabernacle, the pIooa1pi.i.e 90
strong s the wisdom Of his decision not 10 take
on his shoulders another mountain nt 80, ue hann
that Under which he and the Tabernacle nave oeen
., nas for the last three or four years.
Too, week Il was pointed out that Fire Commission.
r Wurster had been able to effect clean saving oi
Ios, $4,000 in the expenses OF his department
aimee -. .ho commissioner Of City Works has
-. s,u hotter The amount which ne asks LOT
o. rsxt wear Is 81 49, which is s235oSs less thah
uas allowed TO Commissioner Adams year aeo'
but here again the proper comparison Is 10 De ma
With the amount Mr.. Adams asked for' "hlch was
sSS so W NOR my F5rthermore Mr. White says that
he would have been able to make sun larger H.
euareenen, Of the territory Of the city The
ing which he has accomplished mas psei tn, ~
partly by reducing the FORCE, nUt u Tba reform add
Salaries to an inadequate basis Inc Fe ~ r,@bt
ministration is bringing forth Hui's VI ''e ''e
sort. The more the Detter.
=. would have been money IN McKanes pocket
n he had dismissed his counsel when he was sen.
70 Sing Sing, and If he had given up all nope oi
.scan,nq the lust penalty Of his crimes. The APP
neal in his behalf TO the United States supreme
Court was very foolish. All the points made by Ms
counsel were brushed aside OF no Importance anu
,ba wonder is that the Court did not do as II ala
IN the case Of some Of the murder Appeals haue
after the passage of the law prescribing EXECUTE"
nv electricity and sharply rebuke the counseI LOT
trihing with IT, simultaneously win Inls ms Tsryn
came the news OF the action OF the Generai IeIn
90 porobkeensie in unfolding the decision OF Judge
barnard in the contempt proceedings, When ne
entenced McKane to thirty days IN jail ana 10 pay
fine OF $3.50 This may seem snlall mat! ~ 80
Kane now. but he did not thlnk 50 az '"T I'M I'M
Judge Barnard handed down ms uecsIoi, =. ~
be remembered that Judge cullen eIan.eu - ~
sS,s waiter nendng the appeal, so that II Mchane
We're at large ne would have been haDie last MOL
day to Incarceration In the county jan lot n S W.
He must now realize fully that njuncuons OF lhe
s,nreme Court go in what was Gravesend' as well
as in the rest OF the State
The annual meeting Of the Brooklyn Kindergarten
Association held in Memorial Hall on TUESDAY
aysn,ng attracted much less attention from the
Irooklvn papers than 1t deserved In fact II was
scarcely noticed at all The audience which nearly
aued the pretty hail. is rarely surpassed in quality
nv public assemblages in Brooklyn Inc quaiity Oh
the speeches was also uncommonly high' Mayor
coh,eren presided with grace and tact and dis
played his readiness TO seize on passing reh'ai
md spnlv II effectively. The speeches specially
worthy Of notice were those Of Mrs Alice A. Chad
wick and the Rev. DR.. Rainsford Mrs. Chadwich
Lfpda as q