New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-13
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.

NO BRIDGE STATION AT TlLLAna-SA'
THE TRUSTEES DECIDE TO CONTINUE WORK
Under THE OLD PLANS. WITH THE
STATION AT HIoH-sr.
m. Bridge Trustees took definite action yester-
day in the matter of the much-discussed terminal
facilities at the Brooklyn end of the Bridge IL
was unanimously decided to resume work under the
r,or. adonted last winter Work under these plans
was stopped last fall. when General Barnes began
an agitation for improved facilities. This action
ends the efforts TO carry the Bridge station u
Tllary-st. with an enormous expenditure oi no"e''
and fixes II at Highest. where the STATION VIII CA
tend 10 Sands-st., and front on the open plaza
which extends to Fulton-st. There were SIX uus-
tees present at Yesterdays meeting Tor fepruais'
on.y the Mayor and Controller of New-forK peihs
absent. The Terminal Committee, through a. 10
tee Skinner, reported the resolution that WORN DC
resumed on the Brooklyn terminal station. unuer
the plans adopted in February, 1885, and that .ne
engineer be instructed to proceed Win d" p0''''e
expedition with the work
Controller Corwin asked President HoweA IL ne
stu held that the Til.ary-st- station wouo ho'
cost more than s2,5O0Oc0, and that IL couio NC
completed in two years Mr.. Howell said ne did'
How. then. could it be paid for from the sur
nlus receipts of the Bridge? asked the Controller
..Oh we could issue certificates Of Indebtedness
~ the LEGISLATURE authorized it,. replied Mr. How
ell
MAYOR schieren was asked for his views, and
said THE natural ending Of the Bridge Is where
the foot passengers and carriages leave ~ d.
Sands-st and any further. extension Is ohiy ios
railroad PURPOSES. The plans have been mace anu
contracts given for the station between Sanus any
High SITS. The city at present needs az PUsSiple
income for regular expenses ana tne surplus IoS
facilities The citizens forcby not IN favor vi
the TiIary-st. station. From all these cohsioeId
lions i deem 1t wise to go on Win the oiisiHa
Ihe motion was adopted without any opposing
votes but Controller Corwn wished TO De recoroed
as not voting. Resolutions were adopted GAZING
Of
erty-st and for paving the roadway at tlt New
York terminus The City Works Department OF
rnes in the new part of Liberty-st. for the con-
venience OF residents there, and 10 SCI ramp
A report was made by Superintendent Martin IN
regard to the comparative cost s' o bnn tsd up with
tbe pintsoh gas system and run for month. Mr.
Martin said that to light all the cars run al n1gnt
for year with gas would cost sgeSS o. StG
oil by the present system It cost SsIS, 9Ierenee
I'm favor OF the latter Of $3.50 me cniet expense
would be the interest on the cost OF eqWpmeht; n
report was read which Trustee SKINNER, WHO - a
~ lighting by oil was twenty -four times as great
as with the Pntsch gas on the Delaware. Lack kt
wanna and Western road, and mucn greater on w
West shore and Erie roads. President Howell said
the present system provided n poor and dulI ngnt
and that the Pintsch system was mucn suPea,oI
Mr. Skinner said that II would prooaoy De
way but the Bridge cars should De wen h nsH w.
1'Se present system was abominable. and the pest
system should be adopted. All the cniet ralroaus
Of the country had substituted gas or electricity
FOR oil, The Broadway cars had the Pntscn SIS
tenn and it satisfactory. The matter WAS
laid n month 1850. en-. -
from traffic and the expenditures sSl $50 g. ne
treasurer Mr. Clark. has N7S "a 1S In the BANK anu
on hand There were S,5s70s2 passengers IN the
last month