New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-25
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gethrr probable that the board Will be entirely re
modelled and important changes Will be effected by
action Of the Legislature. Tn" Mayors Commits
sion. which is lnquirng into the educational sys-
tenn OF the leading cities OF the country with "A
view - improving the ANTICIPATED system which
brooklyn s'iil retains. will make report In few
weeks which II Is expected Will be made the basis
Of a BIZ To be- lail before the Legislature II can
hardly Dee doubted that the bill viii provide for
reduction OF IA" number OF members OF the Board
OF Education from forty-n,e to fifteen. even
smaller number ard much OF the unnecessary
rouiluc WORK OF the board, at present con
stltuicI. viii Dee done away with. Whether mem
b~fship Of women "a the board viii be provided Is
by means certain. When asked 10 appoint
women members Mayor Scheren said last sum
mer that he would favor legislative action giving
them voice in the control Of the schools.
The plars Of n" League OF Loyal Citizens OF
Hrookyn for an imposing demonstration of>public
sentiment IN opposition to consolidation with New
York dii not meet the success anticipated by the
promoters The business meeting called by some
seventy men attended by only few
than this number. although a thousand were in
vitcI 10 attend. Not score OF men active in
either the social or political lifc OF the city
! In the number. The conspicuous advocates OF
preserving the Identity ~ brooklyn
noted FOR conservatism those whose life inter
csts closely Identified with the city tina,
| New-fork IS nothing to them. Few whose
| clared their adhesion 10 the movement. As to
| the arguments put forward In opposition 10 con
| sol.daton they appealed far more to sentiment
than to reason. and were by 10 means as strong
| as those which have been put forward for the
union Of the two cities. spectator at the meet
| Ing. who said he present TO hear what was
| said remarked ~ that is all that be said
| in favor Of the two cities remaining apart. II
seems to me they should unite Mt once. Their in
teresis are Identical in the main. and II they are
| merged In on" the prosperity OF both Will be In
cr"ased In a few years the finest metropolis in
the world would be- formed about New-York Har-
bor and more people would dwell In II than In
any other city on the globe 1t would BE- suicidal
for i'roolyn TO endeavor To remain outside. with
such possibilities to follow from the amalgama ton
OF ths two cities. which pr storrs rightly says
The extent 10 which brooklyn already forms a
| Commerce. Three OF the chief speakers resi-
$. Storrs and Murat Halstead. MIR. Orr. who is
| president OF the Chamber OF Commerce. In which
! him several years nSo-the late \. A. Lows
| also member OF the Rapid Transit Commission
| the Metropolis has Brooklyn residents upon 1t.
| and nothing could moro clearly show the manifest
which already in fact.
6 one OF the plans Of the opponents Of consols
| providing FOR the creation OF the State OF Long
, This scheme has been mooted at various times
| but definite action to accomplish It has ever
been taken. The fact that Long Island is not an
Guided In the territory OF the State has led fire.
qucntly to the consideration Of its political sepa
! ration. OF course such action would have TO be
taken by Congress. but the expression OF desire
for II by the passage OF bill by the Lcgslat ure
| would probably carry the project through. over
| one-siXth OF the population OF the State H. upon
Long Island. and In territory AS well as population
| II far exceeds Rhode Island and Delaware. while
| only about one-half OF the States exceed II in
| population. II would immensely advance the In
| tcrcsts OF brooklyn II she should be made the
| capital Of an Independent State. with the State
| Senators this would give her the Custom House.
and other adJuncts OF Statehood She would be-
come a port of entry and would no longer MI n
subordinate place. But there Is no likelihood that
| the State large would agree to the autonomy
OF Long Island. The intense rivalry that would at
| once spring up between the two great cities would
| inevitably tend 10 inJure New York city, and she
may be depended upon to defeat any such scheme.
There Will be meeting In the city Hall on the
evening OF December for the consideration OF the
in the outlying portions OF the city while the county
* In position to issue the bonds for the payment
| for such property which II will be for year
| longer II Is expected that large amount OF land
offered to the city. II owners are not too greedy
| for speculative prices for their property they may
| he able TO sell To the city such tracts Will en-
hancc In value the remaining portions OF the land
| they by It's proximity to public parks. az ha 5
| been the case in Westminster County.
! one OF the amusing incidents OF the first OF the
| series OF monthly dinners which made Gee
| bration OF the Victories Of the campaign by the
! Union League club occurred at the table at which
| Jackson Wallace, president OF the Board OF
| Aldermen. AZ there seemed To be air OF quiet
AT that table II occurred to n member seated at a
table nearby to seek to infuse some life and vigor
into It's proceedings by proposing three cheers for
| Mr. Wallace When they had been given with much
! heartness the man who sat next to Mr.. Wallace,
who from the energy with which he had Joined In
the enthuslasm was thought 10 be an Intimate