New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-25
~ THE NORTHERN WARDS.
EASTER MUSICAL SERVICES IN THE UP
TOWN CHURCHES.


rollrleAL ANp SOCIAL INCIDENTS ABOVE THE
uAuLrM-wEDDINGs ANNouNcED-TlIE
.rrvE.crNr FARE QUESTION.
Tho programmes for Easter musical services in
IN. uptown churches have ben prepared WITH es-
u,c.ll care this year. AZ ~ Mary hplScoP"'
church northumberland forty-scconlst and Alex
anasr-rvc. tire Rev. Joseph Reynolds jr rector
the service. Will b, under the direction Of me choir
Muster and orglnist sheldon W. Bail Ethan NJ
len Hunt Will be the tenor soloSt, ana NIlliam H.
Kennedy the bass soloist. At s. f1uIS 'hurch
th.r. VIII be- a service at i3O a. CLOCK TINS lhoih''S'
and a second service ut 1913 o'clock. The evening
service viii be- especially for children, ana the
Easter missionary onerlng viii be presented. Inc
musical service IL Trinity Church. One-hundred-aNl-
sixty, fourth-st and Roson-aye.. VIII be unior me
direction of Conrad Writ, TIE organist. I. w
Nash the organst and choirmaster OF the Nhurch
Of the Holy Faith has prepared an elaborate M
steal programme for the principal service. me
choir consists of Mrs c. W. Nash soprano; Miss
Gertrude Turner contralto; c. w. Ogden tenor,
and George :. Ben. bass. There will be Il carol
festival for the children in the evening MISS Chrls-
tine DYER voliuist. will assist the choir Ihere VIII
he specill music at the Ascension Baptist church
East One-huudr d-siEtleth-st. At the morning
service and the Rev. Mitchell Bronx, the pastor
- ~ ,,rc,ch an Easter sermon. Frederick Hager will
rive. violin solos and Misses kemmerer and Taylor
and Nessrs EIse!e and Pinchbeck will lead the
vocal music. At the evening service OF the FOREST
Avenue Coagre gational Church the Rev W. =
Woolworth will preach an Easter sermon to the
members Of the Young Mems Christian Ohloh ana
the Union Quartet Will sing
The efforts Of Congressman Quss have been ei-
fectivc in securing an increase in the amount al
lowed in the House bill for the improvement or the
Harlem ship canal. The Harlem River Improvement
Association. which includes in its membership prop
erty owners on both sides Of the Harlem River
Ia. II, fha.
propr.ated. and has sent petitions to Washington
asking that $4,000 be appropriated this year. so
/ that the work may be finished according to the
plans Of Colonel Gillespie. of the War Department.
The passage by the Legislature of the bill au-
thorizng the expenditure of 100000 for building
for the Department OF Street improvements OF
the northern wards promises to be a substantial
benefit 10 property owners in the Twenty-fourth
Ward The building Is to be placed in Crotoha
Park at Third-ave and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
seventh-st. The part of the Twenty fourth Nard
near the proposed building has developed more
slowly than parts Of the northern district
and the building will be at considerable distance
from the closely settled portion of the district IL
will however. be much nearer the geographical
centre Of the district than the present once OF the
Street Improvement Department. and VIII De con-
venent TO all sections except kingsDridge ana the
northwestern part OF the Twenty-fourh Ward
There has been much uncertainty as to the pos
slbiiity of obtaining a single fare on the Manhat.
tin and Suburban Elevated railways from fremont
to the Battery and the prospect for an early adop-
lion OF the single fare Is not improving Inc mana,
gers of the road say that they VIII not De forced
into making the reduction. and demand the with
drawal of the bill providing for the slhs.e rare.
some OF the uptown property owners on',h seas !,
will be wiser to petition the company ior relief ana
not 4 SIX the legislature to interfere Many properly
owners on the other hand. do not believe that the
elevated railroad company VIII voluntarily grant the
reduction ana they desire to secure favorable acton
by the LEGISLATURE the slngle-fare Dill when
has been introduced by me UPTOWN Asssns ,'. EN-
THURSDAY evening as the pastor Of the Forest Ave
mo conversational church. The council which In
S,nued him consisted Of representatives from all
the New-York city Congregatlonal churches and
many OF those of Rrooklyn and Westchester Coun-
~ The rev Dr Henry A. Stlmson. of the Broad
way Tabernacle, preached the installation sermon.
The right hand Of feowshp was slVeh oy the rev.