New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-26
WANTS BRIDGE BARROOMo.
JOHN II. O'BRIEN ASKS FOR PRIVILEGES
AND WILL PAY FOR THEM.
HE APPEALS TO THE WANDERING hal
SEED" MECHANICAL MARvELs" AND TIE
"CTIARo- OSCURA' AS INDUCEMENTS
LIT LIE TKI-STErS ARE

SEED" MECHANICAL. MARvEIs" AND THE
"CfIIARo-osCURN' AS INDUCEMENTS.
ErT TIE TRUSTEES ARE
AGAINST HIM
John H. O'Bren. o, No. 9l5 DeKalb-ave. Brook
lyn wants to open 'refreshment booths %"
the Brooklyn Bridge. so that people VINO cross INC
big structure viii be comforted midway ne !e'
:erday wrote to the Bridge Trustees an Instructive
ep.stle wherein with eloquent. elegant ana chas'e
phrases, he depicts the forlorn condition IN whc"
foot passengers the Bridge lsnguish "''ho"'
the twin saloons he asks 10 be allowed 10 suppS'
lie wants license for them, he demands near
ing. and ne wants TO have 1t distinctly unders'oou
that he wants these and other things in the N
terest o, suffering humanity and not or Johh H.
O'Bren.
After making application in his letter lot '"e
privilege OF placing refreshment stands on tie
promenade OF the Bridge. at both the e"-io
and Brooklyn towers. tor the purpose OF d.sPehs''e
beverages of every character to the thousands Vi
persons who daily this thoroughfare, ana VINO
feel tho necessity of such public convenience nj
ORren in his own INGENIOUS manner. proceeds
Il have heretofore made similar applications ~
your body. which seem not TO have met with ''e
consideration which was their due. Objection, as
l understand it, was made On the ground that the
Bridge promenade was public thoroughiare
which should be exempt from saloons. But where
The Bridge is mile and a quarter long, or there
abouts, and it there Is not n single place "here
pedestrians may obtain a warm drink IN "'ntc' VI
a cooling one in summer Such condition OF az
fairs does not exist In any other thoroughiare III
either New-York City or Brooklyn. and DOUBT II
IT exists in any other city In the country Ihe'e
Is no reason why what is deemed right by III"
and public opinion In the municipalities concerned
should not Obtain in thoroughfares connecting
those cites"
TIE petiioning philanthropist says that there are
thousands of out-of-town visitors who come 10
view the mechanical marvels Of the Bridge, ana
the magnificent char o-oscura of river ana mar
hor which Is afforded from the Bridge towers. lie
AYERS patheticay that visitors such "a these, and
others feel the need o. cooling refreshments IN
summer and 0; warming ones IN winter" and he
doesn't why they should not be aiIorded
them"
Mr.. O'Brlen's picture OF the genial hayseed from
Squedunk village standing enraptured in viewing
the mechanical maryels' anu the ''masnhcent
chiaro-oscura," all uncontrolled and unsupported
by the Manhattan cocktail or the pousse cafe is
a touching one; but he says that or three or four
previous occasions the "ch.aro-oscura has not
tees with even one little stir.
He has Offered in yan progresson ia NOM snpes
again and this time ne demands hearing a;i
tbe Tr %s s H. says he viii I've strictly within
the lines OK the cXc.se laws OF both Ne"-> OK ana
Brooklyn. lie adds that MS FORMER oHers nave
not hcen brough: TO the attention OF the B0drd
properly. because OF the prejudice OF some OF It's
IT is not likely that the Bridge Trustees VIII
give John II. O'Pr.en the PRIVILEGES he asks ior;
AZ least not so lonC the lamp OF excise reform
holds out 10 burn. In spite OF the "chiaro-oscura
ana the countryman made thirsty by mechsnieaI
nron, fs exciting the brain OF John II. OBrien.
the cruel blasts OF winter VII continue to ~n,se
hreezes OF summer Will si!ll daily with the straw
hat OF the Bridge wayfarer. but II Is highly I'M
nrohah'e that Oi;ren's saloons. variety theatres
or rnerry-go-rounds either. vii! mar tAe placid
peace OF the promenade