New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-04


u Incidentally We venture 10 suggest that 10
throw open to outside competition the designs
for new naval vessels as is cone In most coun-
tries. might not prove so bad plan after all for
subduing the quarrelsome dispositions OF bureau
chiefs in our Navy
nv one Of those inexplicable plumbers which
sometimes happen in the best regulated offices.
what should have been printed as Mr.. Platts
One Spokesman appeared as MIR Platts our
Spokesman in an article on the editorial page OF
Yesterdays Tribune. The explanation IL due our
neghbor THE New-York Sun" which was in this
way misquoted, as we'll to our own readers
The hostility of Mr. Clevelands Administration
10 the scientific bureaus of the Government II
shown in the removal OF competent chiefs ana
the appointment In their stead OF inexperienced
and frequently incompetent men. We should Ike
to know for instance what the service gained by
the removal Of Professor Mendenhall, OF me
Geode;c Survey. and the appointment OF Generai
DutneId. Don NJ Dickinsons man. in his place.
one Of the first steps taken by this doughty
warrior was to place his young son upon the
pavrolls AZ n salary Of $1,000. following in this
regard the illustrous example set by the Secre-
tar,es OF the Treasury and the Navy. Then.
there was the enforced resignation OF Major
Powell from the Geological Surrey. What did
the service gain BY that? And now comes the
removal OF Professor Harrington from the
Weather Bureau. The reasons assigned for this
last step are said to be political Secretary Nor
ton denies this Why then Is so much mystery
thrown around this latest manifestation OF re-
form? Isn't the public entitled 10 know?
= ylric SVeugal-like,
hypnotizc the voters Of Ohio into electing Leg
,sat,re that will return him TO the United States
Senate? II he does. We fear he Is doomed TO
disappointment.
II ia the poor man who suffers most from the
non enforcement OF laws. for he can most easily
be Disseminated against by law oificer' VINO
for selfish purposes may begin to enforce I'M
equally some dead-letter statute.
Yesterday we said a good word for the new
president OF the Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Company and his determination to adopt style
OF fender that Will actually fend. and to employ
a better class Of motormen as 70 insure the
safe running of cars. To-day we take pleasure
in commencing his determination 10 establish
a system OF transfers between the Montague-st
cable line also the trolley line in Court-st.. and
the various trolley lines running in Fulton-st.
east Of the City Hall. II will be great con-
yenience for large numbers OF people II they can
come down town and then reach either the wall
Street Ferry or points on Court-st. by paying
a single fare Mr.. Rossiter means to make his
roads popular. at all events. and is taking the
right course to do A general system Of
transfers throughout the city ought 10 be estab-
l.shed.
An enterprsing contemporary devotes a column
to a description OF Mrs. Lease on her wheel In
the streets OF Wichita. Kan. Her Populistic
friends of the male SEX as rule. select Wash
ington as the proper place In which to exhibit
their wheels.
A novel scheme proposed is that OF certain
circus proprietor who contemplates the purchase
OF a large tract OF land among the everglades OF
Florida for the purpose OF raising there rare
animals instead Of sending FOR them to all parts
Of the world The scheme seems feasible and 1t
appeals to the fancy. However. We should adj
wise our friend to waste no time In securing the
rare animals that will be let loose in Washington
on March g. 1897 before some rival collector OF
freaks gets In his work There are enough of
these rare animals in Washington. II Is true. to
make the everlasting fortune OF at least dozen
greatest shows on earth: still 1t Is we'll to be on
time.
The new head Of the Weather Bureau will do
well to see that Buzzard's Bay has good weather.
No wonder Professor Harrington could not keep
his place with quarrel with Secretary Morton
and responsibility for bad haying for the Presi-
dent on his hands at the same time.
At their meeting this week the Kings County
Supervisors reappointed Daniel Ryan Superinten-
dent OF Construction and Repairs for three years
to come. at a salary OF $1,000. The significance
OF this action will be appreciated when It Is re-
membered that the Board Of Supervisors will
expire at the end OF this year. and yet It has
established an office to extend two years after
II is dead and buried. One member OF the Board
denounced the proposed appointment as a DELHI
crate robbery Of the taxpayers Of $4,000. Ger
tainly there can be no need OF a Superintendent
OF Construction and Repairs after the county
and city become one for the city has never had
any need OF such an officer. Supervisor-at-Large
Fitchie has shown scrupulous regard for the In
terests OF the taxpayers on many occasions
VIII he not put his veto upon the resolution
making this appointment?
According to the reports In the English service
Journals the big battle-ship Blake. which has
been 30 often compared to the United States ar
mored cruiser New-York as q fighting ship. Is In