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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29
CARS TILT CRd WI.

Tradition has II that Calico persisted in Do
claring. although under his breath, that the
world does move, even after he had rccanted
the astronomical views which he had been i'm
prudently expressing If Calico were living
today. and II should occur TO him to take n trip
70 BROOKLYN. he might feel some doubt. after he
had entered a Brooklyn Bridge ear. whether the
system I'm Use on that structure had in view any
form of progress sufficiently marked TO be char
actcrized as motion. There may he some other
traffic lines in some parts Of the world more de-
liberate and dilatory than the trains which cross
the Bridge Rumors have reached this mctropo-
lis that the cars drawn by mules in certain
regions of the South do not transfer passengers
from one point TO another with alarming rapdty
But the unfortunate victim Of the Brooklyn
Bridge. who looks out of the windows Of the
cars. will see bicycle riders. whose wheels are
turning in the LATEST and most cIsurcly man
ner, pass the trains as If there were no such
thing as Bridge cable and as If the cars were
riveted firmly 10 the tracks. Not only do the
wheels 90 by the cars, as If the cars were not
moving at all. but even the ordinary truck
horse has not the slightest difficulty in crossing
the Bridge In advance Of train. and the truck
horse is not obliged to hurry ut that
The plain truth OF the matter Is that the slow
ness OF the Brooklyn Bridge trains is a disgrace
both to New-York and to Brooklyn. II the
Brooklyn Bridge had been managed from its
opening with intelligence, with ability, and with
enterprise far better and swifer system Of
traffic would have been devised and put In opera
ton long ago. Brooklyn has obtained a reputa-
ton In quarters Of the globe OF being rather
slow in SOM matters Probably the city Sc
cured this reputation account Of the long
period which the Bridge require for the
crossing Of the East River II Is true that Brook.
Ign influences have been altogether too strong
In The management Of the Bridge. This man.
agement has teen criticised over and over again
In The Tribune and in other New-York news
papers 1t has deserved the severest criticism.
1t has been careless, apathctic. letharg!c. I'M
progressive and narrow-mInded Little foresight,
no alertness and no Quickness to grasp oppor-
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tunities have been manifested In past years.
President Howell has been disastrous failure
as a bridge manager. and the engineering FORCE
has seemingly been filed with the deadly dul'
ness which has pervaded the Board OF Trustees
The officers, the trustees and the engineers OF
the Bridge up to a recent date have been SO
sloihful. so sluggish. so Indifferent, ana so scorh-
full as to the actual needs OF New-York and
Brooklyn that nearly all Of them ought TO nave
been cast aside many years ago. 1t Is disgrace
fu 10 these two great cities that the Bridge tralns
crawl across this magnificent structure ut so
absrrlly slow "A rate. But there IS some nope
for the future Mr. j. Seaver Page Is we'll
known Ncw-Yorkcr, who Is generally looKeu
upon as open-eyed. energetic and progressive
Mr. Page recently introduced resolution In the
new Board Of Trustees, which suggests care
full study of the ACCESSIBILITY Of introducing cleo
trio power.
Hardly ANYTHING can be worse than the pres
ent grotesquely slow cable. The changes Ut
the New-York end OF the Bridge require pas
sengers TO climb III constructed, badly ar
ranged and tiresome flights Of stairs and 10
make long journey on foot before they get
to the cars Then when they enter the trains,
tbev are ANNOYED and exasperated by the wretch
cdly slow movement Of the cable, which IS not
much more rapid than the ordinary inchworm.
Mr. Page ought by all means to press MS reso-
luton. and to endeavor to put little snap anu
ringer into President Howell and his colleagues
ON the Board Of Trustees. The Bridge sauiy
needs transformation and radical reVoiuuoh
throughout Its apathctic and sleepy manage
ment has exhausted the patience OF the citizens
Of New-York and Brooklyn. The two great clties
are doing away with horsecars In their Streets
and their streetcars are moving ut far more
satisfactory rate Of speed than when they were
drawn by horses 1t is time to get more speed III
the Brooklyn Bridge cars. and to complete the
improvements at the New-York end. which are
now creeping on at the rate Of movement OF
pecnliarly> venerable and decrepit glacier. we
ought to have more bridges between New-iorK
and Brooklyn; but first Of all. we ought TO nave
better facilities for getting across the single
bridge which is now in use.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29
PERSONAL.

The new provost OF the University OF Pennsyl-
vapia C. c. Harrison opened the 10th year OF the
university on Friday by happy inaugural address
which was cheered to the echo by the college boys.
Tho future of this great institution never looked
Iii md every one connected with 1t ready In all
yays TO forward Its interests.
The English papers announce the death the other
dav Of Sergeant Major j. Il. Forbes. who
OF the now small band of survivors OF the famous
charge OF the Light Brigade at Balak.ava. He was
n native OF Scotland and at an early age Joined the
Ath Light Dragons now the 4th Hussars. He
went with his regiment to the Crmea. and had
n vivid recollection OF the terrible charge. He
slightly wounded in that mad onslaught upon the
Russian guns at Balakava. and was there taken
prisoner At the close OF the war he was exchanged
along with number OF felow-prisoners for batch
OF Russian prisoners. After he left the regular
forces Mr.. Forbes served with the Westmoreland
and Cumberland Yeomanry for a short term, Joining
In the capacity Of regmental sergeant-major
O. Meara formerly Editor Of THE Boston Journal"
will soon take the management Of The ST. Louis
ost-Dspatch.'
Miss Rachel Elan. said to be the Oldest living set
tier OF Chicago, Is seriously III at the home Of her
son, ex-Aldernlan james T. Appleton. of that city.
Mrs ELAN was born In England In 1916. and went
TO Chicago with her parents In 1888. During her
early years In Chicago she learned to talk the Ind
ian language. She able to converse freely with
the tribes that dwelt around Chicago. Some years
ago she noticed a group OF Indians in ono OF the
downtown streets. She approached 1ham and SAID
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29
THE NEXT PARK BOARD.

Mayor Strong Is Just now subjected to good
deal of advice concerning the new Park Board,
which he has suddenly been called upon to APP
noInt. The claims Of two or three candidates
which have been pressed upon him, as we are
told. are strictly geographical One Is advocated
rs the representative Of West Side interests, an
other stands for the parks and people north OF
the Harlem and third for some other fraction
Of the map The logical outcome OF such
scheme would be to divide the park property Of
the city into four equal sections and charge each
Commissioner with the duty of securing for his
special quarter as much money and labor as ne
could bargain away from the other three. 1t Is
needless to say that the appointment OF Coin-
missioner for any local reason or as counsei LOT
any special property interest Is vicious ID l's
essence The very suggestion that man Is seek
ing the office with such motive ough, 10 dis-
qualify him from holding 1t.
Another applicant thinks he deserves an APP
uointment because he is a builder. while prac-
teal experience in horticulture Is urged as an
all-suffcent equipment of still another. Inc
theory OF such appointments seems to be mat
If one Commissioner knows how to build
bridge another how to lay an asphalt walk, a
third how 10 plant tree and a fourth how to
feed the animals In the menagerie. that all OF
them taken together could attend successfully
to at least four kinds Of park work. But Com
missioner would next be needed to look after the
fish in the Aquarium. another for the water
lilies In the lake, and on TO the end. 1T can
not be, however, that Mayor Strong holds such
petty views Of the duties and responsibilities or
men who are TO administer the public grounds
of this great city with their almost incaculable
money value an6 their Importance in the social
and moral economy Of the city.
Surely 1t ought no. to be impossible to ma
four men who have a broader and profounder
fitness for this work Our public parks and
squares have been saved from confscation and
invasion because there are men here who take
an affectionate interest in them. That they have
not been turned into racetracks or fair grounds
or parade grounds. and that they have not
been covered up with public buildings, is due
10 these men, who realized the danger that
threatened and were able to make an In
telligent statement before the people OF the
true functions and uses and value Of the
citys open spaces These men have been led
By their sympathies and tastes TO study parks
and park problems and park history. They ap-
preciate the beauty which is their highest usei
they respect the art which created them; they
know the lines on which they should be main
tanned and developed Mayor Strong can dis
cover these men II he makes the effort. and he
will come short Of his full duty II he ntrusts the
parks to less capable hands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

10, ,,ora. n 40 happened that they were Of ths
tribes that used TO live near tne oa TOT, hna After
cnnsidorabIe conversation ne iound OUT mat tnea
leader was a son OF the old entertain VINO used 70
come to her horse
The Rev. Elijah Kellogg. who wrote spartacus'
4. .,,u uv,na at the age OF eighty-hve. He
..o..ho. IN sunday in little church In Harpswen,
H and cmltiyates a small farm on week days
The cid Gerry homestead at Temple and Wen
-. Nswuaven has been demolished. and hand.
80. hiock OF houses Is 10 be erected on the site
~, MANY wears after the death OF -Presldeni
nsrrv his widow and family removed from Me-
s.cnuse.ts 10 New-Haven and bought this property
n formerly had been the home or the Rev Dr.
D.na. the pastor OF the Center Church Thsn
yoro ,our unrna rried daughters. and all OF them
a. we'll as Mrs Gerry lived TO great age Misa
I,,r,iv Gerry who died last year, at III. age o
ahnu; ninety was the youngest, and was said 70 b
the last surviving child OF any slgner o, tne geo
,atbsr was one OF the youngest members Of ~
continental Congress, and was aiter Tard 'icf
f,ens,dent Of the United states, In nadlsone ~
minisfratIon Mrs. Gerry was daugnlsr or ChenS
Thompson the secretary OF me , S@h''heh'ai W
eress and died in New-Haven IN 1873
Rsbop OH w. Whitaker. Episcopal. OF Philas
aelphia. declares himself. In The philadelphia
press" as opposed to changing the name Of the
rn,sconal Church But" he added. ut is hardly
North uh,Ie discussing the matter, as the change 10
not likely to be made, anyway. Inc iast une the
Suggestion was brought up In general convention
shoye uas a. overwhelming majority against IT, and
7 do NOT think such an idea will prevail II brought
I'm at the coming convention.
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the posslble injury to the habits and the whole
lives Of others to be considered man has not
much reason 10 consider himself TT to attend
church who systematically puts temptation IN
the wav OF others. or who votes to have tempa-
t,on nut in the way OF others. Their lookout
he # granted. But the world will never get so
old that man can be entirely free from re-
sponsbty II he puts temptation in the way of
another
Sunday drinking Is no worse IMAM orihRhs
any other day In the week. some argue put again
they refuse to consider each mans duty To his
neichbor. No man has n right to make an I'M
Quiet and disorlcrly Sunday for other people
The fercest and most fanntical Of the denouncers
of Commissioner Roosevelt. who have not spared
their words or respected the decencics OF CIVIL
lied life in beraing him, know right wei 'hat
they are advocating license winch 10 some
people Is hurtful. and to great many others Is
n serious disturbance. They are presumably
gentlemen, who would not raise row In their
own houses to the annoyance Of their neighbors,
and vet they get angry and vituperative II
II Is proposed to prevent by law the very same
kind OF abuse.
There Is no sacredness about beer-bot'le
The world would get on tolerably well, though
I'm the Judgment Of some people not quite as
well, II there were no beer-irinking on sunday
Tint Is n question TO be considered however
when the framing Of an honest excise law mas
been intrusted to men representing the decehcy
and the law-abiding spirit of the state ana nor
TO the men who represent It's lawDreakerS' ana
those who would defy all laws In order to cling
10 their customs Or satisfy their appe'ites'
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The Democratic house divided against Itself.
will meet the overthrow Bibcally appointed to
such leaving 1t may be in tsdownfall, not so much
AS the specimen brick Of Hierocles Still. what
can party expect but collapse and ruin with
such leaders as Sheehan and Hill and Croker and
Murphy. and the rest of their kind? These be thy
gods O Israel. Fortunately however. fading pro-
cession soon to become as obsolete and archaic as
so many Otaheitan idols. The country and the
party will be glad to see and hear the last Of
them.
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ynoer 10 advertisements.
Duslness Notifies.

Swedish Movement by Machinery at the
LANDER INSTITUTE. o. II and IL East Nth ST.
rbree doors east Of 9Th Ave. inspection Invited
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no longer possesses the prestige, Importance ana
rank that pcrtained to the office OF LORD Mayor
Of London in the good old days or DICK WHIT
tington and his historic cat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

The baseball season Of 1895 will be brought to
a close tomorrow. 1t has been dismal year
for the local followers Of the sport. The man
agement Of the club has been Of the most anna
flourish sort, and mistakes have been made which,
IL they are repeated next year, will do much TO
wipe out professional baseball in this city. The
New-York team will finish eighth ninth in
the pennant race. And yet this same team could
beat the world at the close Of the season Of 1894
Mr. II. ~ Plllshury. Of Brooklyn who returned
Yesterday 10 this country with the chief honors
of the great chess tournament liz England, is
amply entitled to the hearty welcome which he
IL sure to receive. The young American player,
who wrested victory from the sworlds champion
and the representative experts Of all countries
not only performed an extraordinary feat under
peculiarly interesting conditions, but produced
the conviction that he has not yet reached the
limit of his powers. His career will be watched
with the keenest interest by all lovers Of chess.
So heavy IL the traffic between New-York and
Brooklyn that everything that can In any way
tend TO facilitate II must be regarded Of para
mount Importance to both cities. We therefore
note with satisfaction the opening to-day at /
o'clock In the afternoon Of the new Bridge sta
ton at the Brooklyn end Of the structure. Erect
ed at a total cost Of nearly S1,000,000 1t pro-
yides connection for the Bridge railway with
the two elevated road systems Of Brooklyn, both
Of which are to run their trains into the new
terminal. That at the New-York end will not be
ready until next year. but when completed will,
according to the estimates Of experts, more than
double the carrying capacity of the Bridge rail
road.
One by one cherished illusions are sacrificed
10 the iconoclastic spirit Of the age Manifestly
imbued with that spirit, "Ex-Attache" makes 1t
his business to show In an article which we
print to-day that the Lord Mayor Of London,
whom the world at large has been accustomed
10 regard as the most august embodiment OF
civic and municipal power in existence, is, Off
clally, unworthy Of the awe and respect which
ne has hitherto been accustomed 10 inspire. 1t
IL pointed out that he can no longer be said 10
represent the British metropolis. since he Is
merely the Chief Magistrate Of less than square
mile OF the TOO square miles which constitute
the national capital Of Great Britain: that while
the population Of London exceeds 100000. less
than 10000 are subject to his rule. and that he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

Fridays race having been awarded TO the
Ethelwynn yesterday morning by the commit
tee, which found itself unable to entertain MT
Brands protest 1t became necessary to sail
fifth race In order TO decide the victory IN the
series of contests between the English ana
American halfraters. Coming in nearly eleven
minutes ahead Of Spruce ", the little Yankee
boat won both the race and the cup the gallant
English yachtsman accepting his defeat with
coodnature and genalty characteristic OF the
true sportsman, and certain TO be all the more
appreciated by people on this side OF the water
when the unfortunate incidents in connection
with the recent Americas Cup races are taken
into consideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

1t would be a national misfortune for France
were the present Cabinet to be compelled 10 re-
sign office in consequence Of the widespread as
satisfaction aroused by the acknowledgement Oh
the Madagascar campaign For. as pointed OUT
in a Paris letter published in this issue not 'he
present Administration. but that OF NJ. DnpuN'
which preceded It, is responsible for the Planning
and organization OF the expedition against 'he
Hovas The French people are apparently Ior
getting this, and inclined to hold NJ Ribot ana
his colleagues accountable for the mistakes OF
their predecessors: and unless the Cabinet can
meet the Legislature at its reopening with the
news of some brilliant feat Of arms in Mada
gascar II is to be feared that France may DE
deprived Of the services Of one OF the strongest
Foreign Ministers and one Of the most capable
and universally respected Premiers who nave
held office since the establishment of the repub'
lie q quarter Of n century ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

So the Treasury is all right now. but may be
subjected to a serious strain five or six months
hence. Why we thought that by that time at
latest the Wilson tariff would bring in a surplus
revenue big enough to protect 1t from even the
faar Of atringency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

The decrease in the milk supply. owing 10 inc
drouth, makes II all the more necessary Una.
,,,o,,orce no d,splayed by those whose duty 1t
o. 20 nrevent the adulteration OF milk and
nun,sb those responsible Cor tampering with 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

The third termers have no difficulty In convinc-
ing themselves that three consecutive terms are
the only thing repugnant to the traditions ana
common-sense of the American people. But they
will not find 1t so easy to convince majority OF
the voters of the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

The American flag has been rarely seen upon
the Atlantic in recent years. Our new Navy ana
our new merchant marine. chiefly represented by
the International Navigation Company, are doing
something to remove that reproach from the
American name.
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demolish that extension; and II he does 80 he
need not worry any more about Mrs 'rons

The city authorities have decided 70 carry INC
question of paying the back taxeS for the suppo''
OF the States insane to the Court OF Appeals
although there appears to have been quasi.
understanding that the ruling OF the "e"e.a'
Term would be accepted as decisive Inc
amount involved Is so large as to JUSTIFY an ap
peal TO the court Of last resort especially Ia
view OF the essential injustice OF Fastening thi'
double burden on the taxpayers OF the Guy
It Is hoped that an early decision can be reachea
At all events, this question should not De agar"
complicated with the question OF passing Ia"
that will place the city's INDECENT insane IN 'he
care Of the state. TIE enactment OF such 10
will be one Of the earliest duties OF the co'''"s
Legislature.