New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
SENATOR BRUSH on BOROTGHS.
HE THINKS THEY SHOULD BE MADE On
NATURAL AND ESTABLISHED GEO
GRAPHICAL. LINES

II am not pleased with the word boroughs,
said Senator George w. Brush In talking over the
question OF consolidation and the probable acuoh
OF the Legislature on tho charter In course OF
preparation although am In favor OF the OWL
sion OF the city IT is 10 be enlarged into seVera'
parts for certain purposes. 1t seems 10 NE INN
district would be better term. although We al
ready have Assembly districts and Senate ols-
tricts and Congress districts. not 10 mention eicc-
ton districts and. perhaps some others. Ihe ohy
advantage OF borough that occurs TO me IL that
I, would stand for definite thing and no al
iectye would have 10 be used. as wouid Dc heces-
sary II the city were divided into distric's
know that in Of our States there are Dor
oughs meaning sometimes towns that are halfway
between villages and cities but It Is not used az
all in this State believe. and would therefore
have the advantage Of standing for specihc th'hs
"Of course don't know what the Charter Com
mission as whole IS going TO do on this SUBJECT
but ON frank 70 say that can see no use LOT
go many boroughs as the draft OF chaF'er mac
bv Mr.. De Witt and Mr. Dean provided for What
is 70 be gained by making such arbitrary divisions
WHY should Brooklyn and WILLIAMSBURG "hich
have been one for over forty years. DE SUMMARY
set apart? and why should Manhattan lsiahd DC
divided by lines arbitrarily drawn across " INTO
Rowling Green Manhattan. YorkViie ana iiaf''n
II seems to tha; the best thing to 90 Is 10 ioi
lou the divisional lines which nature mas Iaio
down In the mair. Thus. would make inc ""o.e
OF Manhattan Island into one borough anu 'e'
be called Manhattan perhaps A better hahe couu
not he found and It Is name that ought 70 De
perpetuatcd The part Of New-York CITY horth o'
tho Harlem naturally would form borough by II
self: that II is apart from the rest OF the clty y
already recognized in the fact that certain oi'c,,e ]
sra nrovided expressly for It, An appropriate ndine
might be- Bronx, suggested in inc cnaiteI ulai,
or Riverside would do very well BroEhy cont,nne 10
be coterminous with Kings COUNTY me par! Yort =,
You'd form another borough but +, would be a con
fusing call II Queens as me ne M,n VI =, seems
70 me more natural 10 give the namo CT Long Isl =,
and City TO IT, but may be o,ld nfa' also 60 into
ornueh bv itself and IT is all coming into the
civ the name Richmond may well be retalnea' aoo
ne a,,de ,G the REPRESENTATIVES of Brooklyn in The
legislature should ake IN m Re e Io doubt d. that
consolidation Is going through this wea e ,,iia a,a
while that g9efsGn 90 aE Is gRcoays Reo&s sse
thing before US in Judgment Is 70 DO the pes es
to MAKE se 1"e peope Of Brooklyn as possible
there ne use So IN nns %skns as there Was
chance prevent the passage @ OF e the 9 has has
one. Now ii Is our duty TO keep close watch on on
the charter. and II possible prevsms 20 m w
while the Republican, are In control OF 'ne ,,, esr a
TO act together as good as II can be made until
this matte disposed % of % estion and there
is little 90 far have learned oIS TO be done IN
,,' m' 10 The act establishing the Disciplinary
School being necessary the Senator OIL, rfrT he
Hs The author Of the BILL | feel special int est
in the school which is soon to be opened and re
Hoard OF Managers has made me sort OF honor,
arv member Of it's body; at least. It has invited
me to attend It's regular meetings mr. Downing
voung man. but ] am not sure OF the practical
wisdom of all the ideas which he hopes TO intro
Suce I deem II probable that this institution may
orne the training school for unruly boys for the
whole Of Greater New-York There are nine or
,an acres OF ground therc-enouRh 10 provide room
FOR a number of additional buildings, probably as
,msnv as would be needed for long time to come.