New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-22
TO STOP AT FAR CROSSINGS.
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN AMEND THE
PRESENT ORDINANCE.
px,:,-1ArIo,s ALSO ADOPTED COMPELLING CARS
To STO? BEFORE CROSSING CERTAIN
sTKEETs- MUNICIPAL. GAS OWNER
SLIP Up AGAIN.

STREETS MUNICTPAL GAS OWNER
SHIP Up AGAIN.
The Board o, Aldermen yesterday adopted an
,,,oortart amendment to the ordinance that re-
cres trolley-cars TO stop a: the near crossings Oh
in;erscc;ing streets. The present ordinance was
adopted In 1895 with view OF lessening the oa"se'
O: collisions at street crossings The amcnoment
reintroduces the old system OF stopping al 'he i"'
crossing IN the following language
All such cars must be brought TO fun sop Pc
fore crossing any intersec,ing railroad ana ais9
neoie crossns ' RatorG'"vn Eastern PARKWAY
Hancock-st St Mark's-ave SchermerhoTm-st
Berkeley Place First-st. Third-st,,. clnton-a,yc;
and Bushwick-ave.: and between the hours o.
snd bTo "a To- u IL stop before crossing any
street which public school Is ioca'eu on ". ,
the purpose OF receiving dischargins passengers
Passengers shall be received ana dischargcu ON!
The front platform gates on both sides and the rear
platform gate on thc track Side OF every S"'' '"'
Aldermen LEIGH and Mciarry tried 20 have the
subiec, laid over FOR one week. that the MEM
bers might give proper consideration 10 TINS
change Alderman LEIGH said that the streets that
were selected for ncar-crossinG stoppas" were
selected arbitrarily and should be carefully consd-
cred Alderman Guilfoyle. who drafted the amend
ment said that the Mayor had agreed 10 its pro-
visions Alderman Messenger argued for the
amendment that under the system o. admitting ana
dlscharging passengers at near crossings passeh-
gers leaving by the platform we're compelled TO
step into the or mud in bad weather II 'heE
passed through the front door It allowed a dan
eerous current O. air 10 sweep through the car
President Clark called Mr.. LEIGH TO the chair. ana
from the floor spoke in favor o. the amendment
The only ones who voted 10 lay over were Stewart
McCiarry LEIGH. Ol,rogge and DonloH.
Alderman LEIGH presented the following resoiH-
lions looking 20 an inquiry into the feasibility OF
municipal ownership OF gas and electric lighting
plants:
Resolved. That His Honor the Mayor Controller
Auditor and the Commissioner Of the Deplrimen' O.
City Works be. and they hereby are requested 10
furnish TO this Common Council al 'helr ed,i'st
convenience. such suggestions plans or proposti,91
las they may offer on the general proposition
,of the ciy of Brooklyn establishing electric hsht ana
Resolved That il His Honor the Mayor Coniroller
And9r ana the INNS o. wise To recommend the
establishment OF said plants they shall Iurnlsh as9
IAN estimate of the cost in detail of such proposed
infant Or plants and their recommendation a. 10 'o
location OF tn same
- Alderman Francisco moved as an amendment that
railroads be included in the inquiry. ana Alderman
kuilfoye wanted telephones looked INFO At the same
time Chairman Leich decided that the second
amendment was out OF order. ana Alderman Mes
senser questioned the sincerity of Mr. Francisco lie
said that while 1t possible that at no Instant
date the city would be able 10 procure It's own SAs
and electric lighting plants an effort TO buy the ia-
roads in addition would bankrupt it beyond the nope
OF recovery. The city. ne added. was In the grasp
'ot the Standard Oil Trust. which had lis iahss N
every city in the United States. The Only leIei
possible must come through municipal ownership
when the citizens could have gas al 10 GEMS Alder
man Francisco insisted his sincerity, ana SAID tnat
he wanted 10 place Mayor Wurstcr on record on TINS
proposition. Aide rman Guifoyle thought that muhci-
pal ownership could come only through three years
OF legislation and a constitutional amehuheh' eA-
,rpdng the deb, limit TO 10 per cent on motion Of
Alderman Doyle the whole subject was laid upon Inc
ftnO
heing Messenger LEIGH Ruggles, Maurer, Francesca.
Iauberi Singleton and Curtis. Mr. Doyle denied
lany unfrendlness toward the measure put Sa'd ne
had made this motion because or the a'ehtSs Vl ''e
hour. and that the subject could be taken up al d
Tne ,{oara rescinded the ordinance which pro
Alderman Oltrogge, who presented the motion, cX-
p!aned that the ORDINANCE had been held I TO- be
protecting the musicians Of the city. ~,
A resolution from Alderman Myers, co IN I'm,
houses that could be seen night or day under pen
Several Aldermen attacked the resolution 81.
"A communication from X: Mills, uilon-s';
additional water supply. was referred to the Water
and Drainage Committee. , -,
.Brooklyn Union Gas Company for eleven months In
IS-. The bills were referred 10 the Law Commit
A. Sims. jr.. president of the Charities Commits
sion sent communication urging the Boa[G 20
tine credit of the Commission the si5.7S2 IS which
erecting certain buildings and deposited with the
Controller The .nunica;iOn was referred 10 the
Law Committee Mr. Sims holds that ii the money
is rciransferred the contract for the much-necded
buildings can be awarded at once.
4 resolution by Alderman Francisco. directing
the city Works Commissioner 10 cause such changes
10 the Common Council chamber as will improve
its acoustic properties adopted. not, however,
unts Aldermen LEIGH and Oltrogge had INDUCED in
a fierce discussion TO the pronunciation of the
word acoustics Ol;rogge held that il should be pro-
bounced "a-cow-stcks,' and Alderman LEIGH said
that Oltrogge held that view because he lived in
the suburbs
A resolution appropriating $50 for repairs TO
Troop & Armory referred committee
The First Long Island Veteran Association.
Thomas X. Mills. president. received permission
occupy room No Z in the City Hall in conjunction
With other veterans