New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-23
The News Of Brooklyn
THEY CAN BUILD BRIDGES.
ALDERMEN JOYFUL OVER THE INTER
IRRITATION OF A NEW LAW.

MORE ASPHALT TO DE LAID IN FouRTH-AvE.-
MR.. oLTRoGGE THINKS COMPETITION
SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO Sc
CURE BETTER LIGHTS FOR
THE CITY AT LOWER
RATES.
:. N. meeting OF the Board OF Aider"ie"
,.raay Alderman Doyle INTRODUCED d" M
y.sr, resolution, in the adoption OF "hic" 'n
Poi's oxnressed its intention to have asphalt IAN
p .bs cobbestones of Fourth-ave. from IhHu 10
.,h CTS Forty feet in the centre OF curtin
81 &c naved with granite. and twenty fee' on 'i,"o'
',s of the avenue is paved with coooles'o"''
So arc about 10 be awarded for similar P"N'"s
rour,b-aye from Sixtieth TO SiXty-hfty-s'' "neie
".,,,on is made with the Shore Driveway ms
V ,esolution will provide a fine driveway lot
NJ 40 N the connection with the SHORE Drive
.as The estimated cost is $l5c" Alderman DoHie
id that the only reason the resolution uiu MOI
,yida Cor asphalt pvang all the way from r'''
s.sbaye was that the expense would De 700 gro"
Waernan Welton introduced a resolution to grant
permission 10 tle Eq"''s vas
and supply gas -o,. roso-
Alderman Williams, introduced Dy requ'S' -
,r,ion instructag the Law Committee 20 as'ei '"',
~ what authority the Brooklyn Heigh's Hd''io""
- leasing its tracks for trolley express puS'-
tn. CIV Works Commissioner submitted state
,snt which showed that between January ana
lime Is $751; 400 worth Of paving mad peeh au'Io' A
n the Twenty-third Ward. Some OF A'oi".""
1sicb's opponents in the Board had ehcited inns
statement 10 show that he was getting more Una"
his share Of the money available for paving
rha rong Island Society Of the Daugh;ers OF the
Revolution sent a request that the oh name for'
Greene be restored to Washington PARK lh'S wa
referred 10 the committee on remaining Streets WHO"
meets next Friday night
Tho Monitor Naval Veterans requested PERMISSION
"a use a room in the old 18th Regiment ATmor!'
,aa-man Keegan introduced resoutSn to pave
Ra,bave. from Bay Nineteenth-st. to Tw~hiy-thirn-
.ve with granite blocks at an expense no' 10 eNOe"
$4,000
Countv and City Treasurer Taylor sent IN a Saf-
.c letter complaining of the veto Of his resolution
transferring $500 from any uneXpended balances 10
81. occoun, He said he needed the money ioi
,.omns and other things and that If the Mayor han
wanted any information all he needed TO 90 was 10
s,en IN next door and get H. President clark ofue'"
the communication printed In the minutes ou' io'
rn,u after Alderman 0ltrogge had objected on inc
ground that the communication needed eui'hs
The BROOKLYN Union Gas Company received per-
mission 70 lay mains and supply gas IN the lh.I'!
second Ward The resolution was signed pE A'uti
men LEIGH Taylor. Francisco and NlIiahs' liz
committee on Electricity and Gas. 10 which these
Aldermen belong. was discharged from further con-
sideraton OF the application OF the FIatoush Gas
COMPANY TO lay mains In the same ward. 1t nae
been held that the charter OF the company wou a
Directed 70 erect electric lights along Flaoush-nye
from Mafone-ave. to the fhrty-secon4 Ward Inc me
The expense is 10 be charged 10 the twenty -nh,h
Ward which has 81 800 available for electric light
The Committee on Health was discharged from
the further consideration Of the quality OF gas
committeeman said that they thought the cost %, Of
analysis OF the gas, which was estmated az go
srable They said that they had learned that
there was state officer wnose guy NV was NO 20
had learned that Bert Reiss had instigated the IN
Alderman Myers presented resolution directing
the Health Department 10 draft an ordinance com
In Wei weather This referred 10 the Health
Committee
MORE COMPETITION WANTED
Alderman Oltrogge presented resolution granting
a. franchise to the Flatbush Gas Company 20 supply
electricity throughout the city Accompanying it was
communication showing that the Flatbueh Gas
Company was furnishing more brilliant quality Of
electricity for s97 30 in the Twenty-ninth Ward than
was being supplied for 1927 70 by the other COM
psnies. This reduction OF price for the 1880 lights
which the city was paying for would mean a saving
o: 1896 a year.
1T Is time for this Board to study the economies
Of the city" said Mr.. OltrogGe in support of his
resolution. Brooklyn should get the best light for
the least cost. We ought TO have competition in this
city; then we should have cheapne-s"
The resolution referred'to the Electricity and
That's the place TO put it," said one Alderman.
ITO s,eep. added another
President Clark presented a resolution instructng
the Board Of Assessors to furnish comparative lists
OF the assessment valuations In the Twenty-sixth
Ward for 1894 1895 and 1896 and TO give the
for Ehe Increase Mr.. Clark said that the Increase
this year in the valuation was $l,GNVD. and that
there was no such increase in the actual value Of
property
Alderman Messenger introduced resolution d.
recting the City Works Commissioner 10 prohibit
the erection Of fountain basin in ST. Marks square
a, me Junction with tlatbush and Sixth-avcs ana
20 find out who owned the basin ana by what per
mission Il was being erected. He said that some
BODY had deposited In the square large granite
BASIN eight feet In diameter. and four granite
peaes,as on which II was to stand. Last year, he
sad Mayor Schieren had refused 70 permit such
fountain 10 be erected, and the Carlton Club and
many citizens Of that neighborhOod were opposed
"A resolution adopted which directed that IL
az Soney Island Railroad did not remove tho
sSons which It's workmen had left along Neptune
ave. The debris would be removed by the city the
expense Of the road
A resolution was received from the Health De-
paftmen directing that the $3.50 which Is necessary
aor repairing the plumbing Of the old 18th Regiment
sainofy be expended according to the charter. The
,,sssoiuton referred 10 the Military Committee.
mayor Wurster vetoed similar resolution direct
ing the Military Committee 10 expend the money.
ALDERMEN AS BRIDGE-BUILDERs
corporation Counsel Burr sent a communication
70 the Chairman Of the Committee Bridges yes
'erday in which he interprets the law passed by
'ne late Legislature giving to the Board Of Super
'isors the and maintenance Of bridges in
wrsecting the boundary lines OF counties and In
10y coterminous with county is on side Of
such intersection giving such authority the Com
mon m.n Iounc OF the city, The act further provides
~. ma me Common Council may, with the consent Of
me Mayor. authorize issue Of bonds for pur-
y'se OF constructing new bridge. Mr.. Burr holds
aat tnis act authorizes the Aldermen Of Brooklyn
MAKE necessary contracts for the repair OF the
o%sw,own Creek bridges, and for the construction
'" ne" bridges. The Aldermen are jubilant