New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-12
IN THE NORTHERN WARDS
prrIs IN WHICH THE TWENTY-THlRD
AND TWENTY FOURTH WARDS
ARE INTERESTED.

COAT, MEASURES THAT ARE IN THE INTEREST of
INDIVIDUAL PRoPERTY-owNERs- EN-
rrRrArNMENTs-TH NEEDS FOR RAPID
TRANSIT SET FORTH ANEW.
Rs,ween thirty and forty bills have been intro
ducad In the LEGISLATURE at this session ny oe"a'o'
Cuv and Assemblyman Butts providing lot III,
movements in the Twenty-third ana I"e"'' 80
yards Several bills introduced by Senator BURNS
a AssembIvman Stewart and other members OF
,ho I legislature affect the territory annexed last
vear from Westchester County. senator Guy "H'
had the reputation of being one OF the moe' pio
III, legislators III the production OF imp o'e'
hills but Assemblyman Butts mas oeen "''V'
eoualv industrious this year Senator Guy VINO
works BY smooth and quiet methods, Is usually sue
oossf,l hut Mr. Butts makes many enemies oy Has
,reouently boisterous and over-urgent appears Ne'
sral of the bills provide for the CONSTRUCTION %
bridges over uptown railroads. TWO or thiee VI '
hills alter the final maps OF the twenty -'n"u 80
1ruentvfourth wards filed by Commissioner mar
,.n senator Guys bill providing for the construc-
,tor If g bridge over the Mott Haven Canal VIII
have a tendency to keep in existence that ha!'o"
and offensive bit of water A rev OF the oN' nov
hecome laws and several have passed. III o''e ~
and will probably have the approval Vi 49,
branches OF the Legislature betore auJoui'
The bills to alter the maps OF the twenty -'i"u ~
Twenty-fourth wards need especially eiose ~,
ing s some of them in the interest or
nroperty-owners and may inJuriousiy a"e'' VIC
aoraral scheme of laying out the city Some OF the
bridges over the Bronx River provided TOT ny INC
bills might we'll wait for future years.
The pans for the North Side Board OF Iraue
pr,ld,rc were submitted at a meeting Of the Board
on last Monday evening. The building VIII occupy
a snace OF fifty by ninety feet at ih'u-"'e 90
One-hundred- and thirty eighth-st Inc grounu ov
will he occupied by stores. and on the thI'u' 'o
and nfth floors there will be offices and lodge rooms.
r,yl a large nall anu tHcfo
,, he rooms for the use Of officers and committees
~ the Board The building site is WITHIN lie" iee'
OF the junction OF all the uptown railway ines
The Easter services at all the uptown churches
were attended by large numbers MANY pe'So"'
were turned away from the evening service AZ the
One-hundred- and forty-thrd Street Coneresauo""'
Church because OF the lack OF ROOM Inc Easter
festival Of the German Reformed Church MOTIF
sania WAS held on Wednesday evening. Inc chill
dren of the Sunday school had prepared an enter
,a,rmert which included flag drill by thrty-two
little girls the operettas. Little Red Ridins Hooo
and "Old Mother Hubbard and other music
The rordham Club bowling tournament was sue
o.,,,,,,, carried on last week. Three teams from
Tho rordham Club and five from other clubs COM
neted The highest score was made oy roroham
club Team g. but the Suburban and Seepers teams
stand highest in the record OF games won ana ios'
MANY others of the uptown bowling CLUBS are en-
gagged in competitions. which Will close the Downing
seasons. .,
Tho representation OF North Siders at the Mayor
conference on rapid transit was large and innu-
ent,al The Taxpayers Alliance although II does
NOT include the most prominent philosophical citi-
,ona NJ the Northern wards. has much weight De.
cause II has in its membership representatives. OF
every section OF the Northern district Inc speeches
no, we're made show the earnestneSs or the Nortn
side residents in their purpose TO secure, III pos
shIe more satisfactory means OF reaching their
homes The needs of the western part OF the terri
growth of West Farms and the neighboring sec
tons OF the city has been greatly retarded oy lack
NJ ouick and convenient transit. Doom OF un-
usnaI dimensions awaits that part OF the city when
homes there become readily accessible TO the lower
part Of the city. 49, NJ, .s. -
the proposed erection of a tenement-house on the
Southern Boulevard Is so keen that tney may sun
unite and purchase the ground on which oulioing
onerations are about to begin. BEDFORD PARK mas
thus far been kept carefully restricted from any
nndssira ble tenants The Jerome-ave part OF that
district is yet filled with such houses as occupy
the easterly parts OF the suburb: The objection 70
a hotel in Jerome-ave was made by q rev inter-
ested property-owners but all unite IN their dislike
Of the erection OF the tenement mouse on 80 nne
thoroughfare as the Southern Boulevard Is a THIS
point. ,. c.uor. h.1., ,..,
week The members OF the Glee Banjo and Mando-
lin clubs and those who belong to the college De-
batting Society. are alike interested IN preparauons
for future exhibitions. The concert OF the musical
clubs will be held at Lenox Lyceum Madlson-e ave
and Fifty -nnth-st;, on Wednesday evening OF UNI;
debate on Wednesday evening Of next week in the
college theatre. The Monroe Doctrine Will be dis
The Beethoven Quartet Club held IT. annual en-