New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-26
The News of Brooklyn
DOORS KEPT OPEN NOW.
COMMISSIONER BUSHs BRUSH WITH THE
REV. MR. MYERS
Thu. PREACHER MAKES A SARCASTIC REMARt.
ABOUT MR.. BUsHs MAGNIFICENT HERO
ISM'-THE LAW REGARDING CHURCH
DOORS AND AISI,ES
DOORS AND AISLES.

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DOORS AND AIsLEs
Building Commissioner Wesley c. Bush recently
! had occasion 10 rub up against the officers of the
! Baptist Temple, the church which the Rev.
, Cortland Myers, whom some o. h:s admirers regard
as a second Talmage ills with large congrega lions
twice every Sunday. and last Sunday night the Rev.
Mr.. Myers took occasion to pay his compliments TO
! the Commissioner.
The OF the trouble the closing and lock-
/ irg of the doors Of the Temple on Sunday nights
after the poEs had al! been filed Complaints on
! this were made to the building Commissioner
| in December. and after sending Inspector to see
the exact state Of things and receiving his report.
Mr.. Bush wrote polite note 10 the president Of the
Board OF Trustees of the Temple ealing his atien-
ton the law ard requesting that =; be compile
! with. 1t was compiled with Immediately ba,
for several Sundays now. according to the reports
of the inspector. there has been no cause for COM
plant.
| Tie law on the subjec; is specific 1t IS found In
Section 20 Of the amended Building law sc.atins to
Brooklyn. which says: In al buildings Ct public
character, such hotels. churches. theatres res
tauran;s. railroad depots. pubic halls and other
buildings used. intended 10 be used for purposes
of pubic assembly. amusement or instruction, ths
halls doors, stairways. seats, passas@wdys ard
aisles shall. be arranged as the Commits siOner
OF Buildings shall direct, TO facilitate csress in the
Of fires accident. and 10 afford the requisite
end proper accommodation for The pubic protection
in such cases All aisles and passaeewlys IN said
buildings shall be kept free from campsoo.s, chairs
sofas and other obstructicrs and person shall
be allowed to stand in or occupy any Of said aslos
or passageways during any performance service ex-
h5.t!on lecture. concert bal any public as
semblase."
Now. to revert to what the Rev. Mr. Myers pub
cly said regarding Commissioner Bush successful
attempt to enforce the law. on Sunday evening he
preached on what he had seen N hospitals, and in
the course Of his remarks referred 10 number Of
examples Of herosm Then, wi,h rreicvancy
that must have been obvious TO the most juvenile
member of his congregation. n added: Il even now
recall the magnificent herois,n of the Building Com
missioner in guarding the door of this Tempe,
negecting everything else In order do tbs daring
deed
Such an exhibition of spleen Commissioner Bush
only .aughs at though he scarcely fall TO ad-
mre the vivid css o. the preachers imagination t.
declaring that ne had neglected al his other Caiics
in order that the officers Of the Baptist Tenn
PIE complied with the pain provisions OF the law.
AS matter Of fact, the CommssioneT has had ~
carried with the president OF the Board
OF Trustees. and w.ih entire good nature on botn
sides
AIr Bush's attention was called YESTERDAY t. the
/ fact that il 4 large church uptown severn. hun-
dred campchairs are placed IN the asles on SUI
evenings 20 accommodate the peoile. We SAD iaa'
next SUNDAY + would request MS inspector To visit
this church and repor, what ne finds II he law II
being violated. The Commissioner WI AXE steps to
Mr. I.sh was asksd whether the seats in
Plymouth Church. which fold Ip al he ends 81 The
pews on one side Of the a!s.c and are let down
when the church - Tdcd. N!3 aton OF the
law lie rolled that he had Aevo. seen them. and
that It would depend whether there wss sufi-
Gent passageway left in the aisle after the seats
dropped
There is no law" added the Commits 'oaer
REGULATING the width Of asies IN churches rs Their
is in the OF theatres. hut this Department VIII
approve any plan for church unless the Gis.es
are considered sufficient for the safety If the con-
gregation. Nor would We permit any such seats as
! you speak CT f. a church about 70 be built"
Apparently. a strict construction Of the last SEN
tence the extract from tie law gwen above would
rule out the seots IN Plymouth Church which were
| in regular when Henry Ward Beecher was
preaching there.