New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-03
more heartily congratulated than the Govern
ment which placed him there ana the h"''oh
which is responsible for him.
TINE TO PREPARE FOR CHANGES.


Tire, months more will see consolidation OF
this city and its Eeighbors ut the east ana
south into one mrnicipalit. an accomplished
fact. That will involve vast changes III po'
lltical. social and other conditions. FOR some
Of these preparations are already Deing ihade.
1t is well that they should be made FOR an es'
pecially that the public mind should De III.
hituatcd to. or at lea Il adapted 10 meet anu
to conform itself 10. the changes III hoiheh-
clature that will so soon be made, in order that
there shall be 10 confusion nor awkwardhcsS
nor injustice IN speaking hcieailer oil inc WI
riols parts Of the great city.
TO begin with. then. the name OF inc Wiore
city will be New-York. 1t will not he ''rea''r
Ncw-York nor any such abo:ninablc compound.
"Greater' New-YOrk is not an original phrase
1t was copied from "A bad English model IL
has been Il fairly convenient hi; OF slang Tor uc
scrbng the city as it is TO be- But II mas IL
WAYS been awkward. i: has now outgrowh us
usefulness. and after January it VIII DE posi-
lively misleading and false. For AFTER lhd'
date the whole consolidated city will be New
York nothing more. nothing less. Every part
OF it. Brooklyn. Long Island City and Staten
Island will be much entitled to that name
as will the southern half Of Manhattan Island
TO call any part of ii "Greater New-lork' OF
10 intimate by that phrase that any part OF
II is less properly New York than any o'her'
would be gross Injustice; and TO call the Whoie
OF it so would he as absurd as to call the pres
cnt United States the 'C;rcatcr" United States
because its territory has been enlarged since
tie formation of the original Union. 1t Is well.
therefore. to discourage the nc of the phrase
Greater" Ncw-York as mach as possible u
preparation for dsmissing it altogether to ever
lasting limbo.
Another thing 1t is we'll to get used to call
inc the various Doroughs by their proper names
and To recognizing their individuaiitlcS Dwell
crs on Manhattan Island must come To realize
that they are no more NEWCOMERS :han their
neighbors Of Coney Island or Prohibition Park.
They are all N"w-lo:kcrs. with equal right.
If tbe man from this present city below the
Harlem wants TO distinguish himself ana MS
place of abode from his ncighlUrs he must say
he lives in Manhattan II will he just as II
has long been in the case of London. y NAH
lives in London. whether his nome be in PIN
iico or Greenwich But if he wants To give an
accurate notion OF his place of habi,alon he
mentions its local name. So 4 man will say he
lives in Manhattan. or Richmond or Inc
Bronx or wherever it may he. for tine sake OF
knowing that the borough name means New
York just as Mayfair means London.
II may be WELL moreover to apply this latter
pont with especial emphasis to the Borough OF
The Bronx No little injustice Is being done
10 that borough by pcrsistently regarding 1t as
a mere annex to Manhattan. Thus. in political
conventions The committees and votes OF Man
haitian and The Bronx are merged together
1t is unjust At present the two are united.
But after January thy will be rs separate
and independpnt rs Queens and Richmond. The
Bronx will have its own local government.
Jus. as much as Manhattan. and VIII develop
It's own separate individuality. 1t contains.
geographically and Geographically. much OF
the finest part Of the whole consolidated city.
1t is increasing in population and wealth ut
an enormous rate. Its vast area and great
Natural advantages mark 1t as destined To rank
high among the metropolitan boroughs IT, Ill
respects Hereafter it must be reckOncd win
rate entity and the present time is not bit too
soon to begin 10 think and speak Of 1t as such.
There will be no Greater" NewYork. nor
annexed district" nor any such thing. There
will be Just one great. imperial city Of New
York. reaching from Yonkers and Mount Yer
non TO Perth AmbOy. and from the North River
to tho Atlantic Ocean. That city will comprise
five distinct and coe lual borOughs to VII. Man
haitian. The Bronx, Brooklyn. Richmond ana
Oueens. These are the conditions To which,
and the names to the right use of which. the
people Of the metropolis must become accIs-
toned.