New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-03
TO KEEP THE 30 VERY OUT
NEW PUBLIC HIGHWAY.
President SscapsfrOm TO RehabaRtatc
Coneg's Fire S5oept District.

Cone Island presented scene OF desolation
gesterda- after Sundays disastrous ere stone
walls remained standing here and there. DEBRIS
was piled u7 several feet above the Level OF the
land and many little fires were stll feeding on the
rubbish 4 strong stencil was sNhalec 10y lle
,,,--e5 area nd ..oisoue pools OF stagnant water
were eVerpwl re. Piles of orehs craoheo -
oft,es and c.ockery The charreG remains o. furh-
.,,-e and electric eh- wires bent ard twisted were
rrnee with heaps OF rubbish and the ashes o. 'iie
wooden structures -.
Nearly three hundred pipes CARVING water 10
.he DESTROYED auidirvs were bent and broken ailo
leaked from thousands Of holes ano sPlso1s- 70
,-reat waste made Il impossible % get any "a'el
elsewhere in Conev Island Yesterday Hi0iIilll5
er,r.oves Of the water Department were o-SS
stoorfng the leaks wherever it was posSlple' &c
sr'-e The rubbish which covered many O the water
spouts .,.-..,.s
To prevent thefss 3he police and Ere authoI1,es
Yesterday iss,d orders tnat persons VINO oouil NO
be Identified should not le allowed inslce 'i-e -
Several hundred pers,ns dug Tor properly a9
=. --,;~s an. the cri-io hunters were numerous
a number Of Coney Island dogs talthtuAE $50
elsrd over tie properly Of their masters OUTFITS '''0
night .,..,. ran
with the exception of Henderson nnusio -
- stsucl's 5arcfng pavilion. II is said that mos'
~ she structures destroyed were dives alu VIZ
rhern went m-ny hundreds Of IaInral's Po9ol
ans earlnsfrr nicfures. About Two hundred pe's
were rendered homeless by the asas,ti' an -
q theul slew an ni@ht in the side slee's t,.,as
49, s,,rf-sve from the north on the beu Clo'--eS
sre furniture they had saved.
r..-r~ slzeu,, and Frank Connolly. who we're ar-
rested OIL suspicion Of starting the FIRE. were az
reirre6 yesterday before Magistrate voorhees, N
rbe C-rcy Island court on a charge OF aisoil ,
They pleaded not guilty. ana were helo N ~
eaoh untl tomorrow 10 enable OapIalH Ls
detectives TO get evideIce aga-lsl mem, ny =
oner~ are said 10 have been heard 70 1hIea'sH -
os~f--- thar hey would set ure 10 ConeE lsialu'
TIE Board OF Elections sent 20 Coney Lsl@Iio o-
e7-cav afternoon and o1taired al me olIclei isO-
II r--~ THT
ores. registry lists etc, At me oel-I - -,
ter6sv il was zrroUncoL that every man -te-i-s
erritlo6 10 votes whose home was olriieu uoN'''
vvou.d have al opportunity to 60 50
PRESIDENT sv-arstroal Of Brooklyn announced
yesterday that he would II once oeg.n pIocee---eN
70 have the Bowery al Coney Island opened as 9
rahsi- highway. and % prevent the constructor
Of any frame buildings al The island IN the future
by amending the building code Al Is cOl-s-oeis
an excellent opportunity for the borough O1ii1llo
10 reclaim that part CT Coney Island when was
destroyed. -,
Ar sUanstrom said after a conference with
comm ssioaer OF Public Works Redheld and super
intenoent Of Buildings Calder:
The fire at Coney Island. while great hardship
wiz be q blessing Iu tho long run propose 70
opened Is ruaIsc highway sixty feet wide. II
tlls street had been iaiG OUT Yesterday lRe me, me
talIed this morning with several property owners
their 6esre 10 SO amead the building code as TO
REQUIRE better class OF buildings at Coney lsano.
propose al the earl est moment TO discuss ms
question IN BY with the leading business men there,
and to present the Beard Of Aldermen an
sn.en 5meut Inc present law prohibiting The cree
tion Of frame structures except where detached
President swarstrom added that he thought the
CITY could not afford 10 neglect the opportunity
which had been offered by the destruction OF a
large part Of the worst section OF Coney Island to
institute sweeping reforms The fire, he said,
would enable the officials regulate future build
irg at the island and To make improvements at
smaller cost than any time for years. Some OF
the residents. however. declared yesterday that
The SECTION would be rebuilt and he ready for
business season.