New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-10
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Brooklyn League WiH Demand the
Esfension of Eastern PGrkrdy.

In the fsst few Sadys the BrookIyn League one
Of tbe leading civic organizations OF the borough
t. r.en collecting signatures to a petition which
VII eventually presented to the Board OF bsu-
mate snd ApportionneIt demanding the e6'elisioi
~ the Eastern Parkway TO the Queens County Inc.
About dozen years ago bill was passed.
through the Legislature which set ASIDE certain
streets Of Brooklyn the extension Of the park
-sv and placing them under the jurisdiction OF the
Park Department Nothing was done, ana nna1iS
another bill passed taking the streets away
from. the mark authorities. The power 70 eGtehu
81. ,srl,xav Is now vested in the Board Of Alder
men and the Board OF Estimate and Apporuoh-
rnenf n q days representatives or the league
ana the petitioners will with the members Of
the Fosr6 OF Aldermen who represent the districts
through which the extension would pass and DIS
rgss the advantages Of having the boulevard COM
pleled The streets that the league desires set
esj6e for the extension Rockaway, Newport
F5axeran and DuT1aont avenues The boulevard Is
now two and q half miles long, and these streets
-ouId make il four miles longer The Improvement
would cost about g. onoo0. but would greatly en-
nance the value Of the surrounding Iots- me
nrouerty holders propose that they pay the ollls
through assessments
The Lenox Road Baptist Church OF Which the
Rev David A. McMurray is pastor, Is now 1fee
from debt A few evenings ago the congregation
met and burned the mortgage Of seeeo on It's prop
CRY AZ Ienor Road and Nostrand avenue Inc
5e<.-,,c+ion of the mortgage means the end OF a
difficult struggle, lasting nearly forty years Inc
church vas organized Ill Twenty years later
vhen the present building was put up, the church
80. -. go es Ten wears later K had been re-
d,ca5 10 $500 IT is completely wiped out
This IS the first time that the church has ever
a.en out Of debt. OF the sixty-four members who
organized the church only seven remained TO see
the property and clear Most of the others
have died in the thrty-seven years that have IN
tervened between the date Of the organization and
IN. removal Of the membranes on the church
property
wcRans dream the other night saved her two
little boys from serious injuries perhaps from
death sIsst Saturday night Mrs. John O'Connor,
OF Nc. 81 Marion street. dreamed that II her hus-
Rand. who keeps livery stable. took his little
bows out with him when he went for his regular
carriage drive Sunday, the results would be
disastrous. The little boys Eddie, nine years
old. and Daniel. three years old They usually
rode On the back seat OF the carriage. Mr. O'Con-
nor laughed al his wifes fears, but he left homo
without the boys. On his return automobile
into the rear OF the carriage at Herdmer
and Buffalo avenue The back Of the
Tiase badly damaged. and wheel was broken
Of. Mr.. O'Cornor knocked to the street. He
was not seriously injured n tbs children had
been with him they would have received the full
force Of the collision and could not have escaped
serious harm
General Horatio c. King, one Of ths pillars Of
Plymouth Church, declared in speech before the
Mems Glib OF the church the other night that the
Wonen's Christian Temperance Union 10 largely
responsible for the evil conditions that prevail
among the soldiers of the United States army and
the various soldiers honnes- He said In part:
One might characterize the movement that is
responsible for the abolition Of the canteen
81 the most insane plans put into effect Why
the women ever NEEDLE with legislation Is puzzle
20 ms Surely, they might have seen far enough
into the future 70 know that If the sale Of malt
liquors prohibited IN the army great evil would
vote. II Of them voted the way
-f1sy dress, imagine the result! What OF
the evils resulting from the abolition OF the
teen? The chief that when malt liquors
were forbidden to be sold in the army posts
spirtuous drinks were never vended-great numbers
e low dives sprung UP in the vicinity of the forts
Instead Of pleasant place where could sit
saloon, dance hall, go 10. where he
placed IN the most vicious company. Indeed, II
you consult the reports OF the surgeon generals
cAcs, you will find thst disease and drunkenness
Rave increased more than 100 per cent since the
esntAen was abolished.
A pictorial reproduction of Cberamrnergau, with
ste people and their famous play, will be presented
There will be three hundred coiored pictures, a
choir and cathedral chimes 70 make the repro
6uction realistic. Hugo TFpetschei will give an
organ recital at the German Evangelical Church.
schermerhorn street, Court street.. Tomorrow
evening. He will be assisted By Miss A e Dennis
.Ja, violnist. and William Fcerster, a boy So
przno.