New-York tribune., 1910-01-16
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Church IN Coney Island a
White Elephant.

The white elephant of the Gravesand
section is small white church IN Neptune
avenue, between West 5th street and the
Van Sicklen avenue station. The building
is the property of Charles c. Overton Mr.
Overton at one time entertained the de-
fusion that he was going to rid himself OF
the building by making a Christmas
present of il to some man or organization
wishing 20 establish a new church at Coney
Island. But Coney Island is not the part
of Brooklyn from which she derives her
name of THE City of Churches In pre-
pairing to carry out his plan he issued
number of circulars, appointing an hour
for people committees to appear and
put in their bids for the building
The meeting was attended by minister.
two women and a small GIRL none OF
whom would accept the church as gift
Mr. Overton said that he guessed that the
circulars had not been properly distributed
and that he thought he would call another
meeting later. The name of the church
is the Brighton Chapel. At various times
il has been occupied by many denomina-
tions. The last to vacate it was the ST.
Paurs Evangelical Lutheran Church,
which moved TO a new building in West
9Th street. St Paurs Church is the only
obtaining a foothold on the island. If any
other religious body desires to make an
attack on sinful Coney- the building is
ready for the campaign.
A small Italian boy was brought into
the Children's Court the other day on a
bench warrant When he was arraigned
before Justice Wilkin the court eyed him
sternly
WHY didn't you come here when your
case was called last week?' demanded the
justice.
II lost my ticket" replied the boy, re-
ferring 10 his subpoena, which had been
handed TO him as he left the courtroom
upon his first appearance.
But didn't you know your way here?r
demanded the court
Il didn't think / could get in without
my ticket" replied the boy.
In response TO a general demand from in
dividuals and humane societies The Depart
ment of Bridges has devised a new gate
for the Brooklyn approach of the south
roadway of the Williamsburg Bridge. The
old gate which is made of wood, is guilty
OF taking the lives of many runaway
horses The new gate will have two objects
in view 1t will be used TO stop run
aways. and it will also be expected TO
stop them with the minimum of roughness.
Just how the double trick will be per
formed is not quite clear. An inexperienced
person might suppose that a runaway horse
was more or less responsible for the trouble
it gets into by rushing about in a hap
hazard manner but the humane societies
believe that the creatures should be pro-
tected from themselves. The new gate was
devised by John Connors. watchman Of
the department. His scheme is 10 build
the gate in two sections. When shut it
forms a V The runaway rushes into
the Y and out through a small hole at the
apex The wagon catches in the converging
sides and the horse is brought to a sudden
halt-at least. that is the theory Of the
plan. The Williamsburg Bridge has an un-
equalled reputation for runaways. The
steep slope of the roadways is supposed to
be partly responsible for the great number
that occur there weekly.
Burton Holmes will deliver the next lect-
ure in his series of illustrated talks on
travel under the auspices OF the Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences on Wednes-
day. The lectures are delivered twice once
in the afternoon and once in the evening.
His next topic will be I'm Egypt, the Color
of Cairo and the Grandeur of the Nile"
He is delivering his course in the opera
house of the Academy of Music The
Kneisel String Quartet will give its next
concert in the music hall at the Academy
of Music on Thursday evening. The New
York Symphony Orchestra will give its next
concert in the opera house on the after
noon of January @. On the preceding
Thursday evening Fritz Kreisler will give
violin recital in the music hall.