New-York tribune., 1911-04-30

Church. Clinton and Remsen streets. on
condition that the name be changed 10 tne
Spencer Memorial Church by October. Inc
offer was made TO the pastor. the Rev Dr.
Louis Van den Burg. The board OF trustees
accepted. On Thursday the members u
the church will meet and pass on ,he offer.
MIS-. I>eavitt Is acting upon the wishes 81
her late sister. Miss Mary Spencer. the
cif; is 20 commemorate the Rev. Dr. lena
bod Spencer. the first pastor of the church,
vino served there from March 70, 1881. TO
the time If his death. on November g. lS0-'
Tie Presbyterians purpose 10 raise an
endowment fund of from $1,000 TO 10000
70 carry on the work OF church extension.
The plan was outlined at meeting held in
the Memorial Presbyterian Church. Seventh
avenue and st. Johns Place, by the Rev.
D.. G. Il. McAfee pastor OF the Lafayette
Avenue Presbyterian Church. The endoW-
r1ent. nc said. would enable churches under
changed conditions. to do a. good Work as
they had formerly done. When ii was suG-
rested that some man be chosen to conduct
the campaign for funds several persons III
tho audience volunteered 10 relieve the
Pr.shytery and the churches of his salary
Brooklvnites are still interested N the
plan, hatched some time ago. 10 rename
Newtoun Creek the Nassau River. For a
strip Of water OF its size NcwtOwn creek
ls about as busy as any. For the last three
years il has carried more than four million
tons Of freight year This is about one
million tons mile. foy the creek is only
four miles long 20 feet wide and twenty
ihree feet deep The tonnage II has been
carving is more. than is carried by the
Missouri River or the Erie Canal, il IS
said. The Mississippi itself carries only
five or six times as much freight The YER
non avenue bridge must be opened fifty
times in every twenty-four hours 10 let
boats pass. On an average. 21S boats pass
the bridge daily. Of this number fever than
one.hsN 20 underneath More traffic is eX-
pec.ed when tho Improvements OF maze
Creek, a tributary. which enters near the
Creenpont avenue bridge. arc completed
Tire creek. as tho amount Of tonnage l'
carries would indicate, is in the centre o.
. great manufacturing distrlct-in faci' one
If the greatest manufacturng distr'''S'
ue-, are coal and wood yards. OF works
and sugar refneries. paint and Jute Worhs'
.,.. that arc known around the world
TIE Engineers club. which entertained
i,e friends with concert last night At us
cIuhhousc. No. ~ Remsen street, has IN
,ho few years Of its existence developer
into one OF the most cutcrprising orsahizd-
,ions of its kind in the city II was organ
jzed in isas. With Afty members. No" II Is
said % be the second largest engineers or
-.uiza atiou IN town.
The three story and basement house
which il occupies is proving too small tor
i,z needs. and plan " on foot 10 bhld
an extension. The need of more room is
noticeable at its lectures, which are heIo
in 9 room which occupies the entire socono
noor The proposed addition VIII make
room for bowling alleys IN th" basement
A. attraction of the clubhouse Is i's library
~ three thousand books which 81 q, the
disposal - On" member.
Eecontly thc club held ts drat eH.iniiion
Tho rooms were opened ,o tho public. There
,re great possibilities for growth i'm inc
club. as its membership is not Limited, bong
omen not only to civil engineers but IN
,iomists. architects and members OF scV-
oral other professions as well