New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
BOROUGH GOSSIP
Now Park from Old Bridge to
Court Square.

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,.-,oklyn Bridge to Court Square IS
h'vyi hnai nv Edward H. Bennett, the archi-
engaged By the Committee on city
,i,r E.'i The widening OF Washington
from the Bridge TO Borough Hail
SUI presents the principal difficulty to
S4S..orcone The municipal buildings, IN
,,ng the new courthouse, are 10 be pro-
VA for in his plan. which calls for the
,Isi,ion by the city Of the Packer In
49, @var and other land between Joralemon
scbomerhorn. Court and Clinton
Iiyingston street, between Bocr-
place and Court street, according to
~. scheme. would be widened, and me
,.rtv now owned by the Polytechnic
F..,,r,e taken over by the city.
~ rroposal allows the city sufficient
for all the proposed new public build
- arranged i'm an artistic manner. fhe
1ss,nt great difficulty I'm getting from the
0,oUn section to Williamsburg-a COM
o..tivelv short distance in straight line
orsrcone I'm the plan by the opening
nov, thoroughfare from Borough Hah
o.,arn across Myrtle avenue Adams
.aot the Manhattan Bridge Plaza and
..hsr streets to Flushing avenue.
8. connection with his report on the new
,,ic,ral square, MIR. Bennett has submit
"a r,sns 70 the committee for the estao-
...,,o,t of an art centre at the Prospect
-, plaza. The committee is investigating
,sA question OF land wales in that Viclnl'S
srd out whether or not It would be feas-
,bIs m acquire sufficient land there TO carry
-, the scheme. Charles II. Fuller, Hres'-
s,rt NJ the Brooklyn League, and Proies-
-, Franklin W Hooper director u ths
u,ooklvn Institute OF Arts and sciences
.,,,ove Of the plan, and II was on theIr
,.vgsstiou that a Subcommittee OF hNe
I've been appointed to aid Mr.. Bennett IN
.urther developing IT,
The proposed public market, to be known
=, ,bs Eighth Ward Market, was discussed
:, ,be last meeting of the committee
accommodations from Borough President
So. and Public Works Commissioners
pounds showed that the borough adihihiS'
ration has practically decided TO aDahaoh
the site selected heretofore, as the develop
,,ent Of the Bush Terminal docks IN the
,5c,nity have cut off from the market si-e
,r,nsportatlon facilities which are essential
!, row site bounded by the Gowanus Canal
hamilton avenue, nth street ana point
bsf way between Second and Third ave-
mes Is now being considered.
Erookl,n voters are preparing for nara
S,ys toll next Tuesday, as the elecuoh
r,mmlttce. having decided on the makeup
4 the tickets TO he used a. the primaries
.,pounce that i'm q few districts the bal
,o, vin he only three or four feet long.
(, thc tvplcal districts the ballots VIII be
.,ort nine feet in length. Paper manu-
tc,rrers heard the news with Glee, but the
,,5,rar, voter has fallen into despair over
,,s Moor prospect he has Of voting intel
u,,uv The tickets will contain eight sets
ID names. five of them distinct and three
,,fo,irions. The arrangement OF names on
a. ballot will be: First, delegates TO the
-d,clary committee; second, delegates 10
,sa state convention: third, candidate iof
r-.,e committee. fourth, candidates for the
,sg-ty committee: fifth. delegates to the
-,.iorsl convention, sixth, delegates to the
cenzrs7s district committee; seventh, dele
oates TO the municipal court district com
ritice. eighth. delegates to the aldermahic
district committee.
The Emmanuel and Bethesda congress"
rorsl churches decided last week TO unite
and this morning will hold their first ser
vice under the name Of St Marks Church,
The services will be held at the lmmanuel
Church building Decatur street near Haiph
avenue. and the Rev. Thomas Bell former
-. r r,.t,osso ,'HurCh will pTe2cn.