The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-01
The Brooklyn CITY Railways.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

lhavc for years past kept eye the money articles
Of the HERALD with the view Of keeping myself ported
UP in financial and commercial matters have observ.
ed that nearly AL the railroads in the Union have elected
share Of your notice, city well State, with the
ceptsn Of the Brooklyn City Railroads To the history
and prospects Of these roads take leave to call your ~
tention.
At the period when these railroad projects were broae
ed in Brooklyn, speculation had attained its full visos
and activity Although the districts through which tha
proposed routes lay, were for half the distance but
sparcely settled although II known that the stag<
lines these routes had just begun to be profitable
and though other considerations OF unpromising char
actcr forbid the scheme still specuat had influence
enough to get the through the Common Council
The grants given TO those who would carry pAsssn
gers at the lowest fare.
The propretors the stage lines the routes which
to be the railroad routes felt the necessity
obtaining the grants order to get control Of the road
and their property from total loss They accord
ngy proposed to passengers at fare which they
secure them the grants and enable them TO CONVEX
their property into railroad stock Those having proper
ty these routes, which could be improved BY these
roads were subscribers, and many others were green
enough to take the stock invcstmont-simpy for
.s ssy
reors got stock for stage property and the roads went
The belief obtains among those who should know about
such Matters that the Consolidated Railroad Companies
of Brooklyn sustain weekly of from $500 TO 5000.
And this belief ia perhaps correct.
The Tour railroad companies which were In operation
In the city Of New York. in the year 1883 carried ct the
rate Of H. 900 passengers per year. tribe
per day Now will suppose that! the omnibuses car
ry as many more which win make the number Of passsn-
gers by the public eonveyances Of the city 0o TAX
ing the population Of the city at the proportion
Of riders TO the population 10 about IA per cent In the
city OF New York me running expenses about 9ll
per car but being managed economically in Brook
yn land Sunday expense being thrown on the week.
the cost Of running here about S12 80 per car each
day The company running eighty cars, ct an sx-
pense therefore, OF 81 600 per day. We win take the
population Of the city Of Brooklyn that Is the CONSOLE
dated CITY, at 1901 00 and shall 6nd that IL win ps-
que about II per cent Of this number to ride daily By the
enable them to pay expenses. The car passen
gers in New York number about per cent Of the
population they got all the passengers who travel by
stages their routes they would perhaps get nine per
cent Of the entire population and Il may be fair to
sumo that the four Brooklyn lines carry the pei
cenage Of the inhabitants that would be taken by Tho
four New York lines they had all their routes them,
selves At this rate before these four lines pay
penses the city must attain population Of full ESQ
Tie public convcyances in Brooklyn not so hbera
y paronized "a in New York great number Of the
pie here have chosen Brooklyn place Of residence
from motives OF economy and will not ride when they
can avoid doing So Line after line Of stages has gone
down that might have lived had they been patronised
well fair days they when Indictment weather
dered them necessary good deal Of sorrow and laen
tation poured out over departed lines, but the surviy
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