The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-05
Public Parks and Institutions, Railroads,
Ferries, Navy lard, Water Supplies, Cor
porations, Statistics and improvements.
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
The City of Churches and the Empire
City as One Corporation and
One Grand Metropolis.

kers and Peter sluyter say about Brooklyn couple OF
centuries ago in their interesting memoirs: -" We
crossed the ferry in rowboat as happened which in
good weather and tide carries SAIL On arriving at
Long Island We went up the hill along open roads and
little woods through the first village called Byeukelen
which has a small and ugly little church standing in the
middle Of the road" What would these cynical travel
say they cross the same ferry Ammo Dom
nj 1867 and take stroll through the City OF Chuchesr
How many expressive "ughs'' would the aboriginal
Brooklynes utter could they Fulton or the
Heights nowl II long lapse Of time from Seyseg,
the first Nyack mayor chief sachem, whatever you
may be pleased to call him, Mayor Booth and
everything, with the option OF natures ndesrucib!e
landmarks has undergone change after change, 1t
only within comparatively few years that Brooklyn has
earned for herself the proud title OF tho city in
the Union Cingng the apron strings Of her queenly
sister Manhattan Island she sits next her at
Uncle Sans family table. And that the day Of
wrath, that dreadful day, the first OF Maya day preg
nant with fearful sounds-is Just past, We are
reminded forcibly Of the first rents paid In
Brooklyn. Nine Knckerbockers rented tho city
then at twenty bushels Of wheat annually! Several
families from the river WAL In NetherIand, settled in
the neghoorhood Of Walabout Bay in the seventeenth
century and named their settlement waoons and the
bay walloons Boght whence the pr name Brook
lyn itself, Ia derived from Breukelen, q village in
Utrecht suppose, from Breuck andt broken
land Little progress was made In the settlement for
many years. ~ no governmental organization was
effected under tho Dutch Up the commencement OF
the present century the population principally
confined to several little hamets scattered over the
territory embraced in tho city, Since 1910 the in
Of population and growth OF the city have been
rapid scarcely paralIeed by the magical growth OF
the cities OF the West It's proximity to New York and
intimate relations with It the main causes OF It's
rapid growth aud progress Although possessing .
separate municipal government in all its business and
interests forms integral part Of the great meropo
Lis In fact 1t is included In tho Metropolitan
Police district and ukase from Mulberry street ia az
ectual with she bue-coatsd guardians OF the peace in
Brooklyn with tho Broadway squad Vast OF
speculation have arisen from time to time, most Of
which hnvs resulted in loss, and several OF Thorn,
devised upon magnificent SCALE have seriously
retarded the progress Of needful Improvement
But with all tho blunders and specuations for it's
provsment and enlargement, which have in many
proved detrimental to its interests still Brooklyn could
not lag behind the Of progress while Gotham was
making such stridea As we'll might Chang lose sight
Of Eng. 70 use samese twin metaphor. In business
relations might well attempt separate the in
tsress or two adjoining streets In this city those Of
New York and Brooklyn. Consequently the
mcrcia and manufacturing history Of the latter is but
the rsnex, DINNER perhaps OF the former large pro-
portion Of weathost and most enterprsing repre-
merCunnt8 reSl0e hrOOkIy0s re-
dent New Workers. have their business establishments
beyond the East river Such intimate relations
terml Of Brooklyn by her powerful neishbor.
and the complete unincati,n OF both cities But
alas. Of crossing rom New York 10 Brookyn, namely
THE rERRIS.
Forty years to tho East river a
formidable undertaking than a voyage to Europe
days Then rckcty old barge, which had disagree
able habit Of pOsns It's black nose into places
whore IL was not wanted-for instance, into |
ships lying at anchor or jutting headiands Of |
either shore--and still more disagreeabe habit Of
wallowng porpoiscike In the choppng Of East
river squa thereby sndangerng tho lives and fortunes
OF the hapess wayarers, the only osensibc
OF Communication between Manhattan and Long Islands
We win harrow up the feelings Of our readers by
describing the scenes which often took place this
venerable fenyboai, bat moaons namely
vehicles Of the present day which thousands
daily intrust their precious selves Firs Of all comes
the Union Ferry Company. incorporated 1854, and
ing Catbarine Fulton Hamilton avenue South and Wall
street ferries The boats OF the company are sixteen In
and three are held in relief when any Of
the others need repairs Tho smallest OF these is OF 500
@ ss .c 'ol ''es .naS steam
used on sssn Isscau ssnao against . srs
from other boats the least alarm No less than $50
trips made daily on these ferries and 40 600
passenger, average cross annually Fulton
street. Brooklyn h and for has been tho great GEN.
trail point for crossing from Long Island 10 New York
In 1859 the only fery between Fulton street and
the present Peck slip In the recent Investigations into
the management Of ferries made BY an Albany commt
fee plants made against the Union Ferry
Company. The severe in the beginning Of tho
present inseercd with the regularity OF the trips
made by their boats and the slightest check TO tho
mighty human tide that daily pours their ferries
ID productive Of much confusion and disappointment,
Tho New York and Brooklyn Ferry Company own what
are commonly called the Williamsburg ferries six In
ber Thtsen boats supposed 10 be kept ronning
condition BY this company Regarding the condition OF
COMMITTEES Il Of the most decided
state Of things infinitely worse than any stranger to
the boats were very old dirty aud generally considered
unsafe. when . boat was started BY the company
With Old machinery The boats were not run as frs-
Quenty they should have been, and they often aus
pended their trips in foggy ~e.sher for two hour
ave minutes to cross the ferry when the tide . against
them the engines and boilers considered unsafe,
his tune some Of The boilers could b pierced with
common knife The ferry houses are In . very nlshy
sss ssss, he's been o.. o. repair for over year ana
boats have 70 b swung In BY rope The defence
pleaded 10 thai the ferries would not pay for
better accommodations The bridges on the williams
burg side are 10 most snsxy cSoacn sno v.av scc :.
beats have occurred 10 persons walking on them IN scn
weather The ferry houses are IKE Sheds and DO not
project far enough 70 shelter the bridGea
Tue Grcsnpont ferries derive their main support from
conveying funeral cortegss 70 Calvary Cemssry,
sIcep, tina. Old cS.ron dom. Use s.samboai ti least
my.nolou says not) There is nothing 70 Be said IN
[~ 'Ne-su'hk tne Two IorT1c3 VI tnis CVulpsuy.
Toe next POINT 70 Be considered in speaking Of Brook
lynb
run srHxxr RArrRoAps
or these the Brooklyn CITY RaIIroad startlpr from
fulton fery taxes precedence The length this road
thirty-one miles The number Of cars employed on II
one hundred and nnetysix the number OF passengers
conveyed for the pas, year eighteen mllions ana ihs
annual receipts Al last returns over a. ooo On The
Broadway Railroad starts from south Seven,h .tress
Williamsburg, aud terminates II East New Yors Ths
length Of the road Is nearly i've and hair rlss ana
the average number Of passengers conveyed over il
amounts TO . million and BALI The Grand s,,ss, sng
Newtowu Railroad starts from the same ferry rms
prsssat cay - far - Calvary Cemetery The Brook
yn tiy and Newtcwn Railroad Is not yet completed a.
half miles from Fulton ferry. Thiuy-two cars
are run this line and nearly two millions q people
annually couveycc In them In 1895 the returns al ths
company exhibited . deficit Of nearly 80 600 The
Brooklyn, East New York sge E2Skasy Railroad is