New-York tribune., 1868-12-30
O, no stay cables running from the bridge down.

sh6, no stay-cables rnnning from the bridge down
ward In those beneath the Niagara bridge.
The roAd~,y OF the bridge is 50 feet wide, has bn,
one foor, and has two broadways for common travel
each on the outer edge of the bridge. and IS feet
wide nclndmg the sio' 'swalk between these are two
passenger transits each H. feet wide, for ears pro.
PEELED by an endless wire gaurTe and stationary en-
gng; between these and in tho center OF the bridge
is one elevated promenade IS feet wlde for snch
foot passengers do not take either Of he sdevakS
in the two broadways before mentioned.
Tie cost Of tho entire structure, incluGng land
approaches and, we presume, exclusive Of right Of
way, is estimated at SS0OOCCO in currency, or
100000 in gold, which is sl,JO0OoO less than tho
cost of the Victoria Bridge at Montreal. A stock
company is organizing. whose capital We suppose
will be about $So00oOO toward which the City Of
Brooklyn sub5crbes 100000 ii the rest shall DO
made up.
The population Of Brooklyn has donlled every ten
years for thirty years past IL it continues to grow
a the rate, its population in another ten years
will be as great as New-YOrk has now The limit Of
ferriage by steamers is nearly reached. The utmost
skill the part of pilots is required to AVOID col
lisions. recent terrible catastrophe growing out
Of the number frequency. and speed Of the boats re-
quired TO convey the travel between tho
two cities. warns that measures commen-
surate with the magnitude of this travel must I've
taken 10 accommodate it, otherwise the growth Of
both cities will be retarded the yalue Of their real
estate will suffer- and the travel itself will be at
tended with suffering, labor, and waste Of life,
strength and time. Every means which adds
given percentage to our facility Of transit adds
much larger percentage TO our population and wealth.
BY the time this Bridge can be constructed the mere
increase upon the present travel will leave the Fer
ries oil they are now carrying and furnish the Bridge
with more business than is now done by all the fer.
ries combined. The Bridge without doubt viii be
favorte mode of travel After few millions Of peo
ple have gone across it in safety, the passage wiz
barely afford. even TO the very nervous an agrees
BE. titillating sensation which they can
scarcely distinguish from pleasure. Business men
will 90 through the md-heayens from city to city
reading about stocks, or perchancc watching The
gulls soaring around the mast-heads below them.
brooklyn being strongly given To theology and
church building will find these religious tastes stim-
Mated by treadng on the boundaries OF the ethereal
world twice or thrice day in the intervals of busi
ness Perhaps the dangers Of the ferries have already
caused much Of the plethora Of piety which distin
puishes Brooklyn in so marked degree from this
metropolis.
The distance ordinarily travelled in crossing tho
ferries owing to the sway Of the tides stops TO avoid
collisions and the fact that the depots are not
directly opposite each other is longer than the route
by the Bridge. The transit by steam in the cars.
in carriages OF on foot will be quicker than over the
ferries and at about the prices. The promenade
and drive viii be the luxury Of the two cities
throwing Central Park wholly in the shade-whoh
is more than Will be done by its shrubbery in many
years. The prospect from all parts Of the Bridge
will be the finest in the world Finally we see 10
reason to doubt that the Bridge itself viii pay hand
some dividends on its cost Of construction.