New-York tribune., 1872-11-04

suspended by the SELF IN caousies Of ntere ed specu
tors the other s " The New York Elevated Railway
Of tho good TO be derived from more rapid iocomotos
than that 20 which have been hitherto subjected.
This road has really been doing essential service noise
lessly and unOstentatonsly, while Others have b.
engaged In only asking how II was TO be done. 4, uos
forms connection with aud transfers passengers regu Isl
TO the Hudson River Railroad 40 that people Dgng a!
In one hours time. This line however only be looked
upon at present as sort OF useful experiment. 10 was
built hurriedly and much more lightly than A need
have becn that Il seems Just too fra for anything
like heavy and continuous traffic but there Is 10 reason
to render permanent rapdtapsit limo O the city
it has certainly been the boldest pioneer.
But whether sooner or later whenever ono or moro OF
these rapid modes of conveyance by steam shall become
established fact to citizens there eau DO no cael
latng the extent Of the revolution that VIII be made
among the dwellings of whole masses Of our population
nor any limit be put to the advantages tbat Hsss-
chester County must necessarily derive from euoh
change II is the natural outlet for penup thO0s
ands who afford TO hold property at the rates 1t
has assumed in New York Every square foot Of unocu
pied land Manhattan Island Is already enhanced IN
value, owing to the improvements already
long been holding IL at prices beyond tho reach o
people Of small means Many OF these, unable " hal
their natural relief north OF Manhattan Island 0wn -
the lack OF easy communication have been driven 70
seek homes In NewJersey and on Long Iand preiefng
all the Inconvenience and delays OF depending on fer
rieswhich in Winter often serous-to the oaiy an
noysnee @ ana loss OF une 10 % gOnK oS , ee
TO have other alternative, but that me las already
When the City Hall or its Immediate neghbOfhood wa,
the business center OF tue city, our oyern0Tng ppud
u
transportation afforded them across our rivers. when
they codd within few minutes walk from their Places
OF business reach the ferries. But now the center O ie
retail business Is above UBon-square, and b glauuay
reaching further northward, and those who have Nor
OF from the facilities OF the downtown ferries 10
many thousands employed above UnlG1sqnare u Is ,l.f
chester County than 1t s to take stages and down
no the ferries TO convey them their homes i1
Jersey Long Island To this upper portion Of Our
population Westchester County Is therefore. even now,
the most accessibe but when steam transit is larry
established when the blissfu time that worker
down town can take his scat In a warm aEd w,l-dp-
pointed carriage and be whred to his home la YOukeS
or TarrytOWn in about the time that it takes
him reach his residence in Twentieth Tniruetlst.
halfrozen fatiguedby standing cngngt the straps
OF horsecar he viii, together with the thousands whO
dwell in New-Jersey and Long Island, in whatever
part or the city they may be employed natuIaiy tu
their eyes northward and prefer homes IA ITO equally
accessible aud more favored climate OF Westchesief
County especially when they tnus DO altogether M
dependent OF ferries The building OF the East RIVER
bridge may modify this result the Eastern shore bus
to the dweers OF EewJersey the ehange seems Le'la
Although this would appear the natural and certain
movement OF population in future, the county Iahes
In Westchester have hitherto not been largely dedt IN
by SPECTATORS. AT the same time the utmost acty.t{
has been shown IN individual paces al0hs VIZ a
villages along the different lines OF railroads. ana Ia si1e
instances the value OF property has risen Eey 20
IN 1Onkers, for instance there are lOs OF - ees
feet which very few years ago were not NoIlh HOi
70 $500 each Perfectly aware OF the future Dooio ~,
Westcheser County Is already one network =.
railways either actually completed CO., OK and rics
districts through to Conneotlcut ana. 9lt9ss,
into what will form not long hence the upper
part Of the City of NewYork. All public Improvements
tnere are being carried out with this end IN view
Broad and drives being laid out In every
direction, which destined 20 be but combinations or
connections OF the magnificent avenues and DOuleYaru5
Of New York City, when these little villages, bow h
their very infancy shall be part ana parcel OF one gre
metropolis. SO rapidly does Improvement mircn with
u.s. when fairly begun that had we now but one OF t.o
lines Of rapid transit in operation h Is n0t too much 10
say that many living would yet live to see an en-
tirey city located beyond the northernmOs5 point
Manhattan Island and connected with Al a CITY 80
large in extent that the map IL would look !ke ne
wide-spreading branches OF huge tree % Wlich
Manhattan Island would represent the sturdy truuh
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