New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-30
SUBURBAN WATER LINKS.
now rwo RIVERS ARE BRIDGED.

PROPOSED. -.
The city,s populaee has among its servants
.hant 800 men who constitute an important part Oh VIC
,Iv~ TNey are held responsible for the operation
- 80. mats which link the suburbs OF NewJersey
sIac Island by an endless chain 10 the fas-beatng
..r,ea OF tho Metropolis. The vastness of this
machinery the precision Of its movements. and the inc
sent ofits growth, give their labors romantic aspect
and afford additions the absorbing history Of material
development.
Pie capital involved amounts to about 6,5OoOOo exclu
ssve that represented by extensive ferries on
thu North River which feeders for their owners
railroads Historically they mark the successive migra-
Of inhabitants the city imperOusly swept over
the limits assigned by its short-siSiited founders
The first ferry established between the preson'
Pssksip and Faltonst Brooklyn, which, in 1850 became
corporation property and some years later another Iey
Was started Long Island again being favored with the
mte. improvements were slow, and long u"o
esauaed before regular communication by row
beats was given TO Staten Island pu' ~
r1E7, two years later, the old citizens "eio
accommodated with two new ferries one from MeSier
Deck North River, to Paulus Hook, Jersey City, anu
the other from Bergen to Staten Island The nrs' s'e"
boat put Fulton Ferry in May lSA' anu IN Iva
when the Fulton & Livingston monopoy was SCI S'iue
by order Of the Supreme Court the olu Ooa's' Pi
reued ny troad-ni worked by horses fell into disuse
TaleD were built the water links now existing wheh'
tr,m whatever point Of view considered, illustrate the
popderous mechanism that belongs 70 the metropolitan
system. ..,, .--u
Tho Union Company Will rank first. 10 is the old
est and most extensive organization Of It's kind
II employs about 400 and 10 boats on
the Fulton Hamilton, South, Wall-st. and Catherine
Arries IL is said that OF these, excepting the
Fulton Ferry pay than their expenses, and one OF
two are worked at loss. About 6OO0oooO passengers
are carried annually the daily earnings Of the Company
beng over $500 N Summer aud $500 in Winter
These figures are not vouehed for, however as the
managing director OF the Company when applied 10
refused 70 give any information whatever Inc Terry
houses boats and equipments generally are accounted
among the best The Company is seldom given credit
for TINS by It's patrons, provsO in its constitution
hmits the dividends paid After stipulated amount
for this purpose been deducted from the earnings
the remainder 10 be given 70 charitable institutions OF
Brooklyn Ltte disposed Of IN this way but any surplus
Is expended IN the improvement Of the property From
a. m % 7:3O D. m four boats constantly plying at
the Fulton ferry and after that hour two boats rnn
every minutes, with almost unvarying punctuahty'
whoever has observed the exactness with which the
Fulton erry-boats shoot from either Of their piers at
stated intervals throughout the silent watches OF the
night Summer and Winter alike, must find himself I'M
prepared to crcise occasional failures on the part OF
tie management
THE wILIIANsBURGu FERRIES.
The New-York ana Brooklyn Ferry Company Is also a
powerful aid in knitting the Eastern District Of the lat
Ter city 10 the metropolis. 1t has four ferries under its
tons measurement each and $50 men are employed.
Twentyslx pilots paid SOS per month each; en-
neers, $50 each &c dechands, $50 each; % hremen,
SEQ each, aud q feymasters SIS each The pilots Of
tins and other ferries may be remarked here are sea
who are familiar with the sound and who entered
the river service deck-hands. Prior TO promotion
they were required thorough familiarity with
the trcacher0us currents Of the river, 10 prove
themselves stronger Of and in decision
Than the sailors Of trackess seas countless aotia is
IN their path day and night; when the wind falls sud
denly, sloops and sohOOners drifting about help
lessy, and both skill and courage in fun pleasure the
pilots Of the erry-0oats must when steering among
them. The New-York and Brooklyn Company run two !
boats from Grand-st, Brooklyn, 70 Grandst, in this
city every u minutes nom a. ~ TO 10 p and then
every haH through the night from DivsOnaye..
Brook U, Graud-st u this city boats every
ten minutes from 70 10 p. ~, and then every 20
minutes through the night from South Seventh-st.,
Brooklyn 20 Rooseveltst this city, five boats
every minutes from 10 D. M. and then every
- minutes through the night; aud nom Bndse-st., |
Brooklyn 70 ROoseycst il this city, two boats run
every minutes rom H. 10 10 p m' when the ferry
Is closed. The managers state that neither the Grand
81 nor the Bridgest ferry pays expenses and that Of
late years the south seventh-s Ferry has carried
a. much farm produce formerly. The four ferries
enumerated have been possession OF this one corpora
ton OF which James Murphy is President, since 1854
and the capital invested IN them Is q ,0OaOoo.
The ferry between HOutOn-st in this city and Grand
st. Brooklyn was established IN ls4l and Is controlled
BY al association OF which James NJ Waterbury is
Ager. II employs three bOats-the Maspeth, built In
1859 the California built in 1861 aud the Gerard Stuyye-
sant built in ls54-which operated by 40 men, From
ia ID. % D. NJ trips made every 10 minutes from
Up. N. p IN. every u minutes; from 10 D. H. to
midnight every % minutes, AID then hafhom Trips
until a. H., and 2lmiuute trips until 6. At certain
nsurs the number o passengers carried is not enough
% repay the companies for the expenses Houson-st
ferry pilot states that on many of the trips made be-
midnight aud a. H. there is not single pas
sanger
The Greenpoint ferry 70 Tenth and Twentythirdsts is
owned by G Lee Knapp who has had the boats over
hauled recently and has boilers building for
each The capital invested 100000, and the receipts
are about $4,000 per month The manager states that he
operated ferry for % years. and only found 1t
profitable 1862 1870 and 1871 The severity OF the past
Winter reduced the receipts of ali the companies ma
teraly. -Four boats in constant use, and one ls
IN dock for extra service. Their names are the
North Side, Martha, South Side Osprey, and Green
point and they measure from each. The
North Side is nearly new and the Martha was recently
rebuilt to match her. Boats leave Greenpoint for
Tenth and Twenty thirdsts alternately every seven
minutes from a. 10. 70 p. m, and then every half
hour until a M After NEXT month, boat will run at
intervals throughout the night although the receipts
after not the cost Of the kerosene burned
m the lamps as Mr. Knapp states.
RIVER RAILROAD FERRIES.
The East Rlyez Ferry Company has a feet Of seven
steamers-the Garden City, Southampton Huntington,
Suffolk, Ravenswood, Queens County and Kings County
The two former boats new and are the largest on
the River They OF iron. and have upper
and lower saloons, Clean hight, ana well ventilated
They are used exclusively for the service between
Hunters Point and Jamessp, and bring TO the city the
passengers arriving by the Long Island and Flushing