New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-30
RAPID Transit.

HNODs-NO CHANGE N BUhlNtss tENihh'
RENTS k,ID RIAL ESTATE vALCEs.
Do people who observe from day 10 day the
rapid progress made I'm erecting the iron srSerstrueiure
81 the Elevated Railroad South Ffhave ever thinA
OF tine important changes tnis work ana l's
companion road on the East side are sure
% effect in me lie Of tie metropolis
let the reader CONSIDER few " the results VINO"
viii be almost certain % flow from rapid transit u ''
frs. rlace the civ , push ire grand streets aud its
rows substantial weucs rapidy uorth|aru uh'ii me
Park is surrounded with oIeribiy dense population IN
rev years the fine country the West side az ar
ur aa W1shin o,ht-. viii have 20 give place 70 som"
hoe,. o., brick md brown stone b-caus, mo lana VIE
become too valuable u be- used FOR lawns aud gaeh9
and bv the end OF The century who are now Vine
nay exucc 20 see tHe whole OF the upper part OF MAN
haitian Island as closely huilt 20 are now the ds
trets below the Park. That this II not
Visionary evncetaton shown hv the example ~ Lon
don which has erenccd growth even more re"arH-
able during the dfy L H. shown TOO ~ me
recent Development OF New-Iork. I'm snite Oh the
-roof obstacle OF a want ~ good transit facilities
~ course this rapid increase win not proceed
from the ordinary processes ~ cifys growth Il"ns-
ands or peo1le have taken refuge IN the SUBURBAN
towns cheap rents and 60 avoid the mseeS oi
sreet-car travel. viii return % New-Iorh II VIII oe
great deal more comfortable 20 step into tram rev
blocks from the city Hal and be whirei IN twenty MN
utes or halfan-hour up 20 Ono-hmdrcdthst' Than 10
walk 10 ferry wait five ten minutes for boar sun
nit to the iostlug OF crowds, and occasionally miss
train the other side OF the river Tho business man
whoives I'm View Jersey town has five different journeys
10 make 20 get home. Fr-t there the walk o. the boat
a toe MI. long one and through streets thrOncnd with
carts and draws and exceed nelv sloppy in bad weather
Then comes the fcryboat ride which the peasantcst
rart OF trip although the tired passenger has rarely
an opportunity sit down. From she landing on the
other side he walks the FAR end of the long railway
she'd or rather rms for every body makes an eager rush
FOR tfa uhip in no
abundant enough 10 supply the demand. The raj way
ride Is from half hour 10 an hour long
and after IL is finished, comes another WaiA
from the station TO the Passengers hou'e-'iten
AN afflirOf hal mile. The elevated railway VIII Oh
runsh by two the number Of these separate locomotive
aorts Street walks 10 and from the train. and short
ride on the tram Will all Added inducements to draw
nc0pe from the suburbs bacto the city viii be the facility
rar attending evening amusemeut7. for hearing good
sunday sermons and for getting c1sy access 10 the many
attractions that the dcuZen OF the metropolis can en-
ioy. ID he will. in ms leisure hours
The outlying villages and cities will probably have
ta- growth checked for Time. II they do nor suffer
positive lose of population. They VIII still Doe able 70
cfr one great inducencut however which the cry can
never gfue-scparate homes with bt ~ grrenSw0fl
aud shade belonging o. each. In all the new uptown
districts that The railroads will create, the ground VIII
bee worth 100 much money 10 with cottigcs The
standard hieh-toop fve-st0ry and basement DWELLING
and the more modern French fat house will prevail
md tho lovers OF village architecture ana semi
rural life will hnl nothing 10 attract them m
these METROPOLITAN extensions. Probably rents viii come
down i'm places ike Newark Patterson Orange and Eliza
beth and IN the Lrng Island villages. and will remain
w until the upper part OF the island Is pretty den3clg
.rhgbfof and there AGAIN arises thc necessity for
fresh outflow " pOpulaton Property the north Sid
Of Harlem River Will no doubt increase IN value and al
districts b to the termui Of the roads VIII Re-
ceiye O. fresh impetus.
BOT oft a. p %
roads wiz be- ncasuroby. 10 equazc rentals and prices
~ uptown property II viii not make much difference
to "a bus ness man whether he lives sixteth-st. or
Nuetirh-st II the mel shhorho0j he equally good Tor
once seated boz the q matter Of five or ten minutes,
more or less is not important The main thing VIII be 90
live within short walk of station. Proximity 10
station viii be- prominent consideration IN
fixing the renting selling price ~ a house
The banks, the nwspaper offices, and al the great bust
ness agencies VIII remain where they are. There
VII he no new Walst. up--owr, and tine march ot whole
sale trade no-tlwari will not rapidly as hereto
core In tbi, regard one may acain look London FOR
arael The enormous extension OF that metropolis IN
westerly direction has not removed the focus Of bust
ness activity. which continues TO De- the little dis
trict embraced within radius or haf mhe
Ground the Bank Of England and the Stock
Exchange. In that region the termln
NJ the underground rail ways which play almost i'm
portant part in the transit robem o. London the
elevated roads destined % play here As for The
centre of the retail trade VIII remain where It is now
in the region \. T. stewart & Co.'S store and
Madison square. There will be new streets OF small
ors far uptown and the avenues that not stopped
by the Park Will be great arteries Of traffic mp to the
Harlem River but the principal retail houses Will have
no occasion for another removal Rapid transit viii
make them easily accessible 20 customers from all parts
of thc city.
While there viii he important changes in the onsi
ness physoguOmy Of the owerpart OF the Island, and tho
avurf.
90 ~ on I'm the lower part Of the city, there viii be-
oubt marked tendency observed on the residence ds-
trc,s below Foureentn-st., to replace old and small
houses with buildings Of better type The elevated
roads will draw a great many tenants from these dis
tricts TO the new houses and clean streets
on either SHE Of the Park which VIII then
he no further from the Post Office in point Of
time than is now the neghborhood Of Union square.
decline in the rents OF downtown houses will naturally
,,lov and will DE accompanied by the erection good
localities Of larger aud desirable houses than are
now found Apartment houses will, no doubt take tire
Mace of many small tcncments. Thus while new ana
attractive ucignb0rhOods viii Dee rendered readily aces
.ibe for homes for business men. whose daily occupa-
tions take them down town, the old neighDorhoods vi"
gradually become more desirable.
Influence Of the elevated roads Brooklyn can
not wei he estimated until the counteractng effect OF
Bridge can be- weighed. 10 requires about an hours
travel 10 gel THE tribune Office 10 the neighoor-
hood " Prospect Plrk II fhe Bridge should reduce THIS,
materially, The growth of the sister ct would not be- re-
tarcd H. however equally cheap rents can be secured
i'm upper Ncw-Yor and half hours travel saved going
and coming there will D.. To be heavy transfer of
populltion 20 the hither side OF last RIVER.
An hour day saved Is over three hundred
hours a year, amount Of time equal 10
thirty working days OF no each. No business man
win overlook consideration of this sort Time is
money; or if not money because not taken from business
hours II Is rest and needed recreation Rapid transit