New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-13
Court Justice German committed him in default Oh
RApIDTRANsIr IN BROOKLYN.
THE BROoKLYN ELEVATED ROAD TO BIZ FUhNAII


THE BROOKLYN ELEVATED ROAD TO BE fohNAhA
OPENED TO-DAY.
TIL. Rrooklvn Elevated Railroad Company VIII
run trains from the Bridge to Broadway, , %
of about four miles, this afternoon, anu Will op'"
The history of the enterprise covers pe, wos
of nearly eleven years. An Innus effort s %ss
to seeure charter for an elevated road from the
Bridge terminus in Brooklyn to East New ORR, oI
after it passed the Governor IN re-
the act The following year the eiiort MAS 5 5e
newed, and the charter was granted on nay fot U
1874 to the Brooklyn Elevated Silent safety s'
Railway Company vo The st route IN w York ST.
Hudson Park, Grand. Lex ngtOn and Ralph ave %d
Mar onst. and Broadway to East New-{0rIk, ana aho
thence on the surface to Wo9qhasddn between
Ralpb-ave and Marion-st. for those streets; tnae
is the route of the present company An aadI,lon
has been secured srn tb a 'I Bridge , entrance to
Fnlton Ferry. Nothing was done under neG
the charter until 1875 when to save it $5oOo00e9
five foundation stones were laid at Reid and Lex,
ngton ayes The name of the company had f Seen
changed by dropping the words th sne work and
there We're many complications arising
from from rival schemes The work was sb.T de-
ayeGd until tInred iS57 81 Mafn had not law
been mt through the Legislature extending the
time W. Fontaine Brufl had become interest ed IN
the road and undertook ITS nct ho
dent fr' and contracted with 2. 3. teya- James
to put up tho structure nrctaUd The The R %oTf
yUaSv w sSd forward 90 The a gane
foundations were laid and part OF the iron VOTE
was put up when financial complications arose anu
the road passed into the hands OF receivers %
time there were no less than four receivers ana tIe
matter was in litigation in 1880 and 1851. IN
1881 Receivers Phelps and Wagstan attelnPeu 20
complete the road and the stockholders paid an as
i iayed. In the same year the Brooklyn Aldermen
granted to the company the right TO 1a atoaJ tSer
actIon. The Supreme Court granted an injunction
to prevent the overriding OF the veto' Q Gt
the Aldermen Tn ON tine and dSt OVERRIDE it. For
fss fifteen of them went to Jail and paid $3.50
fine each 1t was not till the latter part OF 1858
that the company was reorganaeu su 70
D oIe 20 the ien st structure Henry W: Putnam,
q Vermont became president Subscribed
$500, Ooo buying in the property at auction for
100000 Last year the work was pushed, ana
now the structure is completed as iar as DIonuwhy
and the rest of 1t to East New-lork Is "eii unuei
The structure is similar to that in Third-aye.
this city, and the pillars are set III a aatsr
mart oaTtN of the route in the middle, Of
the street. The route is somewhat zlgzag ana yer
as nearly direct from the Bridge to East
as could be secured without occupying ulton-sl;
The stations are in YOrk-St at washington ,auu
Bridge SITS; in Park-ave at Navy and Cum9erland
SITS. and Washlngton-ave.; IN Grand-ave. az Myrtie
DeKab and Greene ayes; In Lexington-ay9; ai
Franklin Nostrand, Tompkins, Sumner and Red
ayes: and in galway at Magnolia, Margaretta
and Truxton SITS. From York and Washington SIS,
where connection with the Bridge is made, Tue
track will be continued to Fulton Ferry.
The first trip at p IN. today will be made IN a
train drawn by Engine Ne. 1, named IN honor OF
Mayor Low. and invited guests will occupy the
cars. After that the road will be thrown open to
the public freely at all the stations that are ready
for use. The running of trains on schedule time
lac in = m and trains VIII run
up TO midnight. The fare at all hours will be five
cents.