Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-17
A MUNICIPAL MARVEL,
The Amazing Growth of Brooklyn
and Her InCFe sscd Wealth.

The Amazing Growth of Brooklyn
and Her IncFe ssed Wealth.
New YORK, Oct. 16-The growth OF
Brooklyn Is the most amazing thing in
this part OF the world. Ii dwarfs all the
tales with which the Western borderlaed
has nourished us during the last quarter
CT century. Never Dead wood nor a
weed tiouTished as it Ia fiOurishinR. As
one rides on the elevated along the roof
line OF the houses one sees literally miles
OF dwellings in course of erection, in
slender rows, in solid squares, in de-
tached units. In keeping with the unique
character OF the town, most OF these
houses are little two or three story dwell
ings. In keeping with the age we electorate,
the majority are deceptive. fraudulent
pretensiOus-mere shells-plated, so to
speak. with coating of brownstone in
front and trimmed inside with cheap pine
stained like mahogany, so that even poor
man may boast q brownstOne house. Aud
thew have alcove bedrooms and marble
buffet inches and factory made stained
glass door panes. so that a clerk may 1--we
like the shadow Of a millionaire. Ia mock
cry OF the elbow room that all Long Is
la offers, many OF these buildings are
what the poor call "tenements" and tne
rich dub apartment hOuses"-the pro-
duct OF crowded paupersm in the Old
World, land In the New World a tribute to
those women who would reduce the cares
OF housekeeping to minimum and the
opportunities for dressing. shopping and
social Intercourse to maximum.
Built up BROOKLYN is already much
larger than Manhattan Island and has
more than half as many inhabitants.
When the last census was taken, it b asst.
aOnla tO-5a "a a
firmly OF the opinion that if they could
get their rights they would share the bene-
Il 8 OF the new law fixing the pr CO OF i'll
Illuminating gas at ga dollar and half a
thousand feet In cities of 500, 900 popula-
ton and over" BROOKLYN 10 the better
half OF New York, its place o. homes, its
bedroom, its moral side, its retreat from
din and hustle and vice ami squalor.
Other cities are complete ia themselves,
and rich and poor and middle class tolks
are all together in them. but New York is
not complete without Brooklyn; that is
the middle class part OF New York. 1t
must be the most moral town in the
| country. IL has been SAID that the
churches run it, but they don't, except rs
the WON run the churches an | thpn the
| churches run the town As the women di.
rect. There are no houses OF ill-repute
there that are known to the public, no
|
or "lences," or dutious places OF inter.
| tainment or concert saloons. It's all as
good as plea paradise of trees and
| flowers aud homes and women anG babies
In the daytime the men are in New
| York and Brooklyn in Il buZZlng female
bee hive. The wOmens warm il he main
streets and support halt dozen shopplng
stores that tue world knows nothing OF
yet three OF which are as large a. any
New York stores except Mays. One
shOpkeeper who kept womsn's store has
just retired worth $4,000. 900, and com
pany has been formed and is pulling
down huge square OF dwellings to makt
room for the biggest store on the CONT
nent, modelled alter WhlteIey's Necessary
Store in London, and to provide every
thing, from paper Of pins TO a oaarlage
dress goods or hardware, piano or taify ol
buttons, The m 81 strange thing aDou
Brooklyn, though, is that the men wht
live there don't like The place. Tnei
hearts and spare dollars are left in New
York. But the women like BroOklyn snC
their likes prevail, OF course. They AZ,
so much prettler than the New Yorl
women that lbs wonder, after all, tina
more men don't live there.
JULIAN RALPH.