New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-23
BROOKLYN'S MANY ROADS.
OPENING NEW ELEVATED LINES
OVER A DOZEN MILES IN OPERATION NOW AND
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ANOTHER DOZEN TO BIZ BUILT
long step forward has been taken IN the matter OF
supplying Brooklyn with adequate means OF rapid
transit since the opening Of the first elevated railroad
I'm that city The last few months have been prolific
IN progress in this no less than three additional
routes have been opened to the travelling pnoho
since spring. and fourth viii be in operation by mo
middle OF August.
The first line Of elevated road from Fulton Ferry
and the Bridge put in operation BY the Brooklyn
Company four years ago. IL follows circmeous
route through side streets to hs presens
terminal point about five miles from the bridge 10 the
Twenty-sxth Ward, formerly East Newforh An
Additional system has been connected with tho orHno
line, by the construction of portions OF the rouess
covered by the franchise OF the Union Company which
was organized by Rapid Transit Commission appointed
by Mayor whitney in 1896. The capitalists intereS'ea
In this company are in the MAN. the men who reorgan-
lied the Brooklyn Company and completed Its struct-
and ali intents and purposes the two companies
are one, although not formally consolidated Iho
Union Company first built the line OF US
route in Myrtle-ave., between Adams-st, where
the City Hall station is situated, and Grand-aVe.,
where a Junction was made with the Brooklyn line.
Trains the latter were then alternately run from
the East New-York terminus to the Bridge and Ferry
and TO the City Hall
Meanwhile the Union Company pushed forward the
work Of construction along Broadway from Lexlng0n>
ave-, where the Brooklyn line leaves that street,
10 the ferries at the foot Of Broadway. That route
about two miles and half in length, has Just been
opened and further complexities the system Of trains
dlspstching tho Brooklyn road for now trains are
sent out from the East New-York terminus to tho
Bridge and Fulton Ferry, 10 the City Hail. and To
the Broadway ferries The Broadway route trayerses
the Eastern District Of the city in It's main thorough-
fare and will speedily have a large and increasing
patronage. The time from the foot Of Broadway TO
East NewYork is reduced to less than one-haf of
what it by street car, and largo section Of
the city yet unbuilt upon IN the Eighteenth and
Twenty-hfth Wards is brought comparatively neac
the river and Is thus easily reached from this city.
HOW THE UNION ROAD Is MAKING PROGRESS
The Union Company IS pushing forward tho
work upon its structure in Adams and Sands sts con-
Meeting It's Myrtle ave- branch with the Bridge. This
will make the lines Of both the Brooklyn and the Union
companies in the western district OF the city brdga
routes, but tho Union road Will have the best cons
nectlon with thu Bridge The elevated structure in
saLdsst being built directly the Bridge tracks,
and the station will be at right nges to and above thu
new Bridge platform provided for by the plans res
Gently adopted by the Bridge Trustees.
Passengers leaving the elevated cars for the Bridge
will have 70 descend gh Of stairs and those going
from the Bridge 10 the rapid transit route Of tha
Union Company will have 10 ascend. Temporary con|
nections will be made with the present Bridge plat
forms until the new one is built The Union Company
also has another under way, which starts from
the Brooklyn road Park and Hudson aves, crosses
the Myrtle-ave. branch and extends through Hudson
and FIatbush the Long Island Railroad depot
This route will ultimately extend through Fifthavc.
to the Greenwood section Of the city, but work viii
be done in Fifth-ave until the property-owners who
have opposed the road and delayed it by useless l-
CATION greatly 10 the derment OF their property In
terests the company of having abandoned ths
attitude OF hostility Meantime the link in
the connecting Hudson and Flatbush is
completed Fulton-st, where the Union Cons
panys route passes under the structure Of the Kings
County Company, this route Will be opened far
the Long Island station, where It will take passengers
from the Manhattan Beach, Rockaway and other Long
Island resort trains 10 the Bridge. In Che multiplied
routes and crossings Of tracks involved In the manage
ment of the Union and Brooklyn companies together
there is an element Of danger which can only bd
avoided by the most extreme care and watchfulness
THE KINGS COUNTY ROAD AND ITS ADJUNCT.
The other great rapid transit route In Brooklyns
that OF the Kings County Elevated Railway Company
IN Fultonst fully described In The Tribune when
the running Of trains begun between Fulton Ferry
and Nostrand-aye. few weeks ago. Since that time
the structure has been completed for mile further
eastward and the present terminal point Is Utcaaye,
four miles from the ferry. The foundations lad
and portion OF the structure is already up In the
naming mile Of the road which extends to rhe old city
line at the TOP OF Ocean HILL and early in tho fan tho
entire road VIII be in operation.
IN Ofler 70 eXtcnC the rOuTc, however, INTO tho
Twenty-sixth Ward and far eastward Wood
haven new company has been organized under 2
franchise granted by Mayor Chapln's RAPID transit
Commission. route has been laid out In the Eastern
Parkway and other streets o. the city limits, and
part Of the road must be built within year. The
Interested In the Kings County Company own
controlling interest I'm the organization, which Is
called the Fulton Elevated Railroad Company, and the
two lines VIII De run as one although double fare can
be collected II deemed des raDlo The Fulton Company
also has the right OF building an eastern district lino
from GreenpOlnt 10 Myrtle ave. az Krnfave.. where
ton viii be made with the road 10 be built in
Myrtleave. east Of Grand ave, which both the Kings
County and the Union companies claim the right TO
build. The courts VIII doubtless be called upon to
settle the conflicting claims
There are now over dozen miles OF elevated road
IN operation in Brooklyn and much more IS already
projected and will soon be built No apparent prog
resS IS being made IN the project for replacing
face rapid transit In Atlantic-ave by an elevated
structure desired by the Long Island Railroad conl-
pany. The application Of the company for the rghl
TO build Is before the railroad committee OF the Board
Of Aldermen and nothing will be done with it before
October.