New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-27
Old TIME TRAVELLING.
RECALLING THE DAYS OF STAGES IN THE
CITY.
THE ADVANCES MADE IN HALF A CENTURY
FROM OCCASIONAL COACHES TO STEAM
CARS IN THE AIR.

It,, ut tbc sole means Of spOration from point
"a point In Tic city by numbering stage oo''n.o.
But few persons realize that 1t Il llttie more IMAM my
,, SINCE even regular stage routes were estanIsheu
in the city, and only thrty-sX years since '''o M
street cars were run. Many persons sun Ielnv'nDoI
~, d,vs ,rbcn irregular were the Only Ncholc'
10 carry passengers. But in those days inc Guy "'o
81 small that people could walk "luhh u'c '"'t'r
,.ortions and stages only needed l" ect " A
e., -, (:ovanus or the stiIl more distant Bush"Ich
and Flatbush. . ~. t,,l,o, Ferry
. - In tho early part Of the century ana lA'ef
q live was established from the ferry 10 fort Ham"
IN, and C1-,vescnd, by way OF fIatDus"' Inn
latter village had stage me OF H. """' " f
lanes Cropssv established route between INC iv'iS
and concv Island a distance Of eleven miles, VIZ"
,bc Long Island Railroad was put IN opcf"uon d"
40, staoe limo was established between lult""
Ferry and the station at the foot OF what was ''"
called Atlanticsty and a line OF omhiDu'cS was az
RIM 70 the Navy Yard. In 1889 Montgomery Vu',"
established the first regular liue Of stages rom u'o
ferry IN bedford lie interested III property J."
that region and 10 get the people to 1--we 50 la
from, the river he established a regular means oil
transport ation The success which attended lh' eA
r,rinlcnt led him t0 establish roucs In fNhlhs anu
FIatbush ayes. which were not as successful III
1sAo sevmonr L. Hustled established a line Of omni-
to,ses I'm Nyrtle-aye but the expenses were greater
than the receipts for a time. But with these srahu'"
additions 10 the means Of transit the growth OF the
city was promoted.
For dozen years or more the stage coaches nan
the monopoly Of carrying passengers, but IN l-''
tho BROOKLYN City Railroad Company was chartered
and began lay tracks Mr.. Hustled was interested
IN Il and turned over his route o the company
and several Others were purchased and four lines q
cars were simultaneously put in operation IN JuIY'
1854. other routes were gradually ADDED untlI no
less than dozen rad!ate from Fulton Ferry ana
reach 10 all parts Of The city and extend over forty
bal ftei
Der Of Eastern District and other lines until IT has
over seventy five miles in all.
The first steam railroad IN the city chartered
under the name Of the Brooklyn and Jamaica Com
pany In 1892. aid tracks laid from SOUTH Perry
10 Jamaica To obvIate the grade in the lower part
Of Atlantic St, a tunnel built from the ferry 20
Smith-st. The road opened in 1894 but The
slow Of speed and the lack II the best accommodt
tons prevented much success In It's operation for tie
growth OF the city. ut the portion Of the town near
Flstbush and Atlantic avcs. the bedford region aud
East New York We're benefited. III i - The road
extended to Grcenport, L. L. and considerable travel
and from the interior OF Long Island resulted. In
15G0 steam taken Of of Ataniic-dvc the shts
Of the company being bought out, and the tunnel Wa
closed and a horse railroad line was substituted By
legislative enactment, however. III few years The
steam road again established far the present
Long Island station at Flatbush and Atlantic avc, II
the present elevated railroad scheme Is carried
| steam Will lie again removed from the surface and
| permanently
With the growth Of the city other street railroad
companies were formed to operate ncw routes lutii
there we're half dozen surface companic- With dozen,
Of routes. Fully fifteen year, ago the agitation beam
for adequate y stem Of rapid Transit. Both
dergrOuud and overhead systems had their ad|oCic,
but the latter secured aSccudancy. and nothing ha,
been heard " underground road for years. 40
less than nine rapldtraust commission have been
appointed by different Mayors 10 lay ont rapid transit
81. cf,.. nth
have contcn,cd themselves with laying out single
routes Company after company ha- been formed but
only q few have survived or accomplished anything.
The names Of Bruf and Bond are closely connected
with the early history Of rapid transit projects w
Fontainc Brun oT-anized the company which inalh
built the brooklyn Road, and ont Of which Ia, grown
the Union Company, which two coutrO! nearly twenty
miles Of elevated road rumifyng 70 many distant
parts II the city Judge Bond organized the kNs'
County Company, which, after long delays and Owe?
coming many obstacles built the road Ia Fulton ST.
which the main artery travel for large part Of the
city, Thrc, or four schemes for elevated road 10
Alantlcavc. have failed, but the latest one j. IL far
way to succeed.
From scores Of people riding daily IN stage the
traffic Of surface and elevated roads has become c'r
nous, apd hundreds and thousands Of person, rde
back and forth over the various Lues ia ~ ar ana
The ground. since the Erdgc Was opened ne raw
cling 10y all route, has largely incnascd, ana NV
facilities have boon steadily P!uFlucd. non ID, nav
watched the progress IN facilities Tor udFcIAt nav
changes III the VnAtlpd nlINrl0 20 'i' '''.
d" ! am IN nay forty Sec0"1 year III li'lVh 49, ,
| Inspector James DOlcr, If IN" brookN % llN I''"
road CoLipany the otArF evening Mnem '' ,,
| met HIN IN the smoker seat OF al VP'H ,d'' ~.
there before the street ran. and they bean uip
| slX years ago last Friday July - s'arl"l }" a.
stage driver when there wrc three stag, I'l'i"F p
ite from Fulton Ferry 10 I'ediorl dnd drove one
Of them The nrst ,,ase' wsre put r o. by H., 10y , os
| L. Hust"d in MyItleave ~ - be.'I' ta'S .i',
there were sort u. cabs run bS half dohrh dHeI
IT, Jamaica. Iiai6u,G and AmiyvIic, but they were
nqt allowed % carr =" - ~, ,J y, .o,
and was made -tarter at the icfJy; In'e %'v -
many thirty STAGES running IN ful'on -; avg l"iP
/ IN Myrtle ave, when tle Brookyh CIV iAr9l 'o'n
Pf. .5i was formed ana Tue '"'''' .'e ,''''' -.
FIatbushave and Iultoot for home bN"'d ile' ana
think we wcr-. away the country. There was
and it Sss aIno,, imIa.-i. Gr .,afc 20 uc
10 dive down hud On.a,c. and through WpaSlhj d.
brick stocs and building ami Ma, away aifd OF IuI
ton.st. tlea. Lori Winouehbv, ior whom i wa,
E anSG down DOWN On me FORTH OF J"y i- and
never rebuilt 80. 40 not know whether hr,TorA'
head Of the city government In 1850, lived "a fine
lrownstone house IN oim,h,st,. aad own = me prop
Board Of Educa'lon building 10" - III Hod HOOK
Il have been in the Brooklyn City Company since
II started, but | have never been Il driver or a
have been Inspector for twonty Year. The Fulton
IT., Flatbush ave, Ga'csave aud Putnamav lnca are
un @ are Y patron1e y the 6 peops We carried
20 900 people on the Flatbnsh ave. line on sunday
When the began running In 1851 the Fulton Il.
line stopped at Washington ave. There were three
other lines. the sands-st. line TO Grccnpolnt. tha
Nyrle-avc line, and The Grecn~OOd line. ia Court 4.
None Of them very far out. The Futon-,t. huc
was first extended 10 Bedford ave. and aiterward to
Brooklyn ave. where the stable, now Then We
ran a horse from that point 10 East New lOrk
FOR several years and finally began running every third
ear through. IL not until 1870 tina, the line va,
extended to the Howard House. Tho company ha.
gradually aided The ohcT line. The Flatbn h ave.
route opened In 1900 WHOM The Park laid ont
The Greene and Gates the Putnam the Third and
the other line added BY degrees and last wear
| the company absorbed large number Of rtads pr
vlously managed by other companies. ! suppose the
next change | shall viii he the substitution OF
Electricity for horses. We wfll have 10 stick tho
old style of conductors. wonder II the next fifty
wears will as many changes IN street travel q, th"
past fifty havei Wen, suppose won't see them.
recall the time whcl lots along here, in Fulon-st..
| could have been got fer 81 apiece II had bought