New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
4 FAR CRY TO SOUTH BROOKLYN.
Walls OF DISTRESS FROM TRAVELLERS TO THAT
REMOTE REGION.


REMOTE REGION.
A strange and unaccouniable thing happened few
DAYS ago IN BROOKLYN A Fifthave. elevated railroad
train actually ran through time, and was not de-
lay ed moro than or twice between stations lnc
startling effect Of such q sudden innovation on inc
South Brooklyn exile can hardly be Imagined Ing
settlers in that lar country fave become so accustomed
to the placid unroubcd current OF life on the fth
ave- elevated railroad that II good locomotive were
suddenly 10 draw train at fair rate OF speed they
would probably clutch their seats In terror. and with
streaming hair and glazing eyes, eXclaim against
tins living IN the face Of Providence. They have be-
come humble and submissive through their many
and serious conflicts with the garden-nvadinT' nora
dcvouring goat. and the other unbrdled forces Of
nature in Sonth Brooklyn, and they would never
dream OF complaining about such little things as slow
trains.
But the ordinary white man who allows himself 70
be dccoyed into one Of the Of this So-caled rail-
road and who foolishly thinks that by paving his
fare he has purchased the right to get somewhere docs
not view the proceedings with such equanimlty'
Tribune reporter got train Of this line. Al
the time he did not know what deadly thing he had
entered though he half suspected something when he
wa. forced 10 walt six minutes for train This, 1t
appeared however a rather shorter interval than
nsua for during the rush hours he found the ele-
waited station at the Bridge packed Sodly with PEG
pic who waited angrily for n Fifth-avc train, while
form and went ont again for Fast New York The
wind was bitterly cold and penetrating. But there
was no place for the crowd To retreat to while they
waited for tho Flthave. train, and men, women ana
children stood there and shivercd while Bridge cars
unloadcd moro and passengers on the already
overcrowdcd platform. ~ lat Fiftlave. train was
sighted and the crowd got ready for rush 1t came
along Slowly and mcditatively as II II didn't care
whether II reached the station not but at last with
a snal whcerc II came 10 halt. Then there was
scene which cclpSed the terror Of batteheIu seats
and straps were taken by the active members OF the
crowd almost before the gates had been fary opened
And passengers continued to pour Into the cars
N the tune 81 "Plenty room in front TIL theS
were squeezed together tightly that there was
hardly enough room left to breathe AT last. when
even those expert packers, tho guards. coni get no
more prisoners the train started with people lean
ing far the gates they were pressed against
them by the dense shrong within.
Th- locomotive which attached n the train In
question. was n dreamy engine and had evidently for
gotten Something. Every few minutes it would slow
M and try hard 10 remember what II was. sometimes
Il would apparently Itself and start OF sud
denly in quite n spirited manner. Put II always
quickly realized IT. fatal error, and rclapsed into
gentle and slumberous crawl. Al these changes OF
mind were accompanied with sudden jots. which threw
the passengers about wildly ~ .he trnn nelrcd the
Long Island Railroad station 1t stopped altogether. and
drowsIly contemplated the landscape The en-
gneer woke up when the train stopped and mcdfa
uvclv went through the motion % cine the engine.
grooming n lullaby M he did Then he climbed back
into the CAB. and with weary sigh the procession
again started. Somewhere in the prairie lands
between the next two stations the locomotive got
frightened something. and again stopped short in
It's mad career. This time the engineer didn't wake
mp and the train sulkcd for som" minutes
Through all this the angelic temper OF the
south Brooklyn fclowman shonc brightly The
reporter had heard. without crcd;ing it, that
the South Brooklyn does not know
how to harsh language. lie discovered the
tnth OF it ll,"r. There Is probably other congo
CATION Of two-lcg-cd human beings Which would stand
,ich rapid TIM sit without making determined Ell DIT
o. hurt somebody ard 10 hurt him greatly and 'st
IT, The South Bropklynir comes across the Bridge
ut I a. H.. and actually listens without word to the
scpulclral moan from the dark ticket station, No
more Fifh.avc. g. night lie does not howl tear
out his hair or pat his hand his hip packet.
Gently he goes downstairs and steals fO,t into the
night or II his temperament Is buoyant he wits on
the corner for stray horse Nhcr the elevated
railroad was INIT there WIS rejoicing ard Teasing
at tho tho.f ht that II would bring relief from the
bondage OF the horse which often Hike certain
famous letter, never came but now The elevated
road Is there the horse Is SIN the only way
by witch get home 10 south Erookly II after
O'Clock I'm the morning. The other night n country
man, gcnuine DaCkwOodSman came to the Bridge
station Just in time to the last CO. When n
his massive foot hard. and with the addition OF bad
words. ne delivered this thought:
d" may live IN STOdInk and Il do be I'm the back
woods but II We had such railroad company, that
got streets. and then refused TO give decent
vice. we'd tar and feather 'em, would
But that would he cruel