New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-25
BROOKLYN SOLVING a PROBLEM.
WHAT NETWORK MAN LEARNED ABOUT HAPIH
TRANSIT WHILE STANDING ON A
STREET CORNER.

TRANSIT WHILE STANDING ON A
STREET CORNER.
proo,,rr has been sneered nj. The City o.
Churches has been treated with scorn py he"sP"Po'
writers. and gibes and leers and all KINDS u aa
have b.en pokcd at the town. which has been caii0~
4. NETWORKS dormtory,' IAN overgrown county
v,llarer and other carefully selected Names oy
many who are unacauained with the rapid Pfosess
and steady strides which the city Is mahihs o
metropolitan greatness. Brooklyn Is COINS io."
with n rush and while Newlork Is In the trocS
OF a mighty effort toward solving the RAPID transit
problem the "overgr0wn country 'h'se '
transit rapid transit, and lots OF II.
II Is doubtful II West-st., New York, with its al
most endless procession OF Trucks "akonS A
street-cars, has Il more LIVELY spot III i' "'o
length than Brooklyn can show III the h''e pau"
~ ground where Myrtleave., Washington ana oours
sts come 10 n point, with Fulon'st. cutuhs 'nioue'
II and Montague-st. only fifty feet away no
C,,v Hall flces a scene which is not duplicated III
many cities, II It Is in any.
wonder,r from New-York landed at the Walls%
ferry slip mt Montaguest. not long ago anu RUE ~
the bill in a cable When lie reached 'he emu "
the line at Courtst. he stopped ana iooheu aro",
"Well. this beats New-lork," said he; "BrooKlyh
Is alive after ALL
7, vas no wonder that he surprised, for the
6ui,dnp I'm front OF which he stood was one point OF
five from which o good Idea OF BrooKiyhs progress
I'm the science OF transportation could De iy oosee0'
Z, hi. loft hand and almost directly overhead wefv
the putting, rumblng trains Of the Kings county Ee'
votod system Underneath the elevated structure
hung tho trolley wires of the Brooklyn City Railroad
sni,tinr blie flame when car passed the switches
Standardized between the trolley cars an occasional
horsecar truudle along with Its iingng bell drowho
I'm the greater noise OF the big gongs on the eie'H
cars In front OF him came up another Hoiies 'e'
from the wilds OF Gowanus. and plunged ih'o INV
thick OF the Futon-st. tangle with an auda0'' "F
preaching foolhardiness. On the further sue VI ~"
street stood a line OF cabs, with sleepy oo1ns ho'
and almost as sleepy drivers patiently waiting for the
fares which the more enterprisng and cheaper ..'
lines were taking away. At his right hand the eao''
ure kent ND its steady buzz and he was within
stones throw OF four different methods OF car travel
cable horse trolley and elevated not to mention ths
cabs
Tina wanderer from New York looked around TOT :
,ow Minutes began conversation with wellinioruc"
Brooklynite and found that standing where ne "a'' ~
could see two elevated railroad systems coverhs Nv NV
parts of city, and thirteen lines OF streecas' n
Grated by power ransng IRON Mvr, tse and Putnam.
ave lines TO the cable Of the Montasue'.;
Z" up the HILL" and the trolley, which ran the T' -
them , s.,. h., .,,o nrob,em may not be solved, bat
This town mas certainly made good trs AT H. a.s
lust then he turned to look down me asPha.t rrnns
ment where the cable car runs ne' While Nil chasing
the whecimnn WAS n large and lively goat 10 Via a1ss
was attached pair OF shafts and soap uoN on vsniio
rollers The owner OF I'M, ,, rig "a w,nes and came
THAT'S enough, my friend" said he. sim s 0%c
home across the river. Your town Is al r's"'
And even then the Brooklyn nnn hed To-! 10 mi S,n
him how 10 get across Fulton-st WITHOUT "'''
over. t't