The sun., 1894-02-20
RROoKLYN'STRUNKRAILwAY
, soaD TO IRzNsFER FRETsHr FROM
TIDEfx TER An OYER TOWN.

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IT,. south Hroekiy. Ter-nipai Ce-psuy's
Project % Bsiia - ore. Cat Railway
witch win Carry Passengers with
speed, Cerfort. and Safety, - Well ss
Osv,ats the Brsstirs R-ik OF Freight
To ne Eztsssea Over Bous Isisad-Mr.
Jobs w. Au,sro.s outiises the Piss he
for. the Aidsr-snie R.iiross Co-rittse.
Tn. application Of the South Brooklyn Rail-
,osd and Terminal Company. whose station is
At the foot Of Thirty y-ninth street in that city.
for a franchise to extend its tracks through the
Tventy-sixth ward was considered last night
nv the Railroad Committee OF the Board OF
Aldermen. A number OF the leading property
holders Of the ward we're present as supporters
Of the project President John W. ambrose o.
the company spoke at length as to the plans OF
the company. He said;
Mn. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE RAIL
ROAD COMMITTEE: The right TO extend the
south BROOKLYN Railroad and Terminal Com
many through the Twsnty-sixth ward, Tor
which application has been made to your non
orabis Board, has such large bearing upon
the material needs Of the community that II
,i... 40 far above the level Of private interest
as TO reach to the dignity Ola o, 90 hapnrs Won am
aimost ready to forget that am at the nesu oi
private eorpoTatiSn ses 70 in the advaneement
Of the public interests of brooklyn anu Long
shnei Th. facts and data disclosed in the applice;
tion admitted to your Board show In detail
the benefits already derived BY ths &c co%mnnity. h
terprise as one OF widely beneficial public
II sppears that the work even In It's infancy
has had beneficial effect on the material
arovth OF the district covered by its opera
which Y nGtSIs Sss hsn o fSs
psny's application show that during the six
Ps; Ss the the 81 SsIs e
:sS ss ,si SS s iss$
value OF 500. ZIG los. being SIS, 1853 l76
sssE than the Tor sss tss ss
S. !. %s nsS q oS It's SS''ts to during am n.
Of OF only Il mes msasi In the pa.e.dnr SIX
years: that the length OF sewers increased
mains rose from 20. where they had stood
.s.nss sS,as N sS ts
number Of miles Of gas Mains increased from
Sss e. a mile. Il
And now iss mo s%piiiy little on the me ssS; i,;
progress has been made during this brief pc
''Ti The whole area Of South BROOKLYN from
Twenty-siIth street on the north to the city
line at siItieth street. and OF tho great terri-
;S sssusS sas iSSr .nS ssTPi
Joining 70 the south was up to the Ssar iSSI
ii isr%ine Or mark ct gardening.
il had no way Of access to New York either
.aosps .S5 .s by eSS Tar
% s SnE eof sSsr 1os
the nSaI' ssnr ,sc Rs
&. .'fs s.t,c1S sSSfN IN New Tort Sesa@s az once
apparent that all Of this territory was made
Industry much more accessible than any other
unimproyed district In or about the metrSpo;;
shore in from fftssn to eighteen minutes.
given to 'ni the qa mo1ement @ Of poSSation into
south Brooklyn and Into the vast area OF the
i%proysmsnts iUT5 sS and the amazing rise IN values
that have followed the Inauguration OF the
rHES.G .ns s'Es limit. o, Brooklyn
contain 2, 300 acres. and substantially al this
H: S aS bSs eSi sna the ns q S:
''Yis The line o; the railroad runs along or yery
Il cannot be long before the four toEnshipss
viii become a part Of the city. for it is gene
rally oeiieved ,hst tnsy VIII como IN WITHIN
The line Of this railroad would then, lie al
length; one-hsii OF the city lying to the south
through S R 81" miles Of its whols length 1t would
be an open-eut read. depressed SO as to pass
ths c o be-
come great centre for commerce and manu-
.Sn % SSI yss 9ss PS
port POI for the Internal tr.tic d the eouptry. pn.
I'll she has great trunk railway such as this.
extending from the shore through the centre
oi the city. with branches spreading out to its
New YORK city never can have such a railway
up, that Its physical conditions viii not per-
lIS:trs,inG and nc IL B.S9i q this state
aslnele transfer bridge. except at sixty-frh
n. ES' ssRs sE ssn' cam sn.
feIred from car noats 10 the surface OF the city
bII.n sSi the sns mater Ps
this railroad and 70 the Thirty. ninth Street
having space Of 500 acres. a frontage Of half
land OF half mile
This spsce Is now entirely oysrf9Eed By
adapted for Improvement, by constructing
thereon broad piers of land $50 feet In width.
width. suitable Tor the use OF ocean going ves-
sells OF the largest class
upon tneso piers storage warehouses can be
built OF the most extensive and substantial
character, which would stand Immediately at
the waters edge and fronting on the slips;
and tracks from the railway can be laid upon
the piers and extended into and around these
buildings. and at the ends OF the piers bridges
can be placed for the running OF freight ears
directly from the car floats onto the piers
and thence into the warehouses, or over the
galway into any part OF Brooklyn or Long
BY this method Of improvement a water
'front.' can be secured upon the slips aggregate
Ing in extent upward OF hye miles, or a space
sdual TO the distance between the Battery and
seVentieth street on the North KIver, This
location would thus become . vast magazine
Of supplies and distributing point for all OF
BrOOkyn ana Long Island Dy means OF this
railroad running back from II.
Into this vast depot for supplies all the
great trunk lines reaching the hArbor ofNeW
loIk at Jersey City or upon the New York side
ol the North River will pour their vast GUAM
nli.s Of freight and Eupplies. brought over in
noAts in the cars in which they We're originally
shlpped thus effecting delivery int o the very
hsaH OF BROOKLYN OF freight and supplies from
aii parts OF the country without any breaking
OF bulS from the place OF shipment TO the
polnt where they are finally 10 be used or con-