New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-04
THE RELIEF OF FULTON-ST
IS THE FLArBUsH-AvE EXTENSION PRAC-
TICABLE?
THE QUESTION OF COST a SERIOUS OBSTACLE
ONE WAY SUGGESTED FOR GETTING THAT
OBSTACLE REMovED-sPECrAL LEGls-
IATION WILL Pc NEEDED.

LATION WILL Pc NEEDED
The committee appointed by Mayor Schieren 10
consider the extension Of Fatbush-ave. or rather
IN. entire ouestion Of The relief of Fnlton-st.' IN
Brooklyn. wasted time about lis WORK ai'houe"
1t was compelled to listen to variety OF susses
tons and recommendations OF ltte Value' Il Ho''
indeed utterly absurd. This was. perhaps, newt
abe since the committee he'd open sessions anu M
vi,ed the great public to and express their
opinions freely The question Of the cost oil 'he i'i
provement was gone into thoroughly More uiie ',''
the public generally is aware was spent oE Su
mates in the Department of Assessment upon '.''
branch of the inquiry. All the information OBTAIN
able was secured and put in convenient shape for
the examination of the committee. In fact, goou
deal OF work in this direction was cone peiore te
committee was named. and was in readiness lot us
at the outset.
There Is a strong feeling in Brooklyn IN iaVor Oh
better of communication with inc DiIue
from about the point where Fla;bush- ave ana fui-
ton-st. together, and good man! peope "
leve that II would be exceedingly wise II the pan
of extending Fiatbush-ave. to the Bridge hau oe"
carried on, when IL seriously talked OF uuiI"s
the administration Of Mayor Low. In connection
with that plan. another suggestion MADE D! wi Nj
Low later might Wisely have been carrleu mo e''.'
That was to provide room for the storage OF tne
Bridge cars etc. not by extending the Briuse
structure toward the City Hal but by turning 10
the left instead of to the right at Sanas-s'. anu
building a storage yard on the east sue OF WASH
ington-st This land could have been obtained lot
much less money than has been paid for tha' alons
Washngton-st.. and the storag' tracks might nav
been run as far eastward necessary. even TO the
Navy Yard. Municipal foresight however. mas never
been over-deveOped in BROOKLYN
a good thing. but Brooklyn cannot afford H.
seems to be general verdict as regards the recoii-
mendations Of the Flatbush Avenue Extension COM
,nittee The committee by a large majority iaNoGs
the direct plan-thai is. the extension OF fi"'Dus'i-
ave in straight line to the Bridge terminus. NJ
is the common-sense view to take oil the supJeV''
The alternative plan. extension running IN the
main parallel with FultOn-st. at a distance oil ~"
feet to the northward would Involve Just aD'u' inc
same cost and would not solve the problems TO be
ny The opinions Of a wel-nformed city official who
has given considerable attention 10 inns nla.i a..
port OF the committee has produced Il am AFRAID;
said he that nothing will come OF tns agra. oD
The Mayor | think acted Wisely IN having com,
m!tee OF Intelligent. dislnterested ana pubic
hd n S1 1 n Work. horoughy and with the
sole desire of finding out what Is best LOT ord 10
undertake this work AZ the present ume HrSir r,
many people regard It, TmerG are Gnr Take
schools water supply and sewers ThGse h Wer can
IL be truthfully said that the Flatbusha ave extern
sion is necessity. II Is desirable gram You, -
it is something that Brooklyn can get a'o"s WIN
People talk abou, the overcrowding OF FGltS ,
and the large number of trolley cars that Di0ck up
the street Why the trolley cars there? simply
because people want to go b 5here r l0a Sbe who
simply wish to get up or down F9on-s, on their
S S small proportion Of the whole 70,
agree with that would be good yd thds 1 1Gp
one small section in Fulton,st: but there 1t Is ana
what Of auarrens with en 46dG sS ren
with several lines but without single s' U.s. p
ANY 1s Se cars to ns n DOWN Aan
ave and Court-st. TO get TO lower Fuon-s 81 uu1
ons of The city these cars through would not
stand It,. They want TO come 10 nosed 10 run
those cars through Atantic-ave. There was one
large dry-goods store in Atlanc-ave until year Ue
tTH n shopping district. and
seems to me h that fatbe Is
might be s1 This for ' 1de Y make the
proposed street and then sell on me lau a a,,a 81
does need That Is instead OF Dny bag 6 pay
as much as for the whole Of them. the city should
boSbo oo that Would result from the building Of small
and cheap shops. This is the way IN wii nd paris
OF would require spec la an aw puf for our
Sene nf know there is the general principle that
the city has no right to take properly exGep, ,o a
lions of property having been taken in this way ana
afterward sold to private purchases. mill occur 70
ev ry These were bought for PARK p,ncI'Sei
with the EXPECTATION that tim eey d %2o or ye@rs act
Of the Legislature was secured permitting thef
for this properly was purchased in good faith. and
the decision not TO make PARK OF IL was t an a. not
u
he empowered to buy more land than II requires ioi
the Flatbush-ave. extension, with the dsthct uh.vi
s,andng that IL is to sell what Is not needed loi ns
purpose BY this the improvement, cOu,t n
made in a satisfactory and practlcaIly Wltho, az
cnst 70 the cjtv do not any other way IN
which it BE- done This would be mover n a
of procedure at least in Brooklyn but can see no
reason why We should not undertake H. IN no
other way can the extension be provided save az d
cost to the city that would make II prohiD"o'S III
many years 10 come ,- -, ,raso,.
brooklyn has many pressing needs az prsS sh
that cannot be put off and the annexation OF tbc
county towns will tend 10 increase the d r
,,non the public purse in other directions 1heTe ~
lust one practicable method of supplying reel lJi
Fultonst and that is the method nave descrlpg ,
believe we should have this extension AS lot me
imposition of property-owners in fuiton-st.' w
not believe It should be allowed to stand IN oe way
own some property in FultOn-st myself, ana II -
good paying property. too but DO you suppose I'm
would wish my personal interest 10 DOCK an nm
portant public Improvement? 1t was the same way
with the elevated road. Personally, was qpposeo
10 IL and thought 1t would be an injury 10 FUTON
st but | said IF the people want It, let them nave
~ and | refused lift finger TO prevent ls com
Inc The right way to look these things Is from
nc roint OF view Of the general interests OF the