New-York tribune., 1894-10-15
ETi>ONS TOR CONSOLTDITION
NnGrMrNTs SET FORTH ~ PAMPHLET FORM
nY MEMBER or THE HooKtlN cos
soLIpATIoN LEAGUE

soIIpATloN LEAGUE
Although The pcop." ~ BROOKLYN together with
th.-. Of the rest 81 the district Included within
"Gr.at,r Ncw-York" are t. vot" uaNt month on
the question OF union with th" metropolis. NJ very
lively discussion of the question ls .n progress and
nine mon ont Of every ten who are spoken - re-
.rlng r. Ioclar. that they have not made up their
minds AMI are waiting for fuller nformIflon on th"
subject The oniy organization which r deVpilng
tsof - To-. agitation 81 the subject be- the C1n-oh-
IAlIon league of Hrooklyn. par oi lts members
Edward Anthony Bradford. Nr~-iork newspaper
man who lly,~ on Columbia Heights. has written an
interesting pamphlet on the subject which, through
the generosity of James : 7 Stran one of N"
most ardent advocates of consolidation has been
printed for free distribution 10y the League. Mir.
bradford entities his pamphlet " Great York; An
Inquiry into the Relation ~ Rapid Transit ani
Constellation to the Past and Present Poverty.
Disease. Crime ana Mortality. AM their Remedy"
Probably f.c even of the earnest friends OF con-
sotlatlon VIII be- willing 10 regard Great York "A
an ac~ep'abl" name for tn" big municipality which
they hope t. bring about In the neN' f"~ years.
Nj Bradford wri;-s with spirit and It cannot I've
doubted that he studied the subject wlih care. ne
declares thai the situation * alarming because
there. s. =, little sign Of popular interest either IN
the qucs'on Of consolidation or that Of municipal
construction Of rapid transit roads In Ncw-N ork
II. shows how New-York AMI Brooklyn nav"
grown. AMI tn-n considers the two remedies pro-
posed for Nrw-York "A brdg" to NrW-J"rsey.
ana the other an Underground system OF railways.
iIe dWclIs with emphasis on tn" oN"rcrowi'd con-
dition of New-Yorl, and shows by detailed stat!s-
ties that IL Is four tfn,.s more dcnsriy populated
than London. The death rate of the city Is also
high: has fewer dwellings and more families 10
each dwelling than brooklyn. and much larger
percentage Of arrests. He declares that Nc~-l"rk
is losing it, prlmacy In Nor" than on' respect.
The growth of the city norhwlrd IL limited by the
distance to which large numbers Of people can be
carried for cents In half an hour. In conclusion
Mr. Bradford asks: "Whlt ~ the remedy and
answers hi question follows
"Ann"xatlon. OF course with the corollary or
cheap md amp.e eastward AMI souihwari transit
Annexation is usually construed to mean anneXa-
ton Of frookIyn The idea IS bora only of ignor-
ancc Nos to New-York brooklyn hr' more
persons CoD to the house. more houses to me mile,
and moro deaths = thc ih9u5lnl 60 'hnn nm any, any
other leadin. city of the Northern states hfoohyh
cannot indeed. be omitted from any scheme of an
ncxation. bu, she should bc admitted on suiierance
merely. Sre has too many in,i ana i2o -" , nVat,'
New York must look for relief 10 hins, county
outside Of llrookyn to ouc'ns ana 10 & iTnpna, srn,
II T. uniortunat" that wtt'r srplrh'r1 !n'hh lt"'s
Now York: but land hes nearer, ana the cost oi
with the magnitude of the Issues ihNoNcI me
cost ~ dup ica;lnE railways nortnward through
Now York 10 districts already populotS ana ihr more
distant than the counties nain'h iiuSn @ 'HSr'uS Wi
thr cost of several bridges across the East RIVER
Thorr existing railways spread through farm lands
AMI ans desired number OF feeders can be built IN
II
Her ANA here a!onc lie New York's hopes OF
hcnIth:ul and normal growth: He IL New York
ne,t citizen N.ho rouscs her from the complncent
iangnor which threatens New-lorks future. With
what disdain does New-lork regard talk Of an
unxotiou a. A scheme of Brooklyn To ariX bar
nocle growth to the swift keel OF the metropolis.
WIN what trucuicncc docs Brooklyn rct0rt It's en-
fire ability To paddle H. own canoe? With what
serene scf-satisfaction does New-YOrk consider It's
growth OF assessed realty from G.3l5.0o0o0 In 1850
=, 81 2ts 90 00O in 1880? And with what does
I,rnnk,vn reply that In the same period u almost
doubled its assets Of realty TO valuation OF S'"oo-
tt.,h - t
York's Ana let not New.York be overproud of It's
cvcera of inhabitants. When the century began
HrooLlyn held a beggarly 237s. barely one-thirtieth
of New York's population. There. st ground for
humii,ty on behalf OF Brooklyn. but the main point
10 be noted the jealousy between the two cities
which Is The enemy ot the true interest OF both
Hrooklyn's doubling millions OF values and throng
inr thousands Of people should not be considered
niched from NeH- -fork-they are Hew-Yorks IN
Brookiyn's vanity may be. how can she. any more