New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-16

son accustomed to riding on them ever! Jay -
see that the moorman Is not III all cases ~
nor even in half the cases. ii Is not a'''
speed n, all: II is rather a question oNhe ca,eN'
habavior of children. Boys frequently run PACK anu
forth across the track when they see one Va ~" -,
cars approaching at full speed KNOT Vi n'''' -
will sometimes step TO the side oil the 'r"oN' ''''
mock imitation of grown people, beckon Tor the 'a'
IN sion The car has to stop ofien-not 10 p'CN '
M but 10 avoid running over them. me" NV
dren scamper off to the sidewalk and their mo'hers
who are sitting around, begin to laugh 'n'lu'en
have right to play In the streets but the! nave
not the right to play with trolley cars
IT sPRANG Up IN A DAY.
The history of the trolley in Brooklyn u@''S , no"
Yesterday. Last year the Brooklyn 'l'E ''
alone carried S3,o0o.cOO passengers "h'ie '
lvn elevated road carried in the same tne Only
80 100000 The Atlantic-ave. line carried ioVVV' pc
sengers while the Kings County e.eVateu roau c'''e'
only 100000 The Brooklyn city ana Ne"towh
road carried r. 10000 the Broadway soO1oN ana me
brooklyn Heights SOooo These are 'hf pisspinn
surface and elevated lines In the city feiisSiuuh
was first given for the use of this system ~ oa ,9
Common Council January H. NY tht S,a sc,on in
the matter previously in November 1890 ne mrs. >,
trolley car that was actually run M nrooklvn CITY
Railroad The Brooklyn and Coney Isidnu , n,u
1Smith-s) ran their first through car to the Terry ferry
September Il. 1899 The Harilton-ave line began
June l. 1892. and another section Noysmoer OF the
june 1893: Fiatbush-ave. March ~ lss Gat Ses
ave- June %. 1893. Putnamaa,ye Ivy d IL; ISL
1888 and Third.aye. and DeSalbsve al, an Rro MS-
em1e 1872 The poT1TT Of 'a and rs
ave- and Kent and Division ayes The BROOKLYN
ana Coney Island road has station a. St and
C Sonss is.and.ave. The DeKa.bave station Is
bsKaO and S Csninl csna ann and ~
ST one Of the taesi chimneys in the country
has been built in connection vain ana !se feet
at the base. and there were used In Its construction
The brooklyn City line has 125 miles OF span wires
l44 miles OF guard wires. Ia miles OF uoea -. 90;
niles Of feeders which are composed of small wires
| This gives a total Of 1851 miles OF wires
YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE.
To the oueston Where can you go on these 'ines'
| the answer may be given: You can go anywhere.
| No more pleasant method Of spending part OF me
DAY for those who have not much money 10 spare.
and even for those who have money to spare, couid
be devised or thought of than TO over the Bridge
or any one of the ferries, and take g0ou Tong iic
on one of these trolley lines 1t costs only ive cents
and il is safe TO say there is nothing like ii In the
wor.d-certa!n.y not in the O.d Word.tor the mohey
human activity Of houses of lands of tres ,, OF
wild flowers Of suburban life OF real country l''
soft cushion behind pair Of horses for no ThG na, You
gin 70 COMPARE II has been suggested that the troi'
| lev is destined TO take the place OF lhe oiu s.d5e
coach for :GnG {o~rnf and heway places
Already it has been found an excellsnt mans ior
| he
Sergeant O'Brien Of the Gregory-st police station;
in jersey cay. jumped upon an Erie,S' motor. oi.
not long until the sergeant caught ny with and ar
rested Michael Boyle who was charged WIN stea'
ing sO5 from another man. and was runhh AmAy a.
fun speed when overhauled by the tnsghiiY
''G Get anybody who reads this Just Try trip on
| trolley car for that tired feeling. cross the
Bridge and step on TO in ave vii it drive Won
to the feminist ferry without being told To- ,tu
-
pied in this ride passing THROUGH sanIss b 10 1s
fsvc 70 Van Cott-ave to Msnha,t ave to
Greenpoint-ave. and on to the fcFr% AZ Ua1 IN
ave; anu csr h ira sfer ticket in your poke,
for a pleasant ride TO Rldgewood whlcn - S IT,
from the naddng crowd in the open country ahI I
come back over the same line. and az you %s AK
across the big bridge and rest BENEATH cre se T nm
trom The Lover Bay you must admit that LIVING IN
great American city has Us Nv @ bsv
You count your money ana '''' '''' ' -
just thirteen cents
on THE WAY TO COMFY ISLAND
| One dav the writer paid five cents on the 'erry
and reached Thirty-ninth-st South BROOKLYN lhere
he took car for Coney Island. and pad h'e CENT
This is known as the West End Division ana goes
right down 10 West Brighton. the big wooden e'e'
-han, the Rowerv. and all the other classic spots
| where lays" country people ana c!tzens % ",
York go when they want 70 breathe the sal, ip all
tan life This West End Division goes TO 49, " ~,
brooklyn HyheSogrne p Bn,h pSa nhe' sensonhurs
S5nfh R@nsonhurst. ana Tnonvile. When the re-
porter got to lnonyie ne pau iii ny" ne was whirled
along 10 the sea This used TO be steam ram a
Some tine later me nionris ns,ead OF paying
five certs he called upon to pay Yen Ce's .in
,Icte; Collector was both surly and impuden
| ne seemed surprised that anybody shou'" say ""'
thing about inns van week ago. the reporter said
land it was only five cents from unionVihe 10 'o"e'
lS !ps ten cents now" said he; with a grin IL
made attempt at conceahs snT me wav and were
| dienosed OF In the same way w leh w 49,
reached Coney Island he nqIrra a i agent humble
agent about the change. me TICKET hEe'e ~ aeaI,
| s6methng about the Culver ROAD, aiu as e.,
about an tho oFos as Of tho that could obtained
| probably in other English s'1hk'E . V IA -
would me mi nose with the purses OF their patrons
in this way.
| wEsTCHESTER COUNTY SYSTEM
Tn in Westchester County fine ride can De ma
for five cents The trolley road. beginning AZ '''e
hundrea-and-twenty- ninth-st. and going through
w., ror,ns and Wiliamsbrdge TO Mount Vernon
a distance altogether Of about ten miles mas Wv
In onerotjon only a few months. This RIDE COST
five cents II is health-givng invgora,ns of h
picturesque. and abounds In country Sce"e'' " Wv
most attractive kind all along the nne trim down u
But whats the matter with that u UP 'o por
SATIN 1Slan over a't the Kin Won Ku Bayonne
thence along beautiful road by WAY 81 N et Rv
line to Iersey oD S' more? Never mind that trip {
Narragansett Pier or to ne th,st ;h IN Az her
onIneS between Staten Island. New-Jersey am
%ew-York once, and you Will be certain Do 70 'a ~
ano;n From here to Staten Island ana fort hcn
sond the fare is ten cents; across the ferry nv
cents more along by the electro roau, 80 n
ooo,ntrvOdye cents more; and then three cehu
across the ferry $500 $40 ,,r,m.rah,e y,
trolley lines in jersey are inhuinsrao,e. -
crossing the North River In the hrs piace. one 0 v
ride FOR miles and miles for I'VE cents or at mo- mo,
~ ,an cents 10 Newark. to North Bergen. 10 Hu,
toI vi and 70 numerous other places. which on
q snort wear ago It impossible to reach wlhi
.1ft fv1a1 ar
III" M, thinkng Of there things, IL IT, not unnaturai
think OF Thomas Edison. a product OF AIme nnr
INVITATIONS a plain man OF the people. deInOcra
;n the best sense of the term. VINO received NOR
honors during his trip TO Europe man GOWN ,
1 could receive and OF whom might De said VII
some slight variations what Goldsmith ssld OF IN
| iocaI schoomaster In THE Deserted 'i'ase
| And still they gazed. and still the wondering crew.
| ~. o,a email head could carry all he knew.