New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-26

and finally strangers to the place. That is given as
one reason Then. some name Central Park as
prime factor in the decline Of Staten Island as
place of residence. Central Park furnished drives
for those who until then had to go to Staten Island
for that amusement The new streets which were
laid became desirable places of residence and
again Staten Island suffered
Another deleterious element was the brewery in
dustry The good water Staten Island soon at
racted the attention of brewers, and they were not
slow in erecting breweries. Some wealthy citizens
objected to them and left the island With the
brewer came the brewers help, the workingman ;
cottage. the beer saloon and the beer dray The
robust Brauer knecht; with ms rotund consort
walked on the paths which had been dedicated to
the attraction IN groves ana forests which. untli
then, We're strangers 10 thu sports and merrymak-
to take different class of people TO the island
Small shops began to spring up where wares were
looms began to dot the island and all could see
that Staten Island was in state of transition.
rich to place Of pleasure for the poorer people was
desirable change in the estimation of the practical
tory within ten-cent-fare distance Of 100000 Of
piGPe TO remain rde4Sr Pace a
does, the west shore of the harbOr of York. 1t
rich mans preserve As a point of manufactures
it developed possibilities because Of its geographical
the best facilities for distribution. 1T had TO
change its character. new resident said and
of business. any more than Brooklyn could"
The transition from the quiet. sleepy state
, OF a life OF activity and hustle. needed changed
mode of transportation, some substitute for the
primitive means of communication between the two
islands
The rapid transit movement completely revou-
TONED the system OF transportation. and with its
an ardent admirer of the place calls 'the greatest
suburb OF the greatest city Of the greatest country
under the sun
The commercial evolution the island has been
SLOW from various causes, and while manufacturing
has not made the Roadway which some thought II
Would the growth of reputation has been steady
one, so much so that Richmond County shows
or the largest percentages of increase one of the
best evidences of this is found in the fact that the
receipts OF the ferry enterprise. which about
S2lVOD a year ten years ago, when Erasus Wiman
was the manager. have jumped In that time 10
about $4,000 a year. This increase has not been
from the wealthy class Those who have been shaD-
ing the policy of the locality made every ef-
fort 70 encourage the home-seekers to go to Staten
Island.
To people of moderate means clerks. mechanics
etc, all inducements have been held out. Among
other schemes of the transportation company
that Of furnishing transportation TO young people
whose pay under s. a week at less than half
grown steadily, until there now more than seven
hundred
Despite all this change, Staten Island has not
lost its charms place of residence. and hun
dreds of beautiful homes artistic in architecture and
elegant in arrangement. be found along its five
sample. while the club life on the island is quite =
gay and the time exclusive that o
any fashionable suburb in the country.
A CLUB WITH 800 MEMBERS.
The Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Cub has
a beautiful clubhouse, of which its 800 members
make during the season. and where many who