New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
RELIEF FOR FULTON-ST.
A QUESTION THAT WILL NOT DOWN IN
BROOKLYN.
SHALL. FLArBusn-AvE. BE EXTENDED. AMI
wHrTHER7-THE OPPOSITION or Full

WHITTIER THE OPPOSITION OF full
roN-sT BUSINESS MEN.
Although the bill providing for the extension OF
r,.,hushave 10 the Bridge was defeated III ''e
legislature It Is not likely that the pan mas pee"
abandoned II IL too logical solution oil ''e p'oo
lem that Ia vexing Brooklyn to be easiy ia'u "'''
and the agitation for the building OF drec' con-
nectlon between Fiatousn-a'e' anu '''' 'N"
minus is certain 10 so on.
rh.r. On, he no doubt whatever % the necessity
y, relieving Futon-st to use the expression that Is
often on peoples lips. Ii Is 20 greatly o'e'e'o"ue
that travel through II IL exceedinsy SOW ~"
,or,unote.v II IA a narrow street II II had the gen
erou, width OF Atlantic-ave. the case "ouo De "''
,,. J-uI,o,-st may be said % have 'srowed.
w. ronsv AtantIc-aye was laid out on broad lines
In the hope Of making Il great business 'ho'o'e"
fare Rut business has laws of It's own. ana ~ no'
to he controlled by the whIfns or the eareiu"' ''
vi-.d pans OF men Trade has not been drawn 'o"
IN, narrow street the wide one. ~ spite OF Inv az
yan,aEea held out by the latter. ana apparently
never will be- TIE one courageous attempt IN '"''
direction was abandoned two or three ssa'S Aso
after being carried on for many years
Fultcn-st L. the business thoroushfAre OF the c,'
n, I,rooklyn and ~ likely 10 remain su0h. pu' ''''
congestion In this street Is ALREADY great "''' -
steadily growing greater. The Introduction o' 'ie
.,otiev-csr, made a great difference, ana ha'uts'
rave renewed interest to the Tlaiousn-a'e. eA'e"-
- ..,em. II Mayor schicrens plan nsd pceh
carried on, the way would have been opened ior
An IMPROVEMENT " vast beneht TO inc cry h"' vac
vested interests IN Futon-st were 100 powerful "
,e overcome this year The great shopkcepers seem
20 hav. an overwhelming fear that u new route
% the bridge should be opened business woud DC
49,, away from them and shoppers tempted 70
c,o.s 10 Sew.York In talking OF this the other
day A prominent business man IN ano'he' pa'' "a
Brooklyn said; , a..
Tn. opposition OF the Fulton-s,. merchants 10 the
extension scheme - TO me incomprehehsioe' "a''
M, the least ioub, that II would be greatly 10 ther
a,.r,,s. n the through ira.ic were diverted from
rul,oc-.t That - precisely what the proposal eS-
tension would accomplish II would grea''y ACCOM-
rnodats the thousands OF business men VINO ~" "
and from New-York every day. ana "ou.a NM
away ss.sn Ful,on-st vast amount OF "@'e ""''
does the business men along there no COCA WHAT
ever 4 greatly crowded street Is by no means 'ne
les, MACE for a nourishlng drysoods busihess'
Women are not attracted to H. but arc fepc''''
rather. By the noise and confusion to say nothing
OF the danger arising from the continual PAss'"s
OF troey-cars.
"If nv stores were on Ful,on-s,. should wei
come the prospect OF such relief as the flatouSh-
ave extension would AFFORD. The men who oppose
!, ar. short sighted IL certainly would have been
greatly 10 the advantage Of the city II 1t mad been
accomplished At the time Mayor Low urged H. ""en
the Bridge was finished. But there were se'e'a.
schemes under way then. one Of them WAS 10 eA'e""
he
the transfer point from the elevated ana su'.ss
cafs-anI the result was tina, nothing at az MAS MAS
done The shopPg senf rei" above IT, in ocs
dlence 10 an impulse that cannot De s a.
but the necessity Of alyeth bgso s9h is steadily
from that overDurucHcu '"o'""o"- -
None OF the plans for providing bsr Sreet viii
answer The natural thing 10 be done ~ 10 ca n
on me IN erase he new street
opened on such conditions. ana tne ra,i.oau ,ch
panss using coS' Would De NOT be
nroperty 10 be taken Is not OF extreme value, put
%, IL was made available for business pur-
poses The objection TO me graae r, 81 NJ, one brn
possa 81 s,eep as the grade In Ful,on-s below the
Bridge and no one Will say tnat br1okyn nro paV'"
'Another Brookiynite who Is keenly alive 70 the
interests OF the city had somewhat dnere EN-
%sr Of ~ novelty Il believe In carrying Fatbush,
ave on toward the river he said n o d Tho,
E ErISr" has VI now ali the business \ can d.
know that soon the az ,%ains run
NOT NOT be %' Of long duration in little while you S mill Will
es inc Of shs day The Bridge VIII nave reached
It's limit and there can be no further extension oi
Now in my View another bridge in the western
part OF the city will soon Dc ,n neyes naSnea to
point N.wyork where IT'S Other on Srsse ;na at0%
not the bridge want and must have In the next
,.,cgs from Vudson-ave or thereabout TO tina elm
ity Of tho New-York city Hall Perhaps the haoos-
IN which case that misnamed thoroughfare would
AZ last acquire the missing logical quality ~ us
oeinion thrt Fiatbush-ave. should be extended In
a direct line to It's terminus. Ihat would be my
Soc ~ IL is that IL does not provide an immediate
solution OF the question OF relieving tuiton-st from
a condition OF overcrowdins that has become almost
intoerablc.