New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-24
WORKING ON THE TERMINALS
BROOKLYN PEOPLE HOPING FOR CUM
FORT WHILE ON THE BRIDGE.
,,.s prrv DONE. AND WHAT Is UNDER
wAy-ELEvATED ROAD coNNEcT1oNS-''o'''
.,xs ,ND LARGER STATIONS.

,,s DEEM DONE AND WHAT is UNDER
Elevated ROAD CoNNECT1oNs-Mohh
rpuxs AND LARGER STATIONS.
,.,.,.. ,,bose business or pleasure
,,.e him across the Bridge to New-f ork '''a.a
ol,tNo nroprietary interest in the s'ruo''
-, s,ans the distance between the cu'"
,..rt New-York and Tllary-st.' bIooN''
Hes no true Rrook,ynite if he doeSh !, ~ Nar
NAV, he saddenel because he does not "Ne Va 80
haitian Island; after day IN wal" ~, onoy.
FOOL that New-York has nearly all 'he '
~, 80 ovcursion in the 'renderloin MS CO.."
t,,s,oes may be imbued with the idea ina
Gotbam has all the fun; he has Only 10 hs''"
tho mighty rumble of the perfecuhg PRESSES ao's
pa,l Row Mt O'Clock each morning to be cohV'h''
that the metropolis has about All 'ne ne"'pr
,besa and score OF other things may force nome
tho conviction that he's out o joint with Amer
icas greatest city, bat great joy wells up III 's
soul at the thought Of the Bridge II 'he DE-
~, FRIDGE" he exclams exultingly ut just touches
New-York on the other end because IL hau !" - w.,
somewhere but It's the Brooklyn Bridge anu '''''
will he" After which he is once more happy
- q, ,b,s rronrtetary feeling in the Bridge when
r,,l,oe the nev terminals a subject OF Hore mo,
usual interest to the average Brooklyn man 49,
n,.ghbor or his c4ub-felow has tcli MN ''"' ma, -
the terminals done he won't nave 10 s'nN
his tired legs so often OH his way nome 'i'''
tr,.,,c, DAYS toll Visions OF seat IN eNchai'se
,,,,o him happv and he braces up ana de'e'
,,nes TO live I'll he's seventy in order to go, eve"
for Inconvenience to which he mas oeen S"'' :,
for the last eleven years during the rush noun
,,rtipc n chief Superintendent Martln' tn'
,.sr,,, Erooklvnitc will have "A seat TO hlHSe''
and all the blessings which ought TO io"oW '''"
an expenditure OF over S-''''' "
bv August / next. 100000,
,uo,irr q month for decays by the elevated
railroads in making necessary connexions
fairly safe to say that by September the proJ'o,e
improvements Will have been comple'el' anu W."
as many Bridge trains WI" ~ '"o
hours now. 90, . ..to-
v.be,ber the new order Of things VIII be 4 JOY
forever" from an artistic point OF we" - "
matter IL probably will not, Tor over we
plazn AZ the Brooklyn entrance to the br'"so . -
IL. erected a sky-scrap.ng elevated ra'"dS S'"
IRE horseshoe in shape. with pillars ana ''''' -
oroles we'll calculated TO make landscape are
,, bid his head in horror. 1t VIII he useful now"
- and I'm this case utility is perhaps 'he ms
consideration. ASIDE from this feature -" |
Hrooklyn end the public VIII have niue CAUSE 80
c,u;.ant the new stations presenting "''' ar
trim appearance .,, lac, v,eek
. ,t. brickwork OF the brooklyn terminal 'ol1
,,.,,bor has delayed this until the present DIN"
,rcbes are being built between the IRON oe"n''.
Tbcs. VIII be covered with concrete ana inc '",'
With asphalt for a wearing surface. The brooA'S"
4 vim
90 feet wide with wings az cach emu %
=. nil, projecting about twenty-five ieet'
II will contain two platforms - feet woe py
"a feet long. and trains VIII come III o" en-
side Passengers Will bc discharged on one p'''-
form, and received the OF er. Passengers i'''
the street Will gain access 10 'he P'ht''''" ~
.,,trvavs. Passengers from the Kings county
t-f.,.,,.5 Road Will be received and dschafBeH
,,.0, t,e side ~ the terminal over a large gang
y..v reaching - the tracks on u'''"-S'' ""
rr,.kl,n H." passengers Will have To he@'"Hl
double stairways % get down to the nfidge "'n''
Tho Brooklyn Elevated tracks VIII i"oiopo'@e
.,o too ~ The terminal The incoming trains VIA
81. terminal 20 S4u4s-st. ana passing
,,,.,..eb tho lower ,ui Will 20 around a hoisesh""
which WI extend as far as Fulion-si PASSING
bfck through the terminal into Highest. Inns '''l
will have A double track through the terminal ana
three platforms NJ each cud.
Tho plan 81 dischars.us and receiving passen-
gers Will seem strange until people become 1e-
customel 10 j.. The road VII not discharge pas
s.ugcrs az tu1 platforms a. one ell 81 the i''se
Al the same time. Whom a train comes IN loaded
with passengers ON ihe uortterly or outside '",N
it vii discharge and receive passengers AT SAM,
Ct but the neNt loaded tram w!l pass through
tho terminal at S4uIs-st. continue on around the
loon over the plaza ami not stop TIL u ~ al the
U,Qh--t. end ~ the terminal. whore u VIII DIS
charge AMI receive It's load. This VIII ob'Iate
Tbc hana.lne of pi...n..crs hy the Kings County
Elevated Will remain pitD urahy M h"is :, ,hs
tracks Oh Fulton-st with the centre OF the 'e'"l-
The Ncw-York terminal VIII be slower in building
than the other. on account Of the Tlcccneh WON
OF taking down IN" OIL and putting up ug ne" al al
the same time. Tn" Ncw-fork station VIII y, 90 ~,
feet long boy - wide with Platforms PTHcu,A{ as y.
brooklyn. ~ feet long by ~ WIDE. Tn tracks a.
10 be raised 10 feet inches Passengers on reach,
lng NcW-York after the terminal Is completed VII,
nnI ihrce stairs from the platiorms-one at e'cn
end ana one the middle leading To- gallery
which Will be on The same level as the present
street to the city Hall PARK viii do as at present.
From the gallery, on the second ioot ~ me d. tr,
AMI william sts
At present during rush hours trains are run IN,
der one ana q half minutes hcad@ay. Under the
arrangements there Will be only ihtcc-gndi ttLS
Of minute between trains This viii be done win
out Increasing the speed Of the cars IN notion
The time at present is taken VI In sw.tchins. AZ
No fect auarf Under the new scheme there will
be only 40 feet between trnins so that ~ Is iey
putting a new train between he Two old ones
The Bridge authorities assert with reason that
there Is an immediate demand Tor this increased
carrying capacity 81 The Bridge. bur.ns IN" busy
hours every day about l2o passengers are crowded
into the cars, which have a normal seating ca
rnder the new arrangement there, will be two
new cables and two ncw lines Of rails across the
Fridge so that each cable WIZ hc In the centre OF
its partlD uar set o. rails Tbs VIII obv.atc switch
nT on enlGrmg ana ic1hf ne stations al. tho
time The nigh water mark was reached. ho"ever.
Te%rYGrk In Noycn6cr following The IrdgS
train traffic showed "A dcplorabc falling Off. Traf-
III, is nearing the record mark asan now, and
before 1896 the traffic f0r October. 1872 which was
3rtDVW passengers. Is lk"lv 10 b. SURPASSED.
The new brooklyn station and roadWayS viii
have cost, when done $1,000; the reconstructed
New York station. y2luUJ. ~" cnrstOragt yard real
estate and structures. $s,,},G ~ Nc"-fotk road
ways 5000 -; Cabic-dr!yng plant NsS 10 49, rail
way and equipment, &211", making a total OF
s. 0n.9l3 e. Changes In details may Increase this
bv a few thousand dollars but the last-namcd
figure is about what the Bridge improvements Will
cost, and when they done the average Brook
Ignite # Is 20 be hoped. Will have 4 seat 10 himself
going and coming AT any hour OF the day, between
New-lork and Brooklyn, while riding in the Bridge
cars.
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