The sun., 1897-08-15
HIS WIFE KNEW THB MAPS.
COULDN'T F0OL HER ABOUT Rural
Wards OF GREATER NEW YORK.

/ Consottdated Hath Beachev Tetna MS Tresf.
slcs to sn Annexed Geusuus,te-ilow Huls
Schemes for Ecououicai vneation
Heii EInt Because of Consolidation.
II was one Of tho rush hours at the Park row
terminal OF the bridge Two mon bumped and
jostled each other. Rlared for a second. thon
smiled and shook hands. They are old &C
qunintanccs. One lives in that part OF the
suburbs OF Brooklyn once known as New
Utrecht. He formerly received his mail at
Post Office designated as Bath Beach, I. I. The
locality is now n part OF the Thirtieth ward Of
the city Of Brooklyn. county Of Kings. II will
| soon be a fraction OF the borough OF Brooklyn.
Greater New York. Tho other man docs bust.
| ness In what was known years ago as Gowanus,
now locally called South Brooklyn. 1t was their
first meeting in three years, and tho Bath
Benchcr said to the Gownnuslte:
We'll, well. Haven't laid eyes on you in
many moons. Bridges great place to meet
| old friends Where have you kept yoursefi"
Trying to avoid annexation, I've moved
around quito a Bit" said the man from Gowanus
| OF fragrant memories Then he grow commu-
nicativc, and the meeting At tho bridge became
! an exchange OF condolences TO the effocts OF
annexation and consolidation.
The Gowanus delegate remarked:
"wcll, bought little place in that part OF
| New Lots. Kings county. known as East New
York. you remember. wanted to keep the
| folks in the country SO they wouldn't bother me
| cvery year about going away for the summer
| you know. First thing ! know the darned an
nexntion agitation came along. fought II, but
| got licked. Brooklyn swallowed New Lots, East
| New York and all. Left me high and sometimes
| dry in the Twenty sixth ward OF Brooklyn.
sold out and moved to Flushing. Queons county.
| Doggone me x ! amt annexed again. So back
I've come to first principles. I've been living
nj fba oil u, hat olI
called Greenwich Village. Now It's only the
| Twelfth ward OF the city and county OF New
York ss., as the legal processes put it, and soon
I'll he redstrictcd. spose into some other frac-
| tional part Of what is to be the borough Of Man
| haitian. I don't know where am at under this
craze for consolidation and for now names for
| old places"
| Right you are said the Bath Beacher. who
| will! soon be just plain every day Now Yorker.
"itcmcmbcr the good times used to have lsh-
Ing down at Norton's Point Thought ru run
down there and look II over. Bless my soul. No
more Nortons Point. Swallowed up. Call 1t
Sea Gate now. Some folks say it's still part Of
| Concy Island but Coney Island has been annexed
| to Brooklyn city. and now BROOKLYN city. Coney
Island, Sea Gate and Norton's Point are wiped
| out By consolidation"
| YES. yes Same here" murmured the m an
| from the late Gowanus. IL used 20 take delight
| in riding In jigger car from Gowanus, through
! South Brooklyn and Brooklyn and old walla-
bout. out to good old Williamsburg. Williams
burg beer tasted different and better. Pshaw.
those days are gone and the jgger cars. too!
Williamsburg became Brooklyn. f D.: had q
separate Post Office and local importance for q
| time. then 1t simply became ferry slip and q
| trolley transfer station for Brooklyn people.
Now It's about to lose every vesige Of local indi-
| viduaiity under the Grcater New York charter
TOO bad too bad!" was the response Of the
wanderer from a suburb Of Trolleyvile. II
| often long for days outing. such rs we used to
have when lived up in what was called York.
vile, but 10 now scarcely called uptown We
rode in a stage down 20 the Battery. crossed
South Ferry TO south Brooklyn. got in a slow.
going horse car, and rode to the outskirts OF the
city. There. at city line. we were in the coun.
and dances with Brooklyn girls for the older
boys. and maybe q longer trip away out Of town
S s end of the
tion on brooklyn trolley lines
Spread the city out. take in everything in
ton TO brooklyn has filed all the country lanes
have electric lights or viii have in Greater New
York. It's a wonderful metropolis. now ism Z 1t !
truck farm and send his garden stun to
market on trolley car But that reminds me.
II you haven't been away, wherc'll you spend
eh the eiaSqatiGa Of the
sGecpshead hay or bay Ridge or For, Hamii:
vile or Mapleton or Parkvie or Gravesend or
CsnaTsie or Bergen Beach. Shed, veto tho
walk around the Block or push US the BABY
riaee through Prospect Park You see. all
those former suburbs are merely portions OF
Greater New York"
stay home; then. and give the folks trolley
rides NendiShiY suUppStcl the N n Nyh dode
cable cars several times daily.
/ bought n tandem bicycle and told my wife I'd
lay ont several interesting road tours for our
summer outings. spoke giibly OF wheeling
kensington and south Greenfield Of riding to
Union Course and old IL Ja%nlaica % and Jamaica
gems Landing. and what do you suppose she
retortedi Why, she snid just as glibly as l had:
and Cheea ans Fh ~p the TO
Harlem; or spend the day at Corlear's Hook or
oil aoT or Ssoc
dear thoughtful husband.
and DELICIOUS by the countryside os we wheel
Valley stream. R9ssdae. Springfield, Foster {
Meadow, T,, woodruff Pork. Queens, Hollis. Creed
Cedarhnrst, Wave Crest. 'Richmond iTiii. Glen:
dale, Winfield. Nassau Heights, Linden Hill.
hddo hhdSh XIi,lnSs El%hurs woodsde Corona
Just there, my wife stumped me again.
| Clever. very she said; but my dear, don't
you suppose read the papers and study the
maps Just a little bitf
mi be bowed II she didn't know that all
those little country places i had mentioned are
either now portions Of Brooklyn city or OF the
borough Of Brooklyn or the borough OF Queens
and. as such, as much part OF New York City
the Greater as Wall street. Mulberry Bend. OF
l Paradise Park"
OF course you got over her objections" " in
terlected the man who knew where he came
from, but admitted that his knowledge OF the
ing copiOus additions.
Get over 'eml Not much" was the re,
back at me by s"Gresipp MI e Win 'SoE SnG came
dor. the possibilities OF vacation In Moshoiu