New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30

665, III. and the population over loo.VV
really astonishing progress, when twenty years
before II was only PABLO. The next even.
previous to the Civil War vas the startlng ..
the Nassau waterworks. water being the great
commodity the city needed. A tubilee 10 &C.
brate this event was held on April -, Iooo'
Governor Morgan and Peter Cooper being prs sr
ent at the celebration. Tnen came aii'''e' "
terval OF war and misery.
Brooklyn responded to the frst can 70 arms
periodically enthusiastically and irnmeaa, sis
Recruiting offices opened and militia oouies
organized for the field. The sum or sioVVV was
voted by the Common Council for the rehel .,
the families of volunteers. ana also Ioa', 1,, ~
500 600 for the equipment of volunteers Inc
Navy Yard was in full swing fitting out cruisers
and over 5000 men found constant employ uisn'
there. After going through the inevltap,e ",u ea
lation and distress. the cruel war ended ana
Rrooklyn's surviving warriors marched nach'
Kings County furnished 10000 men TO the
armies Of the United states:
The interval between 1860 and the present time
has been one of continual progress and ADVANCES
nent commercially and socially IN loo'
the population was 100000 and the street
Events moved rapidly. The Erie hasin o or.
dock completed In lsoo Inc ~
ries we're improved, the streetcar NM M
extended and in 1884 the first cable road
was started The Brooklyn Elevated began us
usefulness in 1850 In 1888. in May a perhaps
the creates. event In Brooklyn's whole histor!
az civ occurred in the opening or the great
Bridge. an event which married two OF the great
cities OF America and paved the way Ior Inv
next great move which Is now being consuh,
mated the consolidation OF the two cltes anu
the establishment Of the Greater New ork. De
fore leaving the subject OF Brooklyn, however
a short account Of the brooklyn or To-Day can
not hut be interesting. as II VIII snow New
Workers what an enormous agsreEauVn va
wealth and enterprise is to BIZ aDsoroeu '"''
the future metropolis .,.
historical event which preceded the tH1'S
Of BROOKLYN into what may be termed us ni ,
ern reriod" was the burning or the brooN! ,o y
Theatre in 1876. By this terrible tatailIy 3''
llres were lost The opening Of the great b Iiuse
eavs a great impetus 20 Brooklyn enterprises
81 vas an immense power in further develop
ing the city II 1893. Il ~ SOS passengers passed
over the Bridge. and l6Ooo~o were carried
hv the New-York and Brooklyn Ferry C oih,
parv. The boundaries Of the city measured
thirtv-two miles with a SPLENDID water 'D ,.
pm lot rs try 10 what Brooklyn Is tO-uaS
and what sort II a territory II is that WI. h-lp
CO considerably 70 form the Greater New OTIS -
Tre BROOKLYN Of today covers an area -, =
OQl acres II has a population OF i'l"'''y'. II
Includes the Erie Basin and AtlanuC uycAS,
erain elevators. cOaling stations s'oteilouSe'
I'D the create sugar refining district III the
rid The Atlantic Basin covers forty acres
ava "a surrounded by brick and granite ware
bnuses on three sides. The Atantc BASIN II
~ largest grain depot in the world IL mas d
srontage Of three miles. and II has a ponce
force OF its own. The Anglo American DOCKS,
opened in 1866. are the largest IN the Oh''su