New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20
EASY TASK FOR SHOPPERS.
THEY CAN REACH THE DRYGooDs DIS
TRICT SPEEDILY AND CONVENIENTLY

THE MANY TRANSPORTATION LINES AND THE
MULTIPLICITY OF TRANsFERs-R ROUTES
OPEN TO VISITORS FROM ALL
POINTS OF THE COMPASS
The shopping dstric, may be roughly bounded
oF Nlnth-st. Third-ave.. Thirty fourth-st. and
Sixth-are. Its situation Is central not only as re-
cards Its place In this borough but also az n region
visited by shoppers from New-Jersey from Long
Island, from Wos;chcstcr County and the region
20 The northward. and from Staten Island. Ferries
ana elevated roads and surface lines there are
plenty 10 bring intending purchasers from any
quarter TO the region Of the big retail stores. In
deed, through the extensive system OF transfers
on Inc lines controlled by the great surface rail-
way companies II may be said that "all roads
lead to the shopping district" The companies
Will as rule. too, give TIVE transfers n single
fare. when the passenger designs continuing n
Journey either north south but not In case say
me passenger rides 10 Harlem one line. trans
fers across town and seeks n second transfer In
order 10 ride away downtown again. The system
OF transfers now In operation is so large be
rather bewilderng. and the least complex way OF
setting 1t forth. In relation 10 modes OF reaching
the shopping district. would seem to be to con-
sder the cases OF persons journeying to the dis
ulct from various places and show how they may
most readily and incxpensivey reach the objective
point
II shopper from Brooklyn happens TO live down
in the region OF Bonsonhurst lower South Brook
lyn she-for the Brooklyn men dom: go shopping
would probably by the Thirty min h st.
Ferry TO the Battery. II her home little
nearer the Brooklyn Bridge she would take the
South or Hamilton Ferry. also landing near the
Battery. close 10 which ferries also the ferry
by which the Staten Islanders would arrive and
the Whtehail-st. Ferry of the Central Railroad Of
NcwJerscy.
ELEVATED AND SURFACE ROADS.
At the Battery a choice OF routes 20 the shopping
district is presented. The Manhattan Elevated
Railway Companys four lines start here, of which
the Sixth-ave. road is the 10 be taken by the
shoppers who leaving the train at the Fourteenth
st, Eighteenth-st.. or Twenty thrd-st station, find
themselves in the very heart and centre of the
district. From other stations-Eighth-st. Twenty
eighth-st. and Thirty-second-s short walk Is
necessary
The Broadway cable line too. starts at the Bat
terry and traverses the shopping section. passing
many OF the famous stores and afford!ng almost
as direct transfers to others by OF the trans
fers, which II gives Eighth-st.. to running
to Sixth-ave. and beyond; at Union Square, to the
blue line cars. east west the yellow line cars
west, and the green line cars west: at Twenty
ninth-st, to cars going west and at Thirty fourth
St, TO Forty-second-st. going west.
Persons coming from Brooklyn by Fulton Ferry
are likely to take the Fulton-st horsecar TO Broad
way where they transfer 20 the cable-cars. Brook
lynites making OF the Bridge have a wider
range Of selection. II they have come
Bridge railway train. they would be tempted to
take the Third-ave elevated railway train They
would ai6ht at the Ninth-st. station II they wished
10 visit the big stores in Broadway at Ninth
or Tenth-st. for it is only short walk across.
n they desired to go at 10 the stores little
further uptown they would leave the train
EOurtpenth-s. EiChfpcnfh-cf vii
Twenty eightr-st. or Thrty-fourth-st.. and take
surface road car across town. Shoppers living in
the Lower East Side crossing the East River
on the Grand-st. Houston-s'. Ferry from the
Eastern District Of Brooklyn would go westward
on the cars in Grand-st. Houston-st. reaching
their destination through transfers. The cars OF
the Drydock system running in Grand-st give
transfers at Thrd-ave. TO the Thrd-ave. cable
cars or passenger not anxious 10 be first at
the bargain-c counter may take the Chamhers-st. or
Grand-st Ferry car at the ferry. jog downtown 10
Chambers-s:.. and there transfer 10 the Fourth
ave. troley-car or the Broadway cable line. or.
again. the zIg-zagglng green llne-the Forty-sec-
ond-st and Grand-st. Ferry roadway be taken.
with opportunity for of many transfers-to the
Fourth-ave. line. 10 the SXth-ave. line. TO the
Broadway cable-Cars ut Thrty-fourth-st. 10 the
EEhth-st. cars, not to speak OF the transfers pos
slbe for other lines which do not tap the shopping
region The Metropolitan Crosstown line might
also be taken with transfer 10 Broadway. Fourth
ave. or Sixth-ave cars. At Houston-st. Ferry one
may board the Avenue e car which. traversing
Houston-st from First-ave 10 Wcst-st. gives
transfers 10 the Eighth-st cars. the Broadway
cable-cars. the Fourth-ave. trolley line and the
Sixth-ave. at Varick-st
FROM THE GREENPOINT FERRY.
At East Tenth-s.. is the Greenpont ferry. the
woman arriving IN town by which promptly gets on
a car of the Christopher and feminist. line ana at
Eighth-st gets "A transfer to Fourth-ave.. Broad
way. or Sixth-ave. But most OF the traffic from
the Eastern District OF Brooklyn, and from the
Hill region also is now handled by the ferry from
Broadway Brooklyn. TO East Twenty-third-St
Arriving on the Manhattan side. the shopper Is
probably DESTROYS of getting into the Promised
Land by the quickest route. so she hastens TO get
on tho weuty-third-st. crosstown car which
speedily brings her into seeing and enjoying dis
lance OF MAN. fcasts OF spring goods Inc
Central crossOwn line will take her as far down as
Fourteenth-st il she prefers to begin the tour OF
EXPLORATION at one end Of the district in ordef to
fourta-st ferry is the point Of arrival for shoppers
from Long Island ey ana "a tow s Oh ferT t6eT
choice Of two or three Car-lnes accoTeih5 10 , ~
they may be aiming Going by the Avenue route
the longest they can gel h al a1d A.
Varick-st to the Sixth-ave on the Thlrty-lohit,h
s. crSsstown Line Rrondva may coSle the Lev
ington-ave. and the Sixth-ave. The Twenty.elghtn
and Twenty niutll-Sf. crOSStown me- diso S'di 'e
ri the East Thirty r6urtn-st ferry gives transfers
10 it's affiliated lines Of the Metropolitan system
he Fourth-ave Broadway cable and SiXth-aNe'
VISITORS FROM NEW JERSEY.
The nearby towns and cities In New Jersey supply
large part of the patronage Of the big stores OF
the New-York shopping district Their continents
come TO town by many ferries along the North
River from Whehall-st. away up 10 One-hundred-
ard-thirtleih-st. Most or the shoppers naturally
take the ferries which land ihem uptown Inose
living on the line OF the Central Railroad or New
Jersey though which has It's ferries at Nhitchdii-
st and Iiberty-st. probably find the formcr me
more convenient. taey can step directly INTO the
49, 81 me Sixfh-aye elevated road or the Broad
vav cable road and be taken straight to thelr
~ i,erty-st ferry house 10 reach the SiNth-aVe
t!iovated station nj Cortlandt-st or the Broad"ay
road. ,..ore ~, .bor,i,c hon,
80 the ferry leading TO West Twenty th.rd-st;
80 uorreu coming by the Erie. and