New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
LINES WHICH WILL BE AFFEClED'


A NETWORK COVERING THE WHOLE BOROUGH
AND NEARBY DISTRICTS.
The lines which will be affected by strike on
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Companys system
cover the borough like a network and reach out
into the newer parts of the city, when are no"
rapidly building up. An alphabetical llst OF 'he
lines, with the sterling and terminal points foi
lows:
SURFACE LINES.
Broadway-Broadway ferries to East New-York
Bushwck- -Meeker-From Ridgewood 10 O"''"''
Calvary Cemetery-From Greenpoint Ferry 10 the
Gonrt-st."From Fulton Ferry TO the BUSIEST.
CrTosstown-Fcrie Basin to Long Island City. ,,-
Cypress Hills-From Ridgewood to cypress res mles:
Cypress Hills-From Alabama-ave' 10 O'p'e''
Fiatbush-ave.-From Fulton Ferry to Bergen
Flushing Brooklyn Bridge to Flushing VII
lage. .,,
TeTTy TO TO East SewYok
Furman-st.-Fulton Ferry to South Ferry
Grand-st-Grand-st ferry to North Beach:
Grand-st and Ridgewood-Grand-st ferry to
Graham -ave.-Futon Ferry to Greenpoint.
Greenpoint-Cty Hall to Greenpoint. at Newto"n
Creek 80,
Hamilton -ave.-Hamllton Ferry to Third-ave and
Holy Cross-From Nostrand-ave. to Holy Cross
Jamaica and Brooklyn-Broadway ferries to ia
maca. r,, go.
Kingston-ave-From Buter-st. TO Tompkins,ave
Lorimer- r-st-Greenpoint ferries 10 prospect rarH
and Bergen Beach. - ,..o
Lutheran Cemetery-Fron Ridgewood 10 Lu'her-
Cemetery. ,.x.
Metropolltan-ave.-B Broadway ferries to Lutheran
and st. Johns cemeteries: , . ,-
Montague-st...City Hall to Wsil-st lit;1 ferry
Myrtle-ave.-Fulton Ferry to Ridgewood.
acknowledgements to Calvary Cemetery
Nostrand-ave.-Bro ferries TO Prospect
rfaM Putnam ann a1eGFuton f Ferry to Broadway and
Richmond Hill-Rudgewood to Richmond Hlll.
Red-ave-Broadway ferries TO Eastern fark"aS
Ralph-ave.-Broadway ferries 10 basteih ruin
Second-ave. e.-Thrty-ninth-st ferry to Fort Ham
Sumner-ave. broadway ferries to Bergen-st.
Third-ave.-Fultcn Ferry to Fort Hamilton ana
Tompkins-ave-Br Broadway ferries to Fulton-st.
Union ave- Ri1gewood 10 Greenpolht'
ELEVATED LINES.
BROOKLYN Union Elevated-From Fulton Ferry and
the Bridge to Jamaica; 20 Ridgew@0n, ,,r19 eo His
Kings County Elevated.-From Fulton ferry anu
the Bridge to the city line Crescent-st.
These lines. making up the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company's system proper cover
trackage Of go miles Then comes the Nassau
system about one-third as large. with lines
from all the principal ferries through Park and
Central aves. TO East New-York. through
Rockaway-ave to Canarsie through Marcy and
Rogers aves to Sheepshead Bay through Fifth
ave to Bay Ridge. through Seventh and Ninth
aves. to Greenwood and through Atlantic-ave
and 'Bereen-st
Besides these surface lines. which nave
large number of undeveloped franchises con-
Meeting them with the newer wards OF the city,
are the trunk lines OF the Brooklyn Elevated
Railroad lately merged with the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company.
The different systems employ men to the fol-
lowing extent:
prookyn Heights proper @
RTooEvn Elevated Railroad. 100
The Rapid Transit people acquired only a
few weeks ago the Kings County Elevated Rail
road. which is being equipped with the third
rail system as fast possible.
The only surface line in Brooklyn not con-
trolIed nv the Rapid Transit system is the
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad, made up
Of the old De Kalb-ave and the Smith lines
At the present time there is no talk of strike
on these lines They went through the last
strike without being scathed and with no un-
usual demands from the men.
PLENTY OF MEN SAID TO BE ON HAND.
All Of these lines will be more less affected
but to just what extent they can De crippleu
remains to be seen.
President Rossiter has made II a practice TO
keep a large number Of extra men around the
instruction schools OF the company have on
their appllcation rolls hundreds OF names, and
there is a steady influx Of brawny young farm
ers and laborers from the interior villages OF
New-York and Pennsylvania, as result OF the
advertising which the company has been DOING
in the Manhattan newspapers for the last week
or two These young men from the country are
likely TO prove an important factor In the killinS
off of the strike Most OF them have come TO
the city with little spare cash. but with bull
dog determination to not go back TO the farm
or the village until better dressed and wearing
better clothes than when they came away
They are largely the sons OF American born
parents and free from Socialistic tendencies
They want work and are likely 10 stick when
they once get on trolley car PLATFORM
COURSE OF RAPID TRANSIT STOCK.
There was good deal Of early selling OF BROOK
DID ,rran nalf an fnck Exchange yester-