New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20


great rivers which have pa n IT from n itself
nels and SPAWNED by bridges In every direction SO
W ff c smG What it has never had beforeun
broken communication with the continent and this
VeTs or RaTbor With this new access Of
into our civic life a new sense of eauty and new
scale of grandeur; The city that Is to be, twenty
know in beauty and IN impIessiyyensss as much
the city OF the Brooklyn Bridge of twenty years
Let US who are Newcomers never lose faith a II
lose our love for it. Continually. i is taking
wardly. They who have to do with it's affairs must
hs Ds Of 70 s mhc fife dvanc
decade by decade, by reason of the higher stand
ter OF course become impossible He who is per
anyEs e f6f hs In Rgare Of such city w
count himself happy man. for It has oeen g gt tSe
most powerful centers OF influence in the world,
and whose influence is destined to become more
Mr Commissioner, accept the Williamsburg liam burg
the more pleasure because know how muGn I you
have done TO hasten Its completion, and Pro.
public
MR.. swANsTRoMs SPEECH.
Borough President swanstrom followed Mayor
Low He was also warmly greeted. He said IN
part:
bdsa across se Easf Res IS ss
befere sn %eus coumb 6as America
This occasion may therefore be truly regarded
of supreme Importance to the welfare anu
prosperity not only OF this borough nut Oh our
Since the old bridge was opened to public use
twenty years ago We have seen HTooKy1d g sps
to population Of more than double that number @
york a6 oddh Brookyn b eamet OF steel made il
inevitable that they should eventually be CONSOLE
1t is an interesting and rather happy coinci-
SenGe ea th 1nop o accent e od bridge when Il
was formally opened, twenty years ago Is present
chief magistrate of the greatest city In the world
We who are Brooklynites may well congratulate
ourselves upon the completion Of this new and and
for s P these and
ft QF fRs sp aS
! joicing in the knowledge that it VIII stand Tor
Enterprise and public spirit of the people of this
| great metropolis.
PRESIDENT CANTOR's REMARKS.
Borough President Cantor or Manhattan de-
livered a long speech. recalling the historical
| significance OF the new bridge. He said among
other things:
The erection of this bridge has already had
Side Of the Borough OF Manhattan: It has in fact
the unhappy condtGns near
my Judgment be the means Of shifting the popu-
| lation from the congested districts Of the East
| Sde-at least, some Of ito more healthful and
better homes elsewhere. with surroundings more
| agreeable conditions more favorable and an en-
vironment natural and wholesome in the out
And here today. looking upon this splendid
structure, magnificent In proportions and artistic
come. we must regard it as an ever continuing eyi-
dence OF the genius ana skill Oh the Anercah h PEI
Of which bears daily and nightly striking evidences
of our great commercial life. Under this structure
will pass for centuries to come much of the com
merce OF our port and many splendid steamships
foreign harbors: In steady stream VIII also
Entertainment along the shores Of neighboring com
monweaths. Upon It and over It, from day to day
and year TO year, will pass thousands of our own
people happy and contented citizens Of a great
Tom their peaceful t and happy Homes the
ness centre of this great continent There II Will
we'll as the progressive spirit, of our municipality,
s 0f of it's s d Wn 1se and o. anxious to
advance their interests to the END mat TINS CITY
SENATOR MCARREN'S SPEECH.
While Mr.. Cantor was speaking there was a
| sudden disturbance in the crowd. and, aided by
several sturdy sergeants of police. Senator Pat
| rick H McCarren reached the grandstand. As
the Senator who introduced the bill for the con-
struction of the bridge, he made a brief speech.
| saying:
The event We celebrate to-day is one Of great
material physical significance to the people of
| minds of many of the residents of our section will
be carried back to the time when the agitation for
! River Bridge began. The public spirited business
: men and citizens OF community who organized
for the purpose OF expeditng the legislation that
resulted In the enactment of the law that provided
the granting of the original charter for the
East River Bridge and its companion must feel
of the project in which were all interested.
1t is sufficient to say that those who fOresaw the
| necessity for quick and eommodious communication
between the island Of Manhattan and Brooklyn
{ realized that could not postpone the work except
/ at the expense of the development OF this COM
munity. The geographical and Typographical stu
alton OF Brooklyn renders 1t particularly available
for business manufacturing and residential pur-
poses, and all that Is necessary to make 1t ulti-
mately the most populous one OF all the boroughs
OF greater New-York is the supplying or 1aclhtleS
{ for traffic and pedestrian communication.
! The march of business northward in the ter
ritory of the old city OF New-York must Of neces-
9 outlying territory, and whatever administration
may be in charge Of the affairs of our city upon
It must devolve the task of providing the means OF
travel and communication that will be necessary
for the accommodation Of our growing population.
Statistics show that the population of Brooklyn
increases loo per cent about every twenty years.
With ali the advantages that can be given to
Brooklyn by proper modes of travel and Commu-
nicatiOn between it and the island Of Manhattan
| think 1t will be found that Brooklyns population
will double itself in ten years, instead of twenty.
! as heretofore.
! At the end Of Senator McCarrens speech the
47th Regiment Band played THE Star Spangled
Banner" and the thousands of people the
grandstand, in the crowd and the roofs
/ sumed cheering The exercises ended with
| a benediction by Monsignor Mooney.
RIDICULOUS, SAYS BRUCE.
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