The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19

Ut the PHI buildings completed In
Brooklyn last year, 1874 were erected In
the seven suburban wards lying imme-
diately south. east and west OF Prospect
Park. These are the Eighth. Twenty
fourth, Twenty-sixth, Twent ninth. Thir-
tieth, Thirty-fist and Thirty-second. The
only other ward In which the years new
buildings reached a total Of NOR, than 100
in the Evergreen Cemetery section.
The figures relating 10 conveyances
tell the same story Of suburban activity.
The number Of deeds fled in the Register
otioe rose from t,i7s In the first quarter
Of 1907 to s.oal in the first three months Of
the present year. The increase Of specu-
la,ion and investment In vacant lois is,
Of courBe, certain to continue on q con-
stantly larger scale Is new bridges and
tunnels connecting Brooklyn with Man
Bridge, with q Brooklyn terminal at South
Fifth street. east Of briggs avenue. and
Manhattan terminal at Delaney and Norfolk
streets. 1t will have plaza al the Brooklyn
end, with . new street ksding to the plaza
In Manhattan, Delaney street will be
wtdened from Norfolk street to the Bowery
and . new street will be opened west ward
TO Elm street. 1t rs also proposed to widen
Norfolk stree, from Deansey street south.
Bridge. with Brooklyn approach 10 Fulton
street and Flatbush avenue. and Man.
haitian terminus al the Bowery and Canal
street. ~ The Blackwells Island Bridge
from Fifiy-ninth slreet, Manhattan, over
Backwell,s Island to'a poin! in Astoria.
pal rapid transit system in Manhattan.
This will run BY tunnel and subway from
the City Hall. Manhattan. under Broadway,
Whitehall street and the East River TO
yor1lemon street. Brooklyn; thence under
H. a. a. NJ
b,sh avenue. and thence to Atlantic avenue.
~ The Prnnsylvania-Long Island tunnel
In addition to these three bridges and
two tunnels IN process Of construction, the
present city administration " pledged TO
ns o. h sn eth; Rx nnre
Ign. with q subway under Nassau and
Orange streets. connecting Brooklyn Bridge
with Williamsburg bridge ard Manhattan
bridge, subway from Maiden lane,
under william. Centre and Grand streets,
thess bridges IN Manhattan. Still another
tunnel has been proposed by Chief Engineer
Parsons Of the Rapid Transit Comm ission.
This project, calls Tor q railway by tunnel
subway and elevated structure IRON White
hall street. Manhattan, under the East
River and Atlantic avenue. to Flatbush.
thence along Fourth avenue to Fort Ham
ilton.
The transportation problem and its
sotuttun were etateu BY Mr. Parsons m
report TO the Rapid Transit Commission
on March ~, In which he said:
'Owing to the fact that until recently
the municipalities Of New York and Brook
lyn we're quite separate. there have been
developed IN the two cities two distinct
sygtsms Of transportation facilities without
city did not exist. and ~ Il neither city
had any relation with the other. In con-
ssquence We have the great network Of
thirty miles Of elevated railway and 40
mfles Of surface railway focused TO one
bridge with one pair Of tracks for elevated
cars. These four trscks carry annually
about 10000 900 passengers. the greatest
burden Of trsfi1c carried by any railway In
the world. THIS Extraordinary condition
produces a congestion a the Manhattan
terminus OF the Bridge that " q disGIaoe to
municipal management and modern technl-
cal skill. However important a centre
may b. the City Hall. Il 3 evident that only
, small portion Of TIE psopls coming from