New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-21

20 Charles-st; It was e.,
eil'y-sixth-st.. and anauv - s'ended to
INST Then followed the n. T. - thirty
H'er"ard Johnson & shepar1 - =" me. and
y. the Grand Opera HOUSE ~ -. -'-e RON
-'s-,n-'Fe. 10 Bleecker-st. To p~,,,.--uo"n
- w hiteAall-s5- to South Ferry '' and
Inc Ihird-ave. line the pit. ~,
pro Inc and half a dozen otb.-. - - Aei-
succession. all within about 90 m
mp q broWn's line In these So is
-, We ndu no nelr side laws. The s,,.-.n
Up 70 either side. OF stop at am, Lo..- -Du'd
- O''0A' ana. so far as climbing mn -. Oh
Dols unpopular, why. just recall .n-. ps
oIleH wore hoopskirts in those davz Ns
Ane hrst norsecar lire was the E,s.,
.liie' ms paralleled the stage line al -
Brown were reputed to have spsr, e. -I o5sI e
prevent the legislature granting n. 49,. "
Inc merchants along the lire. too oD,o--, -
particularly r. L. Stewart. WIN -. -, Il
great sugar merchant because n mo-. ''s'
'naI II would interfere with trafBc r. s-'ned
was nnaIy completed IN 1851. and the S.. 'Oaa
ana Ihird-ave. lines followed vri+btu
tine- The odd thing was that tyi,, s"O''
refused TO build the hOrsecar lines tho-. .-'~a
out after Oliver Charlck and Georgs Ta--%
the Elghth-ave. line through succssve,,U,. 1''
VI 'ne remaining stage line proprietors ..
charters and. after the three lines n,o,+,s-7.
aDove' quickly constructed car tracks
BUT the opposition to the horsecar, -.
a circumstance to the fight made on M.
OIlver Charlick and George Law onDo.., ' '
Nlnth-ave- L even more bitterly thar, -. '
Inc people fought them: but this I'm. s'
battery Place to Ninth-ave. and rurs,.- IN. -"
81. was finally built. and Il began runr,..
AooS. IL was operated by cable until 1s-o -.
the cables wouldn't work successfuuv 49,.
that year dummies were introduced 7. -,
hard winter and the epizOotic to make this -
OF travel popular. In 1874 1 think n WA. -
combination struck town; the stage ana -
car lines were paralyzed by the epizno.,. -,
Ihe deep snow made walking bad. so tbosa -,
ness men who came to town every roorn,,, =
the Hudson River line were forced To taxi ~,
L. and by the time normal conditions wen.
sumed the superiority OF this mode OF trav.I =
recognized. The Sixth-ave. L. or Gilbsr+ -
was the second line built-ln 1871. think "a.
style OF L! structure is the one now IN vs,.--,
use The Third-ave line was the third - :.
built and then followed the Second-avs. Z,
They were all running IN rs
The first railroad out Of New-Yoryx VA. ~.
New-York and Harlem. built about 1896. 7, -,
from White. Elm and Centre SITS TO Dovs-
Plains. It depended on the milk traffic tn.
New-York and Erie did not run trains from, Lev
sey City until about 1854 depending upor
steamboat connection on the Hudson River a.
PiermOnt until then The Hudson River road
was started IN 1S49. Oliver H. Lee was the first
president. and John n. Wells dug the sr,,
shOvelful OF earth. Its first New-York terminal
was Thirtieth-st. and Tenth-ave.. its track,
HI r.
st. to Canal. and down Hudson to Laigbt-sf
at st. Johns Park. which the road bought
from Trinity Corporation. Commodore Wander.
bilt finally bought all these. except the Erie.
along about 63 or "a. and consolidated them
into the New-York Central The New-Havea
road was opened shortly after the Harlem-csr-
tain1y before 1860"
las for Croton water. It dates only from 1Sie.
An agitation for pure water began in 1881 and
when the vote was taken as to introducing il. IN
1882, two wards-the poorest and most densey
populated. and where It was most needed. o.
course-gave majority against it, This was
before came from Elnira. but remember that
George Low built the Aqueduct at High Bridge.
and the celebration OF the Introduction Of the
water was IN 1874
The first iathoUse' or model house as Il
was called then. was built in 1S49. The firm ot
James Reeve & Co. OF which my father was
the Co. furnished the lumber for it, Where
would we put all the people now. IL We hadn't
the fats?
1T might interest you 70 know that the first
Nsw-YOrk policeman 70 wear a uniform was
Swayne Lindsay. He was a fine looking man.
fully feet inches tall. and regulated traffic
at Broadway and FultOn-st.. which IN my day
was almost as crowded and noisy now. Tbs
police were mainly Irish. and considered 1t ser
vile to wear a uniform Besides. II necessary.
the star badge could be hidden easily. and
thus save its wearsr any possible Inconvenience
Lindsay was the first policeman to be pensioned.
too. I believe. He was run over. and, one leg
becoming shorter than the other. bill pension
ing him passed the legislature.
Speaking OF policemen. I recall the Dead
Rabbit riot, between sympathizers OF the Old
Municipal police and the Metropolitan, or state
force. The Municipal force had become so cor
rupt that law was passed giving the Governor
control OF the police Of the metropolitan as
trict One Of the local police commissioners.
Draper. believe. was MS name, carried a case
20 the Court Of Appeals, which decided that 70
legislature had not the constitutional right
take the power TO appoint policemen away Iro-
the local authorities This is OF living inters.
because 1 see frequent reference in your rev
columns to 4 State COnstabulary Dill IN"
can't do It. ~.
The first street in New-YOrIS TO be paved win
anything but cObblestOnes was Broadway. WnNn
was paved with 10-inch granite blocks ms
was called the Russ pavement, after Us ~
ventOr on account OF the large smooth sul
face OF the blocks this proved too slippery ana
channels were afterward cut crOsswise IN etc-
block believe some OF this pavement Is 0oNH
near South Ferry yet. or was until receht!'
ut was not until after 1S5I that We n au
marks that could be called such. The only Two
breathfng, places for US were the Battery az
City Hall Park The agitation for parks oesaH
in 1851, and two years later the legislature az
thorfzed the city 70 take the land neI"e-s
Fffty-nInth and observation-disclosures SIS -.
Fifth ard Eighth ayes. for a public PARK ~
boundary was extended later 10 One-hundIe--
aud-teuth-st What a wilderness 1t was tlsu.
"a bo,v u.,ar.Ivr 7 f~qu1Dnd In Sunldf