New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01

transit iIoil r,,o-+ers When 1t is recalled that
the +hat time the only means of travel up anu
spun town was by the poky hersecate So.J
COW Broadway stages ii may De rSaILHe9 S
ante" a. innovation the original spider IeG5eo
WA .-e in Greenwich-st. with Its Htte caIS
50 complicated system OF cons OF spi st69ninp
shu to take up the motion lost III stopl,liiS
eeiI.'e+;one was regarded. But II was Eol IlIttt
." 9he.artial system OF elevated Ihes 0lI 80
,tss of the city from the BatterE 10 aaIi1t
siaes ao,1rad that uptown New-1o rh IeailS
va 20 crow Then the Shanty covered IoNAE'
eoats feeding on hoopsklTts ana say IS 80
~ cans which existed JUST WesJ VI 80 -oa-e
e. I've way to broad bouleVaroS dIlG 80
PaL Lh,SSe,Toe houses in the most nlS1rheu oOll 8
o. IL Tftb the previous desolate "clel %
The region - 40 nurnher of persons car
but e.ba elevated trains. il renamed LOT tiie
IT, 70 show what il was Posslple - go ~ ~
su..Dortation OF passengers WilhI. - -, -
tTs-ls Ii.,rb ~ Manhattan. and with the oIoll1
the Boro1 ii, tensions and the completion OF
an an +oair line Up Broadway 70 LiS g -.
u If the borough there VIII sUolI - -,
HN-.-a b-ok4n But even TINS VIII tslie - -, ~.
recoic go z,,ber7 compared with the elioI nous
sis-h Of persons who Will De cai - -
LuSditfonal subways already paIlIieu ott 49,.
sides OF A'A., al bo-ate system reaching out
~ III fhe outlying parts OF broohISh "
uo-cted and put IN operation. - -o,,o+a
81 c.Ti <I-+her in the future put hoI % t ,
Sun ~ -. -. 80. readily within the scope OF any
as nu. outlook into the future .. Ia
eo.poIie a the completion OF upiel = -
conileC - ta--i+o-v in New-Jersey, Supuro1l
ogL,baster and outlying Long ISLAM he
~ addition to the rapid lr8!islh go - Ind
nroportion Of the population LayIes ana ferry
no IA -, steadily increased and the Peop.e iI<l
usonetantIv called for more IN the iiies'4'S "
nsving within the city hints; - 81 Roman
Nc i+.7a did the remote peoples Wno - Vel,
I4t LII. soTnded what became the CITY OF ~
"a bef town Of Yorkshire the lalsgsS
mt and which the Romans cdi'T 80 cI,Tn
n from which the name NoVuIh TO =,
Gun Gun. - the Shield Of New orkl, ~ a. o.:
a+ far greater city would rise pg 800. .lts
Va - ~ N4IT-York Could the oid bulcn
tho-e Who gave the name NeW-AlL .. 60 c.
DlI ,.Eicr thew hoped would be Tor thtih
" I .--star1arr had been for their Ioreoesl, -
,,,-5 ra+Y1rT7 ia see the development anu
tounding growth OF nearly ~ 80 I a7s 70 them
49, lame Of the place would be new - .ils.a i
vel! 90 he Duke Of York, to whom ms rQsd i
1a+i1ra rad granted the territory aI.leit4I -
IeAti .i-en from the original Dutch setlle1e
peen taA Lo--o-a7 ~ the selection Of the new
WIZ fo- he thriving trading post TO when nv
ians still came with skins 70 par - IIe
a. rghite man possessed and what tIls si1il1 1
Lo-;oines could rot produce Inc LFle lI -
az, 7I-Eich the Dutch settlers OF New q n n
Ioj-4ainod with the Indians were ~ ~
nl4.lte r+ vTi+F he harshness and cruelty SHOWN
S 10 aa~Iy white inhabitants OF New
.! - 1~bcr, + has been humorouSly StAid tlldS
e.. 60 landing al Plymouth Rock they MS !si
49, .iai- lS7ees and then fell upon me 1pofAs
ines" - baei4es the names
w. T7stardarr and New-York, TINS GIty on o
80 +ba ra+rorvrric Of NeW-OTallgt,. ms
go the Dutch troops had recapIuneu IIte ~
VIE a.. az ,--3,-a1 0f a fleet in 1919. Inc new
apon and government lasted little more tnan , q
- and theT the province was req a' -
Goat britain and the name OF NeW-i ! rrt1a
ol.a- 9 - continue through the centuries Inc
- If the name OF York IS lIdceo , 1i
I-toraoT-7 ~ the Romans, on the quiet rive
Nrsa where Constantine The Great "d - = =
bT rnonkish tradition back 70 hlHs = &-1
u e sid - have reigned in primeVial 1 otA
chire AZ the time when king LaNiG; -, - o;ent
-5rra- ~ Israel ruled the Jews rms dlCl.t -
british sovereign is said to nave Lay 9 go t,3t
y.j,.as tWertv sons and thirty daushIeI1S 49,
NJ; recors as q rolvgauIist fell far short OF ma
M I 5soS 80 solomon The House OF YORK
bae alUgeys PLAYED d large part IN bhsllsIl ~
tary ana il is one Of the strange ~
fine that what bids fair q surldsS ~ 80 a
greatest city OF England shouio 49, 80 S.,,.-te
Of tbe last and most tyrannical OF me olual
Ae curious development OF the name OF ~
YORK il nav Re noted that IN the carry Pai o5
fbe last century ar enterprlSlng genius Pc -
2 commercial rival OF this city and gave ! ~
COMMONPLACE name Of East NeW-1 ork. ~ W. -
3 c,Ihurf Of Prooklyr in what had come 70 be
called the New-I1OIs OF Flathush. ttlio - ~
rectpd "a have a fine harbOr IN Jailidlca - -.
iba entrance ii which there is deeper WaleI
thar at Sandy Hook. With a system q -
WAYS leading inland in The CanaTSie ItS lo4 -
promoter Of East New-HoTk planned loI tlie
erection Of huge warehouses ana HlaPPeu - -
eity which was 10 wrest the supremacy ~ lne
commercial world from the city or Mania I "a
Island But the panic of 1870 put an enc e llie
ambition OF John Pitkiu, and the only HleIiloi "a
of him Is his name attached TO one OF tllt q -
$3.50 IS -. -. ~ T}~.6LTvr Now when East
Re4-York Neyy-T0ts, Canarsies Barren islai l
and ROckaway Beach beyond are al WlthIi ny
limits Of the greater city there mas Deer q -
Tiyal Of the scheme Tor the utlilZatloh q ~
waterfront 81 Jamaica Paw for commercial put
poses and before the lapse Of q century lloilt
his day what seemed Pitkin,s ItoplaH loea mo!