The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08
BROOKLYE'S REALTY BOON
ANARTELLOJ s GROWTH SNOWY
nv RECENT BTILDTNG.
TIE IIouslng EFectr6 IN the Lat Three
Nrara NOuld Accommodate the I'm
tire PupulAfioR - san Franelseo
New TFanalt Facilities the Cause.

Years WOuld Accommodate the En
Tire PupulhfisR % san Franelse'
New TFansli Facilities the Cause
The late President Cassatt % the Penn
p-ivania hallrOad was quoted a. saying
p Justification of HE costly terminal
projects In and about New York city
that Il was worth while 10 build a railway
SO miles long merely to reach Brooklyn
A. that time n was hardly an eXagEera'
ton 10 speak Of Brooklyn a. an isolatsc
community. The borough had outErOWT
ita transportation facilities with respect
10 both passenger and freight traiic
Tho greater part Of it, 5000 acres Of
building Sites and % IN extensive water
fFuut was undeveloped Yet manuiac'
turpra were removing Ia New Jersey
end che city's new population sought
homes In the more distant Bronx rather
than ia Brooklyn. because although
land was cheaper IN ths latter borough
tha means OF travel across Brooklyn
Bridge and NJ the Brooklyn forries UerC
TOO cnngeated To permit Of any further
ai'glantial ihcrpase. II traffic The
RroNth ~ the borough was checked by
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8lnce then. however. the situation has
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IA Interhorouah subway heen extended
rom the Battery 10 the Flhtbush avenue
station Of the onR Island Railroad, and
notnnly have two new bridges heen built.
buta subway system embracing the larger
halg Of the borough Ia IN nroce~a 81 CON
tr9ctlon and complete railway freight
essioe Is hetng provided through the con-
itqrtiOn Of the New York Connecting
HWay Meanwhile. also. important
nprovements have been undertaken
0ng the waterfront, and the transtur-
alton 1T Jamaica Hay into = harDor
domestic ana foreign shipping -
s'Iresi.
N anticipation Of tho new transporta-
= N facilities a remarkable revival Of
.terprisc has already developed Fac
risa are being attracted to the borough
larRa numbers and dwellings and
artment houses are being erected
an unprecedented scale In the last
~ years enough housing has been
Instructed to accommodate the entire
oulation Of a great city like san Fran
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son 81 ne plans ann formH OF contracts
additional rapid transit lines which
form together with the Fourth avenue
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he brancheA OF this route are the
II avenue
% 81 lines in Manhattan. tho Rroadvav-
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DIVISIONS OF the tourth avenue hne
iroOklyn south OF FOrty-second street
= n Coney Island. the other % Fort
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'ula w ous'i WV must 1hlcAly
1a'ed part OF the borough and its
trtIction and operation will AFFORD
ensa relief. Il will Riva persona In
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wv" anu ny uaAAhs such
ons over the Manhattan Bridge or
Williamsburg Bridge will relieve the
oklvn Bridge 70 a proportionate az
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Auoh iAclhues 70 pefsohs IN Other
ions % Brooklyn who must still make
Of the BROOKLYN Bridge
n. Canal .f,r.t linz e,,.,a;,., -.
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3 ioop In West street Mi !, ~ = 49,
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