The Brooklyn Citizen from Brooklyn, New York • 13

PART II. PART IL TJjexa TO rAOKS 13 TO 84. aEnttMl Hi th Pout Offlcs it Brooklyn, N. October UW. a nerond-clssi mall mttrr, ureli-r Act 13 Mnrrh 1179.) VOL.

LIII-XO. 102. BROOKLYN, SUNDAY, APHIL FOUJt PAGES. PRICE TIIll.EE CENTS. INDUSTRIAL BROOKLYN LOOMS UP A GIANTESS AMONG WORLD'S CITIES REALTY PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER TO-DAY THAN IN A LONG TIME PAST TRANSIT RELIEF 1 STIMULUS Borough Is Attracting by Its Manifold Advantages Vast Manufacturing! Expected Soon to Double Brooklyn Builders, Operators and Investors Especially Expect Very Bids Fair to Bring Even More Wonder Prosperous Conditions Within a Short While Confidence in Every Line of Industry.

Rules in Every Section of City and Its Environs. Interests Future While BrniiHiLjsliost known as a borough of lioini'sTitTTrniuslrial importance also has betMine recognized tlirough-uut tin- world. It is only during the past few yours tliHl recognition lins been given the wonderful industrial greatness of this linroiinli. To-day even Manhattan nilmits that Brooklyn bus outstripped the siHter borough across the rivr in industrial importance. Thi' captains of industry who have evidenced their ivintidcnee in this borough 8iiy Ihnt the time is not so very far away when Brooklyn, for years railed 'the borough of hiiines mid of churches.

ful Development airelv they moved to tilt iglits section. 0ne lifter the Itriow uyi, oilier. 'l Il.osl enlli vn ntajes lilUlilly t') (I. he latest settier became the isins-ii Penstei- telling tile ad 't Hie newly-discovered com-his neiglii ors who had not vet depart To-d 1 from the Williamsburg section. "lie visiting Itidcewood Height Cities arc culled the Bliss-Invitf.

does nud ure of th" highesr type of ammunition for naval It is said tbat the new establishment will he one of tbs most inoderii hull. lings over constructed, and will house ninnr hundreds of work ers. A great volume' of realty transactions) B'klyn's Population. i PREDICT TREMENDOUS INCREASES OF VALUES, Benefits of the Dual Subway Sys tem Will Be Far Reaching in Every Section of the "City of Homes." That the population Brookiyn will lie doubled within a few year's is the belief ol who are in- terr'srci'l' in 'transit1 past tlie tsf transit, relief hclieye thst this will grow irenicndousty as a result Ii dual way system, which na- -i-ni iy ndopted. ii-Vi, lib the increase piilaliofi will come greater land vn even greater genera! nii'l all area of iperity.

In HIKI Ihe popiila oMIns ill In- a lender in innnv more ays. Tl. i 41. 1- orki ip: ty. iif king ihe i Pol lor lie il'll'-lHill opeiiu ell-ill Itrisiklyu in i -i modern of ifers applii mi 1 1 tions cannot ii Brooklyn is the gen-lo a iiiiinllfT of small ollilo'llillli's Kll Ridge.

Beii-oijliiirsi. as the Park I Bath triioiltoii. re.r.cigii I'ark. and IivkiT Heigl It is almost the I' urtli i essnry to sine incline su: way and its aiixiiniry lines are responsi: le for the great increase population ihere Thai is io to come. Aside from lohaniages lapid -trarsit, hnwoverr" So iih Hrookljn fur its uderful im lerfront.

its iieiililifulni-ss and tiiuusaiel and one otlii-r r-asons whieli cntniot i-e here. Another hipidiv grow ing se tin. which just line, is tne oiber, sph- of the county tiiat district known a Ridge-r -day Itidgcwoul is the most ns'-'iy tjipu.ate, urea i Borfcign up' ileeps. It loasts of ofKiiKui pr.lt rows ef two-faini'v bruises 1 apartments Imp foil wed the di-appearance of the truck farms and i market gariens of nut a few years aco. Transportation to Ridgewood is furnished, direct from the other side of the Brook- I i I increasing rate of rent Manhattan, nniv ti this lioroiich.

where they find ideal conditions for the raising, of children amidst moral surroundings. To day the new houses in the Hill, Heichts. Bed ford. Ksst New York, Brownsville, Itidccttood. Williamsburg.

Bed H'ink. Kiie Basin nnd other sections contain thirty limes as many families as did the private residences which they have supplanted. The oniHiok for a greater growth is a wonderful one. Subway Plan Cause of Great Awakening to New Life, It has been predicted that the great growth of the South Brooklyn section, caused in a large measure by the knowledge of the filming of the subway, will be repealed in many oilier parts of the borough. It is claimed by the optimistic real estate experts and others that the tmU'ket here, which has been lislbas since lie panic, is haw a sudden ami startling awakening, and that there will be renewed activity nil over the borouch.

Home-seekers, it is said, wijl eagerlj seize at an opportunity to purc hase land in ilistruts wlm-li nnv hitherto been1 Unsiiiiesx it is declared. The opening of the Williamsburg Bridge BENSONHURS I was re the first quarter of tb pr' seiii year iu the (Jueetis I 'ounty Clerk'a office, exceeding; in total the business ofi any year in ihe history of Ihe county There were tiled deeds unit inort cages, as compared with ".858 for'tji' hu three months in' is a -bijrrleTrrn mr a iirtiT-f 1 1 esia Iong Island City. Industrial plants and tenements in Long Island Citv and ix i is a moii est at 1 aienii'lll III a I I -c Mien u( of -I not m'Teh I'M ler hi'-rcly reali.v York itak ihan ii Iniiblcj. real l-ill. poiicy.

that lbe lipiit-r a much brfghtr ont-'iie ins in ii lon wl.iie. Brook- cstiM i ure and i-n prior to ilii- a sal'- in tuanv urc had nut nri piirciAising a tlvnii-. ft: A-rtKVi II.V The siil, urban look' pi' pero'is tiroes in ihe iar futnrj' and in tll'lf ti nii'l'e in witl a air selling tiian hns The rrny puis to iie er Port of New of iniinicrniits T'M se. lands in Wn stl.V York! While a TTTTPTt TeTntrm rrr -f aiihtrrriT inTjoriiv crc.ter sdllc within the limits it. if these Brooklyn full; There are sons why in- imniiraut sett uicr is rea- in Brook-irrival th" most I this bor-.

lyn. rea i Ii the new afford lu overlook, important is tin- fTi that ouch rents are nui li low'-r than in 'I In n. ci in. ihere is a great labor market lice. The entry of scores iii'l'istrial corn-ems within th" boniers the has 1 for ihecreat iii'Tcase in pop ilai'on Brook- only a i-iace to sleep, bin a phi.f wtk.

to the Ihe great plan pn i-npcrtant jn that the ipiesiioit i- settled, investors are look-1 ing around, developer niv iK'tne- I -1 "I 1 "ral ni To in is is jf rV and ,1. m- i ijc.t I mi in- transformation Ihnt lias been going on nnd is continuing, and Hie improvements mm' pending, whieli promise further development, are considerations to which Jurc ina ni fat-Hi rei'M- are giving due deliberation to-day. Hriirlit. indeed, is the outlook for a greater growth. Willi its rapidly increasing popiilnlion Brooklyn, it has hern predicted.

-ton years from now will have greater, population than Manhattan, and evenlually will become the greatest the live loroiichs comprising the Greater City of New York. The comhiuinc of the treinendoiiK, growing, "over-cxpundiiic iiidiistrios in the South Brooklyn and Kastern Histrit sections would make a hie eilv alone. The numerous advantages offered to-day by lie croat lerininal companies in this borough are intruding business fr in irtl over the world. The monster manufac caiihed tin- transformation which has taken ph in tho Kastern District. In the vieitiiiy bridce plaza arc now to he found a national bank, a Slale bank I and a savings Apartment houses, housing in jin average Iweniy-hve fam-j dies each, are to he found on the north and easl sides, whi -h were forinerlv lined with private resiliences.

In the' Bailiwick se lion nvD-fuiuily houses predominate. Occupying them are manv old residents of tbo" loer Kastern Ilistrict section. Many of the former occupants of pla.es in the Williamsburg nnd Bush-: wick section, however, have gone' 'ri Itidcewood Heights, where to-day is found a colony mostly of (ienSans. Broadway to-day is the liackbnne of Hie Kastern district. The -most active pari of this thoroughfare is from avenue to Idajkartvay iiveiine-; si.il-' lance of about I fnilj's.

The district is reached hy imi than dozen car li lies. AtHra hanV il renn yTttr-ircr" line, lie Kalh avenuie. (laics avenue, strtvi't and it 'upper street on Broadway luisines ft especially active. Broadway is lo the. Kastern' District which I- niton street is to the downtown iseeiiitii I he two thoroughfares with "tiler ill the volume of business l'''';" 1,1 finally uicni.

Fulton Street Is Steadily Increas ing in Importance, II is almost impossible to imagine Ful-! Ion iStreeLasitiiythiug hut the of the downtown trade. It lias always I been, and probably always will he, liie mciva for shoppers and I hoatregoers. On this thoroughfare are situated the iCi'cal department stores, three of which each occupy entire blocks with frontage I on Knlinn siieet. Within a very short I nave nranclies in illiamsluirg. and in: the suburbs, with branches scattered here GERMANS BUILD turing 1 In li I mill immense warehouses family houses Itidgewood Heights aro responsible in large measure for this) increase.

Stolen Island posspsw.es possibly ai gr'-aier than many of its resident jreuiizo in its front. properties. Iti is said that this asset would he quickly enhanced ry the building of a great ship-j ping terminal near Fort Wadsvvorth. Eu I gineers who have studied the project say i That a terminal for vessels of the deepest be built for a remarkably small so.ni in com; arison to the magnitude ofi I the undertaking. Coney Island Expects "Boom" ef Big Proportions.

Many large re.1l estate are now pending Coney island real es-jtate men report that they 'expect big season this The settling of th situation is bound to have a great upon that district and a boom in sense of the word is expecteif. Ida city official have promised many inH prorements iu the shape of needed sew-i ers. street openings, and other improved. facilities. The barge" canal and the Coney Island boardwalk are being taken into con sideration bv prospective buyers, who are casting longing eyes on lots which are hound to U' worth large sums within ITS RAPID TRANSIT IN NEW SEGTION an- coiuuienring to appreciate i advaii'nges offeril here.

Tint many 1 1 Ridgewood Heights Is ovn. subway evry distance are located ihe downtown thea- 17 1 i Ires. Some of thei are no longer on oreat Increase Values! hy r'- Islones throwwfihis great husincss-ave-Tc TvncrtiA i resiauranis ure also on ja i-iApCLl-CU. slrccls. leaving the main thor- loughfare for business.

I 't'e largest hanks have their main WILL BE 20 MINUTES I'" in the downtown section of the I borough. Some of the important insiitu- ONLY FROM CITY however, are lo he found ill the Kastern Ilistrict. All of tin big banks a icn- is i me ooroiign. nvirnirp eerson. so flm-s tile II reuse brief spar of been active on'the'Park Slope of late.

There many handsome apartment houses have taken the place of the local terminal companies have dime a (treat deal for this borouch. Too much credit cannot lie civen the men who have invested their money, their time, their talents in lliis rough. Tile hanking institutions in this borouch have never been more prosperous than they are to-day. Brooklyn is inhabited by a creat muss of thrifty, home-loving, conservative people who have always shown their savinc habits by investing their money in the l.icul banks. -There is not in the entire borouch a bank that is not deemed perfectly safe.

Brooklyn! Prosperity Built Upon an Enduring Basis. The -business life of- Brooklyn is growing nlonc lines of prolilable productiveness. Koch new enterprise is another stone in the croat strucluije of the bor- ncli's commercial, manufacturing and financial greatness. It is true that Brooklyn cannnl lioast uf the ciilter of Manhattan. It ih es not aler to lie lioiiles ihnt come from all over the world daily seeking amusement.

The people who enter the portals of Brooklyn re-'main. They are not like the rolling stones that are said to gather no moss. They do not spend their money here and then leave for parts unknown, where ibndy knows, nobody cares. Ilrooklyn is not the bust daily to thousands of Klraucei's who are here for a brief visit, who will eVjoy the life of 1 1he tireat (lay While Way for a "very short period. It is not tilled with cafes, theatres and hotels.

But the cafes, the old-fasnioned residences whica "IU 1 1 I 'Ull'ft-U I I 'SLT'T Ol fc. liW ashless thoroughfares. Fifth avenue and Ninth street, being the-principal ones. ire now being lined Tvith deDWmet stores, office buildings, branch oftug. newspapers, insurance companies tHtt?" banks, and several 'theatres will add to the attractions of the neighborhood within a short time.

Experts Predict that Investors in Kealty in Thft Section of Brook- ,1,111 ti ii i. rr. Money. Beiisonhurst, like all sections of Brooklyn, has suffered from lack of proper iransit facilities. Now that rapid transit is assured and several years sooner than to other sections of (Jrenter New York, it is wtoo to look ahead and see what Bensonhui'si has offer for thousands who will come here to make their permanent homes.

Honsonhiirst's chief at I rnct ion is the had been moved bodilr. The sum a ocohii frontage that at present is lined places and scores leave for other attrae-with beautiful parks, summer ho'tels and. tmiis. lu days gone bv Bath Beach was yacht clubs. It has long been recognized summer resort.

To-day there are many as tiie gem of. all suburbs around New all-year-'round residents as are those ho theatres and the In. Ms that are here was 1.t!34.H."il. mi Ii tale value of Bio kl (KI. Willi the ill: operation, it is ante the population of lh" esiiinaied real es- was $1.

im.uHT,-: s'piway lan iiTi that ia 1. ISololi; ot 111 i( lyn will he J.flSS.K:ii. a cf its real estate wii! The same, forecasters I here ill be a and say value will be. A rtune is to be-sp and hat lh" value S1.4Ji.ii.0iii. predict that in i popiilalion of i liio real estate I -v the lyn Rapid Transit Coii'twny in enlarging i ils system.

At Ihe pics, nt time the road it, I has 41.M road miles eleyate.1 1 track It ohms t0 build ltd. 14 road miles, 1.0 subwa miles, and road miles, while miles, li track elevati nmlt by the city aicl company the city company jointly. The enlarged B. It. I.

will cost the company for new eon-siruction and new- equip-j nieiil. The city i new coiistrneiion and sjs.slti,iHi on lilies being constructed. The toial cost In bo borne by the city nd company will be ns li increasing yiars brine an; eipial amount of jus and sorrows toj in popiilalion bring I ih" who are iu- fai to face in Willi grave prouioins. toe inoie people there are in the community, the greater mnnlier of fares, but with this added profit come bigger considerations. Officials of the locnl transit eonipanies, real estate prom I ers and residents of this liorough Jiave long, knowu that transit facilities iu Brooklyn have been far from perfect.

City's Transit Needs Especially Hard to Satisfy, -s It was not the fault of any corporation, any set of public ottieials, tiny one mail. It was a combination of links that made up the chain that had to be and was but recently unknotted to what promises lo be a most pleasant solution, liniiatient natrons of the transit com panies have been inclined to criticise the mibllc-service corporations, tile om- cials and. others who have been conne with the solving of the question as to how to provide much-needed transit relief here. To-day the people who were so ready to criticise those in whose hands the transit situation lav are full of praise for the men who solved the great problem bv presenting the system rapid transit for this city which was recently accepted. venrs of delay, what has heen unanimously pronounced the best possible plan lids been approved hy the leading city officials, railroad men and civic workers throughout 'Greater New-York.

Because of lh" peculiar conformation of tlie five boroughs of New York City, the rapid transit requirements are exceedingly difficult to satisfy. It is necessary to have a clear understanding of the limitations of existing rapid transit lilies in order to appreciate the extent of the dual-system. The goal which all transportation lines wish to reach is Fifty-ninth street. Manhattan. Tlie bus-ines's center of the City is south of this point.

The central part of this district is where the hotels are also are found the theatres and retail stores, while in the southern part arc (hp finam.iu institutions, wholesale chants, municipal offices, courts, railroad freight terminals and general office build Travel on locnl transportation lines is, therefore, all toward this district in the morning nnd all away from it in the evening, Hundreds of thousands of people compose two great tides w'hieh flow toward and fromjhis. ditTiotv The Bronx Harlem nnd Hinneetictft suburbs" supply "tuie tide, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island supply the other. From New on thu tvnof ami troll! Ntnteit Islniiil nil and tmm Maten Island, neither of them approaches in magnitude the Influx fronT rtic norm or the prist. Lines Which Transport Brooklyn-ltes to Manhattan. There are several lines which transport Brnoklynites to Manhattan.

leaving' aside the trolleys for the present, the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad system stands out ns a very important factor. This orgnuiiation consists of various lines leading from all outlying part of the borough to the East River and Manhattan, i These lines include the Broadway line, the Myrtle avenue line, the Lexington avenue line, the Cypress Hills line, the Fulton street line, the City Line, tho Brighton Beach line. Culver line, tho Sea Bench line, the West End line, the Fifth avenue line. They send their patrons into Manhattan over the Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridges, the hitter enrrying the greater nuinher. Included in this system are 58 miles of road and 1U2 miles of single track Anoiher line that conveys nassencers Into Manhattan is he citv-ow ncd sub way, operated by the Interlsiroiigh Rn; id Transit Company in connection with the subway system iu Manhattan.

Passengers from vnrious other lines and from sll parts of Brooklyn enter Manhattan hy this subway through the tunnels under the East River. The ferries which cross the East Hirer also convey pnssencers from Brooklyn and Queens into Manhattan. That additional rapid transit has been needed for some tune is shown by the tact tnsT an inesp hups nave ncen great ly congested during the rush hours andl thai each rear has brought greater eon-r' gestioti. How to solve tins problem has htnii ilntftrmlned after vssrs nf slmlv hv the members of the TuMic Service, Cnm-(Coutlnued oa Tag Fourteen.) Ihe its not of of lv'n fa subwav truck i it of of of to a tin nnnienis now planned vrM ntlord eni- for a vast number of eople. eicners and native-born.

is expected, on thev get work her ill notice the big difference between the I last tenements Manhattan and' the. home in Brooklyn, ij th advantage', this borough. i Fewer tetieiuelt's are being creeled The man late, of the Tenement House i Ilcpartiiient are not encouraging the landlord. By reas ui of the spreading city. -d'epopu'-hr--! 'crincrrnd'-cinTi-': lers.

there has been a general lowerin: i en's in tenements, ami the loss is accent'tated Inclier taes. owners ot property in Manhattan are glad to sell rheir tenements for ia-h with which te purchase lard in this borough. These people, whom some of the inre prauica'. business men call "day-dreamers." predict that the lime will come when the tenements in Manhattan will be a thing the past and that that borough will be devoted to imsiness houses, hotels and amusement resorts. Brooklyn Boys and Girls Are Staying Here to Grow Up.

Greater New Y'ork is growing every day. Immigration authorities declare that thus far this year there have been more than immigrants in excess the lumber that entered the port of New Y'ork in The Ttow Directory for ihe current year says that-there are fi.iwt more corporation doing business in New Y'ork City than there were last year. Aside, front the enttV of the foreigners, the intlux of business men from other cities and other entrants, there is. be ia ken into consideration the rising generation. Every year tip' high schools and other institutions that train toys nnd girls for life's great battle turn out thousands.

These yonn: folks are not taking the advice given years ago by Horace Greely about going "West, but are remaining right her" to seek their fortunes. They pre "making nnd with success comes a desire for Tiomes and families. Bovs born in Brooklyn now stay in Brooklyn. They do not leave to pay high rents in ManbStian. but remain in the borough that reared them.

Sin, good business has been brought to a elos" during the last few days. Although there was no great volume of deals, a goodly collection of realty passed to new owners through purchases or leases. The 'lnnnl real estate in real estate tan has been p'd of late. In tlie upper i iwri the borough considerable property has changed hands, and tlie Bronx has iMutribimd several good sales. The number of sab's south of Fifty-ninth street, Island? wnile it" T'th.

of course, is not nearly as great that of Brooklyn, is progressing rapidly. I he Borough of 'Queens 'especially is forging to the front. The Borough of Richmond is not eal est ale men- report encouraging signs. Ncwsof -sales -at- New Brighton and" St. Georse are nmong the items recorded recently from that borough.

Brooklyn real estate men expect even than at the present' time, ihey expect rutvt dear ncm tornieir aeiivmes little later in the season, when it is tioped that tariff problems and legislative pro- posais tnat nave a 1 1 nneti msuoscu in i ni'ic mum- real estate men who assert that even if the expected increased business d'les not materialize this spring, that the fall season will bring much activity, Sonth Brooklyn Especially Eapects Very Good Times Soon, Among the sections that are eagerly awaiting the arrival of good times' is the district known ns South Brooklyn. This hit Bridge for a live-cent farm The liouscs arc nvstly of the three and six- family tjpo. The Hill section is becoming very at-tractivcSt'i speculators and investors. It is one of the finest residential districts in the borough. It might be described ns commencing at 'he junction of Fulton street and Flatbnsh avenue and stretrh- inc out fnnlike to Bedford avenue, hounded bv Myrtle and Atlantic avenues.

Through the district extend Washington on.t riintnn two of the nnvst ex elusive thoroughfares in the borough. The district Is within a few minutes' ride bv trolley or train of Manhattan. It is within walking distance of the subway. Its borders are part of the great shopping aud theatrical section. Some of the best apartment houses in the borough are to be found in this section.

Bliss I to Erect Another Big, Factor. jmt the E. W. Bliss Company is to snotlor factory in this borough It.Aenn-iA IcttnWll few daVS SITO. Rll- mors have it that the plant is to be built in South Brooklyn.

It is said that the venture will be a large one. At present the larje plant at the foot of Fifty-third the main are of the best. Brooklyn is safe, sane nnd sound." Borouch of homes, it offers to any business man a chance to earn a livelihood and. welcomes" thiwe who care to remain. The sfjid prosperity qf thin borouch is shown in the annual repMrt of the Bureau of Buildings.

These ntheiiil figures cive the data telling of the law number of ore and two-family houses which are being erected. In this borouch are found I the great iniddle-class people, the plain people. Here in this borough, from East Now York to Fliithush. from Gownnus north to Queens, are the settled successful class who appreciate reasonable reals. To-day when a man travels it is with an air of pride that, he registers from this borouch.

r'or Brooklyn is recognized as citv within city, the father of great men. the place where peace and happiness abide, where industries are encouraged, here graft in practically unknown and the place with not only a glorious, (treat future, but with! present, and minus a disagreeable past. Its waterfront has attracted trade from all over and has retained it. Its transit system is to be in the nnt-fnr-distant future most wonderful development, the rps'ult of long horrs of workmen-(die part of 'militant civic workers who do not know the meaning of the word "fail." If if were for no other feature, Brooklyn ia noted for its civic workers, its associations which stand for nil that is pro-(tri'Hsive. Industrial Growth of Brooklyn Is'a Wonder Story.

To-dny the industrial importance nf this borough is almost second to none in the States A feature that should not he overlooked Is the important fact that in nearly every instance where Brooklyn gains new industry the borough across the liver and the South have all contributed their Allure of the eiipjuius of industry who llirive in Brooklyn to-day, but has seal tins borough nmiiv of its leading enterprises. It wan hut a short time nn that the Merchants' Association of New York, composed largely of Manhattan business men. published the Mtatenient that over a year wag the value of the goods manufactured in thin borough. For reasons which is almost unnecessary to state, comparative figures were not Iinblished regarding the luroughs of Mania ttan and the Bronx. If there one point In tho borough to- ravonte Locally.

LIKE A TRANSPLANTED OLD WILLIAMSBURG; i GrowtH 'bf This Home Center Has Been Steady and Sonnd Not i Even Affected by the Great Panic of 1907. There is no people thfit a community welcomes more than the Hermans. These big-hearted, hearty, liberal yet thrifty citizens are the pride of any community. Solid, respectable, steady, the Germans' are hailed with open arms whenever they see nt to settle in a lion. Brooklyn owes much to the part plaved bv the Germans of this borough, To-dav they occupy a reeocmred posi- i i.

s. tion. a place in this borough Dot to be denied, and their history cannot be is-j norej. The student of past h.ijipenings will fi nH ih, of German settlers prominently displayed throughout whatever record lie may con sult. The Germans to-day may be found scattered all over the borouch.

Their only old settled community is in the Fort Hamilton section, where there is quite a little settlement consisting of families that have lived there for years. The other place where fbey especially abound is in the Ridgewood Heights district. Thousands of German -families, until few years aco. densely populated the Williamsburg section. To-day the ranks of the Teutons are beitig rapidly depleted in Williamsburg by the steady desertion from their ranks to other sections cf the Greater City.

Ridgewood Heights is welcoming and receiving a heavy proportion of these families. The entrance of many modern improve- Br.tisitra., inauguration of the Williamsburg Bridge and other changes made the Germans leave loth the Bushwick and Williamsburg districts. The growth of these two pole for the" o.d- timers to sell out at good prices and move elsewhere. The Building of the Williamsburg Bridge attracted many financial organisations to that section which purchased property that was in the hands' QM year: How the Germans Came to Settle In Ridgewood. The question of a euirable seelion in "rcWloTetlTSrvr'ag n'wnica troubTpif the thrifty Gernisus.

About six- year ago it seemed impossible to find or decide upon a location embracing all that they demanded. Finally Ridgewood Weights vault- iiiiu hi. v. The booming of the section is an excellent example of the elenieut of chance in real estate developments. The Heights was discovered by a lone German, whose eye for the future had reached a high degree of clfti'-ness.

He visited the sectiou by chance, was strnrk with Its possibilities as a residential section and acted. He moved. He enlertained his friends, and his friends told others. Within a year a notable increase in the population of the section was evident. Still, the development cf the territory could not be properly called a "boom." The steady growth almost phenomenal, reinined the soliff loyalty of the class of resideuts who were flocking to it.

They bought the land to build, and put tip their houses with the idea of having homes and real investments. Thero have been several booms in the South Brooklyn section where property' has been sold over and over time at an advance price. Ruilderrraiot real eslate men bought property Ridgewood Heights and. instead of en gaging in the business of buying and selb ing real estate, followed their natural calling and erected houses, stores and other structures. Ridgewood Height Is Mow Like Old Williamsburg.

Six years ago the panic prevailed. Strange aa it may seem it did not affect the growth of Ridgewood Heights. The Germans, a race noted for investing, but not speculating, bad their savings tucked away" in institutions thnt could not full. would thiqlt that the Williamsburg I convenient tioints. In the (outli Brooklyn I district arc lo be found many successful'; I independent savings banks.

1 Maty residents of Buy Ridge. Ben- 1 souhtii'st and Sheepsliead Bav who re- card those districts as tkeir city place, while lo residents of Minihiittuntbe sections tirst menlioned are suniiner4ioris. fully a score of prouiineiit familiesylle-scrt their hliudsoiiie houses in the slimmer for other residences in New Jersey. Long Island and l'ennsylvniiia. of Ihein lease their "city" homes, as they term the places where ttley reside in the winter, while others close them up for the season.

Bath Beach and Bensonliurst are ns close as sisters. Kvery year thousands spend their vacations at these 1 come now ior inc summer. ut is at tractive. Iiecanst- of its. nearness to (Jravesend Bay and Concv Island.

Bayl Ridge is healthful, near the water and on hich ground. Sheepsheiid Bay is an old-fnshioned, yet progressive, home cen-ter which is growing rapidly. Coney Is Rapidly Becoming a Winter Health Resort, Coney Island! There is probably no place in the world about hich more has been written, which is more popular or belter known. The resort of all classes, the greai recreation center of the masses, the bohhy of Ihe rich, the delight of the traveling showman, who spends down South in the winter what he reaps nt Coney during the warm weather. From a real estate point of also it is a very important place, from present indications, it will not be long ere Coney Island bcnrdwalk is an institution' second lo almost none in the country.

Coney Island to-day is noted not only as an amusement resort in the summer, bu! as a health resort in the winter. There are scores who live there during the cold weather because of tlie benefits to be derived from the ocean breeze. Fbitbush lias drawn thousands from Manhattan to its bosom. Private houses ami apartments of a high class have been erected in that 'delightful part of the borough. The apartments in Flatbnsh are much better than the average in Miinhnttaif, being newer and more modern, and rents are not as high.

Heal estate interests have made remarkable, -progress in Greenpoint though handicapped because of the lack of proper ransit facilities, I Im section has grown greatly of late. There lire a groat many industrial plants there and more are coining, nose inieresicii iu vrnp t-rty way Vast Brooklyn Terminal! 'Attract Business Big men are making Brooklyn not only their residence town, but also their place nf business. The great warehouses and manufacturing plants in the South Brooklyn and Kastern Ilistrict sections form a most attractive invitation to manufacturers in other cities to settle here. In this borough are to be found three large, separate railrnad terminals, two of which are in the Eastern Ilistrict. one on the North Side and the other nt the Walla-bout Market.

Three-fourths of the goods that leave this borough are manufactured in the Eastern ftistrict. Williamsburg and (ireenpoint sections. There is a great railroad system lu South Brooklyn, too. There is not greater industrial plant than that of the Bush Terminal Company, which is the pride of South Brooklyn, due of the largest wholesale grocery houses In the world has made nr-rangi'ineulM to locate a plant in the Eastern IHstriot section. The world's largest, si'cir refining company is right here.

Workmen prefer to labor, in Brooklyn because they ran get to their homes in a short time. That is why. the Eastern restrict and-South Brooklyn sections are so popular. It Is not difficult to get labor there. The workinguinn can find a job.

with a fair day's nay. and the capitalist can get men to do hiawjnrk. With the reopening nf the ferries in the Williamsburg section there has been renewed activity in that section. Scores of business men now have their offices In Manhattan nnd their plants in Williamsburg which run be reached quickly via tho ferries, The same condition prevails in Bay Ridge, which is aided by the Thirty-ninth Street Ferry. The tele phone also plan Important part in uco case people, the same institutions, the same features that were once the pride of "'Ibauisburg are now to be seen in the Kidcewood Heights section.

lule prop- ertv was being almost gicn awnv in other parts of the borough land values were rising steady there. Builders were busily building, caroenters were hanimeaing. me.dianh-s uaj plenty of work, every- Louis Gold, head of a large building concern which has offices in the TjCinple Bar Building at No. 44 Court street, wag one to see the wonderful possibilities of the section, and did npt neglect hia chance to exploit the Heights to the advantage of nil concerned. While other builders were laying off; rata he was hiring them.

With his assoi ciates iie built big stores with large win-' dows, plenty of floor space and lota of, light and ventilation. He erected hundreds of. houses, wuHJi were sold for cash to the Germans, who saw their op, portnnity to settle In a community not yet taken advantage of by anotliel people. Two-Family Honsei Are FaTorltea In Thii Section. Talking- of the section the other day Mr.

Gold said: "Two-family houses are being put up in Ridgewood Height! every day. while this type of dwelling ia fast passing into disfavor in other sections. "Most landlords do not care to build at two-family house which nete them little profit. The Germans, however, appreciate the advantages of a small placaxj They like to have one family live above them and have a small, steady income which helps pay the taxes. The two-: family house is by no means a thing oti the past iu that district.

"A little more than a year ago I bought went'y lots on Myrtle svenue, west oft Foresf avenue, at each. I'ereeted' buildings and sold them right away. year later 1 bought some lota alongside of ihem. but not at that price. The value had risen each.

I conld afford H(-ry- 4tT-4i--reH-fflted the pehditure, 1 urn erectinr seven itw on Myrtle nveutie near Covert avenue which I ex pect to sell Is-fore they are completed. They will bring in to a omnia; each. Speculators, such as are seen in other parts of the borough, are unknown there. Builders like myself bought the property from the original owners, erected houses aud sold them at a fair profit to the present ncjtipaiit. Excellent Transit Is Enjoyed by Ridgewood Heights.

"A house in Bay Ridge which wonM cost Sis.mxi can lie purchased in Ridgewood Heights for both briuging in the same rents. The difference is that there has boon no speculation in Ridge wood Heights, renl estate men have not been active, there luive been no profit; for the middleman. "A boll IHl per cent, of the population of Ridgewood Heights consists of Germans, "people, who lay their own way, who save their money, wholo their owil ork, who do not come down town to their goods, who patronize home in- rics, who never overbuy, who never in debt, who are sale, sound and who pay their bills, and who appre- yjow rents, i lie nouses already are never empty, the rents are paid 'otnptly, in fact the community ia Itidgewood Heights isust ou theother side of the county line. It can lie reached in a trifle over thirty minutes from I'ark Row. The DeKalb avenue.

Putnam ave-" nue, (Sates avenue. Wyekoff avenue and Myrtle avenue trolley all go to Ridge wood Heights. Among the latest institutions to be established within a few blocks of the new settlement is the Bushwick High' School. The Ridgewood National Bank 1 another already nrosie.rou concern. York and with rapid transit and fast ex press service to it is liouiiii to reap a larger benefit froin the transit settlement than almost nny other' part of the great city.

One can tind hills and dales most any place, hut the shore line of the ocean is limited. Sheepsliead Bay, Coney Island and Brighton, are resorts, so that leaves Bensonliurst ns the only place in BrooW lyn where people can have homes and enjoy the benefits and pleasures of the ocean. There is no other place which one can reach in twenty minutes und be at a summer resort and have nil the comforts of city life summer and winlcr. Bensiinhursl is proud of ils water supply coining from deep driven artisan wells, ils shade trees, ils beautiful resi-deuces, ils good schools, libraries, churches of every denomination, clubs and its social life. The territory to be benefited will be from (Jravcseiid Bay to Seventy-ninth street, on either side of Eighty-sixth street, which the rapid transit line will traverse.

Twenty-second avenue and Eighty-sixth street is the magnet loint. as there be located the express station, whence train that will curry one to the City Hall. Manhattan, in twenty minutes, as far up in Manhattan as Fifty-ninth street in thirty minutes, nil for one fare ii cents. tine doesn't need to stretch his. im-acination much to tell what will happen to hind values in Bensonliurst.

The new transportation will brine Bensonliurst as near lo the heart of Manhnttaii as Harlem, and nearer than the greater part of tiui-Brunx, An acknowledged expert on Brooklyn rei'l "estate on March ri'serviilioii, thai property in this part of Brooklyn would increase in value from 300 to 5IK) per cent. He owns vast traels of Tfal and in other parts of New York. To many Ihivpredictlotl' rtf flilnilotis Increase in values will sound likc-thc talc of a real estate lnotner. but when one stops and considers that land values in the suburbs of Brooklyn have lcen away below valtu's in Westchester County, and in many cases about half their actual earning capacity, the expert is not very far off. A priBiiiiient ollicial of one of the big title companies said few days before the subway contracts wero signed, "As soon ns you get your rapid transit, property down your way will double in value." Tho question is, will the mini with money to Invest take advantage of present condilioijs and double or irehlo bis money, or will the cxperioncc of the Bronx and Washington Heights be repeated'; Tho prediction is that the people will not be caught napping again and allow tho real estate opurators to make (ill the profits.

NO TIME TO WASTE, People ought to rtrh.e that the head of a great department of government has no time to maslo with place hunters: nor In business hours should they be asked to entertain gossipers. They are paid good snlarii's to study hig problems, to originate and direct- big policies. It is iinfaiv, not so much to them as In the pnhlio which pays their salaries, to expect them to constantly at the head of a reception committee for idle visitors. The open door policy sounds lcmo-crntic, It Is pleasant to be a good fellow to everv one. But government Is business ami tho-people who pny high salaries for high service should have Interest enough in the, tasks in hand not to Interfere with the work, for which they ire paying.

tleveJaud Plain Dealer. 4t. tnan anotner. it is sontn Hrookljn. There is no district that, promises such great things hi the far from distant fu- Hire.

Aside from tho fact thai the Fourth avenue subway is to lie welcomed to that community within a comparatively short time, the industrial colonios.located there are important factors' that count. Al- trendv (treat center for factories, ware- bouses and othpr enterprises, an ideal tcs-irtpntial section, densely populated, with miinerous transit lines, scores ot sciioois, churches, religions institutions and other organisations thai compose a community. (South Brooklyn holds forth a really won derful future. Changes are constantly being made for the better in this borough. While the old-fashioned one-family, houses in the downtown section are being replaced by modern apartment houses, tho suburbs are being steadily built up.

There is a continual shifting to the more and less congested suburbs, while the houses abandoned are being torn down to make wnv for business places and apartments. Tjieu, too. a great army Is ever invad- Ing Brooklyn from all parta of the world. The immigrant, fresh from the old country, finds a home ami work iu Brooklyn. N'aw Yurkum.

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