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The Brooklyn Citizen from Brooklyn, New York • 8

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THE BROOKLYN CITIZEN, SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 191b. 3 as ir EM It! WJt Oil 'BAY RIDGE AVENUE (69th ST.) BROOKLYN to ST. GEORGE, STATEN ISLAND COMMENCES OPERATION JULY 1 TIME TABLE Rap id TO Subject to Change Without At St. George, S. I.

gsr AT BROOKLYN 'WITH WITH RAILROAD AND SURFACE CARS r'AftTHTr'r'rrimiTP FOR CONNECTIONS ALL R. AND SURFACE CARS AIL TARTS OF STAT EN ISLAND SOUTH and MIDLAND BEACHES Coney Island 45 Minutes from 45 Minutes from Brooklyn 1 office telephone Staten Island SUNSET 5302 And Other Points of Interest on Direct Auto Route for AIS Long Island and New Jersey Points DIRECTIONS FOR REACHING FERRY TIME TABLE LEAVE ST. GEORGE LEAVE BROOKLYN IN BROOKLYN Take Brooklyn Rond, Fifth Avenue Line, to 60th Hamilton, Third and Fifth Avenue Surface Car Lines to Bay Ridge Avenue. Island Take the Staten FROM CONEY ISLAND Take 39th Street Ferry Cars to Bay Ridge Avenue. Rapid Transit 6.00 A.

M. WO 8.09 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 Noon 1.00 P. M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 M0 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 IN STATEN ISLAND All Cars or Trains to St. George.

5.30 A. M. 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 P. M. 1.S0 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.15 AUTOMOBILES In Brooklyn Fourth Avenue and-Shore Road.

From Long Island Points Eastern Parkway to Prospect Park, Fort Hamilton Park-way and Shore Road to Ferry. From Coney Island Parkway Avenue, Cropsey Avenue, and Shore Road to In Staten Island All Roads to St. George. 10.00 11.00 12.00 At ST. GEORGE i1 Quickest Route to the Beach FARE 1 'I i5 South ShojjJJiieJxx-interibr points and Tottenville Ferry, lo Perth Amboy, N.

J. 25 Minutes from Foot of Bay Ridge Avenue 69th Street) RETREAT RS Casfel's Table d'Hote A La Carte GRANT CITY. S. I. OfrrA The coolest, most beautiful Beach, within Z.

ri0 25 minutes from foot of Bav Rictae Ave. IS A SPOT TO VISIT Instit Jtion Is Wealthiest of Its Kind. Telephone Call, 6 New Dorp Reached by Train, or Trolley Homes and Lots FOR SALE GRANT TERRACE 'Office Property (400 feet from Grant City Station) Safely Restricted SPECIAL A modern six-'. room, dwelling, containing every -possible improvement, just finished; Must be sold 1 for client who cannot occupy Price, $500 'cash: $30 monthly. Short, walk to MIDLAND BEACH (69th Street) a breezy sail on Municipal Ferries.

Splendid hotels, restaurants, fresh sea foods, seasonable delicacies, at very moderate prices. Vaudeville shows, music, cabaret, music pavilions and every amusement feature. Ocean bathing: pavilions on white sand beach. Fine fishing and boating facilities. FIXE BATHIXG FISHIXG BOATING SAILING WATJER CAROUSELS SCE IC RA IL WA TS -Telephone connections MANHATTAN HOTEL Reached by the Amboy road from ferries (Former Bnmner'e MsnhatUo FUhlng Club) FISHERMAN' RETREAT MOTOR BOATING PARTIES LAND AT PER MEALS AT ALL HOURS BOARD BY PAY.

OR WEEK At reasonable prices PAIL EFFEiVBERGER, Prop. Hl'GUENOT, Staten kind VAUDEVILLE MOVING PICTURES ROLLER COASTER DAXCING MERRl'-GO-RO USDS PALM GARDES FIXE REST A URAXIS SP LEX DID HOTELS BRASS BAXDS W. M. 0STRANDER, Inc. OWNERS 12 West 31st Street NEW YORK FERRIS WHEELS Staton Island has many places and points of interest, historic and otherwise.

The largest and wealthiest institution is Sailors' Snug Harbor, well worth a visit by any citizen alive to the 'general interests of the city at large. Founded in 1801 by Robert Richard Randall by be quest of the fortune amassed-by hisTath-er in "honest privateering," modest in proportions' at the time, has now become one of the great landed interests of the city. Only the pen of a romanticist could adequately relate how this bequest of a value of $45,000 had grown by leaps and bounds beyond the dreams of avarice to a value of maybe producing an income too large even for the financial giants of the Board of Trustees to cope with, and forcing them to the courts tor assistance aud protection. It would require a whole page of the "Citizen" to tell the financial story 'alone. The institution is open to any visitor who may wish to explore the 130 aires of farm, woods and groves and beautiful buildings Including a church, a theatre and a Over six thousand "aged, decrepit and worn out sailors" have been admitted and cared for during the existence of the memorial, and alxmt 9O0 is the average- number of inmates at one time.

One of the recent improvements on rnOTOGRAPHERS SHORE DINNERS CLIFF HOUSE "OVKKLOOKING TUB NARROWS" 1 NEW MANAGEMENT Clin? Street, Fort Wadsworth, Btttvra Islsod South Beseh cars to hotel. Bftthtns. (Iihlns, Ocean iteamere etop In front the hotel ITAUAN NB iFRKNCH CCISINE FINEST; TABLE D'HOTE DINNER. $1 ALSO A LA CARTE ,1 Tel. i486 Tompklnevllle this route have grown very rapidly during recent years and should be numbered among our most attractive suburb, an settlements.

The Civic League of Staten Island, although comparatively young, has secured a large and active membership and is making rapid strides in the direction of its aims and ambitions. Like many similar organizations, it had Its birth as the outgrowth of a movement to accomplish a specific object and in Easy and Pleasant to Get There A Joy to Stay There YouNever Have to Stand on South Beach Cars Seats for All Always which it succeeded so magnificently that the Staten Island Rapid Transit is the double track between Annadale and Princess Bay, a distance of nearly two miles completed and put in 'operation last week. Tbe elimination of the grade COME TO SO crossing Amboy -road; Huguenot Park, the incidental readjustment of grades the moving spirit. illiam (i. Wilcox, realizing the ability of Staten Islanders to get together in a cause of mutual interest, proposed and formed a permanent organization to deal in a broad Way wirh the big of the community.

Trior to consolidation into Greater New York. Staten Island was divided into five townships, which were subdivided into many, villages, each with its. peculiar point of view and local interest. Abolishing local governmental lines has not entirely eliminated localized interest and to complete this important work, to broaden the view of its members, and to harmonize interests and efforts-is the first great purpose of the Civic League. Its membership already runs into several thousand and a campaign now well under way has ns Its object a ten-thousand membership, which is sure of success within tbe next three months.

ST. JOHN'S SCHOLARSHIPS. SEE STEERS ON PLAYGROUNu Caaarsle Trade Board Read Dls ensses Brownsrille Plan. President Edward Kowland, of th Cartarsie Board of Trade, in company Former Alderman Alexander brescher, called upon Borough President Steers Friday in relation to the district of assessment laid out for the acquisition Of the proposed Brownsville plsyt -with a view of ascertaining whether the Canarsie district would bl affected thereby. The Borough President pointed out, ea the official map, that the southerly lint went as far as Avenue and too.

Id only, some acreage, and, therefore, in na way affected the people whose oppositioa is being sought by the opponents of till Mr. Rowland declared that hit Board of Trade would not be a party New England points via the Belvidere Delaware Railroad from Trenton to Belvidere, then over the Lehigh Hudson Railroad from Belvidere to Maybrook, and then over the New Haven road. About carloads of freight were handled that way in both directions. The balance of New England freight was carried by the Delaware, Lackawanna and tbe additional track bring this stretch of roadbed up to the high standard maintained elsewhere on the line. The new track is of heavy rail, well ballasted and like the balance of the line is protected by an absolute electrically operated block signal system.

The Tottenville Division of the Rapid Transit or the "Old Llue," as it is generally -spoken of, runs through as pretty a country as exists within a hundred miles of the City of New York. From the time one leaves St. George until the arrival at Tottenville, there is almost a continuous view of the Upper or Lower Bay with its interesting panorama of ocean-going and harbor craft of njl descriptions. In addition, to the water view there Is an ever-changing picture of hflls and valleys, occupied here and there by picturesque towers, and between them well laid out farms, where Four Boyi Win Four-Tear Course in School and College, The faculty of St. John's College yesterday announced the following winners of scholarships in the high school and college: Four-year courses in high school won BURNED BRIDGE IN SERVICE.

Penn. R. R. Quickly Repairi Ruined Newark Bay Trestle. One" minute after twelve Friday afternoon freight train service of.

the Pennsylvania and. Lehigh Valley railroads was resumed 'over the Newark Bay trestle. This trestle was'almost totally destroyed -by fire on'Sunday morning, June l.ri. The magnitude of the task of rebuild had to be laid. The work-was accomplished in the remarkably fast time of twelve dayB with a force of 'about 1,000 men working during the day and about 500 at night.

The debris was cleared away entirely on June 20, but the reconstruction work was commenced on June 17, two days after the tire. Nine contracting firms were engaged immediately after the fire to rebuild the trestle. While the trestle was being rebuilt the Pennsylvania 'and Lehigh Valley railroads made arrangements with other rinds to handle their freight, so that estern- Kauroad at Jersey I ity and Marsimus cove, ana, Dytne national lerritt Yaeger, of the Holy Cms. IDEA. and Greenville.

long Island Railroad "And her mean husband thinks she's freight was sent via the Erie at Marion, and via the National Docks Railway, be School, and Joseph Campbell, of St. Theresa's School. Four-year courses in the college won by Thomas J. Donnlgao, ot St. Francis College, arid Richard Mc-Huph, of the Boys' High School.

The examinations were held a week ago and ing the tjestle may be gleaned from the tween Waldo' avenue and ttreenville. The Lehigh Valley Railroad forwarded fact that nearly 3,000,000 feet of lumber there, was practically no delay in getting; "just because she insists on having irido'a mnnoirram atamned on hut dor i was required to replace the structure, freight to destination. The Pennsylvania its freight over the tracks of the Central inn opprouuu long as It old SOt CSB cm their locality, produce is grown lor tne great aian-latUn market Some qJ Tllfe Mttu market Some cifi lblBCUltA'1 students tried lot the schoianbiBV aid over leet ot tresue and track most-cl lta treifnt bound lot Kailroad of New JeTScj..

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