New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-10
" YORKvILLE ITEMS.

10 ~ Edi,oy Of ire Y TriSHn<.
SIR: Although THE TRIBUNE comes up here every
morning before breakfast, your reporters I've think
don't often favor with call. Perhaps our ident-
~ and existence may be considered ~ swallowed up
under the head of "Cty Items Bn, II We
NewYork City, As much as the region OF the Battery
is We, are ofieu, by your neglect, made to feel
that we are considered only the suburbs, or out
squirts, az Mrs. Darlington would say But we
have no idea Of being thus treated II you have
WILLIAMSBURG ltems,' when everybody knows
that that place is only psrt of B'ooklyn Why can't
YOU give US " lorkville ltems,' although forkyls
Is part vi New- York Shall dub myself your
porter for the poncs and supply the short co Mugs OF
your regular corpsi iorkvllle Is generally consif-
cred being included within ten streets north and
south or Egbty. st, and between tif nav. and
East River Within tint Sc limits we have the dwell
iugs of millionsres ard the cabins of day Iaoore-
John j Astors former residence being near Eighty
sixth. st on East River while many M irirh squst-
ter has reared ia this vicinity his lo"ty novel.
But population Is mostly nsde up rom 'ae middle
class 1T th.re be any clssses in democratic Anerca
We have large spriDklipg of builders, IN etsr.ms
sons carpenters, &c ~e have merchants snd bro
kers who do bus ne.s down town. prioters, book
binders pook keepers, clerks, journey men VI every
trade whose daily work is performed do Sn'town,
have heir hboces here. We have good markets,
groceries ~ I'd Dry goods stores among ourselves We
have several manufactures one large cabinet manu-
factory which employs numerous DOoy ot berunaus
in making carved rosewood furniture, two extensive
csrrispe manufacturers two or three ropewsks, tive
OF three founderies. one machine shop Nc We are
as lie ar the City Hall, by the Fourhav. a. those who
dwell between thirty first and Forty secondsis: By
the Second aud Third-ay. Railroads tho only advsnt
age 9th. re- below ~ hsve is the slight difference in
time in reaching the City Hsll. think there 10 no
part of The island where progress and improvement
so marked as in this vicinity. Look At the public
works perfected going on IN our vicinity Seven
a ~ l.t,, Tf.,,.t and aurfha
Seventy DiDtc-st, new sewer constructing Eighty.
secoT est, between Second and Third avs, graded
ana tagged Eieb,y.third-st between Thud-sv. and
East River, tagged aud graded; Eighty fourth st.
opening. between Third Az. and East River; Eighty
ffth-st. opening, between Third av. aud East
River; Eighty .sixthst grading and Tagging, Soon
Third az IT, Astoria Ferry; Eighty -seventh-st.
graded and tagged recently. between thtn-sv.
Second and Ttird-ovs.; Nlnetieth st opened snd
10 be tagged. between Fifth ~. and Es' k,veri
Ninety 6rst-s st. opening between riith- eV shl Fast
River; Foorth-sv., grading and ~ioeu,og ye.soon
Seventy ninth and Ninety third sts; fra,k laid on
lhmd and Second. avs Avenue A opening 10, DC.
larPe number of laborers have BEEN and still are,
employ ed on these impro notwithstanding the
hard times. And We anticipate large increase OF
busirets and population, when the City begins 10
construct the new Reservoir, which IA to be In our im-
mediate vicinity. One Of the New Police Conrts vii
occupy a rev building erected on the corner OF
Eighty sa,hst and Fourth-sv. Look o. wnst private
this vicinity in the five years immediately precedngthe
spring of 1854 was $50. During the last year over
100 have been erected which will be ready for occa'
psncy by the LIST of May coming. These houses cs
mostly frame buildings two and three stories 10 hight
Rents range from 1900 to $500 for single house.
The new Ward School, erected on Eshty-sevsoth.
st., was entered last fall. fhere several Select
Schools for little children and the children OF Cashc-
lies gathered under the tuition Ut Sisters OF ChA'
ity. There are five church edifces Aethodist
one Episcopal one Pfesby ,er8n, one CoDgreg snonh,
RcmsD Catholic. The Baptist Church, which
was organized last summer, has secured location,
and intends to erect this sumner either church ed
fee or ecture-room. The PresbyterAns intend "
erect and lager edhce than their present one,
on Eiehty-sixth st., between Third aud Fourth sy.
We contoer IT ss healthy here a. any part Of the E
and. YoTkvine is almost entirely built on M
ground which begins at Seventy ninth It, and extends
beyond One HuDdredtb-st. On this eminepcs ~ sre
above Harlem, and above that portion which =
bounded north by Seventy. ninth st. The Centre,
park will be very near u.s. Joness Woods are JaS
below He'll gate Is in full view, and from Observs-
tory place Ninety second-st and Fourth sv,) there
is splendid view. Of courre. you kno~ thSv 70
have Croton water, but sou tsn't know thst We q.
peet coon TO have Third.ay. aid our streets Lighted
with gas.
Nov don't think, dear TRIBUNE, that becsuse
write thus sm some rapacious landlord. or o~nes Of
real estate in Y. for am neither. am only poor
tenant A. will. However think York Vile is q veJ
Yours, truly. AN AMATEUR REPORTER