New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-09


with delight oct Of the car window upon the green
grass and the now richly -mantled trees. How those
leaves have grown within two weeks Now the dog
hears step and gives delighted bark, and the woman
looks up pleased ard happy as an elderly gentleman
Gomez in from another car where be has been reading
the paper and sits down along eide Of her. the dog
jumping upon his lap and in bis OVID way maDifesng his
satisfaction that they are going to have day in the
country.
"Oh. father Isn't it beautiful-lovey- refreshing
| an sure such day is worth all the nights of city
amusement. And see. Del what an ecstacy Of
delight the little dog feels at the prospect Of day in
the country
Not more, my daughter, than those children Sec
they pictures Of happiness, and the mere excite
ment given TO the system if there nothing though
there H. in the inspnting influence Of the change of
air would b. beneficial to their health in very high
degree We ,hould all go ofener and spend day in
the country
"True. father; and returning at night to the COM
forts Of home how much more pleasant and heGlthfu,
too than a month at any of the great carayanserai
where city iashiOnables resort"
But erough Of truisms-et Us gather facts from the
roadside.
We see but little of the City after entering the tun
nell for when emerge again we find freight depot
end a sort Of old car hospital on one side, and an
e1gine-house upon the other with labyrinth of iron
rails upon the street. Then the left hand are the
yards ard buildings Of the great cattenarket Of New
York and on the other a small village OF squstters
shanes extending and up the sides Of the great
rocky hill the end Of Fortyourh street with here and
there pile of brick buildings, just TO mark the upward
course at rapid strides, Of the city toward Harlem.
On the left, at Fiftieth street Columbia College has
stoned to rest year or two on its march up town,
in the vacated buildings of the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum already gone further And this building, We
remember, when located, far away from the city,
with many farm between it and the busy hum
Of commerce.
1t has had its ebay in the country
little further on that long stone building with tur-
Ies standing alone upon the fiat at the left OF the rail-
road is the State Arsenal It, too has had its day in
the country The city is approaching it. the Cen
trial Park will inclOse it; and this costly pile of hewn
stone masonry must come down to let the of pub
lie improvement roll over Its foundation.
Scattered along are the evidences that the city ia
travelling this way with rapdity Of stride but little
dreamed of half century ago, when fam propretors
hereabouts were swearing mad at the project of sur
veying the whole island into streets and convenient
squares for out-ofown residences for it is not to be
supposed tia. the projectors of the scheme even
thought for moment that these squares would be cut
up into small building lots several miles above the
cty-the city as it was fifty years ago. Then the
very beginning Of trip TO day was spot for citi-
zen to come for a day in the country.
Only one tier of these squares from the avenue we
traverse toward the country is another line of iron
rails from the City Hall to YOrkyile, upon which
crowds ride six miles for six cents, between their VII
LACE home and place of business or toll.
This village, which is almost joined to the City
by a continuous line Of houses along Third avenue,
we do not see as 90 up the Fourth avenue because
our line Of rails is laid in cut of the rock twenty or
thirty feet deep and in place under tunnel arch,
where we pass the thicklysettled point called York
vile. Beyond, on the right, we open view OF a
thickly.settled country, and the white sails on the
East River; and Randals and Wards islands, the
home Of homeless children, and the hospital of the
sick immigrant who has penniless to our shore.
Now we pass wet fat at the foot of the rocky
hills upon high vaduct Of stone, earth and wooden
bridge and come down upon the gravelly PLAIN OF
Harlem, ard through its broad streets of scattered
stores tavern. workshops and dwellings and by
gentle curve change our course more to the east
and cross the low wooden bridge OF Harlem River.
Now we are out Of the City,
"Then" said voice near by, of one looking Tor 1t,
" then we are in the country.
Not vet. No, not yet. This is the village of Mott
Hayen-a whte-pant, white-pre suburb of New
Yok 81 miles from the City Hall; and almost before
we think we are through the village we are into
another, by name Melrose, 81 miles from City Hail.
and then, and then, in succession, horrisania Ire
mont and Fordham, the last only Il! miles and -
cents fare from the city! Are We from it Only in
name The whole way and long beyond is divided
off by routes and bounds of streets and squares, and
lots. and all along right and left the City in its incip
ent state is seen in white cottages or more pretentiou'
mansions.
At fremont the Railroad Company is building large
work shop. and GER and engine houses, because the
City in its march toward the country has overaken,
surrounded aud crowded them out of all their loea'
tions in town.
Passing Fordham, the large pleasant looking grounds
and pile of buildings the right, is the Jesuts Col
lege.
Around this old village, many an acre of good
pasture orchard, moving field and pillow land, has
been unfenced and turned out to await the time not
vet come when the land viii be needed and used for
building purposes.
And so further on. At Wilismsbridge, IA miles
countryward, the land of two three good farms
lies common the would-be streets graded and grass
grown again.
Still further along, the purchasers of the site of
Wakefield" have paid enough to ruin sundry poor
mel hopes of home of their own, and to spoil ahne
farm, but not enough, probably TO it from re-
verting BACK again to its original purpose and
owner
Now we begin to get out of town and village.
Hunts Bridge, Bron1vile, TuckahOe, Scarsdale, and
Hats Corners, are stations among the green fields,
and at each of them of our company turns OF for
q day in the country.