The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-22
THE METROPOLIS.
Business Is q Mstlve Power Of Civili-
IatiOn.
How Broadway Crawled Up
Town.
FACTS, FIGURES AND COMMENTS.

FACTS, FIGURES AND COMMENTS.
II 10 now nearly two and . half centuries sincs
pAleematic Hollandsr himself but dmly approaching
SAs com msrciai value Of his unimprovsd and swampy
estate bought the island Of Manhattan for = SUN not
sssssdng e2l, Of lie dusky and painted proprstors-
thsugh. could the phlegnatic buyer play Grip Van
Whks" In fact - Irvngs humorstie hero played the
reIs In the fancy OF the author and wake after .
asowss Of century and half, he would bs likely to
behave himself after more ridiculous fashion than aid
eAs tdsa Grip" who certainly Sufficiently stricken
WITH wonder q the alterations In his native village.
Tine works al sorts Of mstamorphosea The bswidsrsd
srevis,tor Of the glimpses Of the moon,r TO use
phrase which some poet puts Into the mouth Of
nummy-the mummy not being supposed to have lost
Nm powers Of articulation BY having been dried and
lad away under the shadows Of the Pyramids three
thousand ysas sncs-havfng inquired in vain
FOR his cabin, with iu smoky rafters and
hh "vrow," who perfectly oomprehendsd the length
e time that csbbages ought and srment
respectable sauer kraut" would be likely, not finding
what he asked for to coil himself up again in sheer dis
gusA and like Pp's elder brother to insist upon being
Inferred with his hands 10 his pockets example and
swsrning to thoughtess stupid people Of his ilk who
azs too conservative TO foresee what the world 10
Nc 70 until the world gets there These are they who
night read with obvious advantage the old ballad Of
s Ma oc.s se ss S1 s Il.
and who passed once In thousand years, noting and
commenting upon what had been done In the
time At journey he found intsrminabls forest
~ the mouth Of drowsy river
thousand years passed BY and then
-. He went the self same road again
and splendid metropolis had sprung up in the mean
tmc. Tall masts In dense wilderness nodded in the har
Sor there were crowds huryDg to and fro upon paved
Streets and intent upon business and magnificent
palaces had taken the place OF the tall Of cen
turtles before. On the island Of Manhattan however,
the same metamorphosis has been carried out
In little more than century Business, ever
thrifty radical and hard hammered. With respect for
antiquities anquaranism except In far they arc
valuable in the way Of articles Of trade has pushed
painted aborgines and thrtess plpe-smokng Holland
s even to the last vestige out OF existence Business
ssks the philosophers Of socialism who are engaged in
York q pEos that hSvsf PROGRESSES has built ships
erected markets. Opened streets and bounded them with
DalAtal edi6ces created capital and made the Of
IN material progrsss and upreared for the world
from the waste OF Manhattan employing million Of
Soepe IN carrying on and mnistsring 10 the vast
ETY. Of it, industries and trade Business hrst settled
Bowling Grsen to the mouth Of the Nuhpa out
from Bowling Green crsp Broadway like gigantic ser.
vsnt thrussing It's head northward and like gigantic
serpent uncoling itself and crawling slowly-sposted
al over with business spotaong the Hsepe Wgh Of the
ancient burghsrs Nearly . century IL has taken tue
serpent to crawl from Bowling Green 10 the Central
Park and how long may DO before It shall have crawled
along the Boomingdae road 70 the upper end of Nanha
tan. simply depends upon business Six miles or there.
abouu IL has crawled during the century past, and
has not yet Strengthened itself cut; and there 10
every probability that IL will crawl considerably
faster during the century present. until dips its head
In the waters the north and stops With business
however, rests the decision Of that question; business
which the ring Of Gygss tho finger and slips
about nvislbly, managing, ruling, regulating prices
spite Of spectators, and employing million Of persons
sf al conditions In carrying its projects Business
was always prudent made money and built wooden
buildings before It could afford brick made money
and built palaces proving that though prudent and
economical there lack Of taste it's part mass
more money and reared and eight story ednces and
now, from end to end Broadway 10 composed OF
eight layers OF business upon the other OF which
ehs FIRST IL underground, consisting mainly OF sample
rooms oyster houses and restaurants and the
ing six or seven are above ground, the upper one
beng in the attic and working by skylght Even to
she eighth story business ascends by INTERN Unable wind
Ing stairs in the morning and dsscsnds night jnglng
pennies In i pocket and slppng mp town for hour
.
insists upon max ing money on tbs capital invested.
The TRAn.
The manner In which Broadsay crspt up town
l. While New York was New Amsterdam and Broad
way was cultural Hssvs srasss !. was opeasdas far
q During the next twenty-five years II had crspt
along - far up ~ the Commons tnow City BAN Part)
Il vas nsxt opened % Duane street, which its
upper boundary during the Revolution.
Themes. about 1895, the huge serpent Al that time
not % spotted with business - nov, sr.wlsd with
ssalthy sort Of motion TO Canal street, which became
seen after fashionable quarter.
Next, with jump, the street Was opened ~ far
. Next TO Tulip tree tnow Union square. modelled
upon the rue do Ia PaiI. or Place vendome, Psrsl
= And, aftervard.s u was concerned TO the general
Slowly but surely Is Broadway has grown in length
fashion has followed goas before driven BY the in
rsa Al the Of Dickens visil to America and The
taking Of the American Notes." The Custom House
Vas leading hotel. A. Stewart had his rssdencs Va
Bleecksr street. then stylish and Naedougal and the
adjacent streets the habltaons OF wealth aris-
soorscy Five years after Bsecssr street had become
sspion to Dickens, was part Also Then
x M.,., s.s "a s.s sSs he.
Zee. sss.ss and a. last Ninth sirssi became sort Of
ussqaivocsily OF the bon TON. Five years since Union
square was ideal Of the fashonsps eiysun and lie
Then business which muss have more room FOR its
SEPARATIONS and couh AFFORD 70 pay enormous rents and
on All OF many those buildings which last year
occupied with families sprane forth last spring the
pacsrd:
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THIS HorsR
ros ruRrossa
Uu the other suggestive OF The business per.
manence and perseverance:-
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TO ussR FOR TERM
MORGAN
Even on Flfth avenue and especially ON the iovsr mr.
zion, business bcgn inning 10 make little raids here aud
snsre-very genIee Understanding wherever u