New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-07
OUR SUBURBS.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
,vD WHAT WE ARE DOING ON TIE SOUTH AND
WEST.


q, activity has BETRAYED itself in the Eastern District Oh
brooklyn Within the last four months at least s0oOo
have been expended In the erection OF factories M"
pryate houses there. The entire riverront OF WILLIAMS
burgh open to manufacturers ana mus one VI ~
chief objections which capitalists had TO ESTABLISHING
Themselves there obviaed AZ Is the place swarm'
with improvements Even Greenpolnt has caught the
nrevaine spr and built no less than 70 edces OF
various kinds within the past six months In Williams
burgh itself an additional breadth OF 40 feet has been
given Broadway humorous new pnlldlnss nave pso
erected and numerous old ones rcmOdelen Ihe lIImc
savings Bank has been having new building erected SO
has the Kings County Savings Bank me e7tnafu co
Of the latter building $4,000 Light ONO Stone Is sea
I'm It's construction, and II is expectcl 10 pe nnisheu "
the LIST OF May. At the corner OF Durham pace hew
nnur.m n one of the recent utiltaran INNOVATIONS
"a = Enni has likewise been gwen to the Office OF the
B,ookIv Times Nor has interest been acking IN enurcl
ercctios The Reformed Church. at inc ntersecl9n ol
Redfordaye with Clymerst DIR. Porter pastor and the
St Johns Methodist Episcopal church IN BeaiouaNe,
will add greatly to the architectural peauy " nus %
~ The city, The features Of the astnaned church VIII
be lis extensive accommodations lof te uerSt
of sunday schools, and an organ when mcuy ~
templation ecipses that Of Plymouth Inc corner s,onc
OF Dr. Portes Church will not be lad oeIore tue p
Residences of all degrees Of elegance nave Deen
aIone the line OF Bedford ave. aud quite number OF
frame dwellings contrast with the august ~
the neghborhood Of Wison-st Tue gIaae VI d dhe
ove has been raised for n considerable distance ana inc
sewerage system introduced perfect III oil us us'nls
and appliances Lee-ave is likewise DelnE Eau s Wv
tween Myrtlcave aud Hewes-st During the last four OF
five months. indefinite number OF houses niS NJ
erected Bedford, Bushwck, GRAHAM henl' Lco, a
trcse Union and Withe-avs aud Even ilfth. Grapi
Hewes Hooper, Messeroe Rensen. south MIMI thlIu'
and TayOr-sts We regret TO say tat the noue VI o
structi6n OF the tenement-houses makes 1t moro IMAM
likely that the horrors which lately occurred III VIEW
York CITY, will be repeated ere long In Wllansoulsn;
one good point however, Is the thorough system Oh
sewerage throughout these streets Appetols poos,a ,
tory on Kcntaye is among the most prominent OF the
architectural improvements The building on Penn-st
and Kentave be the printing department Ihe i ,h
tory itself extends from Penn To Hewesst ana u i
blndery which Is to occupy the hve-sory wing rs at te
intersection of Hewesst and Kenave The Ainer .
Steel Works have imposing edce at the Intersection
of Keap-st with Kent.avc What all Brooklyn very
much is a system OF Illuminated streetnanes sini
lar To that OF this city.
Bay Ridge studded with handsome residences neartne
rivers edge but the most extensive estate ana most mag
nihcent residence those OF Mr. W. C. Langley OF ts
city The views surrounding this suburb are superb ana
II untes the charms of solitude the advantages OF i'm
mediate propinqnty the city Lands there sell al low
prices lots being purchasabe at from 500 to 500 Inc
grading Of the avenue extending rom FOrt nanhtoht
BROOKLYN City Hail. will speedily bring Bay koge INTO
position OF greater prominence than any she has yc DC
cupied. The grounds are high and sauoIious ana ro
commodation families Of moderate means The mum
Der NewYorkers residing there constantly ihcreas
ing and obstacles 10 Improvement are as hatura con
sequence. as continually being surrounded
CYPRESS HILLS.
tour of the suburbs of New York would he incomplete
without visit 10 one Of those beautiful resting
places for the dead which soemny decorate the outskirts
OF the city Cypress Hills of these retreats ana
located We miles from the Roosevelt Grand, aud Hos
ton It, Ferries. wiansburgh lying to northwest FROM
800 to 500 IL for lots 10 feet wide by Is feet deep
The cemetery is laid out with almost unexceptlonaDle
taste, contains some superb monuments ana lro .ic
snire of land upon which IL lies. commands OF the
most majestic prospects Of the kind anywhere To be seen
ped by the Government as buralplace LOT souiers
diving in hospitals in and around New'iorS; ghsS as
must have been buried here although the bodies
Of several hundreds We're subsequently eyerai
old burial grounds have, from time 10 INIT ,es
ISL
Church. ST. Stephens Protestant Episcopal Church, &c
and In these of course the price OF cheap The
whole estate IL included within 400 acres; ana was
mournfIlly pleasing suburbs OF the kind around New
York
JERSEY CITY.
Forty Years ago Marshes bitches and sandhis covered
the spot now occupied by Jersey CITY, IL wasin reality
marsh island surrounded by abeyy Of marsh Islands
ditch extended between the foot OF South Eighthst
and the south end OF Warronst The present Greenst
was the shore OF the river ana horsepoae went
every now and them uncertain intervals TO ferry
houre al the foot York-st. In $780, the Narck and
the steamboats,. superseded the horseferry
The first ferry boat that in any way resebied the
erry.boats Of the present day was the ATrcsseoh Viii"
the Hudson. and the Golden were successively added
until the lcrryboas plying between new OH nn
civ finally reached their present Size and cOmpetes
The apartment of introducing omnlDuses waa nlue
10y Jacob Mersees. but was unsuccessful AZ that uhe,
ii was in the year 1872 Montgomery St extended from the
ferry only far "a Grove--t. and IL was along MONT
that Mersele- his solitary
little while he started second omnibus which ran IA lar
~ Bergen But Mersees lost money and the passengers
patience for the drivers never Judged iom tne Terry
until they felt disposed and the patrons who would have
been the commuters OF the present day. found II more
grateful to their feelings to endure the expense o private
conyeynnces At length the Legislature granted Mer-
sees a charter for horse-raroad which. III lsSI the
eWJcrsey Railroad Company purchased from nm AT
price sufficient 10 compensate him for all his early losses
Since his day the population Of Jersey CITY, and conse
gonery and Courtandt Ferries. have vastly increased
The number OF holders OF Communication tickets Is nearly
| ing Bergen HILL Communipaw or Hoboken In lsoo IL
was 3o0o and in ls5o only between eco and i?o The
entire number OF daily passengers between the Court
and and Montgomery ST Ferries has been calculated at
yOOo II would be hard TO name street N JERSEY City
front lots arr selling for t5o and many OF them nave
been snapped mp by the heTSery n a. Mar.i 1U,
situated between Jersey City and Bergen I'M. sold
now lot. Is by 100 feet sell at $1,000 each The Coles
tate, water lots, had then no market value AZ al ihey
worth 500. are now worth 5000 and Montgomery,st
lots then worth sl,0 are now selling Tor SOW ABOUT
years the entire Coles estate OF 100 acre, wac pur
chased for s2OOOO There would be now no difficulty IN
dspo,iug Of il for sOOOo In all these vast enhance,
mems of property discern the hearts and the arms OF
The capitalists Of the City of NewNork Longfellow's
addlc headed youth never more perS1ey 1"Is sns
the metropolis of America bore gloried with e insignia
of Excelsior everything they have attempted. viewing
Jcr-ey CITY, rs she AT present Stands tneS may
feel Interested In remembering how unpronlsingy Oh
lion known as the Jersey Associates bought ditch
surrounded piece Of land, called Paulns Hook Ihs re
pul,lye Locality ln'y out htfrttS
secded in getting IL incorporated M the CITY OF jersey
I'm 1893 il was rencorpored Jersey city and 10 IFS
| Bonrd OF Aldermen added Mayor and Common
Council Ten years the Board OF the Hudson RIVER
Cement Company offered the lots owned by IT, Tor sale Tor
$1,000. The same lots very recently sold To me
Penn-y vana Coal Company for no less than sl59OoO
Has jersey city become New YorksI or has she hot'
LLEwELIYN PARK.
The suburb known Llewellyn Park is not really
park IL is merely collection OF villas, the grounds sur
| rounding which are held in common. IL is situated at
Orange " j. includes about 80 and is ~ dis
lance Of II miles from the City Hail. There is much TO
recommend Lcwelyn Park. It's air il salubri0us and
| s supply Of water plentiful and pure IL is situated