New-York tribune., 1869-04-12
agined than this beant
Eight trains leave daily
peninsula at MamarOneck.
mmutation per year, sos.
RYE.

Also, q music and dancing school, two blacksmith
shops, chair factory, one painting establishment
four stores, and telegraph Office. The village is
situated almost Immediately the Sound. The
beach is half mile distant. Portchester
and Rye arc both in one township
Property the shore is worth from 5000
to 5000 an acre. A plot of four and an old
fashioned house was recently sold for $4,000 Lots
5OxlO0 feet sell for COO each Most of the land is
sold in pots of two and three acres each The scenery
is very fine There are several magnificent country
seats in the vicinity having houses valued as high as
S2OO.OOO each Distance from New-York, % miles.
Eight daily trains leave each way. Communication per
year. slO2. .-.,.....,,
Portchester is thriving village II miles beyond
Rye situated on the Byrum River II contains 5000
inhabitants, eight churches tMethodst, Episcopal,
Presbyterian Baptist, ColOred Methodist, Catholic,
and German) good public school. Catholic school,
and three private schools; Also several benevolent
societies, stove fOundery, screw factory one
wooden mill, cloth factory, a steam marble estab-
shment, har-pin factory, hOrse-rake manufactory,
three hotels three public halls, one printing Office
two banks grst mill and several real estate Offices
The soil is kind of clay loan mixed with sand
Two lines of market boats ply between Portchester
and New York The Boston turnpike running to the
Harlem River is being macadamized and several
other improvements of like nature contemplated
The beach is only quarter of mile distant, and it
is great resort for bathers and pleasure seekers
during the Summer season. Fully 70 buildings have
been erected during the past l2 months number of
NewYOrk business reside here part of the year.
Lots 50x1OO feet situated within three minutes walk
of the depot sell for $500 Lots 25x1OO feet in the
business portion of the town worth from $1,000 to
$4,000 each. Farming lands lying mile out of the
ain I'M Distance q
New-York 2GI miles, Eight daily trains leave each
way. Yearly rates of commutation $40.
GREENWICH.
Greenwich is situated on the Sound and it is said
to be one of the finest places the road The viii
age proper lies back from the Sonnd and depot some
distance and being built on high eminence it com
mands fine view of the country for miles around.
The borough covers an area of about two miles
SQUARE and contains 1000 inhabitants. The depot is
three-fourths of mile north of the landing. There
are four fine churches. Catholic, Methodist, Episco-
pal and CONGREGATIONAL five institutions of learn
ing Including female select school. public and other
schools two large hotels, three carriage shops, and
q lumber yard; also stores. temperance societies,
&c. Near the dock there are several business
establishments, and a clubhouse belonging to the
Americus Club of New-York. The water along the
shore is very Deep allowing large-szed steamers TO
land. A considerable number of cattle are raised in
this section, as the land produces well.
About a mile from this is the historic spot where
:" Old Put" escaped from the British by rushing down
q ledge Of rocks on horseback.
Farming land within half q mile of the village is
worth from $500 to $500 an acre. In the town it is
held as high as 5000 and $1,000 an acre. and even
higher Sites overlooking the bay eagerly sought
after Greenwich is claimed to be free from chills
4 II 1tc
yards and walks are neatly kept and one visiting the
place for the first time cannot help wishing that he
owned a few acres and had his country residence
here. Distance to New-Yorls, % miles. Eight daily
trains leave each way. Yearly commutation rates.
slO7
Bayard Taylor once said that in all his travels, lie
had seen few places more beautiful than Cleveland,
Ohio One walking through some of the streets in
Stamford cannot help being reminded Of Euclid-ave
ar Prospect-st in that city on Lake Erie mentioned
bv Mr. TAYLOR and it is safe to say that there arefew
nIaces 70 be found anywhere handsomcr than Stam-
ford. It's population is about 5000 There are
churches of all the various denominations, two
hotels and stores to correspond The town itself
stands on a plain, and is surrounded by high hills
overlooking the bay. The soil IS sort OF gravel,
which absorbs moisture so rapidly that the atmos-
phere is kept pure. An important Improvement has
RECENTLY been added TO the town, by the extension
of a railroad to tho manufacturing village OF New
Canaan. eight miles distant The Old channel
through which steamboats, entered the harDor
ia beinp enlarged, 30 as TO be capable Of
admitting largo water craft The village
nroper is about three-fourths Of mile from tho
sonnd into which there are three points Of land ex
tending from the town for distance of three or four
miles The first Of these is Greenwich Neck, the ex-
treme point of which is four miles distant from the
Town Hall The beach on this neck Of land is very
fine FOR bathing Shippan Point extends out into the
Sopnd about two-and-a-half miles. place called
the Cove is made by the jutng in of the Sound, and
IL is bordered by a splendid drive part Of Shippan
Point has recently been purchased by a company OF
gentlemen who intend to cut IL up into building lots
The land on most of these points, and especially on
sbippan, is high aiordiDg fine views Of the harbor
and surrounding country. Building plots containing
from oDe-ouarter of an acre to an acre, are
beinR laid out on the line OF the New-Ca-
naan Railroad They are offered at abont 800
each according to their location. Good farms
within four miles of Stamford may be had ON
this road, near stations for 500 an ere. large
number of buildings have been erected IN stamford
during the past year. Real estate 'd near the CEN
ter of the village is worth from a 80 per ioot'
according TO its location. Lotsw' ..''es oIeignVo
nine rooms situated within 20 miL1.. walk OF tno
depot may be bad for from 5000 to sICO each.
Several lots and dwellings located within ~ minutes
walk of the station are offered at from siooOo 10
A,5 600 each. At distance of of mile lots con-
tanning to5 acres, with good dwellings, may be
had al from $1,000 to $4,000 EACH Others, with sew
eral acres and frstclass houses arc worth IRON
eco 600 70 $4,000 each Fine houses on lots OF from
m IN IL acres situated the hills overlooking the
av are offered as low from $4,000 to $OOOO each'
The schools are numerous and good. There are four