The New York herald., 1870-04-27

the lef s the elegant mansion of Dan Bryant with
LOFTY tower, h9nmrd roof, plain pillars and pretty
architecture. The grounds are surrounded by lrick
wall and the tout ensemble denotes simplicity anu
comfort
and strikes Eleventh avenue at i0sth street, There
the View shows we woyk IN me progress. fhe men
Dy tnor0uxhgoiny and skiiul arsisanship. All about
is beautiful country.
cut away by thlrty.nve, men under the direction OF
Mr. Jenkins and thirty-f0ar supervised Dy Eo ward
hs ny 70 e e n Gsen
1000 loads oay are pulled q i5lta street aad
nvered IL worth nfty i've cents oad
FROM lOSTH STREET
confronting to the georraphcal lines OF Eleventh
avenue, which course Il does not change ill IL
reaches between loot. % 18TH streets From l15th
street n0rthward to |; 'ood, the average distance
OF the Boulevard trun, the river Is about two
blocks, or from 1900 to 1900 eet900 feet to block.
Drive is lined with symmetrical piles Of dark finely
broken blue Macadam stone. The sweep here clear
splendid for driving-and pierces q beautiful terri
the most attractive portions OF the Boulevard
Claremont ls on the hill, TO the river side and to
E. s. Higgins and the Van schaick brothers own i'm
proved property on the river The Devins also hold
land In close proximity.
and soil and begins an ascent toward lbttl street,
where the work will have to be continued through
Unnx at this business 0o Trinity &c cemesery i cas
In iwan ana about 1b5th street The deep brick vaults
charged with human ashes are visible IN the perpen-
dlcular cuts made IN the embankments. Even the
dead have to move from long repose TO make way
for the adyancemcns OF the living, and those OF
Knickerbocker blood who have long slept in the Old
cemetery are disturbed in their graves by ruthless
blasting.
1~Vy CltR Inlt a
and and Sefs Il sIops me progress q !As Boulevard.
upon iis broad stretct, th ough esates church
glOunds, colleges orphan asyums, pivae parks,
ai0ng bluffs, steep embanknens, sharp declivlues,
oughing hrough rock, sandy oams and counties,
or Or scenery bro S en- I'd diversified ana Wildly beauiu,
T. has at iast leachea POINT rom which you can
no,e iis u ity and appreciate the dinlcuies under
planted, as A. viii be IN future years, with double
rows Of expanding shade trees, with clean. wide
mnata,e q Ks and cture lie wealth h, fashion and
beauty one side houna for the Harlem river, and
on the other Tor New York.
AT 18TH STREET,
as laid out, II begins an Irregular, winding and SER
pentine course, starting of in northwesterly drec-
tion across Audubon Park, making deep curve to
keep near the shore abreast OF 16Oth street. intersect
ing the grounds OF the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and
pushing away through the charming places on wash
invades the property OF the Institute for the Blind,
goes over the grounds OF Mr.. NJ. Ward. Mr. Isaac p.
M1rtlQ anu MI. JOHu a. haven. BELOW the fdttcf
gentemans grounds, ON the jutting cape Of land, is
to be public park. II pushes on through the estates
Of Messrs. Charles NJ. Connolly and James Gordon
Bennett.
Arriving at 1s5th street. the northeast corner OF the
Boulevard Is marked by marble monument. At this
point the ground descends in a steep hillside to the
Hudson River Railroad and beyond to the river. In
order to build the Boulevard contemplated at this
point will be necessary to cut away the soil the
east side or build wall over fifty feet high on the
river ont and ii In with dirt Along all these eie
giant grounds which the Boulevard will skirt the same
considerations will enter into
THE ENGINEERING.
There will be found the grandest scenery along Its
r0ute--sccnery heightened by vastness, magnificent
distances the classic Hudson the perpendicular pail
sades and aged oaks and green frs, spruces and
ccdars. Hugging the river and cutting the property
Of Deylin, the estate Of Lncius Chittenden, the new
acquisition OF William NJ. Tweed, the Messrs. Hayes
and Others. 1t reaches Inwood tTnbby Hook ant
turns abruptly from the river in an easery direction
passing into the Kingsbridge road.
RETURNING DOWN THE ISLAND
1t becomes what will be Known Dyckman street. 81
called from the DycSman farm IL intersects, an,
| about 200th street comes down with an irregular
| sweep along the shore OF the Harlem river, passnl
through the old Lorillard property, along and T.
thence along the line OF the Croton aquetltct through
the estate OF Madame Jumel, crossing l55h street II
Ninth avenue, and thence continuing to the Park.
Besides this Drive, nearly twenty miles long, worl
is progressing the avenue st. Nicholas, laid on
| in the most irregular manner. 1t begins at 11ot
street and Tenth avenue, and joins Manhattan street
new thorcughare, between l24th and l25th streets
| between Eighth and Ninth avenues. Continuing,
reaches 137th street. near Eighth avenue, and hi
155th street midway between Ninth and Tenth ave
| nues; thence 1t turns westward and joins Tent
| avenue aud Kingsbrdge road, where they meet ju:
| above 161st street.
The Sixth avenue, with Mount Morris square to II
eastward, is open to the Harlem river, lighted an
| almost completely graded.
Seventh avenue Is not so far advanced, but Is i'm
proving rapidly. Il will thus be seen that
| ORNAMENTAL NEW YORK
Is building into q landscape beauty superior to IL
past acknowledged spendors, and to such attraction
as Jerome Park, High Bridge, the valley OF the Hal
lem river, Central avenue In Westchester county
| the new reservoir, fine hotels and summer fshin
and excursion resorts the new Boulevard and II
| sister improvements will give access to ALL
Other enterprises are marching along. The towe
at the new reservoir for supplying water to Wasl
| tngton Heights Is finished, and 1t has tank pr,
| vided at its top holding. $4,000 gallons of wate
raised to height Of 405 feet above the low level
| the Harlem river The loftiest point on Washingto
Heights, at l85h street, IL only 275 feet above 10
| water. Fire alarm telegraph poles are being put u
| all over the upper part OF the Island, the verdure
putting on its spring toilet, the trees are begnnr
| to leaf, and IN three weeks another season OF mil
| temperature and balmy airs will have boomed upc
| one Of the finest garden spots of the earth.