New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-11
A SIMMER RESORT ON THE BAY.

A SUMMER RESORT ON The BAY.
NEw-UTRECHr AND IT'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF SOME OF THE NOTABLE observation-disclosures
OF CONVEYANCE FROM NEw-foRK.
NEw-UrRECmT, July G.-This town is within
gunshot the Battery and yet it Is about as little even
If "a we'll known as the AdlrOndlcks, or many other
vlldcrnesses Its nearest point be reached from
Walls less time than Beeckers ana every part OK
it, around to Bath aud the border OF Grayescnd can be
as quickly and more comfortably reached than Central
Park On its extensive waterfront. from Bay Ridge 10
Coney Island, some charming places may be found
Starting any Of the ferries on the Brooklyn side,
by the cars Of the HamiltOnave Courts or Thrdaye
lines and passing beyond the Deaplaine property, the
Bergen estates and the extensive lands stretching from
Fortieth to sixucth-st. Brooklyn, which are rapidly
being covered with OF cosy cottages and more i'm
posing residences the visitor will enter the town OF
Now-Utrecht at sixtiethst Brooklyn, which is on the
city line Here first, is the house Of Henry A. Kent,
and the strengthening castle built for his sonn-law.
on large tract of land extending from Third-aye TO
the Bay Next is the splendid home OF William c.
Langley, with its we-shorn lawn OF velvet green,
frngcd its outer border with sea sand. Adjoining
him is the property of the Hon. Abraham
Wakeman, upon which tho depOts OF the
railroad from Boston and eastward are to be erected,
and in front of which there already well advanced
wharves which, by the Long Island Railroad Will re-
ccve or send of the commerce OF the New ana Ola
England and of Europe generally. Vast cuttings have
been already made toward Fatbush and till it reaches
the open country it will be tunneed Near by Is the
neglected estate of the late Hon. Theodore sedgwck
and entering by the same lane from Thrdaye., the
home of the Hon Henry c. Murphy. Next the grounds
of Joseph Wild. stretching along the shore from Nj.
urphys TO the Bay Ridge dock, to which the steamer
Bay Ridge makes frequent daily trips from Wall-st
On the splendid avenue running eastward from this
dock are many elegant residences among which are the
tasteful houses of ]. A. Perry DstrictAttorney John
Winsow and others. Then on the shore is Wren Cot
age the villa of j. Mackcy and south of it the Van
Brunts and Bergens. Back the high ground toward
Thirdave. are the splendid dwellings-palaces they
might be calIel-ofA. NJ sykes (DelwoOd HJIse Ii. c.
Townsend, William ii. Thomas Quilt by Thomas Me
Erath and John Bullock, tho IrIshlinen merchant OF
New-York City. Going southwark, the visitor will pass
the extensive estate of David Dudley Field and still
further toward the south. the attractive villas Of
J. Dickinson the late DR.. George COchrane, HaWey ID.
Capp the late DR.. Whiting Judge Lcdwith Mt Gel't0n
and the Churches WHILE towering above them ALL i the
imposing building OF the Inebrate Asylum. At Fort
Hamilton there are some fine views from high bluff
from which will yet probably be a suspension
bridge to Staten Island, with Fort Lafayette
as a central pier, over which may DO transported,
without breaking bulk, the commerce Of Europe,
irving via Boston east of Hc. Gate. and connecting,
across Staten Island at Elizabeth and Perth Amboy,
with the commerce OF the West. Then may be the
Morrison fafin, recently pulchd~cu barney
aud Archibald Young fronting 1900 feet upon the lower
Bay From the Narrows TO tue Gravesend limo, the
shore nearly due east and after passing the farms
of W. j. Cropsey, s \. sharp, and John c. Bennett,
comes what is known on the maps as Brighton west
of Bath" IL was here that the British landed and
fought with retreang American troops the battle Of
Long Island Recently, Archibald Young, who is here
making extensive improvements, dug up skeleton,
thought to be one of King Georges men.
From Benefits lane to John A. Voorhees,, a distance
OF 500 feet there is beautiful shore ana ayicw The
land is divided into villa plots, with 200 or 800 feet OF
water front to EACH running back 900 or GJ feet TO
Fraukn-ave The green banks, supported and defended
nv seawa are ubOut 80 feet above the water slopng
or tcrraced down. with shade trees OVefhdhglug The
hanks and vegetation in great luxurance TO the very
edre OF the shore The bathing hOuses placed upon
the sea.wall. and few steps lead 10 gently
soping ana hard sandy beach. First. from Benefits
lane is the residence of Louis Kersten Next, the
cottage of the Hon. William l.. Robinson with some hVe
or SIX acres laid out in vegetable garden, orchard,
meadow and grazing lots IL j. pro'usey shaded with
willows. hOrse-chestnut, and mape-rees and almost
every kind fruit trees and brubbery Opposite the
Freuch cottage which Is this year occupied 10y DR..
OGormsn of Newark Alongside is the mansion OF
$4,000 His neghDor Mr. sternfels, who occupies the
old homestead OF the late Moses Wanser al one time the
owner of much OF the sh ore mere NeX with grounds
elegantly laid out, stands the home Of Barney Williams,
Kathleen Nlls,' named after his accomplished Wife
II prOfusely Ornanened with every klnd OF costly
flowers and shrubbery and vide-spreadng shade trees
and is adorned with tasteiuy-arranged statuary The
grounds are abundanny stocked WIN lrft trees ann III
the garden plenty OF fruits ana vegetables Next
10 Williams
dences Carroll-Dlace, occupied by Leander
b. shaw, grain merchant, Carr H. Pecknagel'
drug merchant, Mrs Bartlett wife OF the late Hiram
Bartlett, and II magnificent house recently owned by
John Men vance, residing III Florence. Near by Is
the cottage Archibald Young, recently purchased
from Arthur L. Levy, with his family mansion across
the way, surrounded by tasteu LAID out grounds side
by side are the houses OF John j. voorhees,, aud Mr.
Montague, the latter summer boardlnglouse The
old farm Ethebert Lott, recently purchased by Arch
from voorhees, residence TO the Bath steamboat landing
Eastward, pecring above magnificent grove OF locust
trees rise the urrets OF the c0mmodious residence
William W. swayne, the wellknOwn book merchant
which was formerly the home a Mr.. Fattman, the
Glsey Across the way Is an imposing mansion recently
owned by Mr.. Grau.
steamboat Bay Ridge, from Walst 10 Bay Ridge dock.
by Haniltonsve., Thirdave and COurts cars IL Fort
Hamilton; by from all the ferries TO Greenwood,
aud thence by dummy train 10 Bath, and by carriage
through Prospect Park by Ocean Boulevard, the Tun-
mson and she roads past Prospect farK Far Grounds
Ia the inexcusable ignorance of Workers. three
aud mosquitoes Now before the recent drainage O
sacnant pools of Fort Hamilton ehl.s and fever were
age has removed the difficulty. IL never extended
beyond the Dysers. east of Fort Hamilton 1t
was barely possible to catch the chils at Bath but not
more 50 than IN Broadway or Fiithaye Some OF the
oal may occasionally float out from the docks OF New.
York or Brooklyn but Tor years past such nuisance
has been noticeable along the lower Dly and as for
York and Brooklyn, a stray mosquito may sometimes
manage live. but s life Is short and its music feeble
GOOD story on this head is told Of a person who had
a specific bansbiug Osquitoee He sent specimen
package to Mr. Williams. Mr. Gunther, and Mr. Robinson
OF Bath expecting to get from them recommendation
OF Its efficiency. The only one who wrote the desired
letter Mr.. Roblnson who said that ho had resided
thirteen the cottage 1T Bath, and lie had
never "a mosquito there bat once. To tins he
applied specific, and 1t proved ecacous, f5r had
that mosquito since. Five or SIX families,
neighbors OF Mr. Williams have lived IN Bath for twelve
aud twenty years and none VI them ever bad ehs and
fever and there has been no use for mosquito netting
There was Prohibition meeting at San
jose Cal, the other day. held under big tent. And
a Mrs Ins vi IN