, 1876-05-06
:" GARDEN CITY"
Tfie Late a. T.. Stewart ns a
IsOnlu1us.
a Description fills Baby City on Hemp.
stead Plalns, Long Island.

a Description of11is Baby City on Hemp
stead Plains, Long Island.
To the hditor Of The Chfcu1o 1rtbuns:
1t may not DO generally known to Ohlosgoan
"aARDES curY,"
bestowed 30 caresaingly on their lakesido home
Is claimed In good earnest. ~ tho title Of an AZ
ptrinB city on far-on Long Island, close sven l.
the outskirts Of naughty Nov York
II will bo long, indeed, before IL.
place in question can hope to boopm
grcat oentrs Of population; but as It was do
s'gned aud laid out-Iu malice aforethouRht-
on what arc called ..the moat approved plans,
tmay epablc ons to Judge what 4 ,tespeotabl.
city 1houid bo like In iss babyhood. Anyhow,
M tic conteptlon And sole work Of tho dead
mi'Ionhiio,-A. 7. Stewart, - brIof ACCOUNT
o. 1t viii not bs without intoroat at tho proaen
tiuo. ~
HowovoT cloBo-llBtod may havo boon tbs Eroai
dry-goods merchant In his busncss relations, Il
IL eortain that ho has expended iargo Hums
| III tue doalro to bo known al 0
phllanthropsnt. Among other means to
this end, Ao resolved, tow ycnrs ago. to
become the founder Of q city. Hyotybo,y
las. heard Of tho crowded condition Of New
York, and low difficult 1t is for tho citizon
OF moderate means to procure for llneotf u
decent homo, There 10 scarcely any :,n1dd},,
gsonnd, Indeed. betvecen tho sqratld aud o,rg-
crowded tcnemens-houaos aud tho pretoutuns
brown-stone mansion. In the former, none BIT
shoss impcllcd by poverty would oopaeut q
: bring up family tho latsor, Of COURSE nrr T.
tainabln only to persons In affluout circuu-
stAueoB Tho worry numurous osnus vtjch
Includes eatesmen, clorkH, thrifty mcclan-
les, and atruggliug professional s,tn.
arc almost totally unproyided for. Uenc. the
rapld growth of tho outlying cities aud Villages,
on The shoros Of tho Hudson River and Long
laland Sound. Honco It Is TINT something like
2oD,oo0 persons do business In Now Iork, day
after day, year In and year onl, aud novor, u,.-
leas by aenldonr. sopp undur ono of ia roofs =
About 20 miles to tho eastward OF Now York,
on Aonc slnnd. arc situated what tro known Us
THE nEltpsTEap ptAlar.
Tho purchase by afr." Stewart If a t,act Of
1000 acres, away back in Tho tG0s. was tue
beginning Of What IS now known al Garden CITY,
Inc original cost wns half-s-mitlton dollars,
but, nt various t!tncs since ntout 900 acres Of
farm-'ands were takon III to rolt,d on tho site Of
tho futuro Eden. For q lime Tho project Of lay
iog out city on II was Bomowhat
poss sy esess 5Sesas Of @na sS% 30'as1, ssT
CITY," Wien ho had giyon 1t a uamo. howovar,
anu mapped out Its thorouehfarcs, and built 4
RAILROAD out to II, apd began to erect handsome
imont of tho millionaire was looked npon wlth
moro dofetoncs. I3y tic potoncy .of h,s wealth.
Carbon City Lad become feet.
;, AS tho great roqniBte OF auch q placo must bo
It's easy accessibility to tho citizons, tie rlcang
Tor this may bo hrst noted |. By two Distinct
fosrioa 70 fiat. reach Hunters Point erirny
young city ak tho cast aud Of Brooklyn,
ahsnss Silence, wo take tue tsain on Mr.
Ths rdo ID q delightful ono, through q vel. veil
Wooded farming country, with seYoral pretty
villages on either aide Of tho line. Tho cars
eto comfortable, With cool cane-Aoats, and per-
ioc.y ofoan ana lehs-runaing, 10 one who has
car, theS prosont tho inviting aspoct OF
a drawing-room. Thoro aro eleyen traina dstiy
each way,-eho 11rhk ono starting at a. A., tho
lat connectlng With the .fesry-6oata that lcnyo
but Packages Of thirty tiokots arc sold for el0
while yearly Communication for resideuts ia Ap3,
Attor pleasant ride for &hfrty-flya minutes, |
We uoaeooa at tho tasteful stat!on, wbIte tic
gond- Already we have noticed That tho other
Stations on the line were "a bright and pretty aa
good tnsto could make them.
The very first look At Garden Cityis
A pLRAsANT sunpn1sE .
Knowing how rory recent il tho lato Of its exist.
ilrt. rubbisb, aud building debfls.W,Ls H. IL
,s,,sl tt. tGasares Of now place: Those was
ny. part ct tho East ysn recall tie painful
'iambo1tng ovor mud-blufh tho vasq aenrcb for
'loauly foot-paths, and tile frequent flouudnriur
through nasty puddlca. Here all Ia ditre1out.
:rom eho station It Garden, City We cau 500
,othinE; but roads graded and smoothly rolled, 4
idewalks in dainty order, and or mtIos Of
troeta laid out aud kept In order, as naati1 M
20 gardon Of private. residence. Men
II 10, r., cons1tant,y a1ta At work upon those
olling t4cm eyon NTH 1naasiYa rollers, sprink.1 Il
pg tbom from watoT-oartB in dusty woalhor.
az having every incl III the most thorough ro-
s1r ~ a!l gossone wsaEs tod, too, that thero
rer delightful roads. which arc almost a. caro-,
lily attended to,
In. q sanitary point Of yiou, the rpi}ilonairo's
aby city % can scarcely be nurpassed The stto
'Ands n,ito, h'gU, ana, tho ocean boIns within
nd Sound 90 the othor, tho{o, tg
reozy and healtlful ar al III timos.
hero 1a, are no Hwamps In Tho vicinity, to breed
nls.nco. y and disoaHo; no fayers, agucs. or |
lontifnl sud Ut the pureat kipd, and tho
nngant asa.breaze koops away lilo muaquitoos.
Won In she hottest weather.
Already thoro are about
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NousEB, Z
lob go1u Of iks kind, dottpd along the eysn
% tAtcsest, thoro, arc six or soyan nice {
ores. including . drnggst's, ! BAKERS, {
butchers. and two grooosies, In {
ldition, = largo warehouse and ample etablinr
;comnodatlon arc now in course OF arpeton, .
40 hope vas recently hold that. tho CITY would /
,ow Tor SOMA time At. the rate OF shout lfty 3
'lises per annum. !
Tho stabling Ia novei featnro betng design
j! Tor the 9ssvce OF Eesidonta' who wtah to kaon @
horse aud carriage, without, having a barn Oh /
ol omn pten1seAt 1u those alresdy built, d
Fge ssalla arc provided for tue board OF d
ivato horses while thoro Is q publlo
'aty' At which he who wills may. d
70 tratser Aerp, aa Ia all othur parts OF tAln q
odel city. mon arc kept constantly employed TO b
sure perfect ueAtress, aud tho comfort Of aIl
q hcrsoH uudor their ohArga; WAlo all modern '
plovealonta for the health and woll.beiug OF v
Q Animals. and tho caso OF tho vahtoles, are Y
nyan1ently 1t hand, y
The pians for ono little church arc already In d
~ and others Will doubtless be built But. O.
til thtH ia tue caae. special trains and atapog o.
= WIN 1fu tIHA kr.fF