The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-07-06
Correspondence of the News.
Letter from New York.
NEw YoRK. june 18, 1877!

NEW YORK, June 10, 1916.
Reached New York in the evening
of the 18th inst, and on my arrival,
fell into the hands (not of the Phil
istines, butt of kind friends, who took
care of me and accompanied me to the
points of interest that I wished to
see.
New York is compactly built, and
its massive structures are sandwiched
as close as they can be packed. Prom
inent among them are the News
paper buildings in Printing House
Squarse, the City Hall, that cost the
city $12, ,0OO,O 600 under eBoss Tweed"
and is still unfinished, the Post Of
fee, R. R. Depots, Hotels, Theaters,
Stewards Buildings, &c.
Took the steamer and ran down the
bay to Fort Wadsworth, opposite
Fort Lafayette, which guards the en-
trance to New York harbor. The
trip down the bay was delightful,
giving full view ..of the shipping,
the residences on the flights, and the
forts guarding the Narrows, brist
ling with cannon. Returned and ran
up East River past Blackwells,
Wards and RandalPs Islands, on
which the City Reformatory and 9th
er charitable institutions are located.
Landed at He'll Gate, where the
Government has been at work for the
last 7 years, trying to remove the OBJ
struetions in the channel. The U. S.
Engineers have sunk shaft on the
edge of East river, 100 #. square by
33 #. deep in the solid rock, then run
10 tunnels Is #. square under the
channel, varying from 1S5 to 300 #.
in length. With the aid of an um
brella and torch we were enabled to
explore the excavations. Il is the
largest work of the kind ever under
taken, and when completed will save
vessels going to Europe considerable
time, by taking the new cutoff.
Took the next boat to Aqueduct
bridge, which carries the water from
Croton River across the Harlem Riv-
er. 1t is a stupendous structure,
and IL years labor has been expend-
ed on it.
Returned by way of Central Park,
where we we entered one of the
Park carriages and rode down the
beautiful avenues, past fountains,
monuments, flower beds, &c. all kept
in perfect order. We soon passed
the ball-players and throngs of
promenaders, and entered what
seems to be a dence forest. After
half hours ride we came to an open
ing and caught glimpse of the lake
and reservoir, around which we cir
cled and made the rest of the trip on
foot, to the music stand, to hear the
band, where the whole city seemed to
have turned out for the occasion.
Art and Nature have been combined
to make Central Park lovely place,
and it is difficult to tell which excels
the other.
In the evening went to hear Gil
more's famous band of 100 perfor-
mers, in Barnum's Hippodrome,
which has been fitted up like a fairy
palace, with flowers, plants, foun-
tains, waterfalls, &c. The music
was grand, and the concert crowded.
The following morning took the
train and run down to Long Branch,
where we found the birds of fashion
beginning to flock into their summer
quarters and ''the sound of revelry
is heard at night" The place is de-
ightfully situated, on the beach fac
ing the Atlantic ocean. For 4 or 5
miles the beach is lined with large
and snowy hotels, and neat and pret
ty cottages, and it would be desira-
BILE place to spend the summer if the
hotel-keepers had any mercy.
I leave for Albany, Saratoga
Springs and Niagara Falls in the
morning. j. A. b.