New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-28

aeV OF goods for most Of kept what we're then
called medicine cTosfery
was great object the jObbers TO have one o. I
60 Iat thew could induce Them to come TO Their onS
trade Most q 1 Ss S 90 he sCnod those son
on schooners and briggs TO ports rom M, ~ S"tSls The
SSea being the CITY which occupied the
block Broadway near W., Ir% nT SoaHt'essp and
BnnSer's near the Bowling Green Tgese perloGical
Re % sS1cs most Of ne sne
months Of Fall The Winter ana sumner ~" f wT1S when
10 draw customers aud Is soS a: The Nc Osc6 by ce
the rivers and hnrbors OF me so9mn %v'e o''S' ~
Pearl-st. almost as quet as Sunua!'
Nr.p,y ALL THR CITY BELOW CANAI-Sr.
Yau will remember that New-YOrk was then com
earativcly small city. with population OF eSs 'D,
100000 One-fOurth the present size OF ChcnRo' Ia
extended very little above Canalst MOST VI '"O
80 ,rora he,ov Chambers on the North River hut Cd
the East River there were many up a. Idl "' -,
and Rutesrs-sts The most OF the merchants anu l~
Nes NJ wealth lived IN the lower part OF 'he 'o" rs
reenwch below Chambers and ON cross streets "eS o
sroaSwoy from the Park the Battery Many y R F,i
sbSvts in PoarI.st lived their stores anu JOIN
Cola m S5 cf TSrG years Hsu ue" @
uear my present. Office Then that coca I,an, M nJ 9
pLe"cneoc r p andeces. stores occupy Tie
rcSs o. tc sale OF that church two others navr neen
erected. The most nshon S Epondwoy and Green
S'cn to Cvrtandt II IS interesting anh ns u", vs. SV
hnh OF dne n Te,o eyr oassed
I,sert ienox Stephen Wnitncy. James e. gus ; D
Isans DE- PeyFIcr Pierre Irving Gi'eon Ice, the 1i"
iands, A>mnWalls and many ONES "'o ""''
T,n currhes we've tleu al downtowr-he od WI
street" Grdsn 6 s5FSet ? In3 anu si PAUL.
SGrsee Cedar street" the old Briek liberN,4
MSma1 and then lar npo ST a. ils
nd Metnodis! Church ~ J9sm, :t Was the Bioome
iraef" standing between lin and Centre my tt p
h,iSry apOinted select iocationt ne at az ' Fy
time Inc entire ,ran2 I iHI pcdnS Of the WIFE,
pee Was very los aud he fct nat the b., 6GdS 6" ! e
SnHrGn %U"iv "nld nav tn cost the ehuich But the
T fsst Of the commte f it was So Tar uptown That
'nSrf T &oaseEsGR Tl"6 E 3n2
1Ip'a a The BoWery tcrr we're eight new tWo,.i"ly
te nonos Just aisned % By 40 feet and thre or
i% nd each SSd 500 agar and wlsn ngM 5nr
nsneG co MI aCrd to marry in those DAYS had the
curiosity call short time S,nce iI ae t 1d Seen
Tednced and he was row paving but Tlo91 ~ boTse
him only inquired Tom G I, 10 as WIG" "''
WAS ne ", paid Just one -nlIh VI tiat'
.pprIpASCE OF THE STREETS IN THOSE FAIRLY DAYS
Think Of New-YOrk without gasl At that time me
street lamps were few aud far between oi'ch eu WIN
moor oil and badly trimmed. They locked on car
n,ebt like so many ghtniugbugs' ana III "lhter "ou
tor on entirely out before morning In 1928 the hTsl
paslichts were introduced by the New-HorK Gas Con
pany, which had contracted to hght peoW Oa''uie
In 1884 the Manhattan Company obtained the eon'rac
ye how our citizens cOnd get on without gas ana Se
IL WAS much safer walking tue streets then tha now
Crime WIS MOI 60 rife ap9 TrmSmSer Was Committed b.
tailor Of the name Of gGsSsG e 4nd i the
hs arrest trial and s3%n now pop
the city en- yacnh for months We seldom opel
our morning paPer now Tish solao sne
TSere we're in hOse DAYS 6qt t9s aT Ter
a few waichmen, who came on soon aItet uaTh ahH
1atr"Iei The streets till near daylight. Their rounds
wero so arranged that ty lade one eaS Ini ~ re
times ON the curb, calling foe example Twelve
ococE apd all ws IN n geby ye esSi now Ss
orr streets were kept cleaner than now since eTGry
Sns MAS 70 4Ss GG Of The street
passing on regular Gays ana cS Ionnd coec
from tie tub half barrel Placed IN che nF'S
There Tn vs %sFo u tnSB 'pf f swine
Glasses tina. .re eTST'FG Ss f %a
CLAIMED , tse in sp tie of law and thu
for the In m sse d vfy yG S Htfs
public ssSs ta1%sTs ' frsm DY isand
RED their milk large TN cS cans suspends serve
soa YOKE mix from but aner It was sometimes said Tia
thew stopped t. wash their at the corner rumn
ASOnsn IN the sasSSn s for tear f that
nigh, chains be Drawn Ga"f the on d
taken S s catns such
pnt Filth Nodonf ,SeS now t oroduoed IN,
me rity and but two three at tine time to wnich
and tSGs %rf The @eS children U
instructed AT hume in the catcchism: and "a man
noon in tho session,room TO the pastor ana elders, 49,
Our wonderful system of public schools has all bee
Developed since the time OF which hleas. 49,. ~. . m
Thr battery the great pon' OF attraction as a co
and delightful promenade ana VI te warn III sCT raos W.
kcp clean and and the walks N perttci ornei
i i0TnS G Saed the FaF.lS ay9 an Gs.ryatoGy
the top, and above IL ways Wayed me oatv" m'I
eyentn4 enliyencd the scene, and the grounds vel
crowded Gite Of the city var as p1itS m
gentleman fake walk gu the Battery us now 10 oe !
Ved drive in The P'rK and on saFG@Ss 'ne cs J
Garden was then fort wili earIiSGni al We guar
rsrapet and before the gate leading from TIE Batter
across the draw bridge, to the Fort: ,n r.ro w
few private carriages. venture to say THAT there We
then ,wenay St f fSc Tos very fT e use
one; there pleasant drives out OF the CITY
old wax SsTy dusty and there were atra
tons The old Boston road where are now tne D0me
broadway were the only roads for pleasure travel a.
used by gentlemen who nTeo IN we Esp Riq
from hat is now Elghth-si. up TO point opposite ii
Gate on the SOG'h STT sha say from what ~
Fourtl-st up 20 Eg1tiethSI
THE OLD AND THE NEW WATER SUPPLY.
In nothing, perhaps, has there been more bel
ac,al change than in the item Of water T
formerly was supplied by public pumps at the C
nara of blocks far apart; the water was brackish
very hard and poor; there were some springs IN
upper part Of the oity where wells had been sunk a
pumps erected by individuals. Ihis water was TAX
about the oity large casks similar 70 those no" uh
for sprnhlng the streets and painted IN large letters
Che end &" Tea Water" II sold at Q cents VI
Resides this, the Manhattan Company wac charter
with banking privileges TO supply the CITY Win wal
by boring snd pumping Into taq6S rSm s9e TS&
wooden pipes laid 20 many dwellings, put !