New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-07
LONG ISLAND THEN AND NOW


New YORK nus ness H1'h '7 "' IL.
fora'y in a train { lat was N"'"',"- ~. -, -
stead Plain. Long Island '"'S .''' - 49,.
,.ti,.,,srcrt ifs ether great sandy desert or
else il is covered with scrub oaN OF p''''
tat.1 bv forest fires. Tho railroads seem 10 run
through bac, yards all the way ,,,.'.. avon,
vision is too far from the coz u """" wv"
,I,,nn 2 Of ifs Ica1tics go b" clngAt. An" 40 w"
know that the main lihc was """' -;
idea of accommodating or dcvcop'AH ''' '''''" ''
o,v vav' II wa. mic Idcd so'eF '9 " I'''', ~
slnrtcuinc tlc tiuc To- Boston. That was away ""'N
ia tio f,rti,. Fast train, were run 10 'I''"I''''
and from there boats ran to Boston. II seems an
,ll .,i.,n, now. doesn't i:f don hh'" TO-"
homo that lime wa, kept running bat IN Time u WAS
abandoned. Well asl was saying th'i' was il"
1.,,,,l,, or Long Island itself When the road was
laid ont: and so II wa b''' W ".I' I'll. ~
.'., o,.il,. and chclrlv. and il runs through a
,,,,l,I,. upattractiye stretch of country Tor thc
,.,s,, ,r,
A. .ou ,o, Iluoy III about Long Island. !
Imam. f., r,,,, , toZ. IVas born down here NJ
r,h,lo, ,rlli,cl thcr. tl' was twenty-five years
',l. ,rb,, wont into business in Nev-loih. !
...,,b,t ,.,s heinz don" 10 hulld mp Now
-. ,,I ,..,,, to fire conclusion That the same
,,,i.,lt Zoe done for Long Island If the iFht
'''"'- 49,, rn,t ,,o. tiiriv-flrcc wears 1ro.
tlt.' como t.i1 If' i''l I'' NI''.I
~ .....,,r. ,,,,plc used to have 10 drive
,,,., II,rr.t,ld which was as far as the railroad
'',' ..l,ortlc island then. Many % time
t,,....r, tl,,. from Babylon carly iu the
"'' ...,'r and ,.,i,,, over Hampstead Plain
u''''''- l.i,t..,,1 ,. nlr from civilization
" ,,.it..,, q, fl, centre of Russia.
-, -, Iu,cJ ono wear i'm jamaica and
N'''' l,,c br,n showed IN ou the curve
'''''' ,,...,.ii. ooc tip,, / hal to STAY i'm New
U'' '''' .ti..,, ...t t,,,,,,. ..,, ,,..
York three days w''N-' ''''
... ! ,,, .l,ud ia go flint in most places
'"' - l. ,,.,,,,L. ,lu,n.t ns hntd
ANA II pics SNOW wv "" ' ,,.. t ,i...t.
,,4 etou, IN those dJNR thtt didn nlN' "" 'IP'-
,, ,,,. ~, ,., unv int clearing away SNOW.
... ,i,.u, ,,,tl pll dut vi.h thnycls set.
Tina, I'M, track rlrir and then that night ~ Nnnu
an d,,o .,p,in.
/" The Uiliund " ''rm ui Long iHl'"" WIS "'' u.''
nou1etl until within the hi irN N'hIH NI''l
h.t, IL, rh,,lirl's hands n went under the control
of thr luppcnhr"hs, ah' lWA '''''' '''P WIZ
established and Nr shnrp mnunncd ti hnt now in
,,,L. ,.,,I,ir. il is ,l.iu., ,,oulrrs fDr the
W.T. ,.,.ti...,...i,,, 1h. N,,tI ei,l.
develop mrui oi Urrhl'i' l't'''' "' N.''' '''"'
and the south Side iuods u-td in I've unuei -'pa-
,t ,,,,,,..p,,ot Iut uov an the hiauthcs air tuu.
nv ,.,. o,,i ,,,,l t,,,,,,.
hoHrd N S'Rl' tn - -
inuel, iut the to'l ~ a' Ih''~" WV '@'ln" ~ -
vpu ,oeuaaud in c,rt, trsrrt tlr tood hcl i' 100
...t ..,,,titi,,. tho cate arc rl.lu comfortable
t''.' T., t.....t ..,,.., ,.,it,,.,l. IA.
aud As h"" ne can '' ''N'' WV WV, i'.l''' WV
trains uh tatilli aud on t'W". NIl iN' ''"n'l
.t.,r te,n tnnr ,r,ts aao. aud lhtn tuu4 i4inut
...lth....,, liu.t.nt uIin What "a 3D.. thu toi.
"'''' "a t.,.. u,.,lt.,, .t.,.,it u,,,.. ha,.
Wlhhs "' ''"'N '''Ni ''''r' W.
hten removed, and t,rA tn"tl hh"uIl nave htth
l. g., i,ii1 AL, tht ,,uth silr at tho Island liut
'.',..' ....,..l q, La,, tor.slrt ,no,i.h mr tins
h' one s''"' u" nav,
mtIl recently. WHAT id'h''' 'N'hN 'lm 'ulN
years ago B, coming T." ave rId,o now ~ h'u
ho,n Wise enough anu Iau h''l ''' ""'H y" "'' "ll
nay convictions lhthf N",'u u"N' n,'n " WY
Ioh man to-day. firt o'u "l hhu lH'l '"u"
have been h""rhl I"i p, "".' ','t ,," u, ,l',m GOV
cred WIN handsome l''I' Itu SV',''' ,,,,''I m
iakc tho region an""', ha'H "n men 81" ''-
pcrialN familiar WIN. 9N 'It",l AZ" ~ ONT
two or three rIllr- from lU' Iil .'' an" hH"N 3u
about that section an" ."n. lsl"n'cl %! II.'
fourth RrheI1ti"l i, ii WI nn.t Il O. ot ali I'M
generators a.. c'u,uiiotl,.r lf,.c1 nm
Dry UP anu ''"" nv - ,,'',r.-t rr'nir,tI.r di.d
n' ""I - , 'nii.tytwo. and mn father ~ living
N"'" Nv "" ,nYut ,..,....,f a .,u.,r man
at lh' .iIe "l 'I7,''f cfi &C. W,U tIr ,.S,tI ~
) i, q t,. ,,r,,i, -. 10. has been rn.try.l Ions
a. '.. ,.., ,ir,,e .,Io,,, treat south Bay from
ErIn, IN H.y ~Lor. or I,iipR ItI>a beautiful
.,n, Nou .ce any uu,uic of hcaLtI,u hou.o,
Iri't ON land that you could have BOUGHT fora
,,.t r,tta,s ON tl, lsland-uot the oo,tIie,t
r'''' .t.,I. nI land t..lt IlUouaueI over lu
% ,i.,,.. II ,,.,. owned Iy =. u1o, man. rs .l
,'' , 80. ,t mo i.s tiot, 4, ~ dn,. a..I fIe
,,.,,.i. liam. ,i-.d tn do Il tor hIn'
me- , tI, hitler o,,rIi'.I,t of tb, seat yrutllr,d
to ,l,'t " That thc l.ut imam -,t -ouD.hu- .ut ol
', ...',' ','.... H., -lr ,.,lno 90. tb. l1uI"
~ ~ ," r.,r.J ,,a. ,rI',. ,,,. i,ip, most
N'H'i IT, F'. Milky ',,. , IT,, -.
Oh t.o ~ ,,ii 49,. and .re ls, i.. it it,i
ht VS. 10" ."'',' ~ "I-' ''' ", t ~ '."
mi'h on '''.i' "''' 'i ,' .' ~ ''' 49,
IT," ''' ''"'" 80. H., ...,,.,i ,.,' ,., 49,. ~,
olI 2nn nI,Si & Semi r., & and , ~,
AMI ~ ..''.,,u md li,,. ON ~ ,.iiL Lr'
a,,t =, Lttl, ,ott ,.,D in E,nvlon rc,t du.r to
n,,e / hammer Ia own. Now. that cott4p. / nave
one H"P' ',, t',,'ii ,,, .d I , ''
""H'" 'Vt 80 - " ;'i, -, . '.a
"''1i r., - ,r.. ~ i.''-,
49,, l"I. .'t a. 49,. 49, .i : o. ~ '''
'Io1nH u a. Ill.,. XVIII, ,,',,,t ,.,,. nf $ I ~,
HlI 'l""I NJ. a." ""''' " ''""-' vi al Y"
u9 ~ ~ l'u t'ii,o, , rti about, ,l
changes which he had seen hcrr4bo~t. and h, re-
07 t, ft tL.t i'm t,,r,r,., i.,.. MONTY .,or,.
one day not long ago to look at somc land on VIII ch