The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-22
IN NEW YORK.
Some Of the Sights Seen by
Elder Stevenson.
NEW YORK. June 14th 1854

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of Canadian atmosphere, for short
life in New York, and when once
my mind was made up to do SO, the
exchange was effecled in eighteen
hours, from London, Ontario, Cans
ada to this place. $50 miles. This
does not compare very favorabIy
with ox~time, and the pony express
of the days of the first settlers OF
our mountain home in Utah. Utah
Is pretty well represented this morn
ing at the Grand Central Hotel, on
Broadway, James III. Hart, our
emigration agent, d. g. Dunbar
and bride, on their bridal tour, who
are 80 well known to THE HERALD;
also Mrs. J. G. Richardson and her
daughter, Mrs. II. S. Beattie, Jr.,
and we all feel as though it wss
good to be here at this beautiful
season OF the year. Yesterday
elder Joshua Hawks, of Idaho, late
missionary to the Southern States.
and one Of the guests OF this house.
left for Boston on one Of the besuti-
full steamers Of the Boston
line which WAS crowded with
passengers who were waved
away by the great throng
| Of anxious spectators, while the ma
jestic steamer proudly steamed out
of the beautiful bay in plain view of
Castle Garden and Governors
Island, guiding her way through
the vast and grand variety of
vessels from the ocean steamer
down to the smaller craft and skiffs,
all of which are to be eeen floating
as by magic, and to be gazed upon
at one view. Turning the eye land
ward, we see the live moving mass
OF animals, creatures of every class
and grade, crOwding, jsmming and
blocking the way; here a policeman
with raised club to clear the way,
footmen nearly crowded and
trampled under foot; there another
policeman seeing that dray
damned against the street Car is
detached, while others in the lam,
with drays laden with oranges and
other luxuries. swearing because
they cannot move along. All this
New York life is only to be seen to
leave an dellible and lasting inn
preston en- a visitor. The sight
seeker may spend a full week in
visiting the many attractive sights
and scenes of New York, and then
find that he las just made Begin
ming. Our party, guided by Elder
Hart, visited the grandest bridge
in the country, the Brooklyn suS>
pension, with it's two trains Of street
cars, propelled by cable, one of
each running each way, and con.
slant stream of people being on tn e
move.
The great mass Of steeples tower.
ing up from the structures Of every
sort and class as far as the eye can
see, looks wonderful. AS we are
viewing tbs sight an horrible COLI
umn OF Black, curling smoke and
fame SO often 70 be seen in this and
other cities only shows us how good
and great servant is fire, but how
fearful master it is. 4 900 BAR
RELS OF OIL is IN THE CoNFLAGRA-
TON.
A few miles street car ride
brought US to one of the most beau
tiful cemeteries that our eyes ever
beheld in America. Greenwood
Cemetery contains 45o acres Our
guide, however, said there was in
reality in the entire enclosure $50
| acres. On the let of May, 1884,
there were 1852 burial lots, the
total mum Der of interments at that
time being 223,657, the first being
made on the fifth day of September,
1910. Three and three>fourth miles
Of water>pjps from the Brooklyn
city waterworks supply fifty-seven
hydrants for drinking and irrigation
purposes. It has eight lakes, seven
teen miles of subterranean pipes
connected wish the sewer pipes, and
1918 receiving basins. There are
five entrances, twenty miles OF car
rage avenue, and seventeen and a
half miles OF footpath. Our guide
called our attention To the Oldest
vault, that of RaY. DR.. Scndder,
rather old style compared with G.
z. Garrison's Oriental tomb, on a
beautiful hill, costing $50. coo.
Again, Niblo's vault is most beauti-
full; 200 was left to keep it and
surroundings in repair. Professor
Morris's monument is also conspic
uous. Old Maids Plot is also
noticeable; five sisters are interrf d
here, all old maids. their ages
ranging from 100 to III years.
Locust Hill has its bronze bust
of Horace Greeley, erected by the
printers of this country and other
friends On one side is q pen and
scroll, cut in the granite. On Bat
tie Avenue is a circular lot, where
los unre recognizable bodies are buried.
victims Of the Brooklyn theatre
fire, December 3, 1876 AS We pass
over Fern Avenue We have beau
tiful view Of the Bay of New York,
with Staten leland AMI New Jersey
in the distance. sitter crossing East
River Oh d ST, AN fer,y anu Vlsitiu G
some friends AM counting up miles,
by elevated "a lroad, boat ana on
foot, we were rather sI lrised TO see
it. foot up thirty mi es, sll Of j. be-
irg in the city of New York.
EDWARD STEVENSON.