New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-04

have control Of this city.
hear that Bill" scott remarked last week that II
they came TO comparing records railroad votes ID con
Grcs not Nathan would be LEI. to say thoa 't u'
man." or rather everybody would he al oncea Nathan
and David.
Tic Roosevelt Hospital i-near tho Junction Of
the two west .idc elevated railroads and opposite '' he
row Catholic church James IT Roosevelt endowed thi'
hospital Tie born well oa and WIN good real estate
here and il he hal married as he designed TO do toe poor
might not have had this asylum: bat after lie was GIu
aed and entered The ban stroke Of par1l IS prevented
Ms union with the lady OF hs choice and he walked OR
crutches for whole generation but while hc had inc
friendship Of the lac loved his books IN part sup
Piled her place aud when he died in 1868 he et hey I'm
annuy.an she became bis oxecutrE By mat 'IHa us
estate was worth almost a million and no" Is worth
much more II made the.prcsidens Of several elder IN
corporations the controllers ct his endowment TO the
Roosevelt Hospital His nephew, who would nave re-
ceved the most Of his property during lifetime sur
vived him little moro than month. and thepiopery re
vcrtcd to the hospital. The block Of ground cost
$4,000 fifteen years when the Tweed IinS was
SUI strong and the real estate boom high
Mr. JohnJay Knox who is to be president OF the BANK
Of the Republic spent considerable portion OF his HE ID
Minnesota and'has been I'm tho currency bureau OF Inc
treasury Department almost since It's beginning lie
ce'-fn real estate buyer I'm Washington up to the time OF
the great improvements in that capital. Mr. Todd the
father was New ENGLAND man who had hNed Iai'h III
the future Of the capital He mad two sons and daush
ter, aud his chief posterity is through .ir Knox MS
Knox was ten years ago probably the best OF inc IL"
lady yOcd!I5t5 40 The capital cty.
Brooks Brothers the clothiers, who have moved into
their large building on Broadway Madison Square
employ about 500 persons in that single edlhce Tie
population rising toward the top and the top they keep
as many sewers As they have on the premises lime
being important matter with men or the world Is
important tn have button changed or piece taken out
OF a new coat IN few minutes, and that Is why giving
work outside Of the house has its drawbacks.
At the Ffth-aye gate of Central Park the new store of
Park Tilford all finished eXteriory and why TINS
store should have deprecated property around It, as
say, Is strange because it is tasteful block The
great new hotel on FIfty-nnth-st., opposite the Park
gate has it, brown stone walls raised 20 the top OF
the basement II is TO he hoped that when this hotel Is
up, the nuisance of vagrant drivers OF Old carriages
soliciting visitors the Park, whose minds are otherwise
employed. will be checked If a stops for one mo-
contemplate the foliage and surroundings OF that
beautiful Park there upon him fellow something
between tramp and highwayman. with whip in his
hand and refuses to let him stand still and occupy his
thoughts but perpeay blocks his ideas with the word
kerrdge." The theory OF this bat is that nobody can
desire that Park unless in kcrridge The PARK
has its lows to one riding but its greater joys the
cOuple who need exercise and would look closely Inc
south line OF Central Park Is almost entirely closed
By buildings Lines OF houses also extending on the
west side aud are promoted by the opening OF the new
vaduct the Park to the Museum of Natural History
which has its park and that almost in order at
present and viii eventually be surrounded by gOod build
ngs In the rear large apartment house called the
Manhattan has been put up stories high and taking
IN "A whole block.
The Museum Of Natural History attracts considerable
number Of persons every day 1t nearly opposite the
Metropolitan Museum but divided from by the reser
vojr The organization Of The Museum Of Natural His
tory seems be excellent though should think that the
American BIRDS for example, might be separated and
their locality indicated At present oil the North Amer-
can ornithology is assembled without regard TO Locality
in our own country 1t Is said that the sinS OF BIRDS
and other animals perfected till the beginning OF
this century and that within few years past our New
York axdcrm,t, do as good work the French. When
An animal is made ready for stung the skull and the eN
tntes OF the legs and left to give natural ex-
resson and the moth Is kept ont OF the SKIN Oy arsenic
which also cures IT, The stuhng Is generally made With
tow and Irvine and the limbs kept I'm place by wires. As
one goes to Museum through the Park he can hear
many OF the birds he in quest OF singing alive on the
trees the trushes who put nj the head Of the
bid creation being the most highly organized Yet
our Own country is not very rich IN birds being too cola
-uccc or ouctvclh port Of the types. Of the thrush
family are found in oW country The true robin OF
America Is thrush while the robin redbrcast belongs TO
another family the carly settlers here having i>nancd
the thrush because he hal red color I'm him The
English sparrow plays about th" same part among the
American birds that we did among the American men
We first found here; the sparrow j. doing the whole OF
polite M I'm trees ami around the houses, and is as
noisy Ili,hman and lis party just from Dublin.
The new station ut WeoAawkeu is Of the largest
that has been erected about New-Iork, and the new
ferry boats, three in number, which cross to Forty
second st. are as large aud clean and swift any in orr
waters The tunnel through the Weehawkcn hills seems
very short and if the fun supply Of money had been bet
ter insured this ferry and system wond h@ve taken even
stronger hold than it has upon the travel IT is relief
TO many people TO come into Ncw-Nork 10y an up
town route aud avoid the tOtuous course and poor con
nccons OF the downtown car systems. lODSciYe That
very large and handsome apartment house Is almost lin
i,hed in Forty second-St near this ferry tIhe green
ears which run from this ferry to carry great num-
bers Freedmen, who In with their families ana
babies and bundles often wearing blouses, and doing
much to keep more fastdious people oil the cars. IL
seems that this might he ovated TO the advantage
Of the street company by starting some OF their ears
from the foot OF Thirty lourth-st which would then be
a. agreeable to 90 down Broadway to Madison and to
Union squares any Of the yellow cars on Broadway
short line between Onion Square and Thirty fourth-st
would chop of tho rough ends of the travel and at the
game price produce two grades of Passengers
Some years Senator Edmunds made summer eX-
curson down the IT. Lawrence River with one OF Ills
townsmen the landlord OF hotel ia Burlington Id
munds In early HE poor and the taNeGn-keepers
father had been his fathers landlord at farmhouse
near Burlington the Edmunds family II Is said occupy
lug the inferior portion OF the farmhouse The tavern
keeper grew MP and had plenty Of acquanances and was
pretty good politician and Of material assistance to MI
Edmunds when the latter had become tho most notable
lawyer in the State and showed turn for politics
When these two men went down the st. Lawrence
together they Western editor also on his travels
and the tayekceper taught his two friends how to play