Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-16
NEW YORK FROM THE BAY.
How tho City Looss from an Incoming
Steamers Deck.

How the City Looss from an Incoming
Steamers Deck.
If that eminent English observer who
visited America in the primitive fortie.
could then write so beautifully of the
grandeur of New York as it appeared to
him when the packet on which he was
passenger emerged into noble bay,
''whose waters sparkle. like natures
eyes turned up to heaven" what could
he not say now of the glorious metrOpo-
lis? Then there lay stretched out be-
fore him confused heaps of buildings,
with here and there only spre or
steeple looking down upon the frame
and brick work below. and here and
there. again. cloud of hazy smoke. and
in the foreground forest of ships
masts, CHEEKY with tapping sails
and waving flags. Then there were
fcrry-boats laden with people. coaches,
wagons, baskets and boxes, crossing
from shore to shore, and never idle and
stately among these restless .insects"
were two or three large ships moving
wish slow. majestic pace, as creatures
of prouder kind. disdainful of their
puny journeys, and making for the
broad sea.
How magnitied now is this picture
that even then was lovely! To the eve
of the passenger up the bay on bright
October day first breaks through
the veil of distant obscurity a
broad channel. with sloping banks ON
either side. dotted with pleasant villas
and made refreshing by turf and trees.
Then looms into view that di>mantled
relic of the late rebellion and its silent
old yellow fortification. And then ap-
pearcd the Battery, with numbcrless
craft of sail and steam sweeping around
it from the North into the East river
and from the East into the North river,
and with towers innuinerablc and smoke
impenetrable making its background.
Thinking upon the ear is the rattle of
cOr,lage, the clark of capstans and the
joyful singing Of whistles, while above
all is the roar and buzz of the traffic on
heard. Old slant-roofed dwellings have
been displaced by the colossal Produce
Exchange. the gigantic Mills building.
the tall Field building and the solid
looking gray stone barge Office, with its
jaunty revenue flag affording a bit OF
color; and as relief to all this aspect OF
commercial life are the spreading green
trees with which the Battery park
abounds. The great bridge stretches
away in the distance, joining the two
cities of New York and Brooklyn, and
in the opposite direction are the big
docks and elevators of the great railroad
lines that bring produce to the port for
distribution throughout the world
At night'the scene is doubly enhanced
by the brilliancy of electric ights. From
the bay nearly every building is percep-
tible in steelv light. and the waters Of
the rivers dance with the myriad If re-
Elections. One evening. not long since.
the full moon was observed rising over
tho bridge. 1t looked as big as the city
han clock. and was the color of pump
kin. As it rose higher and higher from
the horizon one of the bridge lights ap-
peared directly in its center, looking
like huge diamond in an immense
gold setting.-N. y. Herald.
The Emperor Of Anam uses large
and deep pond Of water As safe 70
money and valuables. The money not
in:ended for use is placed in the hol
lowed ont trunks of trees, which are
thrown into the water. To keep away
thieves and prevent the King himself
from beng tempted to draw upon the
reserve fund with ,ut sufficient cause, a
number Of crocodiles are kept in the
water. their presence and the certainty
o: bting eaten alive acting as a whole
some restra.ner and Insuring the So
curly Of the royal treasure in . most
etfettual manner.