Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A CITY IN THE AIR oNEE The
RIVER NOT l2fPKOBABLG.

growth jny.alth was not greatly retarded
nv the business depression. For the
twelve months ending Dec. 81, last, the
yalup oftbe citv's real estate, according
70 the figures 81 tue assessors, increased
So 100000. TIE gain was greater IN some
nreyious years, but $37.0o0,000 Is not bad
Tor dull times. The steady and rapid
growth Of New York ia not fully known
BIZ NV Workers themselves. Very te"
OF them have any idea of how asst the ne"
part OF the city, the section north OF HA'-
lem river, Is filling up. That secuon Is
about as large as the original Manhattan
island, and much ~ mt IS now as closely
butt as Harlem was ten years ago he
stream Of humanity flows steadily INTO
New York from all parts OF the world,
and will probably continue 10 DO 50 untl
the CITY becomes the metropolis OF the
globe. The only possible limit 10 this
growth is that fixed by the natural lay OF
the land and It's water surroundings.
Some who are enthusiasts respecting the
ciLy's future, however, say there VIII
be q plan some day 10 arch
over the East river, lay out streets ana
build nOuses on a vast structure support
ed bv piers and cables--as the Brooklyn
bridge ls-witnOut interfering with navi-
cation. and make New York, Brooklyn
and Long Island city single ctty-tne
largest in the world. This may seem a
visionary scheme, but so did the Brooklyn
bridge when i was frs' proposed. IL
should also be borne IN m nd that II any
one mad said twenty years ago that tamil
lies would nOW Oe living on the top hnur~
OF ten-story buildings ne would nave been
considered decidt dly of N his own upper
story.
ANOTHER LAND CLAIM.
The latest claim for "a big slice OF some
Of the most valuable property mere in be-
half OF imaginary heirs 70 q estate,
comes All the way from Nebraska. ami Is
uresentfd bv q woman. She il Mrs. Bit
tenbender. the vile of r Nebraska law
yer, and is herself limb Of he law. IL
is IN this capacity tnat she appears as
claimant. she says she represents about
200 scendant> OF John VI rcer. VINO
iOurished Ia revolutionary times, who, ac-
c9rdin. to ntr stony, leased large piece d
land in New NorA 10 the United states
over a hundred years ago, for nlnety-nine
years The lease having expired, the
land now belongs 10 Mercer's descend
ants, Mrs. Biuenbender saws aud they
must yet IT,, or she shall know the reason
why. IL is all IN the neighhorho'd OF
Mercer street. which was named after
N ercer, and is now covered win costly
buildings. Mrs Bttenbender declines to
saw now she expects TO recover THIS prop
erty tor the Mercer heirs, bat she has come
TO New York To see whal she can do about
it. The Mercer heirs could make more
money by saving wood IN their wild west
ern Businesses than by fighting for this
property, but il probably woull not be
safe to pers Dally inform Mrs. Bitten
bender to that effect. She Is about 80
years old and has line head o. hair She
will have to become baldheade AMI wear
out many wigs before She can pu5 her
clienls In oSsesslon
NEW WORKS. ExTRAvAGANCE.
New York's millunsires are becoming
more and more reckless in their waste
OF money as the years roll by. The city's
Inhabitants, perhaps, are less aware OF
this TACT u al those Wlo live at dis
tence. The mLliOaaires live ike 50 many
princes, snd even a king would rejoice IN
the splendor of their houses. Gould Keeps
up several different esta lishments and
the machinery Of each runs, ike clock
work. All the time. James Gordon Ben
nett does the same. de might come any
night and 20 70 bis elegant mansion with
out moments warning and Ord-r mis-
usual evening dinner. The butler and
the cooks would serve il up as easily and
with as little STIR as though ut hal been
living in New York the year round. and
he would tud the fires burning in every
room. ard the house bearing all the com
q -
Tiden, for instance, who is still
living at Greystone, has his
house on Gramercy Park in
this city kept up SO that it is ready for
his occupancy the moment his fancy
turns this way. such royal living has
nor been known since the DAYS OF Cali
gula. There are a hundred others here
as worthy of mention in this connection
as those already named.
Mrs. Tburber's opera company. thanks
N The Ifberallty and public spirit OF Mrs.
Tburber. it has been demonstrated thai
the most classical operatic works Of the
worlds greatest COMPOSERS can be sue.
cessfullv rendered by American singers
under American auspices. Whatever
tendency to criticise The new company
was aroused bv the production of tsThe
Tanning of Tue Shrew' has been complete.
" neutrallzed b, the palpAble hit the or.
ganiZation mas made in WaEner's ''Ln-
hergflu Inc WORK has oeen better rem
ueied In TINS cry "g ne hands % only one
oompany--ah ORGANIZATION "hich was
compostd o' the greatest singers III the
woro a. thdl lme' christine
NILSSON was the "tl77, Campanl-
~ the Loueh-IIl,, Oait lhe 'Oftu.i'
horeI me NM, oei iuenle the lei
rhmuhu' "a uZlo l,d Tue orchestra, and
theIe was me chofus' ana tae scenery