New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-13
A VISIT TO PALO ALTO.
WORK on THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
HOW THE BUILDINGS ARE ARRASeEp-pn,xs


Following ere extracts from recent letter written
In San Francisco By Edward Gilbert Tyler. a son Of
Professor Moses Colt Tyler Of Cornell University de-
Scrbng visit TO Pao Alto and the site Of the STAN
ford University:
Day before yesterday went down to Palo Alto
ana spent five hours in driving about the region and
IN examining the various points Of interest The
drive down there from this city al present takes abot
an hour though Mr. Stanford as vice-president and
stockhoder of the Southern Pacific Railroad intends
TO have double track laid by autumn and 10 have
trains running between the two places every thirty
minutes. At present Pao Alto is merely station
without any settlement about 1t whatever on one
side Of the station binding lies the town site with
about 5000 acres Of level land laid out in blocks
much Of 1t covered here and there with fine old live
oak trees as Is most Of the surrounding country.
Ono gets rather good view Of the neigborng hills
and mountains from most portions Of it, well as Of
the Bay Of San Francisco, three miles away.
On the other side OF the railroad track lies the
university site, which comprises meny thousand
and is Of the general character as the rest Of
the country. The climate is good. There are no
fOgs, as it lies forty miles from the ocean,
and there not almost continual winds as IN San
Francisco. OF course there is no winter in the
Eastern sense. semtropica flowers blooming outdoors
throughout the year. and in general it has, far
can learn, much the same climate as that Of the
southern counties except that it is not semi
tropical.
We first drove to Senator stantord's country seat,
which Is q short distance from the station, and after
driving through the magnificent place, visited the
stables, which are vertsble city OF horses, calcu
lated to raise sporting man to the seventh heaven
II Is wilderness of stables barns corTals running
and trotng tracks, and beautifully laid roads. Here
visited the great Sunol Pao Alto and Electricity
In their stalls, where they were unbanketed for our
inspection For each OF the finer horses one trained
man Is kept in the stall continually. For the Others
one man for every two horses. In the many acres
Of grounds and in the hundreds Of stalls not speck
Of dirt or even soiled straw was visible The horses
themselves are kept in such a that their coats
are almost like mirrors aud ther finely formed muscles
and veins stand out in delcately marked outlines all
over them.
"Afterward we drove through several Of the other
great country seats in the neghborhood. There are
number Of these-the Hopkins's place, the Floyd's,
the DOnohues, the Goodalls-which far surpass any
thing ever saw all Of them many hundreds Of acres
in extent, some Of them thousands, laid out In the
most prncely way, with artificial lakes, tropical trees
and flowers clear and beautiful shaded drives where
the rose vines IN blossom grow TO tie very tops OF
the immense nve-oaks, and the trunks, some OF them
four or five feet in diameter. are hidden by the
ivy. At the Hopkins place, with rather French
TASTE as it to me, there is ruin part OF the
walls and Corlnthan columns Of temple that
formerly stood in Pompe, with ivy climbing up the
columns and broken slabs Of stone lying on tho
ground. The freight on this ruin from Italy cost
10000. This is a Western way Of calling attention
TO its aesthetic value.
AFTER seeing these plschs we drove TO tie university
grounds. They are many thousand acres In extent,
and will eventually include Mr.. Stanfords place The
buildings have been under construction for four years
The principal buildings are 10 be built IN the form OF
three ouadranclcs outside the other AT present
the inner quadrangle Is completed 1t is very large
the inner court laid in tropical plants IS 2'OX
Tirhf -fn In
only one story in height, with broken root covered
with red tles the whole in the general style Of the
early Californian missions with long eloStcrs on
the inner and the sides, the roof Of the CORRIDORS
benq finished in redwood arr resting upon hundreds
of finely carved stone pillars. one caA tHe'elorc
walk along all four sides OF the quadrangle e'ne'
unon the inner or the outer side, and be all OF the
t,ne in the fresh air but protected from inclcment
weather. The perspective, as one looks down any
one Of the closters striking the stone WORK Oh Ie
walls and on the columns being remarkably me
One would suppose that this immense bmldlhs
IS only one story in height, 1t would nave u"dile7
souatiy look, but owing to the towers az tue GU
frances and 70 the occasional uncvehhe'S o me Vol
II has not II is not ornate nor yet unduly pam IN
arcbitecture and the tiles harmonic beauuiuly Win
the delicate stone. Altogether, the building mas
local and Californian ar about IL that Ilinh i
worthy of admiration. The fact mat there arc 10
.ars n Climb will no doubt add to its convenience
as well as TO its comfort
Besides this building. there are now completed the
workshops Of the same style and height outside the
quadrangle and destined, suppose, 10 form a part
N The second quadrangle also the powerhouse' which
,etoad Of bcinr an cye-~Ore Is quite the opposite
it shaft Of white stone, nearly hi!dred feet h4Eh
serving a. chimney and the dUrmltnfy, also near tc
inner QUADRANGLE a bhdns of the same general sly II,
M thrcc stories in he Kit, II COn-dcFdOG OeddtJ II
is designed with every convenience lot Ic oluupH
who Arc 10 live there. The rooms are all large eaCh
heated by steam. with a large number Of l4tArooms,
elevators, and dining room finished IN me nl1st
rba cedar rs are ali the other parts OF the DluIl
no and with an immense fireplace IN the cehtIc
p0ou,s are TO he rented for Al 30 per week fer V"o
students board whic4 be OF the best qualify, IL
10 be - per week The price for rooms lncludes
washing Lights and heat: and the tuition IN the &c u
bose Tho i've In the buildings is to be free There
are very extensive vegetable gardens on tne pLAce
now which supply al OF the employees With me
resLcet and best vegetables and u1nt, as uey ihuef
win do in the case Of the students. go.
one cannot 80 over these grounds ana ouliuIhsa
without the feeling that senator otalto!u needs no
HIGHER cu!ocv than must uncOneciousy be pronounced
in t6e heart, of the people Of California when they
vicw this uIace. OF course for the first rev years
The university will have drawbacks to meet. There
/. almost nothing at present but the bare bulunss
md almost every thing remains 20 be done As SAID,
,bere T. not a houSc a hotel or shop in The future
town No doubt the will al come before long, for
II presents many attractions for the san franciscan
Who wish IN live IN the country and do business IN
Town Buildinc lots arc reasonable and are sold on
easy terms one good thing. when one comes TO thlnk
Of it, is that all property IS to he sold with INC
nrovIsiOu that II never shall be used for the sale OF
Hanoi one can feel assured that the undesirable
element viii steer clear Of such place"