Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-07-10

day. They make the ground moor Oh nae
row street look like tuDrn1
ands OF suits for ~
yet pc .s
.,deWalks and the streets crowded,
people were coming 'fn great gangs from all
directions like Teeters' hounds, and we were
sure something had happened somewhere,
and mentioned the matter to the first Blue
coat we came to, but he didn't seem 10
think so, SO we went on to the hotel we
had selected and got our breakfast.
Then we thought we would start out by
locating ourselves and went across the
vay and up Park Row to the World or Pu-
litser building and got in the little round
and dark elevator, and were yanked up 10
the top of it-and what view one has
from there-New York, Brooklyn, Jersey
and half dozen smaller cities; the homes
and workshops of four million people; the
Hudson, East river and the bay, the ship.
ping and the steamers, the wonderful
bridge and the surrounding country make
a panorama unequalled on this Earth
When we were boy We climbed up the
iron ladder to the gilded ball on the top of
St. Paul's and got some glimpses OF Lon
don through the fog, and we have seen
Washington, Paris and other inland ano
seaport cities from heighth, but from no
heiehtb can one See so great variety OF
the works of Nature and of man as from
the top of the World building in New
York. The building itself is but little high
or than some of the adjacent ones, though
it is thirteen stories high, but the ir5n
dome, $50 feet higher, puts the ightseer
who ride up should walk down, and see the
printing offices, the restaurants and the
handsomely furnished Offices.
Our next sight was the Brooklyn bri1gee
you 20 up stairs, pay three cents, and
ride over. The cars are propelled by cables
and there are two trains going all the time.
We walked back over tae footway whlch
rises above the cages through which the
cars pass, while the driveways are on
either side. This bridge is one OF the
wonders of the world-that is one OF the
wonders made by man-and as its Chief
engineer was q Butler county Dutchman,
a citizen of this county can take local
pride in it.
A visit to DR.. G. on his steamer, ride
up Broadway, dinner at an up town restau-
rant, and walk up 5th ave. to the park
and back finished the first day for us, and
two tired fellows one of whom had not
slept in the cars. were glad to get to bed
All the big hotels of the city, with few
exceptions are now run on what is called
the European plan-that is you pay at the
desk for your room, and in the restaurant
or dining room for what you order, the
price of each dish being printed on the bill
Of fare, and you eat when and where you
please.
A noticeable feature of all the restau-
rants, both down town and up town, is that
they bring you hot, boiled milk for your
coffee, and If you try it you will hnd that
the hot milk makes better combination
with the coffee, than either cold milk or
cream.
A Pittsburger will also notice that the
BARRIERS use no sponges, and If you mention
the matter, the barber will guess where you
are from.
The down town Offices and the whole
sale stores close at 6 o'clock, and then that
part of the town becomes comparatively
quiet, and the life and movement is trans
ferred to the vicinity OF Madison square.
two miles up Broadway from the p. o.
where mort Of the big hotels and places Of
amusement are. If you are there in warm
weather take your dinner at up town res
taurant-the prices are nearly the same
everyvhere-and reed your evening paper
in Madison Square. It's nice.
Lower New York, with its immense Office
buildings on Broadway from Battery Park
up to the vicinity of the p. 0. and on Wall
street; the elevated railroads which are
constantly carrying vast throngs OF people,
particularly in the morning when they
come in and in the evening when they go
out is a mechanical wonder; and upper
Broadway and 5th ave. with their numer-
ous large and elegant hotels, the palatial
club houses and residences of the million
airs, is an exhibition of wealth and gran
deur beyond the imagination of one who
has no..- seen it. The most magnificent
hotel we looked into was the Plaza near
the 5th ave. entrance Of the Park, and you
cannot see how they could stuff more
more in one building, the vanderbilt resi-
dences are grand and some of them rather
gloomy looking; st. Patrick's cathedral-a
marble structure built in the shape of
cross-is beautiful, inside and out; and the
Grand Central depot, from the bridge over
the street back of it. from where one can
see them making up and starting out trains
for all the northern parts Of the country is
an interesting sight for boy.
Sunday is q great day in New York.
There are lots of churches there and part,
at least, of the immense population goes
to church in the morning, but far greater
part, we judge, 20 out OF town that after
noon. Transportation is the only cheap
thing about the place; the fare on the ele-
vated, or a." roads, as they call them,
for one block or the length of the line,
eight or ten miles, is a nickle; you can go
to Coney Island and back for 40 to so cts.
according to the route you take, and there
are dozen of them; you can go to Long
Branch by steamer and back same day for
| rs cts; you can 90 hundred miles up the
Hudson and back, or as far up Long Island
Sound and back for rs cts. or dollar, and
besides this there are excursions to country
places, and everybody seems to go some
| where, Sunday afternoon. We went to
Coney Island After late breakfast and
look over the morning paper, we went
down to Pier No. l, Of the North or Hud-
son river, which is just above the Battery
Park or Castle Garden; one crowded
stesmer started out just as we got there
and we had to wait half an hour in the
second story of the pier for the next one;
and the pier was soon full Of people, some
of whom amused themselves at the drop-a-
nickle-in- the slot, catch-penny, devices that
are being spread all over the country; then
the steamer came and we had O delightful
ride down the bay, through the narrows,
and to one Of the great piers built out into
the sea from the beach of the island.
The sun was hot, and we walked along
the beach with our coats off to the fashionable
East End "0riental" hotel, where the
prices are put high enough to keep the
common herd away, then we rode back by
the elevated railway to the Manhattan
hotel and beach, where hundreds of people
were dining and a few bathing, and then
back by public railway, to the West OF
Brighton beach, where all the circuses,
restaurants, concert halls and all the catch
penny devices you have ever heard of were