The morning call., 1892-01-17

ST. Pstricks Cathedral, one Of the taIlest
and .st magnificent edlhceS on the couu-
uent, is here
In Central Park is the silent obeIisk.
Nearu stands the Metropolitan Museum,
tile largest ana finest In tile United states,
and stun i'm It's infancy.
Ne are apt 20 speak Of, or perhaps enjoy,
things by comparison, yet in none Of these
things can tie idea IF comparison enter
Everybody is perfectly familiar with pict-
ares IF the Statue of Liberty, and every
body knows that ii is made Of plates # cop
uer nearly an inch in thickness, cUHously
and Iu-eulCU5ly Tiyeted % q steel frame
work. DO such manner that expansion and
eHTlukt-e from heat ct cold can never iulure
It's proportions We know, too, that it
stands on Bedi0e Island and rises 800 feet
from the waters edge. We are familiar
with the uH.aTed support the granite
foundation and unique arrangement OF the
walls or rampant iucioslug IFS base. But Ia
spite Of the knowledge y0U cannot be pre-
pared for the grandeur VI It's colossal pro-
portions OF magu.doeHce OF lie pose Of the
figure.
Bedloe Island lies a. little less than A mile
and a Half south OF The city, and has been
leveled of till It forms a most appropriate
base. The view from either the jersey fer
Iies or Brooklyn Bridge IS good : bat the best
view. the most impressive, is from the deck
Of the wLeeZy little Jersey boat which takes
You to the statue. " heu about halfway
over your gaze Is not disturbed by the detail
ol workmanship, and the elegance OF the
whole design is most striking, a nearer view
but brings into notice the detail work
MANY views Of the Statue Of Liberty are
very incorrect giving the idea that IL faces
the city. and that the left arm Is uplIf,ed,
while, Of course, the opposite is true.
IHAra q "a nIpfuTas If
tie Brooklyn Bridge also. The conclusion
is drawn that the pictures have been taken
from drawings made, perhaps, before 1t
was finished, and. certainly photograph
would necessarily be correct.
Through the TWO arches on each side OF
both towers the railroad tracks run. 40 feet
from the ground; above them is the prone
made. siEt en- feet wide between tue piers
anu twice as wide n the approaches. On
each SIDE Of the trains, and halfway be-
tween their road-bed and the promenade,
are the U9adways.
Two cable-traus Of three cars each are
constantly crossing each way, the fare
being but ) cents. i lac wagon traffic is in
Cessaut. while thousands OF fOOt-passengeTS
are on the move constantly; yet there is
not the least vibration, The span IS more
tHan a third Of d mile long, and the total
length more than a mile.
q block is required at each end to allow
room for the necessary Offices, cable ma
Cunery, and entrances to the rOadways and
promenade. The cdbe-carS run out upon
piers until they connect with the elevated
railways on either end.
Under each approach, which necessarily
extends several blocks into each city, the
vast traffic q The water fronts of both cities
continues, ferry docks are underneath,
elevated trains carry their thousands. a
hundred feet below, as you peer over the
railing, stTeet-CaTs are still under them, and
men look like pygmles through the smoke
and CRIME Of the city. East River is filed
with shipping, and only the two very talIest-
mast.d vessels 10 the world lower their top
masts TO pass under the bridge and they
were built to defeat the erection Of the
bridge. The space between the bridge and
tie water at high tide is l38 feet
On the New York side you can almost
look into the Tribune windows. The pub
IeatiOn house OF Harper Bros is below on
the left at Franklin square, and you leave
or enter the bridge entrance about the
center OF Newspaper row. L is the greatest
marvel Of engineering skill on the CONT
nent, or more, IN the world. As has been
suggested Il might well be added 10 the
list making eight wonders OF the world.
Count de LesSFps says that the vibration
viii not make Itself perceptible IN 500 years
The elevated railways were described in
the last letter. and next IN the list of things
distinctly Of New York IS ST. Patrick 5
Cathedral. DlagOnaiy opposite to the
Vanderbilt mansions, IL occupies almost the
highest point Of land in the city and is
nearly in the center of Manhattan Island.
There is no building like ii in America; 10
spires, except Trinity, SO tall.
1t is of white marble, with magnificent
windows. each window being a memorial
window, the gift Of one Of the paTishiOners.
The exquisite carved exterior is set of by
giant girders of marble, reaching TO the
crown Of the ROOF.
The two pJudeT0us marble towers, both
carved in the most gorgeous manner, sweep
gracefully skyWard over 800 feet above tide
water. The interior is chaste and simple
in design. -Four rows Of columns, six feet
ia diameter, rise 30 the vaulted ceiling On
either side, above the inches. the windows
shed their gracious lights, 10 touch a fiuted
coInice or rest upon the pulpit built
around a column and sheltered beneath a
delicate marble canopy or floods the mag
nifcent marble altar, bringing into relief
every bit Of the elaborate carvings.
Five inches are on each side Of the build
ing. to be filled with affairs; two are already
finished and two are being carved. The
floor is Of white marble blocks. the whole
interior of the same. The imported marbles
used in the carvings are set IN place in the
inches, and the skiful artist works out Tie
designs in the quiet Of the cathedral.
In the rear Of the cathedral, on the corner
of Madison avenue, on Fftleth street is the
white marble palace Of the Arch bishop, and
next to it the rect0Ty, the TWO occupying the
block.
In the immediate vicinity there are noless