New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-17
THE ELDORADO OF TO-DAY.
NEW. YORK'S NEWEST AND NEAREST SUM
MER RESORT
A PLACE OF MANY pnAsrs-TYrIcAL Nrw-YoRK

vISIT0RS-POINTs OF HISTORICAL INTEREST
II there be any virtue n favorable first impression
that virtue abldeth with the T. rtunes Of Eiorado
The Youngest Of Ncw-York summer resorts. The hrst
impression on the Is pleasing, for the name mas
q sOnOrous sonnd and romantic origin Inc hr''
impression the eye Is stimulation for the thousands
OF dancing lights OF every hue that tWlhiue ana
wink at the approaching visitor crown the brow Oh
the palisades with a rainbow more gorgeous than any
that Colonel Bryce ever chased down the weary pain
way OF a Presidential campaign
The genesis Of Eldordo and Its prcdominatins
characteristics may be figured ont In hali dozen
different ways. From one point OF view 1t Is the
biggest roof garden The fare 81 tho earth, ana
as roof gariens arc all the CO." Eldorado Is on the
crest Of the wave OF course the fact that the roof
is solid granite and goes straight down 10 the centre
of the earth or to the zone OF Gneous fusion, IN
stead Of being friedrich and mortar hns nothing TO
do with the case, tra-la. il place Is nigh enough
TO catch The breezes, afford an extensive OUTLOOK
and is reachet by elevator. 1t is roof garden 10
oil practical purposes The fact that there is grove
OF real trees Instead three foI.Orn sapn.s stuck
in a box that there a great amphitEatre with
n thousa7d actors in tho pantomine, instead OF
little punch and judy stage with one young woman
irving 10 Kick her way out OF sixteen fathoms OF cir
cumambient mosquito netting, are mere matters oil
degree, and not Of essential difference.
In unother sense the place IS simply an immense
beer garden But. wonderful to relate, the beer Is
good and the music far better than that usually
growing in gardens OF berry nature. To the total
abstalner vino VIII neither drink his beer nor icaS'
his eyes on TIE Kaleidoscope beauty OF the ballet nor
look upon soft. smooth wines when they are red
Eldorado is merely park Of outrageous trees and
sldlful landscape gardening, Of natural ana aruh'ih
beauty, Of historic interest and modern comfort
Mace where he can 60 lots roll on the grass
ana cut his swecthearts name tree trunk, WIN no
fear Of the Park policeman's whistle
To the children ii is fairy-land dropped down out
OF the clouds and anchored on the edge OF jersey
the local habitaton Of Prince Charming CITY OF
miparets and frcted roofs Of PEAKED pagdas and OF
battlementcd castles a garden Of delight from winch
the loce man is forever shut out by high board
fence the artcroom to the good little boys heaVeh
The LOST elyaum OF the bad little bo"s de'pa'rins
memory.
Eldorndo is primarily breathing place Tor the
typcal New orher the New orker Of upper hroad-
wav Fifth-ave. and Twenty -tllrdst., and the i'e-
oueners Of the theatres. II Is visited by 'he SAM
crowd TINT ono sees on the Casino ana the Madison
eouare roof Gardens There the same wcll-cie's
men ard stylish women. And Indeed u'c pcd'''
lights of Edorado in all their pafti-coiored glory lor
the most prominent feature Of the western horizon 10
The cnzer from either OF ten city roof gaiucis ana u"
slender cleaning tower OF Diana and the 'porkIhs
cr,vn NJ the Casino are the first 10 catch the eye
Of the Fdoraio pilgrim when he looks back across '"p
Hudson. Thus the three are in touch one Win 'h'
other PARTS of tie sane great whole Of midsummer
pleasure tho roof garden trinity.
Mnclinc with the.e New Workers Is large con
,inr.nt Of Jerseymcn, mostly OF German nationally
for ElGorado's bachdoor is in close connection Win
uoboken and jersey City and Newark and the comDina
ton Of good beer and music, upon an exceedingly m5
place where the bIeczos ale cool and the MOSQUITOES
kept In partial subsection, Is great attraction TO inc
swamp jewellers.
Eldorado consists OF Unity acres Of ground on top
I,rs ~
rises 200 feet sheer The river bank THIS Is pa.
lcularly convenient for the iumpngof purposes oil
Acartbroken ballet eila when "Cholj fans To snow
up al the stage door, aad the sickcning suspicion "'
he has ceased love aud 10 buy beer ana
becomes a lcaribreahng certainty II WIS utilized
Inns ~oycr-,l lines last season. but such casualties
have been reported ihs year. ms lAcl uhehl -
a. bass for a thesis on the innucnce OF The New
Jersey climate Oh the OsshcatOn oi the ballet ellI
heart Tie v,IaciOGs and learned pres agent W
riGnrado says thai tie Indian ballet siIls were wont
10 no The prccpce for this parpose, from winch come5
lis pure Indian name Of Lovers Leap mere Is no
between this show and any OF the thousand
ard one other but spurious lovers leaps scattered
several Revolutionary skrmishes were fought there
Lafayettcs headquarters, just beyond the hn's VI
he mark are still well preserved. The scene % I'dii
Which Hamilton leaned while lbs life ebbed away down
the Jagged channel cut by LirTs bnlet can sun be
Rrnnkivn Bridge and the Washington bridge can be
seen from the erounds outlined IN me dn'1s ,bt ~
,nNncted AGAINST the clouds, lies before one IKE "A
trtant section Of he milky way sandwiched between
the sombre river and the dnsky sky. 49, -, u.
10 The view from the river OF Eldorados lamp III
parapts and towers IS alone worth the hHe re,n
,y fare he study Of the great elevators when hoist
,hn multitude 90 the Edorado level will equally repay
the cost Of elevation The heavy famewCra OF Leans
smnted Eircl Tower. Three elevator CARRYING 40
People each. climb up and down 50 noseles ; ana
nm,iced Two large steam pumps. handing LOO
gallons a minute under the pressure OF nnnureG' pf
ssnurJs 10 the squne inch, furnish the power ana the
autonatic safcycatch in case OF accident, VIII stop
The car before IL drop FIVE inches. swaria 81
led hacks are always ready 70 drag the neivous
veiior around and up by The longer, but less cAcln?
,one ~ Tho dusty roadway erraced in the face Of the
rHT while there Is jolly crooked staircase for those
who think they are mOuntaln climbers.
such is Fld6radO newest and nearest OF New forks
suburban breathing places.