New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01

,,, TOWN JUST ANNEXED-AN
ANCIENT AND HONORABLE
xANr mOTTED OUT.
..,,w providing for the annexation oil tne Tow"
The Ia" T.,ra,ht to Brooklyn goes into effect to-
Of Ne" ~ city will thus ada to its territory
day, s"' LIN. somewhat more than eight square
ds'rN' "a. Utrecht will be the Thirtieh Ward OF
niles and the ancient and honorable name or
BrooA" which has existed for more than Two
The """ ,,l he officially b;ottei out The town
een'u, directly for the city OF Utrecht In iiol-
was 81 the name has been preserved intact up 10
.Ss present time l.-... ,,,,.o, ~, TIA
the s,rnii,n Of the Kings County towns Oy the
Inc o,,,llyn has been going on FOR nearly ten
CITY "a :, vas I'm the summer Of 1885 that New Lott
yea 49,. The then Furnishing village OF East New
eon lane the Twenty-sIXth Ward. Nothing
1"A IA done. however. toward enlarging the city
h0. ..r.ral years. when bill annexing Fiatbusa
'V' ,,-,ducei go the Legislature. IL had the sup
" :, che best clements In the town. but was OPP
P, hy the Petty local politicians and as the
p ts5 certain affiliations with the big Demo
IA"'' ,n, g., BROOKLYN IL was not difficult for them
e~ t., c,frcient influence to bear on Democratic
" ,,,,,,e ID, defeat the measure. Other movements
.le Fl3thush ward OF Brooklyn were ike
~ aefe,,ei until The present year. when a general
,..n,eut I'm TIE direction Of annexation took pace
IL, rhs,onoeual development Of McKaneism fol-
its
'..,,i,n on the possibilities OF boss-shp in the
t. towns and aroused strong popular senti-
-, q, favor q placing them under the control or
- ,,v The immediate annexation OF all the four
-.,,ainlnc towns would probably have followed had
:, no; been for q singular compHcatlon 1t was
,,und that II the city Of Brooklyn were made CO.
,e-mlnols wi.h The county OF Kings the city would
have 10 assume the entire county debt when would
~,pse IFS tc.al Indebtedness TO exceed the con-
Il Of
all the property within 1t.
sill nets providing for the annexation OF Fiat
hush and G-avtsend were passed and they became
-ssoectively The Twenty ninth and Thirty-hrSt
v,rls TO make the matter entirely clear. II
should be explained that after New Lots was made
ne Twenty-sNth Warl. the old Eighteenth Ward
v,s d,tled uio three parts two Of which were
dsslena.sl as the Twenty and Twenty
.ghtb varss) The New-Utrecht act provided for
,he absorption - that town July Of this year,
making II the Thrtieth Ward. and leaving only
she farming district of Fatlands as an excuse Tor
maintaining a system Of county government ana
M a further act this town will become part ana
marcel Of Brooklyn on January l. ING. year ana
a half hence That the combined debt OF CITY ana
county will BY that time have reached point
where the city can safely assume the full respons-
b1N wthou, violating the constitutional provision
provided that this remains unchanged in the
rroeess Of revision-is more than doubtful
HISTORY OF NEW-UTRECHT
r.. NV, Of Ncw-Utrecht whose doom as a
ssnarate entity has now been sealed. has had an
interesting history II was the latest settled OF the
towns that after,yard formed Kings County. anl Il
e the las: but one 70 give up its individuality and
sink itself IN the b, city that has been stretching
out is arms FOR years. and casting III
that dir,ctlCa the shadow OF the tate
hat was certain to follow sooner or
al
appNel 10 the Dlrector-General and Council OF the
New.Nether.anas for a patent for the lands lying
% the westward " Gravescnd. Al that time not
only had C;ravesend been settled. but also me
wailabout Amersfort F!atlands). Midwout F1at-
tash) Bre1cke.n and Boswyck tbush~lcK. me
territory extending out toward what IS no" t'c
XarroSs however. still practically g.Ven over
20 the primeval forest. II Was ocSnpleI -, w
Indian tribes the Canarsie and the Nyack ln1iaNs.
but mainly by the latter. although ,he S ms
disputed the u;le OF ne NyaSEs 20 u. IAN. =, 90
acres N tie eastern part OF the town ADJOINING 'ho
crayesend line.
FOUNDING OF THE TOWN
The town was not really settled. however UNI"
q ,su v.,rs later when the attention Of Cornelius
Van Werckhoycn. OF Utrecht Holland was a.
tracted ~ H. and he resolved 10 estaOAsh Co'D'S
there Accordingly he purchased the Nyack Tract
as II was termed: and 1t Is Il circumstance OF gTea,
interest that FOR all the territory just now aoHen
10 the domain OF Brooklyn he paid TO the In1lans
six shirts two pairs OF shoes. two pairs or STOCK
ings. six adzes six knives. two pairs Oh sclSS'''
and six combs Van Werckhoven bult nOus'
and also some kind OF mill. would appear iroi"
the accounts OF a dispute In which he became n
yolved lie soon returned 10 Holland only io' /"
visit however but died there about 100
His claim in New-Utrecht was left in the Aan'S
OF his agent Jacques Corieljau UOrteiyou). man
OF much energy who So: about founding the town
IN earnest, on January &C. 1857. twenty-one patents
were granted. with house lot for each gran. ,bc
and then the name New,I trent was gHsn ~ civ
town in honor OF Van Werckhovens hauNe w.
One OF these original grantees was JCpstSn ~ az
sone OF them who has male descendants no" III .I,c
town Ncw-T-trecht IS thus seen 10 nave ecltS
old families The 0rst charter OF New Utrecht was
granted on December o. 1851 In 1864 the town was
chored IN Nal Bav NOV Ciravesend Bay) and
In 1855 a new patent was obtained from me DUKE
OF York; and a. mark Of special favor the Win
the other towns which now make up Kings Count
II was termed the West Riding OF tI 4ra,,ra
In 1913 New-'trecht reverted 20 the cOntro4 OF my
Dutch. but In the following year the Eng.ish GAM
down for the last time in 1856 fresh charter wa va.
obtained from Governor Dongan' OF -, ,heat
IN consideration Of six bushels Of good Winter "ea'
10 be delivered every year In New York Ihis pay
.ment continued down TO the time Of inc HSsS
lu0nary War and little later. but IN i.S,- Jod
"a hundred years after the stipulation regarding go3d
winter wheat went into effect-the SuperV'SD' ~
town settled the matter for good and all by paying
the o. l3 10 shillngs In fuI lot al a.
rears and contingent future payments. 49, .,,,
Saves were held In New Utrecht IN the taItS
days. but never IN large numbers; IN lf5o the mum
Der recorded as sixty seven ,.o,,
AS cary as 1911 the Reformed Protestant DuuIcJi
Church organized. ana the first church Duii5 -.
ing was erected IN i7O6 This building stood for iza
years: In 1875 the present church was rec red me
first Methodist church was erected In l6A 49,. ~,
With the Absorption Of New-Utrecht number OF
foursnlng Villages will become asSimilated "lth
BroOkyn The Cd village Of Ne% Ctrscht fo I 'n az
these. Others are Fort Hamilton. Bay Ridge. 5atn
Sn2nvle. and the recently esiaosnea CONN XIV
OF BenSonhurst which IS a section OF Mle Sl,y
painted or Level farming and near the "S'e's'u'
THE PICTURESQUE SHORE ROAD
The western part O. the new ward comprises The
most picturesque region In the vicinity Of Brooklyn
From Bay Ridge 10 Fort Hamilton the shore OF th'
Nsfrows Is bounded by high BLUM aiior''"s
series OF most beautiful water views WIN the greer
mrs OF Staten Island lying only litue distant :
eNAl Qcrlas n. ~ AlOnE tlllh Dlu.