New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-10

yards Of the New-York and Harlem ard NeT-York
and Hudson River railroads' above Mou fiian ren
an ir1portant point for heavy freight shipments
and he recent Of country produce and milk. and
9TH no do,,bt grow rapdly in proportion to the
trade which is likely to seek the costly new docks
cd Cbncycr estate. al the foot Of Alott-aye. The
lumber business now done here Is very roISI'i
10 lrcwerIcs Of the Twcnty-third Ward are
enormous cedar Park IS high ana beauuIGIiy
located. commanding fine view OF the rEcr. put
is as yet altogether un!mproVcd one 81 ms liy,t
Fair In Ncw-Yorl, was contemplated. lhNoIneI 'lr
utiiization Of this park and the broad oNpanfr "i
level land stretchlnG a%ay neio~ Garner 81 CEDAR
PARK viii start the proposed PARKWAY 'onco.Isr.
ally deemed pretty good pointers on iIOaI.' tI
values Of real estate, have bought up great draI
Guns in lie filling In Of the low ground along the
Hudson River Railroad ana Crom"cl - 80 ',Tn
10y stone. lumber ana hrlck-ctiiylhs - ,,r
OF that improvements parucHiarly on t De- u Ii
drea-ana . hnan crecod The most important
street improvements within the past year IN TINS
vicinity have been the opening OF Hlrarl-aVc. rom
One-hundrcd and -thrty-cighth-st 70 JeIOiIe-"ho
reguI%'NS XXX Is now being severed There is as
~ uttio hudinc directly upon the line Of Girard
ave but It opens up a beautiful residence scion
It's course. ono OF the finest highways in ne
at the Central Bridge approach ana Is, Almost 5
all that distance. paved ana SldcWdlhei
aomely Il is promised that a new trOley inc
across town will be in operation upon 1t by next
west OF Jeromc-ave. Res the district known as
High BridgeviDe. a stretch Of high. rugged IalH
that presented small amount OF diihculty 10 the
citv's engineers. but IL now well PROVIDED win
good streets, supplied with water. gas ana electric
lights and has a thorough sewer system al,
mos complete. a number Of handsome detached
cottages have been built here. which are probably
fairly good types OF the architectural style des-
fInei 10 prevail throughout all this district ana
m. citv has erected on Ogden-ave.. at n cost or
about 100000 a handsome brick schoohouse
High Brdgcville has police station, fire engine
house postofice and lettercarrier service. as well
as railroad connections. which make Il handler as
a Dlace Of residence than the much-vauntcd
Washington Heights above One-hundrcd- and-hity-
nfth-st on Manhattan Island proper.
In the esteem OF James i. Wells, who knows all
this territory much better than the average citi-
zen knows his parlOr when he enters IL In the
dark the choicest residence section and the one
destined TO grow most rapidly In architectural
beauty and capitalistic population Is Morris
Uerhfs overlooking the Harlem River. opposite
f!or1 George at Observation-Disclosures fth-st
the famous berkeley oval" collegiate athletic
9r"unds are here and among the points OF local
historic interest the old colonial Morris man
sion. now Inhabited by Colonel L. @. Morris
Of the old Archer houses. built before the Revo-
luton and the headquarters OF Colonel Delaney
in that struggle; and various remnants OF old
fortncations and earthworks. all this ground
having been fought over again and again. The