New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-12
DE JONKHEER'S LAND.
THE CITY OF YoNKERs, IT'S HOMES AND
INDUSTRIES.

i. THRIVING CITY ON TIE HUDSON. WHERE
WEALTH AND LABOR CONTRIBUTE TO PROS
PERrrY-PRouD OF IT'S SCHOOLS AND
LIBERAL TO ITS CHURCHES.
The orst white owner OF land in that part OF west
chester County which Ia now the town OF 'o"~e.e
vas IN. Houander Adriaen Van Der Donck w"o"
his fellow-pioneers called "De Jonkhter' WIN" ""'
the Dutch for 1.-The young lord or 'he souns
nobleman." His territory became known as nc
Jonkheer's land then it was called lie 'o""
heers" and by that evolution OF prope' -
which Is so common in this country anu -.
makes itself manifest in most families OF io's
origin and In places which were olisi""''
in foreign tongues, II became "Nonkers'
rha name became a fixture In 17ss. when' accolu-
,ng ~ ,he Rev Dr. David Coles history o. INC
place the Legislature OF New-io'h ""
the name Yonkers as designation ioi oe " VIZ
twenty towns into which 1t had divioed " es'.no'
ter County. The name was also sNe" ~ e. dc.
which was laid out within Its BORDERS ""'0" % ~
scrhed as extending one mile and seVeh-'e"'"s
unon the Hudson, and 10 the east al a'e'"eo -
eight-tenths of a mile In breadth
rns villa 90 has grown to be city OF ABOUT Ior'y
thousand inhabitants having frontage ." '"e
Hudson River OF more than four miles. anu Oh Tvs
east side extending along the Bronx f'er us
tance of six and one-half miles. AT its northern
boundary II is about four miles WIFE, anu "'
three miles wide at the south end'
Thu civ ia built upon a series OF terraces VI
ridges which run parallel with the Hudsoh n"e''
which with Its graceful sweep in both drec"o"S'
its hills In the distance. and the Pahsades 'i''e
diatey opposite the city. becomes one OF the c"ei
attractions OF the place. These ridges are now ana
have been for years occupied by paiauai resiue"0.S
~h,ch have been built by people from New-York.
who look upon Yonkers as an ideal place 10 spe".
the time which is not devoted to business one o'
the ridges rises 10 the height OF AS feet above tue
4, yonkers and TO those who have had an oppor-
tun,,v TO travel over them they become one OF us
mos, enchanting features They certainly co"u"0e
70 the heathfulness OF the place ana ior '"a'
reason are an important factor In a'raV""e '"0'e
who are In search OF a home .
From 1855 when Yonkers was Incorporated VII
lage until 1872 when IL received It's char'er as
CITY II made great progress In deVeiopihs us no
ural beauties and to-day there Is little X anything
about the place which IS reminiscent or its carry
period Its streets. its buildings. its churches anu
commercial and manufacturing Institutions are
METROPOLITAN in their character, ana i's resiue"'S
arc so closely identified with NewYork that. seeing
them and hearing them discuss the matters IN
which they are most interested. would fancy
,ha, he was simply in another part OF the metrop-
oil. The means OF transportation between ion-
kers and New-York the quick time and the low
rates have had much TO do with its popularity as
q MACE of residence for New-Yorkers. Hundreds
~ trains run between the two cities daily and the
railroad companies have made the rate OF trans
portation so low that there is little dHerence De-
tween It and carfare within the city limits
There Is one building. however, which recalls the
dsvs Of old when Lord Frederick Philipse. the
ars, lord of the manor owned much OF the terri
tory which now forms the city Of YonEsrs This