New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-19
MASSACHUSETTS, wv 1 =
Y0NKERS.
LARGE AMOUNT OF ruBLlc WORK
" DONE LAST YEAR

s,,ooco srENT on THE STREETS
80, pr,BrIc AND PERSONAL INTEREST
N'iN .o.r large amount OF public work
In the ias' tn Workers. Nepperhan-ave.. Buena
mas oe'" Hudson-si and portions o. oouth
,.,,. and Elm-st. have been paved anu IAN
- ,dt Park-ave., Oak-s'' Ne"e"Sei-s" '"i-
vi Van sice-ave., Ritters Lane ana portions
Ner,.., ,,s BROADWAY Linden-st.. Garden-st, JEFF
OF Noi'' d Riverdale-ave. have been graded
foIS'"' ,,.o heen constructed in Wanut-st. Ash
se"' ~ souib Broadway. Cuver-s,. River
,.o oak-st BelVidere Place, Suydam Place
,rarce-st Dale Place, Maple-st. Bridge ana
,snhrook SITS Wells-ave.. North broadway
fe." ..ou river. Bashford and Dock SITS. and
voolworth Place Tehofd Hacdualh mas ueen 'a'u
y, [.;neva~d-ave Saw Mill River Road. Yonkers-
)" ,,onx,,lle Road Swain-st. and Kmball-ave
' -, &c under way the BronXville Road
'.oor yonkers-ave. and the Mile Square Road
- =, Mel ean-ave., between Sonth broadway ana
p,rl HiI-aye Extensive repairs nave been maze
49, v,shnrton-st Irving Place. Willow Place.
c., ploca Iamar;ne-ave., Locust Hill-avc. and
=. ro,isado-aye between Ashburton and Lake
ayes The country roads that have been repaired
- coo,oys Hill Sprain Road Mile Square Road.
p.l,,or-ave McLean-ave., and Central-aVe The
.o,,l contract price for work on streets and sew
rs 1, 1894 was s3 75l So The estimated cost OF re-
Mrs was $1,000. All the work has been done
under the supervision of Samuel l.. Cooper the
commissioner of Public Works.
At the meeting of the Common Council this
week Alderman Dunn, chairman of the committee
10 whom was referred the matter OF improving
Nepperhan-st asked to be relieved from the fur
Their consideration of the matter. 1t Is still ques-
ton whether it is a public street or not When
Colonel Frederic Phpse occupied the Manor
House this street led from the old Post Road now
Broadway to the river. and was a part OF the
estate In 1919 the old Manor House and grounds.
which had been sold 10 Cornelius p Low with 800
acres of land by the commissioners appointed by
the LEGISLATURE of 1875 to sell connscaed estates
came into the possession of Lemuel Wells who
bought il at auction for $4,000. Ny Wells held the
property for twenty-nine years. and at his death.
in 1872 the estate was divided The Manor House
changed owners several times and was finally
purchased by the city in May. 1868, from Judge
Woodworth II was the general impression that
the had been coded TO the city IL 1t is TO be
improved at all it will have TO be done at the re-
quest OF persons owning property on 1t, and there
seems to be disposition on the part OF the
owners TO make any move in the matter
Among the matters to be considered by the Board
OF Trade this year Is that Of securing for Nonkers
a well-equipped modern hotel. 1t has been sus-
gested that stock company be formed when times
are better to carry out the enterprise
Now that the law has been changed. and insane
patients are sent direct to the asylum. M. Con-
the Aldermen the necessity Of the city having a
padded cell ward in some suitable place. where
patients may be detained until the arrival OF the
attendants from the institution.
Building Inspector Kip has fled his sem-annual
report with the City Clerk. Plans filed and permits
granted during the last six months numbered iff'
OF these so were for frame houses. for churches
Is for brc,, houses q for barns and stables ana
IS for additions and alterations.
The last lecture in the University Extension
course on Geology delivered on Thursday night
by Professor W. e. Scott. at the hall of the
Woman's Institute. The Board Of Regents having
fixed on Tuesday evening Of next week for the ex-
animation of students. II will be held In the rooms
Of the Young Mems Christian Association begin
ming at 745 o'clock. The second course OF lectures
VIII begin , on the evening g OF Frav hight entertain
ments under the auspices of the Yonkers Young
at the pariors Of the association in Main-st. John
Kendri < Bangs read from his writings. and MI
Baptist Church, conirbuied several solos
The second Of the January dances Of the PARK
H Su6 w be fyeh hos at @ be- Mss
Getty, and she will be chaperoned by Mrs. f. r.
among the children of the Hin is growing 50 fast
that it vii be necessarE to MAXI IH two easses
every Saturday morning. under the direction OF
on Wednesday evening the privates of the Fourth
Separate COMPANY. ~ g. s. ~ " gave a a. rec csp,
time in the history of the organization that an
affair OF this kind was conducted entirely by the
file of the company and IL marked success
The engagement is announced of Wallace Gull
ford, OF Kansas City and Miss Maud Hunter. OF
Yonkers.
Mrs. William Allen Butler and the Misses Butler
will give tea this afternoon from till at their
home in Pasade-ave.
Mrs Mead will entertain the Pro Tenn Club on
Monday evening. at her home in Lowerre.
Levi r. Rose Of Yonkers. died Wednesday
night at his home. No. 50 South Broadway. after a
short Illness. He was born in Palmyra, y. Y, July
T. 1915, and had been resident Of Yonkers since
lsl. He was trustee Of the village during 1861
&C. and was postmaster for several years. He was
of the organizers Of the Peoples Savings Bank
IN 1856. and of It's charter directors. Mr.
Rose member OF ST. Johns Episcopal Church
and for many years "A member of the vestry
At the annual meeting of the Yonkers Historical
Society Thursday evening Colonel William NJ
IL ernance was chosen president: r. Ashley At
kns first vice-presdent: Edward Harris, second
vice-presdent; the Rev. William f. Ketcham. cor
responding secretary; Charles Philip Easton. record
ing secretary; G. y. Balch, librarian and Lyman
Cobb jr. treasurer.