The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-23
TIE STATE CAPITAL
Beautiful View Of Trenton From
the Top Of the Battle
Monument.


1t is truly a grand view that spreads
tiful city of Trenton, says the True
American The height from which the
observer looks gives a charm to the scene
that can be acquired in no other way.
Looking northward and eastward in the
distance the towers and domes Of Prince
ton appear sharply outlined against the
horizon. -Lawrenceville, too, can be To-
Gated, and Pennington appears a little
| west Of north. The smoke from the rush
ing locomotive marks the line of the two
| great railroads that biseet the State with
in q few miles of each other. Between
| are spread out, intersperHed with upland
and meadow, the farme-the homes of the
honest yeomanry of Mercer County
stretching out for miles. a picture Of thrift
| and comfort.
Turning slowly to the westward, the
Yardley Railroad bridge appears near the
horizon, and. just above, the wagon bridge
from Wilburtha. But for a bold bluff
that breaks the line of vision, the identi-
cal spot where Washington and his army
took that memorable boat ride 100 years
ago, could be easily seen. Acrose the riv-
er the fertile hills and .salleys of Bucks
County break upon the view. Many of
the localities which are within sight bore
no unimportant part in the drama which
the stands as a record of.
The silvery sheen of our noble Delaware
in its winding course can be traced for
many miles up and down, and it is always
an object of beauty.
AT our feet lies the city, with its tenn
ing thousands, and the long lines of its
streets stretch out apparently from a
common centre-the point at which you
stand. In some places densely packed
with buildings, at others more sparseiy
populated.
The spires of more than two score
churches point heavenward and the tall
chimneys of several scores of factories
ity and enterprise. The gilded dome OF
the State Capitol seems but a few steps
away; the facade of the Postoffice looms
up farther to the left: the starry n
the location of the city schools, and IN
the foreground you would almost shake
hands with the clock in the steeple of
st. Mary'S Cathedral.
Even the canal and its feeder become
inviting from this altitude as they re-
feet the pure blue of the sky, and wind
ing their tortuous way add beauty to the
picture.
Further around to the south and east
are seen the old borough of Chambers
burg. which stretches almost beyond the
sight in the slight haze that hangs above
it, and the iron mills and factories that
give it importance; and then the new
borough Of Wilbur, with its pretty homes
and thrifty people.
In the distance Bordentown appears,
dsmly seen, it is true. but easily recog-
nized. Nearer by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road bridge spans the Delaware, and at
its terminus Morrisville-which came
near being the capital of the United
Statistics spread out on its hflls.des
and completes the picture on that side.
taking in Pennington, Sweets and Foun-
tain avenues, which are solidly built up,
and the more open territory adjoining,
you see the reservoir and ~standpipe, and
directly in the rear may be discerned
the site of the new reservoir, which will
be a prominent land mark in that To-
cality when completed.
The centre of the city bounded by VIII
low street on the west and Stockto street
Front street on the south, appears to be
one solid mass of buildings, while beyond
those confines many open spaces appear.
The eastern section of the city, or a
little south of east from the monument,
lies what has been termed the pottery dis
trict, constituting a fair-sized town of it.
self. But to be properly appreciated.
the scene should be viewed by each one
for himself, and when the monument
public, which viii be in a short time,
no one should fail to take a trip in the
elevator and see what we lave endeav-
ored to set forth in this sketch of the
scenes and events which the monument
commentaries.