New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
REVISED MAP OF NEw.YoRK CITY.
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ISSUES A CHART
SHOWING THE CHANGES MADE
IN DECADE

The United States Geological Survey has issued
revised edition of the map of New-York City and
vicinity. The original survey made ten years
ago. and first edition OF the map issued at
that time. The revised map just published, when
compared with the first map is a graphic statisti-
cal chart OF the growth of the metropolis and It's
neighboring cities during the last decade.
The area represented the revised map Is
slightly different from that shown on the original
II includes little less OF New-Jersey and little
more TO the eastward of the city. Long Island
so as 10 take in the whole OF the city OF NewYork
the boundary lines of which are strongly accent
uated in contrasting color. The mapped area IS
bounded by latitudes 4o22 and 4 north. and by
longitndes 734o and 15 west and consists Of about
$50 square miles almost equally divided between the
States OF New-York and New-Jersey
The Navy Yard in Brooklyn occupies approx
mately the centre of the area mapped. and as Far
Rockaway Beach and Sandy Hook are also shown
1t is interesting TO observe how well the city is
protected from the oif-shore fire OF hostile feet
by the existing and projected land forthcations.
The heavy ordnance at Fort Hancock, Sandy
Hook, and that which it is planned TO place on
Romer Shoals. OF Rockaway Beach. would, with a
range of five miles, keep opposing vessels sixteen
miles from the Brooklyn Navy Yard and seven
miles from the nearest = habitatons In the
Lower Bay at Brighton Beach. II vessels should
pass within these limits, they would by the time
they were within Ave miles Of Forts Wadsworth
still be at a distance OF eleven miles from the
brooklyn Navy Yard. When they pointblank
under the guns OF these forts they would still be
seven and half miles from the Navy Yard and
the Battery Should a feet attempt 10 down
Long Island Sound It would, when within FIVE
miles OF Forts Schuyler and Wilets Point. be over
seventeen miles distant from the Navy Yard and
when Immediately under the guns OF these forts
1t would stif be twelve miles from the Navy Yard.
This map exhibits impressively the tremendous
growth In the suburbs OF the city and the enor-
nous increase IN the number OF buildings erected
and roads and streets opened during the last ten
years within fifteen miles Of Union Square. AS
shown by the dense mass of black. which color Is
used TO indicate the positions OF houses, the scat
tered suburbs of upper New-York, which ten years
ago were opposite the reservoir IN Central Park
are now above High Bridge. on the Island OF
Manhattan and above Melrose and Morrisania. in
the Borough Of The Bronx. In fact. the whole
country between the Harlem Bridge. Yonkers and
Mount Vernon is now as well inhabited as was
ten wears ago the country surrounding the upper
portion Of Central Park. Mount Vernon, which
was then small patch on the map covering less
than square mile, has extended until it has
and Wakefed. as many miles TO the south ana
II now covers on area of about FIVE square miles
Years ss be hG reSena IS nron eTe Of that city
tended only TO Prospect Park Now there are
miles covering ali the country between Prospect
Park and Coney Island six miles distant staten
edges. shows similar growth. while the increase
IN streets and residences is quite as marked IN IN
New-Jersey IN Southern Brooklyn and Northern
Manhattan the greatest amount OF improvement
having taken place in the northwestern SUBURBS OF
Newark. including the Oranges.
In 1883 the total population Of the area shown
on this map was about two million eight hundred
thousand; now II is about three million six hundred
thousand
The map itself is fine example OF the engravers :
and printers art II is unusually large Tor cop
perplate engraving and is printed In three cOiors
black. to represent the works Of man. as houses
roads and railways. boundary lines and names
blue to represent water, including the ocean pays
swamps and rivers: and brown. TO represent sur
face relief changes OF elevation This latter
each of which represents points twenty feet higher
or lower than those represented by the next line
and as the altitude is frequently expressed in fig
ures the lines it is easy TO ascertain by an In
OF the map the height or any point upon IL
above the level of the
The revised map Of New-York City and vicinity
NAV be secured by sending rs cents to the Director
of the United States Geological Survey Washing
ton d c