New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-27
A GUIDE IN NEW-Y0RK.
ALSO PHILOSOPHER AND FRIEND.
wow TO GET ABOUT IN THE CITY AND SEE
THE SIGHTS AT THE GREATEST POS
stRLE EXPENSE IF YOU ARE
prClJ AND AT THE LEAST
II YOU ARE NOT.

STRLF EXPENSE IF iDN
RICH. AND AT THE LEAST
II YOU ARE NOT
70 ohoct ., this article is 20 help strangers WIZ
,o fo- the Dewey celebration 20 mo 'heli
ehout New York and 70 see the great s'e",e "a
70 the best advantage. with the Des' p.s- TN.
tv with the least possible waste OF -,
they have and at whatever expense me- to,o
r. ooufnnod 70 stand There are persons WIN ,'l
-. hals q dav in New York and kno" oil a"0u'
=, -rh,s article ,s not for them. There are p'io-
living in small places, persons OF Oro'u ot.,,
,ions and narrow lives 70 whom the e's,. =.
~ the land has always been cream" -
the grand and beautiful. lahu % Pp.o,,ad tor
,,Aoca world a visit 10 which is 10 be .ooAeu io.
.A o. Tor years and remembered with loNuH7'
.or vears moro This article IS Tor thenl
ora nersons who have never been III -. :.
,ybo have nevertheless learned so m'e"
,bat ,hav could almost deliver lectures on 1T. ".
who Notwithstanding. II they were suu',s :,
a,,, n,r II the Grand Central Station INTO H.
,s .,a,d utterly bewildered by It, not kho"lns
-. 80 O., how 10 60 or which way 70 turn lh's
article is for them 49,. hoo, u,-it-
Many interesting and true things nave Ue'" 49,
,sn ahoii, %ew-York by explorers from INC "'''
,,orid and many lies have been tod about u car
,,,oa 90 fnt,noidate strangers needlessy AnS'lu'e
Do, .,,o. 90, into trouble I'm New-York just as
o.hsre a,se sensible people seldom do mere
In ,rohabv be A few lies in this article too' "'
,bo uri,ar has n reputation IN that dlrecVo" "'"e
b,s friends no less than as an authorl'Y y" N"
York Fat they viii be merely IN the uie ~ -
hvoerbole. and will ne readily detected ana U'iuo'
stood hy intelligent persons. such persons a.
,bese-s,cb as read The Tribune-wlil also reau'iy
w Co. themselves when anything that Is said is
'sorter ironical' - g.,
The hrs' thing that the visitor ought 70 kho"
how 10 equip himself for assault. Now. 'ne )','.
rgh.f,,' thing about the climate Of New 10TH ~
e that IS all things 10 all men ana Us onN i"",'
q ,b,, Z, e never possible 10 tell when It Is goins
,o he which thing TO which man. II IS ao''SdO'V
s ,bs visitor TO avoid. if possible. bringing any
,bi-e Pm. hand baggage. because expressnen WI"
bo overVorked and there Will he trouble ana "e-
,a,. n moving trunks But II IL advisable 10 "l"s
- least one suit Of every kind Of clothes mat you
oo,la ,osshlv need between the Fourth OF jay
and Thankseying A remarkable thing amour New
vort weather IS that It IS almost always to'eTane
- The dav NJ great celebration. These "a itions
are given 10 those who intend 10 stay longer than
,be two DAYS Of the celebration. Those two days
NAV be cold or they may he hot. but there y h"e
chance o, rain. and none Of snow. 20 speak OF.
THE SYSTEM OF STREET NUMBERING.
=. ,,,,. 10 veil n tell the stranger next how 10
c,d any given address in The city. The easiest
way 10 find an address in any city is TO take a
cab and order the driver 10 80 20 IT, Ihls j. a'7o
the most expensive way. There are cheaper ones
Finding addresses above Fourteenth-st IS simple
matter Il one can only remember rev slmpi'
rules The avenues. running north and south dr
numbered from east 70 west, from FHs'-aVe' 10
,Twelfth-ave East Of First-ave are Avenues \.
~ Y & and D Madison-ave. Is between Fourth ana
" Fifth ayes running north from Twtnty-ihird-si.
IN I,x,ngton-ave is between Third ana Fourth ayes
running north from Twenty hrst-,t The num-
b,red and ettered avenues are oie'seNehth "i "
milo anart The cross streets are numbered from
Ia. l,,,rr r.yt. NJ q
town they are considerably broken up. Thirteenth
81 being the first that runs uninterrup'edly from
river 10 river Fifth-ave. runs straight np the
backbone Of the city. The cross streets are des-
isnsted as east and west from Fifth-ave. The
numbering Of houses in the cross streets begins Al
Iifth-ave and runs west in west street and east
ir - east street In tho numbering Of houses
1loN hundred j. begun M each avenue Even mum
berS in the cross streets on the south side oi
Tho street and odd numbers on ;hc north side.
"There twenty cross streets TO the mile. Now
Il IN illustration. Suppose that you are stand
M 81 Fourh-ave and SiXteen'h-st and that
Ntu want to 60 to 40 25l West Fiity-thrd-st
1tu know that the street f. numbered west from
F,rh-ave. and since ;hc numbers are only hum
Gftd on rs< 70 the block. YOU know that the
hoSls. YOU want. being I'm the threc-hundreds. il
some where west of Eighth-aNe The rest OF the
number 81 being rather high number, You may
Ruess that the house IS not far from Nnth-aVe
Since IL Is odd numhe: you know that # f. on
the north side of the street Being at Fourth-avc.
and having to 20 10 some point near Nlnih-ave.,
YOU count seven blocks TO the mile. and And that
YOU have To go about three-quartcrs Of q mile
s"roes town. and from Sixteenth 10 Fiftythirl-
st.. ;hi,ty-seven blocks twenty 10 the mile. is
l7--n miles up town. But remember thnt Cen
tal Park reaches from FIFTH to Eghin-ave Doe
tween Ff,y-ninth ana Ore-hurdre d-and- tenth SITS.
that tho numbering o. houses On the west
streets between Fifty-nnih and One-hundred-