The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25

Bear. or Bare Market 'Thdpriecessor Of Wash
inrton Market. established in III, was thus
named, some said, because II being Tor a long
time the only. structure erected IN ms MaSe, "
was necessarily a bare" market OF; Others ~,
serted, hrchuSa the frst meat ever sold Their" was
the flesh Of a bcar that was killed h"reabont ~
h. swan across the Hudson from Bergen, That
the later "p.s0i, ,n IS MT n an q, 9, ,bs Ryy "a" %h" mp$
WOllcy, who tolls us how, IN 1913 hcars were
hunted without Guns or any Weapon eNccpl a
good CIdG.l or STICK, was nn'' says nj nj s m,i
with them, in IN orchard IT MI John li"blnNnl
Of New York, whrr' We followed Bear from r'r
To Tr'r upon which h. could swarm Ike u ,,at
and, when hs was got to his resting. place, rtrhrl
upon a high branch, We despatched n N,uulh hlt%r
him with n club To An opposite bough, who, KNOCK
ing his uawS, he comes grunblIng Gown tarh
ward with = thump upon the Ground; 50, We Hit'T
HIM again .
barren Island was originally Beercn Eylan,
the Bears Island
Beurs STRAIT * too suggestive of Bourse street
not To point Enthusiastically TO the present EA.
the corner Of Bridge street and Broad was 40.
pointed by Gov IoNclacc as a meeting place lot
the merchants " New York
ThencefOr'h this city could boast a Change' a
Bourse, a Rialto, a plac"
Where the heart is pure and warm
And each eNerts his intellottual force
To cheat his neighbor-leEally OF course
There the merchants congregated every I'm
day between II and IL Of the clock, aud there
their transactions stood the glare o! The nnon-
day sun for almost a century. unul l'52. The
Royal Exchange. then erected by subscription,
at the foot Of Broad street, was a building raised
upon arches in the middle Of the highway, and
was supplied With a stove, q recent lnNeriinn
at that time. 1t was used till 1927, when for the
frs, time the name Exchange place" was given
TO the street
"Bouleya ri" is a French imporiaLon a strange
coincidence about which is, that II was, applied
TO this thoroughfare in 1870, the blood sEin~ii
year in which such terrible scenes were Enacted
on the bouleyards II the city ui IariS "Boulr
wards were originally the old fashioned but
warkS, some Of which were sill 10 h. seen until
recently incloS,ug certain so called places fortes
in France. The fla, tops Of these rampartS, being
ovprshadowed with trees, were iavoriic promenad
Ing grounds for the pen, M citizens. and by de
styled a boulevard.
our own Boulevard now renamed broadway,
follows the line Of the old Bloomingdale road,
originally a mere bridlepath Leading from the
BoNrry road To the beautiful and picturesque
section II country along the North River, which
from The earlies, Tine had won Tor itself the pretty
name Of lilumcn Dal the f'uwery dale, All cpl
tibet afterward tortured in our annals into Bloom
endale, MoOnandale, &c
Burnett street, before II became Water street.
honOred GOV, William Burnet, n rare bird IN
our history, n Colonial Governor deeply regretted
on his departure from our shores, he had tTa'
elled and learned n great deal. mad a stately pres.
ence, and Yet aiIable manners, and possessed
in addition an endless fund 81 hnnor snd anet.
dOtes. w do not know yet, wrote a gray" kflCk
erbocker shortly after his arrival, how the fathers
and husbands are going to like Coy. linrnet,
but We are quite sure the wives and daughters
d" 50, sufficiently .Nnd, true enough, the beau
iiful Anne Marie van llWprn, whom he met WITHIN
a week Of his landinC, married him The following
spring; and when She died, seven year,. after
another New ork belle proved quite willing to
become Mrs G"N. Burnet y"
Camden street is ano'hnr street which los, more
than 1t gained when It's original name was dropped
md /, "a 40 l.hs,llad East IlnVartb Ctrapt ~ 1 ht TlpS
Pratt, Earl 81 Iamdcn. was one ot our few MINDS
In England IN our hour Of need II" IT was who
as Chief Justice Of the Common Pleas IN LOG had
the courage To pronounce in favor Of John Wilkes
against the wishes II his Government, and Ia lie
Glare that general warrants tsuch Ms that undo
which Wilkes had been arrested were 'uncohSll
tutiOnal, Illegal and also absolutely void.
Canal street. The unusual width Of Cana
street Is due to The fact That it covers the former
bed " a canal forty feet wide. with u narrow stree,
on each side Of 1t. This canal WAS cut from tl'
old kork To. the Hudson through llSpenarh :
meadows, and when II Was filled up tn" bridge
a. the Broadway crossing was buried INST aS II
stood. That underground stUn" arch may be
discovered in future ages, remarks Losing, and
may be regarded by future aniiquarianS "a =
structure belonging To a buried city older than
New York.
That portion Of Canal street lying between
Centrr and West streets was known for time
by the name % Thomas Duggau, n large property
owner in the neighborhood. Another part Of tho
present Canal street and of Elm street was once
kn9"h as luhip Site'I numIS VIZ tI1r'r1 H. i"
Wv ~ d" hn' ~ "' H. VI ;, ,b.y .urnIied
was not drinkahle No wonder water drinkers
"rtr s'aI.r, a n.ls :, W. 'rr"ua
10 th2, niue dt' az we ptt~nt u"tlei y. ! niN 'tm
hhl irafi alu n'u,S'Nrl' n,.r'aS nr,V, n"n 20
rom une Ni>SnE ,ho mo1 'bo y III" wwSict
me nina ltantS to,N i"t unlr yen aug Wv ,nr U.s.
ol me kl'turh, ! was lhpI'iott cantu we Ia
Wh"1 iumP, erlu u 500" sINt ~ nv 70"
nNlmehl "' = Lea N""I rump ,'a'p"n, w. j.,
t"flahS as lnhl '' !n'N Irh WAIT Lunip ,,n,,ru
u WaS. iaShl,,Hor, 10 ron" anu o'H'h l'i' I"
fN.l minded historians
Yet another S''h.h o' = ana Sltret was as.
known rs NlcRolaN or II NlrhuiaS SItert, II u'LIg
me property "i Nl'h"laN i>aEatu' a'teduF "''"oTU
Cedar street tNcn III US least DnSS sections
and al It's gnl"t"Sl hours me present 'ednr street
would hardly suggest q spot wh'rs
M nuting with long days loss,
The cedar's shadow slow and still
CreepN DER the dial OF graz moss
yet in DAVIS gone by the cedar wa abundant there
n" !" rqlire sill atta,tS ' VI
Il, n lett,r addressed 10 the Duke Of York in 1861
,ha Srbon,s ITury"nasters and Scbenens Of hi
city speak Of gentle, wise and intelligent, Go,
s,iIed ,ha, under the wings 81 the valiant gentle
~ ra un .bai bioom AVID grow, like tns rador nm
I1 y, T""' IN mon ,iobte inJeed cado,. n,ue,
sro hao, in ,hnaa J.ys tc inSri,e The writer's al
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