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

tOf, NftlHk tt nltfkIf NNpIoIl sNtu w lf WY
school, he offered To S,uyvesant 10 open, a school
did no, see his way IN accept as he had received
no authority IN IN" matter.
All new Workers have, Ut cuu rse, heard Oi another
Van Corlear, n mighty man IN his day, anthony
van Corlear the trumpeter who was drowned m
Spnyten Duyvil Greek which h. had boosted
he would swim across in spite OF the devl an
Spijt ran den dUiceD.
Crosby street Ebrneler Crosby, nj one time
surgeon uf Wnshlngtun'S guard, AMI A~lteTward
professor df~rirllcine at Columbia college, mar
RED Catherine, daughter Of Capt HCndrck itnt
gers. Their orphan son, william lS'low toSny,
wnS adopted by col. Henry Rutgers, and through
him became possessed ot the creates, PARTON 81
the present Seventh ward.
Cro,nn Terrace and Crplona Park recall a former
trntDn street, nuw Obsolete,
Cruton was first mi rduCrd inluuur numenclatir"
as the name II IN" ,ottandt family manor. rs
appears from as Indian d, ed II 1850, thu natives
called he stream k%ichtawan, It Is only at a lnt'r
dat that II became known aS iruton : kNtT
from which II l. inferred that { rotor was me name
ot the Indian chief Nhu lived at ITS mouth, lhi'
patrnnymic, sand SchoolCrait, WAS still common
IN his time IN the West ami III" North,
Crur,r street one Of the ,horoughfares once
laid out on the StuyNeSant estate, deserves q Nutd
81 notice IN this year Of Etac" 1900, were 1t only
for the sake Of a certain PAM Kruger, now attract
ing more than ordinary AT ntnn, ne lhttt
spells his name with u N, and the manner nl
Cruger street preferred a re- hut both, are one
and the same German word, supposed I" b. a con
| 'Td III ~ NV lEhAlH ' FhffkfIt q 'l'"' -,
Ii appears fer the first time III our record IN iooo'
when II was borne by John, u prosperous, m"ft
chant who became Mayor Of this city, and area
in IN. ~.
The hist ,tical John Cruger was his son. He
was q member If the Gene raj Assembly III i'oe'
and Of the Long assembly 1901 6s; first fresi
dent Of the 'rW York Chamber Ot , commerce
one If the first merchants VIII signed the non
importation agreement, &c, but, above all ne
was MayHr e; tn, cat, r.% ON ,na a., M Mss dated to
lr enforced, and when the people burnt Iuldei :
eiigy under the muhIlrs 81 the fort guns lrhind
which h. had lntnnched himself AS II he had
Sieged II with 100000 men
7 was under the pressure 81 'rugets urgent
! request and his solemn Warning ct imnhhsn,
/ danger. that. in The pre- ench 81 Gen. Gage, nldeh
pr ,mIsel that the stamps should h@ DELIVERED mo
the custody oi III" city authorizes htE &c
cortinEly soon after ncc"mrnn'Hnm WIZ Z 'pI.
tended at the Cat" ~ the Fort when ll' Governor
ordered the Paper 10 be given To- them; and upon
to the city Hall and dispersed. \il'r which
Tranquility WAS restored IL the tly.
Decatur place, is another historical title that
had tn give way to the unitarian advantages
uf numerical nomenclature, and Is. now known
as Seventh street, and yet in 1913 Commodore
stephen Decatur was considered worthy To Ir,
ceive the freedom II this city in acknowledgement
of the services he had rendered 10 his country
On oct %, Of that year, he had captured the
British war iriGeie "Ma,rd"nlan' despite ,ne
al her eQuipage. over one hundred ~ whom we're
killed or Wounded When Garden surrendered
his sword to him Sir, said Decatur, l can
not receive the sword If a man who has 81 hraNely,
defended his ship, but viii receive your hhnh
And he ressed the hand of his beaten foe in his
own Who win say ,hel .peeSSa'"' " not d
Tho town If Decatur. Otsegu county, took its
name from the same honorable source, IN 1903.
and has KEPT 1t ever since,
Uepau, De Pau place, in Blocker street, owes
lis name To- the original owner of the land, trhnCls
Dr Pau. n wealthy merchant who was the pro.
priptnr Of a line 81 lIavre packets, the first ever
organized between lhlS country and a French
pprt un lS2a) One II his ships called after his
wife, tn" Sylvia de- ,irassel was chartered by
the | nitrd States Government TO carry troops
10 the Pacific at the time of the gold disturbances
in California
UpPeys,rr street Johannes de peyster, Of
Ilaarlem, Holland, = descendant Of q Hugucno'
family, driven from Frame ~ l5I2, settled ~
New Amsterdam m 1850 Starting his bust
ness on Winckel STRAIT he rcam" one Of the
wealthiesi and most useful citzens Of his day,
Having been appointed Deputy MAYOR in 1877
he was noble minded enough to resign his pest
when he found that, owing to his imperfect knowl
edge VI English, he could not perform his duue,
in what he himself considered - satisfactory man
ner He died in 1850
Ills son. thraham. was Mayor Of New lOrl
for several wears Ills mansion IN Pearl stree
hacame Washington's headduarterS in late
times, and Was still standlmE N 1870 Us L
NlnCkel Strafi, or better NlhhPl NlIhal, now
disappeared from our city plan. il ran from The
modern Stone street 10 Bridge street, At a pom
about halfway. ~hetH'en Broad and Whitehall
streets. one side 81 it being entirely occupied
by the West India Compsny's packbup~n' o.
store house, it was naturally de y Inkel STRAIT
the shopping street # the day, Many q iouris
is aware that nike is still good Dutch Tor I
store; mHkci,p means I" keep a store; 'nkd.jr
is a sturpke.per; and un the map IT modern Hol
land such village ne mes a. Winlc'cyhOek, WIN
Lcshosk, &c, are derived from the same root
DeSbrnsses street Choice good canary vim
e. b. sold ~ three shllllngS and SIS pence per gal
in Hanover square So said. W. bradford
.Nsr YORK Gc.sRs 81 Sept ~. 1927, and this is
the earliest detail known about this family. The
widow had twn sons. Elias and James. The
former did a large business and traded with Nader,
and the West Indies, became Nldernlan in 100
The Treasurer Of the Chamber Of Commerce a.
its foundation and its President in I'll III
died in li7S m him as church warden II Trinity
devolyed the unusual task II inducing n rrct",
,".th9ut a church or a re,,orE, bon nuihlhg'
Quoted the Rev Mr. Inglis by placing his hano
on the wall of the ruined ellhco
Division street was the division line, from cas-
to west, between the properties Of James de LanceH
and IlpndriCk Rutgers, and was ceded by
the cO-op nPrS In LOO
Doyors street \ man named Dcyer had ir
this very vicinity q tract ut prrttlly wooded
property which reached t. Br"adwaA lherr"r
he sent tea gardens .'n NNl'l nuItlfIS' 81 w" Gfll '
used To- ride and something's tbut seldom 20 walk
furi was considered a great distance out Tor a walk
Henry boyer carried on a disillery in addition
"a MS tea garden concern, and Likewise kept u
grocery store. lie may have been the Keen
eyed business man who owned the Tea water
Pump Garden mentioned above tradition does
not name him in connection with ms garden
however.
Eae, Broadway was originally Herman, alias
llarmAn, or Harmon street, the street leading
30 the mansion { lI"rmanuS Rutgers.
Said the Wnr.y past Boy ot Aug l3, l1i3
"Thursdav last ,irpgr'od This life IN an advance
age, NJ, IiermGuu- RutGers, a worry emlncn,
Brewer ~ ihl, ,l'N, and n worthy, honest Man
lis remalnv were dr,eu'ly iu'nrred the next Even
ing ito was the ouly son ~ Kruger jacobsen
van Schuerrer auerdt, wh" zane 10 these shores
in 1896 Hove. +. rot to- b" encountered with such
a lengthy phtrunNnir through life. he called HIM
sell Hermrr Nuigprs Uicrman, the SON Of Rutger)
and his deSceniNu's after him preserved the ap
p~llaliun. For The same motive other member
Of the same family adopted the last syllable ol
their village ma ne tSChuarderwoerO and STYLED
themselves Van Wocrd' lie married the daughter
Nose, Putnam county, was named Ills cid
mansion stood at what j. now the junction NJ ID
vision street and East broadway
Eldridge stree, was called Third street until
1917, when i, WAS r"chris,ened in honor Of Lieut..
Joseph { EldrIdgp. who was distinguished for
bravery at Stony Crock Cllnr. 1919, was wounded
rear Fort George, and a~fterward h~utCher'd with
thirty four u.' ~ thirty nlGc men ui the little
detachment that h" commanded
Fletcher stree, commentaries GOV. Ron.
ianlin Fletcher, who ON his coming here in 1902
va, welcomed with n trent costing ego In
personal character, saws \ HI"ulnc, he * reputpd
10 have tn'u vain and headslrong and Of q raps
cir1.r dieVo>iuua. Ne grants made Ia his t~ayoriies
Hre nopd IN gu'ou'1l history a. ne eN'rayagant