The Newtown bee., 1901-04-05

stiles. These are only such schools as
come under the supervision of the city
and do not include evening schools, or
private schools, or schools or colleges
that in Manhattan borough, alone,
there are 10 colleges OF private and
theological order. This borough has
| 10 large first class hotels, and scattered
about Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn
borOughs are l26 hospitals, "A first class
theaters and many philanthropic in
situations. There are 46 street car
lines and five elevated railroads in
Manhattan and Bronx and an under
ground railroad in course of construc-
ton, which, beginning at the Battery,
will extend to 14th street; there, be-
coming two lines, which are to con-
tinue on to Yonkers and Mt Vernon,
N. Y. While the city is contempla-
ting to build tunnel under the East
river and another from Fort Hamilton
to Staten Island, it is now engaged in
constructing large suspension bridge
over the East river. These are all gi-
gantic enterprises which will cost high
sums of money but will, when finished,
greatly aid rapid transit facilities
The beautiful water front of Man
haitian has IL ferries going to Brook
Ign, Jersey City, HOboken and Staten
Island; 128 piers and six recrea ton
piers, where, during the warm wealth
er, the poor can go with their children
and enjoy the sea breezes and listen to
the music furnished for their benefit
and from where they can view, to their
hearts content, the unceasing traffic
on the rivers on whose waters can be
seen specimens of all kinds of seagoing
craft from rOw-bOat to an ocean
steamship, and ofttimes man-o'-war.
Some of the tall office buildings, for
which New York is noted and which
are over 300 feet high, are: st Paul
building, Broadway and Ann street,
25 stories, 3OS feet high; American
Surety building, Broadway and Pine
street, % stories, 3O6 feet; American
Tract Society building, Nassau and
Spruce streets, % stories, 306 feet:
World building, Park Row, p stories,
3754 feet to top of dome, and the Syn
dictate building, Park Row, 20 stories,
1872 feet high. Apart from these there
are many buildings with 10, 20 and 81
stories and from 27O to POO feet high.
And now. a word about the city'S
fairy lands, the parks. Greater New
York has 50 parks, the largest being
Pelham Bay park, situated on the
shore of the Sound and Eastchester
Bay, comprises 1856 acres. Van Court
land park, 1872 acres, containing the
famous golf links; here also the mill
tia have their sham battles; next,
Central park, 843 acres, then Bronx
park, whose forest solitude is somewhat
broken by the presence of the 400, -
numbering 6G acres, and Prospect park
containing 81 acres. [ have made in
quiries, as you will guess and have been
informed that beautiful Prospect Park,
SO charming in it's picturesque natural
ness and SO dear to the hearts of the
Brooklyn citizens, has, apart from a
good sized menagerie, 10 acres in
woodland, II acres in lakes and water
courses, 70 acres in meadows which af-
ford fine playground for baseball,
football, cricket, tennis and croquet,
PSI acres in plantation, 8 miles of
drives, five and one-tenth miles of
bride paths and II miles of walks
while beautiful flower gardens are a
pleasing feature of attraction during
the summer months. Compared with
Central Park, it is, I think, rather a
matter of individual opinion as to
which is worthy of most praise. Pros
pect park with it natural beauty or
Central Park with it's artificial beauty.
When it is considered that forty years
years ago as l am told, Central Park
was only big waste mostly of rock
with here and there tree and then
viewed as it is now, it is little wonder
that it has become the cityS joy.
This park has 185 acres in lakes and
reservoirs, 400 acres in forests, where
in over half million of trees and
shrubs have been planted, nine miles
of drives, five and three-quarter miles
of bride paths, % and one-quarter