Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-24

Major Andre made the camp here his head
quarters before General Clinton sent him
to negotiate with Arnold.
The old schermerhorn house. built in 1896.
on Third avenue, near Twenty-eighth
street, and Ferry village. about which
there were clustered many houses, taverns.
stables and shanties. and which was a ia
nous place in the old Dutch days. will also
be shown
In Manhattan there will be views Of New
Amsterdam in its earliest days; of Broad
street in the seventeenth century; OF the
Palisades on Wall street, built In 1858; Of
Governor Stuyvesant's country house, To-
Gated about Tenth street, near Second ave-
nue., near the site Of the present st. Marks
church; of the city hall and the great dock
CStadt Huys). in 1899; Of Governor Stuyve-
SAINTS tomb; of Fraunce's tavern, where
Washington took farewell leave of his OFF,
GERS; of st. Paul's chapel, where WASH
ington attended services just before he was
inaugurated; of the battery in 1872; of the
first free school in New York City; OF the
house of the East India company, which In
1905 declared a dividend OF 70 per cent on
a capital of 81, 600, 900 and the gross receipts
Of which in 1903 were $4,000, 900; of the
Adrian block tablet at Al Broadway, on the
site of which it is said that the first white
mems houses were built on Manhattan
island, and of other interesting places.
New York, during the period of the Revo-
luton. will also come in for a fair share of
the attention of the lecturers Of the Board
Of Education.
Some Manhattan Views.
There will be views Of Manhattan island.
showing the American defenses in 1776; Of
the spot on Broadway, between Forty-third
and Forty-fourth streets, where Washing
ton and Putnam met during the retreat Of
the latter; of McGown's Pass tavern; of the
old Dykeman house, on the Kings Bridge
road (now Broadway, at Two Hundre and
Tenth street. past which washington's
army went on its retreat to White Plains;
Of Kings bridge, built in 1893, across which
Washington's retreating army marched; Of
Lord Howe's headquarters, now within the
grounds of the westchester Country club;
Of Gouverneur Morris house, still standing,
at One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street,
near st. AIMS avenue; of Bridewell, the
common jail, built in lT5, between Broad
way and the site of the present city hall,
and which was used by the British as a mill
itary prison; of Van Cortlandt mansion,
erected in 174s, near the Albany post road.
where Washington and Rochambeau dined
on July %. 1871, and of the Government
house, built south Of Bowling Green for a
permanent presidential mansion, but which.
as the capital was afterward moved to Phil
adelphia, was used by the governor Of the
state until the removal of the state capital
to Albany.
Growth of the City.
The growth of New York city is phe-
nomenal. At the last federal census II had
a population of S.4S7, 2O2. The Board of
Health estimates that it contains s.7s2. 200
at the present time. The births in Man
haitian borough alone during the first four
months of the current year exceed those of
the same period last year by 1000, while
the percentage of deaths is decreasing.
Much of the foreign immigration Into the
country has also settled in the eastern
metropolis.
The testimony Of the vital statistics OF
New York regarding it's wonderful expan-
sion in wealth ana population is-conhrmed
by other evidence. It's water front, extern
sive as It is, is unable to accommodate the
commerce centering there. An enormous
expenditure of money is being made for the
Improvement of its wharves and docks to
suit the wants of shipping, and a large
acreage of the lower end of the island
is being excavated for the latter. Then
again, many millions more are being speni
to improve its local and suburban trans.
portation facilities. Over &36. Ooo,O 900 is coins
into the rapid transit subway. which was
designed to relieve the tremendous conges
tion which exists on the surface thorough.
fares and street railways. The Herald
estimated. last January, that the plans fol
the Improvement of all kinds OF transit
facilities which are TO be carried out ir
greater New York during the next five
years will involve the expenditure OF $40,
OOC. 900, while other public works. on which
the city and federal governments are &C
tually engaged, represent an outlay of $S4.
900, 900 more. Public works Of all kinds n
course of development will thus cost
total of $S24.oOO. 900. The private improve
ments which are being made to meet tn,
calls of the city's growth in population
and commerce swell the grand total to al
: incredible sum-.
. "Might Makes Right"
Walter Damrosch and John Jerome Room,
3 have furnished the words and music of tn
, song Fright Makes Might" to be sung b,
= the school children at the celebration OIL
= the 26th.
The following are the verses set to musi
by Mr.. Damrosch:
Ho! Waterman of the city gate,
How doth the city fare?
I Doth any foeman Turk and wait
To pierce our armor there?
e And. Waterman, is the wall made stout
With Freedoms holy might?
L And Is II builded 'ro.tnd about
With Honor, Truth and Right?
Refrain I
Oh. yes: the city wall is strong.
And proud our eity's name;
a Our lives protect New York from wrong,
Our deeds defend her fame.
The ship that Rlides on yonder bay
Has touched far India's strand;
N 1t bears our golden grain away
To bless some distant land.
g The irOnclad horse. with lightning speed
i And fire within its breast,
Lay at our door, TO meet our need,
The riches of the West
But city walls are strong in vain,
And wealth itself is poor,
II men seek not a nobler gain
In manly hearts secure.
The nag above, with fearless hearts,
Well dare to do the right;
Wen do our great, our humble parts,
W And right will make the might.
Poor Harold.
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