New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK
Continued from seventh page

Orphan Asylum Society, at greenwich As
the auspices of Mrs. Sarah Hoffman Mr.. ue'
ander Hamilton and Mrs. Bethune. WIFI - ea
celebrated divine. author and poet Tn s
building of the society stood in Bank-st ~
1910. when a new site was purchased IL n, n
Seventy-fourth-st. On April the Corpor.,'1'
recommended the citizens to plant trees n ~
the streets forty feet wide the trees 10 - ~
less than twelve feet apart" and orderad s ~
regulation of Rtvington-st. and the chanpiru
the name of Bullock-st. to Broome after T,.'
tenant Governor Broome The wharves ~.
and slips were let this year to William IohsN e'
for $1,000 a year. and "a sale Of Corpor.., Oa
lands took place at Incklenbergh C.TIrrav nm
Of 50 half-acre lots. for SCI 900. subject -
to an annual rent forever of twenty busbaI =
wheat"
Some things Of interest occurred d1Iri,e .s,.
period which should not be passed over A "a.
ierary fair was held every year. either in ".
York or Philadelphia. in order to promote a.
quatntance Of publishers and to encourapa ~
art OF printing and bookbinding, also ~ =
cflitate the circulation Of books through 80
country. E,ngIand's high taxes and her -
price Of paper were favorable to the Am.-,
can publisher, IN that celebrated works ~ M,
World authors were reprinted and sold for on.'
fourth the original price. The demand for tba,.
was such that the publishers themselves =.
tahlished circulating libraries. There was :,
dearth of literary talent In the city" said =.
historian. but 1t had been almost exclusives.
directed to political subjects and to organizn.
theories and testing untried institutions" ~,
trepidation Of one publisher. when the reprin,-
Ing Of Scott's Lay Of the Last Minstrel' wa,
being considered. is amusing now. A volunnab.s
been sent by the author to the wife OF a na..s
divine IN the city. 1t was circulated widav
and an American reprint was suggested TIA.
publisher who was spoken to called togetbs.
a number OF literary experts. who pronouncss
the poem too local IN its nature and fra IN
terest obsolete. 1t was without the harnonv
OF the tuneful Pope" 1t was rejected, but wa,
printed shortly afterward by a more farseetn,
publisher.
Toward the middle OF 1907 news reached tia
city Of the capture OF Aaron Burr and hi, tr.,
for treason in Richmond. Va Much exciteuer,
was caused, but New-Yorx was well represen,aa
at the trial. which resulted In his acquittaI IA.
cause OF the difficulty OF the prosecution IN prov
ing overt acts. Burr came to New-York ana
lay concealed IN the houses OF friends uptu
under an assumed name and with money Dor.
rowed for his passage. he sailed for Europe
Wars alarums resounded through the countr,
at the end OF 1907. when Congress passed a hi,
prohibiting American vessels from sailing ~.
foreign ports and all foreign vessels from takius
out cargoes. All coasting vessels were required
TO give bonds to land their cargoes IN the United
States. Important measures were adopted for
the defence OF the city. The old Potter's Field
AT the Junction OF the BIoomingdaIe and Posi-
roads (Madison Square). was coded to the IA.
ronal government, which erected an arsenal
upon It; also ground under water 400 feet on
which the Castle Garden, or the Battery. WA
soon after erected The batteries at the roo,
OF Hubert-st. and Fort Ganssvoort were slsa
established The city suffered severely from, m.
embargo Ths trade OF the whole world was
interdicted- Warehouses were IN many Instance,
closed and ships lay idly at anchor The farmer
was badly affected. as he had no market for his
produce. and TO sell meant a great reduction ID
prics- Measures vera being taken by the ma.
tional government to remedy the condition "a
affairs. but without effect, and SO It continued
until 1903. when Jefferson CONSENTED to a corn.
promise and non-intercourse was substituted fn
embargo, all nations except Francs and Grea;
Britain being relieved from the arbitrary pro-
visions OF the former act Business began %
revivs.
Marinus Willett was Mayor IN 1907 and our
ing his term many improvements were inausu-
rated. One OF these. and the most Important
was the adoption OF a plan OF the futurs city "a
which we owe the parallel streets and broad
avenues OF the upper part OF tina island n COM
trast 10 the crooked lanes OF the downtown lo4
cality. The whole island 70 Kingsbridgs was laid
out and surveyed by commissioners appointed
by the legislature. Gouverneur Morris De Witt
Clinton and others. The streets. beginning with
the first on the east side of the Bowery abovs
Houston-st. We're numbered upward to the exs
trsme end of the island. Twelve avenues In
Id
from F1rst-ave. the continuation Of AIIen-st. to
Twelfth-ave. there IS now a Thirteenth-ave.l.O on
the shores Of the North River When avenues
were afterward laid out TO the eastward Of ths
former the letters OF the alphabet were used to
designate them. Public parks for the adOrns
ment of the city were made from the squares
and triangles which We're formed by the june
ton or the thOroUghfares Everything was dOls
to make every inch OF the island habitabe
Hampertng these improvements were the wG
threats Of England and France on March /.
1SOV. the embargo. as was mentioned before. was
removed by Congress. and a system Of non
intercourse was substituted. In August non-in-
tercourse with England again proclaimed,
while in the following March commercial inter.
course renewed with the French nation
England continued her aggressions and sta
toned ships Of war before the American forts
TO intercept the outward bound vessels and taxa
RoSSCSSioli VI tIcil is LtWIul prizes AS no SAT-
istactlon was to be obtained from the British
government, Congress resolved to bring matters
10 head. and on May 10 the President pro-
claimed war against Great Britain. This dec
larattOn caused the city TO retrograde for a tins
IN population and wealth. The history Of ths
war Is well known TO every reader.
when tranquility restored the pOpua-
tion of the city, according To the census taken
IN 1911. was over 92OOo. including nearly LOU
negro slaves. The hum OF industry began 70
be heard on every side. and New-York com
merce girded herself for peaceful battle win
ether countries. The had interrupted pu0.
nc improvements. but with the ratification Or