Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
influence to hypnotic power.-Bul-
letin-Journal.
Eastern Scenes,


some two months of the present
summer in New York city and en-
virons in the enjoyment of unusual
facilities for acquiring information
respecting that wonderful city, it
is my purpose, with your permission,
to place before your readers in
series of short articles some of the
results of my observations and in
vestigations.
| Our home while absent was with
Mr.. G. L. Lake and wife at their
beautiful home in Montclair, N. j.,
which is practically a suburb Of New
York city although about sixteen
miles west of the Hudson river, and
while visiting places Of amusement
or objects of interest were chaperoned
by MIR. Lake or his excellant wife.
Many Of our townsmen will remem-
Der our Charley-he of the sunny
smile, seductive lip and Falstaifian
mould--as host, guide and companion
incompatible.
In order to give as nearly as prac-
ticable realistic view of this sec
ton of our wonderful country, let us
outline first. Twill now ask the read
er to step with me in fancy to the
Orange Mountain close at hand and
climb to the Eagles Rock on some
clear Sunday morning when the
thousands of furnaces with their in
evitable steam and smoke are at rest,
and direct our eyes to the north,
thence to the right describing half
circle until our vision is arrested by
the mountain to the south. When
tell you what that half circle con-
tains, and that Eagle Rock is the on
ly place on this continent of which
the same may be truthfully said, you
will at least concede that it is a mag
nifcent outlook. That one sweep of
the eye covers one-twelfth of the pop
ulation of the United States, it con
tains the greatest money center of
the earth to-day, it contains a very
large percentage of our manufactur-
ing industries, probably a larger
number of immensely expensive sky
scraping structures than any other
half dozen cities in America, and l
believe it contains the power that
shapes the policy of our government
We are now gazing upon panora-
ma of cities limited by the Atlantic
ocean on the east. At our feet lies
beautiful Montclair with its magnif-
cent residences, spacious lawns of
velvety green decorated with rare
shrubs Of various tints and resplen-
dant with gorgeous flowers disposed
in artistic splendor. The greater
share of its avenues are veritable
boulevards, where expensive vehi-
cles with silk-hatted coachmen and
automobiles, costing from five humid
red to five thousand dollars, are, in
favorable weather, constantly in
evidence Once seen, its beauty
will linger in memory Joy forever.
The line of vision from our point
of observation and reaching the far
thest point in our half circle will
cross, after Montclair, Glen1idge,
Ampere, Bloomfield, Newark, Harri-
son, and Jersey City or Hoboken ly
ing north of Jersey City, to the Hud-
son, that great stream being the
di siding line between New York
and New Jersey. Now on across
the Hudson, which is about a half
mile wide on one Of its mammoth
steam ferries, across Manhatten Is
land on which old New York city
stands, to the East river, which di-
vides Manhattan and Long Island,
flowing into the bay of New York.
The Hudson likewise enters into the
bay. We will now cross the East
river on steam ferry or over the
great Brooklyn bridge, with your
choice Of means. Ofelectric trolley
tracks there are two, of steam rail
road tracks two, carriage or wagon
ways two, besides an ample space
for pedestrians. If you walk, as /
prefer, go slow and feast your eyes
on spectacle unparalleled, beyond
conception. If tired, seats are abun-
dant where you can rest and drink
of the wonders spread before you,
Greater New York each side of the
East river is subject to your inspec-
ton. Steam and sailing vessels Of
every grade enliven the waterscape
north and south of the great bridge
over which you are passing. But
let us over the bridge and on
through old Brooklyn to Coney Is
land, then back to Eagle Rock. On
each side of our central line we dis
tinguish many Of New York's colos-
sal buildings. Even the twin spires
of st. Patrick's cathedral are visible
in the haze of distance. Let usnow
cast our eyes little south of this
line to the bay of New York, past the
south end of Manhattan Island and
on through the Narrows, the entrance
, to New York harbor, formed by
|. Long Island on the north and Staten
Island on the south. The tall shaft
| you see is the Statute of Liberty on
Governors Island in New York bay
Bedloe's Island, also in this bay, is
where immigrants are placed in
quarantine for examination before
being allowed GLAND.
: A little to the left Of the Narrows
f and across the south end of Long Is
+ land may be seen an alabaster like
} tower in dleamland on Coney Island
, Between our point of view and the
| great city there are three rivers: the
t Passaic, between Newark and Har.
. rison; the Hackensack, from which
e Jersey City derives its water supply
9 and the Hudson, which here forms /;
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