Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-25
Gives Glowing Account VI One OF
The Most Interesting Cities
In the World,
MENTIONS SOME OF The SIGHTS
Seen from Yacht the City Presents a
Most Striking Appearance.
The Hall Of Fame,
BpccIlI Correspondence,


IN New York, where 70 much a. 90 bC
heard and seen, chat to describe Great.
or New York, comprising the boroughr
Of Manhattan, Brooklyn, queens. Bronx
nnl Richmond would bo no easy task,
Tor each borough ~ a city IN ltsolf pa
New York IN q world In Itself, whose
inhuhllantt consider II tho conlor oi
cNitlonru,
nv mort interesting feature llos not
~ lte great HlZo hut Wlhpl I'm ltA Wons
dplful enterprises, tu describe which
Mould need all me Wpcrlotyes NJ our
language, for in area n ~ the largest
city W the world ana IN population
noSt lo the largest
lia horouRhs are Joined together by
the grcatcu ~ suspension BRIDGES and
truVcrscd through their lcngth ana
lrtadth BY the most complete ana oN-
nonrlYo street onr pyttcms, comprising
cable ana electric ears, ubWayH and
elevated, So IN arriving at his doslnn'
ton one can ride under the Cliy over
The city ana above the city, but he hns
10 hustle g. Eot n seat Now 10 con.
tnuo our suporntlyog, Broadway ~
tho longest street IN the world
New Nofk'H parks are tho largest ana
roHllioyt IN the world ana lts business
districts contain the most gigantic Of.
noo buildings whose foundations are
sunk deeper toward the center " the
earth ana whose HummilA tower higher
towDrd the heavens Than those OF any
other city
The largest steamships harbor In New
York, Here also are found the most
luSdrloub and magnificent residential
palaces and the poorest and most pll u"
ful novels one can eny truly mat IKE
tho upper and lower crust Of q pie tho
meat Hos between For IN no plaoe,
that | have ever visited, w one 80
struck with tho truth that Americas
hope for the future Hos IN her middle
classes
New York onn hardly be called an
American city IN It's elrlctcsl Honho"
II In 10 cosmopolitan IN rs character
N IN roughly estimated that NJ per cent
of the lnhnbiiants ore foreign, There
,,eng coo 600 Hebrews, u greater jew.
Ieh population than that 70 be found IN
IA OF Palestine There are moro Irish
IN Now York than IN DublNni moro
Germans than IN any German city oS.
,pp,ing nerln moro Italians thnn IN
Florence and Rome combined p, Tho
Jews and the irish are more patriotic
toward their adopted country than are
their brothers, who for tho most part
come 90 America 10 mako their For
tunes. after which they expect TO return
20 their native land,
rho ontlre population of New York
according 90 the census ~ 1900, had
reached 100000,
NEW YORK FROM A YACHT
Possibly tho host impression Of New
YORK, IA u whole, can be given by your
taking nm imaginary sail with me on
the tourists yacht which makes an
entire circle NJ Manhattan island,
This island has 20 miles Of water front,
We win star, from West TWenty'Hco.
ond street pier Sailing hrouph the
North river pnat the piers OF tho big
ocean liners with their background OF
eky acraporg, proceeding almost due
South, until wo roach the Battery hni.
terry Park forms the oXirome southern
terminus ~ Manhattan Island, ana
affords an admirable view OF New York
hnrbor,
'Thc emIgranm are landed n, tho Bat
tory after they leave ellis Island ON
the right across the North river,
stretches Jersey Cityi In the middle,
about Ave miles away Nv to be seen the
beautiful wooded slope Of Stnten Isl.
and We have now reached tho point
where the North and East rivers join
their currents, sailing on We pass
NJ Battery park a large circular bulld'
INK, now mn AQuarlum which WAS
formerly n fort built In defense ~ tho
city IN 1872, In lS92 Congress coded II
IA tho city and II became place NJ
4
,Ioro IN turn Woro entertained, lnfOys
otto, on Ms return to America, prosl
dents Jorke0n, Tyler and Van Burcn,
ond tho Prince OF Wales now Klng
Edward,
I'm isSS q. T.. n. Morse, inventor OF
Tho telegraph, publicly demonstrated
tho practicnblty Of controlling tho
electric currcnt
I'm 1850 Jenny Lind the swedish
Nightingale, made hor American debut
here, undor the management of ~ Y,
narnum, Rho gave half NJ the profits
Of her nrW concert Sl2bOO 10 the char.
tiles NJ Now York
CASTLE GARDEN
Five yoarp later castle Garden he.
,amo an cmgrant bureau, one can lm-
nglno the millions who poured IN
through hor gates io America I'm 1895
tho building became an Aquarium We
must continue on our journey Near
nj hand ON the lotl Ia Governors Isl.
ana, II liz now q o'clock We see the
nagh Of the eun eot gun from its fort,
Immediately following TIA echo IN the
lighting up Of LlhcrtyR torch This
majestic lady Madame Liberty Is a
Very conspicuous object one and "A
fourth mile from The Battery on Rod
loes Island she was presented 20
America by the Nouoh people uH an
expression of good W.T. her sculptor
llRrthold WnH ~ impressed win the
ongornoW Of the rngrantH tor night
~ land, uH they crowded tO The how NJ
mn incoming fhlp, that he conceived
this small island M the entrance Of the
hnrbor Ug the IDEAL ppot tn place the
figure, oven while his work was etlll
I'm embryo No here the Hoddots NJ
Jihorty stands at thp threshold ot tho
now world, with uplIttod torch lighting
the way ~ Freedom and opportunity,
Tho statue IN admired for lN perfect
proportions witch are colossal Tho
torch 10 30h foot Nm air. the figure la
ib0 feet hlgh, the upllftod arm ls ~ feet,
The model ~ supposed to have boon the
Hculnlors mother and the statue Ia
Justly admired for tho calm bcncvo,
lonco Of ita rounteuaucc,
AZ the extreme lclt across the East
rlvor In Brooklyn win lts WgWtlo
warehouses immense navy yard, and
many church stooploN
Nhoro is no place I'm the world whore
one cnn behold such an ever changing
ana diversified marine picture Non.
der are anchored several Wnwhipsi
horo Che smarty Hggod yachts of the
Goulde, VOnderblllR ana MorRnnR Ne a.
rest waiting Tor th2lr oWncrA whlmp,
TO como abonrli there the heavy gr0s
toaQuo floats llled with lnborers move
slowly by nero and thoro the noisy I'M
portNnt little tux bo1ts steam ON their
way gliding IN between the excursion
boats, picnic bnrgas ana floating hose
pitfalls Nro seen ot intervals, gay with
color and bright with music laughter