Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-25

lfldRe We hLv leaving Tho most NOndors
iul hnrbor the sun ever hhone upon
smiling along the East river we sec
The opposing shores Of Manhattan and
Bwokl}n hazonod with Immense signs
advertising various industries while
dotted ln between are The large rec
creation piers Tor the children Of the
poor
n sharp contrast one zoos the loliug
lab0rotA on the shore, and the laugh,
M irollcking buthCra IN the water be,
low their RllHionlng white bodies out.
lllled against the gray rOcM na they
nppoaf ana disappear beneath the sur
face,
HLAoKWELLs ISLAND,
Sailing on through the East river We
pass under many bridges under con.
slrncllon out through the nnuoWH To
hboul east Fory-nlnth street, here we
lifst obtain a view Of the famous Black.
Wells Island This place lios directly
east OF Manhattan Island, and extends
as Tar as Eighly.nfth street II can be
reached from tho mainland by rOWs
boat Tho island IA occupied by gov.
ernmont buildings, and contains a 70.
form school, u prison, AN lnobratos
nome hospital for consumptiVos and
an insane nsylum
We have now entered the Harlem
river which IN seven miles I'm length
ANA separates Manhattan island from
the mainland, II connects tho East rly.
er ana the Hudson river ana Long ls,
ana sound by cutting through a
small canal Of the north end 81 Man.
hdllan an easy ship approach has been
made without gOlng through the dan.
Horous Watern OF Hell Gate
New YORK AZ this point presents tho
appearance Of a dense slopIng wood
dotted with magnificent structures ~
stone, TheSmott historic OF these III the
Jumel mansion ON Manhattan Island,
II stands on the crest Of Washington
Heights ono Hundred and SINty,nfth
street II was built IN l,SS by Rodgor
Morris, the husband OF Mary phillpsc
who relused the hand ~ George Wash.
inglon, During the Revolution Morris
ospousod tho English side aud was com.
PEELED 20 Zee ~ Great Britain Tho
property was connscatcd ana was oc.
cuplod by Washington IN iiiG, during
ne retreat Of the Americans from
Now York
Nathan Hale WAS sent from this
point on tho mission which ended In
his death IN 1890 George Washington,
now tho president, with hls cabinet,
was entertained hero IN 1910 John
jacob Aston acquired the property aud
cold II 20 wealthy Fronchman, Ste.
phcn Jumel After her husbands
death MADAME Jumol IN 1882 married
tho famous Aaron Burr She soon 10.
cured a divorce, became recluse and
lived IN for 30 years, dying In one OF
The rooms OF the house In 1855, II was
acquired by the city Of New York In
1899, and IL now u hall OF reloN Among
these are ellll preserved 10 ears Of corn
which Washington tied together, saying
M he ala 20. AS the cara Of corn
would grow ana multiply under culls
Nallon NO tho thirteen colonies would
Increase ana become great under a
good government"
Al ono Hundred ana Seyonty.nrh
street Is the famous High bridge, which
carries across tho Harlem the orlg.
nal 'rolon aqueductS, There are two
OF those the larger ono reaches n depth
Of 800 feet u goes under the Harlem
aOi feet, through solid rock, undor tho
bed ~ the river II rises 900 foot In "A
perpendicular SHAFT between llleh
bridge and Washington bridge. II on.
ionda from rrolon lake 90 one Hundred
and Thlrty.nfth street, distance VI
a0 miles, ana has capacity Of 9OO. O0O.
GOO gallons I'm n hours and mppllos
Manhattan island with drinking Wntcr,
II IL The largest tunnel IN tho World
,ook I'VE years to buld, al a cost NJ
'goO0O,OOO
THE HALL or FAME.
over on tho Brooklyn side al ,Inlyor.
city Heights we catch a gllmpao of tho
Han " Fame FOR great Americana,
u " enclosed IN the campus VI the Now
YORK unlVolWlly, ana was "A XIII 20 this
institution 10y Miss Helen Gould, lta
cost was 100000 This building In of
grhnlic ltH Wnlla contain 100 panels I'm
which VIII BE- set bronze tablets for the
names or 100 great Americans The
only persons eligible must be Amorl.
can born ANA must he deceased pt least
10 years. TWcnty,nlno names vera
chosen In 1900, ana 1909 lhcro were a
others ilyo VIII be- added ovory nvo
yenrs unlil the 100 names Nro complete
win ooch namo Inscribed IA u 1uola.
llou IRON lhr hpccchca or writings OF
the individual Among the namOl al.
toUdN lhosCn are Statesmen and sol.
qlrls Washington Franklin Jefferson,
john AdnWH Webster. Clay Lincoln,
Grant tUuOgW ana Robert T.. Loo.
scluull6ta. Audubon Fulton Mo0Rc,
whitney ana OrOy
Teachers ana Preachers Edwards,
Mann Charming and Booohcr
Authors IRVING Hawthorne, Elmer.
ron ana longlolrM
phil0nthropHis Gilbert q stewart.
George Peabody pnd peter Cooper
singular enough IN Wow Of the gIn o,
the fair donor her father jay Gould,
was dlanpproyod by tho committee for
enrolment, witch ~ made mp N 100
momhprs comprising the most brilliant
men Of Now York tholr selection nnal.
" 90 he approved by the Now Norl, uni.
vcr'uy Fonntc, There places which I
have described are wen worth visit,
NJ from one TO six hours each.
on THE HUDSON
Passing around In uorthvoslcrly
direction into a small canal, draw,
bridge IN openod ana we sail into the
majestic Wtou Of tho Hudson AT
this point the evidences " civilization
nrc hidden By the dense shWbbcry, We
see only the broad cXpanso VI Walm,
the closely wooded hlll-sldoE and the
blue arch Of tho sky We DO not have
20 stretch the imagination much amidst
all this silent beauty to 10 hack a few
hundred years ana In fancy SAN, with
llcndrick Hudson ana his crew. But
HoQn our royorio IN broken by Wow
OF Fort George, the once famous nili-