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 q Yacht the City Presents o
Most Striking Appearance
The Hall OF Fame,

81 New York, where 10 much 10 20 bo
hcn,d and seen, that to describe droat-
er Nav York, comprising tho boroughs
Of Manhattan, Brooklyn, queens, Bronx
pni Richmond, would bo no easy task
for each borough ~ city In Itself az
New York IL world IN Itself, Whose
Inhabitants consider II tho contor OF
existence
lts most interesting feature lies not
D. its great slgo but rather IN ~ won'
dol1ul enterprises, iu describe when
would need all the superlOilyes Of our
language for IN area N ~ the lnrgcsl
CITY "a The world ana IN population
nnNt tn the largest
lia boroughs are Joined iogolhor by
the grcntcri Of suspension bridges ana
truYorsod through their length ana
lrtadth by tho most complete and eN-
poltiyo street ear systems, comprising
cable and electric cars, eubNayR and
elevated 10 IN arriving AT his dcallna'
lion one cRn rdo under the city, over
the city aud above tho city, but No has
10 hustle 90 get n scat, Now to con-
iinuo our upcrmtlyes, Broadway ~
tho longest street IN the world
New Yofke parks are The largest ana
rosllloet IN the world ana Its business
diltlltta contain the most gigantic Of
Ace buildings whose foundations ARE
sunk deeper toward the center of the
earth and whose SUBMITS tower higher
toward tho heavens than those Of any
other city
The largest steamship hprbor In Now
York Here also are found tho most
luxurious and magnificent residential
palaces, and the poorest and most pill
iul novels one can say truly, that llko
the upper ana lower oruet OF pie tho
meat lcs between, For In no place,
that have ever visited, " one eo
struck with the truth that Americas
hope for the future lies IN her middle
classes.
New York can hardly be called an
American city IN lia rlrlo,cst eonso-r
II N NO cosmopolitan w ~ character,
n IN roughly estimated That No pot cent
of the lnhnbiinnie are foreign, There
,leIng 100000 Hebrews, q greater Jow-
ieh population than that 10 be found In
M OF Palestine. There nro more lrish
IN New York than IN Dubllri more
Germans than IN any German ely cx-
acp,ing Berlin, more Italians thnn IN
Florence and Rome combined Tho
Jaws ana the Irish arm more patriotic
toward their adopted country than are
their brothers, who for the most part
come 10 America 90 make their for-
tunes. after which they expect TO return
20 their native lana,
Tho entire population Of Now York
according to tho census OF 1900 hnd
reached 100000,
NEW YORK FROM A YACHT
Possibly tho hes, impression OF New
YORK, az n whole, can be given by your
,alslng nm imaginary sail with mo on
the tourlata yacht which makes an
entire circle OF Manhattan Island
Thlg island has 70 miles OF water 'front.'
We VIII start from West Twenty'aoo'
ond street pier sailing through the
North river pnet the piers Of the blk
ocean liners with their BACKGROUND OF
pky eoraporB, proceeding almost due
Holth, until wo reach the Battery Bnt-
terry Park forms the oxlreme southern
terminus Of Manhattan Island ana
affords an admirable view OF New YORK
hnrbor
'Tho omiarants nro landed nj tho Bat
tory after they leave ELLIS Island, ON
the rleht across the North river
stretches Jersey Cltyl In the middle,
about i've miles away N TO DO seen the
beautiful wooded slope OF staten ISL
and, We have now reached tho point
where the North and East rivers Join
their currents sailing on We pass
nj Battery park large circular build
INK, now an Aquarium, which was
formerly fort built In defense OF tho
city IN 1912, In 1892 Congress cedod II
20 The city and II became = place or
amusement known ns Castle Garden
Hero IN turn were entertained, lAfaya
cite, ON his return 10 Amerlcn, Preals
dents Jackson, Tyler and Van Buren,,
and tho Prince VI Wales now King
Edward,
In 1885, 81, T., H. Moreo, Inventor Of
tho telegraph, publicly demonstrated
sho pfaoticnhlll,y Of controlling tho
electric current
IN 1850 Jenny Lind the Swedish
Nightingale, made her American debut
here undor the management Of j, t.
parnum, Sho gave half ~ The proilta
OF her flrs, concert Sl2boO to thu char
tiles Of New York
CASTLE GARDEN
Five yoarn later castle Garden he.
vamo an cmlgrant bureau one can Inn
nglno the millions who poured IN
through her gates TO America In 1895
the building became mn AQUARIUM We
must continue on our journey Near
nj hand ON the lett lg Governors lel.
nnd II NJ now q o'clock We see the
nash Of the Hun oct gun from iie fort,
immediately following its echo Ia the
llghtnR up Of Llborty'a torch THIS
maios,o lady Madame Liberty " u
worry conspicuous object one and n
fourth mile from the battery ON Bod-
loo's Island Nhe was presented 10
America hy iho fnoh people nv an
expression ~ good VIII her sculptor
nNrlhold was ~ impressed with The
ongornoss OF The omiWanls Tor a nlght
~ lpild Az they crowded 70 tho bow "
nm incoming fhlp, that he conceived
TINY small island nt tho entrance Of the
hnrbor ~ the Ideal npol a. place the
fguro, even while his work was etlll
IN embryo No here the Ooddobs NJ
l,lhoity stands M the threshold OF Tho
now world, win upllttod torch lighting
TIM way 10 freedom and opportunity,
Tho statue Ia admired for lta perfect
proportions which u,o colossal Tho
iorch II BOB feet IN air. the figure IN
1h0 feet high ihn upliftod arm w " feet,
ne lOodVl IN fNhluN'N 70 lNNN ONlN we
ecuplorB mother ana the statue Ii
Justly admired for Tie calm boncyo.
lonco Of its countenance,
AZ the oStronlo left, ncrose the East
river In Brooklyn, with lte gigantic
warehouses immtnno navy yard, and
many church sleopcH
There Nv no place I'm tho world who're
ono can behold such An ever changing
aud diversified marine plcuro Non'
dor are anchored several wNwhlps,
here the smartly riggod yachts Of the
Conldp, VanderbiltH and Morgane lie al
rest waiting Tor their owners, whine
20 come Hbonrli there the heavy no'
loRQuo floats filed with nborerg move
slowly by mere and there the noisy i'm,
portAnt little tug bonts steam on thCil
way gliding IN between the excursion
boats, picnic barRos ana floating hon
pitfalls ARE seen 0t intervals gay VIII
color and bright With music, Laughter