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


ful hnrbor the sun ever shonc upon,
smiling along the East river we see
The opposing shores OF Manhattan aud
Brooklyn blngoncd with Immense signs
advertising various industries while
dotted IN between Hre the large no.
creation piers for the children OF tho
poor
In sharp contrast one sees The loling
laborera on the shore, and the laugh.
ing frollokinR baihorB IN the water be.
low their glieionlnp white bodies out
lined against tho gray rocks m they
appear ana disappear beneath the SUR
face
BLAcKwELL's ISLAND.
Sailing on through the East river We
pass under many bridges under cone
hlrnciion out through the nafrows ~
about cast Fort y.nlnth street, here we
ilrnt obtain u View OF the famous Black
wells Island, This place lies directly
east OF Manhattan island, and extends
Ns FAR as Elghty.nfth etreoi II can be
reached from tho mainland by a row.
boat Tho Island IA occupied by gONs
ernmont buildings and contains a re.
form school a prison, an inebrlatos'
home, u hospital for consnmpiiYes aud
an Insane asylum,
We have now entered tho Harlem
river which N scven miles IN length
and separates Manhattan Island from
the mainland, n connects the East rly-
or ana the Hudson river and Long lsl.
and sound by cutting through
small canal al the north end OF Man
haitian an easy ship approach has been
made without golng through the dan.
gorOus watefe OF Hell Gate,
New YORK at this point presents the
appearance OF a dense eloplng wood
dotted With magnificent structures Of
stone, Thelrhoft historic OF these IN the
Jumel manaon on Manhattan Island.
II stands on the crest ~ Washington
Heights, one Hundred aud SlSty.nfth
alroot II was built W l,hs by Rodgor
Norris, the husband Of Mary phlllpse,
who refused the hand Of George Wash.
inRton, During the Revolution Morris
ospousod The English side aud was COM
PEELED TO Nee 20 Great Britain, The
property was oonlscatod, ana was oc.
cuplcd by Washington IN 1870 during
ne retreat Of the Americans from
New York.
Nathan Hale VAS sent from this
point on tho mission which ended In
his death IN 1890 George Washington,
now tho president, with his cabinet,
was entertained here IN 1910 John
jacob Aston acquired Tho property and
sold II 10 IA wealthy lrronohman, Ste.
nhon Jumel After her husbands
death, Madame Jum0l In 1889 married
tho famous Aaron Burr, She soon No.
cured divorce, became u reoluso and
lived 10 for 80 years, dying In one OF
the r0omh Of the house IN 1856, II was
acquired by the city OF New York In
1899, and Ia now a hall Of relics Among
those arc stlll preserved 10 ears OF corn
which Washington tied together saying
IA he ala NO, 'As the cara Of corn
would grow and multiply undor cultI-
walton NO tho thirteen colonies would
Increase ana become great under a
good government"
At One Hundred ana Scvcnty.nith
street II the famous High bridge which
carries across tho Harlan, the orlgI.
nal croton nquoducts There are two
OF these, tho larger one reaches depth
Of 800 feet II goes under the Harlem
aOi feet, through solid rock, under tho
bed of the river II rises 400 foOl IN q
perpendicular phaft between High
bridge and Washington bridge, II OK.
tonda from Crolon lake 20 ono Hundred
ana Thlrty-nfth street, a distance OF
20 miles, and has capacity OF 300 O00,-
600 gallons In ~ hours, ana supplies
Manhattan island with drinking water,
II N the largest tunnel IN the world
TOOK I'VE years 60 build at cost NJ
Sg0O0O0OO,
THE HALL or FAME
over ON the Brooklyn side at Unlyor.
silly Heights we catch n glimpse OF tho
Hal VI Fame FOR great Americans,
y " enclosed In the campus Of the New
YORK unworthy ana wna n Rlft 10 this
institution 10y Miss Helen Gould. Ita
cost was NbOoOO This building IN OF
granite, ile walls contain 100 panels In
which WIN be set bronze tobloiN for the
names OF 100 great Americans, The
only persons eligible must be Amerl.
can born ANA must be deceased ut least
10 yoara, Twonty9nlno namea were
chosen In 1900, and 1909 lhofe were n
others, Ave win Ne added every Ave
years until tho 100 names nro complete
win ench namo inscribed II n quota.
tlon from the speeches OF writings OF
the individual Among the names al
ro0dy chosen are Statesmen and sOl-
dlors- Washington, franklin, Jefferson,
John Adams, Webster, Clay Lincoln,
Grant, FurrAgul and Robert n. Ice
Scl0nlIstam Audubon, Fulton, Morse,
whitney ana uray
/ Teachers ana Preachers Edwards,
Mann, Charming and Boecher
Authors irving, Hawthorne, Finer
son ana LongfoloW,
phllnnihroplsls gilbert 4, stewart,
George Peabody gnd Peter Cooper,
singular enough, IN View Of the Rlft NJ
tho falr donor, her father, jay Gould,
wna dlsapproycd by the committee for
onrollmcnt which IN made up OF 100
members comprising the most brilliant
men Of New York their selection nnal-
~ 60 he approved by tho Now York uni
Vorplty senate, There places which I
have described are wen worth % visit,
Of from one TO six hours each,
3 ON THE HUDSON
Passing around IN norlhwcslery
direction into small canal u draw.
bridge In opened ana we sail into the
majestic waters ot tho Hudson. At
this point the evidences " civilization
are hidden by tho dense ahwbhcry We
see only the broad eNpnnso OF wntod
tho closely wooded hlll-ades, ana the
blue arch OF the aky, We DO not have
20 stretch tho Imagination much amidst
all this silent beauty, ~ 10 back q few
hundred years and In fancy sail, with
| llendrlck Hudson ana hia crew, Hut
! soon our rovorlo IL broken by Wow
OF Fort George, the once famous nall.