Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-08
WRITES IHH ERYh Metropolis
Another Interesting Letter from
Rev. Potashinsky
HILLS BACK EAST
NOT LIKE WESTERN
0saphic Description OF Now York
Cit, from "Upt ,wn" Auto
on for Baltimore

New YORK City. April 20. oS.
To The Enterprise:
We left Niagara Falls eastward
bound on the New York. Ontario &
Western r. R.. travelling the north
ern section OF the Empire state. For
quite distance this road runs along
the shore OF Lake Ontario and VIC
enjoyed its fresh breeze. New York
Is certainly great state and every
section OF il has peculiar interest. To
the student OF American history ev-
cry part OF the state Is sacred.
Many Of the battles OF the Revolu.
tionary war were ofught upon this
soil and where now throbs the rest
less pulse of commercial life once
throbbed the heart beats Of men en-.
gagged in mortal combat deciding the
issues OF . holy cause. Here and
there are mural tablets relating that
on this very ground was fought this
or that battle. Columbia University
stands on the very spot where Wash.
inRton fought and woa the battle Of
Harlem Heights.
The northern section Of New York
state Is billy and the green knoiis ai.
ternating with the greener valleys
make . very pretty landscape. One
can not form an idea OF these hills
from our Western foot hills. The
New York hills are not so bold and
impudeat. but with every possible re.
ful lines Of easy ascent and sioping
declination. This region IL the dairy
centre Of the state and judging from
the prosperous looking farm houses
and large barns this must be q pay
ing business. Most of the milk II
for New York City use.
One is at . loss for words In de-
seribinR New York City. DR.. Chase
this morning after . tramp through
Wall and Nassau streets declaring
with failing breath "the half has not
been told" He was experiencing the
''erush" to which the New Yorker IS
accustomed. The stranger Is much
bewildered here by the narrow
streets. tall and massive buildings
and above all by the dense throngs
everybody going somewhere and
everybody In a great hurry. It's
maefstrom Of life and II one be
caught in these streams Of conflict
ing currents his original destination
will be much changed before his jos
tied remains escape the whirlpool.
We did not fare As badly this morn.
ing as the above might indicate. I
am but describing former expcr,,
who manages not to be bumped twice
tied by my former humping. We
visited this morning two very inter
esting hurches-Trinity Episcopal
the Oldest Protestant Episcopal
church in the city-and John Street
Methodist, the Oldest Methodist
church in this country. The former
is known not as the largest but as
the richest church in existence. Its
property is valued in many millions
and the income from the investments
made by the vestry's standing COM
mittee is reported to be enormous.
Our interest was chiefly in the John
Street Methodist church, for denom.
national reasons. Here In 1863
almost a decade before the Declara::
ton Of Independence-was organized
the first Methodist church in Amer
lea, and the Methodist as he realizes
that the present building stands on
the original site, II he appreciates the
force which this church has been in
the building up of the nation as well
as the church at large. gives thank:
and praise to that small body of
in God organized this church for the
spread of His Gospel. Here have
preached some of the greatest Of
Methodist preachers. Here Asbury
and Summerfeld preached to
throngs. Among its faity we note
such historic characters as Captain
John Webb and Barbara Heck. Tab
lets are placed on the walls in MEM
ory of a number of its ministers and
upright laymen. The last tablet be-
ing to the memory Of Samuel Had
ley "the Apostle to the Outcast", !,
whose death in 1906 is remembered
with profound sorrow.
One trip the visitor to this great
est of American cities must take
the Uptown" trip offered by the
Seeing New York Automobile Co. II
has the advantage of covering this
interesting district in the least time
and to considerable advantage. We
expected to find Fifth avenue a
street Of palaces. In this we were
Mr.. carnegie's home which may
properly be described by that word.
A number of houses in this street
chief among them Senator Clark's-
are built for show. They do not i'm
press the visitor with admiration.
advertising the commercial rating OF
the owners and with Il the lack Of
aesthetic taste and refinement of the
same. Most of the homes seen
along this famous street are of mod
est brown stone and for external
beauty can be easily matched by
many of the homes In our Capitol
Hill district in Denver. The cost OF
some Of these houses 10 enormous.
: suggesting elaborate interior finish