New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-12

good section Of Main st. is one story
taxpayer, on a plot 30 by 100 feet, oc-
cupied by tailor and cafe. The prop
erty is for sale n a bargain price.
On Clinton av. arc the homes Of Mrs.
Eleanor X. Fraser. Edward II. Fallows,
Charles p. McClelland. Mrs. Frederick
Scott Wait, DR.. c. II. Judson and John
W. Guiteau. In The north end OF
Broadway is the beautiful estate, called
Agawam. of Edwin Gould. In the same
section are the homes Of Nathaniel
Campbell, Frederick VI. Cromwell, Jonn
y. Cooper, L. Alfred SCHNEIDER, the
Rev. Or. John Talbot Smith, pastor OF
the Church of the Sacred Heart, at
Dobbs Ferry; the Rev. FREDERICK I. lgle-
hart, Charles +. Schuyler and John l..
Travis and other well known persons.
In the central section OF Broadway
are the homes Of Mrs. James De VIII
Wilde, Albert de Nerestigui, Nathanlei
Lawrence, the residence and school OF
the Misses Masters and the former
Jennings Scott McComb property, re-
Gently bought by Mrs. Winston BE
sides there are in this section Ihe
homes Of James L. Taylor, DR.. Robert
Dcnniston. Thomas Maher. Lieutenant
Clason. L. 5. A.. retired; Mrs. Emma
|. d. Fields. Charles b. Mills. Herman
LEROY Edgar. W. p. Brown and Garret
r. Hasbrouck.
Besides there are along Broadway
the Young girls school conducted by
the Mission Sisters of the Sacred
Heart. the home Of Courtlandt Smith
and James f McKenny, and the ST.
Christophers Home, an orphanage con
Quoted by the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Dobbs Ferry has a modern sewerage
=, stem and an up-to date water system
II owns its sewer system, and ITS water
sunnlv is obtained by the Consolidated
Water Company, Of Suburban Ne"
Vork from Pocantico Lake, about ten
miles distant ...,l, I'M
Wi.hin the last few years mdcn I'M
rortant mblic work has been done
bv the village. As result cemehl
sidewalks are il all sections o. me
village. A vitrified brick ROADWAY IS
in Broadway from Chestnut ST; 10
Ashford av. 1t is now proposed 10
c.,tend this brick roadway pom hor'n
and south. so as 10 touch the hastings
l;oc on the south and the lrvlng,oA
line on the north. The village taxes
special pride IN keeping IT'S stree.s
clean and in neat order. me streels
arc washed every Saturday o. men
who have had long experience IN such
work. o,.o
Insurance rates in Dobbs Ferry are
as low as in any progressive suoul "a"
village i'm the metropolitan region PC
cause il has an efficient volunteer Hre
department. The department numpe
three companies. The Resolute I1ooN
and Ladder Company IS one o! 'neIn.
and other up-to-date apparatus. III
cirdinc the latest life nets. It's roster
includes about forty men. The tore
man Of that company is Benjamin H.
Wallace. cashier Of the Dobbs fefry
Rank The Livingston Hose Company
!. another one of the fine companies
~ This fire department. II has ar au-
tor1obile hose wagon and IS lully
euuipped in every other respect us
roster of men also numbers about
fortv Then. there is the Ogden In
cine Company, one OF the nest com
panies of its kind in this state IL
also has roster Of about forty men.
A new approach to the Dobbs Ferry
station in Chestnut and Palisades So
was laid about couple u years ego
AT a cost Of about 100000 The work
was splendidly done and the MONEY
expended was well spent.
Dobbs Ferry is widely noted not
only for its beautiful estates, but also
for its public and private schools. ne
village has a public grammer and high
school building on Broadway. one
block north of Ashford nv, which cost
about S15O.OOO. The high school adj
dition was put up two years ago.
About thirty-five years ago the
Misses Masters opened little school
in the village; to-day the Masters
school occupies about fifty acres,
numerous houses. and the value OF
land, buildings and equipment IS placed
by some real estate experts al about
10000 The residence occupied by
he Misses Masters as their home was
formerly the country home OF the late
James J. McCOmb. Mr. McConb vas
q generous patron Of the school.
The Mackenzie School for Boys IS
also located in Dobbs Ferry. IL enjoy
q countrywide reputation a. hlgh
class preparatory school. The man
hall is magnificent building on the
banks Of the Hudson, and Mackenzie
Field is the scene of many football
and baseball games and out-of-door
sports.
On South Broadway, opposite St
Christopher's Home. Niss Trube con-
ducts small kindergarten, and
on property owned by VI. G..
Herman and Leo Arnstcin, summer
camn Tor children. Messrs. Herman
and Arnstein gave the use Of the prop
erty free. This summer the outdoor
kindergarten is a most successful al
fair
The founders of the Chauncey sec
ton of Dobbs Ferry were the late Cor
nelius VI. Bliss and Joel B. Ehrhardt
end also ex-senator Chaunccy NJ. De-
pew. About fifteen years ago the New
York Juvenile Asylum bought the en-
tire Chauncey tract up on the hill. and
has since built there appropriate
homes for the little children IN IT'S
care.
Along the fats or plainland, near
the railroad tracks Of the PutIam dl-
vision of the New York Central, stood
about fifteen years ago the Brussels
Tapcstrv Company's plant The com
panv erected on the plains many
houses for its employees. The plant
was purchased few wears after II was
onened by the DobsOn Carpet Com
many, and both plant and employees
moved 20 Philadelphia. The Old factory
is nov occupied by new concern.
Colonel FranKiIn q. Brown, OF Ked-
rond e. Co., bankers. OF this city, has
boen tho president Of Dobbs Ferry for
many wears. aud under his able di-
rcction the village has been mad" more
attractive to city people seeking