The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-01-28
A TPIP TO NEW YORK CITY
A Garrett Countian's Impression of
the Nations Greatest City.

City proper, want to add few words
about New York's great hospital, Sea
View hospital located on Staten Island,
most beautifully and delightfully."- To-
Gated, as well as the finest, best ap-
pointed and most up-to-date hospital in
the wide, wide world. A person who
has never looked upon the cluster of
magnificent buildings that compose the
institution, cannot form proper idea of
their extent, their appearance nor their
Importance.
The property covers about twenty
five acres of ground. There are four
teen buildings, other buildings are to
be added. The total cost of this pro-
perty was $3,460, 600. The past year
2,37O patients were Accommodated in the
institution, and 200 deaths occurred.
The Seaview hospital receives primarily
complicated cases of pulmonary tuber-
culosis.
Adjoining this property is the one
hundred and twenty-five acre Farm
Colony and Its splendidly arranged and
equipped plant for caring for the city's
poor and worthy citizens. 1t was nv
privilege to visit these two modern
plants and pass through their delight
full grounds, and as l looked upon this
gift of the state and city to the needy
and suffering l could not help but feel
that it was glorious privilege to live
in Christian land.
Leaving Staten Island by ferry we
land at the Battery, one of the delight
full and most enjoyable spots. in summer
time, on Manhattan Island. A few
minutes walk and you are at the
aquarium, where hour after hour can be
pleasantly and proftably employed in
seeing the fish of stream, lake and
ocean, sea lions, alligators, turtles, etc.
The afternoon we spent in the build
ing was greatly enjoyed and will! long
be remembered.
At the Battery you may take your
choice of getting up town. The sub
way, the elevated or the surface street
car line. The subway is the under
ground route, with its local and eX-
press trains of from three to seven
large passenger coaches; every five
blocks is a station'for local trains, the
express train stopping at stations Is or
more blocks apart. At these stations
are stairways leading to the streets
above. Some of the stations are on
level with the cellar floors of great
business houses and haye an entrance
to the building, with its splendid line of
merchandise.
The elevated roads are built over the
streets on steel tressels, and have sta
tons as the subway, which are reach
ed by stairs, A ride over the elevatedis
greatly enjoyed by sight seers. The
outlook being much finer than that of
the surface line, being above the street.
You have fine view up or down the
cross streets. The trains like those
under ground are composed of three or
more coaches. New York City boasts
of its one old time horse street car line,
a sort of reminder of ye olden days-a
remarkable contrast between the past
and the present.
New \ ork City boasts of the great
est railroad stations in the world.
That of: the New York Central for
years was marvellous in the eyes of the
travelling public. but on the completion
of the great Pennsylvania depot it be-
came wonder of the past. The under
ground portion of the Pennsylvania
station is wonderful revelation a small
city In the bowels of the earth-Witb
Its stores, restaurants, newsstands and
other placesl of business. The Penn
sylyania trains pass under the water
in mammoth tubes. One takes his
seat in Pennsylvania train in the
station and retains it until the Journey
is completed. On the B. & o. you
must use the ferry to jersey City.
True, the ride on the splendid ferry
boats is enjoyed, for you have a fine
view of the bay, the Statue OF Liberty
and other points of interest, as well as
of the greatsships..that travel the ocean
to foreign lands.
1t wouldsbe useless to try to describe |
the buildings of this greatest CITY of |
the Western Hemisphere, buildings of |
granite, of marble, of steel, buildings
of many, many stories in heIghth,
whose floor space would cover acre
after acre of ground, showing the
wonderful conception of the human
mind, buildings of architectural beauty
and grandeur, great business houses
with yearly business running up into
millions of dollars each year.
Its beautiful public buildings, the
creation of aigenius and costing millions
of dollars of money, the description of
which is beyond the popsib;litI of tho
human mind. Beautiful! ls,o,;foo,,.I |
Grand! exclaims the onlookers, to
words, but the best obtainable.
Its splendid, magnificent hotel build
ings, with all the modern improvements
and conyeniences Imaginable are at