The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-07-04
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Letter Written to .Denison Friend
Tells of Visit to the Interned
-rr German Vessels
AT THE CURB STOCK MARKET
Trip to coney Island, Fort Totten, a
Training Camp and an Inspec-n
ton Of Colonial Houses

Training Camp and an InSpec-a ,
ton Of Colonial Houses
w. w. Cushman received. a most
interesting letter the last Of last
week from Mr.. Theo. Walker. who,
with his wife left Denison about a
month ago for an extended visit in
New York City with their son, Dave.
Since arriving in New York, Mr.. Wal
ker has kept busy taking in the sights
and tells of seeing three government
transports loaded with soldiers and
their conveys ready to sail for France.
Thinking the letter would be inter-
esting to Review subscribers, we have
pre- vailed upon Mr.. Cushman to allow
us to publish it, The letter follows:
5Etsr. 1870 Bourne Ave.
Flushing, N. Y. 6!2l II.
Friend Cushman-- atszr1-' So
III have delayed writing you until \
had been able to write you Of what
| have seen and where have been
since coming here. The first few
days did not feel very well, think,
the low altitude did not agree with
me, but gradually became aclimated
and am all right now.
The, first day put in sight seeing,
| went down to the battery, visited
the aquarium "a building formerly
used as fort) and found it very in
teresting. All the fish and shellfish
from all\ parts of the world can be
seen there, also fish hatchery show
the spawn and the Matched fish in
different sizes up to good sized ones,
After going through that which took
me two and one half hours, | took a
small steamer and went up to the
east river under the Brooklyn-William-
burgh and another bridge q don't re-
member the Iiame) and saw some OF
the interned German vessels. Anoth-
er day took in the lower part OF Man
haitian and visited the curb stock
market. l thought they met in a
room but no, they meet on the street
just a few doors south of the regular
stock exchange. It is a wild tumult
visited J. p. Morgan's office. 1t is
a small two story building said to
have cost $1,5OO,OOO. On the first
floor. the esnployee's desks. are :. on
three sides of the ROOM Up in the
second story are lot more of the
clerks, | didn't go up. The inside of
the building is very grand but the
outside is very plain. / went into 60
Wall street, where l.. NJ. Shaw used
to have his office. 1t is beautiful
outside and inside. l also visited the
U. S. Custom house at Bowling Green,
it is a very large and grand building
inside and out. Another day went
through the Woolworth building clear
to the, top. 500 feet. There is bal
cony at the top from which you have
a fine view of the city, harbor and
rivers but the day l was up it was
hazy and unfavorable. l also went
to Trinity church at the head Of
Wall street and went out in the yard.
The church is of the old gothic style,
beautiful outside and very grand in
side. The headstones in the church
yard date back to 1900. Many of them
were made of sandstone and the in
scriptions are entirely gone and the
stones quite black Another day |
took a ride on one of the sightseeing
busses froom 42nd street up to 5th
avenue to l6Sth street and back by
Riverside drive. which gave me an
opportunity to see the residences of
the aristocrats and many other places
of interest The next place Of inter
?est | visited was Fort TOttenc (about
10 miles from hereI where there is
a large number of soldier boys in
training, by the way. Harold Walker,
Dawes boy, is one of them. Most of
them will soon leave for France. We
went. out in an automobile, and had
a splendid ride | almost forgot to
tell you, one day we went down to
the battery and Dawes wife, Mrs.
Walker and | took a steamer from
there to COney Island and went past
Sandy Hook out on the ocean. Be-
fore turning in for Coney it was a
splendid day and the trip was delight
full. Coney, can't describe it. beats
anything | ever saw. If you every
come to New York, don't miss it. Luna
Park is beautiful On the trip down
to Sandy Hook we saw three trans
ports loaded with soldiers and this
gun boats that we're to convoy them
on their trip to France. Tuesday last
we went out TO the aviation training
camp at Mineola about l6 miles from
here, and saw quite a number of mach
ines flying. | enjoyed it very much
Dawes wife's son, Earl. has enlisted
for service in the aviation corps. He
has passed the examinations and ex'
poets to be called anytime now. II
is a very nice drive to MineOla. To
day visited the first house built on
Long Island, in 1861. Inside are many
interesting, relics of that. time and
later. | also saw Quaker church
built in 1894. 1t is still a meeting
house for the quakers. | like Flushing
and the country where | have been
very much. The roads in every dir
ection are either macadamized or else
paved and large number of as fine
residences as / ever saw with large
lots and all kinds of trees, shrubbery
and flowers. many of them odl time
colonial residences. | notice here that
the new residences have their porches
on the side of the house instead of in
front and only pretty colonial en-
trance at the front. .
Well, Cush, l have tried to tell you
something Of what | have seen in
New York, and do hope you will come