Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-12-29

~ scented to the average man
4 by the words New, York
City" and it's dollars to the
tioughnuts that made the Salvation
Army famous that the picture will be
conglomeration of skyscrapers
crowded tenements. and tnronged and
narrow streets. Yet the New York
City as the city man knows it IS
chiefly none of these: it contains pro-
ductive truck farms of 100 acres or
so; rough, rocky precipes that would
do credit to mountain country, bits
of exquisite wooded scenery. spots 50
overgrown with underbrush as to be
all but impenetrable, acres of rich
pasture land where craze peaceful,
contented cows browsing on a portion
of Mother Earth whose price per
square foot runs into large figures
all these and more may be found with
in the 300-odd square miles Of the
wonder city, by whomever has eyes
to see and who knows his New York,
says the Christian Science Monitor.
Within it's confines are mercantile
establishments which are a marvel OF
completeness. comfort, and ingenuity,
| and only a few short miles away are
country crossroads general stores
which would look more in place in
Podunk Corners. From the tower OF
the great office building, served by so
many postmen each day that it is
sometimes less than half hour be-
tween deliveries of mail, you can on
clear day view outlying communi-
ties, all within the greater city, where
the mail service is SO truly rural and
provincial that the western farmer
! with his rural route box has all the
advantage. Here are found more varie
ty and contrast, more lights and shad-
ows, more rich and poor, more conges-
ton contrasted with splendid isolation
than could be found anywhere else in
America within many a days journey.
Site OF Old Fort George.
To the city man one of the most
satisfying views, vista which never
loses It's charm or variety, is the broad
area which greetS the eye at the his.
toric site of old Fort George in upper
Manhattan. When reached by the sub
way, the visitor in alighting at the
1915 street station platform is at
once aware that he is deep below the
surface of the ground. From the
yaulted roof of the "tube" he hears
the drip, drip of water from deep UNI
derground springs that will not be
closed and which all human ingenuity
has thus far been unable to cope with.
To the left lie sees the entrance to
New YOFks famous tunnel street, a
connection followed out of solid rock
to the roadway OF upper Broadway,
which here rGns deep down in the
valley between the two towering rocky
Spines of the northern end of the is
land. Then taking the elevator, the
impression of depth is confirmed and
the visitor goes up and up and on up
till the surface is reached nearly 200
! feet above the level at which he alight-
ed from the train.
Vista Of Hills and River.
A short walk brings one to the site
| OF Fort George, whence the country
for miles around is seen laid out in its
| wonderful variety and charm But be-
| fore one has opportunity to give it
more than a passing glance there is
rumble and a roar, and almost be-
meath ones feet there rushes a heavy
/! subway express out OF the rocky hill
side to continue its journey above the
| travel OF the streets of the valley In
| stead OF below, so very far below.
one's feet. As the long train, SO far
| beneath that it seems almost a toy,
| winds its snaky way over the elevated
structure, from station TO station and
thence out Of sight. one finds Oppor-
tunity to regard other more beautiful
and less noisy features of the view.
Turning his eyes away from the val
ley. where lie the tier upon tier OF
apartment houses. their roofs so far
below him that they and the noisy
cars. autos, and trucks are easily for
gotten. and looking instead at wooded
hillsides and glimpse of the broad wa
ters of the Hudson, with the head
lands Of the majestic Palisades in the
distance. 1t Is easy for the city man
to imagine that he is no longer in the
great city, but far away In some dis
tant corner of the country. There are
no houses to mar the view. only the
Billings establishment which occupies
the spot of Fort Tryon, the perfect
harmony of which only enhances the
effect.
Truck Farms on Broadway.
A fiat-wheel trolley car In Broadway.
far below calls attention back from
the mountain solitude, with the beau
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