Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-12-03
SEEING NEW YORK CITY.
[BY JAMES rAULKl

1buitQ tUdt VIC WYNN Nv
the Wall Street sky scrapers, God
less OF Liberty and BROOKLYN bridge
features of New York sightseeing. |
A combination of circumstances has
interrupted the series of ARTICLES and
DELAYED such description till now.
Our rubber neck wagon made its
a away from the Hudson river
district and headed South down
Broadway. Soon we were in the
MIDST of the great sky-scrapers We
mean the great nes of New York.
had e e some tall ones round
about the Pennsylvania Station but
now we are in the section OF the tall
est ia the city aud the tallest on the
continent, ia fact the tallest in the
world. And how they do tower up
the skies. The large sightseeing
touring car in which we are riding
is truly a rubberneck, as 1t has a
glass top which comes in fine, as
those who set lnside-the seats are
cross-wise of the car,-could not see
what's above. la fact we can scarce
ly see it. LOOKING directly up through
the glass top of the car, for the sun
dazzles our eyes some, and the head
has to be tilted back so far that its
quite tiresome to the neck. Like
looking upat an aeroplane The Wool
worth building particularly tried us
in this respect Then there was the
Singer building and the Metropoli
tan. the Equitable and other life
insurance. buildings. And t b . "A
Newspaper Row. There was a place
where the streets met in the sharp
point of a wedge and here was o OF
the tallest of tall buildings being the
home of one of the greatest and old
est daily newspapers OF the city.
From here we went down to the Bat
terry Park which is on the apex of
the south point of Manhattan Island
| andwhere the East river branches of
from the Hudson. Here is an old
building which looks from the out
| side somewhat like q big skating
| rink. It's called the aquarium these
DAYS and we are told of the number
of times it has changed hands. From
| the British to the City. TO the FED
| eral Govt. and back and forth. IL
was one time the main fort of defense
of the harbor and here we IRE tod
, during the days it served later as a
point of debarking for ships, that
thousands Landed ia it, who have
achieved fame and fortunes in Amer
lea coming IN as immigrants and
found by their worthy efforts what
they sought while others have not
been so fortunate. Across the wa
tiers in the dim distant We see the
/ ~
outstanding figure of the
GODDESS OF LIBERTY
standing up out OF the waters on the
giant stone pedestal. We r either
too far away or else had expected a
bigger thing than we saw, from the
many accounts we have heard of this
great stature presented to the gov
eminent by the French a number of
years ago. Ellis Island, ~hicn is the
present landing place, and has been
now for a NUMBER OF years. OF all
Immigrants, is also IN the distance.
| Our party goes from here back up a
piece into the city twisting through
what's called the caayon, being a
narrow street or alley through from
d more important street. on which
we pass 10 emerge onto Wall St.
The buildings are SO tall. being sky
scrapers one and all of pretty even
heights, until as we roll along under
them with heads tilted up peering at
them we are under the optical delu-
sion that the buildings lean out 20
one another reminding US of lessons
In science when a school lad showing.
the leaning tower of Pisa and Others
TO give an idea of the balance OF
weights of buildings etc. We are
oppressed until we get out OF this
cave of iron and steel lined walls
reaching far up into the heavens.
We come out on
WALL STREET
o. THE STREE as its frequently call
ed FOR short, to designate the street