Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-08-09
TELLS OF SIGHTS IN
new YORK CITY
Miss Sarah T. .O'Meara Writes In.
tesesthxH About Historic Events !.
in the Great Metropolis.

hope that 1t is possible by means
of a. letter to unite Minnesota and
New York a tribe closeE, am sure
the boys and girls who read these
letters will be better able to study
the geography and history of New
York, even though I can write so lit
tie of each thing.
Our trip to the, stock exchange,
from the gallery Of which we viewed
the proceedings, later going to the
council rooms Of the company where
Messrs. Westerfeld and Beck described
splendidly the mechanics and the hui
man phases Of the great economic
barometer, was in itself worth much
Mr.. Westerfield explained the mytho-
logical significance Of the bulls and
bears of the stock exchange as the
optimistic and the pessimistic views
of stock quotations. The whole section
from Fulton street south to the water
front has large banks and exchange
center.
We saw the pits in the wall Of the
bank where the bomb explosion re-
Gently failed to accomplish the designs
Of the conspirators who left it in the
wagon at noon on Wall street.
believe it was the J. P. Morgan bank
but for the moment I am not quite
certain. Just east from this spot, is
the National City Bank Of New York
which has twenty-five hundred EN-
ployees and bronze tablet on which
twelve hundred names Of participants
Of the World War from its force are
engraved. Ny own namesake, John F.
O'Meara, is among the list.
Frances Tavern, nearby, was erected
in 1910 and is the building wherein
Washington took leave of his com
mand and babe farewell to his men
in 1883. 1t was used by the Cont
mental Congress In 1774. It has much
historic furniture and many records
The City Hall where the city officers
have official location is another place
where historic interest is centered. In
the Governors Room are found the
life portraits Of Coy. Clinton painted
in 1901 and Alexander Hamilton in
1904 by Trumbull as also several other
studies by himself, Jarvis, Sully and
others. 1t has many historic furnish
ings. ri,aluding the Washington inaug
| urai cnstr, the table on which hi
wrote his first message to Congress
and more interesting things that
cannot mention.
The pOstOftice is but a short distance
away. Statuary adorns the parkway
| in front of the building. 1t might be
OF interest to know that the architect
l. Enfant, was the same who laid out
the city Of Washington over hun
dred years ago. The building is large
ly built of marble. .&..
About block distant is the ap
preach to Brooklyn bridge, that won
| derful feat of engineering in suspen
sion bridges
| Somewhat farther up the East riy
er are Manhattan and Williamsburg
bridges, also suspension. Boys anl
girls, I do wish that you could SEE
| that bridge. It would inspire each oil
you to work harder than ever to finish
your high school course and. see wha1
splendid piece Of workmanship yol
may yet execute in the nobility p1
your manhood and fidelity to duty
was sorry to hear that the bridge
begun in 1870 and opened in 1883 vii
be replaced by tunnels under the river
bed some time in the future. It il
$3.50 feet long So feet wide and 13s
feet above the water. It provides {
promenade for pedestrians with double
tracks for the surface cars on thu
north side and for the elevated on thu
south. Its two great towers are won
derful feats Of engineering. From
these, as from the W0olworth tower