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The Washington Square St. Nicholas Avenue- Polo Grounds Route Buses numbered 2 and 3. Takes you the length of Fifth Avenue from Washington Square to 1 10th St., with its ever changing panorama of shops, hotels, public buildings and magnificent residences the famous "Millionaires Row." At 59th Street you come to the entrance of Central Park, then you ride northward with the Park on your left for its entire length, passing the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 82nd St. At 1 10th St. the Bus crosses to Manhattan Ave., giving a glimpse of the imposing Cathedral of St. John the Divine and the buildings cf Columbia University, subsequently skirting St. Nicholas Park, with the College of the City of New York, on the way to the Polo Grounds at 1 55th St. The Cathedral Parkway and Riverside Drive Route Buses numbered 4. Crosses over 32nd Street from the Pennsyl- vania Station to Fifth Ave., passes the Public Library at 40th St. to 42nd St., takes you within a block of the Grand Central Terminal and goes by St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th St. and St. Thomas's Church at 53rd St. This route continues along the famous Avenue to Cathedral Parkway which it follows to Riverside Drive, affording a view of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Columbia University and the features of Riverside Drive from 1 10th St. to 135th St. Other routes of the Bus Lines make it possible for you to reach every part of the city in comfort "Open air to everywhere." and you will find the service typified by a courtesy that is as pronounced a feature as is the freedom from crowding which travel on the Fifth Avenue Bus insures for its patrons. Fifth Avenue Coach Company GENERAL OFFICES 102d ST., EAST OF FIFTH AVENUE r RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE CONTENTS GREATER NEW YORK . . 5 ARRIVING AT NEW YOKK . 7 BAGGAGE TRANSFER FA- CILITIES 7 CARRIAGE AND TAXICAB FACILITIES .... 8 THE BRIDGES .... 8 SURFACE CARS . . .12 ELEVATED RAILWAYS . 24 UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS 27 THE TUNNELS ... 28 FIFTH AVENUE COACH LINES 30 STEAMSHIP LINES' PIERS . 31 FERRIES 36 PLACES OF AMUSEMENT . 38 RAILROAD STATIONS . . 39 MANHATTAN AND THE BRCNX 40 SIGHT-SEEING .... 40 HOTELS 41 TELEGRAPH HEADQUAR- TERS 42 POST OFFICE . . . .42 BROADWAY .... 43 FIFTH AVENUE ... 46 WALL STREET ... 48 BIG BUILDINGS . . .51 PLACES OF INTEREST . 57 PARKS AND DRIVES . . 62 LIBRARIES AND ART GALLERIES .... 79 EDUCATIONAL .... 89 COLLEGES, ACADEMIES AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS . . 94 CLUBS AND SOCIETIES . 97 CITY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS .... 100 FINANCIAL AND COM- MERCIAL .... 107 PROMINENT CHURCHES . 109 HOSPITALS AND PHILAN- THROPIC SOCIETIES . 115 BROOKLYN AND QUEENS 117 THEATERS IN BROOKLYN 118 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS . .119 PROMINENT CHURCHES IN BROOKLYN . . . 120 COLLEGES, ACADEMIES AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN BROOKLYN . . . .120 PROSPECT PARK .' . .121 GREENWOOD CEMETERY 122 NAVY YARD . . . .124 RICHMOND 124 STATEN ISLAND . . .124 THE ISLANDS . . . .125 CONEY ISLAND . . .126 BRIGHTON 127 MANHATTAN BEACH . .127 ROCKAWAY . . . .127 ENVIRONS 127 JERSEY CITY . . . .128 HOBOKEN 128 WEEHAWKEN .... 129 LONG ISLAND . . . .129 ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS . 129 LONG BRANCH . . . 130 ASBURY PARK . . . 130 OCEAN GROVE . . .130 M573249 0JI SEEING GREATER NEW YORK RIGHT Our winter service equipment consists of fourteen passenger pneumatic tired, glass side and roof automobiles, properly heated and electric lighted. For the summer service we operate fourteen passenger, pneu- matic tired, side-door cars exclusively; twelve-inch upholster- ing insuring the same comfort as in private touring car. Our trip takes you through the Up-town District by the Fifth Avenue homes of the millionaires. Central Park, Grant's Tomb and Riverside Drive skirting the beautiful Hudson River., Along the famous cafe and theatrical section of Broadway. Through the financial district. Wall Street the Curb Market, and the old Dutch part of New York Over Brooklyn Bridge, by Plymouth Church, and othei interesting points in Brooklyn, returning to New York by tht new Manhattan Bridge; wonderful views of New York's marvelous sky line and the harbor. Through the Bowery, Ghetto, Slums and East Side, including many interesting sights in Chinatown. Stops at Grant's Tomb and the Aquarium. This tour is practically three trips in one, consuming in time nearly four hours and the fare is only $2.50. We also operate evening and night trips. ROYAL BLUE LINE CO., Inc. Office and Starting Point: HOTEL McALPIN Phone Greeley 752 33 r d Street and Broadway Royal Blue Line Cars are also operated in Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Fla., Mobile, Ala., and Havana, Cuba. Write or ask for Free Ma- a and Guides to these cities. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE CONTENTS Continued Academy of the Sacred Heart 90 American Museum of Natural History 91 Appellate Court House 105 Aquarium 64 Arriving at New York 7 Art Association, Brooklyn 119 Art Galleries 84 Arthur, President, Statue 70 Arverne 129 Asbury Park 130 Assay Office, The 50 Association for Improving Condi- tions of the Poor 117 Atlantic Highlands 129 Babylon , 129 Baggage Incoming 7 Baggage Outgoing 8 Barge Office 62 Barnard Annex 93 Battery, The 62 Battery Park. 62 Baxter Street 60 Bay Shore 129 3eecher, Henry Ward, Statue, Brook- lyn . 117 3ellevue Hospital 115 3ig Buildings 51 Blackwell's Island 126 Blue Point 129 botanical Gardens 77 Bowery 59 fowling Green 64 Bridge of Sighs 103 "Brighton 127 Jroadway 43 ironx Park 77 irooklyn 117 Brooklyn Bridge 8 Brooklyn Heights 119 -rooklyn Library 119 Brooklyn Navy Yard 124 Bryant, Wm. Cullen, Home 62 Carriages 8 ' "astle Garden 63 Cathedral of St. John the Divine. . . in Caution to Travelers 8 Central Avenue 78 Central Park 70 Chamber of Commerce 107 Chinatown 58 Church of the Pilgrims, Dr. Dewey, Brooklyn 119 Churches in Brooklyn 120 Churches in Manhattan 109 City Government Buildings 100 City Hall 100 City Hall Park 65 Claremont 74 " Cleopatra's Needle" 70 Clubs and Societies in Manhattan. . . 97 Clubs in Brooklyn, Leading 119 College of the City, of New York 89 Colleges, Academies and Private Schools in Brooklyn 120 Colleges, Academies and Private Schools in Manhattan 94 CaVumbia University 92 Ci ley Island 126 c Tikling, Roscoe, Statue 70 II PAGE Consolidated Petroleum and Stock Exchange 108 Cooper, Peter, Statue 62 Cooper Union 83 Cotton Exchange 109 Criminal Courts 103 Curb Market 108 Custom House 107 De Peyster, Abraham, Statue 65 Eastchester 128 Edgemere 129 Educational 89 Elevated Railways 24 Ellis Island 125 Emergency Hospital 116 Equitable Building 39 Ericsson, John 62 Ericsson, John, Statue 62 Faculty of Medicine 91 Farragut Memorial 70 Ferries 36 Fifth Avenue 46 Fifth Avenue Coach Lines 30 Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church.... 112 First Presbyterian Church 112 Financial and Commercial 107 Five Points House of Industry 1 16 Five Points Mission 116 Flat Iron Building Forty-seven Broad Street Fourth Ave. Church 113 Franklin, Benjamin, Statue 66 Fraunces' Tavern 61 General Mechanics and Tradesmen's Library 84 Gingko Tree 75 Governor's Island 126 Grace Church 112 Gramercy Park 66 Grand Central Terminal Si Grant Statue, Brooklyn 123 Grant's Tomb 74 Grave of an Amiable Child 76 Greater New York 5 Boroughs of 5 Greeley , Horace, Statue 66 Greenwood Cemetery 122 Hall of Fame. . . , 90 Hall of Records 105 Hamilton, Alexander, died 62 Hamilton, Alexander, Statue 70 Hen Gate Bridge 11 Hamilton-Burr Duel 129 High Bridge n Hoboken 128 Hoffman Island 126 Holy Trinity Church, Dr. Melish, Brooklyn 119 Hospitals and Philanthropic Societies 115 Hotels in Manhattan 41 Hudson Terminal Buildings 54 Irving, Washington, Bust 62 Irving, Washington, lived 62 Islands 125 Islip 129 Jersey City 128 John St. M. E. Church H3 Joss House 58 5* Judea" 60 prince George Hotel f ifti) atoenue anfc 28tl) Street One of the Most Beautifully Appointed Hotels in got* Grand Foyer for Ladies and Gentlemen /Veu ly Added on Ground Floor. 800 ROOMS, ALL WITH BATHS Highest Standards. Moderate Prices. Central Location near Shops and Theatres. One block from Elevated and Subway Stations. ROOM AND BATH, one person $2.00 and up ROOM AND BATH, two persons 3.00 and up PARLOR, BEDROOM AND BATH 5.00 and up Special rates to permanent guests. GEORGE H. NEWTON, Manager Formerly of Fifth Ave. Hotel, New York, and Parker House, Boston. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE CONTENTS Continued Jumel Mansion Kidd, Captain, lived Lafayette, lived Leading Clubs of Brooklyn Libraries and Art Galleries Lincoln, Statue "Little Church, 'round the Corner," " The Long Beach Long Branch Long Island Long Island Coast Long Island Historical Society Madison Ave. Church Madison Square Madison Square Garden Maine Monument Mall, The (Central Park) Manhattan and the Bronx Manhattan Beach Manhattan Bridge Manhattan College Manhattan Island Mercantile Library Metropolitan Life Building Metropolitan Museum of Art Morgan, J. P. & Co. Morgue Morningside Park Mount Morris Park Mount St. Vincent Convent School . . Mount Vernon Mulberry Bend Municipal Building Museum of Natural History Museum of the Brooklyn Institute . . Navy Yard New Bank Clearing House New Rochelle New York Historical Society New York Public Library New York Stock Exchange Normal College Obelisk, The Ocean Grove Paine, Tom, lived Paine, Tom, died Park Carriages "Parkhurst's" Church Parks and Drives Pelham Pelham Bay Park Pennsylvania Station Pilgrim Fathers, Statue Places of Amusement in Manhattan . Places of Interest Players Club House, The Plymouth Church, Brooklyn Poe Cottage Population Post Office, Manhattan Printing House Square Produce Exchange Prohibition Park, Staten Island Prominent Churches in Brooklyn .... Prominent Churches in Manhattan . . Prospect Park (Brooklyn) Public Library Queensboro Bridge Railroad Stations in Manhattan Randall, Richard, Captain Randall's Island PAGE 60 62 62 IIQ 79 68 112 I2Q 130 129 126 IIP 113 70 40 127 II 89 6 84 56 85 50 116 76 76 90 127 60 105 91 122 124 1 08 128 93 79 107 89 70 130 62 62 70 112 62 128 78 S3 70 38 II H9 62 6 109 125 I2O 109 121 79 10 39 125 126 T>- 1 PAGl* Richmond 124 Riverside Park 72 Rockaway 127 Russian Quarter 60 Sailor's Snug Harbor 125 St. Francis Xavier's 80 St. John's College 89 St. Marks Church | XIa St. Nicholas Avenue 78 St. Patrick's Cathedral 113 St. Paul's Church and Churchyard. . in Seward, Wm. H., Statue 70 Sherman, Gen. Wm. T., Statue 70 Sight-Seeing 40 Singer Building 57 Society for Prevention of Crime 117 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 117 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 117 Soldiers and Sailors Monument.... 72 Southern Boulevard 78 Speedway 78 Staten Island 124 Statue of Liberty 57 Statue of Nathan Hale 65 Steamship Lines' Piers 31 Stock Exchange 107 Stuyvesant Square 66 Sub-treasury, The 51 Subways 27 Surface Cars 12 Swinburne Island 126 Taxicabs 8 Taylor, Bayard, Home 62 Teachers' College and Horace Mann School 93 Telegraph Headquarters 42 Temple Emanu-El 113 Theaters in Brooklyn 118 Third Collegiate Church 109 Tombs 103 Trinity Church 109 Trinity Churchyard no Tunnels 28 Underground Railways 27 Union Square 68 Union Theological Seminary 90 University of the City of New York . . 90 Van Cortlandt Park 76 Victory Arch, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 121 Wall Street 48 Washington, Statue 51 Washington, Statue 68 Washington, Statue by Houdin 73 Washington Arch 69 Washington Bridge n Washington Square 68 Waterways 5 Webster, Daniel, Once the home of 62 Weehawken 129 West Brighton Beach 127 Westchester 127 Williamsburg Bridge 9 Woolworth Building 55 Worth, Gen. William Jenkins, Statue 70 Yonkers 127 Young Men's Christian Association. . 117 Young Women 's Christian Association 117 Zoological Garden 77 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Woolworth Building Broadway, Park Place, Barclay St. Page 55 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty 1 '/ miles from the Battery Page 57 GREATER NEW YORK Greater New York has an area of 327.25 sq. miles -and is the largest city in the world in this respect; in population it ranks second. New York con- sists of five boroughs: Manhattan, the original New York City (an island), and Blackwell's, Ward's, Governor's, and Randall's islands, has a total area of 22 sq. miles. The Bronx, the mainland north of Manhattan Island, and North Brother, South Brother, Rikers, City, Rodman, Hunter, and Harts islands, has a total area of 40 . 5 sq. miles. Brooklyn, a portion of Long Island, Coney Island (on which are located the Brighton beaches and Manhattan Beach), and a number of islands in Jamaica Bay, has a total area of 77.5 sq. miles. Queens, a portion of Long Island, which includes Rock- away Beach and numerous small islands in Jamaica Bay, has a total area of 130 sq. miles. Richmond, Staten Island, has an area of 57.25 sq. miles. The waterways in and around Greater New York are the Harlem River, the north- eastern boundary of Manhattan, separating this borough from the Bronx; Hudson River, on the west of Manhattan and the Bronx, separating them NOTE: The areas stated above include land and water. 6 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE from the New Jersey shore; East River, east of Manhattan and the Bronx, and Long Island Sound, south of the Bronx, separating those boroughs from Queens and Brooklyn; to the south, Upper New York Bay, and The Narrows, between Brooklyn and Richmond; Newark Bay, Kill van Kull, Arthur Kill, and Raritan Bay, separating Richmond from New Jersey; Lower Bay and the Atlantic Ocean south of Brooklyn, and Jamaica Bay, southeast of Brooklyn and south of Queens. Numerous other bays indent the shores of the several boroughs. The total water front of Greater New York is 341.22 miles; Lower New York Bay and adjacent inland waters cover about 88 sq. miles, and Upper Bay about 1 5 sq. miles. The harbor is one of the largest and best of the world's great ports. The Hudson River is navigable for 150 miles, and East River leads through Long Island Sound to the Atlantic Ocean and all the world beyond. Population. The total population of the city is about 4,985,000, and the rapidity of its growth is graphically told by comparison. From 1901 to 1909 London increased in popu- lation 1.53 per cent per year; Paris, 0.48 per cent per year; Berlin, 1.44 per cent per year; New York, 3.32 per cent per year. From 1890 to 1910 the population of Brooklyn increased 100 per cent, the total in 1910 being 1,634,351. During the same period the Bronx increased from 88,908 inhabitants to 430,980; Queens from 87,050 to 284,041; and Richmond from 51,693 to 85,969. The contiguous territory, the inhabitants of which go in and out of Manhattan each day, has a population about three fourths as great as that of the city itself. Manhattan Island. In 1626 Manhattan Island was bought from the Indians for goods valued at $24. In 1912 the assessed value of real estate in the city was $7,861,898,890. The borough of Manhattan contains the great business and amusement centers. The peculiar dimensions of Manhattan Island, with an extreme length of about 10 miles and a maxi- mum width of but 2 miles, make it in itself a city of great distances, yet its area is less than 7 per cent of the total area of Greater New York. In the southern end of this island, in the vicinity of Wall St., is the financial district, with its banking institutions, insurance companies, railroad offices, and industrial corpora- tions. The big department stores with their thousands of employees, the mammoth hotels, the theaters, and the rail- way stations are located in the middle section of Manhattan Borough; and farther north the residence sections extend all RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Custom House Bowling Green Page 107 the way to the borough of the Bronx. Apart from these boroughs the largest residential sections in Greater New York are Brook- lyn and Queens. Transportation facilities completed since 1900 include three new bridges (all larger than the original Brooklyn Bridge) crossing East River to Brooklyn, nine tunnels under that river, and four tunnels under the Hudson River. The cost of these improvements was $450,000,000, and plans now accepted for additional means of transportation will entail an expenditure of $300,000,000. ARRIVING AT NEW YORK Railroad tickets reading via New York to points beyond contain a coupon entitling the holder to ride in transfer coaches (which meet all the great express trains) between railway stations, between stations and ferries, or to any hotel or other suitable stopping-place between these points. Incoming Baggage. On all important trains, when approach- ing the city, a responsible uniformed solicitor passes through the coaches. He will take your checks, give you a receipt, and deliver your baggage to any part of Manhattan, Brooklyn, or Jersey City. Payment may be made in advance or on receipt RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE of the baggage. Ordi- nary baggage, such as a steamer trunk, may be taken with you on cabs, carriages , or taxicabs . Hotels send for your baggage promptly. Caution. Never give up your checks to any one but a uniformed train solicitor, or to a regular office agent, or a porter of either the trans- portation company hold- ing the baggage or of the express company to which you mean to intrust it. Always take a receipt. If you your- self claim your baggage, never give up your checks to any person except the uniformed baggagemen of the railway or steam- boat line by which you have traveled. If you are going to a hotel, or expect to meet or visit friends residing in the city, it would be best probably to keep your checks and let the hotel employee or your friends arrange for the delivery of your baggage. Outgoing Baggage. By previous arrangement, an express- man will call at your house and take your baggage to any station. The transfer company will check your baggage from the house to your destination in any part of the country, so that you need have no trouble with it at the railway station. You must have bought your railway ticket in advance. Carriages and Taxicabs for hire will be found at all rail- road stations. When engaging a conveyance a distinct under- standing should be had as to the charge, so that at the end of the trip there may be no dispute about the payment. THE BRIDGES Brooklyn Bridge, the first bridge to span the East River, has its termini in City Hall Park, Manhattan ; and at Sands & Washington Sts., Brooklyn. Work on the construction of this bridge started in January, 1870, and the bridge was opened to America Custom House Page 107 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Brooklyn Bridge City Hall Park, Manhattan Sands Street, Brooklyn Page 8 traffic in May, 1883. When completed it was considered one of the seven v-ronders of the world, and even today there are but few similar structures surpassing it in size and none in architec- tural beauty. No "stranger within the gates" can claim to have really, seen New York unless he has ridden or walked across this bridge, preferably the latter. An idea of the size of the bridge may be obtained from the following: length over all, 5889 ft., river span, 1595^ ft., each land span, 930 ft., Manhattan approach, 1562^2 ft., Brooklyn approach, 971 ft., height above river, 135 ft. in the center, 119^ ft- at either tower, width, 85 ft. Williamsburg Bridge. The phenomenal growth of Greater New York made additional bridges between the two principal boroughs imperative. Plans were drawn and work on the first of a trio of mammoth bridges was commenced in October, 1896, and finished in December, 1903. Williamsburg Bridge extends from Clinton & Delancy Sts., Manhattan, to Havemeyer St. & Broadway, Brooklyn. Its entire length is 7200 ft., that of the main span 1600 ft., width over all, 118 ft., height above the river, 135 ft. in the center, 121 ft. at either tower. Queensboro Bridge. The second bridge of the trio to be built was that between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens from 59th & 6oth Sts., Manhattan, across Blackwells Island to Jane St., Long Island City. The style of Queensboro Bridge is materially different from that of its predecessors, they being of the supension type and this of the cantilever. Construc- tion was commenced in July, 1901, and the bridge opened to traffic in 1909. Its total length is 8601 ft., west channel span 1 1 82 ft ., east channel span 984 ft. The bridge may be reached by trolley cars operated from the foot of W. 42d St., via 42d 10 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Williamsburg Bridge Delancy and Clinton Sts., Manhattan Broadway, Brooklyn Page 9 St. & Third Ave., or by any of the following lines: Second Ave. elevated to 57th St., Third Ave. elevated to 59th St., sub- way, Sixth & Ninth Ave. elevated to 59th St., thence cross- town trolley. Manhattan Bridge, the last of this trio, and since the advent of subways, to bridge the East River, extends from the Queensboro Bridge E. 59th St. and Second Ave., Manhattan Blackwell's Island Long Island City Page 9 Bowery & Canal St., Manhattan, to Nassau & Bridge Sts., Brooklyn. Work on the Manhattan Bridge was begun in 1901 and the bridge opened to foot passengers in December, 1909. A noticeable feature of this bridge is its steel open-work towers, which give it a fairy-like appearance when contrasted with the massive stone towers of the other bridges. Hell Gate Bridge (now under construction), from an engineering standpoint, is probably the greatest of all the East River bridges. It extends from East I4ist St., Bronx, across Randall's Island and Ward's Island to Astoria, L. I. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 11 Manhattan Bridge Bowery and Canal St., Manhattan Page 10 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn This Bridge over Hell Gate will enable through passengers to proceed without making a change at New York on transcon- tinental journeys, and will also save considerable time in the transit of through freight across New York City. It will be operated by what is known as the New York Connecting E. 141st Street, Bronx Hell Gate Bridge Page 10 Astoria, Long Island Railroad, a line that joins the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad system with the Pennsylvania Lines. Washington Bridge. The boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx are connected by a massive cantilever bridge extending from iSist St., Manhattan, to Aqueduct Ave., Bronx. High Bridge. Just south of Washington Bridge is High Bridge, carrying the Croton Aqueduct of New York City's water supply into Manhattan. This bridge is available only to foot passengers and extends from Aqueduct Ave. to I74th St. 12 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE SURFACE CARS One of the cheapest and easiest ways to see New York is to spend a day or two riding over the various trolley lines, particularly during mild weather, when the so-called summer or open cars are in service. NEW YORK RAILWAYS COMPANY'S LINES Office, 165 Broadway. Lost Property Office, 820 Eighth Ave. Ninth Ave. Line. Leaves ft. Cortlandt St., runs through Cortlandt St. to Greenwich, to Ninth Ave., to 53d St. Returns by same route to Gansevoort St., to Washington St., to ft. Cortlandt St. Leaves ft. Christopher St., runs through Christopher St. to Greenwich, to Ninth Ave., to 53d St. Returns by same route to Gansevoort St., to Washington St., to ft. Chris- topher St. Eighth Ave. Line. Leaves ft. Whitehall St., runs through Battery PL to Greenwich St., to Trinity PL, to Church St., to Barclay St., to W. Broadway, to Canal St., to Hudson St. Bowling Green Looking North on Broadway Page 64 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 13 Looking North from Whitehall Builuing to Eighth Ave., to Macombs Lane, to Harlem River and Central Bridge. Also by same route to Eighth Ave., to isgth St., and Harlem River. Returns by same route to W. Broadway, to Fulton St., to Church St., to Trinity PI., to Greenwich St., to Battery PI., to State St., to ft. Whitehall St. 14 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Branch Line. Leaves ft. Cortlandt St., to Greenwich St., to W. Broadway, then by same route as above; south- bound cars use Dey and Washington Sts. Seventh Ave. Line. Leaves Sixth Ave. and 8th St., runs through Greenwich St. to Seventh Ave., to 59th St., return- ing by same route. Some of the cars of the Brooklyn Branch, 8th St. line, are operated northbound on Greenwich St. and Seventh Ave. to 59th St., returning to Brooklyn over same route as other 8th St. cars from junction Greenwich St. and 8th St. Sixth & Amsterdam Ave. Line. Leaves ft. Whitehall St., runs through Battery PI. to Greenwich St., to Trinity PL, to Church St., to Barclay St., to W. Broadway, to 4th St., to Sixth Ave., to 53d St., to Ninth Ave., to Columbus Ave., to 65th St., to Broadway, to yist St., to Amsterdam Ave., to 1 25th St. & Broadway. Some cars continue on Sixth Ave. from 53d to 59th Sts., returning by same route to 3d St., to W. Broadway, to Fulton St., to Church St., to Trinity PL, to Greenwich St., to Batteiy PL, to State St., to ft. Whitehall St. Broadway Lines. Leave ft. Whitehall St., run through Whitehall St. to Broadway, to 45th St., to Seventh Ave., to 59th St. (Central Park). Return by same route to Broadway, to StateSt.,to ft/Whitehall St. Columbus Ave. Line. Runs through Whitehall St. to Broadway, to 45th St., to Seventh Ave., to W. 53d St., to Ninth Ave., to Colum- bus Ave., to i ogth St., to Manhattan Ave., to n6th St., to Lenox Ave., to I46th St. Returns by same route to State St., to ft. White- hall St. Lexington Ave. Line. Leaves Bowling Green, runs through Whitehall St. to Broadway, to 23d St., to Cotton Exchange Lexington Av6., tO 1 1 6th Broad near William Street St., to LenOX Ave., tO 1 46th Page 109 St. (Some cars continue RAND McNALL^ NEW YORK GUIDE 15 Fraunces' Tavern Broad and Pearl Sts Page 61 on Lexington Ave. to !3istSt.). Returns by same route to State St., Bowling Green. Broadway&Am- sterdam Ave. Line. Leaves Broadway & Houston St., runs through Broadway to 45th St., to Seventh Ave., to 53d St., to Ninth Ave., to Colum- bus Ave., to Broad- way, to Amsterdam Ave., to 1 25th St. & Broadway. Returns by same route. Canal St. Gross- town Line. Leaves Hudson St., between Broomed Watts Sts., runs through Hudson St. to Canal St., to Center St., to Walker St. Returns by same route. Fourth Ave. & Madison Line. Leaves Post Office, runs through Park Row to Center St., to Grand St., to Bowery, to Fourth Ave., to E. 42d St., to Madison* Ave., to I35th St. Returns by Madison Ave. to E. 42d St., to Fourth Ave., to Bowery, to Broome St., to Center St., to Brooklyn Bridge, to Park Row, to Post Office. Branch from Fourth Ave. & Astor PI. to Broadway & Astor PI. (Some of the Fourth Ave. & Madison Ave. cars southbound are operated from the Bowery at Delancy St., eastward over Williamsburg Bridge to Brook- lyn, returning by same route to Bowery and Delancy St., thence northward on regular Fourth Ave. route.) Chambers & Madison Sts. Crosstown Line. Leaves ft. Grand St., runs through Cherry St. to Jackson St., to Madison St., to New Chambers St., to Chambers St., to ft. Chambers St., North River. Returns through West St. to Duane St., to New Chambers St., to Madison St., to Jackson St., to Cherry St., to Grand St. Ferry. Bleecker St. Line. Leaves Broadway & Bleecker St. (except Sundays and holidays), runs through Bleecker St. to MacDougal St., to W. 4th St., to W. I2th St., to Hudson St., to 1 4th St., & Ninth Ave. Returns through Hudson St. to Bleecker St., to Broadway. 16 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Desbrosses St. & Ave. C Line. Leaves ft. Desbrosses St., North River, runs through West St. to Watts St., to Greenwich St. , to Charlton St . , to Prince St . , to Bowery, to Stanton St. , to Pitt St., to Ave. C, to iSthSt., to Ave. A, to 24th St. Branch on 23d St. from Ave. A to East River. Returns from 23d St. through Ave. A to iyth St., to Ave. C, to 3d St., to First Ave., to E. Houston St., to W. Houston St., to Washington St., to Watts St., to West St., to ft. Desbrosses St. Desbrosses St. & Sixth Avenue Line. Makes connec- tion from ft. of Desbrosses St. by transfer to Spring St. and then connects with the Sixth Ave. Line at 4th St. Spring & Delancy St. Line. Leaves ft. Grand St., runs through East St. to Delancy St., to Bowery, to Spring St., to W. Broadway, to Broome St., to Sullivan St., to Watts St., to West St., to ft. Desbrosses St. Returns by same route. Christopher & 8th St. Line. Leaves ft. of Christopher St. , runs through Christopher St. to Greenwich Ave. , to 8th St. to St. Marks PI., to Ave. A, to E. loth St., to ft. E. loth St. Returns by E. loth St. to Ave. A, to E. 9th St., to Stuyvesant PI., to 8th St., to Greenwich Ave., to W. loth St., to Wash- ington St., to ft. Christopher St. Brooklyn Branch. South on Ave. A to Essex St., to Delancy St., to Williamsburg Bridge, to Brooklyn. Returns over bridge to Clinton St., to Ave. B, to 2d St., to Ave. A. 22d St., 14th St. & Williamsburg Bridge Line. Leaves ft. W. 22d St., runs through 22d St. to Marginal St., to I4th St. to Ave. A, to Essex St., to Delancy St., to bridge, via bridge to Brooklyn Plaza. Returns via the bridge to Clinton St., to Ave. B, to 2d St., to Ave. A, to I4th St., to Marginal St., to 22d St., to ft. 22d St. 23d St. Crosstown Line. Runs across the city between ft. W. 23d St. and ft. E. 23d St. 34th St Branch. Leaves ft. W. 23d St., runs through 23d St. to Second Ave., to E. 34th St., to ft. E. 34th St. Returns by same route. 34th St. Crosstown Line. Leaves ft. E. 34th St., runs through 34th St. to Tenth Ave., to 42d St., to ft. W. 42d St. Returns by same route. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 17 Broad Street near Exchange Place Curb Market in foreground Page 108 18 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 86th St. Crosstown Line. Leaves ft. E. Q2dSt. (Astoria Ferry), runs through Ave. A to 86th St., to Madison Ave., to 85th St., to Transverse Road through Central Park, to 86th St., and Central Park West. Returns by same route. n6th St. Crosstown Line. Leaves io6th St. & Amsterdam Ave., runs through io6th St. to Columbus Ave., to lopth St., to Manhattan Ave., to n6th St., to East River. Returns by same route. 1 45th St. Crosstown Line. Runs through i45th St. from Broadway to Lenox Ave. Returns by same route. THIRD AVENUE RAILWAY COMPANY'S LINES Office, Third Ave. & isoth St. Third & Amsterdam Ave. Line. Leaves Post Office at Park Row, runs through Park Row to Bowery, to Third Ave., to i3oth St. Returns by same route. Fort George Branch. Every second car runs over above route to Third Ave. and 12 5th St., thence through 12 5th St. to Manhattan St., to Amsterdam Ave., to igsth St. (Fort George). Returns by same route. I25th St. Crosstown Line. Leaves ft. E. i25th St., runs through 1 2 5th St. and Manhattan St. to ft. W. i3oth St. Returns by same route. 110th St. & St. Nicholas Line. Leaves 130th St. Ferry, runs through Manhattan St. to St. Nicholas Ave., to 110th St., to ft. E. 110th St. Returns by same route. Ave. B Line. Leaves Park Row & Ann St., runs through Park Row to E. Broadway, to Clinton St., to 2d St., to Ave. B, to 1 4th St., to First Ave., to 34th St., to ft. E. 34th St. Returns through 34th St. to First Ave., to i4th St., to Ave. B, to 2d St., to Ave. A, to Houston St., 'to Essex St., to E. Broadway, to Park Row. Kingsbridge Line. Leaves First Ave. & 12 5th St., runs through 1 2 5th St., to Manhattan St., to Amsterdam Ave. & 62d St., to Broadway, to Harlem Ship Canal, Kings Bridge (225th St.). Returns by same route. Canal & Grand St. Line. Leaves ft. Grand St., East River, runs through Grand St. to E. Broadway, to Canal, to Bowery. Returns by same route. Grand & Desbrosses St. Line. Leaves ft. Desbrosses St., runs through Desbrosses St. to Washington, to Vestry, to Canal, to Sullivan, to Grand St., to ft. Grand St. Returns by Grand St. to Sullivan, to Canal, to Vestry, to Greenwich, to Desbrosses, to ft. Desbrosses St. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 19 Brooklyn Branch. East- bound takes same route as above to Clinton St., to Delan- cy St., to and across Williams- burg Bridge. Returns to Delancy St., to Essex St., to Grand St., thence by same route as above to ft. Desbros- ses St. Post Office and Williams- burg Bridge Branch. Leaves Post Office at Park Row, runs through Park Row to Bowery, to Grand St., to Clinton St., to Delancy St., to and across Williamsburg Bridge. Returns by same route. Brooklyn & North River Line. Leaves Desbrosses St. Ferry, runs through Des- brosses St., Washington & Vestry Sts., to Canal St., Manhattan Bridge and Flat- bush Ave. extension to Fulton St., Brooklyn. Returns by same route. Free transfers to Brooklyn trolley lines. 42d ST., MANHATTANVILLE & George Washington g T NlCHOLAS AvE . Ry> on steps of bub-treasury Wall and Nassau Streets Office, 177 Manhattan St. 4 2d St. Crosstown Line. Runs across the city from ft. E. 426. St., to ft. W. 426. St. Queensboro Bridge Line. Leaves ft. W. 426. St., runs through 42d St. to Third Ave., to 5gth St., to Queensboro Bridge, to Long Island City. Returns over same route by 6oth St. instead of 5Qth St. Fort Lee Ferry Line. Leaves ft. E. 34th St., runs through 34th St. to First Ave., to 42 d St., to Seventh Ave., to Broad- way, to Manhattan St., to ft. W. i3oth St. Returns by same route. 34th St. & Tenth Ave. Line. Leaves ft. E. 34th St., runs through E. 34th St., to First Ave., to 42d St., to Tenth Ave., to Amsterdam Ave., to i62d St. Returns by same route. 20 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 28th & 2gth STS. CROSSTOWN RAILROAD COMPANY (Operated by Third Ave. Ry. Co.) Leaves W. 23d St. Ferry, runs through Thirteenth Ave., to 24th St., to Eleventh Ave., to 28th St., to First Ave., to E. 34th St. Returns by First Ave. to 2gth St., to Eleventh Ave., to 24th St., to Thirteenth Ave., to ft. W. 23d St. SECOND AVENUE RAILROAD Office, 1876 Second Ave. Second Ave. Line. Leaves Broadway & Worth St., runs through Worth St. to Bowery, to Grand St., to For sy the St., to E. Houston* St., to Second Ave., to i2gth St. Returns by Second Ave. to Chrystie St., to Grand St., to Bowery, to Worth St., to Broadway. Astor Place Line. Leaves ft. E. Q2d St. (Astoria Ferry), runs through Ave. A, to 86th St., to Second Ave., to Stuyvesant PI., to Fourth Ave., to Astor PI. Broadway. Returns by same route. First Ave. Line. Leaves 12 5th St. & First Ave., runs through First Ave. to sgth St., to Second Ave., to Stuyvesant PL, to Fourth Ave., to Astor PL Broadway. Returns by same route. CENTRAL PARK, NORTH & EAST RIVER R. R. Co. Office, 54th St. & Tenth Ave. West Side Belt Line. Leaves ft. Whitehall St. , runs through State St. to Bowling Green, to Battery PL, to West St., to Tenth Ave., to 54th St. Returns by same route to Battery PL, to State St., to Whitehall St., to South St. This line passes all the North River ferries. 5Qth St. Crosstown Line. Connects the East Side and West Side Belt lines. Runs through Tenth Ave. from 54th St. to 59th St., to First Ave. Returns by same route. East Side Belt Line. Leaves ft. Whitehall St., runs through Whitehall St. to South St., to Broad St., to Water St., to Old Slip, to South St., to Montgomery St., to South St., to Corlears St., to Grand St., to Goerck St., to Houston St., to Ave. D, to 1 4th St., to First Ave., to 59th St. Returns by same route to Ave. D, to 8th St., to Lewis St., to Houston St., to Mangin St., to Grand St., to Corlears St., to Monroe St., to Jackson St., to Front St., to Montgomery St., to South St., to Roosevelt St., to Front St., to ft. Whitehall St. This line passes all the East River ferries. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 21 UNION RAILWAY COMPANY Ogden Ave. Line. Leaves W. 15 5th St. & Eighth Ave. on viaduct, terminus of Ninth Ave. Elevated Ry., runs across Central Bridge to Ogden Ave., and over Washington Bridge to iSist St. and St. Nicholas Ave. (Subway Station). Returns by same route. Aqueduct Ave. Line. Leaves iSist St. & St. Nicholas Ave. (Subway Station), runs across Washington Bridge to Aqueduct Ave., to Kingsbridge Road, to Sedgwick Ave., to 238th St., to Broadway. Returns by same route. Zoological Park Line. Leaves iSoth St. & Boston Road (West Farms Subway Station), runs to Southern Blvd., to iSgth St., to E. Fordham Road & Third Ave., to Fordham (Elevated Ry. Station), to Kingsbridge Road, to 238th St., to Broadway, to 262d St. (City Line). Returns by same route. This line passes three entrances to the Zoological Park. Crosstown Line. Leaves iSist St. & St. Nicholas Ave. (Subway Station) , runs across Washington Bridge to Aqueduct Ave., to Tremont Ave., to Webster Ave., to iSoth St. (West Farms Sub- way Station, Bos- ton Road & 17 7th St.), to Unionport, about 1200 ft. from Westchester Creek. Returns by same route. Bronx & Van Cortlandt Park Line. Leaves Kingsbridge Road & W. 225th St., runs through W. 2 2 5th St. to Broad- way, to City Line (W. 2 6 2 dSt.). Re- turns by same route. Webster Ave. Line. Leaves i2pth o T1 J A Stock Exchange bt. & Ihird Ave., Broad near Wall Street runs through Third Page 107 22 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Ave. to Melrose Ave., to Webster Ave., to McLean Ave. (City Line) . Returns by same route. Westchester Ave. Line. Leaves i2gth St. & Third Ave., runs through Third Ave. to Westchester Ave. (i4gth St.), to Westchester, to Pelham Bay Park. Returns by same route. West Farms Line. Leaves i2gth St. & Third Ave., runs through Third Ave. to Boston Road, to West Farms (Subway Station, Boston Road & lyyth St.). This line stops about three blocks from southeast entrance to Zoological Park. Re- turns by same route. Morris Park Line, Leaves i2gth St. & Third Ave., runs through Third Ave. to Boston Road, to Walker Ave., to Morris Park Ave., to Bronxdale Ave. (Morris Park). Returns by same route. Southern Blvd. Line. Leaves i29th St. & Third Ave., runs through Third Ave. to i36th St., to Lincoln Ave., to Southern Blvd., to East Fordham Road. This line is at main entrance to Zoological Park. Returns by same route. Washington Bridge Line. Leaves i2gth St. & Third Ave., runs through Third Ave. to Morris Ave., to i6ist St., to Jerome Ave., to Boscobel Ave., to Washington Bridge. Returns by same route. White Plains Ave. Line. Leaves i2gth St. & Third Ave., runs through Third Ave. to Melrose Ave., to Webster Ave., to Gun Hill Road, to White Plains Road, to E. 242d St. (City Line) . Returns by same route. Willis Ave. Line. Leaves i2pth St. & Third Ave., runs through Third Ave. to 13 6th St., to Lincoln Ave., to Southern Blvd., to Willis Ave., to E. i4gth St. Returns by same route. Sedgwick Ave. Line. Leaves i6ist St. & Third Ave., runs through E. i6ist St. to Jerome Ave., to Sedgwick Ave., to Cedar Ave., to W. lygth St., to Burnside Ave., to Valentine Ave., to Tremont Ave., to Third Ave. Returns by same route. I35th St. Crosstown Line. Leaves W. 13 5th St. & Eighth Ave., runs through W. 13 5th St. to Madison Ave., crossing Madison Ave. Bridge to E. 13 8th St., to Locust Ave., to E. 1 3 4th St. Ferry, (Port Morris). Returns by same route. St. Ann's Ave. Line. Leaves 13 5th St. & Eighth Ave., runs through W. 13 5th St. to Madison Ave. crossing Madison Ave. Bridge to E. i38th St., to St. Ann's Ave., to Third Ave. (E. *6ist St.) Returns by same route. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 23 JPI f - VI ? " r. ' Bankers' Trust Building Wall and Nassau Streets Page 50 Jerome Ave. Line. Leaves W. 15 5th St. & Eighth Ave. on viaduct terminus of Ninth Ave. Elevated Railroad, runs across Central Bridge to Jerome Ave., to City Line (Lincoln Park) and Central Ave. to Empire City Race Track/ Re- turns by same route. Fordham Crosstown Line. Leaves 2oyth St. Subway station, runs through W. 207th St., crossing Fordham Bridge, to Sedgwick Ave., to Fordham Road, to E. Fordham Road, to South- ern Blvd., at main entrance to Zoological Park. Returns by same route. Clason Point Line. Leaves Westchester Ave. and Simpson St., runs through Westchester Ave. to Clason Point Road, to Clason Point, East River. Returns by same route. Tremont & Walker Ave. Line. Leaves Je- rome & Burnside Aves., runs through Burnside Ave. to Tremont Ave., to Boston Road, to West Farms, to Walker Ave., to Westchester. Returns by same route. Fort Schuyler Line. Leaves Westchester, runs through Fort Schuyler Road to Eastern Blvd. Returns by same route. 24 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Manhattan Sky-Lin e i6ist & i6ad Sts. Line. Leaves W. issth St. & Eighth Ave. on viaduct, terminus of Ninth Ave. Elevated Ry., runs across Central Bridge to Jerome Ave. , to 1 6 1 st St . , to Third Ave. , to 1 63d St., to West Chester Ave., to Dongan St., to Southern Blvd., to Hunt's Point. Returns by same route. 1 67th St. Crosstown Line. Leaves Washington Bridge, runs through Boscobel Ave. to i6yth St., to Webster Ave., to i68th St., to Franklin Ave., to i6gth St., to i6;th St., to Westchester Ave. Returns by same route. Kings Bridge Line. Leaves W. Fordham Road & Sedgwick Ave., runs through Bailey Ave. to W. 23oth St. Returns by same route. Mount Vernon Line. Leaves West Farms, runs through Walker Ave. to Morris Park Ave., to White Plains Ave., to Lincoln Ave. (City Line), to W. ist St., to Mt. Vernon Station (N. Y., N. H., & H. R. R.). Returns by same route. ELEVATED RAILWAYS Fare, 5 cents. Children under 5 years of age free. A ticket must be bought and thrown into the gateman's glass "chopper" box at the entrance to the platform. Transfers are given RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 25 en from Hudson River between Sixth and Ninth Aves. at Rector and 5gth Sts. ; between Sixth and Ninth Aves., and Second and Third Aves. at the Battery; between Second and Third Aves. at Chatham Sq.;; between City Hall trains and South Ferry trains at Third Ave. and Chatham Sq. By paying an extra 3 cents when buying the elevated railway ticket, transfers may be had for certain surface lines. Elevated Stations Sixth Ave. South Ferry. Battery PI. Rector & N. Church Sts. Cortlandt & Church Sts. Park PL & Church St. Chambers St. & W. Broadway. Franklin St. & W. Broadway. Grand St. & W. Broadway. Bleecker St. & W. Broadway. 8th St. & Sixth Ave. 1 4th St. & Sixth Ave. i8th St. & Sixth Ave. 23d St. & Sixth Ave. 28th St. & Sixth Ave. 33d St. & Sixth Ave. 38th St. & Sixth Ave. 42d St. & Sixth Ave. 5oth St. & Sixth Ave. 53d St. & Sixth Ave. 53d St. & Eighth Ave. 59th St. & Ninth Ave. 66th St. & Columbus Ave. yad St. & Columbus Ave. 8ist St. & Columbus Ave. 86th St. & Columbus Ave. 93d St. & Columbus Ave. 99th St. & Columbus Ave. 104th St. & Columbus Ave. 110th St. between 8th St. Colum- bus Ave. 116th St. & Eighth Ave. 125th St. & Eighth Ave. 130th St. & Eighth Ave. 26 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Sixth Ave. Continued I35th St. & Eighth Ave. I4oth St. & Eighth Ave. i45th St. & Eighth Ave. I55th St & Eighth Ave. Ninth Ave. South Ferry, Battery PI. Rector & Greenwich Sts. Cortlandt & Greenwich Sts. Barclay & Greenwich Sts. Warren & Greenwich Sts. Franklin & Greenwich Sts. Desbrosses & Greenwich Sts. Houston & Greenwich Sts. Christopher & Greenwich Sts. i4th St. & Ninth Ave. 23d St. & Ninth Ave. 3oth St. & Ninth Ave. 34th St & Ninth Ave. 4 2d St. & Ninth Ave. 5oth St. & Ninth Ave. 59th St. & Ninth Ave. From here on stations are the same as Sixth Ave. Line. Third Ave. South Ferry. Hanover Sq. Fulton & Pearl Sts. Franklin Sq. City Hall. Chatham Sq. Canal St. & Bowery. Grand St. & Bowery. Houston St. & Bowery. gth St & Third Ave. i4th St. & Third Ave. 1 8th St. & Third Ave. 23d St. & Third Ave. 28th St. & Third Ave. 34th St. & Third Ave. (branch to 34th St. Ferry, E. R.) 42d St. & Third Ave. (branch to Grand Central Terminal). 47th St. & Third Ave. 53d St. & Third Ave. 59th St. & Third Ave. 67th St & Third Ave. 76th St. & Third Ave. 84th St. & Third Ave. 8gth St, & Third Ave. 99th St. & Third Ave. io6th St. & Third Ave. n6th St. & Third Ave. I25th St & Third Ave. I2gth St. & Third Ave. I33d St. between Willis and Alex- ander Aves. I38th St. between Willis and Alex- ander Aves. I43d St. between Willis and Alex- ander Aves. I49th St. & Third Ave. 1 56th St. & Third Ave. i6ist St. & Third Ave. i66th St. & Third Ave. i6gth St. & Third Ave. Claremont Parkway & Third Ave. i74th St. & Third Ave. i77th St. & Third Ave. iSoth St. & Third Ave. i83d St. & Third Ave. Fordham Road, Bronx Park Second Ave. South Ferry. Hanover Sq. Fulton & Pearl Sts. Franklin Sq. Chatham Sq. Canal & Allen Sts. Grand & Allen Sts. Rivington & Allen Sts. ist St. & First Ave. 8th St. & First Ave. I4th St. & First Ave. igth St. & First Ave. 23d St. between First & Second Aves. 34th St. & Second Ave. (branch to 34th St. Ferry, E. R.) 42d St. & Second Ave. 50th St. & Second Ave. 57th St. & Second Ave. 6sth St. & Second Ave. 72d St. & Second Ave. 8oth St. & Second Ave. 86th St. & Second Ave. gzd St. & Second Ave. 99th St. & Second Ave. 105th St. & Second Ave. i nth St. & Second Ave. H7th St. & Second Ave. i2ist St. & Second Ave. I27th St. & Second Ave. I2oth St. connects with Third Ave. line. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 27 UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS The Interborough Rapid Transit Co. operate the present subways in New York, which extend from Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, to p6th St. and Broadway, where the subway branches one branch, known as the Broadway line, extending to Van Cortlandt Park and the other branch, known as the Lenox Ave. and West Farms line, extending to iSoth St. and Boston Road (Bronx Park). Through trains are run from Brooklyn to stations on each of these branches and vice versa. Certain trains are operated as express trains between Brooklyn Bridge and 96th St., with express stations at i4th, 42d, 72d, and 9 6th Sts. These stations are indicated by an asterisk (*) in the list of stations. Local trains do not run south of Brooklyn Bridge or City Hall. Express trains make all stops south of City Hall and north of g6th St. Express trains can be taken from one express station to another and change made at any express station to local trains for stations between express stations. Hudson Terminal Buildings Church Street from Cortlandt to Fulton Street Page 54 28 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE The fare is 5 cents from any station to another in one direction over the entire system. Children under five years of age may ride free. The following is a list of stations, starting from Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn: Broadway Line I03d St. & Broadway. noth St. & Broadway. u6th St. & Broadway. Manhattan & Broadway. Ferry to Edgewater. I37th St. & Broadway. i4fjth St. & Broadway. I57th St. & Broadway. i68th St. & Broadway. iSist St. & Broadway, igist St. & Broadway. Dyckman & Broadway. 207th St. & Amsterdam Ave. 2i5th St. & Amsterdam Ave. 225th St. & Broadway. 23ist St. & Broadway. 238th St. & Broadway. 242d St. & Broadway. Van Cortlandt Park (surface cars to Yonkerc). Lerox Ave. acd \7cst Farms Line noth St. & Lenox Ave. nCth St. & Lenox Ave. I25th St. & Lenox Ave. i35th St. & Lcncx Ave. i4sth St. & Lenox Ave. Mott Ave. & i4Qth St. I49th St. & Third Ave. Jackson & W. Chester Aves. Prospect & W. Chester Aves. Intervale & W. Chester Aves. Simpson St. & Southern Blvd. Freeman St. & Southern Blvd. i74th St. & Boston Road. i77th St. & Boston Rd(Tremont). iSoth St. & Boston Rd (Bronx Pk). Brooklyn Branch Atlantic Ave. Nevins St. Hoyt St. Borough Hall. Main Line South Ferry. Bowling Green. Wall St. & Broadway. Fulton St. & Broadway. Brooklyn Bridge. Worth & Elm Sts. Canal & Elm Sts. Spring & Elm Sts. Bleecker & Elm Sts. Astor PL & Fourth Ave. *i4th St. & Fourth Ave. 1 8th St. & Fourth Ave. 23d St. & Fourth Ave. 28th St. & Fourth Ave. 33d St. & Fourth Ave. |*42d St. & Park Ave. [Grand Central Terminal. (Times Sq. l4.2d St. & Broadway. 5Oth St. & Broadway. 59th St. & Broadway. 66th St. & Broadway. *72d St. & Broadway. 79th St. & Broadway. 86th St. & Broadway. 9 ist St. & Broadway. *96th St. & Broadway. Trains diverge here for Broadway Line, Lenox Ave. and West Farms Line. THE TUNNELS Manhattan Brooklyn. Under the East River, between Broad St., Manhattan, and the Flatbush and Atlantic Ave. Stations of the Long Island Railway, in the Borough of Brook- lyn, there are two tubes. Manhattan Interborough Subway, from 426. St. and Lexington Ave. , Manhattan, to Jackson Ave. , Queens Borough. Fourth Avenue Brooklyn Subway, from Municipal Building, City Hall Park, across the Manhattan Bridge, through Brooklyn to Coney Island. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 29 Looking down Broadway from General Post Office 30 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co. operate what is known locally as the "Hudson Tunnels," running trains from 33d St., Broadway and Sixth Ave. (up- town division), and the Hudson Terminal, Cortlandt St. and Fulton St. (down-town division), to Hoboken, Jersey City, and Park Place, Newark. This is considered a much more convenient way of reaching various steam railroad terminals in Hoboken and Jersey City than by the old method of using the ferries. Trains are operated to and from the following stations : FROM TO Up-Town 33d St. & Sixth Ave. 28th St. & Sixth Ave. 23d St. & Sixth Ave. 19th St. & Sixth Ave. 14th St. & Sixth Ave. 9th St. & Sixth Ave. Christopher & Greenwich Sts. Down-Town Fulton, Church & Cortlandt Sts. Lackawanna Railroad Station, Ho- boken. Erie Railroad Station, Jersey City. Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Jer- sey City. Henderson and Grove St. Station, Jersey City. Summit Ave. Station, Jersey City. Manhattan Transfer (connecting with the Pennsylvania Railroad). Park Place, Newark. Fare 5 cents between down-town terminals and Jersey City and Hoboken ; from the up-town points a 7-cent fare to Jersey City and Hoboken. To Newark the fare is as follows: From Down-Town Stations From Up-Town Stations One-way fare 17c One-way fare 19c Round-trip fare 30c Round-trip fare 34c Half-rate one-way fare 9c Half-rate one-way fare lie Half-rate round-trip fare 15c Half-rate round-trip fare 19c Children between the ages of 5 and 12 years travel at half rate. Children under 5 years of age ride free. Pennsylvania R. R. Tunnels. On account of the mud and clay in the bed of the Hudson River these tunnels are supported by piers of stone resting on bedrock. The tubes are 1 8 ft. in diameter. In midstream the bed of the tracks is 100 ft. below the river bed. There are two under the Hudson River, and four under the East River. Trains are moved by electric locomotives. FIFTH AVENUE COACH LINES One of the best ways to see the best residential sections, the fashionable shopping districts and the hotel and amuse- ment centers of New York City is from the tops of the Fifth Avenue buses, which traverse at short intervals Fifth Avenue, Riverside Drive and other important thoroughfares. Several RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 31 important avenues north of Central Park are served and there is also a line connecting with the Pennsylvania Station and an important crosstown line that connects tha residential sections lying on either side of Central Park. Many important public buildings and the leading churches of the city are passed, among these being the Public Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Riverside Drive line, which leaves Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, gives the unrivalled view of the Hudson and Palisades, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Grant's Tomb and Claremont. On any line the fare is 10 cents. The Most Important Routes Washington Square and Riverside Drive. Fifth Ave., from Washing- ton Square to 57th St., to Broadway, to 72d St., to Riverside Drive, to 135th St., to Broadway. Seventy-second St. Crosstown. East 72d St., from First Ave. to Fifth Ave., to 57th St., to Broadway, to West 72d St., to Central Park West. Cathedral Parkway and Riverside Drive, noth St., from Fifth Ave. to Riverside Drive, to I35th St., to Broadway. Fifth Ave.-i35th St. Fifth Ave. from noth St. to i2Oth St., to Mt. Morris Park West, to I24th St., to Fifth Ave., to I35th St. Washington Sq. -Seventh Ave. -Polo Grounds. Fifth Ave. from Washington Sq. to noth St., to Seventh Ave., to I53d St., to Macomb's Dam Road, to I55th Street Viaduct, to St. Nicholas Place. Washington Sq.-St. Nicholas Ave. -Polo Grounds. Fifth Ave. from Washington Sq. to noth St., to Manhattan Ave., to St. Nicholas Ave., to St. Nicholas Place, to I55th St. Pennsylvania Station and Riverside Drive. 32d St. from Pennsylvania Station (Seventh Ave. entrance) to Fifth Ave., to 57th St., to Broadway, to 72d St., to Riverside Drive, to 1 35th St., to Broadway. STEAMSHIP LINES 1 PIERS American-Hawaiian S. S. Co., Pier 6, ft. 42d St., Brooklyn. To Pacific Coast ports and Hawaiian Islands. American Line, Pier 62, North River, ft. W. 22d St. To Southampton, Plymouth, Cherbourg. Anchor Line, Pier 29, ft. Harrison St., Union Stores, Brooklyn. To Marseilles, Leghorn, and Naples. 32 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Atlantic Transport, Pier 58, North River, ft. W. i6th St. To London. Austro-Americana Steamship Co., Ltd., Pier i, Bush Docks, South Brooklyn. To Naples, Patras, Azores, and Trieste. Ben Franklin Line, Pier 24, North River. Bridgeport Line, Pier 27, East River, ft. Catherine St. Capital City Line, Pier 46, North River. Catskill Evening Line, Pier 43, North River. Central-Hudson Steamboat Line, Pier 24, North River, ft. Franklin St. To Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rondout, and intermediate Hudson River points (Summer season). Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 10, ft. Cedar St., Pier 81, ft. 42d St., North River. To Atlantic Highlands. Clyde Line, Pier 36, North River, ft. Spring St. To Charleston, Jacksonville, and Brunswick. Clyde Line, Pier 34, ft. Hamilton Ave., Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn. To Puerto Plata and West Indian ports. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, Pier 57, North River, ft.iSthSt. To Havre. Compania Trasatlantica, Pier 8, East River, Coenties Slip. To Havana, Mexican, South American, and Spanish ports. Cunard Line, Piers 54 and 56, North River, ft. I4th St. To Queenstown and Liverpool, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, Fiume, and Trieste. Delaware-Hudson S. S. Co., Battery and W. I3ist St., North River, "Mandalay" Excursion Boat up Hudson (Summer season). Fabre Line, ft. W. 3ist St., South Brooklyn. To Naples and Marseilles. Fall River Line, Pier 14, North River, ft. Fulton St. To Newport and Fall River (Boston). Hamburg-American Line, Pier ft. 1st St., Hoboken. To Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg, Gibraltar, Naples and Genoa. Hamburg-American Line (Atlas Service), Pier ft. W. 25th St. To Cuba, Panama, and South American ports. Hamburg-American Line (Brazil Service), ft. 43d St., Bush Docks, South Brooklyn. To Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian ports. Hartford Line, Pier 19, East River, ft. Peck Slip. To Hartford (Summer season). Holland -American Line, Pier ft. 5th St., Hoboken. To Rotterdam. Hudson River Day Line, Pier 30, ft. Desbrosses St., Pier 81, RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 33 ft. 42 Norwich Line, Pier 40, North River, ft. Clarkson'St. To New London. Ocean Steamship Co., Pier 35, North River, ft. Spring St. To Savannah. Old Dominion Steamship Co., Pier 25, N. R., ft. North Moore St. To Old Point Comfort, Norfolk and Newport News. Panama Rail Road Steamship Lines, Pier 67, North River, ft. 27th St. To Colon, Central and South American ports. People's Line (Night), Pier 32, North River, ft. Canal St. To Albany (Summer season) . Phoenix Line, Pier 59, N. R., ft. i8th St. To Antwerp. Prince Line, Pier 4, ft. 45th St., Bush Docks, South Brook- lyn. To Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and other South American ports, and to South African and Far Eastern ports. Providence Line, Pier 19, East River, Peck Slip. To Providence (Boston). Providence Line, Pier 15, North River, ft. Barclay St. To Providence (Boston) (Summer season). Quebec Steamship Co., Ltd., Pier 47, North River, ft. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 35 St. Paul's Chapel Broadway, Fulton and Vesey Streets Page 111 ioth St. To Bermuda and West Indies; also Summer Service to Montreal and Quebec. Red Cross Line, Pier B, ft. Richard St., Erie Basin. To Halifax and St. Johns. Red "D" Line, Pier n, ft. Montague St., Brooklyn. To San Juan, Porto Rico; La Guaira and other ports in Venezuela. Red Star Line, Pier 61, North River, ft. 2ist St. To Dover and Antwerp. Royal Dutch West India Mail, Bush Docks, South Brooklyn. To Curasao and ports in Venezuela. Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., Pier 42, North River, ft. Morton St. To Bermuda, West Indian, South and Central Ameri- can ports. Russian-American Line, ft. 3ist St., South Brook- lyn. To Rotterdam and Libau. Scandinavian - American Line, ft. iyth St., Hoboken. To Christiansand, Chris- tiania and Copenhagen. Sicula Americana Line, Pier 22, ft. Pacific St., Brooklyn. To Naples, Palermo and other Medi- terranean ports. Southern Pacific Co., Atlantic Steamship Lines, Piers 49, 50, 51 and 52, North River, ft. nth St. To New Orleans. Texas City Steamship 36 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Co., Pier 44, North River, ft. Barrow Street. To Texas City, Texas. United Fruit Co. Lines, Pier 16, East River, ft. Fulton St. To Kingston, Jamaica, and to Central American ports. Uranium Steamship Co., Pier 38, ft. Pioneer St., Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn. To Rotterdam. White Star Line, Pier 60, North River, ft. ipth St. To Queenstown, Liverpool, Plymouth, Cherbourg and South- ampton (Gibraltar, Naples and Genoa). Wilson Line, Pier ft. ;th St., Hoboken. To Hull. FERRIES To Astoria From ft. E. 92d St. Atlantic Highlands From South Ferry (Summer season). To Bedloe's Island (Liberty Island) From Battery ft. Broadway. *To Blackwell's Island From ft. 26th St., ft. 53d St., ft. 70th St., E. R. To Brooklyn From ft. E.lOth and E. 23d Sts. to Greenpoint Ave. To Brooklyn From ft. E. 23d St. to Broadway. To Brooklyn From ft. E. Hous- ton St. to Grand St. To Brooklyn From ft. Fulton St. to Fulton St. To Brooklyn From ft. Roosevelt St. to Broadway. To Brooklyn From ft. Whitehall St. to Atlantic and Hamilton Aves. To Brooklyn From ft. Whitehall St. to 39th St. To College Point (Queens Borough) From ft. E. 99th St. To Edgewater From W. 130th St. To Ellis Island From Barge Office, Whitehall St. To Englewood From ft. Dyckman St. *To Forts Schuyler, Totten & Slo- cum From ft. Wall St., E. R. *To Forts Hamilton & Wadsworth From ft. Wall St., E. R. *To Farm Colony (Staten Island) From ft. 26th & 53d Sts., E. R. To Governor's Island From Battery, ft. Whitehall St. *To Hart's Island From ft. 26th St., E. R. To Hoboken From ft. Barclay, Christopher, and W. 23d Sts. to Newark and Ferry Sts. (D. L. & W. R. R.) To Hoboken From ft. W. 23d St. to 14th St. To Jersey City From ft. Chambers and W. 23d Sts. to Pavonia Ave. (Erie R. R., Northern of New Jersey R R., and N. J. & N. Y. R. R., New York, Susquehanna & Western R. R.) To Jersey City From ft. Cort- landt and Desbrosses Sts. to Montgomery St., Jersey City. (Pennsylvania R. R.) To Jersey City From ft. Liberty and W. 23d Sts. to Communi- paw, Jersey City. (Central R. R. of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley R. R.) *To North Brother Island From ft. E. 132d St. To Queens (Long Island City) From ft. E. 34th St. to Bordcn Ave. (L. I. R. R.) *To Randall's Island From ft. E. 26th, E. 120th, and E. 125th Sts. To Richmond (Staten Island) From ft. Whitehall St. to St. George (Staten Island Rapid Transit R. R., & Trolley Lines). *To Riker's Island From ft. E. 26th St. *To Sandy Hook Proving Grounds From ft. Wall St., E. R. *To Ward's Island From ft. E. 116th St. To Weehawken From ft. Cort- landt and ft. W. 42d Sts. (to West Shore R. R. Depot). *To West New York From ft. W. 42d St. to Old Slip. NOTE: E. R., East River, required. "Permit RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 37 Fifth Avenue, North from Forty-SeqoncJ Street; RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE PLACES OF Academy of Music, 14th St. & Irving PI. Alhambra, Seventh Ave. & 126th St. American Leaeue Baseball Park, 156th St. & Eighth Ave. American Museum of Natural History,77th St. & Central Pk. W. American Music Hall, Eighth Ave. & 42d St. Apollo, 116th St. near 7th Ave. Aquarium, Battery Park. Astor, Broadway & 45th St. Audubon, 165th St. & Broadway. Belasco, 44th St. near Broadway. Booth, 45th St. W. of Broadway. Broadway, Broadway & 41st St. Bronx Opera House, 436 E. 149th St. Candler, 42d St. near Seventh Ave. Carnegie Hall, 7th Ave. & 57th St. Casino, Broadway & 39th St. Century, 62d St. & Central Park W. Circle, 60th St. & Broadway. Cohan's, Broadway & 43d St. Colonial, Broadway & 62d St. Columbia, Seventh Ave. & 47th St. Comedy, 41st St. near Broadway Cort, 48th St. east of Broadway. Dancing Carnival, Grand Central Palace. Eltinge, 42d St. W. of Broadway. Empire, Broadway & 40th St. Forty-eighth Street Theatre, 48th St. W. of Broadway. Forty-fourth Street Theatre, 44th St. W. of Broadway. Fulton, 208 W. 46th St. Gaiety, Broadway & 46th St. Garden, Madison Ave. & E. 27th St. Garrick, 65 W. 35th St. Globe, Broadway & 46th St. Grand Central Palace, Lexington Ave. & 46th St. Grand Opera House, Eighth Ave. & 23d St. Hamilton, 146th St. & Broadway. Harris, 42d St. near Eighth Ave. Hippodrome, 6th Ave.,43d-44thSts. Hudson, 44th St. near Broadway. Irving Place, 13 Irving PI. Jardin de Danse, Broadway, 44th & 45th Sts. Keith's Union Square, Union Sq. & 14th St. Keith's Harlem Opera House, 205 W. 125th St. Knickerbocker, Broadway & 38th St. AMUSEMENT Lexington, Lexington Ave., 50th & 51st Sts. Liberty, 234 W. 42d St. Longacre, 48th St. W. of Broadway. Lyceum, 45th St. near Broadway. Little, 44th St. W. of Broadway. Lyric, 42d St. near Seventh Ave. Madison Square Garden, Madison Ave. & 26th St. Manhattan Opera House, 315 W. 34th St. Maxine Elliott's, 39th St. near Broadway. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Ave. & 82d St. Metropolitan Opera House, Broad- way & 40th St. Murray Hill, Lexington Ave. & 42dSt. Nemo, 110th St. & Broadway. National League Baseball Park, 156th St. & Eighth Ave. New Amsterdam, 214 W. 42d St. New York, Broadway & 45th St. Olympic, 145 E. 14th St. Palace, 47th St. & 7th Ave. Park, 59th St. & Broadway. Playhouse, 48th St. near Broadway. Plaza, Madison Ave. & 59th St. Polo Grounds, 156th St. & 8th Ave. Princess, 39th St. E. of Broadway. Proctor's 23d St., 142 W. 23d St. Proctor's Fifth Ave., Broadway and 28th St. Procter's 58th St., 154 E. 58th St. Proctor's 125th St., 112 E. 125th St. Public Library, Fifth Ave. & 40th to 42d Sts. Punch & Judy, 49th St. E. of Bdwy. Republic, 42d St. near Broadway. Riverside, Broadway & 96th St. Savoy, 112 W. 34th St. Shubert, 44th St. W. of Broadway. St. Nicholas Skating Rink, 69 W. 66th St. Standard, 90th St. & Broadway. Strand, Broadway & 47th St. Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, 39th St. near Broadway. Vitagraph, Broadway & 44th St. West End, 368 W. 125th St. Winter Garden, Bdwy. &50th St. Yorkville, 157 E. 86th St. Ziegfield Follies, Atop New Amster- dam, 42d St. near 7th Ave. Zoo, Central Park. RAND KcNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 39 RAILROAD STATIONS Atlantic Coast Line, Seventh Ave., 326. to 336! Sts.,and Hudson & Manhat- tan R. R. Stations. Baltimore & Ohio, ft. W. 23d & Liberty Sts. Central of New Jersey, ft. W. 23d & Liberty Sts.; New Jersey Southern Divi- sion (in summer), ft. W. 42d & Cedar Sts. Chesapeake & Ohio, Seventh Ave., 32d to 33 ki " RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE No. 10 Wall St., at the head of New St., is the splendid Astor Bldg., on the site formerly occupied by the First Presbyterian Church. Corner of Wall & Broadway, The United Bank Bldg. Here are the rooms of its joint owners, the First National Bank and the Bank of the Republic; of several private banking firms, and of Southern and Western railway companies. Here General Grant had his offices during his brief and ill- fated career in the "Street." Corner Wall & Nassau Sts., Bankers Trust Company Bldg., 39 stories; height, 539 ft. The ground cost $825 per sq. ft., said to be the highest price ever paid for land any- where in the world. No. 23 Wall St. is the new extensive offices of J. P. (Pierpont) Morgan & Co., of world-wide fame. (Formerly the house of Drexel, Morgan & Co. ) No. 30 Wall St., The Assay Office, now being rebuilt on the site of what was the oldest building in the street (erected in 1823), and at an earlier period occupied by the Verplanck man- sion. It is open to visitors from 2 to 4 p.m. and is well worth visiting. "Every operation is here carried on that is done in the Mint, except the actual stamping of the money. In the front are the offices of the assayer, and the room where accrued bullion is received and paid for; and in the six-story building at the rear it is assayed, refined, separated, and cast into bars. Gold and silver are here to be seen in great profusion, the former generally in bars weighing from 250 to 300 ounces, and worth from $5,000 to $6,000, and the latter in bars weighing about 200 ounces and worth $110. The gold which is used in the arts is generally in thick, square plates, worth from $100 to $800. The most noticeable curiosities are Washington Arch Washington Square and Fifth Ave. Page 68 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 51 the hydraulic press, by which a great quantity of silver is compressed into a round body not unlike a milk can; the crystallizing vats, where the metal is subjected to the action of powerful acids; and the melting room, where at intervals the gold and silver are poured off. From twenty to one hundred millions of crude bullion are here received, and assayed, in the course of a year." The Sub-treasury is the large Doric building of granite extending from the Assay Office to Nassau St. and reaching through to Pine St. in the rear. It stands upon the site once occupied by the old Dutch City Hall and by the subsequent Federal Hall, where Washington was inaugurated first President of the United States, in 1789. The broad flight of steps is now broken by a pedestal bearing J. Q. A. Ward's colossal bronze statue of Washington taking the oath, which was paid for by popular subscription, and unveiled in 1883. The Sub-treasury Bldg. was first erected for the Custom House, but was long ago outgrown and remodeled for its present purpose. Within there is a rotunda 60 ft. in diameter, the dome being supported by 16 Corinthian columns. More money is stored in this building than anywhere else in the country, except in the Treasury vaults at Washington. Most of the money paid out by the general government is in drafts upon this Sub-treasury. At the east front of the build- ing there is a tablet representing Washington at prayer at Valley Forge; and on the west front a tablet commemorating the passage by Congress of the Ordinance of 1787, and the purchase, by The Ohio Company of Associates, of lands in the Northwest Territory. No. 40 Wall St., the Bank of the Manhattan Company, founded 1709. No. 42 Wall St., the Merchants Bank, founded 1803. At the corner of Wall & Williams Sts. may be seen the corner stone of the Bank of New York, the oldest New York bank, founded by Alexander Hamilton and others in 1784. BIG BUILDINGS Grand Central Terminal. Park Ave. and 42d St. In the construction of this monumental gateway the aim has been to combine beauty and magnitude with convenience and service- ability, so that the many thousands of travelers from all parts of the country, and those from abroad, strangers in a strange land, may go about the Terminal with as little confusion as in passing from one room to another in their own homes. The Terminal area proper is dominated by the main building, the exterior finish of which is granite and Indiana limestone. In designing this building the architects had in mind to express the old terminal idea the gateway to a city. 52 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Grand Central Terminal Park Ave. and 42d Street Page 51 Hence the central part of the facade is in the form of a triumphal arch of imposing proportions, surmounted by a statuary group representing "Progress," "Mental" and "Physical Force." The outbound Concourse, a magnificent room 275 ft. long, 120 ft. wide, and 125 ft. high, is the principal feature of the main building. In the Concourse are all the facilities usually found in the waiting room of a railroad station ticket office, baggage-checking booth, parcel room, and information bureau. Underneath the main Concourse is the suburban Concourse, which is of about the same dimensions except as to height of ceiling. It is laid out in the same convenient manner, and pro- vides the same facilities as the main waiting room. To furnish some idea of the immense size of this terminal we give a few statistics: total area, 79 acres; tracks on f express level, 42, local level, 25; capacity, 1,149 cars; length at street level, 600 ft., width, 300 ft., and height, 105 ft; below street level, length, 745 ft., width, 480 ft., and depth, 45 ft. All trains in the terminal zone are operated by electricity. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 53 Railroads using this terminal are: New York Central Lines, New York Central & Hudson River R. R., New York & Harlem R. R., New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Pennsylvania Station. This great structure, the main station of the Pennsylvania Railroad in New York City, oc- cupies two entire blocks, from Seventh Ave. to Eighth Ave. and from 3ist St. to 33d St., and with underlying and ad- joining yards covers nearly six city blocks. It is reached from the west by twin tubes extending through Bergen Hill in New Jersey, and under the Hudson River and part of New York City. Eastward from the station two tubes extend under the city streets, and four tubes carry the tracks under the East River to the great Sunnyside yards in Long Island City. The average height of the building is only 69 ft., with a maximum height of 153 ft. in the roof over the general wait- ing room, but the massive proportions make the station a strik- ing architectural object most pleasing to the eye. Its frontage on the avenues is 430 ft. and on the streets 784 ft., giving it the greatest area of any building devoted to the exclusive use and convenience of railroad passsengers. While in height it falls Pennsylvania Station Seventh Ave., 32d to 33d Street 54 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE below the towering buildings for which New York is famous, the expanse of the pavilion-like structure and its noble architec- tural lines place it among the notable edifices of modern times. The great colonnaded facades are suggestive of ancient Rome, and this motif is still further carried out in the construction of the imposing general waiting room, a model of the famous Roman baths of Caracalla. In contrast to an exterior of gray granite, travertine, the mellow, cream-tinted stone utilized for centuries in the buildings of Rome, and brought from the quarries in the Campagna, near Tivoli, Italy, is used for the interior finishing of the arcade, general and other waiting rooms, and the entire interior of the station. The main entrance at Seventh Ave. and 32d St. leads to the main waiting room through an arcade 225 ft. long and 45 ft. wide, bordered on both sides by shops, and at its farther end ex- panding into a loggia. In a niche in the loggia is a bronze statue of Alexander Johnston Cassatt, former president of the Penn- sylvania Railroad, under whose direction the plans for the station were perfected. On either side of the loggia are well appointed dining and luncheon rooms. On the first level, a few steps below the street, is the general waiting room, 227 ft. by 103 ft., and 150 ft. from floor to roof. Lofty columns and mellow-tinted walls stamp this hall as unique in rooms of its kind. In it are located ticket offices, par- cel rooms, telegraph and telephone offices, and baggage-checking windows. Directly adjoining are smaller waiting rooms with seats, and retiring rooms for men and women. Beyond, on the same level, is the Concourse, 340 ft. wide by 210 ft. long, in which are the entrances to the train platforms. The platforms themselves are on the second level below. There are twenty-one tracks with eleven platforms, each platform having its own ascents and passenger and baggage elevators. Outgoing and incoming passengers are segregated, and pass in or out without meeting. Above the station proper are the offices of the local operating officials of the railroad. The trains of the following railroads use this station: Atlantic Coast Line; Chesapeake & Ohio; Long Island; New York & Long Branch; Norfolk & Western; Pennsylvania; Seaboard Air Line ; Southern. Hudson Terminal Buildings. Church, Dey, Cortlandt, and Fulton Sts. Each building contains 22 stories and is 275 ft. 9 in. high. The station is in the basement, below tide level, surrounded by a reinforced concrete wall 8 ft. thick, 95 ft. deep, 175 ft. wide, and more than 400 ft. long. There are RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 55 Flatiron Building Broadway, Fifth Ave. and 23d Street Page 57 more than 30 acres of rent- able office space and 50,000 people go in and out of the offices daily in addition to the great number who go in and out of the railroad sta- tion in the basement. Cost, $5,000,000. The Woolworth Building. In general, the details of con- struction of the Woolworth Bldg., given fjelow, apply to all other steel-frame skyscrap- ers. Broadway, from Barclay St. to Park PI. This build- ing stands 55 stories above the sidewalk. Foundation, sunk through 1 1 5 ft. of quick- sand to bed rock, consists of 69 piers of partly reinforced concrete. Each of the 60 main columns which distrib- ute the weight of the whole structure over a base of 31,000 sq. ft. is 3 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft. 8 in. at the base and is designed to carry a maxi- mum load of 4750 tons. This allows for wind pressure, weight of contents, and all other possible strain. The total weight of the building is estimated at 125,000 tons. The cross sectional area of steel at the base of the columns is 650 sq. in., and the crushing stress resting upon it amounts to about 14,600 pounds per sq. in. Wind resistance is provided for to a maximum pressure of 30 pounds to the square foot over the entire surface exposed in any direction. The height of the tower, 56 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE including the 5 stories with- in the pyramidal walls at the top, is 730 ft. The ex- treme height to the top of the ornamental ball and lantern is 750 ft. above the sidewalk The building contains 34 elevators, 4 of which rise from the 1st to the 5ist floors, a vertical distance of 679}^ ft. Equitable Assurance Society Building. This building, the latest of the sky scrapers on lower Broad- way , is located on the entire block from Pine to Cedar Sts. and from Broadway to Nassau St. It is 38 stories high and towers 537 feet 6 inches above curb line. The building contains 48 elevators with a total track- age of 20,240 feet, or nearly four miles. The building fully occupied will house about 15,000 workers. Metropolitan Life Building. Madison Square. This is one of the structural wonders of New York and of the world. The tower is 75 by 85 ft., with a total height of 700 ft. The highest lookout is reached at the balcony of the 5Oth story, 660 ft. above the sidewalk. The clock in the tower is 350 ft. above the sidewalk. The dials, of reinforced concrete, faced with mosaic tile, are each 26 ft. 6 in. in diameter. The figures on the dial are 4 ft. high and the minute marks 10^2 in. in diameter. The minute hand is 17 ft. long and weighs 1000 pounds. The hour hand is 13 ft. 4 in. long and weighs 700 pounds. Connected with the clock is a chime of 4 bells: D flat, weighing 7000 pounds; E flat, 3000 pounds; F flat, 2000 pounds, and G, 1500 pounds. The hours are sounded on the D-flat bell with an impact of 200 pounds. On the quarter hours and half hours the bells ring out the historic chimes composed by Handel. At night, in addition to the chimes and the ringing of the hour, intricate electrical devices flash out the hour and quarter hours, the quarter hours being flashed in red, i, Peter Cooper, Cooper Square Third Ave. and 7th Street Page 83 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 57 2 , 3 , and 4 flashes respectively ; the hours in white. For illustra- tion, a quarter before four is shown by three red flashes followed by four white. More than 3000 persons are employed in the building, of whom 2000 are women and girls. Singer Building. Corner Liberty St. & Broadway. 41 stories; height, 612 ft. from sidewalk; 724 ft. from basement to top of flagstaff; 9^ acres floor space. No wood is used in or on the building. The building contains 552 vacuum cleaners, 600 lavatories, 3425 miles of wiring. The boilers require 18,- 000,000 gallons of water and 8000 tons of coal annually. Eigh- teen incandescent and 25 search lights, with 13,000,000 candle- power, provide exterior illumination and make the tower visible for a distance of 40 miles. Flatiron Building. Broadway & 23d St. 21 stories; height, 286 ft. Cost, including ground, $4,800,000. PLACES OF INTEREST The Statue of Liberty. Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, the largest statue of modern times, stands upon Bedloe's Island, i^<4 miles southwest of the Battery. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the statue may be reached by boat from the Battery. The statue is the result of an impression made upon Bartholdi during a voyage to the United States, by the eagerness with which the immigrants crowded the decks for a first glimpse of the new land to which they were coming with such hope and confidence. When he went home he proposed that a popular subscription should be opened in France to present to the people of the United States a statue representing Liberty. More than $200,000 was collected, and in 1879 Bartholdi began work upon the statue. DIMENSIONS FT. IN. FT. IN. Height from base to torch. 151 I Right arm, greatest thick- Foundation of pedestal to ness .................. 12 o torch ................. 305 6 Waist, thickness ......... 35 o Heel to top of head ....... 114 6 Mouth, width ........... 3 o Hand, length ........... 16 5 Tablet, length ........... 23 7 Index finger, length ..... 8 o Tablet, thickness ........ 2 o Index finger, circumference Pedestal, height ......... 89 o al second joint ......... 7 ' 3 ' Square gides ftt bage> each> 62 Heafrorn'chinVo cranl Square sides at top, each. .. 40 o j um I n 3 Grecian columns, above Head, 'through from "ear base ........ ; ......... ? 2 8 to ear ................. 10 o Foundation, height ....... 65 o Eye, distance across ____ 2 6 Square sides at bottom, Nose, length ........... 4 6 each .................. 91 Right arm, length ........ 42 o Square sides at top, each. . . 66 7 58 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Appellate Court Building Madison Ave. and 25th Street Page 105 Chinatown. Mott St. from Bayard to Chatham Sq. is the heart of Chinatown. Here, or in the immediate neighbor- hood, live the majority of the Chinese of New York. Here are the joss houses, the civil officers of the colony, the merchants, tailors, and shoemakers, the lodging houses and restaurants, the gambling rooms and opium-smoking dens. The Chinese stores are always open to visitors, and in each of them a clerk or proprietor speaking English will be found. The stock is mainly imported direct, and includes a wide range of goods. The people maintain habits of personal cleanliness and their streets are by all odds the cleanest in that part of the city. The buildings in which they live are well swept and kept in good repair, and their quarters, though smelling of incense smoke, and otherwise strangely malodorous to Caucasian nostrils, despite their crowded condition far sur- pass in wholesome cleanliness the tenements of the foreigners around them. At the Joss House, 16 Mott St., one side of the room is filled with a great shrine of magnificently carved ebony columns and arches, within which carved figures covered with gold leaf RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 59 are placed, the whole somewhat resembling the stage setting of a tiny theater. The extreme back of the shrine is occupied by a half-length painting representing, the Chinese will tell you, Gwan Owing Te, the only original god of the Chinese Empire. On his left side is the woman-like figure of his grand secretary, Lee Poo, and on his right, in fiercest battle array, is Tu Chong, the grand bodyguard. A row of candles, set like theater footlights, illuminates the painting and brings out all of its oriental splendor. About three feet in front of the shrine is a massive carved table upon which are arranged the brass jars, joss sticks, sandal-wood urns, and all the offerings and sacrifices peculiar to this worship. It is before this table, after lighting his incense sticks and his sacred paper, that the Mongolian worshiper makes his devotional salaams, pours his tiny libation of rice wine, and repeats the ritual of prayers enjoined upon him. The religion of the Chinese, as manifested here, is, however, accompanied by little feeling of reverence. The Bowery. There is Dickens here found and Thackeray was see this street and its times they wrote of Civil War and the com- immigrants. Americans from this part of New no other such street in America. material to his taste, anxious first of all to habitues. But the passed away with the ing of multitudes of have almost disappeared York, giving way to the Farragut Memorial Madison Square Park Page 70 60 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE German and the Jew, who are good-natured and frugal even in their amusements. Larger buildings and better shops are found year by year, and the Bowery is gradually but steadily improving in character. The Russian Quarter. Chatham Sq., East Broadway, a semi-fashionable thoroughfare half a century ago, is now the central avenue of the Russian arid Polish quarter in so far as those people can be separated from Jews, Bohemians, and Hungarians, who throng a square mile of marvelously crowded tenements in this region. Here among his countrymen dwells many a political refugee or escaped soldier from the dominion of the Czar. Signs in Russian letters are frequent. "Judea." In wandering about Forsythe, Allen, Orchard, Ludlow, Hester, and Canal Sts., one sees six and seven-story brick tenement houses, crowded to their eaves with humanity. A certain square mile in this part of town holds a quarter of a million persons. Nine tenths of them are Germans or German Jews and Bohemians. They are the hardest working part of the population, and spend the least part of what they earn. Here in "Judea" the fakers and peddlers who throng the lower part of the town get their supplies and learn how to earn their livelihood, even before they have any idea of the language of the country. Baxter Street. In the daytime this narrow, short, and dingy thoroughfare will repay one's curiosity. The street, more commonly spoken of as "the Bay," has always been known for its cheap-clothing business, and shop after shop on both sides is given over entirely to Hebrews, who appropriate the greater part of the sidewalks for the display of their various "bargains." The Mulberry Bend. Mulberry St. is narrow and dark. Six-story tenements rise in a solid wall on either hand, the first floors occupied by shops of various kinds. If it be a hot summer evening everybody is out of doors, half of the people asleep on trucks, doorsteps, or the cellar doors. Thither the mothers have brought pillows, or maybe a mattress for their children to lie upon , and there they remain all night. The park recently laid out here has cleared away some of the worst of these squalid tenements, and opened the "Points" and the "Bend" to fresh air and green grass. Here a rest house has been built and the park contains many seats. Jumel Mansion. i6oth & Jumel PI. Built about 1763. This was Washington's headquarters, September 14 to October 21, 1776. Lieutenant-general Sir Henry Clinton maintained the headquarters of the British army here during the summer of 1777. Lieutenant-general Baron Von Kuyphausen and his RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 61 German staff occupied the mansion in the summer of 1778; and in the last years of the Revolution, Lieutenant-general Von Losberg resided here. In 1 790 Washington and his Cabinet dined at the mansion, the guests including Alexander Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, General Knox, John Park, Thomas Jefferson, and Nellie Custis. Stephen Jumel bought the place in 1810, and in 1815 went to Prance to bring Napoleon to America. After Jumel's death in 1832, Mme. Jumel married Aaron Burr. The union, however, was of short duration. Among the distinguished visitors dur- ing the Jumel regime were Louis, Jerome, and Joseph Bona- parte. Mme. Jumel died in 1865. Her niece became the wife of Nelson Chase, and the Chases lived here for about fifty years. It was in this mansion that Fitz-Greene Halleck wrote Marco Bozzaris. The city of New York purchased the property in 1903 for $235,000, and it is now a museum of relics of the Revolutionary period. Fraunces' Tavern. Corner Pearl & Broad Sts. Built in 1700. Here in December, 1783, General Washington took leave of his officers and aides. The Sons of the Revolution have 'Little Church around the Corner' Church of the Transfiguration 29th Street near Fifth Ave. Page 112 62 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE restored the building. The first floor is a tavern. The second floor "long room." contains historical relics. 47 Broad St. Here, seventy years ago, lived the Shaw family, friends of the Poe's; and here Edgar Allen Poe wrote "The Bells," the suggestion arising so it has been assumed at the ringing of the church bells on a Sunday morning. The Maine Memorial. This monument to the heroes who lost their lives by the explosion which destroyed the battleship "Maine" is located at the Columbus Circle entrance to Central Park. The cost, $175,000, was contributed by more than a million persons. Of the statues, commemorative tablets, busts, and places of interest not mentioned elsewhere in this book, the following are the more noteworthy: Peter Cooper Fourth Ave. & Bowery. Washington Irving Bryant Park. 19 Broadway Once the home of Daniel Webster. 84th & Broadway Poe Cottage. " The Raven" written here. 119 Pearl St. Captain Kidd lived. 126 William St. Washington Irving lived. 90 William St. Lafayette lived. 309 Bleecker St. Tom Paine lived. 59 Grove St. Tom Paine died. 82 Jane St. Site of house in which Alexander Hamilton died. 24 West 1 6th St. Home of William Cullen Bryant. 142 East i8th St. Bayard Taylor's home. PARKS AND DRIVES Battery Park. At the southern extremity of Manhattan, this park contains 21 acres, the greater part of which is made ground. It is shaded by large trees and provided with a great number of seats, always crowded with quaint immigrants and loungers. A broad walk runs along the seawall, at the eastern end of which stands the Revenue Barge Office, a branch of the customhouse, surmounted by a tower 90 ft. high. Beyond this lies the group of ferries to Brooklyn and Staten Island, known collectively as South Ferry. In 1893 the Battery was adorned by a bronze statue of John Ericsson, the great engineer, inventor of the marine screw propeller and designer of the "Monitor." This statue stands near the Barge Office. It was designed by J. S. Hartley and erected by the city. The granite pedestal bears panels in low relief commemorating the deeds of the "Monitor." Originally Manhattan Island was rounded at the end, and bordered with rocks hardly covered at high tide. Upon the outermost of these a fortification in the form of a water-battery RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 63 was built very early in the history of the city, and re- built, but not much used, at the time of the Revolu- tion. This accounts for the name of the park. Among the defenses projected at the close of the i8th cen- tury was a new fort here, upon the bordering rocks. It was completed in 1805, and was named Fort Clin- ton, after Governor George Clinton. This is the struc- ture since modified into Castle Garden, now the Aquarium. After the war Fort Clinton was kept in good military shape for only a few years, because the defense of other ap- proaches to the city had made it practically useless. It was deeded to the state in 1822. Then began its civil existence, which is more interesting than its military history. From 1824, when Lafayette landed there on his visit to this country, until 1853, when theatrical representations of a rather cheap sort were produced there, the fort was a popular resort. Andrew Jackson was given a recep- tion at this place in 1832, and here in 1843 President Tyler was greeted. In 1847 Castle Garden was remodeled inside, shut in with a high roof, and fitted up as a luxurious place of amusement. The Havana Opera Company, the leading opera organization of the period, appeared there, and many fine plays were given. Then followed the wonderful introduction of Jenny Lind by P. T. Barnum, when the town went wild over the Swedish diva. Other notable visitors were Kossuth, President Van Buren, and Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. In 1855 Castle Garden became the state immigrant depot, and nearly ten millions of immigrants passed through its halls. In 1891, however, the United States took charge of immigra- tion, abandoned Castle Garden, and established a new depot upon Ellis Island. Horace Greeley Greeley Square 33d Street and Sixth Ave. Page 66 64 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE St. Patrick's Cathedral Fifth Ave. and Sith Street Page 113 The Aquarium is in charge of city officials and will repay inspec- tion. The floor of the old fort is occupied by open tanks for large fishes, seals, great tur- tles, and other marine forms, and the walls are encircled by glass- fronted wall tanks con- taining an extensive display of the fishes of our waters, both salt and fresh. The circular gallery above the wall tanks is occupied by tanks in which are liv- ing, amid fixed aquatic growths, a rich collec- tion of small corals, anemones, mollusks, crustaceans, and other specimens of sea life of great interest and beauty. Everything is fully labeled. Admit- tance free from loa.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Bowling Green. A small oval shrubbery in the triangular space at the foot of Broadway. It is the oldest park in the city, and in early Colonial days was a market place for the little Dutch town, whose narrow and intricate streets were laid out between it and East River. The English made a little park of it, and some of the best houses of pre-Revolu- RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 65 tionary days overlooked its lawn. Here was erected that leaden statue of George III which the spirited young Americans pulled down in 1776, and out of which, tradition says, they molded 42,000 bullets to fire at the red-coated subjects of the detested monarch. The lower end of the park is now ornamented by a bronze statue, excellent in design, of Abraham de Peyster, who, about 1700, was the principal merchant and most influential publicist in New York. He sits in a chair ornamented with symbolic bas-reliefs. The statue was the gift of his descendant, L. Watts de Peyster, and the artist was G. E. Bissell, whose statue of Watts adorns Trinity churchyard. City Hall Park. A little spot of green on Broadway three quarters of a mile above the Battery. The fine building in its center, the City Hall, is interesting not only as the place where the government of the city is conducted, but historically and architecturally. The surrounding park is all that is left of the ancient Commons, which extended northward to the "Collect," or pond, beyond Duane St., where the Tombs now rears its grim quadrangle. Here stood the old "Bridewell," the almshouse, the "new" jail near Chambers St., and a gib- bet, all long since gone. Washington was present here at the first reading of the Declaration of Independence. The statue of Nathan Hale should not be overlooked. It is a bronze, by MacMonnies, and stands in the south- west corner of the park, facing Broad- way. The statue represents Hale ready for his heroic death and is one of the most spirited and satisfactory statues in the city. Just across from City Hall Park is Printing House Square, an open, paved space in the Temple Emanu-El Center of which Fifth Ave. and 43d Street - TV, P age 113 stands Plassman s 66 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE statue of Benjamin Franklin, erected in 1872 at the expense of Captain DeGroot, formerly a steamboat commander on the Hudson. Ward's statue of Horace Greeley is just in front of the Tribune Building. NOTE: There is also an imposirg statue of Horace Greeley by Alexander Doyle in Greeley Square, 336 Street and 6th Ave. Around this limited space, \vithin easy hail of one an- other, are published the daily Tribune, Sun, Journal, World, and Press. Stuyvesant Square. i5th St. Second Ave. Stuyvesant Square occupies the space of four blocks and is filled with fine old trees and surrounded by elegant residences. This was a part of the Stuyvesant property, and its west side is bounded by Rutherford PL, preserving the name of another old family whose descendants dwell near by. On this square remain former homes of many old New York families. Gramercy Park. 2oth & 2ist Sts. & Lexington Ave. This park belongs to the owners of the surrounding property and its privileges go with their title deeds. Its walks are reserved for the nurses and children of the neighboring families. Here dwells an aristocratic colony of old and wealthy families, who have thus far withstood the advance of the commercial tide northward. Among them are many well-known persons. On the 2oth St. side, at Nos. 116-118, the late Governor Samuel J. Tilden had his home, a palace among palaces; No. 120 is the club house of The Players. Other residences are those of the late Cyrus W. Field, to whom we owe the Atlantic cables; the late David Dudley Field, the eminent jurist; Mrs. Cortlandt Palmer, at whose house, during the life of her husband, the Nineteenth Century Club was wont to meet; the late John Bigelow, the late Abram Hewitt, the Coopers, William Steinway of piano fame, Nicholas Fish, the Gen. Wm. T. Sherman Fifth Ave. and 59th Street Entrance to Central Park Page 47 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK. GUIDE 67 Trinity Church from Wall Street Page 109 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE late Joseph Howard, of newspaper repute, and of many professional men. Irving PL abuts upon the south side of the square, and is continued north- ward from there to Harlem as Lexington Ave. Union Square. Broad- way & 1 4th S t . Three and one-half acres were set apart here as a park in 1809. Outdoor meetings, especially those called by labor agitators, often take place in the square, and in summer a flower market is held here every morning from 5 to 8. Here Wash- ington was received November 25, 1783, and in commemoration of this event H. K. Browne's fine equestrian statue of Wash- ington has been placed in the square. The statue is , of heroic size, and stood originally on the ground now covered by the Cooper Union. At the southern end of the Square, where the crowd is always greatest, is H. K. Browne's bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, representing the President seated in the chair of state, with the emancipation proclamation in his hand. The statue was erected by popular subscription soon after Lincoln's assassination. Facing Broadway stands the life-size figure of Lafayette, designed by Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty. Washington Square. At the southern terminus of Fifth Ave. is Washington Park, nine acres in extent, occupying the the site of the old Potter's Field, wherein more than 100,000 bodies were buried. Later the field was a military training ground and camp for volunteer troops during the Civil War. Its improvement is therefore more modern than the appearance of the magnificent elms would indicate. The north side of Washington Square is peculiarly impressive and interesting for Pilgrim Fathers Central Park Near 72d Street and Fifth Ave. Page 70 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 69 the style of the residences, many of which are still occupied by affluent old families, conservative and too much in love with past associations and with the beauty of the location to yield to the behest of fashion and move uptown. Many well-known literary men and artists dwell in this neighborhood. The old gray Tudor halls of the University of the City of New York, around which clung so many interesting memories, will be missed from the west side of the Square, where they have been replaced by a lofty modern structure. In the top of the new building the university has resumed its sessions, while the lower floors are devoted to business. The Italian poor predominate among the crowds that throng here on plea- sant evenings; and to the Italians the city owes the bronze statue of Garibaldi which faces the fountain and is the work of Giovanni Turini. Washington Arch. The visitor passes from Fifth Ave. into Washington Sq. under the noble curve of the Centennial Arch. This arch, completed in 1893, was built of marble at a cost of more than .$250,000. It succeeded the temporary structure erected for the centennial celebration of the inauguration of the first President of the United States, which took place in this city May i, 1889, with much pomp and circumstance. The arch was paid for by popular subscriptions, mainly in small amounts, and almost wholly by residents of the city. Its associations and artistic value place it among the foremost objects of interest in the metrop- olis. Madison Square lies between 23d & 26th Sts., Broadway & Madison & Fifth Aves. Around the square are the Madison Square Garden, Dr. Parkhurst's church (Pres- byterian), Metropolitan Life Insurance Bldg., Flat- iron Bldg., Fifth Avenue Office Bldg., Albemarle p age 62 60thstreet P.*. w- 70 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Hotel, Hoffman House, Townsend Bldg., James Bldg., and the office of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The works of art in Madison Sq. include a statue of Roscoe Conkling in bronze, by Ward; of President Arthur, a bronze by Bissell; of Wm. H. Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State, by Randolph Rogers; a monument over the tomb of Major General William Jenkins Worth, a hero of the Mexican War; the drinking fountain designed by Emma Stebbins and given to the city by Miss Catherine Lorillard Wolfe; and the memorial of Admiral Farragut by Augustus St. Gaudens, surmounting a bench-like base designed by Stanford White. Central Park. Two and a half miles long north and south and half a mile wide, Central Park contains 879 acres of beauti- ful lawns, wooded spaces, meadows, and lakes, nearly all due to the skill of the expert landscape gardener. The park lies between sgth & noth Sts., and Fifth Ave. & Central Park, West. Nine miles of roads, 28 miles of walks, and more than 5 miles of bridle paths disclose its many and varied attrac- tions. Located in about the center of Manhattan Borough, it is easily reached by the various lines of travel, and may be viewed by using the park carriages, taken at the $gth St. gate, at Fifth & Eighth Aves.,and at noth St. & Lenox Ave, The carriages make the circuit of the park in an hour. Fare, 25 cents, with stop-over privileges. There is also a line of electric stages from the Fifth Ave. & 5gth St. entrances through the park to 72d St., and via Riverside Drive to Grant's Tomb. Fare, 25 cents; round trip, 40 cents. Within the confines of the park are a menagerie, contain- ing animals from huge elephants to squirrels, and birds and reptiles; two reservoirs with a capacity of 1180 million gallons of drinking water, the Museum of Art, and an Egyptian obelisk. This obelisk originally stood in front of the Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis, near Cairo, Egypt, where it was erected by Thothmes III, sixteen hundred years before the birth of Christ. First known as Pharaoh's Needle, later as Cleopatra's Needle, it was presented to the city by Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt in 1877, and later brought to New York by William H. Vanderbilt at a cost of more than $100,000. It was erected in Central Park in 1881. Many statues adorn the park, among them St. Gaudens' equestrian statue of Wm. T. Sherman at the plaza entrance, Alexander Hamilton at the west drive, and Pilgrim Fathers, near 72d St. and Fifth Ave. The Mall is Central Park's central and chief promenade and is esteemed by many the most imposing avenue in RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 71 this country. It is a broad, level space of rather high ground, a quarter of a mile long, planted with parallel rows of stately elms. Between the rows of trees broad, straight paths of asphalt, lined with seats, run to where the prospect is beauti- fully closed by the carved balustrade of the Terrace, over which, in the remote distance, rise the tower and flag of the Belvedere. At the left stretch the undulating lawns of "The Green," dotted here and there, perhaps, with pasturing sheep, watched by a son of "Old Shep" a dog, now dead, whose fame has gone far and wide. Below the Green, nearer to the Eighth Ave. entrance, is the ball ground devoted to boys' amusements. In summer concerts are given at the north end of the Mall on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Rustic cabins set upon lofty points of rock, narrow gorges hung with blossoming vines, splashing waterfalls, a gloomy cave, thickets, flowers, birds, woodland sights and sounds these are the features of The Ramble. A sign directs the rambler to the Carrousel a place for children's games, with swings, merry-go-rounds, and other contrivances. Another sign directs him to the Dairy near by, where milk, bread and butter, cheese, and the like may be bought for a luncheon. The Belvedere is not far away, along shady paths and over bare rocks, and should not be forgotten. The view from its tower is worth far more than the small exertion of climbing to the outlook. The reservoirs seen at the foot of the tower and northward are those which first receive the Croton water, whence it is distrib- uted to the city. From the Belvedere a path bordered by thorn trees, which completely overarch it, leads eastward to The Mall, Central Park Page 70 72 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE the main thoroughfare, whence it is only a short distance to the Art Museum and Obelisk at 82d St. & Fifth Ave. Riverside Park. Riverside Park, or Drive, lies along the high banks of the Hudson, between 7ist & Dyckman Sts., and is reached by the Subway, Broadway street cars, Sixth and Ninth A ves., elevated railroad (half a mile walk), and, at its upper end, by trolley along i2$th St. to Fort Lee Ferry or subway to Dyckman St. Its position overlooking the broad river gives it an added importance and an individual char- acter which are not paralleled in any of the famous avenues of the world. Bordering the eastern line of the driveway south of ygth St., elegant homes appear, beginning with the palace of Charles M. Schwab. After passing the big private school for girls between 85th & 86th Sts., one comes to a handsome row of light-colored residences. The late General E. L. Viele lived on the corner of 88th St. Soldiers and Sailors Monument. One of the notable monuments of Greater New York is the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial at 8Qth St. and Riverside Drive. It cost $250,000. Near goth St., a very striking house with a red tile roof and many balconies was that of John H. Matthews, who made a FIFTH CENTRAL PARK WEST 1 Columbus 2 Maine Memorial 3 Commerce 4 Thorwalsden 5 Gen. Wm. T. Sherman 6 Tom Moore 7 Arsenal Central Park Page 70 8 Menagerie 9 Dairy 10 Columbus 1 1 Shakespeare 12 Walter Scott 13 Robert Burns 14 Fitz Green Halleck 17 18 19 20 21 The Hunte Beethoven Casino Moose Pilgrim Fa Tigress The Eagle RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 73 solid fortune out of effervescent soda; and the 8oth St. corner is occupied by the picturesque ivy-grown home of Mrs. Mary S. Parsons. In front of this a flight of stone steps descends to the river. The house was built by Cyrus Clark, "Father of the West Side," on the site of the pillared country seat of Brockholst Livingston. Outside the drive stands a bronze copy of Houdin's statue of Washington, given to the city by the school children. Beyond this comes the bridged roadway at g6th St., the high ground on the farther side being crowned by the old-fashioned white mansion of the Furness estate, marked by a pillared portico and spacious wings. The large red-brick and stone house and the grounds of Peter Doelger cover half the block at looth St. At io2d St. another spacious house, set back from and above the street, and surrounded by a garden, is noticeable from the fact that it is built of iron. This is the home of Mrs. Bertha Foster, widow of the man whose patent glove hooks brought him a fortune. Maggie Mitchell, the actress, dwells in her own houss a block east, at the corner of West End Ave. ; and Richard Mansfield lived at No. 312, just beyond io4th St. At io8th St. the huge square-towered house of S. G. Bayne, and the ivy-grown residence of his neighbor, H. S. F. Davis, AVENUE Central Park Page 70 22 The Falconer 23 Daniel Webster 24 Mazzini 25 Seventh Regiment 26 Belvedere 27 Metropolitan Museum of Art 28 Obelisk 29 Alexander Hamilton 30 Bolivar 3 1 Conservatory 32 Museum of Natural History 33 Boat House 34 Bathesda Fountain 35 McGowan's Pass 74 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE are conspicuous. This is the highest and most sightly part of the drive. Park carriages ply between 72d St. and Grant's Tomb. Fare, 25 cents. Claremont Restaurant is one of the historic landmarks of the city. It stands on a bluff just above Grant's Tomb, com- manding an unsurpassed view of the Hudson and the Palisades. Over the adjacent hills, with Washington in command, was fought the ever-memorable battle of Harlem. The restaurant was modeled after Lord Clive's historic Claremont in Surrey, England, now owned by King George. From the restaurant the British minister viewed the trials of the first steamboat, Fulton's "Clermont," in 1807. Claremont was the residence of Joseph Bonaparte, whom Napoleon made King of Spain, and since its acquisition by the city its lessee (R. A. Gushee) has entertained untold numbers of guests, from President McKinley to governors and other officials of state and city. Grant's Tomb. Commanding a magnificent prospect, and surrounded by quiet lawns, which keep at a reverential distance the "equipage and bravery of fashion," is the tomb of General U. S. Grant. General Grant died on July 23, 1885. His own preference, as well as that of his family, led to his interment in New York, ani the site of the present monument was set apart by the city both because of its natural beauty and because here a memorial building would be visible from many distant points in the city, harbor, and river. A temporary vault-like tomb was immediately constructed and the body was placed therein August 8, 1885, after the "most solemn and imposing funeral demonstration ever made in New York, viewed by more than a million people." Here the body of the great general remained until removed to its present resting place in 1897. The following descrip- tion of this magnificent mausoleum is quoted by permission from General Horace Porter's account in The Century Maga- zine for April, 1897: "Th3 lowsr portion, of the tomb is a square structure of the Grecian - Doric order, measuring 90 ft. on a side." "The entrance is on the south side, and is protected by a portico formed of double lines of columns, and approached by steps 70 ft. wide. The square portion is finished with a cornice and a parapet, at a height from grade 72 ft., and above this is a circular cupola 70 ft. in diameter, of the Ionic, which is surrounded with a pyramidal top, terminating at a height of 150 ft. above grade, or 280 ft. above mean high water of the Hudson River. The interior is cruciform in plan, 76 ft. at the greatest dimension; the four corners being piers of masonry connected at. the top by coffered arches, the top of which are 50 ft. from the floor level. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 75 Grant's Tomb Riverside Drive and 123d Street Page 74 On these arches rests an open circular galleiy of 40 ft. inner diame- ter, culminating in a paneled dome 105 ft. above the level of the floor. The surfaces between the planes of the faces of the arches and the circular dome form pendentives which are decorated in high-relief sculpture, the work of J. Massey Rhind, and emblematic of the birth, military and civic life and death of General Grant. . . The approach to the crypt is by stairways which give access to a passage encircling the space dedicated to the sarcophagi, which space is surrounded by square columns supporting paneled marble ceilings and entablature." The stone is granite from North Jay, Me. Only large, flawless blocks were used, and everywhere the best possible material and workmanship were exacted. Five years passed between the laying of the corner stone by President Harrison and the dedication of the building. The total cost of approxi- mately $600,000 was contributed by about 90,000 donors, none in a sum larger than $5000, and almost entirely by citizens of New York. The construction was in the hands of a monu- ment association, the most influential member of which was General Horace Porter. Their sole reward was the universal public interest and magnificent pageantry that united to make the dedication of this memorial, April 27, 1897, one of the most notable public occasions in the history of the metropolis and of the country. The body of General Grant rests in a sarcophagus hewn from a single flawless block of red porphyry, closed by a massive lid of the same lustrous material. A duplicate beside it contains the body of Mrs. Grant. The stone for the sarcophagi was quarried at Monteiro, Wis. On the north side of the tomb there is a gingko tree sent by Li Hung Chang. A bronze tablet records in Chinese and in English: "This tree is planted at the side of the tomb of Gen. U. S. Grant, ex-President of the United States of America, for the purpose of com- memorating his greatness, by Li Hung Chang, Guardian of the Prince, Grand Secretary of State, Earl of the First Order Yang Hu, Envoy Ex- 76 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE traordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary of China, Vice-Presi- dent of the Board of Censors, Kwang Hsu, 23d year, 4th moon, May 1897." The Grave of an Ami- able Child. In the space between Grant's tomb and Claremont there is a small inclosure protecting a fu- neral urn placed over "the grave of an amiable child," which has stood there for about a century. A mer- chant who owned the ground at that time, having met with financial reverses which made it necessary to sell the property, wrote under date of January 18, 1800: "There is small enclosure near your boundary fence within which lies the remains of a favor- ite child, covered by a marble monument. You will confer a peculiar and interesting favor upon me by allowing me to convey the enclosure to you, so that you will consider it a part of your own estate, keeping it, however, always enclosed and sacred. There is a white marble funeral urn pre- pared to place on the monument which will not lessen its beauty." The inscription reads: "Erected to the memory of an amiable child, St. Clair Pollock, died 15 July, 1797, in the 5 year of his age. Man that is born of woman is of few years, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not." Morningside Park extends from Central Park at xooth St. to I23d St. It occupies high, rocky ground, and the battlemented wall and heavy staircase along its eastern side, overlooking the Harlem flats, are conspicuous from the trains of the Sixth Ave. Elevated Railway. At its northern end are the remains of Fort Laight, one of the line of block- houses built to defend the northern approaches to the city in the War of 1812. Mount Morris Park occupies about 20 acres and inter- rupts Fifth Ave. between i2Oth and I24th Sts. Its rocky hill is more than 100 ft, high and is crowned by an observatory. Van Cortlandt Park. A new park of 1069 acres at the northern terminus of the Broadway line of the Interboro Washington Irving Bryant Park Sixth Ave. and 42d Street RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 77 Subway, Van Cortlandt is as yet in nearly its original condi- tion of rocky woodland, lake, and stream. It contains a large parade ground for the National Guard. There are also liberal facilities for golf, tennis, pony polo and skating. In this park is the Van Cortlandt Mansion, built in 1748. Van Cortlandt Station, on the Putnam Division, New York Central & Hudson River R. R., stands upon its margin, on the lake and public golf links. Bronx Park lies along both sides of the Bronx River above West Farms. It is reached by the elevated railroad to Bronx Park Station, by the subway to iSoth St. Station: or by the New York Central & Hudson River R. R. to Fordham or Botanical Garden Stations. It is connected with Van Cortlandt Park by the Mosholu Parkway, and with Pelham Park, 4 miles east, by another parkway along the coast of Long Island Sound. The Botanical Gardens, which are resulting from the efforts of a society in cooperation with the city government, are in this part of the park. Some 300 acres have been set apart for this purpose. This tract contains stretches of beautiful scenery. The Bronx River runs through the entire length of the garden, and the views through Hemlock Forest are well worth seeing. The Zoological Garden, under the care of the New York Zoological Society, in cooperation with the state and city, adjoins the Botanical Gardens, and occupies a grant of 266 acres. The garden contains a display of animals, domiciled as nearly as possible in their native environment, special attention being given to American animals. No- where else in the world are wild animals exhibited with such lavish provision of space, shade, natural rocks, pastures and water. Both institutions add to their high educational value by main- taining libraries and lecture courses. The public is admitted free on five days of each week. Mondays and Thurs- days an admission charge of 25 cents is Th made. To those who wish to enjoy a N Ce " tral Parl ! . 1 1- -i, r 1 j , . . .. i Near Museum of Art delightful day s outing in the woods, Page 70 78 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE and at the same time see the most comfortable wild animals that can be found anywhere in captivity, this garden will prove irresistably attractive. Pelham Bay Park. This is one the largest parks of the city. It contains 1756 acres of unimproved country, with 7 miles of water front on Long Island Sound. Public golf links have been made by the city. The park is reached at the Bartow station of the Harlem branch of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Southern Boulevard starts from the north end of the Third Ave. Bridge and, turning east, follows the line of the Westchester shore of Long Island Sound; then, curving around, returns westward and joins Central Ave. at Jerome Park. It is wide, well kept, and at its southern end commands some fine views of the Sound. It has electric cars. Central Avenue begins at the north end of the Central Bridge, formerly called McComb's Dam Bridge. It is reached by Seventh Ave. at i55th St. It is a wide boulevard and the roadbed is kept in excellent condition. This is the fashionable drive of the city outside of Central Park, and every afternoon, especially on Sunday, it is crowded with splendid horses. St. Nicholas Avenue. This fine road, formerly Harlem Lane, rims northwest from Central Park alongside the grounds of the Convent of the Sacred Heart and thence to Fort Wash- ington, where it joins the Kingsbridge Road. The Kingsbridge Road may be followed to Kingsbridge across the Harlem, after which it runs into Broadway and extends to Yonkers. All these are good motoring roads. The Speedway. This is a public "speeding course" along the west bank of the upper Harlem River, provided by the city as a place where owners of fast horses may test their paces. Its length is about 3 miles and its total width from 125 to 150 ft., diminished by the sidewalks to 95 ft., the width of the actual roadway. The building of walks was bitterly opposed by the horsemen, whose selfishness has been conspicuous in the whole history of this peculiar feature of the city's public grounds. The construction of the road is as follows: Overlying a Tel- ford bed are 4 inches of broken trap rock, graded to give the road a dip of 2 inches in the side channeling. On this are 4 inches of cinders, rolled and packed to the same grade. The top dressing is a mixture of sand, loam, and clay, the latter in the proportion of about 2 to i. The grade is as nearly level as it was possible to make it. From High Bridge to a little beyond Washington Bridge there are a few slight inclines and declines, but beyond Washington Bridge the road RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 79 Jurnel Mansion 160th Street and Edgecombe Ave. Page 60 is a practically straight, level stretch of ? miles. The Speedway can be reached from the 15 5th St. viaduct and from High Bridge. When thronged with fine horses, in gallant rigs, it is one of the sights of the metropolis to one interested in the trotter and the pacer, America's special products. Horses of both classes are to be seen here in their highest degrees of development. LIBRARIES AND ART GALLERIES The New York Public Library. The Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations, a title that perpetuates the names of the public-spirited citizens to whose gifts of money, books, manuscripts, and objects of art the people are indebted for this institution, extends on the west side of Fifth Ave. from 4oth St. to 42d St. Cost, exclusive of ground, $9,000,000. Of the 50 branch libraries situated in the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Richmond, 32 were erected by Andrew Carnegie on sites provided by the municipality. These branches are all circulating libraries and admission to them is free. In the Fifth Ave. Building there are more than 800,000 vol- umes, while the pamphlets exceed 300,000. The main stack has 80 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE New York Public Library Fifth Ave. and 42d Street Page 79 a capacity for 2,500,000 books, which with that of the other rooms brings the total book capacity of the building to 3,000,000 volumes. There are more than 810,000 books in the circulation branches. In the number of rare editions and prints the wealth of manuscripts, illuminated works on vellum, and the quaint and costly bindings it contains the beautiful central library is a ver- itable treasure-house. The paper of the centuries-old volumes is seemingly as strong and the ink as black as if the books had come from the hands of pressman and binder but yesterday. These, many of them literally priceless, are exhibited in glass cases. Sculptures, paintings, ceramics, all appropriate and bearing an intimate relation to the library, well repay the visitor's attention. In this building is also a room devoted to the blind, many of whom come unaccompanied; 5000 vol- umes, with one work in Esperanto, and more than 3000 pieces of music, to say nothing of magazines representing the modern languages, constitute this library for the blind. There are not less than 600 examples of early printed vol- umes, and of these 15 are known as block books, representing the slow and laborious method of carving the individual fixed letters which antedated the use of movable type. In some exceptional instances manuscript and printing are combined. There is a Gutenberg Bible in fine condition, and 10 specimens RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 81 - .M PtRST FLOOR FLAW Floor Plans New York Public Library Page 79 82 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBKARY - (|) N SECOND FLOOR PLAN NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (, (|) .nTHIRP FLOOR PLAJ Floor Plans, New York Public Library Page 79 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 83 from the press of Caxton, the father of printing in England. Here, too, may be seen the Bag Psalm Book, the first book produced in the English colonies. The Spaniards are credited with 40 volumes printed in Mexico and South America prior to 1600. The manuscripts are, perhaps, not less interesting. The student has at hand original sources of information, especially upon English and Continental politics in the lyth and i8th centuries. If you would feast your eyes upon the autographs and photographs of the great and distinguished, a banquet awaits you. Here in this department, as in all others that are in any sense historical, the library is rich in Americana. In many of the branch libraries on certain evenings, except in summer, illustrated lectures are given on the arts and sciences, and on history, the subjects ranging all the way from music to metallurgy. The basements, commodious and well ventilated apartments, are used for this purpose. The library is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily except on Sundays, when it opens at i p.m. The branch libraries, except those in the distinctively Hebrew neighborhoods of the East Side, close on Sundays. The Carnegie branches are open even on legal holidays, and the hours generally are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The Circulating Department includes 28 branches for the free circulation of books, besides a department of traveling libraries, having altogether on its shelves about half a million volumes which circulate at the rate of about four million- a year. DIRECTORY OF PRINCIPAL ROOMS FLOOR ROOM FLOOR ROOM American History. . 3 300 Maps 3 304 Architecture 3 313 Music 3 324 Art 3 313 Newspapers Basement 84 Books for the Blind. I 116 Oriental Literature. 2 -219 Catalogue Room Patents I 121 (public) 3 315 Periodicals (current) I in Children's Room . .Basement 78 Photographing 3 326 Circulating Library. Basement 80 Picture Galleries 3 316-322 Current Periodicals. I 1 1 1 Prints 3 308 Economics 2 228 Public Documents.. 2 229 Exhibition Room . . I 113 Science 2 225 Genealogy 3 328 Slavonic Literature. 2 216 Jewish Literature .. 2 217 Sociology 2 228 Lecture Room 2 213 Stuart Collection. .. 3 316 Library School .... Basement 75 Technology I 115 Manuscripts 3 303 Telephones Basement 70 The Cooper Union or Institute is at the head of the Bowery, where Fourth Ave. branches off to the left, and Third Ave. to 84 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE the right. It was erected by the late Peter Cooper in 1857 at a cost of $630,000 and endowed with $300,000 for the support of the free reading room and library. The purpose is philan- thropic and embraces day and evening schools of various kinds. Besides those which have an academic course, there are schools of art for men and women, a free school of telegra- phy and type-writing for women and other special departments. As the thousands of pupils who attend these classes are almost entirely people who must work, all of the instruction tends to the practical. Free lectures are given on Wednesday and Saturday evenings in winter. The Library and Reading Room occupies an immense room on the third floor, the walls of which are lined with shelves of books, each in a jacket of strong paper. Long tables are supplied for readers of the books and magazines which are given out from a desk on deposit of the metal check which every one must accept on entering the room and must return when leaving. The library contains about 20,000 volumes, princi- pally books of a practical and instructive nature. It is noted as the possessor of a complete set of both the old and the new series of Patent Office reports, which are consulted yearly by almost 2000 persons. All volumes have been carefully indexed, making them invaluable for reference. The library is open in the evening and then is crowded by a class of readers who during the day have no time to spend in gathering informa- tion or in taking intellectual amusement. More interesting to the stranger, however, will be the sight of the long tables and racks filled with newspapers and periodicals, which are pored over by crowds of men and boys, generally poorly dressed, often dirty, but all orderly, quiet, and eager to read. This is one of the sights of the city, and the visitor will easily accept the state- ment that 450 newspapers and periodicals are taken here. General Mechanics' and Tradesmen's Library, 18 W. i6th St. This library has nearly 1 00,000 volumes, which were formerly circulated among the public, but are now used by members only. The Mercantile Library occupies rooms at Lafayette PI. & 8th St., and owns more than 200,000 volumes of general interest, new books being added as fast as issued. The fee is $5 annually, or $3 for six months. The public is admitted to only the outer office, which contains nothing to interest the sightseer. Art Galleries. The principal gathering place of art in the metropolis is The American Fine Arts Society, W. 57th St., be- tween Seventh Ave. & Broadway. In its building are located the National Society of Mural Painters, The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, The Society of RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 85 American Artists, The National Sculpture Society, The American Fine Arts Society, The Fine Arts Federation of New York, The New York Water Color Club, The New York Aca- demy of Design, The Socie- ty of Beaux Arts Architects, and the Art Students' League. The Academy holds an exhibition of new paintings in the early spring of each year, and several prizes, ranging from $100 to $300, are distributed. During the first two days of the exhibi- tions, which are known as "Varnishing Day" and "Private View or Buyers' Day," admission can be ob- tained only by cards of in- vitation from the secretary, and these are eagerly sought. During the succeeding weeks the gallery is open to the public from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. upon payment of an admission fee of 25 cents. There is also an exhibition in the fall, when work less ambitious, but often none the less interesting, is shown to the public. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is on the eastern side of Central Park, opposite the entrance at 8ist St. It is reached directly by the Fifth Ave. stages. The Fourth (or Madison) Ave. cars pass within one block, and the park carriages go to the door. The Museum is open daily: Saturday 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. ; Sunday i p. m. to 6 p. m.; other days, including legal holidays, 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. in winter; 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. in summer. On Mondays and Fridays only, an admission fee of 25 cents is charged to all but members and students. Umbrellas and canes must be checked and left at the desk. A series of hand-books, costing 10 to 20 cents each, may be bought, covering a number of the separate exhibits. The catalogue of paintings is especially full and valuable. Soldier's and Sailor's Monument Riverside Drive and 89th Street Page 72 86 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Metropolitan Museum of Art Central Park Fifth Ave. and E. 82d Street Page 85 Photo copies of all objects belonging to the museum made by the museum photographer are on sale, as well as photo- graphs by leading photographers. Copying and photographing are permitted with only slight restrictions. The services of an expert guide may be secured at a charge of 25 cents per person, with a minimum charge of one dollar per hour. This museum stands unique in the world in its Cyprian an- tiquities; is second to the British Museum in its Babylonian cylinders; leads all American collections in paintings and statues, and has acquired an incomparable series of mummy cases. The museum collections include the fine arts, painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as what are usually called decorative or industrial arts. Ancient art includes Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Phoenician, Cypriote, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman antiquities. In painting the attempt is made to illustrate the history of the art in antiquity, and from the Middle Ages to the present time, with especial attention to the RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 87 FIRST FLOOR L 32 C! 31 SECOND FLOOR DIAORA/A MUSEU/A BUILDINGS M .2 I I 38 I 36 <.| F t 3 b-B"hrhf!rTCTJ n n ^^fri*-** Floor Plans, Metropolitan Museum of Art Page 85 88 RAND-McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE work of American artists. The decorative arts include wood- work, metal-work, ceramics, and textiles. The collections represent the East and the Near East (China, Japan, Persia, and Asia Minor), Europe, and America. Special attention is given to American art. In Egyptian Art : Stone vases of the earliest periods (First Egyptian Room); Wall-relief from Tomb of Raemka, V Dyn., ca. 2600 B. C. (Second Egyptian Room); Red-granite column from pyramid-temple of Sahure, V Dyn., ca. 2700 B. C. (Third Egyptian Room); Coffin, jewelry, and other objects from tomb of Senbtes, found by Metropolitan* Museum Expedition in excavations at Lisht in 1907, XII Dyn., ca. 200 B. C. (Fourth Egyptian Room); Painted reliefs and other material found by the Metropolitan Museum Expedition at Lisht in the excavation of the pyramid-temples of Kings Amenenhat I and Sesostris I, ca. 2000 B. C. (Fifth Egyptian Room); Temple-reliefs from Abydos of Kings Ramses I and Seti I, i4th century B. C. (Sixth Egyptian Room); Painted capital (first-half of 4th century B.C.) from the excavation of the Temple of Hibis, Kharga Oasis, by the Metropolitan Museum Expedition 1909-10 (Eighth Egyptian Room); Painted portrait panels and mummy with a panel in position, of the Roman period in Egypt (Ninth Egyptian Room); Sculptured friezes, moldings, and capitals from Monastery of St. Jeremias, Sakkara, illustrating the Early Christian art of Egypt (Ninth Egyptian Room) . In Classical Art : Etruscan bronze chariot, 5th century B.C., and the ancient bronzes (Floor i : D. 12) ; Roman bronze statue of Emperor Trebonianus Gallus (i: D i); Wall-paint- ings from Boscoreale (i: D 10); Cesnola Collection of antiq- uities from Cyprus (i : B 41-42); Original Greek and Roman marbles (i: D n); Greek vases (i: B 40 A, 406); Greek, Roman, and Etruscan terracottas (i: D 8); Gold ornaments, gems (n: C 32). In Oriental Art : Collection of Chinese Porcelains lent by Mr. J. P. Morgan (n: D 6); Heber R. Bishop Collection of Jades, etc. (n: D 4); Japanese Arms and Armor (n: D 8); E. C. Moore Collection of Original Art (n : E 12); Joseph Lee Williams Memorial Collection of Rugs (n : E 13, 14). (Loan.) In Western Art : Sculpture (including the Hoentschel Col- lection) lent by Mr. J. P. Morgan (i: F 1-4); Renaissance Sculpture (i: F 5-7); the Marquand Gallery, containing selected paintings of importance (n: A n); Dino and Ellis Collections of Arms and Armor (n : D i, 3) ; Mrs. S. P. Avery Collection of Spoons (n: C 32); Moses Lazarus Collection of RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 89 The Claremont Riverside Drive and 126th Street Page 74 Fans(ii:E 8); Col- lection of Laces (i i . E 8, 9); European Textile Fabrics (i i : E 10 ) ; European ceramics, including the Le Breton Col- lection of French Faience (i and n: F); Crosby-Brown Collection of Musi- cal Instruments (u: C 35-30); Woodwork and Furniture, including the Hoentschel Collection of i8th century French dec- orative arts (i and 1 1 : F) ; Collection of Ormolu (i i : E 18) ; Collection of Germanic and Merovingian antiquities (i: F 1-2). EDUCATIONAL The College of the City of New York, open free to all young men residing in this city, and prepared at the city schools, occupies a series of large, turreted buildings at i4oth St. and Amsterdam Ave., which contain a cabinet of natural history, a library of 25,000 volumes and much laboratory apparatus. The Normal College, for young women, is a free institu- tion maintained by the city, corresponding with the last men- tioned college and intended especially for training girls to serve as teachers. It has an immense monastic-looking build- ing in 6gth St. between Fourth and Lexington Aves., which cost $500,000. St. Francis Xavier's, the leading Roman Catholic college, is in W. 1 6th St. near Sixth Ave. Its building is one of the architectural ornaments of the city. It is a day college in charge of the Jesuit Fathers and numbers about 450 students. It has a reference library of 20,000 volumes, and a small cir- culating library. St. John's College, at Fordham on the Harlem R. R., is an able institution in charge of the same pedagogical order as St. Francis Xavier's. Manhattan College is a third strong Roman Catholic school, situated in Manhattanville. 90 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE American Museum of Natural History Central Park West and 77th Street Page 91 Academy of the Sacred Heart, one of the oldest and best known Catholic schools for girls, is in Manhattanville. Mt. St. Vincent Convent School is at Riverdale, on the Hudson River. University of the City of New York. This institution is stronger than its comparatively narrow reputation would lead an outsider to suppose. The various undergraduate schools and departments of arts and sciences which form the nucleus of the institu- tion are quartered on the east bank of the Harlem River, near Kings Bridge. These include a Hall of Fame, 500 ft. long, built about the Library, which contains 150 panels in which ultimately will be fixed bronze tablets commemorating famous Americans. The library was the gift of Mrs. F. J. Shepard (formerly Miss Helen Miller Gould). The Union Theological Seminary, now in academic relation to the University, occupies a building at Broadway and 1 20th St. This widely known school is the principal place of training for ministers of the Presbyterian Church, but its RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 91 students may come from any evangelical denomination so long as they can show a certificate of good church standing. The Faculty of Medicine. Foot of E. 26th St. and contig- uous to Bellevue Hospital. These buildings, whose two amphitheaters together will seat 1000 pupils, are modern, and admirably adapted to their purposes. Attached is the Loomis Laboratory, the cost of which ($100,000) was de- frayed by a friend on condition that his name be kept secret, and the laboratory be directed by Dr. Alfred Loomis and named after him. Much of the instruction is given in the wards and lecture rooms of Bellevue, and the work is con- sequently of a very practical character. The American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West and 77th St. Admittance free except on Monday and Tuesday, when a fee of 25 cents is required. Open on Sunday afternoons and on Tuesday and Saturday evenings. Descriptive pamphlet? are for sale at the door. The 'museum occupies a building along the whole front of the north side of 77th St. with a T piece running northward. It contains articles and models illustrating the life of the Eskimos of North America, the Shoshone Indians, the Gros Ventres ; basketry and archaeological remains of New York ; a fine collection of totem poles of the Ilaida Indians; masks and dishes from British Columbia; carvings from Vancouver Island, and basketry and utensils of the Chilcoten and Yakima Indians ; the Jesup collection of woods; the Hyde Collection from the ancient pueblos, cliff-houses and burial-caves of the Southwest; groups of animals, masterpieces of the taxidermist's art, con- spicuous among which are the cases of moose, bison, and musk-ox, undoubtedly the finest in the world. Of particulrr excellence, too, are the bird-rock group and the water-ousel group. Here also are minerals, including the Tiffany exhibit at the Paris exhibition in 1889, purchased and presented by J. Pierpont Morgan; collections of meteorites and geological specimens, including the collection of the late Prof. J. Hall, priceless to paleontologists; specimens of vertebrate paleon- tology; Cretaceous fish ; an ichthyosaurus with young, showing it to have been viviparous, and hundreds of other priceless examples of bygone ages. The collection of reproductions and casts of the ancient monoliths and bas-reliefs of Central America, presented by the Duke of Loubat, is shown here, as well as rare specimens illustrating the pre-Columbian life of that portion of the continent. One floor is given up to anthropology, con- chology, paleontology, entomology, and mammalogy, and on 92 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Hall of Records Chamber and Center Streets Page 105 this floor is the library containing 55,000 volumes on natural history subjects, accessible to members and students, and the laboratory for photography. In addition to its use as a museum the building is a center of scientific life. The lecture hall has a seating accommodation of 1500 and is a separate building at the extreme north of the museum. The lectures on Tues- days and Saturdays are free. Columbia University. Columbia University is the foremost institution of higher learning in New York, and one of the loremost in the United States. The grounds at Morningside Heights cover nearly 18 acres between Broadway and Amsterdam A ve., from 11 6th St. to 120th St., formerly occupied by the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, and cost $2,000,000. The Library was erected at the cost of about $1,000,000 by Seth Low, President of the University 1890-1902, as a memorial to his father, the late A. A. Low of this city. Four laboratory buildings are completed. Schermerhorn Hall, next east of Uni- versity Hall, is devoted to biological sciences and contains, RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 93 besides laboratories and lecture rooms, an interesting Museum of Natural History, open to the public. Beside it are the Physics Bldg., Earl, South and Fayerweather Halls, Have- meyer Hall, devoted to chemistry, and the Engineering Bldg., containing the machinery needed in practical instruction. The outer (Broadway) front of the latter building bears a spirited bronze memorial tablet, modeled by James E. Kelly, to Knowlton and the battle of Harlem Heights, a battle fought in this vicinity September 16, 1776. The five "colleges" or departments of the University now established are: i. Arts. 2. Science. 3. Law. 4. Political Science. 5. Medicine. The College of Arts embraces the classical and literary curriculum usual in a collegiate course of four years. The Department of Science embraces all that used to constitute the almost separate "School of Mines," famous in the history of Columbia, and so much of the other courses as touch its province. A four years' course will give degrees of Mining Engineer, Civil Engineer, Metallurgical Engineer, and Bachelor of Philosophy. The Department of Medicine is better known as "The College of Physicians and Surgeons." It occupies extensive buildings on 6oth St. between Ninth and Tenth Aves., close to the Roosevelt Hospital, in which (and in other hospitals) much of the instruction is given. The Uni versity now has some I ooo faculty members and nearly 1 8,000 students. Barnard Annex is the women's department at Columbia, with cour- ses-parallel to those of the under- graduates in the School of Arts. A fine building has been prepared for the school at Broadway and 120th St. Its graduates receive diplomas equiv- alent to University degrees. The Teachers' College andHorace Mann School is a large institution on the north side of 120th St., for in- struction with special reference to teaching. It is closely affiliated with Columbia University. New York Historical Society, I/O Page 105 94 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Central Park West (;;th St.) Founded in 1804. Monthly meetings are held during the cool months. Besides a library of 70,000 volumes, the building contains the interesting Nine- veh marbles presented by James Lenox and the Abbott col- lection of Egyptian antiquities, consisting of some 1200 objects. The gallery of art is on the 4th floor, and except- ing the Metropolitan Museum of Art comprises, perhaps, the largest permanent collection in America of valuable sculp- tures, ancient and modern paintings by renowned masters, and authentic portraits of persons distinguished in history. The collections include 800 pictures and 59 pieces of sculpture, and are increasing rapidly. COLLEGES, ACADEMIES AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS Academy of Sacred Heart 533 Madison Ave. (Girls). Art Students League of N. .215 W. s;th St. Barnard College (Women) Broadway and ngth St. Literary, Science, and general 2 years' course. Barnard School 721 St. Nicholas Ave. (Boys). Barnard School 421 Convent Ave. (Girls). Barnard School for Household Arts 226 W. 7gth St. (Girls). Baron de Hirsch Trade School 222 E. 64th St. (Co-ed). Berkeley 270 W. 72d St. (Boys). Berlitz School of Languages 1122 Broadway, 343 Lenox Ave. Bible Teachers Training School 541 Lexington Ave. (Co-ed). Blake School 2 W. 45th St. (Boys). Carpenter School 310 West End Ave. (Boys). Clason Point Military Academy Clason Point (Boys). Classical School for Girls 2042 Fifth Ave. College City of New York St. Nicholas Ave. & 139^1 St. (Boys). College of Dental and Oral Surgery 216 W. 42d St. (Co-ed). College of Mt. St. Vincent 26ist St. (Girls). College of Pharmacy City of N. .115 W. 68th St. (Co-ed). College of Physicians and Surgeons 437 W. $gth St. (Males). College of St. Francis Xavier 30 W. i6th St. (Boys). Collegiate School 241 W. 77th St. (Boys). Columbia Grammar School 5 W. Q3d St. (Boys). Columbia Religious and Industrial School for Jewish Girls 3 1 6 E. Fifth Ave. Columbia University n6th St. and Morningside Heights (Co-ed). Cooper Union 8th St. and Fourth Ave. (Co-ed). Cornell University Medical College 477 First Ave. (Co-ed). Cutler School 20 E. soth St. (Boys). RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 95 Hall of Fame New York University ' Sedgewick Ave. and East 181st Street, Bronx Page 90 Delancey School 301 W. g8th St. (Girls). De La Salle Institute 108 W. sgth St. (Boys). Downtown Talmud Torah 394 E. Houston St. (Co-ed). Dr. Scudder's Col. School 59 W. 96th St. (Girls). Dwight School 15 W. 43d St. (Boys). Eclectic Medical College 239 E. i4th St. (Co-ed). Ethical Culture School Central Park West and 63d St. (Co-ed). Finch School 61 E. yyth St. (Girls). Fordham University i9oth St. & Third Ave. (Boys). Courses leading to degrees of B. A. and B. S. ; also Law and Medical. Friends Seminary 226 E. i6th St. (Co-ed). Gaffey's Shorthand School 123 W. 12 5th St. General P. E. Theological Seminary Chelsea Sq. (Boys). Groff School 228 W. 72d St. (Boys). Hamilton Institute for Girls 3 W. 8ist St. Hamilton Institute 599 West End Ave. (Boys). Hawthorne School 250 W. 72d St. (Girls). Hebrew Technical School Second Ave. & isth St. (Girls). Hebrew Technical Institute 36 Stuyvesant St. (Boys). Holy Cross Academy 343 W. 42d St. (Girls). Horace Mann Schools 525 W. i2oth St. (Co-ed). Irving School 35 W. 84th St. (Boys). Jewish Theological Seminary of America 531 W. i23d St. Loyola School 65 E. 83d St. (Boys). 96 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Manhattan College i3ist St. & Broadway (Boys) . Christian Bros. Miss Spence's School 30 W. 55th St. (Girls). Mrs. Scoville's School 2042 Fifth Ave. (Girls). National Academy of Design Amsterdam Ave. & logth St. N. Y. Academy of Sciences American Museum of Natural History yyth St. & Central Park West. N. Y. College of Dentistry 205-207 E. 23d St. (Boys). N. Y. College of Music 128 E. 58th St. N. Y. Collegiate Institute 241 Lenox Ave. (Girls). N. Y. Electrical Trade School 39 W. ijth St. (Boys). N. Y. Froebel Normal Institute 59 W. 96th St. (Girls). N. Y. German Conservatory of Music 306 Madison Ave. N. Y. Homeopathy Medical College 63d St. & Ave. A (Boys). N. Y. Institute for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb W. 1 63d St. & Ft. Washington Ave. N. Y. Law School 174 Fulton St. (Boys). N. Y. Medical College and Hospital for Women 1 7 W. loist St. N. Y. Nautical College 318 W. 57th St. N. Y. Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital 345 W. 5oth St. N. Y. Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital 303 E. 2oth St. (Co-ed). N. Y. School of Applied Design for Women 160 Lexington Ave. N. Y. School of Fine and Applied Arts 2237 Broadway. N. Y. School of Journalism Columbia University (Co-ed). N. Y. School of Philanthropy 105 E. 22 d St. N. Y. Trade School First Ave. & 67th St. (Boys). New York University College of Arts and Pure Sciences University Heights. School of Applied Science Washington Sq. Graduate School Washington Sq. Pedagogy Washington Sq. Commerce Accounts and Finance Washington Sq. Collegiate Division Washington Sq. Summer School Washington Sq. Women's Law Class Washington Sq. Law 32 Waverly PI. Medicine First Ave. & 26th St. Veterinary School 114 W. 54th St. Normal College Park Ave. & 68th St. (Girls). Packard Commercial School Lexington Ave. & 35th St. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary 156 Henry St. (Boys). Rabbi Jacob Joseph School 197 Henry St. (Boys). Riverdale Country School W. 253d St. (Boys). RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 97 Riverside School 869 West End Ave. (Co-ed). Sachs Collegiate Institute 38 W. 5gth St. (Boys). Scudder School 59^ W. g6th St. (Girls). Semple School 241 Central Park West (Girls). St. Agatha School 557 West End Ave. (Girls). St. Ann's Academy 153 E. 76th St. (Boys). St. John's Baptist School 231 E. i7th St. (Girls). Syms School 49 E. 6ist St. (Boys). Teacher- College 525 W. i2oth St. Teachers Inst. of the Jewish Theological Seminary 134 E. i nth St. (Co-ed). Trinity School 147 W. 9ist St. (Boys). Union Theological Seminary Broadway & i2oth St. (Co-ed). University and Bellevue Medical College-First Ave. & 26th St. (Boys). Uptown Talmud Torah 132 E. inth St. (Co-ed). Veltin School for Girls 160-162 W. 74th St. Xavier High School 39 W. isth St. Y. M. C. A. 318 W. 57th St. Y. M. H. A. Lexington Ave. & 92d St. Zellman Conservatory of Music 349 Lenox Ave. CLUBS AND SOCIETIES Advertising Men's League, 47 E. 25th St. A'dine, 200 Fifth Ave. Business men. Arion, Park Ave. and 59th St. Grecian Shelter, Prospect Park, Brooklyn Page 121 98 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Cathedral of St. John the Divine Amsterdam Ave. and tilth Street Page 111 Army and Navy, 107 W. 436 St. Military men. Authors', Carnegie Hall Literary men. Automobile, 54th St. W. of Broadway. Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St. Barnard, Seventh Ave. and 56th St. Calumet, 267 Fifth Ave. An offshoot from the Union Club. Catholic, 120 W. Central Park South. Roman Catholic. Century, 7 W. 43d St. Church, 53 E. 56th St. Episcopalian. City, 53 W. 44th St. Improvement of Municipal Government. Colony, Madison Ave. and 3oth St. Columbia University, 18 Gramercy Park. Cornell University, 65 Park Ave. Deutscher Verein (German Club), 112 Central Park South. Democratic, 617 Fifth Ave. Tammany Politicians. Down-Town Association, 60 Pine St. Business men. Down-Town Merchants Club, 279 Grand St. Down-Town Tammany Club, 59 Madison St. Elks, no W. 2 3 dSt. Engineers, 32 W. 4oth St. Civil engineers, architects, etc. Freundschaft, 72d St. and Park Ave. Friars, 107 W. 45th St. German, 120 Central Park South. Grolier, 29 E. 32d St. Greek Letter Clubs College fraternities : Alpha Delta Phi, 614 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 99 W. iiath St.; Chi Phi, 2 Wall St.; Delta Kappa Epsilon, 608 W. iiath St.; Delta Psi (St. Anthony), 29 E. 28th St.; Psi Upsilon, 627 W- usth St.; Phi Gamma Delta, 604 W. 1 1 4th St.; Zeta Psi, 22 Andrews Ave. Harmonie, 10 E. 6oth St. The leading Hebrew social club. Harvard, 2 7 W. 44th St. Alumni of Harvard University. Knickerbocker, Fifth Ave. and 626. St., S. E. corner. Lambs' , 1 28 W. 44th St.-Actors and men interested in the stage. Lawyers, 115 Broadway A luncheon club for lawyers and business men. Lotos, no W. 57th St. Mainly writers, actors, artists and professional men. Machinery Club, 50 Church St. Manhattan, Madison Ave. and 26th St. Political and social club representing the Democratic party. Masonic, 46 W. 24th St. Merchants, 106 Leonard St. Social and commercial. Metropolitan, Fifth Ave. and 6oth St. Commonly known as the Millionaires' Club. National Arts, 14 Gramercy Park. New York Athletic, 58 W. 59th St. and New Rochelle. New York, 20 W. 4oth St. An exclusive social club. New York Yacht, 3 7 W. 44th St. Leading American yacnt club ; custodian for the" American Cup" for international races. Ohio Society, Rooms, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Natives or former residents of Ohio and their sons. Players, 16 Gramercy Park An exclusive club of actors of highest rank, managers, and professional men. Its house was the gift of the late Edwin Booth, and its library is a priceless collection of dramatic lore, including the playbills gathered by Augustin Daly, the libraries of Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, and other interesting material. Princeton, 121 E. 2ist St. Progress, Central Park W. and 88th St. A social club of Hebrews. Racquet and Tennis, 27 W. 43d St. Men interested in ath- letic sports. Railroad, 30 Church St. Reform, 9 S. William St. A social club of men interested in low tariff measures. Republican, 54 W. 4oth St. A large social club active in Republican politics. Riding, 7 E. $8th St. The most fashionable riding and driving club. St. Nicholas, 7 W. 44th St. Composed exclusively of men whose ancestors resided in New York prior to 1785. 100 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Salmagundi, 14 W. i2th St. Artists exclusively. Transportation, Madison Ave. and 426. St. Twelfth Night, 23 W. 44th St. Ladies of the dramatic pro- fession. Union, Fifth Ave. and 5ist St. The first American club formed upon English models. The club has consisted from the very first of the " social magnates of New York." University, Fifth Ave. and 54th St. University of Pennsylvania, 165 Broadway. Union League, Fifth Ave. and 39th St. One of the foremost clubs; distinctively a Republican organization. West Side Tennis. Women's University, 99 Madison Ave. Yale, 30 W. 44th St. CITY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS City Hall. The city government has its central point of administration in the City Hall, where are the offices of the Mayor, President of the Borough of Manhattan, City Clerk, and other officials, and the meeting-rooms cf the Council and Board of Aldermen. In the Governor's room may be seen the chair used by Washington at* his inauguration as President, and the desk City Hall, City Hall Park Page 100 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 101 on which he wrote his first mes- sage to Congress. The Mayor's Office, on the ground floor, con- tains one of the most valuable of the city's works of art the large full-length portrait of Lafayette painted by Professor S. F. B. Morse (afterwards inventor of the telegraph) during Lafayette's famous visit to the United States in 1825. Portraits of Mayors Paulding and Allen, by Morse, are also in this room, together with those of Fernando Wood, Philip Home, Kingsland, and other mayors, by Vanderlyn, Elliott, Inman, and other pain* ers. The picture of Washington and his horse, in the City Clerk's room, is unsigned, but is be- lieved to be a poor specimen of Major John Trumbull's work. The fine circular stairway in the rotunda is overlooked by the painted plaster original of David d' Anger's statue of Thomas Jefferson, presented in 1834 by Commodore Uriah P. Levy, U. S. N. The bronze replica of this statue is in the National Capitol. Immediately opposite the head of the stairway is the entrance to the Governor's Room, a stately apartment stretching along the front of the building, the scene of the most noted social incidents in the early history of the municipality. The old-fashioned furniture, including relics from a dignified past, have preserved in this room the spirit of Colonial days. The walls are hung with full-length portraits of governors of the state and of national heroes, many of which are fine examples of American art. The equestrian portrait of Washington here is by John Trumbull, after a small original (now in Baltimore), and was made in accor- dance with a resolution passed by the Common Council in 1790, "that the President of the United States be requested to permit Mr. Trumbull to take his portrait to be placed in the City Hall, as a monument of the respect which the inhabitants of the city bear towards him." Trumbull assures us in his Autobiography that "every part of the detail of the dress, horse, furniture, etc., as well as the scenery, was accurately copied from the real objects." The full-length portrait of Governor George Clinton, as he Nathan Hale City Hall Park Page 65 102 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Municipal Building Park Row and Center Street Facing City Hall Page 105 appeared at Fort Mont- gomery, is also by Trumbull. It was painted in 1791, and has been pro- nounced by critics the best example ex- tant of Trum- bull's method. The same painter did the portrait of Al- exander Ham- ilton (1804), the splendid picture o: G o vernor Morgan Lewis in his uniform as a major- general in the War of 1812, probably that of John Jay, and some others. Be- sides Trum- bull, among the old paint- ers represent- ed in this room, or else- where in the city's art col- lection (scat- tered through the municipal offices), are John Vander- lyn, Thomas Sully, Henry Peters Gray, RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 103 George Catlin (the Indian painter), William Page, C. W. Jarvis, Thomas Hicks, and Henry Inman. Of more recent artists the best known is Daniel Huntington, a good example of whose work is the portrait of Governor Morgan. An interesting canvas here, old and carefully painted, but of unknown history, is the head of Peter Stuyvesant. Two other ancient and noted pictures belonging to the city are hung in the office of the Water Registrar, in the Tract Society's Bldg. These are a portrait of Hendrik Hudson, of unrecorded history, and one claimed to be that of Christopher Columbus, a copy of a picture painted in 1459, when Columbus was 23 years of age. Historic objects in the Governor's Room include a bust of DeWitt Clinton, battle flags of the Civil War, and furniture brought from the original State House in Wall St. The Criminal Courts are on Center St., connected with The Tombs by an elevated and inclosed passageway spanning Franklin St., usually spoken of as the " Bridge of Sighs." Their interest to the visitor is confined to the mural paintings by Edward Simmons in the room of the Supreme Court, in the northeast corner on the first floor. The central painting repre- sents "America Offering Justice to the World." It is said that the countenances are those of the artist's wife and children. On the right are the "Three Fates" Clotho (youth), on the right, spins the thread of life from her distaff; Lachesis (middle age) twists and measures it in her hands; and aged Atropos cuts it off at death's appointed time. The panel on the left is devoted to three male figures, "Brotherhood Uniting Science to Freedom." The murals were made in 1895 under the direc- tion of the Municipal Art Commission, which now controls all matters relating to the embellishment of public buildings and the acceptance by the city of statues. The Tombs. "The Tombs" is a nickname for the city prison, suggested long ago by the gloomy architecture which made it for many years one of the landmarks of the city. In 1898 it was rebuilt in a greatly enlarged form, and nothing now remains of the picturesque exterior which was perhaps the best example of Egyptian style in the country. The Tombs occupies the entire block bounded by Center St. on the east, Elm St. on the west, Leonard St. on the south, and Franklin St. on the north, but its really grand proportions are dwarfed by its situation in a hollow. The prison now covers the site of the pre-Revolutionary gibbet, planted on a small island, and there- fore stands upon ground long dedicated to the hangman's use. Internally the prison is rather a series of buildings than a single structure. The cells rise in tiers one above the other, with a 104 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Looking South from Municipal Building RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 105 separate corridor for each row. Besides those awaiting trial in the Special Sessions and Magistrates' Courts, persons accused or convicted of the more heinous crimes are kept in The Tombs until they have been tried before the higher courts, or until they depart for the State Prison. Hall of Records. Corner of Chambers and Center Sts. A $9,000,000 building for the care of the deeds of all the real estate on Manhattan Island. Its vaults are absolutely fireproof. The 32 monoliths each cost $20,000. The statues about the exterior, by Bush, Brown, MacMonnies, and Philip Martiny, are of men prominent in the history of New York City, and figures representing "Navigation," "History," "Commerce," "Industry," "Heritage," "Poetry," "Law," "Preservation," and similar subjects. The groups representing the recording of the purchase of Manhattan in 1626 and the consolidation of Greater New York, 1898, are by Albert Weinert. The Appellate Court House. The Court House of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the city of New York is located on the east side of Madison Ave. at 25th St. This three-story building was completed in 1900 at a cost, in- cluding furnishings, of approximately $750,000. It is consid- ered one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. The balustrade is surmount- ed by statues of the great law givers of his- tory and the Madison Ave. cornice is sup- ported by caryatides representing the four seasons. The interior is finished in Siena mar- ble, the frieze spaces filled with paintings and the ceiling modeled in gold. The furniture is of dark oak, richly carved. The stained glass dome and win- dows are inscribed with names of eminent American jurists. Municipal Building. Near the Manhattan The Tombs end Q f Brooklyn Bridge, Center and Leonard btreets , . ~. ^ Page 103 facing City Hall and the 106 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Criminal Courts and Bridge of Sighs Center and Franklin Streets Page 103 Hall of Records. The cost of the building, exclusive of land, was about $12,000,000. The purpose was to provide offices for several city departments, thereby saving an annual rent of $600,000. In addition to the offices there are 700,000 sq. ft. of floor space available for rent to private concerns, which should yield an annual income of about $ i , 500,000. The building is unique in that all its windows are outside. The basement contains a spacious station in which the subway systems of Brooklyn and Manhattan converge. The height, including the figure surmounting the structure, is 584 ft. above grade; the foundation, about 135 ft. below grade. Extreme dimensions of site are 450 by 300 ft. Each of the bas- reliefs impaneled between the windows on the second floor represents some department of municipal government, such as "Elections," " Water Supply," "Licenses," "Education," "Public Charity." In the smaller arches of the colonnade are bas-reliefs representing " Civic Duty " and " Civic Pride.'' The two figures over the main arch represent "Executive Guidance and Power." In the medallions above the smaller arches the subjects represented are "Progress" and "Prudence." The female figure crowning the tower and representing " Civic Fame" is 28 ft. high. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 107 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Chamber of Commerce. 65 Liberty St. Admission only by card of member. The statues adorning the front are of Alexander Hamilton, DeWitt Clinton, and John Jay. The statuary over the entrance is symbolical of commerce. Housed here are many portraits of New York merchants, a painting of Washington by Stuart, and curious relics of bygone days. The Chamber of Commerce was organized in Fraunces' Tavern in 1768 and incorporated in 1770, and is the oldest commercial organization in the United States. The Custom House occupies an entire block at the foot of Broadway, facing Bowling Green, an historic site where Fort Amsterdam was erected in 1626. Government House was built in 1790 for President Washington. Here George Clinton and John Jay lived. The building was used as a custom house from 1733 to 1875. Including the ground, it cost more than $7,000,000. Its seven floors contain an area of 300,000 sq. ft. The cartouche high above the entrance, emblematic of America, is by Carl Ritter. The groups on pedestals on either side of the main entrance represent America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and are the work of Daniel C. French. The "Commercial Nations" ranged along the cornice, as viewed from left to right, represent Greece, by F. E. Elwell; Rome, by F. E. Elwell; Phoenicia, by F. M. Ruckstuhl; Genoa, by Augustus Lukeman; Venice, by F. M. L. Tonetti; Spain, by F. M. L. Tonetti; Holland, by Louis St. Gaudens; Portugal, by Louis St. Gaudens; Denmark, by Johannes Gelert; Ger- many, by Albert Jaegers ; France, by Charles Graby ; England, by Charles Graby. The New York Stock Exchange. The New York Stock Exchange, housing the oldest organization of brokers, is at 10 Broad St., extending through to New St. Cost of building, $3,000,000. The front is a splendid example of Greek archi- tecture; each of the Corinthian columns is 52 ft. high. The association, which has a membership of noo, was organized in 1792. No one not a member is allowed upon the floor, and when it is remembered that $95,000 has been paid for that priv- ilege, the restriction is not to be wondered at. The hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and members are forbidden to make any transactions except during that time. The dealings are wholly in stocks, bonds, and other securities which have been recognized or "listed" by the Exchange. The names of the 108 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE most important of these are posted upon iron standards scattered about the floor, around which the selling and buy- ing of these particu- lar securities go on. The Curb Mar- ket. The Curb Market transacts its business in Broad St., in front of No. 44, between the hours of 10 a.m., and 3 p.m., except Sundays and holidays, when no transactions are made, and on Saturdays when the hours are from 10 a.m., to 12 noon. Chamber of Commerce It is the market for Liberty West of Nassau Street SUC'h SCCUritieS aS Page 107 cannot be or for various reasons are not listed on the Stock Exchange. Among the more prominent of these is Standard Oil. The brokers have their offices in adjoining buildings within view of the market. The Consolidated Petroleum and Stock Exchange. At the corner of Broad and Beaver Sts. The organization grew out of a consolidation of various boards dealing in oil, mining, and general securities, and began operations in 1875. It now does nearly as much business as the older board, and the scene from its gallery (the entrance to which is on Beaver St.) is often more animated. The New Bank Clearing House. The New Bank Clearing House Bldg. in Cedar St., a few doors east of Broadway, is of marble, carved in all the profusion characteristic of the Italian Renaissance, its window spaces set off by Corinthian pillars, and surmounted by an entablature bearing carvings of the arms of the city and other designs. This is in many respects the most beautiful building in New York. The rooms of the Clearing RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 109 House Association, composed now of 66 banks, are on the upper floor beneath the skylighted dome. The ground floor is occupied by the Chase National Bank, whose offices are finished in mar- bles, gilded stucco, and artistic .metal work. The great steel safe in the basement is made to hold 210 tons of gold, or about $105,000,000 in coin. Produce Exchange. Bowling Green. Organized in 1861. The Exchange Bldg. is 307 ft. by 150 ft.; tower, 240 ft. high; trading room, 220 by 144 ft.; cost of building, $3,000,000. Here is carried on the largest trading in provisions and grain conducted by any exchange in the world. Cotton Exchange. Broad near Williams St.; here all the dealings in cotton in the United States concentrate. PROMINENT CHURCHES Note: Directories of places of worship are displayed in all principal hotels. Therefore these pages make mention of only the more distinguished. The Dutch Re- formed Church is the oldest Protestant organization in New York and in the Western Hemisphere. The finest building occupied by this de- nomination is the Third Collegiate, at Fifth Ave.& 48th St. Hamilton Ave. Church, at W. i4sth St. & Convent Ave., stands upon what was once the home estate of Alexander Hamilton. Trinity Church: Broadway, facing Wall St. The land on which Trinity Church now stands John Jay WaS the Old West Chamber of Commerce India Company's Page 107 110 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE farm, before the conquest of Man- hattan Island by the English. It then became "The King's Farm," and in 1705 was granted to this, the Colonial Church. These lands em- braced the entire tract lying along the North River, between the present Vesey & Christopher Sts. Much of it was sub- sequently given away to institutions of various sorts, but enough remains to constitute a property yielding about $500,000 income an- nually and worth an enormous amount at the market prices of real estate in that part of the city. This income is spent in maintaining old Trinity and six chapels, in aiding many subsidiary missions in various squalid parts of the city; supporting a long list of charities, and in caring for Trinity Cemetery, in Manhattanville. The present edifice was com- pleted in 1846. The bronze doors, which cost $30,000, are a memorial to j. J. Astor; the altars and reredos were erected at a cost of $100,000 to the memory of W. B. Astor. In Trinity Churchyard are buried many well-known persons, among them Alexander Hamilton, Robert Fulton, Captain James Lawrence, Albert Gallatin, and General Phil. Kearney. Of the monuments the most conspicuous is "The Martyrs," in the northeast corner near the street. This was erected by the Trinity corporation in memory of the American patriots who died in British prisons in this city during the Revolutionary War. Another prominent monument, at the left of the entrance, is the one to the mem- ory of Captain Lawrence, of the man-of-war "Chesapeake," whose dying cry, "Don't give up the ship," is carved upon its pictured sides. Alexander Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Page 107 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 111 Cathedral of St. John the Divine : Morningside Heights, In course of construction. Corner stone was laid in 1892. Belmont Chapel is completed. It is estimated that it will cost $6,000,000 to build the cathedral and take from forty to fifty years to complete it. As planned the exterior length of the cathedral is to be 520 ft.; front width, 172 ft.; across transepts, 290 ft. There are to be seven towers ; the central tower, from floor to top of cross, 455 ft.; the two front towers, 284 ft. in height; the four on the sides, 158 ft. There are to be seven chapels in which Sabbath services will be held in seven different languages. A feature of the choir will be eight pillars of granite, each 54.6 ft. high, 18.6 ft. in circumference, and weighing 120 tons. When in position they will have cost $120,000. The Crypt, quarried out of the solid rock, is completed and is used for Sunday services. Open to visitors Tuesdays, Thurs- days and Saturdays from 4 to 6 p.m. In the Crypt are the Tiffany Chapel (exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago) and eight Barberini tapestries made in Rome at the factories estab- lished by Cardinal Barberini in 1633- St. Paul's Church : Broadway between Fulton & Vesey Sts. It is the rear which is seen upon Broadway, the Church origin- ally facing the North River and commanding a fine view of the stream. This edifice was built in 1 764-6, and although the third in the order of its foundation is now the oldest church building in the city. Its architecture is impressive, and its interior a chaste and carefully preserved example of the ecclesiastical fashion of 150 years ago. In the rear wall, facing Broadway, is a memorial tablet to General Richard Montgomery, the hero of Quebec, while in the church- yard are monuments to Thomas Addis Emmet, an Irish patriot, i /~\ T\ /~\ 1 De Vr itt C-linton the actor George F. Cooke, and Chamber of Commerce others. The churchyard is open p ag e 107 112 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE to visitors every day. During the British occupation Lord Howe worshiped here; and later, Washington, whose pew is marked. Grace Church, at Broadway & loth St., is in view for a long distance from both directions. The style is decorated Gothic, elaborately carried out, and the rectory and adjoining build- ings are harmoniously adapted to it. A pretty space of lawn and garden makes a pleasing foreground to one of the most gratifying architectural pictures in New York. St. Mark's is another venerable church edifice, at Second Ave. & loth St. (gth St. Station Third Ave. Elevated Ry.). It covers the site of a chapel built by Stuyvesant, the last of the Dutch governors, whose bones rest beneath its floor. The Church of ths Transfiguration in 2gth St., just east of Fifth Ave., is now known all over the country as "the little church 'round the corner." This name is said to have been derived from the refusal some years ago of a certain pastor in Madison Ave. to perform the burial service over the body of the aged actor George Holland, bidding the emissary of his friend (who was Joseph Jefferson) go to "a little church 'round the corner," where they might be accommodated. Since then the players of the country have held this church and the late Dr. Houghton, its pastor, in veneration, and nearly all actors and actresses who die in New York are buried from it. A memorial window to Harry Montague is one of its interest- ing features. It is a low cruciform building in Gothic style, shaded by trees; its walls are half covered with vines, it has a pretty lich-gate, and altogether is one of the most attrac- tive houses of worship in the city. Presbyterian, First Church, founded in 1716, now occupies the block on Fifth Ave. between nth & i2th Sts. with one of the most dignified edifices of its class in New York. Fifth Ave. Presbyterian, Fifth Ave. & 55th St., is the most fashionable as well as the most popular of the churches of this denomination in New York. It is a building of highly decorated Gothic architecture and the interior presents as great a contrast to the conventional plain meeting-house of former days as can well be imagined. Neither carving nor color has been spared, and the effect produced is rather more that associated with a theater than with a church an effect brought out to its fullest extent by the light wood used in the paneling and in the construction of the pews, and in the grad- ual sloping of the floor from the entrance to the pulpit. Madison Square Church is that of which the Reverend Charles H. Parkhurst is pastor. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 113 Trinity Church from Greenwich and Rector Streets Page 109 Methodist Episcopal: John St. Church occupies the site of the first Methodist church in America and is known as the cradle of American Methodism. Madison Ave. (at No. 659). This is the church made famous by Dr. Newman, who numbered General Grant among his parishioners. Temple Emanu-El, northeast corner of Fifth Ave. & 43d St., is the finest specimen of Moorish architecture in America, and one of the costliest religious structures in New York City. It is built of brown and yellow sandstone, with a roof of alternate lines of red and black tiles. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Ave. between $oth & sist Sts.. should not be omitted from the list of places strangers 114 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE ought to visit in New York. Except for certain adornments all the work on the building designing and execution, mechan- ical and artistic, was done in New York. The cornerstone was laid on August 15, 1858, in the presence of 100,000 persons, who had room to stand on the adjacent lots, then vacant. On May 25, 1879, the structure was dedicated by Cardinal McCloskey. The cathedral is an example of the decorated, geometric style of Gothic architecture which prevailed in Europe from 1275 to 1400, and of which the Cathedral of Cologne and the nave of Westminster are advanced exponents. Although Europe can boast larger cathedrals, for purity of style, origi- nality of design, harmony of proportion, beauty of material, and finish of workmanship, New York Cathedral stands unsurpassed. It is cruciform, exterior length, 332 ft., breadth, 174 ft., towers at base, 32 ft., height of spires, 330 ft. Of the 72 windows 37 are ornamented with subjects from Scripture and the lives of saints; the principal window is a six-bay representative of St. Patrick. There are statues of Christ, St. Peter and St. Paul. The altar is of purest Italian marble inlaid with alabaster and precious stones. The altar tabernacle is of marble richly decorated, and has a door of gilt bronze set with emeralds and garnets. The body of Cardinal McCloskey lies beneath the altar. The building cost $2,000,000 exclusive of the land. The cathedral is open during the day. PROMINENT CHURCHES Baptist Greek Catholic Calvary, W. 57th St. between Sixth Holy Virgin Mary, 347 E. I4th St. & Seventh Aves. T ^ Fifth Avenue, 8 W. 46th St. Madison Avenue, Madison Ave. & eth -, E1 . 5th Ave & E 76th St. E. 3 ist St. Temple Emanu-El, 5th Ave. & Memorial, Washington Sq. & 43d St. Thompson St. Lutheran Congregational Grace, 123 W. 7ist St. Broadway Tabernacle, Broadway & Hol y Trinity, Central Park West 5 6th St. & W. 6 5 th St. Disciples of Christ Methodist Episcopal Lenox Avenue, Union, 74 W. i26th Madison Avenue, Madison Ave. & St. 6oth St. Metropolitan Temple, 58 Seventh Evangelical Ave. First Church of the Evangelical Union, W. 48th St. near Broadway. Association, 214 W. 35th St. Washington Square, 137 W. 4th St. Friends Moravian East 1 5th St. & Rutherford PI. First, Lexington Ave. & 3Oth St. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 115 Presbyterian Brick, Fifth Ave. cor. 37th St. Fifth Avenue, 5th Ave. & 55th St. Madison Square, 24th St. & Madi- son Ave. Scotch, 96th St. & Central Park West. Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, W. 1 1 3th St. between Amsterdam & Morningside Aves. Grace, 800 Broadway. St. Bartholomew's, 348 Madison Ave. St. Pauls' (Trinity Parish), Broad- way & Vesey St. St. Thomas, Fifth Ave. & 53d St. Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner"), 5 E. 2Qth St. Trinity, Broadway & Rector St. Reformed Church in America Madison Avenue, Madison Ave. & 57th St. New York Collegiate: Knox Memorial, 405 W. 4ist St. Marble, Fifth Ave. & 29th St. St. Nicholas, Fifth Ave. & 48th St. Reformed Church in U. S. Martha Memorial, 419 W. 52d St. Reformed Episcopal First, Madison Ave. cor. 55th St. Reformed Presbyterian Third, 238 W. 23d St. Roman Catholic St. Francis Xavier, 36 W. i6th St. St. Ignatius Loyola, Park Ave. & E. 84th St. St. Leo's, 1 1 E. 28th St. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Ave. & soth St. Seventh Day Adventists New York Swedish, 308 E. 55th St. Unitarian Messiah, E. 34th St. & Park Ave. United Presbyterian West 44th St., 434 W. 44th St. Universalist Fourth (Divine Paternity), Central Park West & 76th St. Miscellaneous All Night Mission, 8 Bowery. Beacon Light Rescue Mission, 2372 Third Ave. .Bowery Mission, 227 Bowery. Broome St. Tabernacle, 395 Broome St. Chinatown Midnight Mission, 17 Doyers St. Church of Christ (Scientist), Cen- tral Park West & 96th St. Doyers St. Mission, 17 Doyers St. Five Points Mission, 63 Park St. Helen F. Clark Mission, 195 Worth St. Japanese Mission, 330 E. 57th St. Mariners', 46 Catherine St. McAuley's Water Street Mission, 316 Water St. New Thought, Columbus Ave. & 79th St. Seamans Christian Association, 339 West St. St. Trinity (Greek Orthodox), 153 E. 72d St. HOSPITALS AND PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETIES Bellevue, foot of E. 26th St. A long grayish, four-story, prison-like structure, enclosed by a high, forbidding stone wall, situated in a block which extends to the East River. This is the most widely known hospital in America. It is under the control of the Department of Charities, which is permitted to expend upon it about $100,000 annually. For many years it has been famous for the high medical and surgical skill of which it is the theater, its faculty embracing many of the 116 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE leading physicians and surgeons cf the city. Admission of patients is procurable upon the recommendation of a physi- cian ; victims of accidents and sudden illness may enter at any time of day or night; regular patients, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Contagious diseases are refused. Hours for visitors, from ii a.m. to 3 p.m. Within the grounds is the Belle vue Hospital Medical College, founded in 1861, which has taken high rank and has now about 500 students. The Morgue at Bellevue is a small one-story building. In an inner room, protected by a partition of glass, the unknown and unclaimed dead lie outstretched, almost -nude, upon marble slabs, and under the drip of ice water. Emergency Hospital, 233 E. 26th St. For the relief of persons taken suddenly ill, and women on their way to maternity hospital. Other emergency hospitals are Gouverneur, in Gouverneur Slip; the Fordham Reception Hospital, 2456 Valentine Ave., and the House of Relief, 67 Hudson St. New York Hospital, 8 W. i6th St. This magnificent struc- ture, facing W. isth St. (near Fifth Ave.), has every modern device for health and comfort. The hospital maintains a branch "house of relief" for cases of accident or sudden illness, at 67 Hudson St. This branch, as well as the main establish- ment, has ambulances and gives free treatment in emergency cases. Roosevelt, 5gth St. and Ninth Ave. St. Luke's Hospital, on Morningside Heights is under the care of the Protestant Episcopal Church, but makes no dis- tinction as to its patients. Presbyterian, Madison Ave. and 7oth St. Nine-tenths of the patients here pay no fees. St. Vincent's, 149 W. nth St. Visitors, Tuesdays and Fridays, 3 to 5 p. m. St. Francis', 605 Fifth Ave., with St. Joseph's, a branch at 1 43d St. and Brook Ave. St. Elizabeth's, 415 W. sist St. Five Points House of Industry and Five Points Mission stand across the street from each other at the Five Points, a short walk from Broadway through Worth St. Both assist the destitute of all classes, and find enough to occupy them within a very few blocks. They support missionaries among the tene- ment-house people, provide food, clothing, and necessaries for applicants thought worthy, maintain large schools, and provide for the health, education, and general betterment of great numbers of poor and neglected children, hundreds of whonp are sent annually to homes in the interior of the country. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 117 The Association for Improving Conditions of the Poor, 105 E. 22d St., annually assists in 20,000 or more carefully investi- gated cases. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Madison Ave. and 26th St. The object of the society is the enforcement of the laws relating to the protection of, and the prevention of cruelty to, animals in all parts of the United States. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 23d St. and Fourth Ave. Its object is the enforcement of laws relating to children, their protection against and rescue from oppression and evil influences, and their help when in need. Society for the Prevention of Crime. Office, 105 E. 22d St. Other important philanthropic associations are: Actors' Fund, 112 W. 42d St.; Baptist Home Mission, 116 E. 68th St.; Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless, 29 E. 29th St. ; Kindergarten Society, 70 Fifth Ave. ; Sabbath Union, 203 Broadway; Seaman's Friend Society, 76 Wall St.; Sunday School Committee, 416 Lafayette PI. ; Association for Befriend- ing Women and Young Girls, 136 Second Ave.; Association Fraterna Italiana, 64 S. Washington Sq. ; Bowery Mission, 55 Bowery; Catholic Sailors' Friends, 178 Christopher St.; Cercle Frangais L'Amipie, 440 Sixth Ave.; Children's Aid Society, 105 E. 22d St.; City Vigilance League, 105 E. 22d St.; Civil Service Reform Association, 79 Wall St.; Consumers' League, 105 E. 22d St.; Lutheran Emigrant Mission, 8 State St.; Evan- gelical Alliance, 105 E. 22d St. ; German Missions, 6 and 27 State St.; Irish Emigrant Society, 29 Reade.St.; Jewish Immigrant Protective Association, 210 E. u8th St.; Ladies' Health Protective Association, 105 E. 22d St.; Legal Aid Society, 239 Broadway; Working Girls' Vacation Society, 105 E. 22d St.; Penny Provident Fund, 101 E. 22d St. ; Provident Loan Society, 279 Fourth Ave. ; Typothetae, 32 Union Sq., E. ; United Hebrew Charities, 356 Second Ave.; Working Women's Protective Union, 312 W. 54th St.; Young Men's Christian Association, 215 W. 23d St.; Young Women's Christian Association, 600 Lexington St. BROOKLYN AND QUEENS Fulton St. The main thoroughfare of Brooklyn is Fulton St. Fulton and Catharine ferries, and the East River bridge connect with it. Half a mile north of the bridge stands the Court House, where the celebrated "Beecher trial" took place; near by are the Hall of Records, the Municipal Bldg. (containing the depart- mental offices of the local government), and, most prominent, the City Hall all costly and imposing buildings. In front of them stands Ward's bronze statue of Henry Ward Beecher, 118 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Victory Arch, Entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn Page 121 commemorating him not only as the great preacher but as the anti-slavery champion and philanthropist. The principal shops line Fulton St. for half a dozen blocks above the Court House, while on Washington St., two blocks south, are the costly new Federal Bldg.and the lofty Eagle Bldg. Theaters. The principal theaters are: Academy of Music, Lafayette Ave. near Fulton St.; Majestic, 651 Fulton St.; Grand Opera House, Elm PL near Fulton St. ; Star, Jay St. near Fulton St. ; Montauk, Hanover PI. ; Broadway Theater, Broad- way near Myrtle; Bijou, Smith and Livingston Sts.; Orpheum, 578 Fulton St.; Lee Avenue Academy, Lee Ave. near Division Ave.; Novelty, Driggs Ave. near S. 4th St., E. D.; Gayety, Broadway and Throop St., E. D.; Empire, Ralph Ave. and Quincy. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 119 The Heights are a steep bluff nearly 100 feet high at the foot of Montague St. Along the base of the bluffs are lines of wharves and spacious warehouses which leave room for only one narrow street. Most of the warehouses are bonded. Those on the land side are built in excavations under the back gardens of the dwellings on Columbia Heights, where stand the residences of many of 'the oldest and most prominent Brooklyn families. Their windows overlook a grand panorama of the harbor, the lower part of East River, and the Battery and Wall St. regions of New York City. On The Heights, too, are hotels, churches, clubs, and institu- tions of learning, including the Art Association, and, opposite, the Brooklyn Library. The Long Island Historical Society is at the corner of Clinton and Pierpont Sts. It owns a library of more than 80,000 volumes and pamphlets, and a museum of historical and curious objects. Clinton St. was for many years the Fifth Ave. of Brooklyn, and no part of the city is more fashionable than the blocks along Montague, Pierpont, Remsen, arid some other streets leading from Clinton St. to the river bluff. The leading clubs are the Brooklyn, Hamilton, Excelsior, Crescent Athletic Club, and Jefferson Democratic Club while on "The Hill" are the Republican Union League Club, the Lincoln, and the Montauk. It was the number of fine houses of worship, not to speak of many smaller ones, in this conspicuous part of town which gave to Brooklyn the name "City of Churches." Plymouth Church, made famous by Henry Ward Beecher, was until 1899 presided over by Dr. Lyman Abbott. It is on Orange St. between Hicks and Henry Sts., within easy walking distance of either Fulton Ferry or the Bridge. The edifice is merely a great brick "barn," and within has no ornamentation inconsistent with its outward simplicity. It was built in 1847, and its pulpit was occupied 40 years by Mr. Beecher, until his death in 1887. Its most prominent members dwell near by, but a large part of the regular congregation gathers from remote quarters of the city, while a throng of strangers from all parts of the country is seen within its doors each Sunday. Mr. Beecher lived and died not far away, at 124 Hicks St., corner of Clark St. The present pastor is Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis. Another famous Congregational church on The Heights is Dr. H. P. Dewey's Church of the Pilgrims, at the corner of Henry and Remsen Sts. Next to the Historical Society's Bldg. is Holy Trinity, the leading Episcopal church of Brooklyn, under the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. J. H. Melish; St. Ann's is only a block or two distant. 120 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE PROMINENT CHURCHES Note: Directories of places of worship are displayed in all principal hotels. Therefore these pages make mention only of the more distinguished. Baptist Baptist Temple, 3d, corner Scher- merhorn. Christian Scientist First Church of Christ, Dean & New York Ave. Congregational Plymouth, Orange, near Henry. Disciples of Christ First Church of Christ, 123 Sterling PI. Evangelical Emanuel, 400 Melrose. Friends Soc. Friends (Orth'x), Lafayette, corner Washington. Jewish Israel, Bedford & Lafayette Aves. Lutheran St. Peter's, Bedford Ave., near De Kalb. Methodist Episcopal Janes, Monroe, Corner Reid Ave. Methodist Episcopal (African) Bridge St. A. M. E., 313 Bridge. Methodist Free First, 1 6th St., near 4th Ave. Methodist Primitive First, Park PL, near Nostrand Ave. Methodist Protestant Grace (Canarsie), E. Q2d & Church Lane. Pentecostal Nazarene, Utica Ave., between Ber- gen & Dean. Presbyterian Lafayette Ave., Lafayette Ave., corner S. Oxford. Presbyterian United Second, Bond and Atlantic Ave. Protestant Episcopal Holy Trinity, Clinton, corner Mon- tague. Reformed Church in America First, yth Ave, and Carroll. Reformed Church in the U. S. Christ Evangelical, 54 Wyona. Reformed Episcopal Reconciliation, Nostrand & Jeffer- son Aves. Seventh Day Adventists First German, 1831 Gates Ave. Swedenborgian Church of New Jerusalem, Monroe. PI. & Clark. ' Unitarian Church of the Saviour, Pierrepont & Monroe PI. Universalist All Souls, Ocean, corner Ditmas Ave. Miscellaneous First Free Baptist, Keap, corner Marcy Ave. Roman Catholic Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Degraw & Hicks. COLLEGES, ACADEMIES AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS Adelphi College Clifton and St. James Pis. Brooklyn College Nostrand Ave., Carroll and Crown Sts. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 121 Brooklyn Heights Seminary 18 Pierrepont St Friends School 112 Schermerhorn St. Froebel Academy 687 Lafayette Ave. Packer Collegiate Inst. 170 Joralemon. Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Pratt Institute 215 Ryerson St. St. Agnes Seminary 283-287 Union St. St. Francis College and Academy 41 Butler St. St. Francis Xavier Academy 697 Carroll St. St. John's College Willoughby Ave., cor. Lewis St. Y. M. C. A. ii Bond, 1125 Bedford Ave., Marcy Ave. and S. gth St. Prospect Park. Prospect Park overlooks the populous wards of South Brooklyn and the New York Harbor on one side, and the Atlantic shore toward Coney Island on the other. It is nearly as large as Central Park, at least as beautiful, and con- tains, among its ornaments, a statue to John Howard Payne, author of Home Sweet Home, and a bronze tablet noting the site (Battle-Pass) of a critical part of the Battle of Long Island, which took place on these hills. From Lookout Hill a magnifi- cent view is to be gained, reaching from the Atlantic horizon to the Palisades and the Orange Hills; and on certain lawns, especially on Sunday afternoons, hundreds of brightly appareled young people may be seen playing tennis or croquet, practicing archery, or otherwise actively amusing themselves. The park is reached by the following trolley lines : From Fulton Ferry or the Bridge entrance, Flatbush Ave. line (the most direct); Adams and Bocrum PL line, and Franklin Ave. line; from Hamilton (south) Ferry, to Hamilton Ave. and Prospect Park line; and from Broadway (Williamsburg) Ferry, the Nostrand Ave. line. The distance is about 2>^ miles from any of the ferries, but the route from Fulton Ferry or the Bridge is the most interesting. None of the elevated roads goes near the park. The picturesque Water Tower near the Plaza overlooks the whole region. The Park Plaza is a large paved space at the principal entrance to Prospect Park, where Flatbush Ave., Eastern Boule- vard, and several other streets converge. The center of the Plaza is ornamented by a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, the memorial being surmounted by a colossal bronze group by Frederick MacMonnies, representing the chariot of victory led by heralds of peace. The arch is hollow, and stairways, open to the public, permit one to ascend to the top for a closer view of this work of art, which gains upon nearer inspection. 122 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE At a little distance is an electric fountain, illuminated at frequent intervals during the summer. Just within the park entrance stands a most excellent portrait-statue, also by Mac- Monnies, of J. S. Stranahan, who, at the time of his death, in 1897, was called Brooklyn's foremost citizen, and had been more active than any one else in establishing this and other parks in the city. The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute is an eighth of a mile east of the Park Plaza. Entrance is free to the public from Wednesday to Saturday; 25 cents admission fee on Monday and Tuesday. The collections consist of a large amount of varied material, displayed in suitable cases and well worth seeing. The zoological collection is especially complete, and includes an excellent display of local birds and insects. A con- siderable amount of geological, mineralogical, and ethnological material has been gathered and arranged, and the beginning of an art gallery has been made. Greenwood Cemetery. This famous city of the dead covers a square mile of the highlands that lie back of South Brooklyn and overlook New York Harbor. It is 2 % miles from Brooklyn Bridge and is reached most directly by the Fifth Ave. line of the Brooklyn elevated railway, which has a station at its principal (northern) entrance. Here carriages will be found which make the tour of the cemetery, and as he goes along the driver explains what are generally regarded as the most inter- esting sights. The charge for the ride is 25 cents. There is no burying ground in the country which compares with Greenwood in the cost and elaborateness of its mortuary, or the care given it as a whole. The stone-bedded, tile-drained roads measure 25 miles in length. The imposing Gothic gateway at the principal entrance is of brownstone, elaborately carved, and holds the offices of the the administrators and a visitors' room. Waiting-rooms fur- nished with toilet rooms and other accommodations will be found at the other entrances also. Near the center of the ceme- tery, at the intersection of Locust and Southwood Aves., is " The Shelter House, " designed for the shelter of visitors who chance to be remote from the various entrances and need the conveni- ences which it affords. Among the more notable memorials are : The bust of Horace Greeley, erected by the printers of the country, on Locust Hill near Oak Ave. On Highwood Hill the triangular block covering the remains of Professor S. F. B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph, overlooks the Clinton Monument. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 123 The Soldiers' Monument stands on the plateau of Battle Hill, whence a broad view is to be gained. It was erected in memory of 148,000 soldiers who died in the Civil War. Opposite the main entrance stands the Theater Fire Mon- ument, underneath which, in a common grave, rest the un- recognized and unclaimed bodies of those who perished in the burning of the Brooklyn Theater, in December, 1876, when more than 300 people lost their lives. The Firemen's Monument is surmounted by the figure of a fireman holding a child in his arms. It was erected by the old volunteer fire department of New York City, whose chief engineer, Harry Howard, has placed elsewhere in the grounds a statue in memory of his foster mother, showing her as adopting him when saved from a burning building. Many of the monuments take the form of Greek or Gothic memorial chapels, one of the most conspicuous and beautiful of which is that of Miss Mary M. Dauser, at the intersection of Fir and Vine Aves. Another" temple worthy of special attention is that of A. S. Scribner, at Cypress and Vine Aves. It was made in Italy and contains a figure representing Hope. The monument to commemorate John Matthews, at the southwesterly end of Valley Water, has the form of a richly carved canopy and spire above a sculptured sarcophagus, upon the top of which lies a full-length marble figure of the dead man. On the tablet under the canopy is a veiled female figure seated in a chair, typifying grief. The artist was Carl Miller, and the cost of the monument, $30,000. The Pilot's Monument, erected by the pilots of New York Harbor to a hero among them, and The Sea Captain's Statue (representing Captain John Correka, holding the actual sextant he was accustomed to use) will interest those fond of the sea. Other fine and costly carvings in Italian marble are seen in the monument to the Brown brothers, New York bankers; in the emblematic group standing in the lot of the elder James Gordon Bennett, founder of the New York Herald; and in the famous Charlotte Canda monument, at Fern and Greenbough Aves. The colossal bronze statue of Governor DeWitt Clinton in Baywood Dell should not be missed by the visitor to Green- wood, who will come away feeling that it is perhaps as satis- factory as any of the more pretentious memorials in the cemetery. There are about 325,000 persons buried in Greenwood. The Grant Statue. At Grant Sq. where Bergen St. crosses Bedford Ave. Of heroic size, this statue is worthy of the 124 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE attention of tourists. It was presented to the city by the Union League Club, and stands in front of their splendid club house. It is in bronze, the work of Partridge, and represents General Grant in campaign dress, on his favorite horse as he appeared at the Battle of the Wilderness. The Navy Yard. On the Wallabout basin, an indentation of East River, where in Revolutionary days was moored the dreadful "Jersey," worst of the prison hulks. The yard is at the foot of York St., and may be reached from all parts of Brooklyn by electric cars, two lines crossing the bridge to Manhattan. This is the foremost naval station in the country, and its brick wall embraces a space of 45 acres in the yard proper, while 100 acres closely adjacent also belong to the establish- ment. The United States Naval Lyceum, founded by officers of the navy in 1833, is here. It has a fine library and a large collection of historical curiosities, together with valuable geo- logical and mineralogical cabinets. The Navy Yard consists of two portions separated by the deep bay of "the basin," or Wallabout, into which the dry- docks open. The peninsular part outside the basin is called the Cob Dock and forms an extensive park-like space, where musters and drills of sailors, marines, and recruits may be witnessed. The great yellow hulk, housed and permanently moored on the outer margin of the Cob Dock, is the old frigate "Vermont," which now forms a "receiving ship" (recruiting station) . Of the big battleships built at this yard the most recent were the "Connecticut," in 1904, the "Florida" launched in 1910, and the "New York" (of the super-dreadnaught class) in 1912. About 2,000 men are ordinarily employed at the yard. RICHMOND Staten Island. The ferry from New York lands at St. George, at the northern extremity of the island. The terminus of the Baltimore & Ohio's branch line is used exclusively as a freight- carrying route. St. George is also the central station of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad, which reaches all the shore villages of importance. Staten Island is hilly and contains many attractive spots and much excellent farming land. Its length is more than 13 miles, its greatest width 7f miles, and it has 13 miles of ocean frontage. Quaint old ports are scattered along the southern shore, and odd little villages throughout the interior. But interspersed everywhere are the modern and luxurious country RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 125 residences of wealthy New Yorkers, who go back and forth daily. The interior of the island is traversed only by wagon roads; Richmond, the judicial seat of the island when it was Richmond County, is itself away from the railroad, but acces- sible by trolley cars from St. George. Sailor's Snug Harbor, an asylum for aged and infirm sea- men half a mile beyond New Brighton, is the outgrowth of a bequest made at the beginning of the last century by Captain Richard Randall, then a prominent member of the Marine Society of New York. The bequest consisted mainly of his farm, the southern boundary of which is the line of the present Astor place. The farm yielded the trustees about $40,000, which has been so carefully managed that the property now approaches $18,000,000 in value, and the income suffices to care for 1000 beneficiaries. About 750 pensioners are at present on the rolls, all of whom have seen a certain amount of actual service as sailors. A mortuary monument covering the remains of the founder stands near the main entrance, and the bronze statue of Randall by Augustus St. Gaudens, in another part of the park, is one of the most satisfactory pieces of sculp- ture in the neighborhood of New York. Within the buildings, the visitor should take pains to see the workshops, where scores of cheerful old mariners sit in the sunshine, smoke their pipes, and work at plaiting baskets, mats, and other articles of straw, netting hammocks, fishnets, and tidies, and rigging toy models of painfully accurate schooners, brigs, and full-rigged ships. These articles are sold by them, and the more able and indus- trious make a considerable income in this way. The Sailor's Snug Harbor is as sunny and cheerful a refuge as can be found in the Union. Prohibition Park ( Westerleigh) . Reached by cars from St. George or Port Richmond, Prohibition Park is an exclusive community of persons primarily interested in the prohibition of intoxicating liquor as a beverage. A feature of the place is the great auditoriun in which a summer program of lectures, exhibitions, conventions, and meetings is in progress from June to October, attracting a large number of visitors interested in various movements. THE ISLANDS Ellis Island. A small island between the Statue of Liberty and the Communipaw shore. Hither all steerage passengers are transferred from the steamers in which they arrive, and before they can land must be examined as to their eligibility as citizens and be fully recorded. If they are bound for some interior point they are put in charge of railway or steamship agents, and by 126 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE them conducted to trains or steamers. Paupers, diseased per- sons, criminals, and contract laborers are sent back at the expense of the steamship companies. The Government never loses sight of nor ceases to protect the immigrant until he is prepared to face the new life. A ferry boat (free) runs between the Battery and the Island every 40 minutes during working hours. Governor's Island (about a half-mile distant from the Battery) contained but 65 acres when purchased from the Indians by Governor Van T wilier in 1634. Recently it has been enlarged to 120 acres by the building of a sea wall and filling in. Here are located the headquarters of the eastern division of the army of the United States, with complete outfit for 100,000 men. Castle William, built in 1812, is now used as a military prison. Blackwell's Island, 1 20 acres in extent, lies in East River from 5oth to 86th Sts. It is the site of the Metropolitan Hospital, the Workhouse for those convicted of minor offenses, the City Home for the aged and infirm, the Penitentiary for those sen- tenced to less than a year, and the City Hospital. Randall's Island consists of 100 acres at the entrance to Harlem River. Thereon are the children's hospital, schools, and home, where waifs are cared for by the Charities Department, and the House of Refuge for the training of youthful delinquents. Swinburne Island is located in Lower Bay, 2 miles from the Narrows. Persons with infectious diseases, such as typhus, yellow fever, bubonic plague, smallpox, and cholera, are disembarked here. The buildings are the hospitals, crematory, and physi- cian's residence. Hoffman Island. Situated in Lower Bay, one mile from the Narrows, Hoffman Island is a place for the detention of well persons arriving on infected vessels, as well as for those suffer- ing from minor infectious diseases. Infectious cases of a more serious nature are sent to Swinburne Island. Persons exposed to infection are held at Hoffman Island, and here ships are disinfected. LONG ISLAND COAST Coney Island proper, including West Brighton, is the most western, the oldest, most crowded, and most democratic part of the whole series of beaches popularly known as Coney Island. Everything that can be thought of for entertainment and penny- catching is here in its latest form. Out from the beach extend two long iron piers, with bathing houses, restaurants, and other accommodations beneath them, and here steamboats RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 127 from New York land their passengers. The beach may also be reached by electric trolley cars. The bathing arrangements are good. West Brighton Beach is thronged with people of every kind from noon until midnight, and is most crowded on Sundays. Brighton. Brighton, half a mile east of West Brighton, is the favorite beach for Brooklyn people. Here is a huge hotel, which has been repeatedly moved back from the shore, out of the reach of the waves; the beautiful grounds have more than once been ruined by the gale and salt spray. The piazzas are so broad that 2000 persons at a time may sit at the tables placed on them, and still leave ample space for promenading; 20,000 meals may be given in a single day. The bathing houses are of great size and are conveniently arranged, but none of them obstructs the seaward view. An excellent vaude- ville show is the only amusement outside the hotel and bathing beach. Reached by elevated cars from Brooklyn Bridge and by trolley cars from Coney Island. Manhattan Beach. This resort, immediately east of Brighton Beach, is the favorite place for New Yorkers of the well-to-do class, and is undoubtedly the spot to which the visitor will return most often. Manhattan Beach is occupied by the buildings and grounds of two vast hotels, the Manhattan and the Oriental. The former is at the terminus of the railroad from New York and Brooklyn and nearest Brighton. The beach in front is pro- tected by a piled breakwater which supports a planked walk. Surrounding the hotel a broad space of lawns, flower beds and asphalted walks has been laid out and provided with a great number of park benches. Half a mile eastward, and con- nected with the Manhattan by a broad walk and series of lawns, is the great Oriental Hotel, with its esplanade and bathing establishment. The beach is reached by steam and electric trolley cars. Rockaway. The next beach east of Coney Island (from which it is separated bv th - outlet of Jamaica Bay), is Rockaway. This is one of the oldest seaside resorts on Long Island shore and may be reached either by the Long Island Railroad, by Brooklyn trolley cars, or by steamboat. ENVIRONS Yonkers, on the Hudson, joins the northern limits of New York. It has 90,000 citizens, a great part of whom come regularly to business in the metropolis. Mount Vernon. A city of 30,909 inhabitants,with stations 128 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE on both the New York Central & Hudson River and the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroads, Mount Vernon covers the central hills east of Yonkers. It contains many beautiful drives. Westchester, the historic, is still farther south and east. Eastchester and Pelham are hamlets at the head of inlets from Long Island Sound, traversed by the Harlem River Branch of the New Haven Railroad. New Rochelle, a town of 28,867 inhabitants, 17 miles from Grand Central Terminal, on the New Haven Railroad, is exceed- ingly pretty, and is popular with New Yorkers. It was settled in very early times by Huguenots, and preserves many inter- esting relics of its colonial period. It may be reached by trolley via Mount Vernon. Jersey City. With a population of 267,779, Jersey City stretches from opposite the Statue of Liberty to the Hoboken line opposite the foot of Christopher St., Manhattan, and back to the Hackensack River Meadows. The water front is for the most part in possession of railway and steamship companies. Behind the property of these companies are a great many factories, some of immense proportions. The lofty piles of the sugar refineries form a conspicuous group near the center of the city as one crosses from New York. A mile back from the river front the long, rocky ridge of Bergen Heights, a continua- tion of the Hudson Highlands, extends north and south in an elevated peninsula between New York and Newark bays, as far as the pretty village of Bergen Point. Upon this hill are many pleasant streets and some fine churches and schools. Electric trolley cars run to all parts of the city and to the neighboring cities, including Newark, which may be reached by several lines. All of these trolley lines concentrate in a union station at the foot of Montgomery St., the landing place for the ferries from Cortlandt and Desbrosses Sts., New York. The Pennsylvania Railroad station is at this ferry. Hoboken. North of Jersey City the water front of Hoboken is lined by the wharves of several great trans-Atlantic steamer lines, particularly those sailing to the German ports, and by the station of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway system. At this station land the "Hoboken" ferries from Christopher and Barclay Sts. ; and here start the electric cars of the elevated railroad which runs to the hilltop and the Hudson County Court House, as well as of various surface lines. The population of Hoboken, 70,324, is chiefly German, and is largely devoted to manufacturing. The city has one RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 129 distinctly American institution, however, in the Stevens Insti- tute, which occupies a wooded promontory of rock jutting out into the river conspicuously and covered by a pretty park. This is a polytechnic and scientific school of high rank, founded by the late Commodore Stevens who equipped the "Stevens Battery," famous in the early days of the Civil War, and whose "castle" overtops the trees of what was formerly his estate. Weehawken, with a population of 11,228, is a small city north of Hoboken and under the hill, which here approaches the water more closely than at Hoboken. It was the scene of Revolutionary operations, and, here, a few years later, Alex- ander Hamilton and Aaron Burr fought the duel which cost Hamilton his life. Now it is known principally as the terminus of the West Shore and of the New York, Ontario & Western railroads. It is connected with 42d St. and Cortlandt St., New York, by ferries. On the summit of the lofty bluffs is a scattered German community, and there are pleasant strolling places along the wooded cliffs northward, which command a magnificent outlook far down the bay. This locality is reached from the ferry by an electric line, whose cars run to Hudson Heights and Fort Lee. Long Island. Brooklyn and Queens occupy but 12.5 per cent of the area of Long Island, which stretches 123 miles east and west, with a varying width of from 15 to 25 miles. . It is the largest island on the eastern coast of the United States, having almost as great an area as the entire state of Delaware. The island has more than 400 miles of shore line and nearly 1000 miles of fine macadam roads. Its shores harbor the "Blue Point," and the famous "Rockaway" oyster, and the "Little Neck" clam. Along the roads of Hempstead Plains the Vander- bilt automobile races take their course. The island is at the same time the front dooryard to New York City and its market garden. It is claimed that the range of temperature on Long Island is less than at any other place in the United States except Corpus Christi, Eureka (Cal.), Galveston, and Key West. Long Island is gridironed with electric railways. From the Pennsylvania station on Manhattan Island and from the Man- hattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge through trains are run to all principal points on the island. The south shore contains the well-known resorts of Coney Island, Manhattan, and the Rock- away beaches, Edgemere, Arverne, Long Beach, Babylon, Bay Shore, Islip, and Blue Point. Atlantic Highlands. A village on Sandy Hook, with several hotels. There is much of picturesque and historic interest in the neighborhood. Reached by the Sandy Hook steamers. 130 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Long Branch. Long Branch includes sections known as Elberon, West End, Holly Wood, Norwood, Branchport, East Long Branch, North Long Branch, and Pleasure Bay. There are about 40 hotels, with ample accommodations. Frequent trains via the Pennsylvania, the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the Sandy Hook (steamers New York to Sandy Hook, thence rail) connect New York and Long Branch, and there is splendid river boat service eight months in the year. An electric line connects Long Branch with practically all the resorts along the northern shore of New Jersey. Asbury Park, located on the North Jersey Coast fifty miles south of New York, is the social center of a chain of twenty notable resorts extending from Sandy Hook to Sea Girt. It has all the best attractions of every other seaside resort in America, but stands alone for its marvelous com- bination of country and seashore. Three fresh-water lakes afford all the delights of canoeing. Its great stretch of ocean front is bordered by one of the finest promenades in the world. Seven beaches of soft, clean sand give health and delight to thousands. Especially for children is Asbury Park a paradise, its free pavilions and recreation pier forming a popular feature. At the Arcade one of the best bands plays twice daily. In the Casino high-class theatricals are a nightly feature, while at the Auditorium at Ocean Grove, seating thousands, oratorios and concerts are given all summer by a permanent chorus of one thousand voices and orchestra of sixty-five, and the most powerful organ in the world. Many of the stars of Grand Opera and the best musical organizations of America can be heard there. The features herewith pictured prove Asbury Par!:, to be one of the most wonderful seaside resorts of the new century. It is reached all rail by the Pennsylvania system and the Central Railroad of New Jersey ; by the express steamers and trains of the Sandy Hook Route. Excursion fare, unlimited ticket, good on all routes, $1.75. One hundred trains, vesti- buled and parlor car service, each day. Patten Line boats for Pleasure Bay, connecting with Asbury Park trolley, leave the Battery four times daily, 80 cents for the round trip. Ocean Grove. A seaside town under the control of an association of Methodist clergymen. About 250 hotels, provide good accommodations at rates within the reach of all purses. Transportation from New York City is via the Pennsyl- vania, the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the Sandy Hook steamers (New York to Sandy Hook, thence by rail). THE JEFFERSON RICHMOND VA. THE MOST MAGNIFICENT HOTEL IN THE SOUTH EUROPEAN PLAN 400 ROOMS 300 BATHS Rooms single and en suite, with and without private baths Turkish and Roman Baths Spacious Sample Rooms Large Convention Hall Rates, $1.50 and upward Every Convenience for the Traveling Man, Every Comfort for the Tourist O. F. 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