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600 HANDSOMELY FURNISHED ROOMS, 
 AT ONE DOLLAR PER DAY AND UPWARDS. 
 EUROPEAN PLAN. 
 
 FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT AND DINING 
 ROOMS, CAFE AND LUNQ-H COUNTER, a 
 la carte, AT MODERATE PRICES. 
 
 TRAVELLERS ARRIVING VIA GRAND CEN- 
 TRAL DEPOT SAVE CARRIAGE HIRE AND 
 BAGGAGE EXPRESS BY STOPPING AT THE 
 GRAND UNION. 
 
 TRAVELLERS CAN LIVE WELL AT THE 
 GRAND UNION FOR LESS MONEY THAN 
 AT ANY OTHER FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 FORD & COMPANY, Proprietors. 
 
REVISED TO JANUARY 1, 1895. 
 
 WITH MAP 
 
 HOW TO KNOW 
 
 Hew York City 
 
 A SERVICEABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY GUIDE, HAVING ITS STARTING 
 POINT AT THE GRAND UNION HOTEL, JUST ACROSS THE 
 STREET FROM THE GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT 
 
 BY 
 
 M. F. SWEETSER AND SIMEON FORD 
 ELEVENTH EDITION 
 
 NEW YORK 
 PRESS OF J. J. LITTLE & CO 
 10 to 20 Astor Place 
 
 1895 
 
HOW TO KNOW NEW YORK. 
 
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 The above picture represents a hotel-clerk, in the act of answering 
 a question. From his bland expression, you would not suppose that 
 he had been pretty steadily answering questions from his youth up, 
 and has probably answered this very question upwards of a million 
 times ; but such is the case. A good hotel-clerk must be a walking 
 encyclopaedia, directory, railway, steamship, and postal guide, and, in 
 short, a universal fountain of knowledge and information. No man 
 is more maligned than the hotel-clerk. In current fiction he is de^ 
 scribed as a haughty and unapproachable despot, who r intrenched; 
 
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 How to Know New York. 
 
 behind a large diamond shirt-stud, superciliously assigns trembling 
 travellers to remote and cheerless chambers. As a matter of fact, 
 he is usually the most good-natured and accommodating of mortals. 
 Were he not of a serene and placid nature, he would long since have 
 decorated a cemetery. He is expected to be pleasant under the most 
 trying circumstances; to remember everybody by name, and all their 
 peculiarities and eccentricities ; to give every one the best room in the 
 house ; to laugh at every humorous anecdote related to him, no matter 
 how antique ; and to lend a sympathetic ear to every traveller who is 
 in distress, or imagines that he is. For the aid of the stranger first 
 visiting New York, this modest work is prepared. It is not issued 
 for the benefit of the hotel-clerk (who still stands ready to answer any 
 and all questions), but to put before the visitor, clearly and briefly, 
 information which is likely to be of service to him. 
 
 It is hoped, too, that it may be the means of further calling to the 
 attention of the travelling public, the advantages offered by the Grand 
 Union Hotel, which, in brief, are as follows : It is just across the 
 street from the Grand Central Depot, to and from which baggage of 
 guests is taken free. Its location is convenient, street-cars and ele- 
 vated roads passing its doors, to all points. It is conducted on the 
 European plan, and comfortable and well-furnished rooms may be 
 obtained at prices ranging from $i to $5 per day. The cuisine is 
 first-class, and the prices are very moderate. It has a very large 
 patronage, and guests can live well at the Grand Union for less money 
 than at any other first-class hoteJ in New- York City. 
 
 Take Your Time. — New-Yorkers conduct business as though life 
 were fleeting. Go down town and watch the men in the streets ! Every 
 one seems in a desperate hurry ; and the visitor, without realizing it ; 
 is apt to become imbued with the all-pervading hurry and scurry, and 
 finds himself rushing and elbowing his way through the crowd. This 
 haste is a characteristic of New-Yorkers, and the traveller who wishes 
 to see the city well must avoid their example. He must go slow, and 
 enjoy what he sees. Nothing is more fatiguing than sight-seeing. 
 
 Put up comfortably at the Grand Union Hotel, and don't try to see 
 every thing in a day. 
 
NEW-YORK CITY. 
 
 New York is the chief city of America in wealth and population, 
 and is second only to London as a financial and commercial centre of 
 the world. Its population is about 1,801,000, one-third of whom are 
 of foreign birth — mainly Irish and German. It covers over 27,000 
 acres of ground, and is about sixteen miles long, and from one-half to 
 four and one-half miles wide. It is the main seaport of the United 
 States. Upwards of 30,000 vessels annually arrive and depart from 
 it. It is the great gateway for immigrants coming to this country. 
 In one year 476,086 were landed at Castle Garden. It is the foremost 
 manufacturing city of the United States, Philadelphia being the only 
 city which approaches it in this field. According to the census of 
 1890, the value of articles manufactured in the city during the year 
 was $777,222,721. There are 25,403 factories, one-fourth of which 
 are devoted to clothing, cigars, furniture, and printing. 3,639 clothing 
 establishments produce $87,533,259 worth of goods yearly; 1,166 
 printing and publishing houses turn out $54,488,179 worth a year; 
 1,282 factories produce $33,452,430 w r orth of cigars ; and 563 shops 
 make $15,661,491 worth of furniture. It is the Mecca toward which 
 Americans journey, and the city where millionnaires, no matter where 
 they may have acquired their wealth, come to live, and to spend their 
 money. No other American city furnishes such manifold and un- 
 bounded opportunities for disposing of superfluous wealth. Fifth 
 and Madison Avenues are lined with palaces, peopled by men grown 
 rich in other places. No city of the world has such magnificent 
 dwellings, such prodigious commercial and public buildings, such 
 
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 How to Know New York* 
 
 interesting shops and stores. It is the city which every American 
 longs at some time to see ; and we will remark, with the modesty 
 which is always characteristic of hotel-men, that the proper place for 
 them to stop while seeing it, is at the Grand Union Hotel, opposite 
 the Grand Central Depot. Aside from the so-called objects of in- 
 terest, such as museums, parks, theatres, etc., the visitor will find in 
 the public streets, and the people who throng them, an endless source 
 of amusement and interest. New York is eminently a cosmopolitan 
 city. Its population is made up of the people of every clime. In 
 different parts of the city, there are colonies made up almost exclu- 
 sively of foreigners. 
 
 " Germany." — East of Second Avenue, and extending from Houston 
 up to 14th Street, is a region cailed "Germany." Here one can 
 stud)- the Teutonic character, without the danger of an ocean-voyage. 
 Signs are in German; the German language is spoken; lager-beer is 
 the prevailing fluid ; and, with the aid of a lively imagination, the 
 visitor may fancy himself in the " Vateriand." 
 
 "Italy" is the name given to another part of the city, centring 
 about the Five Points. Here children of sunny Italy may be found 
 disporting themselves in great numbers, many of them still wearing 
 their picturesque native costumes, and speaking no language but their 
 own. They are peaceable, industrious, and sober citizens. Cleanli- 
 ness, however, is not their specialty. The entire Italian population 
 do not, as is commonly supposed, devote themselves to the manip- 
 ulation of the hand-organ, or the sale of the cheap (yet nutritious) 
 peanut. Many of them are waiters, rag-pickers, and street-laborers -, 
 and among the higher class, there are music-teachers, literary men, 
 professors of languages, etc. 
 
 44 China." — The traveller desirous of viewing the almond-eyed Celes- 
 tial in his full glory, should visit Mott Street on a Sunday night. Here 
 * John " may be seen, arrayed in all the splendor of Chinese apparel, 
 his shirt-tails picturesquely worn outside, and his pigtail floating in 
 the breeze, indulging in the relaxation to which his six days and 
 nights of uninterrupted labor at the great Chinese national industry, 
 iaundrying, has so richly entitled him. Here he smokes his opium, 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
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 plays his mysterious games of chance, worships in his peculiar way, 
 and minds his own business with a steadfastness of purpose which is 
 worthy of emulation by people claiming to be more advanced in 
 civilization than he. Among the women of the lower class of Irish 
 and Italians, " John " is looked upon as a prize in the matrimonial 
 market lie makes a good husband ; for he not only provides the 
 funds for the maintenance of the family, but, at odd times, tends the 
 baby, and does all the housework, washing, sewing, etc. His dispo> 
 sition is peaceful ; but when disputes arise, as they will in the best- 
 regulated households, his pigtail, always within easy reach, offers 
 the partner of his joys and sorrows a convenient medium for the vin- 
 dication of her outraged feelings. When a robust female attaches 
 herself to the end of "John's" pigtail, he generally yields the point 
 in dispute, without further argument. In this outlandish quarter, you 
 may buy, at the Chinese groceries, the luscious Langi nuts, and the 
 leathery abalene, which looks and tastes like ancient boot-heels. 
 Here the Chinese Freemasons hold their mystic lodges; and quaint 
 New-Year's festivities enliven the scene ; and devout Celestials wor- 
 ship their strange gods, in the joss-house at 202. Park Row. 
 
 "Africa." — Thompson Street, just north of Canal Street, is some- 
 times called by this name, by reason of its being almost exclusively oc- 
 cupied by the dusky Ethiopian. The negroes are industrious and peace- 
 able citizens, good-natured and happy under all circumstances. It is a 
 popular superstition, that the negro, on the slightest pretext, " pulls 
 a razor," and proceeds to carve every one in his vicinity, revelling 
 meanwhile in gore. The writer, however, has several times pene- 
 trated the jungles of Thompson Street, and has thus far escaped either 
 mutilation or sudden death. 
 
 " Judcea" is near the east end of Canal Street, around Ludlow Street 
 and East Broadway, where this wondrously preserved Semitic people 
 are found in great numbers. There are over 100,000 Hebrews in 
 New York, with about 40 synagogues, and twice as many smaller 
 shrines, and a score of societies of charity. They form one-tenth of 
 the city's population, but less than one-hundredth of its criminals 
 come from their number. There are 42 Hebrew millionaires in New 
 
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 How to Know New York. 
 
 York ; their estates ranging from Max Weil's $8,000,000, downward 
 through the Seligmans and Wormsers and Bernheimers, to the score 
 of one-million-doilar men. 
 
 Population. — The census (1890) gives New York 1,801,000 inhabit- 
 ants, of whom 727,629 were American born, and 639,943 of foreign 
 birth. Of these, 198.595 were from Ireland, 35,907 from England, 
 11,242 from Scotland, and 965 from Wales. Germany contributed 
 201,723 ; Italy, 39,951 ; France, 10,535 ; Russia, 48,790 ; Spain, 887. 
 There were 17,937 New- Jersey-born New-Yorkers ; 11,055 from 
 Pennsylvania ; 10,589 from Massachusetts. 
 
 Buildings, etc. — There are over 100,000 buildings in the city, 70,000 
 of which are below 59th Street. 25,000 of them are used for business 
 purposes, and 77,000 for dwellings. 140 of the buildings are fire- 
 proof. There are 306 piers, and 144 bridges. 
 
 Districts.— The city has 35 assembly districts, 9 State senatorial 
 districts, and 9 Congressional districts. There are 1,100 polling- 
 places and registries. 
 
 Fire-Department consists of 84 steam fire-engines, 3 water-towers, 
 38 hook-and-ladder trucks, a life-saving corps, 1,080 miles of fire- 
 alarm telegraph, 980 alarm-boxes, 350 horses, and 1,000 men. It 
 costs $2,300,000 a year. There are 73 companies, making 12 battal- 
 ions, each under a chief of battalion. 
 
 Police-Department has 36 precincts and station-houses, 75 patrol- 
 wagons, 6 courts, and 3,200 men (each getting $800 to $1,200 a year). 
 The headquarters is at 300 Mulberry Street, where the Rogues' Gal- 
 lery is kept. 
 
 Distances.— Battery to City Hail, f mile ; to Canal Street, 14 miles ; 
 to 4th Street, 2 miles. Above 3d Street the blocks between the 
 streets bearing numbers are twenty to a mile, and the blocks be- 
 tween the avenues are seven to a mile. 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
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 RAILROAD DEPOTS. 
 
 The following is a list of the principal railroads running into New 
 York, the location of the depots, and how to reach the same from the 
 Grand Union Hotel, Fourth Avenue and 43d Street (or vice versa). 
 All the elevated railroads have stations at 43d Street. The directions 
 are in Italic type. 
 
 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. — Depot at Jersey City. Ferry from 
 foot of Liberty Street. Sixth-avenue Elevated Road to Cortlandt-street 
 Station. 
 
 Central Railroad of New Jersey. — Depot at Jersey City. Ferry 
 from foot of Liberty Street. Sixth-avenue Elevated Road to Cort- 
 landt-street Station. 
 
 Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad {Morris and Essex). — 
 
 Depot at Hoboken. Ferry from foot of Barclay Street, or Christo- 
 pher Street. Ni nth-avenue Elevated to Christopher-street Station, or 
 Sixth-avenue Elevated to Park Place {for Barclay-street Ferry). 
 
 Erie Railroad. — Depot at Jersey City. Ferry foot of Chambers 
 Street, or West 23d Street. Sixth-avenue Elevated to Chambers- 
 street Station, or Third-avenue Elevated to 2jd-street Station, and 
 street-car across, 
 
 Harlem Railroad. — See New York and Harlem. 
 
 Hudson-River Railroad. — See New-York Central and Hudson-River 
 Railroad. 
 
 Long -I si and Railroad.— Depot at Hunter's Point. Ferry from 
 East 34th Street. Street cars from door. 
 
 Morris and Essex Railroad. — See Delaware, Lackawanna, and 
 Western. 
 
 New-Jersey Central Railroad. — See Central Railroad of New 
 fersey. 
 
 New-Jersey Southern Railroad. — Depot at Sandy Hook. Steamer 
 from foot of Rector Street. Sixth-avenue Elevated to Rector Street. 
 
 New- Jersey and New-York Railroad. — Depot at Jersey City. Ferry 
 foot of Chambers Street and West 2X& Street. Sixth-avenue Elevated 
 
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 to Chambers-street Station, or Third-avenue Elevated to West-2jd-st)-eel 
 Station, and street-car across. 
 
 New-York City and Northern Railroad. — Depot at 255th Street 
 Sixth-avenue Elevated Road. 
 
 New-York Central and Hudson-River Mailroad. — Grand Central 
 Depot. (The Grand Union Hotel is just across the street.) 
 
 New-York and Harlem Railroad. — Grand Central Depot. (The 
 Grand Union Hotel is just across the street.) 
 
 New-York, New-Haven, and Hartford Railroad. — Grand Central 
 Depot. (The Grand Union Hotel is just across the street.) 
 
 New-York and New-England Railroad. — Grand Central Depot. (The 
 Grand Union Hotel is just across the street.) 
 
 New-York, Ontario, and Western Railroad. — Depot at Weehawken 
 Ferry from foot of West 42a Street. 42d-street Cross-town cars [white) 
 pass the Grand Union Hotel, reaching the ferry in ten minutes. 
 
 Pennsylvania Railroad. — Depot at Jersey City. Ferries at foot of 
 Cortlandt Street and Desbrosses Street. Sixth-avenue Elevated to 
 Cortlandt Street, or Ninth-avenue to Desbrosses Street. 
 
 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. — Depot at foot of Liberty 
 Street. Sixth-avenue Elevated to Cortlandt Street. 
 
 West-Shore Railroad. — Depots at Jersey City and Weehawken. 
 Ferries from foot of Jay Street, and West 43d Street. 42d-streel 
 Cross-town cars {white) pass the Grand Union Hotel, reaching 42c' 
 street Eerry in ten minutes* 
 
 GTHE 
 RAND UNION HOTEL 
 
 IS CONDUCTED ONLY ON THE 
 
 ♦ ♦ European Plan, ♦ ♦ 
 
 „ AND GUESTS CAN REGULATE THEIR EXPENSES 
 TO SUIT THEMSELVES. 
 
 Guests are charged for their rooms, and may take 
 their meals in the Hotel or not, as they see fit. 
 
How to Know New York, 
 
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 STEAMBOATS AND STEAMSHIPS. 
 
 Ocean Steamships. — All the principal transatlantic steamships sail 
 from the port of New York. A visit to one of them will repay the 
 stranger. Select a steamer of the American, Cunard, White Star, or 
 French lines, and go down to the dock an hour or so before the sail- 
 ing-time (see daily papers). The vessel will be crowded with pass- 
 engers and their friends, the saloon gay with floral offerings, and 
 every thing open to inspection. When the warning-bell rings, hur- 
 ried farewells and parting injunctions and admonitions are given, 
 and those who are to go on shore scurry down the gang-plank. 
 Slowly the vessel backs out from the pier, and amid cheers and 
 waving of handkerchiefs, and a chorus of good-bys, slowly turns her 
 prow towards the many miles of trackless ocean which lie between 
 her and her destination. 
 
 About this time the man who is always late comes rushing breath- 
 lessly down the pier, only to find that he is left again. It is of no 
 avail for him frantically to wave his umbrella, and with shrill expos- 
 tulation command the vessel to return. Those mighty engines will 
 never cease to throb and pulse until the Old World is sighted. 
 
 The principal ocean lines sailing out of New York are, — 
 FOR EUROPE. 
 
 American Line. — New York to Southampton. Wednesdays. Pier 
 * 14, N. R., foot of Christopher Street. International Navigation 
 Co., 6 Bowling Green. 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 Allen- State Line. — New York to Glasgow via Londonderry. Sat- 
 urdays. Foot 2 ist Street, N. R. Austin Baldwin & Co., Agents, 
 No. 53 Broadway. 
 
 Anchor Line. — New York to Glasgow. Saturdays. Pier 41 (new), 
 N. R., foot of Leroy Street. Fares, first cabin, $50 to $60 ; second 
 cabin, $30. Henderson Bros., Agents, No. 7 Bowling Green. 
 
 Anchor Line. — New York to Glasgow via Londonderry. Steamer 
 " City of Rome." Every fourth Wednesday. Pier 41, N. R. Fares, 
 first cabin, $60 to $100. Henderson Bros., Agents, No. 7 Bowling 
 Green. 
 
 Cunard Line. — New York to Liverpool. Saturdays. Pier 40 
 (new), N. R., foot of Clarkson Street. Fares, first cabin, $60 to 
 $125. Vernon H. Brown & Co., Agents, No. 4 Bowling Green. 
 
 French Line. — New York to Havre. Saturdays. Pier 42 (new), 
 N. R., foot of Morton Street. Fares, first cabin, $80 to $100 ; 
 second cabin, $60. A. Forget, General Agent, No. 3 Bowling 
 Green. 
 
 Hamburg- American. — New York to Plamburg and Southampton. 
 Thursdays and Saturdays. Pier foot of First Street, Hoboken. 
 Fares, first cabin, single, $100 and up. Hamburg-American Packet 
 Company, 37 Broadway. 
 
 Netlierlands Line. — New York to Rotterdam or Amsterdam. Sat- 
 urdays. Foot of Fifth Street, Hoboken. Fares, first cabin, $45 to 
 $50 ; second cabin, $32. 
 
 North-German Lloyd. — New Vork 10 Bremen via Southampton. 
 Wednesdays and Saturdays. Pier foot of Second Street, Hoboken. 
 Fares, first cabin, $75 to $125 ; second cabin, $55. Oelrichs & Co., 
 Agents, No. 2 Bowling Green. 
 
 Red- Star Line. — From New York to Antwerp and Paris. Satur- 
 days. Pier foot of Sussex Street, Jersey City, adjoining Pennsyl- 
 vania R. R. depot. Fares, first cabin, $45 and up ; second cabin, 
 $35- Peter Wright & Sons. Agents, No. 5 Bowling Green. 
 
 White- Star Line. — New York to Liverpool. Wednesdays only. 
 
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 Pier 45 (new), N. R., foot of West ioth Street. Fares, first cabin, 
 $50 to $125 and up ; second cabin, $35. R. B. Ismay, Agent, No. 
 37 Broadway. 
 
 FOR BERMUDA AND WEST INDIES, 
 
 Quebec Steamship Company. — New York to Bermuda. Wednes- 
 days. Pier 47 (new), N. R. Fares, first cabin, $30; excursion, $50; 
 second cabin, $20; excursion, $33.50. A. E. Outerbridge & Co., 
 Agents, No. 51 Broadway. 
 
 FOR CUBA AND MEXICO, 
 
 Compania Transatlantica Espaiiol. — New York to Havana. Every 
 10 days. Fulton Street, N. R. Fares, to Havana, first cabin, $50 ; 
 to Vera Cruz, Mexico, first cabin, $85. J. M. Ceballos & Co., 
 Agents, No. So Wall Street. 
 
 FOR CUBA, NASSAU, AND MEXICO, 
 
 A T ew- York and Cuba Steamship Company, — New York to Havana. 
 Wednesdays and Saturdays, 3 P.M. Pier 16, E. R. Fares, to Ha- 
 vana, $50 ; to Santiago and Cienfuegos, via South-side Line, $60 ; to 
 Nassau, $40. 
 
 New- York and Cuba Steamship Company. — New York to Vera 
 Cruz. Saturdays, 3 P.M. Pier 16, E. R. Fares, to Vera Cruz, $75 ; 
 to City of Mexico, $80. James E. Ward & Co., Agents, No. 113 Wall 
 Street. 
 
 FOR WEST INDIES AND SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. 
 
 Atlas Line. — New York to Kingston, Jamaica. Every 14 days. 
 Pier 55, N. R. Fares, first cabin, $50 ; second cabin, $35. Pirn, For- 
 wood & Co., Agents, No. 22 State Street. 
 
 FOR ST, THOMAS AND SOUTH AMERICA. 
 
 % United- States and Brazil Mail Steamship Company. — New York to 
 St. Thomas and Rio de Janeiro. Monthly. Roberts' Stores, Brook^. 
 
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 lyn. Fares, first cabin to St. Thomas, $60; to Rio de Janeiro, $160. 
 Paul F. Gerhard & Co., Agents, No. 84 Broad Street. 
 
 COASTWISE STEAMSHIPS. 
 
 The principal coastwise steamship lines sailing from the port of 
 New York are, — 
 
 Cromwell Line. — New York to New Orleans, La. Wednesdays and 
 Saturdays, 3 P.M. Pier 0, N. R. Fares, cabin, $35 ; Steerage, $20. 
 S. H. Seaman, Agent, Pier 9, North River. 
 
 Mallory Line. — New York to Brunswick and Fernandina, Fla. 
 Tuesdays and Fridays, 3 p.m. Pier 21, E. R. Fares, to Fernandina, 
 first cabin, $22.50 ; to Jacksonville, $24. 
 
 Mallory Line. — New York to Galveston and Key West. Tuesdays. 
 Thursdays, and Saturdays, 3 P.M. Pier 20, E. R. Fares to Galveston, 
 Tex., $45 ; to Key West, Fla., $40. C. H. Mallory & Co., Agents, 
 Pier 21, East River. 
 
 New York and Charleston Steamship Company. — New York to 
 Charleston, S. C. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 3 P.M. Pier 
 29, E. R. Fares, first cabin, $20 ; excursion, $32. 
 
 Ocean Steamship Compa7iy. — New York to Savannah. Mondays, 
 Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 3 p.m. New Pier 35, N. R., 
 foot of Spring Street. Fares, first cabin, $20 ; excursion, $32. W. 
 H. Rhett, Agent, No. 317 Broadway. 
 
 Old Dominion Line. — New York to Norfolk, Va. Tuesdays, 
 Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Pier 26 (new), N. R., 
 foot of Beach Street. Fares, to Norfolk, Va., $8.00; excursion, $13. 
 
 Old Dominion Line. — New York to Richmond, Va. Wednesdays 
 and Saturdays, 3 P.M. Pier 26, N. R. Fares, to Richmond, $9 ; ex- 
 cursion, $14. Old Dominion Company, No. 235 West Street. 
 
 River and Sound Steamboats. — Foreigners sailing into New-York 
 Harbor for the first time are amazed at the grandeur of the River 
 and Sound steamers. Nearly all are side-wheelers, usually painted 
 white, and many are of great size and speed. 
 
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 Hoiv to Kjiow New York. 
 
 The famous steamers " Massachusetts " and " Connecticut " of the 
 Providence Line, from Pier 29, North River, run direct to Providence, 
 connecting for Boston, Worcester, Nashua, Concord, White Mountains, 
 Bar Harbor, and all points north and east. They are equipped with 
 every luxury, and are veritable floating palaces. 
 
 For those who are not good sailors, and are troubled with seasick 
 nsss, the "inside route" to Boston, via the Stonington Line, is always 
 popular. It is entirely within the limits of Long Island Sound, and, 
 except in cases of extreme weather, is usually a very quiet, easy, 
 restful trip. 
 
 The principal lines, with their location, and the best way of reaching 
 them from the Grand Union Hotel, are shown below. All Elevated 
 Railroads have stations at 42d Street. N. R., = North River. E. R., 
 = East River. 
 
 LONG-ISLAND SOUND STEAMERS. 
 
 Name of Line. 
 
 New York 
 to — 
 
 Start from Foot 
 of — 
 
 Elevated Station and Line 
 Nearest. 
 
 Stonington Line. 
 Providence Line. 
 Norwich Line. 
 Fall-River Line. 
 Hartford Line. 
 New-Haven Line. 
 
 Bridgeport Line. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Hartford. 
 
 New Haven. 
 
 Bridgeport. J 
 
 Spring St., N. R. 
 Warren St., N. R. 
 Canal St., N. R. 
 Murray St., N. R. 
 Peck Slip, E. R. 
 Peck Slip, E. R. 
 Peck Slip and 
 Catherine St., E. R. 
 
 Desbrosses St., 9th Avenue. 
 Chambers St., 6th Avenue. 
 Desbrosses St., 9th Avenue 
 Park Place, 6th Avenue. 
 Fulton St., 3d Avenue. 
 Fulton St., 3d Avenue. 
 Fulton St., 3d Avenue, and 
 Chatham Square, 3d Avenue. 
 
 HUDSON-RIVER STEAMERS. 
 
 Name of Line. 
 
 New York 
 to — 
 
 Start from Foot 
 of — 
 
 Elevated Station and Linl 
 Nearest. 
 
 People's Line. 
 Citizens' Line. 
 
 Day Line. 
 
 Albany. 
 Albany and 
 
 Troy. 
 Albany and 
 inter, points. 
 
 Canal St., N. R. 
 Christopher St., 
 
 N. R. 
 Vestry St., N. R. 
 
 Desbrosses St., 9th Avenue. 
 8th St., 6th Ave., and street- 
 cars. 
 
 Desbrosses St., 9th Avenue. 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 19 
 
 LOCAL MODES OF CONVEYANCE. 
 
 Elevated Railroads render getting about easy and rapid in New-York 
 City, which being long and narrow, makes distances great. There are 
 four of these roads; viz., the Second, Third, Sixth, and Ninth Avenue 
 " L " lines. All of them extend the length of the city, and start from 
 South Ferry, which is at the extreme lower end. 
 
 One branch of the Third-avenue line runs to and from the City Hall 
 and Brooklyn Bridge to Chatham Square, where it joins the main 
 line. Another branch runs through 426. Street to the Grand Central 
 Depot, just across the street from which is the Grand Union Hotel. 
 Another branch, on the Third and Second Avenue lines, runs from the 
 34th-street stations to the 34th-street Ferry. All the lines have stations 
 at 42d Street, within easy distance of the Grand Central Depot and 
 Grand Union Hotel. A good idea of the magnitude of the city may 
 be obtained by taking the Third-avenue Elevated Road to South 
 Ferry, changing there, and taking the Sixth-avenue line to 155th 
 Street, and back to 42d Street, and walk or take horse-cars three 
 blocks east to the hotel. The speed of the trains is about fifteen 
 miles an hour. 
 
 For further particulars regarding Elevated Railroads, see end of 
 book. 
 
 Horse-Cars. — There are over forty lines of horse or cable cars. 
 Broadway and Third Avenue have been changed to cable. Space 
 permits us to mention only a few of the principal ones : — 
 
 Broadway Line, from the Battery, up Broadway, to 45th Street, 
 and thence up Seventh Avenue to Central Park (59th Street). 
 
 Madison-avenue Line, from Post-office to Fourth Avenue, up Fourth 
 % Avenue (passing Grand Union Hotel and Grand Central Depot), to 
 Madison Avenue, to 138th Street. 
 
 Third-avenue Line, fiom Post-office to Third Avenue, and up Third 
 Avenue (passing within one block of Grand Union Hotel and Grand 
 Central Depot), to Harlem. 
 
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 Sixth-avenue Line, from Broadway and Vesey Streets to Sixth Ave- 
 nue, and up Sixth Avenue (passing within two blocks of Grand Union 
 Hotel and Grand Central Depot), to Central Park (59th Street). 
 
 Belt Line, from Battery along the East-river front to 59th Street, 
 across 591I1 Street, and down to Battery again on North-river front 
 (west side). This line passes all ferries, steamboat and steamship 
 docks. 
 
 Cross-tcnvn Lines cross the city from river to river, at Canal Street, 
 Grand Street, Houston Street, 14th Street, 23d Street, 42d Street, 
 59th Street, and 125th Street, and also at Fulton Street. 
 
 Boulevard Line (green cars) passes through 42d Street, in front of 
 Grand Union Hotel, up the Western Boulevard to Riverside Park 
 and General Grant's tomb. 
 
 Fare, — The fare on all the lines is five cents. 
 
 Stages.- — There is now but one line of stages (or omnibuses) in 
 the city. The route is from the corner of South Fifth Avenue and 
 Bleecker Street up Fifth Avenue to 89th Street. These stages, or 
 coaches, are a great improvement over the "busses" used for so 
 many years in New York. There are seats for twelve persons inside, 
 and six on top. A ride the full length of this line, known as the 
 " Fifth-avenue coaches," is strongly recommended, as it leads 
 through a most superb part of the city. Ladies frequently ride on 
 top, and there is no impropriety in so doing. The stages pass one 
 block west of the Grand Union Hotel. 
 
 Fare. — The fare is five cents. 
 
 Cabs and Carriages. — Before hiring a cab or carriage, be sure to 
 make an exact agreement with the driver as to the charge. Fares are 
 high, but the driver will often try to get more than is legally due him ; 
 and a wrangle is apt to ensue, unless a bargain is made beforehand. 
 
 Hansoms, or open London Cabs, have become very popular. It is 
 easy to get in and out, and the passenger has an uninterrupted view. 
 A. pleasant way of seeing the city, is to hire one of these vehicles by the 
 
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 hour, and be driven through the principal streets. By applying at the 
 hotel office, cabs or carriages with trustworthy drivers may be obtained 
 at the regular rates, and no trouble will be had. 
 
 City Ordinances fix the legal rates for cabs and coaches, and make 
 the following regulations : — 
 
 Sect. 89. — The price, or rates of fare, to be asked or demanded 
 by the owners or drivers of hackney-coaches or cabs, shall be as fel- 
 lows : — 
 
 One-Horse "Cabs," or " HansOxMS." i. — For conveying one or 
 more persons any distance, sums not exceeding the following amounts : 
 fifty cents for the first mile or part thereof; and each additional half- 
 mile or part thereof, twenty-five cents. By distance, for " stops " of 
 over five minutes, and not exceeding fifteen minutes, twenty-five cents. 
 For longer stops, the rate will be twenty-five cents for every fifteen 
 minutes or fraction thereof, if more than five minutes. For a brief 
 stop, not exceeding five minutes in a single trip, there will be no 
 charge. 
 
 2. — For the use of a cab (or hansom) by the hour, with the privilege 
 of going from place to place, and stopping as often and long as may be 
 required, one dollar for the first hour or part thereof; and for each 
 succeeding half-hour or part thereof, fifty cents. 
 
 Two-Horse " Coaches." 3. — For conveying one or more persons 
 any distance, sums not exceeding the following amounts : one dollar 
 for the first mile or part thereof; and each additional half-mile or part 
 thereof, forty cents. By distance, for stops of over five minutes, and not 
 exceeding fifteen minutes, thirty-eight cents. For longer stops, the 
 rate will be thirty-eight cents for every fifteen minutes. For a brief 
 stop, not exceeding five minutes in a single trip, there will be no 
 charge. 
 
 4. — For the use of a coach by the hour, with privilege of going 
 from place to place, and stopping as often and long as may be re- 
 quired, one dollar and fifty cents for the first hour or part thereof; 
 Vnd for each succeeding half-hour or part thereof, seventy-five cents. 
 
 5. — No cab or coach shall be driven the time-rate at a pace less 
 than five miles an hour. 
 
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 6. — From "line balls," one or two passengers, to any point south 
 of 59th Street, two dollars ; each additional passenger, fifty cents ; 
 north of 59th Street, each additional mile shall be charged for a la ^ate 
 not to exceed fifty cents per mile. 
 
 7. — Every owner or driver of any hackney-coach or cab shall carry 
 on his coach or cab one piece of baggage, not to exceed fifty pounds 
 in weight, without extra charge ; but for any additional baggage he 
 may carry, he shall be entitled to extra compensation, at the rate of 
 twenty-five cents per piece. 
 
 Sect. 100. — There shall be fixed in each hackney-coach or cab, in 
 such a manner as can be conveniently read by any person riding in 
 the same, a card containing the name of the owner of said carriage, the 
 number of his license, and the whole of section 89 of this article, 
 printed in plain, legible characters, under a penalty of revocation of 
 license for violation thereof, said section to be provided by the License 
 Bureau in pamphlet or card form, and to be furnished free to the 
 owner of such hackney-coach or cab. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the driver of every such hackney-coach or 
 cab, at the commencement of his employment, to present the passen- 
 ger employing him with a printed card or slip containing, in case of 
 cabs, subdivisions 1 and 2, and in case of coaches, subdivisions 3 and 
 4, of section 89 of this article. 
 
 Sect. 105. — Any person or persons who shall violate any or either 
 of the provisions of sections 98 to 106, both inclusive, of this article 
 shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars. 
 
 Is but ten minutes from the Grand Union 
 Hotel by street ear or Fifth Avenue stage, 
 being less than a mile distant. 
 
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 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND LOCALITIES. 
 
 With few exceptions, the public buildings of the city are not im- 
 posing or elegant. Most of them, built many years ago, suffer by 
 contrast with the great commercial piles which have more recently 
 been erected. The most important are named below. 
 
 Assay Office on Wall Street, just east of Nassau, is the oldest build- 
 ing on the street, having been built for the United-States Branch 
 Bank, in 1823. Here gold and silver are brought in the crude state, 
 and assayed, refined, and cast into bars, to be made into coin else- 
 where. As high as $100,000,000 in bullion is sometimes assayed here 
 in a year. Here may be seen $50,000,000 or more, stacked up in 
 shining gold bricks. Visitors are admitted between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m , 
 and shown the various processes of assaying. 
 
 Castle Garden is at the extreme southern end of the city, in the 
 Battery Park. It is now an aquarium. As it was the gateway of 
 America to hundreds of thousands of immigrants, it has a deep in- 
 terest for all citizens. Of the 10,000,000 foreigners who have landed 
 in our country in the past century, the majority have passed through 
 this portal. 
 
 Irish and Briton and Dutch though we be, 
 We are each all Yank in our welcome by thee, 
 Columbia. 
 
 Entering the enclosure, we see the fine old brown-stone ramparts 
 of Castle Clinton, with its walled-up embrasures. The National Gov- 
 ernment built this fortress in 1807, and gave it to the city in 1823; and 
 here were held the great popular receptions to Andrew Jackson 
 (1832), President Tyler (1843), anc ^ Lafayette (1824). In later days it 
 became a fashionable opera-house, where the grand voices of Sontag, 
 Mario Parodi, and Jenny Lind were heard. In 1855 the immigrant 
 depot was established here, for the reception of incomers from Europe. 
 
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 It is a most interesting sight when a steamship load of Italian or 
 German immigrants debark with their strange baggage and appurte- 
 nances at the Barge Office. 
 
 City Hall, in the City-hall Park, was erected in 1803, in what was 
 then the outskirts of the city. It is of white marble, built in the 
 Italian style; the back being of brown-stone, as the authorities, eighty 
 years ago, fancied that the town would never grow beyond it. The 
 governor's room contains the desk on which Washington wrote his 
 first message to Congress, the chair in which he was inaugurated, 
 many historical portraits, and other objects of interest. A movement 
 is now under way to build a new City Hall. 
 
 County Court House is on Chambers Street, near Broadway. It is 
 a white marble building, in the Corinthian style, chiefly interesting as 
 being the most costly building of its size ever erected. It was built 
 in 1869-70, during the reign of William M. Tweed, the leader of the 
 New-York "ring," when the city-debt increased nearly $50,000,000. 
 Most of this amount was alleged to have been expended on this build- 
 ing. But the lion's share of it came back in the form of " rebates " and 
 " commissions " to the guileless William and his associates. He after- 
 wards died at Blackwell's Island. The Court House stands in the 
 Citv-hall Park. 
 
 Custom House, on Wall Street, at the corner of William Street, ;s 
 a large and sombre pile of Quincy granite. The portico is supported 
 by 18 granite columns 38 feet high and 4I feet in diameter, cut in one 
 piece. The rotunda is a beautiful and lofty round hall, surrounded 
 by pilasters of variegated marble. The Custom House cost $1,800,000. 
 
 East-River Bridge, or, more popularly, the " Brooklyn Bridge," spans 
 the East River, and connects the cities of New York and Brooklyn. 
 The length of the bridge is 5,989 feet, and it is 89 feet wide. It is 
 suspended from four steel-wire cables, each 16 inches in diameter. 
 In the centre is an elevated promenade, on each side of which is a 
 railroad-track for passenger-cars propelled by a stationary engine. 
 Outside of the railroad-track, on each side, are the roadways for 
 Vehicles, From the under side of the bridge, in the centre, to the 
 
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 water, is 135 feet. Ordinary vessels can easily pass beneath. Very 
 large sailing-vessels have to lower their topmasts to go under. The 
 fare for foot-passengers has been abolished and the promenade is now 
 free. The single fare on the cars is 3 cents, or ten tickets for 25 
 cents. Several " cranks " have leaped off the bridge into the river, 
 bent on suicide, or achieving notoriety. Up to the present time, only 
 one has been killed, the others having unfortunately survived. The 
 total cost of the bridge was $15,000,000. It is a notable experience 
 ,0 walk across the bridge by the elevated footway, on a calm and 
 pleasant day, and get the noble panoramic views of the two great 
 cities, and the thronged river and harbor. This wonderful pontifical 
 work, the greatest in the world, was built between 1870 and 1883. 
 15,000,000 persons cross the bridge annually. The piers reach a 
 height of 272 feet above high tide, and rest on caissons of yellow 
 pine, iron, and concrete, sunk in the bed of the river. There is wire 
 enough used in the cables to stretch nearly J of the way around the 
 world. To go to the Bridge, take the City-hall train on the Third- 
 avenue Elevated Road. 
 
 High Bridge, by which the Croton Aqueduct is carried across the 
 Harlem River, at 175th Street, in cast-iron pipes 7^X8^ feet in size, 
 is a very picturesque and noble stone structure of 13 arches, over 
 100 feet above the river, and 1,400 feet long. Half-a-mile above is 
 the new and magnificent Washington Bridge. 
 
 Jefferson-Market Court and Prison is a picturesquely irregular pile 
 at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 10th Street, of brick and sandstone, 
 in Lombardo-Gothic architecture. At one corner is a fine round 
 tower of graceful and effective proportions. 
 
 Ludlow-Street Jail, near Essex Market and Grand Street, is a 
 massive brick structure for debtors, United-States prisoners, and 
 derelict militia-men. Among its guests have been Tweed, Connolly, 
 Fish, Ward, and other notorious politicians and financiers of New 
 York. 
 
 Navy Yard. — Wallabout Bay, Brooklyn. (Cross Fulton Ferry, and 
 take horse-cars.) The principal naval station of the country, and of 
 melancholy interest as illustrating the decay of the American navy. 
 
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 The yard contains an enormous stone dry-dock (built at a cost ol 
 $2,000,000), a museum, a library, and a number of venerable vessels- 
 of-war of an obsolete and now wholly useless type. At the approach 
 of a Presidential election, the yard presents a scene of great activity; 
 many hundreds of voters being engaged in taking down piles of ma- 
 terial, and then piling them up again, at liberal wages, The great 
 Marine Barracks and Marine Hospital are worthy of notice ; and also 
 the parks of artillery, including many trophy-guns, captured in battle, 
 from Mexican and other foes. In the British prison-ships moored in 
 Wallabout Bay, 11,500 Americans died during the Revolutionary war. 
 They are buried near by. 
 
 Post-Office, at the junction of Broadway and Park Row, is an im- 
 mense triangular building of Dix-Island (Maine) granite, which cost 
 nearly $7,000,000, and was finished in 1875. Over 600,000,000 letters, 
 newspapers, etc., are handled here annually. The orifice yields a 
 profit, annually, of nearly $3,000,000, and is the largest in the United 
 States. 
 
 Register's Office, just east of the City Hall, was the British provost 
 prison during the Revolutionary war, where many patriots were con 
 fined. 
 
 State Arsenal is a gray-stone building with turrets, at Seventh 
 Avenue and 35th Street, the headquarters of the State Ordnance and 
 Quartermaster's Departments, and a militia brigade. 
 
 Sub-Treasury, at the corner of Wall and Nassau Streets, a noble 
 Doric building of white granite, covers the spot where Washington was 
 inaugurated President. Here the City Hall was built, in 1700, with 
 the cage, whipping-post, pillory, and stocks in front. The first United- 
 States Congress under the Constitution met here, when it was named 
 Federal Hall; and for some years it was the State Capitol. The 
 present building was erected and long used for the Custom House. 
 On its roof four pieces of light artillery are kept, and rifle-men guard 
 the premises at night. It contains vaults for the storage of gold and 
 silver coin, notes, etc. On the granite steps in front stands a colossal 
 bronze statue of Washington, by J. Q. A. Ward. The pedestal con- 
 tains the stone on which Washington stood when he took the oath of 
 
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 office in April, 1789. There is an impressive classic portico facing 
 Broad Street. 
 
 Tombs, the popular name given to the city prison, occupies the block 
 bounded by Centre, Elm, Leonard, and Franklin Streets, and is a large 
 and gloomy granite building in the pure Egyptian style. Visitors are 
 admitted on application at the office of the Commissioners of Charity 
 and Corrections, corner of Third Avenue and nth Street. Some- 
 times more than five hundred prisoners are incarcerated within these 
 frowning walls, — murderers, incendiaries, burglars, thieves, and all 
 their horrid crew. The murderers' cells are of especial strength. 
 The building dates from 1838, and holds prisoners awaiting trial, and 
 convicts waiting to be executed, or sent to the State prison. The 
 Tombs Police Court is held here. On this site in ancient times 
 rippled the blue waters of a pretty lake, around which the Indians 
 built their wigwams. The Dutch found their mounds of shells here, 
 and named the place Kalk-H.ook, or Lime-shell Point, which degen- 
 erated into " The Collect." It was near the pond on this site, in the 
 year 1626, that three of Minuit's farm-hands murdered a Weckquaes- 
 geek Indian, who was bringing his furs down to sell. His young 
 nephew escaped, and afterwards led the Indians in disastrous and 
 vengeful forays on the colony. Knox's American infantry marched 
 in to the Fresh-water Pond, and sat here in the long grass, while the 
 British army was embarking from New York, in 1783. Here, in 
 1796, occurred the first trial of a steamboat with a screw-propeller, 
 John Fitch's invention. 
 
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 PARKS AND SQUARES. 
 
 Central Park, the most beautiful and popular public domain in Amei 
 ica, only thirty years ago was a dreary region of swamps, thickets, and 
 ledges, disfigured with heaps of cinders and rubbish, and dotted with 
 the squalid shanties of degraded squatters. Since then a paradise 
 has been created here, by an outlay of upwards of $15,000,000. Wind- 
 ing lakelets and velvet lawns have succeeded the gloomy swamps, 
 splendid driveways curve around the picturesque rocky knolls, foot- 
 paths meander through the groves and thickets, and fine architecture 
 and monuments of art are seen on every side. The Park extends from 
 59th Street to 110th Street (over 2\ miles), and from Fifth Avenue to 
 Eighth Avenue (over \ mile), covering 862 acres, of which 185 are in 
 lakes and reservoirs, and 400 in forests, wherein over half a million 
 trees and shrubs have been planted. There are 9 miles of roads, 5J 
 of bridle-paths, and 28J of walks. The landscape architects of the 
 Park were Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Upwards of 
 12,000,000 people visit the Park every year, half of them on foot. 
 
 The best way to get a general idea of this great pleasure-ground 13 
 to take one of the large public park-carriages, at the entrances on 
 Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue. The fare to Mount St. Vincent, in 
 the northern part, and return, is twenty-five cents. 
 
 In the south-west part of the Park is the Ball-Ground, — a ten-acre 
 lawn, where the boys may play cricket, base-ball, or tennis ; and adjoin- 
 ing it on the north-east is the Carrousel, for young children, with swings 
 and other means of amusement. Close by is the Dairy, affording milk 
 and light food for the little ones. Beyond is the Green, or Common, 
 a lawn of 16 acres, made picturesque by grazing sheep, and thrown 
 open to the people on Saturday. In the south-east part is the Mena- 
 gerie, around the old castellated Arsenal building, and with many cages 
 for animals, birds, a house full of monkeys of various kinds, bear-pits 
 with amiable appearing ursine dwellers, and many other wild creatures, 
 
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 whose movements are watched by thousands of visitors daily. In 
 winter, when several circuses board their animals here, the resident 
 population is augmented by sundry lions, tigers, bisons, leopards, 
 camels^ hippopotami, and other rare and interesting sojourners. 
 
 The Mall is the chief promenade, nearly a quarter of a mile long, 
 and 208 feet wide, bordered by double rows of American elms, with 
 the Green on one side, and a bold, rocky ridge on the other. Here are 
 the statues of Scott, Shakspeare, Burns, Fitz-Greene Halleck, the 
 colossal Beethoven bust, and other artistic memorials. Beyond the 
 Music Pavilion, where band-music is given on pleasant Saturday 
 afternoons, is the Terrace, a sumptuous pile of light Albert-freestone 
 masonry, with arcades and corridors, and rich carvings of birds and 
 ammals. Below is the Lower Terrace, an ornamental esplanade, in 
 which stands the famous Bethesda Fountain, designed by Emma 
 Stebbins, and made at Munich, and representing a lily-bearing angel, 
 descending, and blessing the outflowing waters. Close by extends 
 the Lake, 20 acres of winding water, devoted to public pleasure-boats' 
 in summer, and skating in winter. This part of the Park is reached 
 direct from the 72d-street Station of the Third-avenue or Sixth-avenue 
 Elevated railroads. Beyond the Lake is the Ramble, a delightful 
 labyrinth of footpaths amid thickets, rocks, and streams. Farther on 
 rises the Belvedere, a tall Norman tower of stone, overlooking the 
 Park and the suburbs of New York, the Palisades, Long Island, 
 Orange Mountain, and Westchester County. Next come the great 
 reservoirs of Croton water, vast granite-walled structures containing 
 1,200,000 gallons of water. The American Museum of Natural His- 
 tory is on the left, on Manhattan Square, a kind of annex to the Park, 
 between 77th and 8. it Streets and Eighth and Ninth Avenues. The 
 Metropolitan Museum of Art (see chapter on Art Galleries) is 
 on the right, near 82d Street. 
 
 Beyond the reservoirs extend the North Park, with the carriage- 
 concourse on Great Hill; the North Meadow, of 19 acres; Harlem 
 Meer, covering I2| acres, and overlooked by ancient fortifications; 
 and the deep ravine of M'Gowan's Pass, from which Leslie's British 
 light-infantry drove the Continental troops, in September, 1776. Just 
 
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 beyond, on the plains of Harlem, the Maryland line came to the rescue 
 of the retreating Virginians and Connecticut Rangers, and drove the 
 British back, with heavy losses. 
 
 Riverside Park occupies the high bank of the Hudson, from J2d to 
 130th Street, 3 miles long, and averaging 500 feet wide, with 178 acres 
 of land, much of which has been improved by landscape gardening. 
 A magnificent driveway, cut into four broad sections by curving ribbons 
 of lawns and trees, sweeps over the hills and along the edge of the 
 bluff, affording very charming views of the Hudson River, Weehawken, 
 Guttenberg, Edgewater, the Palisades, and upper Manhattan. On a 
 noble elevation near the north end of the Park is the brick tomb in 
 which Gen. Grant's body was temporarily laid, with imposing cere- 
 monies, Aug. 8, 1885. You can look through the latticed door, and 
 see the flower-laden receptacle in which the remains of the great hero 
 are placed. Near the tomb is the old Claremont mansion. People 
 who want to see Grant's tomb only, can go up on the Sixth-avenue 
 Elevated to 125th Street, and thence go west on i22d Street and 
 Riverside Avenue. Those who wish to ride through the whole park, 
 with its lovely views of Weehawken and beyond, can take park- 
 coaches (twenty-five cents) from the Elevated station at Ninth Avenue 
 and 73d Street. Around this wonderfully beautiful strip of park it 
 is said will be the patrician residence-quarter of the New York of 
 the twentieth century. 
 
 Among the other public grounds of the great metropolis, we may 
 mention a few of the most important. 
 
 Battery (the) is the oldest park in the city. It covers 21 acres at 
 the seaward end of the island, with trees, lawns, and walks, and a fine 
 promenade around the sea-wall. Here stood the Battery erected by 
 the Dutch founders of the city; and in later days, the aristocratic 
 houses of the city fronted on its lawns. Sir Guy Carleton's British 
 army embarked here on Nov. 25, 1783, a date still celebrated as 
 Evacuation Day. On one side is Castle Garden, and on another 
 the United-States Revenue Barge-Office. Here the Elevated Railways 
 terminate. There are beautiful harbor-views from the sea-wall. In 
 
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 July, 1776, the British frigates " Rose " and " Phoenix," with their decks 
 protected by sand-bags, ran by the roaring Battery and up the Hudson, 
 firing broadsides on to the town. 
 
 Bowling Green, at the foot of Broadway, is a little oval park, with 
 a weary fountain in its centre, and surrounded by ocean-steamship 
 offices, foreign consulates, etc., and the great Produce Exchange, 
 Washington Building, and Standard Oil Company's Building. On 
 the site of the Washington Building (Cyrus W. Field's), in 1760 
 Archibald Kennedy, the collector of the port, built a large house$ 
 which afterwards became the headquarters of Lords Cornwallis and 
 Howe, and Sir Henry Clinton and George Washington. Here also 
 Talleyrand made his home. No. 3 Broadway was Benedict Arnold's 
 dwelling. At No. 11, on the site of Burgomaster Kruger's Dutch 
 tavern, was Gen. Gage's headquarters, in the old King's-Arms Inn. 
 The Green was a treaty-ground with the Indians, the parade for the 
 Dutch train-bands, and a cattle-market. In 1732 it was enclosed "for 
 the beauty and ornament of said street, as well as for the delight of 
 the inhabitants of this city." The present iron fence dates from 1770, 
 and was formerly capped with round balls, which were knocked off, 
 and used as cannon-balls by our artillery in the Revolution. In 1626, 
 soon after Peter Minuit, first governor of New Netherlands, had ar- 
 rived in the ship " Sea Mew," and bought the island of Manhattan 
 from the natives for $26, he built here Fort Amsterdam, a blockhouse 
 surrounded by a cedar palisade. Seven years later it was enlarged 
 by Wouter Van Twiller, and garrisoned by one hundred and four 
 rotund Dutch soldiers. This site is now occupied by the block of six 
 old-fashioned brick buildings south of the square. On the site of the 
 Produce Exchange, in 1633, Wouter Van Twiller built the first 
 church on Manhattan, and a house for his good Dutch dominie. 
 On the site of the fort, a stately lonic-porticoed mansion was built in 
 1790, for the Presidential palace, and became the official residence of 
 Gov. George Clinton and John Jay. In 181 5 it was replaced by the 
 Bowling-Green Block. No. 39 Broadway was the site of the first 
 European dwelling on Manhattan, built in 1612 by Hendrick Chris- 
 tiaensen, the agent of the Dutch fur-trading company, who raised here 
 
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 four small houses and a redoubt, the foundation of the present great 
 city. Christiaensen was killed by an Indian afterwards, this being 
 the first murder on record in the province. In July, 1776, to celebrate 
 the Declaration of Independence, the people came down here in vast 
 crowds, and knocked over the equestrian statue of George III., which 
 was melted into bullets to assimilate with the brains of the adver- 
 sary. The great fire of 1776, which destroyed the greater part of 
 New York, began near Whitehall Slip, and swept over the city on a 
 strong south wind, while the angry British garrison bayonetted many 
 of the citizens, and threw others, screeching, into the sea of flame. 
 Chancellor Livingston lived on lower Broadway, in a house hung with 
 Gobelin tapestry and rare paintings, with a $30,000 dinner-service of 
 solid silver, and a rural palace at Clermont, up the Hudson. 
 
 Hanover Square is at the corner of Pearl and William Streets, with 
 an elevated-railroad station, and is now the centre of the wholesale 
 cotton-trade in America. On one side is the old Cotton Exchange, 
 and on another side is the imposing new Cotton Exchange. Here- 
 abouts, a century or more ago, were the mansions of the Beekmans, 
 Hamersleys, Gouverneurs, Hoffmans, and Van Homes. And here 
 Admiral Digby entertained Prince William Henry, afterwards Wil- 
 liam IV. of England. About Hanover Square, in 1800, dwelt a com- 
 munity of French emigres, — De Neuville, La Rue, De Riviere, and 
 others ; and the famous Gen. Moreau, sometime commander of the 
 Army of the Rhine and Moselle, banished by Napoleon, who, after 
 dwelling here for seven years, joined the Allied armies in Europe, 
 and was killed at the battle of Dresden by a cannon-shot, aimed by 
 Napoleon himself. 
 
 Jeannette Park, near Hanover Square, has recently been made by 
 ailing up the ancient Coenties Slip. 
 
 Chatham Square, at the intersection of Chatham Street, East Brcacf- 
 way, and the Bowery, is the concurrent point of several elevated and 
 horse railways, and one of the most crowded and busy localities in this 
 roaring metropolis. A hundred years ago, the marshes hereabouts 
 were so pestilent, that their owner, Rutgers, declared " the inhabitant? 
 lose one-third of their time by sickness." 
 
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 City-Hall Park covers about 8 acres, partly bounded by resounding 
 Broadway, and the newspaper-abounding Park Row, and contains 
 the City Hall, Court House, and other well-worn public buildings. 
 Here, also, fronts the United-States Post-Office, a mountain of granite. 
 Before the Revolution, it was an open field, in the country, where the 
 people used to assemble for great popular demonstrations. 
 
 Franklin Square, five minutes' walk east of City-hall Square, down 
 Frankfort Street, used to be a hillock between the Swamp and the East 
 River. It has the Brooklyn Bridge on one side, and the great Harper's 
 publishing-house on another, and is roofed over by the Elevated-rail- 
 way trestles. At Cherry Street and Franklin Square, Walter Frank- 
 lin, the great Russian merchant, built a palace, which became the 
 Presidential mansion, where Washington held his court, and gave 
 his brilliant receptions. 
 
 Printing-House Square, just east of the City Hall, contains most of 
 the great newspaper offices, the " Tribune," " Times," " Sun," " World," 
 " News," " Journal," " Mail and Express," and many others, with 
 scores of famous and widely influential weekly papers. Here the great 
 presses thunder on, night and day, printing their varied editions; re- 
 porters flit to and fro with " copy; " and the wonderful New-York news- 
 papers are made up, with all their teeming freightage of battle and 
 murder and sudden death, lectures, political leaders, and the annals of 
 the passing day. The most picturesque and brilliant of these great 
 metropolitan journals is " The World," with its army of able writers, 
 and its colossal editions, consuming this year over a million dollars' 
 worth of paper alone. 
 
 Union Square is a park of acres, with fountains, trees, statues of 
 Lincoln and Washington, electric lights, and other bravery, between 
 14th and 17th Streets and Broadway and Fourth Avenue. All 
 around are hotels, restaurants, theatres, shops, and offices, the centre 
 of an ever busy and picturesque life. Its northern part is an open 
 plaza for parades, with a platform for speakers or reviewing-officers. 
 
 Washington Square covers 9 acres, at the lower end of Fifth Avenue, 
 between Waverley Place and 4th Street. (See page 96.) 
 
 Madison Square covers 6 acres, between Broadway and Madison 
 
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 Avenue and 23d and 26th Streets, and has lawns and trees, statues 
 of Seward and Farragut, and a tall electric-light tower. Around it 
 are stores, huge hotels, restaurants, and famous club-houses. It is 
 the central point of the life and splendor of upper New York. 
 
 Gramercy Park, 1} acre, between 20th and 21st Streets and Third 
 and Fourth Avenues, a part of the old Gramercy farm, is a private 
 plaisannce, around which are the homes of many old families, — John 
 Bigelow (No. 21), Cyrus W. Field (123 East 21st Street), David Dudley 
 Field (64 Park Avenue), Max Strakosch, and others. Here was the 
 palatial heme of the late Samuel J. Tilden (No. 15). 
 
 Stuyvesant Square, on a part of the old Stuyvesant farm, covers 4 
 acres, between East 15th and 17th Streets, with the tall twin spires of 
 St. George's overlooking it. In this vicinity dwelt Hamilton Fish 
 (ex-Secretary of State), Sidney Webster, Jackson S. Schultz, Russell 
 Sturgis, Richard H. Stoddard (the poet), William H. Schieffelin, the 
 Rutherfords, the Stuyvesants, and other well-known persons. The 
 square has rich and luxuriant foliage and lawns, the local paradise for 
 the dwellers in the adjacent crowded tenement region of the east side. 
 
 Tompkins Square covers ten acres of lawns and greenery, between 
 East 7th and 10th Streets and Avenues A and B, surrounded by one 
 of the most overcrowded tenement regions of the East side. 
 
 Bryant Park is a pleasant open space, between 40th Street and 42d 
 Street, and Sixth Avenue and the Reservoir, which received its 
 present nams in 1884, in honor of William Cullen Bryant. On this 
 site the world-renowned Crystal Palace stood in those far-away days 
 before the war. It is now a favorite resort of West-side children. 
 
 Morningside Park, a long-drawn and nearly unimproved public 
 ground of 47 acres, extends from 1 10th Street to 1 23d Street, near Tenth 
 Avenue, and has a costly and far-viewing driveway, it lies on the 
 east, or morning, side of the ridge which separates Harlem plains 
 from the Riverside Park and Hudson River. 
 
 Mount Morris Square surrounds a bold, rocky hill, by which even 
 the lordly Fifth Avenue is stopped, in the environs of Harlem. It 
 abounds in maples, tulip-trees, oaks, etc. < and from the plaza near 
 the fire-alarm tower, on the crest of the hill, a broad view is enjoyed. 
 
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 ART-GALLERIES. 
 
 Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Central Park, near Fifth Avenue and 
 83d Street. 25 cts. entrance on Mond. and Tues., but free other days, 
 including Sundays. A great collection of Dutch and Flemish pictures, 
 and other European works of art. It may be reached by Elevated 
 Railway from the Grand Union Hotel, to the station at Third 
 Avenue and 84th Street, or by the Madison-avenue horse-cars. The 
 first movement towards founding the Museum was made in 1869, 
 and for some years its collections were kept in rented buildings down 
 town (14th Street). The present fireproof brick and granite modern- 
 Gothic building was dedicated in 1880, by the President of the United 
 States. It is 233 by 224 feet in area ; and new structures are being built 
 in connection, so that in time it will be one of the greatest art-museums 
 in the world. Space fails to tell of the beauties of these varied and 
 extensive collections, numbering many thousands of pieces. Pamphlet 
 catalogues are for sale at the door, for ten cents each, one for the Loan 
 Collection of Paintings, one for the Old Masters, one for the Cesnola 
 Collection, etc. The pleasure of a visit will be much heightened by 
 their aid. A long rainy day can be profitably and charmingly spent 
 at the Museum. In the West-entrance Hall are many fine pieces of 
 statuary, Beer's Medallion of Michael Angelo, the Apollo Belvedere^ 
 Hiram Powers's "California," "George Washington," "Alexander 
 I. of Russia," Roncanelli's "Rose of Sharon," Albano's "Thief" 
 from Dante's " Inferno," Mozier's " Rizpah," Fischer's " Goethe," 
 McDonald's "Gen. Hancock," Schwanthaler's "Dancing Girl," Maro- 
 chetti's "Washington," Houdon's "Franklin," Conelly's "Thetis;" 
 and many fine works by Barye, Barbedienne, Thorwaldsen, Reinhart, 
 Canova, Launt Thompson, et ats., loaned by their owners. Here also 
 is the Poe Memorial, presented to the Museum by the actors of New 
 York. On the south-west stairway is a collection of 43 water-colors by 
 William T. Richards, of New-England coast and White-Mountain 
 
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 scenes. The great hall contains many pieces of the famous Cesnola 
 collection, from Cyprus, and various other interesting collections of 
 rare objects of art. In the galleries are the collections of gold jewellery 
 md Greek and Phoenician glass from the Cesnola treasure-trove ; and 
 also the Japanese, Egyptian, and Oriental porcelain and antiquities. 
 Among the art-treasures in the western galleries are many of Kensett's 
 exquisite landscapes, Gifford's and Durand's masterpieces, Frere's 
 Oriental scenes, Couture's " Decadence of Rome," Maignan's " Out- 
 rage at Anagni," Madrazo's portrait of Robert L. Stuart, Bonnat's 
 portrait of John Tayler Johnston, Meyer von Bremen's ge?ire pictures, 
 Granet's " Benedictines," Hellquist's great Swedish historical scene, 
 Wylie's "Death of a Vendean Chief," William M. Hunt's "Boy and 
 Butterfly," Marr's " Mystery of Life ; " landscapes by Cropsey, Inness, 
 and Breton ; Boughton's famous " Judgment of Wouter Van Twiller," 
 Schreyer's Arab scenes, and many other noble and almost priceless 
 works of art. The East Gallery is devoted to pictures by the old 
 masters, — Baroccio, Albani, Titian, Correggio, Tiarini, Caravaggio, 
 Tintoretto, Tiepolo, Sassoferrato, Bordone, Andrea del Sarto, Ghir- 
 landajo, Rembrandt, Rubens, Jordaens, Hals, Van Dyck, Cuyp, 
 Wouverman, Ostade, Teniers, Terburg, Breughel, Ruysdael, Steen, 
 Velazquez, Murillo, Copley, Stuart, Trumbull, Jarvis, Etty, Lely, 
 Poussin. Rubens's " Return of the Holy Family from Egypt " was 
 painted on wood for the Jesuit Church at Antwerp, and after the 
 suppression of the Jesuits, in 1777, passed to London. His " Lions 
 Chasing Deer " came from Cardinal Fieschi's collection. Many other 
 pictures in this remarkable collection have romantic histories, extend- 
 ing over centuries. Rosa Bonheur's " Horse Fair," purchased at the 
 Stewart sale for fifty-nine thousand dollars, has just been presented 
 by Cornelius Vanderbilt ; and the magnificent collection of paintings 
 bequeathed to the museum by the late Catherine Wolf has recently 
 been added, and is in an annex building erected for its reception. 
 
 Lenox Library's Picture-Gallery (Fifth Avenue and 71st Street) 
 has about 150 fine paintings, including Munkacsy's " Blind Milton die 
 tating Paradise Lost to his Daughters," Turner's " A Scene on the 
 Krenr.h Coast "and " Fingal's Cave " Horace Vernet's " Siege of Sara 
 
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 gossa," Gainsborough's " A Romantic Woody Landscape," Andrea del 
 Sarto's " Tobit and the Angel," Delaroche's " The Field of Battle, " 
 Church's " Cotopaxi," Thomas Cole's "Expulsion from Paradise," 
 Bierstadt's " Yo Semite," Sir Joshua Reynolds's portraits of Edmund 
 Burke, Kitty Fisher, and Mrs. Billington ; portraits by Leslie, Stuart, 
 Newton, Trumbull, Inman, Peale, Copley, Daniel Huntington, S. F. 
 B. Morse, Healy, Pine, and others; and original paintings of dogs by 
 Landseer; sheep by Verboeckhoven ; landscapes by Mulready, Con- 
 stable, Kensett, George L. Brown, Durand, and Ruysdael; and classi- 
 cal subjects by Sir David Wilkie. The statuary includes Crawford's 
 "Sleeping Shepherd Boy" and "Children in the Wood," Rauch's 
 "Victory," Powers's "La Penserosa," Ball's "Abraham Lincoln," Sir 
 John Steele's " Sir Walter Scott," Trentanove's " Napoleon," etc. 
 
 Society of American Artists, 152 West 57th Street, organized in 1877, 
 gives annual spring exhibitions. 
 
 American Water-Color Society rooms are at 51 West 10th Street. 
 
 Society of Decorative Art has classes, library, and sales-rooms at 28 
 East 2 1 st Street. Its members are women. 
 
 National Academy of Design, at 23d Street and Fourth Avenue, is a 
 study in dark-blue stone and white Westchester marble of thirteenth- 
 century Gothic architecture, forming a peculiarly lovely and artistic 
 facade. The great exhibition galleries, on the third floor, are reached 
 by an imposing oak and marble staircase ; and here are held exhibitions 
 of paintings for two months every spring. The carved capitals of the 
 columns were careful studies from leaves and flowers. The anvil- 
 wrought iron-work is remarkable for its finish and strength. Notice 
 the beautiful Gothic entrance and drinking-fountain. Daniel Hunting- 
 ton is president of the National Academy, and T. Addison Richards 
 is secretary. The National Academicians (N. A.) are chosen annually 
 from the Associates (A. N. A.). From the Grand Union Hotel, take 
 Madison-avenue horse-cars to 23d Street. 
 
 American Art-Gallery is in Kurtz's Building, at 6 East 23d Street. 
 Fourth-avenue horse-cars to 23d Street. 
 
 New-York Historical Society, 170 Second Avenue, corner of East 
 nth Street, has in its gallery 1,000 pictures, many of them by the old 
 
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 masters, and 100 pieces of statuary. This magnificent collec- 
 tion, the finest in America, is unfortunately sealed against the 
 public, except such as secure an introduction from members of 
 the Society. 
 
 Sarony's, the famous photograph gallery at 37 Union Square, has 
 a rare and interesting collection of weapons, armor, pictures, statuary, 
 and other bric-a-brac, quite worthy of a visit. 
 
 Art-rooms and Art-stores are numerous ; and many should be vis- 
 ited, to see the tine modern paintings, etchings, bronzes, etc. Knoed- 
 ler's (formerly Goupil's), 355 Fifth Avenue. Avery's, 368 Fifth 
 Avenue. Schaus's, Fifth Avenue, near 26th Street. Kohn's, 166 
 Fifth Avenue. Cottier's, 144 Fifth Avenue. Sarony's, 37 Union 
 
 Square. Keppel's (rare engravings and etchings), 23 E. 16th Street. 
 
 Interesting antiques may be seen at Feuardent's, 30 Lafayette Place, 
 
 and Sypher's, 246 Fifth Avenue. 
 
 Private Galleries of the Vanderbilts, Belmont, Hilton, and Mar- 
 
 quand are very rich in fine paintings, but may not be visited by 
 
 strangers unaccredited. 
 
 Hoffman House, in its bar-room, parlors, and rotunda, has several of 
 the finest and costliest art-works in America, including pictures by 
 Correggio and Bouguereau, a large Gobelin tapestry, and other 
 pieces. It is often visited by ladies. 
 
 Studios of artists occupy the Sherwood Building, Sixth Avenue and 
 57th Street; the Studio Building, 51 West 10th Street, between Fifth 
 and Sixth Avenues ; and the Fourth-avenue Studio Building, Fourth 
 Avenue, corner of 25th Street. There are also many studios in the 
 Young Men's Christian Association Building, Fourth Avenue and 23d 
 Street; the Studio Building, Broadway and 28th Street; the Rem- 
 brandt, West 57th Street, near Seventh Avenue; the Holbein, 139-145 
 West 55th Street; and No. 108 West 55th Street. In the Sherwood 
 are the studios of Bolton Jones, Deluce, Fredericks, Beckwith, Gran- 
 ville Perkins, Curran, etc. In the Rembrandt are the Giffords and 
 Sartain, and Junius Henri Browne, the literarian. Many of the artists 
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 Art-School of Cooper Union, Third Avenue and 7th Street. 
 Art-School of National Academy of Design, Fourth Ave. and 23d St. 
 Art-Students' League, 143 East 23d Street, under C. R. Lamb's 
 presidency. 
 
 School of Industrial Art, for women, 251 West 23d St. 
 Women's Institute of Technical Design, 124 Fifth Avenue. 
 Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools, Central Park, opp. E. 8 2d St. 
 
 THE MILITIA. 
 
 The disciplined militia of the city numbers 5.250 men, in eight regi- 
 ments of infantry, two batteries of artillery, one troop and signal corps. 
 They are equipped by the State with arms and other munitions, and 
 partly with uniforms ; and the term of enlistment is five years. In 
 winter, there are continual company-drills ; and in summer, several 
 days of camp-duty under canvas, at the State camp-ground near Peeks- 
 kill. Besides adding an element of military splendor to the sober 
 burgher life of the city, they are of utmost service in preserving the 
 public peace on the rare occasions when riots or other public dis- 
 turbances are under way, and the police need behind them the moral 
 effect of long lines of bayonets and loaded rifles. They have swept 
 the tumultuous streets with deadly volleys more than once, and were 
 equally efficient in line of battle before Gen. Lee's ragged but heroic 
 Southern infantry. 
 
 Seventh Regiment Armory covers the entire block bounded by 
 66th and 67th Streets, and Fourth and Le\ington Avenues. The 
 main drill-room is 200 by 300 feet. The company and veterans' rooms 
 are very elegantly furnished ; and there are library, reception, and 
 memorial rooms of much beauty. The building is open to visitors. 
 Two companies drill each evening. It was built in 1879, at a cost of 
 $300,000. (Col. Daniel A. Appleton.) 
 
 Eighth Regiment Armory is at Park Avenue and 94th Street. 
 
 Ninth Regiment Armory is at 221 West 26th Street. (Col. William 
 Seward.) 
 
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 Twelfth Regiment Armory is on Ninth Avenue, from 6ist Street 
 to 626. Street, ponderous, castellated, with heavily grated windows, 
 loopholed towers, and a high castle-keep. Within, besides many com- 
 pany-rooms, etc., is an enormous drill-hall, handsomely equipped. 
 
 Twenty-second Regiment Armory is a spacious and attractive struc- 
 ture on Boulevard and 67th Street, 
 
 Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory is over Tompkins Market, on Third 
 Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets. This is the famous Irish regi 
 meht that did such noble service under Col. Corcoran in the Seces- 
 sion war. 
 
 Seventy-first Regiment Armory is at Park Avenue and 34th Street. 
 One of its quaintest trophies is a cannon, "captured from the 
 Bowery Boys" in the famous Dead-Rabbit war, in 1857. This was 
 one of the bravest commands in the Battle of Bull Run. 
 
 *Fhe Grand Unisn HgleTs Accessibility- 
 
 The Hotel is just across the street from the Grand Central 
 Depot. The West Shore R. R. Depot is at the foot of 42d Street, 
 from whence street cars run direct to the Hotel. 
 
 The Long Island R. R. Depot is at the foot of 34th Street, 
 only ten minutes' ride from the Hotel by the street cars. 
 
 EbEVATED RAILROADS.— The 3d Avenue Elevated 
 Road has a station just across the street. The 6th Avenue Elevated 
 Road has a station at 6th Avenue and 42d Street, three blocks 
 from the Hotel. 
 
 Surface Cars going in every direction pass the Hotel doors. 
 
 The 5th Avenue Stages are but two blocks away. 
 
 IN FACT, THE HOTEL IS IN THE VERY CENTER OF THE CITY. 
 
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 STATUES. 
 
 The objects which a stranger usually wants to see in New York 
 first are the Statue of Liberty and the East-river Bridge, the greatest 
 works of their kind in the world. 
 
 Statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" stands on Bedioe's 
 Island, in the harbor. It is a majestic female figure made of copper, 
 151 feet 1 inch high, standing on a pedestal 154 feet 10 inches high. 
 It was modelled by Bartholdi, a French sculptor, and was presented 
 by the French people to the people of the United States. In the 
 upraised right hand is a torch, lighted by electricity; and in the left 
 hand is the Constitution. The copper is about -g- of an inch thick. 
 The forefinger is 8 feet long and 5 feet in circumference. The 
 finger-nail is 14 inches long and 10 wide. The eyes are 28 inches 
 wide. The nose is nearly 4 feet long. The head is 14 feet high. 
 The top of the figure is higher than the steeple of Trinity Church. 
 The pedestal was built by popular subscriptions raised almost wholly 
 through the efforts of the New-York World. The statue and 
 pedestal cost $1,000,000. Bedioe's Island is reached from the Grand 
 Union Hotel by the Third-avenue Elevated Road to the Battery, where 
 a small steamboat starts every hour from the Barge Orifice, and makes 
 the excursion in an hour. The fare for the round trip is twenty-five 
 cents. Pleasant views are afforded of the inner harbor, the Narrows, 
 Governor's Island and its forts, Staten Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, 
 and lower New York. The boat usually lies at the island-wharf long 
 enough for one to walk briskly up to the pedestal, and look off from 
 its upper balustrade, gaining an enchanting view over the lower har- 
 bor and its environing cities. Or you can spend a full hour on the 
 island, visiting also the fortifications and barracks of the United- 
 States Artillery, and return on the next boat. The statue is the 
 largest bronze statue in the world, and can be clearly made out from 
 tne Battery and many distant points. It faces very nobly toward the. 
 
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 Narrows, the route from Europe. Inside the sea-wall is an earth- 
 work. 
 
 Obelisk, in Central Park, was erected in the Temple of On, in 
 Egypt, about 3,500 years ago, by Thutmes III., King of Egypt, and 
 conqueror of Central Africa, Palestine, and Mesopotamia, with hie- 
 roglyphics illustrating his campaigns and titles, and those of his 
 descendant, Rameses II. For many centuries it stood before the 
 Temple of the Sun, at Heliopolis, and was removed during the reign 
 of Tiberius to Alexandria, where it remained until 1877, when the 
 Khedive, Ismail Pasha, presented it to the city of New York. It 
 was skilfully transported hither by Lieut.-Com. Gorringe, U.S.N., 
 and now stands on the knoll near the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
 in Central Park. The entire cost of its transportation and setting-up 
 was borne by the late William H. Vanderbilt. It is of granite, 70 
 feet long, and weighs 200 tons. This noble monument was made 
 before the siege of Troy or the foundation of Rome, and while the 
 Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. 
 
 Beethoven, erected in 1884, on the Mall at Central Park. A colos- 
 sal bronze bust, by Baerer, on high granite pedestal. Given by the 
 Mannerchor, a German singing society. 
 
 Bolivar, the Liberator of South America, has a bold equestrian 
 statue in Central Park, near West 81st Street, dedicated in 1884. It 
 was given to the American people by the Republic of Venezuela. 
 
 Burns stands in bronze, on the Mall at Central Park, designed by 
 John Steele, and presented in 1880 by the Scottish New-Yorkers. 
 
 Columbus, a colossal marble statue by Emma Stebbins, is tempo- 
 rarily in the Arsenal at Central Park. It was given to the city by 
 Marshall O. Roberts, in 1869. 
 
 Commerce, an allegorical bronze figure of heroic size, by the 
 French sculptor, Fosquet, stands near the south-west entrance of 
 Central Park. Stephen B. Guion gave it to the city, in 1866. 
 
 William E. Dodge, the late eminent merchant, is represented by a 
 bronze statue, erected by the merchants of New York, at Broadway 
 and 36th Street. 
 
 Admiral Farragut is commemorated by a noble bronze statue, 
 
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 designed by Augustus St. Gaudens, on Madison Square. The pedes- 
 tal curves almost into a semicircle, and has marine decorations. The 
 admiral is represented as on the deck of his ship. 
 
 Benjamin Franklin, a bronze statue on Printing-house Square, was 
 erected in 1867, at the expense of Capt. De Groot. 
 
 Fitz-Greene Halleck, the poet, has a bronze seated statue on the 
 Mall, Central Park, designed by Wilson MacDonald, erected in 1877 
 
 Alexander Hamilton's Statue, presented by his son, John C. Hamil 
 ton, in 1880, is in Central Park, near the Museum of Art. It is of 
 white Westerly granite. 
 
 Humboldt the celebrated German traveller and scientist, has a large 
 bronze bust in Central Park, near the south-east corner, presented by 
 German New-Yorkers in 1869. It was designed by Professor Blaiser 
 of Berlin. 
 
 The Indian Hunter, by J. Q. A. Ward, stands in Central Park, near 
 the Mall. It is of bronze, and has high art-value. 
 
 Lafayette, a bronze statue by Bartholdi, is in Union Square. It 
 was presented by French New-Yorkers, in 1876. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln, a bronze statue by H. K. Browne, was erected in 
 1868, in Union Square, by popular subscription. 
 
 Mazzini, an heroic bronze bust of the Italian liberator, was erected 
 in 1878, in Central Park, by Italian New-Yorkers. 
 
 Professor S. F. B. Morse has a bronze statue, erected by the Tele- 
 graph Operators' Association in 187 1 in Central Park, near West 72d 
 Street. He was present at its dedication, but died the next year. 
 
 The Pilgrim, a picturesquely posed and attired heroic bronze statue, 
 by J. Q. A. Ward, was presented by New-England New-Yorkers, and 
 stands in Central Park, near East 72d Street. 
 
 Schiller, d. bronze bust in the Ramble at Central Park, was given 
 in 1859, by German New-Yorkers. 
 
 Sir Walter Scott, a bronze copy of the celebrated statue on the 
 Scott monument, at Edinburgh, is on the mall, Central Park, on a 
 pedestal of fine Aberdeen granite. It was given in 187 1 (the one- 
 hundredth anniversary of Scott's birth), by Scottish New-Yorkers. 
 The poet is represented seated on a rock, with his dog at his feet. 
 
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 Seventh Regiment Monument, a bronze statue of a soldier, by J. Q. 
 A. Ward, is in Central Park, near East J2& Street. It commemorates 
 the soldiers of the regiment dead in the Secession war. 
 
 William H. Seward, Secretary of State during the Secession war, 
 has a bronze statue by Randolph Rogers, erected in 1876, in Madison 
 Square. 
 
 Shakspeare, a bronze statue, by J. Q. A. Ward, placed on the Mall 
 in Central Park in 1872, by the Shakspeare Dramatic Association. 
 
 The Still Hunt, by Kemeys, is a crouching American panther on a 
 high ledge of rocks near the Obelisk, in Central Park. 
 
 George Washington is commemorated by an heroic equestrian 
 statue, in Union Square. It was designed by H. K. Browne. 
 
 Washington also has a colossal statue by J. Q. A. Ward, erected in 
 1883, before the Sub-Treasury, on Wall Street, where he took the oath 
 as first President, in 1789. 
 
 Washington also has a quaint statue, a copy of that by Houdon, 
 erected by the school-children, at Riverside Park. 
 
 Daniel Webster has an heroic bronze statue, given by Gordon W. 
 Burnham, in Central Park, near West 72d Street. It was made in 
 Italy, at a cost of $65,000, and stands on a huge block of granite. 
 
 Gen. Worth is commemorated by a granite obelisk at Broadway and 
 Fifth Avenue (Madison Square), erected by the city. 
 
 Thomas Addis Emmett, in St. Paul's Churchyard. 
 
 Gen. Richard Montgomery, in the Broadway end of St. Paul's. 
 
 The Martyrs' Monument, in Trinity Churchyard, commemorating 
 he American soldiers who died in British prisons during the Revolu 
 tion. 
 
 Alexander Hamilton's, Albert Gallatin's, Robert Fulton's, and Capt. 
 Lawrence's (of the "Chesapeake"), in Trinity Churchyard. 
 
 Capt. -Gen. Petrus Stuyvesant's, in the outer wall of St. Mark's 
 Church. 
 
 Horace Greeley, by J. Q. A. Ward, in bronze, sits before the 
 Tribune Office in his editorial chair. 
 
 Garibaldi, in Washington Square, sculptured by Turini, and given 
 by the Italian residents. 
 
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 EXCHANGES AND BOARDS OF TRADE. 
 
 There are a number of these in New York, but the two most inter 
 esting to strangers are the Stock Exchange and Produce Exchange. 
 
 Stock Exchange is on Broad Street, near Wall Street. The 
 stranger should not fail to visit the gallery of the Exchange between 
 the hours of ten and three. As the name would indicate, the business 
 of the Exchange is the purchase and sale of stocks, bonds, and 
 securities. The manner in which the brokers transact business is 
 most amusing and extraordinary, and, to the uninitiated, appears to 
 consist of incoherent shouting and violent gesticulation, to which no 
 one seems to pay the least attention. When the market is active, the 
 scene is as though pandemonium had broken loose. A seat in the Ex- 
 change now costs twenty-five or thirty thousand dollars. The building 
 is of white marble, and the great hall is handsomely frescoed. The 
 visitors' gallery is entered from Wall Street. 
 
 Produce Exchange is, perhaps, the most imposing and impressive 
 building in New York. It is at the foot of Broadway, and fronts on 
 Bowling Green, and is in rich Italian Renaissance architecture, of brick, 
 with a copious use of terra cotta, in medallions, the arms and names 
 of the States, and projecting galley-prows. Above its uppermost long 
 line of round arches rises an immense campanile, covering 40 by 70 
 feet, and 225 feet high, richly decorated, and ncbly dominating lower 
 New York and the bay. The buiMing is 307 by 150 feet in area, and 
 116 feet high; and the main hall is a noble one, 220 by 144 feet, 
 and 60 feet high. From the visitors' gallery you may look down on the 
 3,000 members of the Exchange (organized in 1861, and the largest in 
 the world), and see and hear their fierce bargaining. The scene 
 resembles a pitched battle between walls, and without cavalry. Near 
 the gallery are the sumptuous library and reception rooms. Go to the 
 superintendent of the building, and get a pass (without charge) to 
 ascend the tower. The climb is made luxuriously by elevator; and 
 
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 from the summit you see a magnificent and unrivalled bird's-eye view 
 of lower New York, the bay, Staten Island, the shores and blue moun- 
 tains of New Jersey, Brooklyn, and Long Island. "Not the White 
 Tower, nor the Colonne Napoleon, nor Bunker-hill Monument, offers 
 any thing equal to the urban, rural, and marine scenery presented to 
 the vision." The building rests on 15,437 piles made of sturdy Maine 
 and Nova Scotia trees. It was planned by George B. Post, and erected 
 between 1881 and 1884. It is entirely fireproof. The flag flying 
 from its tower is the largest ever made, covering 50 by 20 feet. There 
 are nine passenger elevators. The money-vault contains 1,300 safes s 
 and is defended by seven alternate layers of iron and steel. The 
 Exchange cost $3,179,000. " Harper's Magazine " for July, 1886, has 
 a thirty-page illustrated article describing this vast institution. From 
 the Grand Union Hotel take the TJiird-atenue Elevated Road, and get 
 off" at Hanover Square ', and go through Beaver Street to the Exchange. 
 
 Mercantile Exchange has a new brick and granite building at Hud- 
 son and Harrison Streets, with a tall tower. There are 800 members, 
 dealing in butter, cheese, eggs, and groceries. 
 
 Cotton Exchange has a new and imposing seven-story building of 
 yellow brick on Hanover Square, south of Wall Street. It cost 
 $1,000,000. 
 
 Coal and Iron Exchange is a vast and massive building at the corner 
 of Cortlandt and New Church Streets, the headquarters for dealings 
 in these great commodities. 
 
 Consolidated Petroleum Exchange and Stock Board, at 62 Broad- 
 way, is oftentimes the scene of most exciting commercial hostilities. 
 It has a membership of 3,000, and is about to erect a huge new 
 building. 
 
 American Horse Exchange is at Broadway and 50th Street. 
 Building Exchange is at 59 Liberty Street. 
 
 Coffee Exchange is at 66 Beaver Street. It has over 300 members, 
 and sometimes 100,000 bags of coffee are sold here in a day. 
 
 Grocers' Exchange is at Wall and Water Streets. Tea and sugar 
 are the chief commodities sold. 
 
 Maritime Exchange is in the Produce-Exchange building. Ope» 
 
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 from eight to five (exchange-hours, eleven to three). Marine and 
 commercial news, reading-room, library, etc. 
 
 Metal Exchange is at Pearl Street and Burling Slip. 
 
 Real -Estate Exchange is at 57 Liberty Street. 
 
 American Exchange, 309 Greenwich Street. 
 
 Brewers' Exchange, 109 East 15th Street. 
 
 Cattle Exchange, Broadway and 38th Street. 
 
 Distillers' Wine and Spirit Exchange, 19 South William Street. 
 
 Foreign-Fruit Exchange, 64 Broad Street. 
 
 Hardware Board of Trade, 6 and 8 Warren Street, 
 
 Manhattan Stock Exchange, 69 New Street. 
 
 Mechanics' and Traders' Exchange, 289 Fourth Avenue. 
 
 Milk Exchange, 6 Harrison Street. 
 
 New-York Naval Store and Tobacco Exchange, 113 Pearl Street. 
 New-York Board of Trade and Transportation, Bryant Building, 55 
 Liberty Street. 
 
 New-York Furniture Board of Trade, Bowery and 150 Canal Street. 
 New-York Petroleum Exchange and Stock Board, 18 Broadway. 
 Stationers' Board of Trade, 97 and 99 Nassau Street. 
 Sugar Exchange, 87 Front Street. 
 
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 MARKETS. 
 
 Some of the larger markets are worth visiting. The following art 
 the largest : — 
 
 Washington Market, bounded by Washington, West, Vesey, and 
 Fulton Streets. This is the largest of the markets, and the principal 
 centre for the distribution of meats and vegetables throughout the 
 city and country. 
 
 Fulton Market, bounded by Fulton, Beekman, South, and Front 
 Streets, is also a large market, always containing a fine display of 
 fish, poultry, etc. 
 
 At the stands of Eugene G. Blackford, during the first few days 
 of April, there is always a large display of trout from all parts of the 
 country, and at any time of the year the visitor may find a beautiful 
 exhibition of all the obtainable varieties of marine life. 
 
 Fulton Fish-Market, opposite Fulton Market, though rather slimy, 
 and always pervaded by " an ancient and fish-like smell," is well worth 
 seeing. Every thing edible that lives in salt water may be seen here. 
 Fish is a cheap and good food, and consequently in great demand. 
 
 The other large markets are: — 
 
 Catherine, foot of Catherine Street, East River. 
 
 Central, East 426. Street, opposite Park Avenue. 
 
 Centre, Centre Street, from Grand to Broome. 
 
 Clinton, Spring, Canal, West, and Washington Streets. 
 
 Essex, Grand Street, from Ludlow to Essex. 
 
 Jefferson, Greenwich and Sixth Avenues and West 10th Street. 
 
 Gansevoort Market, West, Little 12th, Washington, and Ganse- 
 voort Streets. 
 
 Tompkins, Third Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets. 
 Union, Houston and 2d Streets, and Avenue D. 
 
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 COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS. 
 
 The city has 300 free public schools, where nearly 4,000 teachers 
 instruct more than 300,000 children, at an annual cost of almost 
 $4,000,000. Children between eight and fourteen are compelled by 
 law to go to school, and twelve truant officers look out for them. 
 There are also many scores of private and parochial schools in the 
 city. 
 
 Columbia College occupies an irregular group of brick buildings on 
 the square between Madison and Fourth Avenues and 49th and 50th 
 Streets, near the Cathedral and the Grand Central Depot. It has no 
 dormitories. The chief buildings are the School of Mines, along 50th 
 Street (four-years' course; founded in 1864); the School of Arts, 
 along Madison Avenue (four-years' course; fee, $150 a year; 274 
 students) ; the Law School, founded in 1858, and probably the leading 
 one in America (two-years' course ; $150 a year; 397 students) ; and 
 the Library (Geo. H. Baker, librarian), a handsome building, contain- 
 ing 70,000 volumes (open from 8 A.M. to 10 P.M.) in a hall 113 by 75 
 feet, and 58 feet high. The School of Political Science, opened in 
 1880 (three-years' course ; fee, $150), is in the School of Arts build- 
 ing ; the School of Medicine is the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
 at Fourth Avenue and 23d Street. The college has in all 1,600 stu- 
 dents ; Seth Low, ex-mayor, is president. It was founded in 1754, as 
 King's College, and largely endowed with land, by Trinity Church. 
 For over a century its buildings were down town, on College Place, 
 between Barclay and Chambers Streets. In 1775 the townspeople 
 drove out the second president, Rev. Miles Cooper, an Oxford gradu- 
 ate, and resembling Dryden in face ; and he hid in Stuyvesant's 
 house until he could take ship for England. The college was popu- 
 larly regarded as a nest of Tories, and remained closed (its buildings 
 serving as barracks and military hospital) until 1784, when the Legis- 
 lature rechristened it Columbia College. Among its professors are 
 
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 denry Drisler, H. H. Boyesen, C. F. Chandler, J. S. Newberry, Johr 
 D. Quackenbos, William R. Ware, and J. Ordronaux. Among its 
 early students were John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, Robert R. Living 
 ston, and Gouverneur Morris. 
 
 The woman's department now contains nineteen students. The an- 
 cient building with old-fashioned columned portico, in the centre of the 
 college group, was once the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and was bought 
 by the college about thirty years ago, as a nucleus for its new estab- 
 lishment. 
 
 University of the City of New York was founded in 1830, and has 65 
 instructors and 800 students. The classical and scientific departments 
 are free, and occupy (with the law department) a handsome Gothic 
 building on Washington Square. The medical school of the Univer- 
 sity is near Bellevue Hospital. 
 
 College of the City of New York, at Lexington Avenue and 23d 
 Street, has spacious brick buildings, with a library of 40,000 volumes. 
 It has 230 classical students and 330 scientific students, with 36 in- 
 structors, and is free to New-York lads. It was founded in 1847 as 
 the New-York Free Academy, and became a college in 1866. It costs 
 the city $140,000 a year. 
 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons, connected with Columbia 
 College, was founded in 1807, and has 20 professors and over 600 
 students. It was formerly at Fourth Avenue and 23d Street, but it 
 now occupies the splendid new quarters provided for it by William 
 H. Vanderbilt, who in 1885 gave it $500,000, which was increased by 
 #250,000 given by his four sons to establish a free clinic and dispen- 
 6ary, and $250,000 given by his daughter, Mrs. William D. Sloane, 
 to establish the Sloane Maternity Hospital. These new buildings are 
 near Ninth and Tenth Avenues, and 59th and 60th Streets, close by 
 the Roosevelt Hospital and Central Park. 
 
 Bellevue-Hospital Medical College was founded in 1861, and has 
 <po students and a high reputation. It is on the grounds of Bellevue 
 Hospital. 
 
 General Theological Seminary of the Protestant-Episcopal Church 
 occupies the block between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, and 20th and 
 
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 2ist Streets. It was founded in 1819, and has 6 professors and 100 
 students, a three-years' course, a library of 20,000 volumes, and a 
 group of picturesque buildings. It occupies the site of the Chelsea 
 farm, which was made a billet for Hessian officers in 1776. It after- 
 wards belonged to Bishop Moore, and his son, Clement C. Moore. 
 
 Union Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church was founded 
 in 1836, and occupies a group of handsome new buildings on Lenox 
 Hill, on Park Avenue, between 69th and 70th Streets. Its library 
 contains 50,000 volumes and as many pamphlets, including many rare 
 old books and incunabula. Among its professors have been Edward 
 Robinson, W. G. T. Shedd, Henry B. Smith, William Adams, Joel 
 Parker, Philip Schaff, and R. D. Hitchcock (now its president). The 
 property of the Seminary is valued at $2,000,000. The buildings along 
 the avenue are the Morgan Library, the tower-adorned Adams Chapel, 
 and Jessup Hall. Back of these is the great Dormitory. The Chal- 
 daic, Arabic, and Assyrian languages are taught here. 
 
 Normal College, on East 69th Street, near Lexington Avenue, is a 
 conventual-looking building of vast extent, with thirty recitation-rooms, 
 lecture-halls, libraries, gymnasia, etc., where 1,600 bright New- York 
 girls are thoroughly educated, and prepared to be school-teachers. 
 The building cost nearly $500,000, and its annual expense to the city 
 is $100,000. 
 
 Christian Brothers have nearly a score of great schools in the city, 
 including Manhattan College, at Manhattanville ; the Cathedral 
 School, in 50th Street, with 800 pupils ; the Immaculate-Conception 
 School, in East 14th Street ; the DeLa Salle Institute, at 48 2d Street ; 
 and the new Catholic high-school, established in the old Charlier 
 Institute. 
 
 College of Pharmacy, at 115 West 68th Street, has 5 professors, 
 300 students, and a two-years' course. 
 
 United-States Medical College, eclectic. 239 East 14th Street. 
 
 St John's College, Fordham, Jesuit ; 200 students. 
 
 St Francis Xavier College, West 15th Street, near 5th Avenue; 
 Jesuit ; 450 students. 
 
 Academy of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, in a fine wooded park. 
 
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 overlooking the Hudson River; 200 pupils. Stone buildings. Two 
 great dormitories. 
 
 Catholic High School. — Christian Brothers. In the old Charlier- 
 Institute building, near Central Park. 
 
 Rutgers Female Institute, 58 West 55th Street. 
 
 Friends' Seminary, 226 East 16th Street. 
 
 Riding Academy, 8th Avenue and 59th Street, with the largest ring 
 in the world. Also, Dickel's, 56th Street, near 6th Avenue; Antony's, 
 5th Avenue and 85th Street ; Cohen's, 7th Avenue and 58th Street. 
 
 FERRIES. 
 
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 LIBRARIES, ETC. 
 
 Free Circulating Library is intended to become to New York what 
 the. Public Library is to Boston, except that it will be composed of 
 many separate collections, in different parts of the city. Andrew 
 Carnegie, John Jacob Astor, and others have lately given considerable 
 sums for this purpose. The branches now in operation are at 49 Bond 
 Street (13,000 volumes), and the Ottendorfer Library, at 135 Second 
 Avenue, founded by Oswald Ottendorfer in 1884 (12,000 volumes, half 
 of them German). The Bruce Library (endowed by Miss Catherine 
 W. Bruce as a memorial cf her father) was erected on West 42d 
 Street, west of Seventh Avenue, adjoining the Baptist Church. An- 
 other, on Jackson Square, is the gift of Geo. W. Vanderbilt. 
 
 Apprentices' Library, founded in 1820, and still conducted by the 
 General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, is at 18 East 16th Street. 
 It contains 84,000 volumes, one-third of which are stories. It is free 
 to all without restriction, and circulates 250,000 volumes a year. It 
 is open from 8 A.M. to 9 P.xM. 
 
 Astor Library, on Lafayette Place, is a handsome brown-stone Ro- 
 manesque building, 200 feet long, containing 300,000 volumes, and 
 open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (4 in winter). Books are not allowed to 
 go out. There is a spacious vestibule, with 24 marble busts; and of 
 the three great halls above, the centre one is for catalogues and de- 
 livery, and the others for general reading. Some of the departments 
 of literature are more complete than in any other American library, 
 and many scholars haunt the twilight alcoves while making books. 
 John Jacob Astor left $400,000 to found the library withal, in 1848 ; 
 to which his son, William B. Astor, added $550,000; and his grand- 
 son, John Jacob Astor, $300,000. There are many Greek and Latin 
 MSS., black-letter volumes, and Shakspeareana. 
 
 Cooper Union, a huge brown-stone building at the head of the Bow- 
 ery, covers an entire square, and contains free libraries, reading-rooms, 
 
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 lecture-foundations, evening schools of design, engraving, science, 
 telegraphy, etc., and the rooms of the American Geographical Society. 
 It was founded by Peter Cooper, a wealthy iron-founder and glue- 
 manufacturer, who stated his ideas thus : " The duty of a business 
 man is to make money : the duty of a Christian is to spend it." He 
 erected this building, in 1857, at a cost of $630,000, and richly en- 
 dowed the group of free schools that he founded here. The library 
 contains 20,000 volumes. 
 
 Mercantile Library, in Clinton Hall, Astor Place, was incorporated 
 in 1866, and is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. It contains 210,000 vol- 
 umes, and has a large reading-room. There are 5,500 members, who 
 pay $4 or $5 each per year. It has branches at 426 Fifth Avenue and 
 120 Broadway. A fine library building has recently replaced old 
 Clinton Hall. 
 
 Lenox Library is a noble building of white Lockport limestone, in 
 modern French architecture, fronting on Central Park, at Fifth Avenue 
 and 71st Street, 192 by 114 feet in area, forming a court-yard between 
 the central building, its advancing wings, and a ponderous limestone 
 wall with iron gates. It was built and equipped, at a cost of $1,- 
 000,000, by the late James Lenox, who afterwards richly endowed 
 it, for the people. Access to its treasures has not been made so 
 easy for the people, and there have been ferocious skits in the news- 
 papers about the practical exclusion of the public, and as a result, the 
 library is now open, free, to the public from 11 A.M. to 4 P.M., except 
 Sunday and Monday. From the Grand Union Hotel, go up on the 
 Third-avenue Elevated Railroad to 67th-street Station. In the 
 south wing is the library, containing precious incunabula ; a perfect 
 Mazarin Bible, printed by Gutenberg and Faust, in 1650, and the 
 oldest of printed books ; Latin Bibles printed at Mayenee in 1462 
 (by Faust and Schoffer), and at Nuremberg in 1477 (with many 
 notes in Melanchthon's handwriting) ; seven fine Caxtons ; block- 
 books ; five of Eliot's Indian Bibles; "The Recuyell of the 
 Historyes of Troye " (Bruges, 1474), the first book printed in 
 English ; the Bay Psalm Book (Cambridge, 1640), the first 
 
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 book printed in the United States, etc. There are also many rare 
 MSS. on vellum, illuminated, dating from before the invention of 
 printing. These objects are exhibited and entertainingly explained by 
 the accomplished successor of the late Dr. S. Austin Allibone. The 
 picture-gallery is described in chapter on Art. 
 
 New-York Historical Society, 170 Second Avenue (open from 9 to 
 6), has upwards of 70,000 volumes, especially Americana and geneal- 
 ogy. It is inaccessible to the public. 
 
 Bar Association (7 West 29th Street) has a library of 24,000 vol- 
 umes ; open to members and the judges. 
 
 City Library, 12 City Hall, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
 
 American Institute, 115 West 38th Street, 9 to 9. 
 
 Masonic, Sixth Avenue and 23d Street. 
 
 Mott Memorial (medical), 64 Madison Avenue, open 11 to 9. 
 
 New- York Society, 67 University Place, 8 to 6, 70,000 volumes. 
 Founded 1754; $15 a year. 
 
 New-York Law-Institute Library, 116 Post-office Building. Open 9 
 A..M. to 5 p.m. ; 30,000 legal works. 
 
 Young Men's Christian Association has several libraries in different 
 localities. 
 
 American Museum of Natural History, between Eighth and Ninth 
 Avenues, and 77th and 81st Streets, was founded in 1869. The corner- 
 stone of this building was laid by President Grant in 1874, and the 
 Museum was opened in 1877 by President Hayes. It is a Gothic 
 building of brick and granite, with several large and admirably ar- 
 ranged halls. Here are found the Powell collection of British-Colum- 
 bian objects, the Robert-Bell collection from Hudson's Bay, the 
 De-Morgan collection of stone-age implements from the valley of the 
 Somme, the Jesup collection of North-American woods and building 
 stones, the James-Hall collections in paleontology and geology, the 
 Gay collection of shells, the Bailey collection of birds' nests and eggs, 
 mounted mammalia, Indian dresses and weapons, Pacific-Islanders' 
 implements and weapons, 10,000 mounted birds, the Major-Jones col- 
 lection of Indian and mound-builders' antiquities from Georgia, the 
 
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 Porto-Rico anti-quities, a mammoth twenty-five feet high; several 
 specimens of the extinct Australian bird, the Moa, fifteen feet high ; 
 reptiles, fishes, corals, minerals, etc. The library contains 12,000 
 scientific works. Many lectures are given here yearly for the teachers 
 in the public schools, who come here to study these vast and interest- 
 ing collections. New buildings are about to be added by the State. 
 The Museum is open free on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and 
 Saturdays. It is reached by the Sixth-avenue Elevated Railroad to 
 the 8 1 st- street Station, or by the Eighth-avenue horse-cars. 
 
 Grand Central Depot, the largest and finest passenger station in 
 America, is located on Forty-second Street, directly opposite the 
 Grand Union Hotel. It is used jointly by the New York Central and 
 Hudson River Railroad, the Harlem Railroad, and the New York. 
 New Haven and Hartford Railroad, with the connections of the latter 
 ramifying all over New England. 
 
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 CHURCHES. 
 
 There are about 400 churches in New York, capable of seating at 
 one time 250,000 persons, and valued at $60,000,000. 
 
 Roman Catholic. — There are 75 Roman-Catholic churches in 
 New York, representing a vast population, as each has several differ- 
 ent congregations on each day of worship. Several of the churches 
 are German, Polish, etc. 
 
 St Patrick's Cathedra/ is the greatest and most magnificent church 
 in the United States. It was projected in 1850 by Archbishop Hughes, 
 and the plans drawn by James Renwick. The corner-stone was laid 
 in 1858, in the presence of 100,000 persons; and May 25, 1879, tae 
 cathedral was dedicated by Cardinal McCloskey. It has cost over 
 $2,000,000. It is in thirteenth-century decorated Gothic, like the cathe- 
 drals of Amiens, Cologne, York, and Exeter ; and the material is fine 
 white marble. It is a Latin cross, 306 feet long, and 120 feet wide 
 (140 at transepts), and 108 feet high, with a noble clerestory upheld 
 on long lines of clustered marble columns, and carrying a lofty and 
 richly ornamented ceiling. On each side of the front gable (which is 
 156 feet high, or taller than most of the steeples of America), the 
 carved and pinnacled spires reach the great height of 328 feet, 
 making a huge marble mountain, uplifted on the highest point of 
 Fifth Avenue, truly a landmark for leagues. The 70 windows (37 
 of which are memorial) are of rich stained glass, and were made at 
 Chartres, France, at a cost of $100,000. That in the south transept 
 shows forth the life of St. Patrick ; that in the north, the life of the 
 Blessed Virgin. The main altar is 40 feet high, of Italian marble, 
 inlaid with gems, and bass-reliefs of the Passion; and on one side is 
 the great Gothic throne of the archbishop. The altar of the Holy 
 Family, of Tennessee marble and Caen stone ; of the Blessed Virgin, 
 of curiously carved French walnut ; of the Sacred Heart, of bronze ; of 
 St. Joseph, of bronze and mosaic, — are all of great interest and artis 
 
TRINITY CHURCH. 
 
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 tic merit. High mass is given at 10.30 a.m., on Sunday, and vespers 
 at 4 P.M. The cathedral is open every day of the week. Seats in the 
 centre may be had at high mass for 25 cents (on the sides for 15 
 cents), tickets being procured from the verger near the main entrance, 
 inside. 
 
 St. Paul the Apostle, at 60th Street and Ninth Avenue, pertains to the 
 celebrated preaching Order of Paulists, whose monastery adjoins it. 
 It is an immense and sombre pile of gray stone, with an ascetic 
 interior, singularly devoid of ornament, but impressive from its great 
 size. The main portals are flanked by statues of the saints. 
 
 St. Patrick's, at Mott and Prince Streets, erected in 181 5, and with 
 a very spacious interior, was formerly the cathedral. 
 
 Church of the Most Holy Redeemer (German), at 30th Street and 
 Avenue A, is a rich Byzantine building, with lofty roof, costly altar, 
 and a spire 265 feet high. 
 
 St Stephen's, on East 28th Street, near Third Avenue, is celebrated 
 for its beautiful music. This was the church of the famous Dr. 
 McGlynn. 
 
 St Francis Xavier is on West 16th Street, near Sixth Avenue. 
 St Ann's is at 112 East 12th Street. 
 St Mary's is at 438 Grand Street. 
 
 St. Vincent de Paul's is a French church, on West 23d Street. 
 
 Episcopalian. — There are 76 churches of this sect in New York, 
 of which the following may be distinguished: — 
 
 Trinity Church, on Broadway, at the head of Wall Street, is the 
 richest parish in America, having revenues of $500,000 a year. It 
 was founded in 1697, receiving from the English Government a grant 
 of its present site, outside the north gate of the city, to which in 170J 
 was added Queen Anne's Farm, including the territory along the rivei 
 from Vesey Street to Christopher Street. Much of this great 
 domain remains in the possession of the parish. Other singula? 
 resources were added to Trinity's store. It received a fund raised for 
 relieving Christian slaves out of Salee ; was granted all wrecks and 
 
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 drift-whales on the island of Nassau ; Jewish citizens contributed for 
 its spire ; and the Widow Hellegard DeKay loaned it ^400. Com- 
 munion services were given by William and Mary, Queen Anne, and 
 King George. Among the rectors were Dr. Vesey, for 50 years ; 
 Dr. Barclay, from 1746 to 1764; Dr. Auchmuty; Bishops Provoost, 
 Moore, and Hobart; Dr. Hobart. When the Revolution broke out, 
 the clergy were Royalist; and the patriots closed the church, which 
 was burned down in 1776, and rebuilt in 1788. The present church 
 dates from 1846, and is a noble Gothic structure, with a rich gray 
 interior, carved Gothic columns, groined roofs, and the magnificent 
 marble and mosaic altar and reredos, erected by his family as a me- 
 morial to the late William B. Astor. The church is usually open all 
 day long, throughout the week, with morning and evening prayers, at 
 9 A.M. and 3 P.M., and imposing choral services on Sunday. The par- 
 ish spends enormous sums annually in charities. Upjohn, the great- 
 est of American architects in the Gothic style, devoted seven years to 
 ouilding Trinity. It has an elaborate chancel service of silver, pre- 
 sented by good Queen Anne. Its spire, 284 feet high, commands a 
 wide and wonderful view, and contains a melodious chime of bells. 
 
 St Paul's, at Broadway and Vesey Street, was built in 1764-66, and 
 faces away from Broadway, and was attended by Washington. It is 
 a chapel of Trinity parish. The interior is quaint and old-fashioned 
 to a degree. At mid-aisle, on the Vesey-street side, the site of the 
 pew of Washington is marked with his initials. The organ was 
 brought from England long years ago. Dr. Auchmuty used to read 
 prayers for the king, in the chancel, until the drummers of the Ameri- 
 can garrison beat him down with the long roll in the centre aisle. 
 
 Among those buried in St. Paul's churchyard were Emmet and 
 MacNeven, Irish patriots of '98 ; Gen. Richard Montgomery, the 
 brave Irish-American, who was killed in storming Quebec; John 
 Dixey, R.A., an Irish sculptor ; Capt. Baron de Rahenan, of one of 
 the old Hessian regiments ; Col. the Sieur de Rochefontaine, of our 
 Revolutionary army ; John Lucas and Job Sumner, majors in the 
 Georgia Line and Massachusetts Line ; and Lieut.-Col. Beverly 
 Robinson, the Loyalist. 
 
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 Trinity Chapel is a brown-stone Gothic church, on 25th Street, 
 close to Madison Square. The inside walls are of Caen stone, with 
 tiled floors, and rich stained windows. 
 
 St John's is a venerable sandstone chapel of Trinity parish, with a 
 deep portico, on St. John's Park, where the great New-York Central 
 freight-station now stands. Rev. P. A. H.Brown is rector. 
 
 St Augustine's, in Houston Street, near the Bowery, is a handsome 
 Queen Anne chapel of Trinity, with industrial schools, guilds, and 
 mission-house. Dr. Kimber is in charge. An illuminated crystal 
 cross on its lofty spire indicates when services are being held. The 
 bell was cast in 1700, and presented by the Bishop of London, in 1704. 
 
 Grace Church looks down Broadway from 10th Street, and is a 
 very sumptuous and ornate edifice of marble, with a lofty marble spire. 
 The interior is rich in delicate carvings, lines of stone columns, forty 
 stained-glass windows, etc. Renwick built the church in 1845. Dr. 
 Huntington is rector. You should visit the beautiful little chantry, 
 opening off the south aisle, and erected by Catherine Wolf's bounty. 
 
 Calvary Church, at Fourth Avenue and 21st Street, is a cathedral- 
 like stone structure, with a rich and spacious interior, great tran- 
 septs, and clustered Gothic columns. It dates from 1847. 
 
 St. George's, Low-church, on Stuyvesant Square, is an immense 
 Byzantine structure of brown-stone, with lofty twin-spires, a rich 
 chancel, and brilliant polychromatic interior. The elder Dr. Stephen 
 H. Tyng was many years rector. W. S. Rainsford is rector. 
 
 St. Mark's is a quaint old church, at Second Avenue and Stuy- 
 vesant Place, with many mural tablets, and the tombs of Petrus 
 Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor; Col. Slaughter, one of the 
 English governors ; and Gov. Tompkins. From the adjacent church- 
 yard, A. T. Stewart's body was stolen, by night. On the site of St 
 Mark's, Gov. Stuyvesant built a chapel, near his quaint yellow-brick 
 house, over two centuries ago. 
 
 Church of the Holy Spirit, at Madison Avenue and 66th Street, 
 designed by R. H. Robertson, is famous for its fine wood-carvings. 
 
 St. James, on Madison Avenue, corner of 71st Street, is one of 
 the most elegant in the denomination. The new edifice is but a few 
 
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 years old, but it is admired for its graceful exterior and its exquisite 
 interior. 
 
 St. Bartholomew's, at Madison Avenue and West 44th Street, has a 
 sumptuous richness of brilliant colors and gold, and stained windows, 
 arcades and round arches, and polished granite pillars. 
 
 Church of the Heavenly Rest, at 551 Fifth Avenue, contains pol- 
 ished red and gray granite pillars, with immensely costly capitals, in 
 carved roses and lilies; frescos of Fra Angelico's seraphs; richly 
 carved roof-timbers, and brilliant windows. Low-church. 
 
 St. Ignatius, 56 West 40th Street, opposite Bryant Park, is High- 
 church and ritualistic, with a rich and almost Roman service, largely 
 choral, and a fine marble altar. Arthur Ritchie is rector. 
 
 St. Mary the Virgin is a ritualistic church, at 228 West 45th Street. 
 
 Anthon Memorial Church, 781 Madison Ave., Heber Newton, rector. 
 
 St Thomas (Dr. Brown), at Fifth Avenue and West 53d Street, 
 is in Early-English Gothic, with its seven-sided chancel adorned with 
 a magnificent group of paintings by John LaFarge, representing the 
 Adoration of the Cross, with sculptures by Augustus St. Gaudens. 
 The church cost $7 50,000. 
 
 Church of the Holy Trinity, at Madison Avenue and 42d Street, 
 was the place of the younger Dr. Stephen H. Tyng's labors for many 
 years. It is Low-church in its forms. 
 
 Presbyterian. — Including the Reformed and the United wings, 
 the Presbyterians have 55 churches. 
 
 First Presbyterian Church, on Fifth Avenue, near nth Street, is a 
 handsome stone building. 
 
 Madison-Square Church is a neat brown-stone structure. Dr 
 Parkhurst is pastor. 
 
 Brick Church, at Fifth Avenue and 37th Street, w'th a lofty &pire. 
 was for many years the scene of Dr. Spring's labors, and belongs tt> 
 the oldest of the Presbyterian societies, formerly on Beekman Street. 
 Dr. Vandyke is pastor. 
 
 University-Place Church, at 10th Street, is of stone, with a spire 184 
 feet high. 
 
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 Church of the Covenant, at 34th Street and Park Avenue, is a 
 Lombardo-Gothic temple. 
 
 Fifth-Avenue Churchy at 708 Fifth Avenue, corner of West 55th 
 Street, is an enormous Gothic structure, with a spire of great height. 
 It cost $7 50,000. Dr. John Hall, the celebrated English divine, is the 
 pastor. 
 
 Methodist. — There are 66 Methodist churches in New York, 5 of 
 which are German, 6 African, 1 Swedish, and 1 Welsh. 
 
 John-Street Church is the cradle of American Methodism, which 
 began in 1766, when Philip Embury preached to four persons. Two 
 years later, the society bought this site, and built the Wesley Chapel, 
 replaced in 1817 and in 1841 by larger churches. The clock now 
 there was presented by John Wesley, and the society has other pre- 
 cious relics of the early days. 
 
 St. Paul's* at Fourth Avenue and East 22d Street, is a handsome 
 white-stone structure, in Romanesque architecture, with a spire 210 
 feet high. 
 
 St Luke's is at 108 West 41st Street. 
 Asbury Church is at 82 Washington Square. 
 Lexington-Avenue Church is at East 52d Street. 
 
 BAPTISTS have 43 churches, including those for the French, Swedes, 
 Germans, Africans, and other nationalities. 
 
 Fifth-Avenue Church is at the corner of West 46th Street. W. H. 
 P. Faunce is the pastor. 
 
 Madison-Avenue Church is at the corner of East 31st Street. Dr. 
 Sanders is pastor. 
 
 Epiphany is at Madison A venue and 64th Street. Dr. Beckley. 
 
 Calvary Church, on West 57th Street, is ministered to by Dr. Mac- 
 Arthur. 
 
 First Baptist Church, at Broome and Elizabeth Streets, is a Gothic 
 building of rough stone. 
 
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 Tabernacle, on Second Avenue, near ioth Street, is an attractive 
 Gothic building, near St. Mark's. This was once the leading Baptist 
 church in America, in Dr. Edward Lothrop's day, but having run 
 down, it was on the verge of being sold for a synagogue, until it was 
 revived and beautified by its present pastor, the Rev. Dr. D. G. Potter, 
 largely aided by contributions from the leaders of the Standard Oil 
 Company. 
 
 Congregation alists have 8 churches. 
 
 Tabernacle, at Sixth Avenue and 34th Street, is a handsome Gothic 
 temple, with elaborately carved pulpit and organ-screen. Dr. Henry 
 A. Stimson is pastor. 
 
 On lower Madison Avenue, there are two Congregational churches, 
 at East 45th Street and East 47th Street. 
 
 Universalists maintain 4 churches. 
 
 Church of the Divine Paternity (Dr. Eaton), at Fifth Avenue and 45th 
 Street, was for many years ministered to by Dr. E. H. Chapin. It has 
 towers 185 feet high. 
 
 Unitarians support 2 churches, widely known by reason of their 
 illustrious pastors. 
 
 All Souls* Church, at Fourth Avenue and East 20th Street, is a 
 quaint red-and-white Byzantine edifice, in the style of the mediaeval 
 Italian churches, in which the Jate Dr. Bellows preached for many 
 years. Dr. Williams is pastor. 
 
 Church of the Messiah, at Park Avenue and East 34th Street, on 
 Murray Hill, is a spacious and handsome structure, with a beautiful 
 portal. Robert Collyer is pastor. 
 
 Reformed Dutch have 24 churches and chapels. 
 
 Collegiate Middle Reformed Church, at 4th Street and Lafayette 
 Place, built in 1839, has a handsome marble pulpit and a fine interior. 
 
 Other Reformed Churches are on Fifth Avenue, at 21st, 29th, and 
 48th Streets. The latter is a rich and florid Gothic building of brown- 
 »*one, with colored windows, many high gables, and flying buttresses 
 
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 Hebrew. — There are 40 synagogues and temples, with strange 
 Oriental names and ritual, and many smaller shrines. 
 
 Temple Emanu-EI, at Fifth Avenue and West 43d Street, is a pic- 
 turesque pile of Oriental architecture, erected at a cost of $650,000, 
 and rich in delicate detail-work, carvings, and color. The interior is 
 dazzling in its brilliancy. 
 
 Smaller Sects of every conceivable character have churches or 
 meeting-places in various localities. Some of these are, — 
 Catholic Apostolic, 417 West 57th Street. 
 Christian Israelites, 108 1st Street. 
 
 Reformed Episcopal, Madison Avenue and 55th Street. (Dr. Sabine.) 
 New Jerusalem, 114 East 35th Street. (Mr. Seward.) 
 Reformed Catholic, 79 West 23d Street. 
 Moravian, 154 Lexington Avenue. 
 
 Friends, 124 East 20th Street, 43 West 47th Street, and East 15th 
 Street, and Rutherford Place. 
 Lutheran, 216 East 15th Street. 
 
 Baggage Express and Carriage Hire Sayed. 
 
 ^t"HE GRAND UNION HOTEL being immediately opposite the 
 \3J Grand Central Depot, the arriving traveler, instead of having 
 * to submit to the annoyance and expense of carriage hire 
 and baggage express, can step across the street, hand his checks 
 to the clerk, and in ten minutes his baggage will be delivered in 
 his room free of charge. 
 
 Baggage of outgoing guests will be delivered free to the fol- 
 lowing Railroads: New York Central & Hudson River R. R.; 
 Harlem R. R.; New Haven R. R., and New England R. R., all of 
 which are in the Grand Central Depot. 
 
RESIDENCE OF MRS. WM, H. VANDERBILT (page 102). 
 
 THE CITY HALL (page 25). 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 THEATRES, 
 
 The theatres of New York are among the best in the world, and 
 should be visited by every sojourner in the tents of Manhattan. Care 
 should be taken about buying tickets from speculators outside, as in 
 some of the theatres such tickets will not be accepted. 
 
 The sidewalks on Union Square, near the Washington statue, are fre- 
 quented by numbers of actors waiting for engagements, and has hence 
 come to be known as " The Slave Market," and " The Rialto." 
 
 Several of the leading theatres, including the Metropolitan Opera- 
 House, the Casino, and the Standard, are on Broadway, within half a 
 mile of the Grand Union Hotel. All the others are of easy and quick 
 access from the hotel. 
 
 Academy of Music, a long and plain brick building at the corner of 
 14th Street and Irving Place, has been, since 1866, the home of Italian 
 opera in New York, and latterly of Denman Thompson's famous 
 " Old Homestead." It cost $360,000, and has a magnificent interior, 
 where some of the most notable balls and other entertainments have 
 taken place. Amberg's Theatre, nearly opposite, covers the site of 
 old Irving Hall. The Academy has heard the impassioned songs 
 of Lucca, Nilsson, Kellogg, Tietjens, Piccolomini, Gerster, Hauk, 
 Brignoli, Campanini, Mario, and other famous singers. 
 
 Abbey's Theatre is on the corner of Broadway and 38th Street. 
 
 American, Eighth Avenue and 42d Street. 
 
 Bijou Opera-House, on Broadway, between 30th and 31st Streets, is 
 the home of light farce and burlesque. 
 
 Casino, at Broadway and 39th St., is a beautiful Moorish structure, 
 modelled after parts of the famous Alhambra. Here are produced 
 comic operas, musical extravaganzas, and other light amusements. 
 On the roof is a pleasant and popular cafe and summer-garden. 
 
 Columbus, East 125th Street, near Lexington Avenue. 
 
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 Daly's, at Broadway and 31st Street, has an admirable stock com- 
 pany, and renders modern and classic English comedies in a style of 
 incomparable excellence. Augustin Daly is its manager. 
 
 Empire, Broadway and 40th Street. 
 
 Fifth-Avenue Theatre, corner of Broadway and 28th Street, is a 
 beautiful and successful "star" theatre, built for Augustin Daly, 
 and now managed by Harry Miner. 
 
 Fourteenth-Street Theatre, on 14th Street, near Sixth Avenue, is a 
 handsome gray building, with a classic portico. It has also been 
 known as the Lyceum Theatre (when Fechter conducted it), and 
 Haverly's. It has a very handsome and comfortable auditorium. 
 
 Garrick, 35th Street, near Sixth Avenue. 
 
 Garden, Madison Avenue and 27th Street. 
 
 Grand Opera-House, at Eighth Avenue and 23d Street, is an 
 'mmense structure of white marble, for a long time run by James 
 Fisk, jun. The prices here are much lower than at the other large 
 theatres, and its great auditorium has witnessed many fine "star" 
 performances. 
 
 Herald Square Theatre, at Broadway and 35th Street, furnishes 
 capital novelties and comedies, including many of the leading 
 attractions. 
 
 Harry Miner's Theatres, one on Eighth Avenue, near 23d Street, 
 and the other on the Bowery, near Broome Street, are devoted to 
 varieties and other light performances. 
 
 Hoyt's, West 24th Street, near Broadway. 
 
 Irving Place, East 15th Street and Irving Place. 
 
 London Theatre, on the Bowery, between Rivington and Stanton 
 Streets, produces varieties and popular shows. 
 
 Lyceum Theatre is a beautiful new structure on Fourth Avenue, 
 near 23d Street (next to the Academy of Design), built under the 
 direction of Steele Mackaye, and richly decorated by Tiffany. Here 
 one may see modern comedies and popular dramas of high excellence. 
 
 Madison-Square Garden, at Fourth and Madison Avenues, and 26th 
 and 27th Streets, has the largest auditorium in the city. 
 
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 Metropolitan Opera-House is one of the larp^st theatres in the 
 world, and has 122 boxes (each with a spacious parlor attached), and 
 seats for 6,000 persons. It is an enormous Renaissance building, of 
 yellow brick, 200 by 260 feet, with broad foyers, 17 entrances, and a 
 stage 96 by 76 feet, and 120 feet high. The structure is of brick and 
 iron, and practically fireproof. It was opened in 1883, by Nilsson and 
 Campanini, in " Faust." Here the great German and Italian operas 
 are given in magnificent style, with every accessory of fine scenery 
 and stage-effects. It fronts on Broadway, and extends from 38th to 
 39th Streets. 
 
 Oriental Theatre, 113 Bowery, gives performances in Hebrew. 
 Proctor's, West 23d Street, near Sixth Avenue. 
 People's Theatre is at 199 Bowery. 
 
 Standard Theatre, at Broadway, Sixth Avenue, and 33d Street, is a 
 large new theatre, devoted to modern society plays, comedies, etc. 
 
 Star Theatre, at Broadway and 13th Street, has a large and brilliant 
 auditorium, devoted to high class and " star" representations. It is 
 the eld Wallack's Theatre. 
 
 Thalia Theatre, at 46 Bowery (corner of Canal Street), is devoted 
 to plays in Hebrew, given at odd intervals. It occupies the site of 
 the famous old Bowery Theatre, opened in 1826, and notable for the 
 triumphs of Forrest, Rice, Junius Brutus Booth, Charlotte Cushman, 
 and other great actors. 
 
 Tony Pastor's Theatre, on East 14th Street, between Tammany Hall 
 and the Academy of Music, is sacred to variety shows, and is the best 
 of its kind in the city. 
 
 Union-Square Theatre, at 56 East 14th Street, near Broadway, is a 
 handsome little house, always a favorite with theatre-goers, where the 
 best "star " actors make their appearance. Take Third-avenue Ele- 
 vated Railroad to 14th Street. 
 
 Palmer's (Broadway and 30th Street) is one of the leading theatres 
 of the metropolis, presenting the best attractions in the country, and 
 a brilliant and comfortable auditorium. It presents choice modern 
 dramas and comedies, in a style of great splendor. The manager 
 is A. M. Palmer, who also controls the Mad : son-Square Theatre. 
 
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 Public Halls. At Chickering Hall (Fifth Avenue and 18th Street), 
 Hardman Hall (2 West 19th Street, cor. Fifth Avenue), and other 
 large and beautifully decorated halls, lectures and concerts and other 
 fashionable public entertainments are given frequently. 
 
 Eden MusSe, on West 23d Street, near Fifth Avenue, is an attractive 
 new building, containing wax portrait-figures of many famous men 
 and women, in life-size, historical groups, a subterranean Chamber of 
 Horrors, and other interesting curiosities. Almost all visitors to 
 New York include this remarkably instructive and entertaining sight 
 in their grand rounds. The entrance-fee is fifty cents ; and the col- 
 lection is one of the very best and largest of the kind in the world, 
 rivalling the famous London wax-works of Madame Tussaud. 
 
 Harlem Opera-House, built and managed by Oscar Hammerstein, is 
 on 125th Street, near Seventh Avenue, and is one of the most charm- 
 ing theatres in the city. It is devoted chiefly to light opera. 
 
 Broadway Theatre, at Broadway and 41st Street, is a very 
 handsome new theatre, and is said to be fire-proof. It is devoted to 
 light opera of the better class, and rivals the Casino in popularity. 
 It is open all summer. 
 
 Base Ball mav be seen at the Polo Grounds, Eighth Avenue and 
 155th Street. Reached by Sixth-avenue Elevated Railroad to 155th 
 Street. 
 
 Manhattan Athletic Club grounds, Eighth Avenue and 56th Street. 
 Sixth-avenue Elevated Railroad to 53d-street Station. 
 
 Caledonian Club, foot of E. 68th Street, at Jones's Wood. Second- 
 avenue Elevated Railroad to 65th-street Station. 
 
 New-York Athletic Club's grounds, Travers Island, near New Ro- 
 chelle. 
 
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 All the large retail shops and the leading 
 theatres are within a few minutes' walk or 
 ride of the Grand Union Hotel. 
 
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 CLUBS, SOCIETIES, ETC. 
 
 Union League Club house, at Fifth Avenue and West 39th Street, 
 .vas built in 1879-80, at a cost of $400,000, with sumptuous halls, din- 
 ing-room, art-gallery, library, billiard-room, cafe* etc., decorated by 
 Louis Tiffany, John LaFarge, and Franklin Smith. The club has 
 1,500 members. The entrance-fee is $300, and the annual dues $75. 
 It was organized in 1863, as a un i° n of gentlemen devoted to " abso- 
 lute and unqualified loyalty to the Government of the United States 
 . . . to resist and expose corruption, and promote reform in National, 
 State, and municipal affairs ; and to elevate the idea of American 
 citizenship." It raised and equipped several regiments for the Na- 
 tional armies during the Secession war. This is the most elegant 
 club-house in America. 
 
 Union Club is a prominent social organization at Fifth Avenue and 
 21st Street. 
 
 Authors' Club, at 158 West 23d St., decorated by Francis Lathrop, 
 is the haunt of the leading men of letters in the great metropolis. 
 Among its members are Curtis, Eggleston, Stedman, Stoddard, Bun- 
 ner, Matthews, Boyesen, Godwin, Hay, and James. In the same build- 
 ing is the hall of the New-York Fencing Club (see Century Maga- 
 zine, January, 1887). 
 
 Grolier Club (29 East 32d Street) contains 50 bibliophiles, and 
 studies bookbinding, extending, fine printing, paper-making, etc., as 
 arts. 
 
 New-York Athletic Club, founded in 1868, is the leading society of 
 the kind in America. It has a four-story building at Sixth Avenue 
 and 55th Street, with bowling, billiards, swimming-tanks, gymnasium, 
 cafe, parlors, reading-room, etc. The grounds and boat-houses are at 
 Travers Island. There are 2.000 members. 
 
 New Manhattan Athletic Club (45th St. and Madison Avenue) has a 
 sumptuous establishment of stone and brick for its home, with cafe, 
 
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 billiard, chess, and card rooms, reading-room, and great wealth of 
 statuary, paintings, velvet carpets, gymnasium, etc. Their athletic 
 grounds and cinder-track are at Eighth Avenue and 56th and 57th 
 Streets. The club was founded in 1877. 
 
 Lotos Club, at Fifth Avenue and 21st Street, is a social organiza- 
 tion, with monthly art-receptions in its handsome brown-stone build- 
 ing. It includes many authors, artists, actors, etc. Admission, $200 ; 
 annual dues, $50. There are 500 members. 
 
 Century Association, in West 43d Street, is for the advancement 
 of literature and art, and has a fine library and picture-gallery. 60c 
 members. 
 
 Caledonian Club, handsome sandstone building at Greenwich Avenue 
 and 13th Street (Jackson Square). Founded in 1856. as a social and 
 athletic society for Scotchmen. 
 
 Calumet Club, 267 Fifth Avenue. Young society-men. 
 
 Canadian Club, 12 East 29th Street. Founded 1884. 
 
 Coney-Island Jockey Club, 173 Fifth Avenue. 
 
 Down-Town Club, 60 Pine Street. 500 members. 
 
 Harmonie Club, in a handsome building at 46 West 42d Street. 360 
 German members. Founded in 1852. 
 
 The Lambs, 26 West 31st Street, largely composed of actors. Les- 
 ter Wallack was the first Shepherd. 
 
 Merchants' Club, 337 Broadway. Founded 1872. 200 members. 
 
 New-York Press Club, 120 Nassau Street. 350 members. Founded 
 ,1872. 
 
 New-York Southern Society includes many eminent Southerners, 
 now domiciled in New York. 18 West 25th Street. 
 
 Racquet Club, 43d Street, near Fifth Avenue. Four courts. 450 
 members. 
 
 Kit-Kat Club, 12 East 15th Street, is composed of artists. 
 Knickerbocker Club, at Fifth Avenue and 32d Street, is a very aris 
 tocratic society of 300 members. 
 
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 Manhattan Club has its home in the Stewart palace, Fifth Avenue and 
 34th Street. It was founded in 1865, to advance Democratic principles. 
 
 St. Nicholas Club, 386 Fifth Avenue, was founded in 1875, as a 
 social organization of descendants of the New-York families prior to 
 1785- 300 members. 
 
 St. Nicholas Society, founded in 1835, for descendants of old New- 
 Yorkers before 1785, has famous dinners, and includes the old aris- 
 tocracy of the city. 
 
 Sorosis is a woman's club, founded in 1868, and now, with 350 
 members, makes its home at 212 Fifth Avenue. 
 
 University Club, Madison Avenue and 26th Street (old Union- 
 League Club-house). Founded in 1865. For former students at col- 
 lege, West Point, or Annapolis. 
 
 Tammany Society was founded in 1789, to inculcate love of Amer- 
 ica, with an aboriginal ritual, intended to conciliate the hostile Ind- 
 ians, and to antagonize the aristocratic Cincinnati. William Mooney 
 was the first Grand Sachem. The members, in Indian costume, 
 received the sachems of the Creeks from Carolina. 
 
 Yacht-Clubs. — The Larchmont, New- York (57 Madison Avenue), 
 American (Milton Point, Rye), Seawanhaka (Bay Ridge), and Atlantic 
 (Bay Ridge), are the chief yacht-clubs of the city. 
 
 Rowing-Clubs include the Atalanta, Nassau, Gramercy, Columbia- 
 College, and New-York Athletic, which have their boat-houses along 
 Harlem River, near Third Avenue. 
 
 Bicycling-Clubs. — The New-York Bicycling Club, founded in 1079, 
 has a home at 146 West-End Avenue. The Citizens' Bicycle Club is 
 at 26 W 7 est 60th Street, where they have the best club-house for the 
 purpose in America. Several smaller clubs are in existence. There 
 are upwards of 5,000 bicycles in the city, and great numbers in 
 Brooklyn and other adjacent municipalities. 
 
 Ohio Society of New York, 236 Fifth Avenue. 
 
 American Chemical Society, University Building. 
 
 American Ethnological Society, 35 Pine Street. It dates from 1S42, 
 Und Albert Gallatin was its first president. 
 
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 American Geographical Society owns a building at No. 11 West 29th 
 Street. Founded in 1852. 1,500 fellows. Chief Justice Charles P. 
 Daly is president. It has 20,000 volumes and 8,000 maps. 
 
 American Meteorological Society, East 49th Street. 
 
 American Microscopical Society, East 26th Street. Founded 1S65. 
 
 American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 17 West 43d St. 
 
 American Philological Society, 36 Cooper Union. 
 
 New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 23 West 44th St. 
 
 New-York Horticultural Society, 26 West 28th Street. 
 
 Masonic Temple (Sixth Avenue and 23d Street) is a massive and 
 simple building of gray granite, erected at a cost of over $1,000,000. 
 The ground-floor is devoted to business, the second floor to the 
 Grand-Lodge Hall, the third and fourth to lodge and chapter rooms. 
 
 Odd-Fellows'' Hall, at Grand and Centre Streets, is a singular-look- 
 ing and massive structure, built about the year i860, and containing 
 many decorated lodge-rooms. There are about 100 lodges. 
 
 Young Men's Christian Association, at Fourth Avenue and 23d 
 Street, has a spacious and stately Renaissance building (erected in 
 1869) of New-Jersey brown-stone, and yellow Ohio marble; with 
 library (35,000 volumes), gymnasium, lecture-rooms. It is open from 
 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. (Sundays, 2 to 10), and strangers are made very wel- 
 come. It aims to improve the spiritual, mental, and physical condi- 
 tion of young men by evening classes, sociables, prayer-meetings, 
 Bible-classes, music, entertainments, etc. There are seven branches. 
 
 Young Women's Christian Association, in East 15th Street, near 
 Fifth Avenue, is a handsome building of red brick and rock-faced 
 Belleville stone, with a pyramidal roof of red Akron tiles, and abun- 
 dant tiling, terra cotta, oaken wainscots, stained glass, etc. Inside 
 are rich parlors, a large chapel, employment rooms, a large library 
 (10,000 volumes), and free schools for type-writing, book-keeping, 
 short-hand, dress-making, wall-paper designing, modelling, etc. 
 
 The Association was founded in 1871, and has 180 members. 
 R. H. Robertson erected the building in 1886, at a cost of $125,000, 
 to which John Jacob Astor gave $30,000, and the three Vanderbilt 
 daughters (Mrs. Sloane, Mrs. Shepard, and Mrs. Twombly) $45,500. 
 
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 How to Know New York. 
 
 "FLATS," OR APARTMENT-HOUSES. 
 
 Some of the largest and finest structures in the city are the apart- 
 ment-houses, or " flats." Each apartment is complete in itself, con- 
 taining all the rooms requisite for housekeeping. The rent of an 
 apartment of the better class ranges from one to seven thousand 
 dollars per year, according to size and location. The buildings are 
 provided with elevators, hall-boys, electric lights, and in many cases 
 are fire-proof. The expensive apartments are elegantly fitted up with 
 hard-woods and inlaid floors, frescos, etc., and contain from seven to 
 twenty-five rooms each. One of the differences between " Flats " and 
 "Apartment-Houses " is that the former have kitchens, equipped for 
 housekeeping ; while the latter have restaurants where the occupants 
 get their meals. The following are among the largest : — 
 
 Central-Park Apartment-Houses, on 59th Street, near Seventh Ave- 
 nue, form the largest flat-hotel in the world, including several huge 
 fireproof buildings, — the Madrid, Cordova, Granada, Lisbon, — com- 
 prehended in one plan, and magnificent in all their appointments. 
 The whole structure is best known as the " Navarro Flats," and is 
 said to have cost upwards of seven million dollars. 
 
 Dakota, at Eighth Avenue and 7 2d Street, is another vast and 
 costly structure, 155 feet high, and gorgeous in all its detaisl. It is 
 called the finest in New York. The rent of an apartment runs as 
 high as seven thousand dollars a year. It was built by Clark, of 
 Singer Sewing-Machine fame. 
 
 Osborne, at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 57th Street, is 11 
 stories (171 feet) high, of rock-faced Connecticut brown-stone, fire- 
 proof, with floors and roof of iron, brick, and concrete, all rooms fin- 
 ished in mahogany or ash, electric lights, steam-heat, Tiffany stained 
 glass, etc. The main entrance is said to be the finest in New York, 
 with heavy oaken doors, rare marbles, mosaic, frescos, and stained 
 glass, furnished by the LaFarge Decorative Art Company. 
 
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 ISLANDS. 
 
 Staten Island, at the mouth of the harbor, covers nearly 60 square 
 miles, and has 40,000 inhabitants, two railroads, the Sailors' Snug 
 Harbor (near New Brighton), the summer-resorts at St. George, and 
 the great fortifications overlooking the Narrows. People call it " the 
 American Isle of Wight," on account of the beauty of its scenery of 
 hill and sea; and many New-York merchants have their homes here. 
 It was the Staaten Eylandt of the Dutch, and is a county of New 
 York. Ferry-boats leave Whitehall every half-hour or so, for St. 
 George. Fare, ten cents. It has along part of its length the Staten- 
 Island Railroad, which is a connecting chain of many very attractive 
 villages, where are to be seen hundreds of remarkably pretty homes. 
 Here George William Curtis has lived many years. Here, too, lives 
 Erastus Wiman, who of late years has been foremost in advancing the 
 interests of Staten Island. 
 
 David's Island, off New Rochelle, was made an army hospital in 
 1861, and a depot for recruits in 1869. It is now a sort of school for 
 company-cooks for the American army. 
 
 Hart's Island, off Pelham Neck, is the site of city hospitals and 
 workhouses, and of the Potter's Field, where over 2,000 pauper and 
 unknown dead are buried every year. 
 
 Ward's Island, near Hell Gate, has 200 acres, with fine old forests, 
 and the State Emigrant Hospital, House of Refuge, Lunatic Hospital, 
 Homoeopathic Hospital, Soldiers' Home, etc., a group of costly build- 
 ings, attractively embowered in foliage, and looking out on wide lawns. 
 
 Bedloe's Island, 2 miles from the Battery, covers 13^ acres, and has 
 the obsolete works of Fort Wool, with a small garrison of artillerists, 
 and the Bartholdi statue of Liberty. 
 
 Ellis Island, i\ miles from the Battery, is now the landing place for 
 emigrants. It contains the ancient bulwarks of Fort Gibson. 
 
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 Randall's Island covers 100 acres, where the Harlem River enters 
 the East River, and has 2,500 inhabitants, mostly destitute children 
 in the House of Refuge, Children's Hospital, Nursery, and other vast 
 and handsome brick buildings, where they are instructed in work and 
 study by the paternal city. 
 
 Black well 's Island, in the East River, covers 120 acres, and is occu- 
 pied by vast and imposing prisons and asylums, built by the convicts 
 from stone quarried on the island. At the south end is the Charity 
 Hospital, with 1,200 beds and 24 skilful house-physicians. Next 
 comes the great Penitentiary, where 1,200 unfortunate criminals are 
 kept under guard. It has a battlemented roof and towers, and is built 
 of granite and iron. More than half of the prisoners are foreigners. 
 Farther north are the two great Almshouses, one for each sex, with 
 high verandas and pleasant grounds. Farther up are the Workhouses, 
 the City Lunatic-Asylum, and other cancer-spots of modern Manhat- 
 tan. Visitors must get a pass at Third Avenue and nth Street, and 
 go over on the ferry from East 26th Street. 
 
 Governor's Island is a picturesque ornament of the inner harbor, 
 about half a mile from the Battery, towards Brooklyn. It is the 
 headquarters of the Military Department of the Atlantic (Major-Gen. 
 Howard), and has forts galore, and parks of guns, magazines, bar- 
 racks, and a beautiful parade-ground. At one end is the circular three- 
 story stone fortress of Castle William, built in 181 1, and at one time 
 a prison for a thousand Southern soldiers ; and near the centre are 
 the low and massive walls of the star-shaped Fort Columbus. There 
 are grand old trees on the island, the museum of the United Service 
 Institution (including Gen. Sheridan's famous Winchester horse, 
 mementos of Washington, Hogarth'£ painting implements, and 
 souvenirs of Indian, East-Indian, and Secession wars), and the Chapel 
 of Cornelius the Centurion. Steamboats run hourly from the Battery 
 
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 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS: 
 
 A few years ago, if a man wished to become a hermit, he would 
 take an office on the fourth or fifth story of a building. No one 
 would ascend to such dizzy heights, save an occasional daring book- 
 agent or advertising solicitor, who, when he got there, would be too 
 short of breath to explain his mission, or offer more than the feeblest 
 opposition to his ejectment. The introduction of the passenger ele- 
 vator has revolutionized this, and led to the construction of immensely 
 lofty buildings for business purposes. Now the greater the altitude, 
 the more desirable the accommodation. An office upon the tenth or 
 twelfth story of one of these buildings is light, cool, airy, and quiet, 
 and as easy of access as if nearer the ground. 
 
 Equitable Building on Broadway, between Cedar and Pine Streets, 
 was finished in 1887, and is a mountainous pile of Quincy granite, 
 solid and fireproof as a rock, and with four imposing facades, 
 abounding in pillars and carvings. The high-arched Broadway en- 
 trance, 22 feet wide, leads to the finest court-yard in America, 100 by 
 44 feet in area, with a tessellated pavement, from which rise lines of 
 rose-colored marble columns with onyx capitals, upholding an entab- 
 lature of polished red granite, above which is a finely arched roof of 
 stained glass and polished marble. The building fronts for 167I feet 
 on Broadway, and cost $8,000,000. 
 
 Mutual Life-insurance Building is 165 feet high, fireproof, rich in 
 marble, wrought-iron work, mahogany, Whittier elevators, and other 
 modern architectural luxuries, and costing not far from $2,000,000. 
 
 Washington Building, on Broadway, Battery Place, and Greenwich 
 Street, built by the great financier, Cyrus W. Field. It is twelve 
 stories high, and the great observatory-tower reaches an altitude of 
 235 feet from the pavement. The top of the flag-staff is higher than 
 Trinity spire or the Liberty statue. The view from the tower is the 
 finest in the city, — one of the finest in the world. 
 
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 Mills Building, on Broad Street, is a vast structure, forming three 
 sides of a court-yard. It cost $2,700,000. 
 
 United Bank Building, at Broadway and Wall Street, the "Fort 
 Sherman " of the financiers, contains the offices once occupied by 
 Gen. Grant. Here Ferdinand Ward concocted his vast and historic 
 swindles. 
 
 Standard Oil Company's Building, on Broadway, is the largest marble 
 structure in New York. Here is the office of William Rockafeller. 
 
 Drexel Building, at Broad and Wall Streets, is of white marble, in 
 Renaissance architecture, and cost $700,000. 
 
 Aldrich Court, on Broadway, opposite Exchange Place, is another 
 lofty palace of trade. It was finished in 1887, and contains 300 offices, 
 lighted at night by 2,600 Edison incandescent lights, and reached by 
 four Otis elevators. It is built around a court-yard, 50 by 70 feet. 
 
 Manhattan Bank Building, on Wall Street, near Broad Street, is of 
 polished gray granite, and is one of the finest structures in the city. 
 It was finished in 1885, and is occupied by banks, lawyers, etc. 
 
 Trinity Building, on one of the Broadway sides of Trinity Church- 
 yard, is a vast hive of lawyers, real-estate dealers, etc. 
 
 Boreel Building is an immense brick structure, filled with offices, 
 largely of famous and powerful insurance companies. 
 
 Western Union Telegraph Building, at Dey Street and Broadway, is 
 of brick, granite, and marble, eight stories high, with a tall tower. 
 
 Temple Court is a huge building 160 feet high, erected at a cost of 
 $1,200,000, and belonging to Eugene Kelly. This is one of an amaz- 
 ing group of buildings at the corner of Nassau and Beekman Streets. 
 
 Potter Building, on the opposite corner, with fronts on Printing- 
 house Square, Nassau and Beekman Streets, is of iron and brick, 
 185 feet high, and cost $2,500,000. 
 
 Morse Building, Nassau and Beekman Streets, ten stories (165 
 feet) high, is of red and black brick, and belongs to the son and 
 nephew of Professor S. F. B. Morse. It is fireproof and massive. 
 
 Stewart Building, at Broadway and Chambers Street, of white 
 marble, occupies the site of the ancient negro burying-ground, and 
 afterward of Washington Hall. It was erected for A. T. Stewart. 
 
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 HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, HOMES, Etc. 
 
 All over the city, there are hospitals and dispensaries, where the 
 sick and ailing are treated and cared for. If the patient is poor, no 
 charge is made : if able, he is expected to pay a moderate sum. The 
 list is so great that we shall mention but a few, and then must refer 
 the reader interested in such matters to the list in the City Directory. 
 New York is peculiarly blessed in this most noble form of charity ; 
 and any one who is sick or ailing, however poor, will be cared for at 
 one of these institutions. Even the dumb animals are provided for: 
 there are two hospitals in the city where poor people may have their 
 domestic animals doctored free, and where there are accommoda- 
 tions for sick horses and dogs. 
 
 In many of the hospitals, for $5,000 the donor and his successors 
 have the privilege of nominating the occupant of a bed for all time. 
 Frequently a bed is thus endowed in memory of some dead friend or 
 relative, whose name it bears. Such a monument is more beautiful 
 and enduring than any work of the sculptor's chisel. 
 
 There are also a great number of benevolent societies for the care 
 of the blind, deaf and dumb, insane, aged, orphaned, indigent poor 
 and friendless, of every sort and description. Many millions are an- 
 nually spent on these charities. 
 
 Bioomingdale Asylum for the Insane, at Boulevard and 117th Street, 
 on Washington Heights, is a palatial brown-stone building, erected 
 mainly in 1821, amid charming grounds of 45 acres. Only paying 
 patients are received. 
 
 Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at Fanwood (i62d Street), Wash- 
 ington Heights, is richly endowed, and has 37 acres of grounds. It 
 was founded in 1816, and educates 250 pupils, the course being 8 
 years. Open daily, 1.30 to 4 p.m. 
 
 Institution for the Blind, at Ninth Avenue and West 34th Street, 
 has a granite Gothic building. It was founded in 183 1. Blind chil- 
 
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 dren are educated here, in letters and useful arts. Open to visitors, 
 i to 6 p.m. daily. 
 
 New-York Hospital (15th Street, near Fifth Avenue) is a great, 
 many-balconied, brick building, with ornamental Gothic gables. The 
 institution was founded by the Earl of Dunmore, in 1771 ; and its 
 ancient seat, between Duane and Church Streets and Broadway, was 
 vacated in 1870, the present building being opened in 1877. Ward 
 patients pay $1 a day. 
 
 St Luke's Hospital, at Fifth Avenue and 54th Street, was founded 
 in 1850 by the Rev. W. A. Muhlenberg, and has an oblong parallelo- 
 gram of buildings, with wings, and a central chapel flanked with 
 towers. It is attended by Episcopal nuns, and the form of worship is 
 Episcopalian; but patients are received without regard to sect. 
 
 Orphan Asylum, at Riverside Park, was founded about 1807, in a 
 small hired house below City-hall Park. Its property is now worth 
 $1,000,000, and 200 orphans are in its charge. 
 
 Mount Sinai Hospital, at Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street, 
 is a noble Elizabethan pile of brick and marble, admirably equipped, 
 with nearly 200 free beds. It cost $340,000, and was erected by Jewish 
 New-Yorkers, but is non-sectarian. 
 
 Presbyterian Hospital, at Madison Avenue and East 70th Street, 
 founded by James Lenox, who also established the magnificent Lenox 
 Library, is a handsome Gothic building, dating from 1872. 
 
 Cancer Hospital, The New York (there is but one other in the world), 
 is on Eighth Avenue, near 105th Street. It was founded in 1884, with 
 an endowment of $200,000 from John Jacob Astor, $50,000 from Mrs. 
 Gen. Cullom, and $25,000 each from Mrs. Astor, Mrs. R. L. Stuart, and 
 Mrs. C. H. Rogers. 
 
 Old Ladies' Home, of the Baptist Church, on 68th Street, near 
 Fourth Avenue, is a spacious semi-Gothic building in the form of the 
 letter II. 
 
 Roosevelt Hospital, at Ninth Avenue and 59th Street, richly en- 
 dowed by the late James H. Roosevelt, is an admirably arranged and 
 spacious pavilion hospital, opened in 187 1, and accommodating 180 
 patients. 
 
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 Among the other beneficent institutions of New York are, — 
 Actors' Fund, 12 West 28th Street. 
 American Dramatic-Fund, 1267 Broadway. 
 American Veterinary Hospital, 141 West 54th Street. 
 Artists' Fund Society, 6 Astor Place. 
 
 Association for Befriending Children and Young Girls, 136 Second 
 A.venue. Catholic, for 200 vagrants. 
 
 Association for the Improved Instruction of Deaf-Mutes, Lexing- 
 ton Avenue and 67th Street. 
 
 Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females, 
 Tenth Avenue and 104th Street. Founded 18 14. 
 
 Asylum for Lying-in Women, 139 Second Avenue. Founded 
 1823. 
 
 Asylum of St. Vincent de Paul, 215 Wert 39th Street. For 150 
 orphans. 
 
 Baptist Home for Aged Persons, Fourth Avenue and 68th Street. 
 Bethany Institute for Woman's Christian Work, 69 Second Avenue. 
 Bible and Fruit Mission, East 26th Street. 
 Bread and Beef House, 139 West 48th Street. 
 Catholic Protectory, at Fordham. 
 Chambers-Street "Hospital, 160 Chambers Street. 
 Chapin Home for the Aged and Infirm, 151 East 66th Street. 
 Charity Organization Society, 21 University Place. 
 Children's Aid Society, 24 St. Mark's Place. 
 City Mission Society, 306 Mulberry Street. 
 Colored Home and Hospital, First Avenue and 65th Street. 
 Colored Orphan Asylum, Tenth Avenue and 143d Street. 30c 
 beneficiaries. Founded 1837. 
 
 Day Nursery and Babies' Shelter, 118 West 21st Street. 
 
 Emergency Hospital, 223 East 26th Street. 
 
 Female Assistance Society, 288 Madison Avenue. 
 
 Five-Points House of Industry, 155 Worth Street. 
 
 Five-Points Mission, 61 Park Street. 
 
 Foundling Asylum, 68th Street, near Third Avenue. 
 
 Free Home for Destitute Young Girls, 23 East nth Street. 
 
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 How to Know New York. 
 
 Friends' Employment Society, Rutherford Place. 
 Grace Memorial House, 94 Fourth Avenue. 
 
 Hahnemann Homoeopathic Hospital, Fourth Avenue, near East 
 67th Street. 
 
 Harlem Hospital, 27 West 124th Street. 
 
 Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society, Tenth Avenue 
 and West 136th Street. 
 
 Home for Aged Hebrews, 105th Street, near Tenth Avenue. 
 
 Home for Aged Men and Women, 106th Street, near Ninth Avenue. 
 
 Home for Colored Aged, foot of East 65th Street. 
 
 Home for Convalescent, 433 East 118th Street. 
 
 Home for Deaf-Mutes, 220 East 13th Street. 
 
 Home for Fallen and Friendless Girls, 49 West 4th Street. 
 
 Home for Incurables, Fordham Avenue and East i82d Street. 
 
 Home for Inebriates, Madison Avenue and 86th Street. 
 
 Home for Mothers and Infants, Tenth Avenue and West 61st 
 Street. 
 
 Home for Old Men and Aged Couples, 487 Hudson Street. 
 Home for Sailors, 190 Cherry Street. 
 
 Home for the Aged Poor, 231 West 38th Street, and 179 East 70th 
 Street. 
 
 Home for the Friendless, 32 East 30th Street. 
 
 Home for Women, 273 Water Street, 260 Greene Street. 
 
 Home of Industry for Reformed Men, 40 East Houston Street. 
 
 Hospital New-York College of Veterinary Surgeons, East 58th 
 Street, near Fifth Avenue. 
 
 Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled, Lexington Avenue and 42d 
 Street. 
 
 House of Industry, 120 West 16th Street, for females only. 
 
 House of Mercy, West 86th Street. 
 
 House of Rest for Consumptives, at Fordham. 
 
 House of the Good Shepherd, East 89th Street. 
 
 Howard Mission, 40 New Bowery. 
 
 Infant Asylum, Tenth Avenue and East 61st Street. 
 
 Institution for the Blind, Ninth Avenue and 34th Street 
 
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 Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Tenth Avenue and i62d Street 
 
 Institution of Mercy, 33 East Houston Street. 
 
 Juvenile Asylum, Tenth Avenue and 176th Street. 
 
 Ladies' Helping Hand Association, 160 West 29th Street. 
 
 Leake and Watts Orphan House, Ninth Avenue and 111th Street. 
 
 Magdalen Asylum, 88th Street, near Fifth Avenue. 
 
 Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, 103 Park Avenue. 
 
 Masonic Board of Relief, Masonic Temple. 
 
 Medical Mission, 81 Roosevelt Street. 
 
 Methodist-Episcopal Home, West g2d Street and Tenth Avenue. 
 For aged and infirm. 
 
 Metropolitan Throat Hospital, 351 West 34th Street. 
 
 Midnight Mission, 260 Greene Street. For fallen women. 
 
 New- York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Second Avenue and 13th Street. 
 
 New-York Infirmary for Women and Children, 5 Livingston Place. 
 
 New-York Ophthalmic Hospital, 201 East 23d Street. 
 
 Nursery and Child's Hospital, Lexington Avenue and 51st Street. 
 
 Olivet Helping Hand, 63 2d Street. 
 
 Orphan Asylum (Catholic), Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, 
 between 51st and 52d Streets. 1,200 children. 
 
 Orphan's Home (Episcopal), 49th Street, near Lexington Avenue. 
 
 Peabody Home for Aged Women, West Farms. 
 
 Presbyterian Home for Aged Women, 73d Street, near Madison 
 Avenue. 
 
 St. Barnabas Home, 304 Mulberry Street. 
 
 St. Elizabeth Hospital, 225 West 31st Street. 
 
 St. Francis Hospital, 605 5th Street. 
 
 St. John's Guild, 8 University Place. 
 
 St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Avenue A and 89th Street. 
 
 State Charities Aid Association, 21 University Place. 
 
 Trinity Hospital, 50 Varick Street. 
 
 Women's Christian Temperance Home, 440 East 57th Street. 
 Women's Hospital, Fourth Avenue and 49th Street. 
 Young Women's Home, 27 Washington Square. 
 
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 A STROLL UP FIFTH AVENUE. 
 
 Fifth Avenue is the Belgravia of the American metropolis 
 the centre of its fashion and splendor, the home of its merchant 
 princes. It is at its best on a pleasant Sunday, at the time when 
 the churches are out ; or on a bright afternoon, when its long lines 
 of carriages are rumbling away towards the Park. The scene of 
 beauty and animation then presented is unequalled in America (or 
 in Europe or Asia, for that matter) ; and in the perfect costumes of 
 the promenaders, the dignity of the equipages, the variety and beauty 
 of the domestic and ecclesiastical architecture, affords numberless 
 objects of interest for the amazed and delighted provincial phi- 
 losopher. 
 
 Here, on every side, are gorgeous club-houses, churches notable for 
 their beauty, and a domestic architecture of rare variety and comfort, 
 with picture-galleries, and rich porticos, and long vistas of Connecti- 
 cut brown-stone palaces, the homes of incalculable wealth and splen- 
 dor. From its beginning in Washington Square, the avenue traverses 
 miles of a palatial residence-quarter, until it reaches Central Park, 
 and passes on, a league beyond, into the suburban life of Harlem. 
 
 In taKing a stroll up Fifth Avenue, of about a league, one should 
 be accompanied by a herald king-at-arms, a mercantile register, an 
 elite directory, and a wise old club-man with his stores of persona) 
 and family gossip. In default of these, we have strung together here 
 a few items of interest, which may interest the passing tourist. 
 
 The blue omnibuses of the Fifth-avenue Transportation Company, 
 limited, run at frequent intervals from Bleecker Street up South Fifth 
 Avenue, across Washington Square, and along the avenue to 89th 
 Street (fare, 5 cents). 
 
 Washington Square, where Fifth Avenue begins, is a park of nine 
 acres, occupying the mournful site of the old Potter's Field, wherein 
 more than 100,000 human bodies were buried. On its east side is the 
 white-stone Gothic building of the University of the City of New York, 
 
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 with 800 students and 64 instructors. It is described by Theodore 
 Winthrop in his brilliant novel of "Cecil Dreeme." On and near the 
 square dwell Charles DeKay, the poet; the famous saltatory Kiralfy 
 family; Augustus St. Gaudens, the sculptor; the De Navarro fami- 
 lies, Walter Shirlaw ; Gaston L. Feuardent, the antiquary; and other 
 notable persons. 
 
 At No. 1, tne first house on the right, as the avenue leaves Wash- 
 ington Square, lives William Butler Duncan ; and on the other side, 
 at 6 and 8, are the Lispenard Stewarts, and John Taylor Johnston, the 
 famous art-connoisseur. Beyond Clinton Place is the aristocratic 
 Brevoort House, a favorite with English tourists and me-luds ; and 
 opposite is the Berkeley, where Theodore Thomas and many others 
 dwell. Beyond 9th Stieet, at No. 23, lives Gen. Daniel E. Sickles. 
 At 10th Street is the brown-stone Church of the Ascension (Episco- 
 pal), with the Grosvenor opposite. The First Presbyterian Church 
 comes next, with the Minturn and Talbot mansions beyond. At 14th 
 Street we see the busy precincts of Union Square, to the right, and 
 traverse a region of brilliant shops. On the left-hand corner of 15th 
 Street is the great and finely appointed brown-stone building of the 
 Manhattan Club,* the favorite resort of the patricians of the Demo- 
 cratic party, called by their round-headed fellow-partisans "the swal- 
 low-tails." It has 1,000 members ; and the entrance fee is $100, with 
 $70 yearly dues. Across Union Square, 109 East 15'h Street, is the 
 house of the famous Century Association, a literary, artistic, and aes- 
 thetic club, with 600 members, a large library, and a picture-gallery. 
 
 On West 15th Street are the spacious buildings of the College of 
 St. Francis Xavier, with nearly 500 students, and a library of 20,000 
 volumes. On West 16th Street is the tall New-York Hospital, char- 
 tered by King George III. in 1771. 
 
 At the farther right corner of 16th Street formerly lived Levi P. 
 Morton (No. 85), and Col. Robert G. Ingersoll lives at No. 89. At 
 No. 103 is the home of Edwards Pierrepont, long time Minister to 
 England. At No. 118 live the New- York Winthrops. At 18th Street 
 
 * Recently moved to the Stewart house, corner 34th Street. 
 
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 is the rich and ornate Chickering Hall, devoted to musical enteiuiin- 
 ments and opposite, at No. 109, is August Belmont's estate, where 
 also dwells the Hon. Perry Belmont, a well-known Congressman. On 
 the opposite corner, at No. 107, is the mansion of Mrs. Marshall O. 
 Roberts, one of the grand dames of New-York society. On the 21st- 
 street corner is the great brown-stone building of the patrician Union 
 Club, founded in 1836, and with over 1,000 members. The entrance- 
 fee is $300, and yearly dues $75. Clarence A. Seward, the gifted son 
 of William H. Seward, lives at No. 143. At No. 147 (corner of East 
 2 1st Street) is the Lotos Club's comfortable brown-stone building, 
 with 500 members, where famous monthly art-receptions and ladies 1 
 days are held. Here dwells the veteran w*. id-traveller, Col. Thomas 
 W. Knox. Next door is the Glenham Hotel. In this vicinity stands 
 the South Reformed Church (corner of West 21st Street), and the 
 Cumberland is between East 22d and East 23d Streets. Now the 
 * venue cuts obliquely across Broadway, with the brilliant vistas of 
 Madison Square on the right, passing the enormous white-marble 
 Fifth-avenue Hotel, the home of Gen. W.T. Sherman, Ex-Senator 
 Piatt, William J. Florence, and other notable persons. On the next 
 block is the Hoffman House, famous for its interior decorations and 
 magnificent bar-room. At 25th Street is the old home of the fashion- 
 able New-York Club. At the corner of West 26th Street is Delmon- 
 ico's famous restaurant, with Hotel Brunswick opposite. 
 
 At West 27th Street is the immense and lofty Victoria Hotel, 
 towering high above the surrounding buildings. At Fifth Avenue 
 and 28th Street (No. 247) was the home of the late Professor E. L. 
 Youmans, editor of the " Popular Science Monthly," and author of 
 many famous scientific books. No. 244 is the home of the famous 
 Mrs. Paran Stevens, and at No. 9 West 29th Street lived Ex-Senator 
 Roscoe Conkling, one of the great legal luminaries and orators of 
 New York. 
 
 On the next block is the great and costly Knickerbocker. The 
 great double house, No. 259, is Mrs. Josephine May's, and belonged 
 to her father, the late George Law, millionnaire and financier. At No. 
 zL (corner of East 29th Street) dwells Gen. George W. Cullom, 
 
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 beyond the Hamersley mansions. At West 29th Street appears the 
 white granite temple of the Fifth-avenue Reformed Church ; and a 
 little way to the right (on 29th Street) is the picturesque Church of 
 the Transfiguration (Episcopal), generally and affectionately known 
 as " The Little Church around the Corner," wherefrom many actor?- 
 have been buried. The bit of green lawn, overarching trees, and man- 
 tling of ivy, make this a charming oasis in the surrounding desert of 
 brick and stone. The corner of 30th Street is marked by the new 
 and attractive hotel, " Holland House." 
 
 The towering Gilsey House rises to the left, on West 30th Street. 
 At No. 319 (corner of East 32d Street) stands the new house of the 
 exclusive Knickerbocker Club, which includes many well-known devo- 
 tees of coaching and polo. Its entrance-fee is $300, annual dues 
 $100. Between West 32d and West 33d Streets (Nos. 338 and 350), 
 once huge brick mansions of the hundred-millionnaire brothers, — 
 John Jacob Astor and William Astor, — a superb hotel is being 
 erected. On the next corner, at No. 374, is the town-house of Mrs. 
 J. Coleman Drayton, one of the Astor daughters. At the corner of 
 West 34th Street is the great Italian palace of white marble, erected 
 at a cost of $2,000,000 by the late A. T. Stewart, a Belfast lad, who 
 came to America in 1S18, and began life in New York as an assistant 
 teacher, then opened a small shop for trimmings, and in time became 
 the most successful merchant in the world, so that when he died (in 
 1876), he left $40,000,000. Mrs. Stewart lived here until her death, 
 in 1886.* Alongside the Stewart place, the only other house on the 
 block, is the great old Astor mansion, which, after a strangely 
 checkered career, has just been leased by the New-York Club, to be 
 dedicated to their joyous uses. 
 
 Between West 35th Street and West 36th Streets live the Ker- 
 nochans (No. 384), and Gen. Daniel Butterfield (No. 386); and at 
 No. 389 (between East 36th and 37th Streets) is Pierre Lorillard's 
 home. The fashionable Christ Church (Episcopal), famous for its 
 fine music and beautiful frescos, is on the corner of West 35th 
 Street; and the Brick Church (Presbyterian) rises at the corner of 
 
 * It is now the home of the Manhattan Club, 
 
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 West 37th Street. At the old home of Gov. E. D. Morgan, No. 
 415 (between East 37th and 38th Streets), is the St. Nicholas Club, 
 composed exclusively of gentlemen of the oldest Knickerbocker 
 families, — the Remsens, De Peysters, Rhinelanders, Roosevelts, etc. 
 At No. 425 (beyond East 38th Street) is the home of Austin Corbin, 
 the railway king ; at No. 429 that of the late Henry Bergh, the friend 
 of suffering animals ; at No. 459 (beyond East 39th Street) that of 
 Frederick W. Vanderbilt. 
 
 The lofty and quaint Union League Club-house is at the corner of 
 Fifth Avenue and East 39th Street, with its conspicuous gables and 
 huge roof. From West 40th to 42d Street extends the Distributing 
 Reservoir of the Croton Water-Works, crowning the summit of 
 Murray Hill, 115 feet above tide-water, covering 4 acres, and holding 
 23,000,000 gallons of water. It is a massive structure in Egyptian 
 architecture, 44 feet high, and 420 feet square. Back of it is the 
 pleasant Bryant Park, on which the famous Crystal Palace stood, 
 thirty years or more ago. Opposite, on Fifth Avenue, are the tall art- 
 furniture buildings of Ball, Graves and others, the massive American 
 Safe-Deposit building, and a few quaint dwellings, the remnants of 
 the old-time block of yellow Gothic houses (one of them still occupied 
 by Mrs. Lucian B. Chase), in part of which was the famous Rutgers 
 Female College. Next the avenue crosses 42d Street, which runs to 
 the left to the Weehawken Ferry, and to the right to the Grand Cen- 
 tral Depot, and the Grand Union Hotel, our comfortable headquarters 
 in New York. 
 
 On the left corner of Fifth Avenue and 42d Street is the lofty stone 
 Hotel Bristol, with Russell Sage's house next door (No. 406), and 
 opposite is the Hamilton. At the corner of East 43d Street is the 
 Temple Emanu-El, the great Hebrew synagogue, perhaps the richest 
 piece of Saracenic architecture in America, with its minaret-like tow- 
 ers, delicate carvings, Oriental arches, and a dazzlingly brilliant inte- 
 rior. In the next block is the Sherwood, the home of Jesse Seligman, 
 the banker, the Rev. G. H. Hepworth, and other well-known persons. 
 Opposite, at 524, were headquarters of the Manhattan Athletic Club, 
 with its luxurious rooms, and finely equipped gymnasium. At No. 
 
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 532 is Manton Marble's house, and No. 549 is Thomas T. Eckert's 
 home. The Universalist Church of the Divine Paternity, so long min- 
 istered to by Dr. Chapin, stands at the corner 01 West 45th Street. A 
 little way to the right, on East 45th Street, are the homes of the famous 
 broker, Washington E. Conner (No. 14), and of the eloquent Chauncy 
 M. Depev:, president of the New-York Central Railroad (No. 22), 
 and one of the best after-dinner speakers in America. At No. 2 East 
 46th Street is the mansion of Seligman, the well-known financier. 
 Nearly opposite the Universalist Church is the narrow and richly 
 carved facade of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, w hose 
 interior is rich in polished granite pillars, with quaintly carved capi- 
 tals, frescos after Fra Angelico, and other beautiful adornments. 
 The great Windsor Hotel extends from East 46th to East 47th Street, 
 and is the home of Andrew Carnegie, and many other noted men. 
 Opposite, at No. 562, dwells Joseph W. Harper, jun., of the famous 
 publishing-house ; and at No. 574 are the rooms of the American 
 Yacht Club, famous for its navy of costly steam-yachts. On the cor- 
 ner beyond the Windsor, at No. 579, in a large brown-stone house, 
 with lanterns in front, lives Jay Gould, the Napoleon of finance ; and 
 at the other end of the block, with carved stone griffins in front, is the 
 home of Robert Goelet. The Goelet estate is above $20,000,000. At 
 No. 50 West 47th Street lives Joseph H. Choate, lawyer and orator, 
 and one of the greatest after-dinner speakers of this age. At West 
 48th Street is the ornate and high-spired Collegiate Dutch Church, 
 with its flying buttresses, carved portals, and general richness of de- 
 tail ; and the second house beyond (No. 608) pertains to Ogden Goelet. 
 At the corner of East 48th Street (No. 597) is the home of Roswell 
 P. Flower, eminent in latter-day politics. The next block, from East 
 49th to 50th Street, is taken up largely by the great Buckingham 
 Hotel, a quiet and expensive family hotel ; and at No. 615 lives Ed- 
 ward S. Jaffray, the dry-goods merchant. Opposite, at No. 624, is the 
 house of the late John Roach, the great ship-builder. 
 
 At the corner of 50th Street rises the vast Cathedral of St. Patrick, 
 described in the chapter on Churches. 
 
 At No. 634, opposite the Cathedral, is the home of D. O. Mills, 
 
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 ex-senator from California, and father-in-law of Whitelaw Reid, of 
 the " Tribune.'' Rack of the Cathedral is the Florentine palace built 
 by Henry Villard, alongside of Columbia College. Beyond the Ca- 
 thedral, on Fifth Avenue, is the Roman-Catholic Orphan Asylum for 
 Boys, on high ground, with the Asylum for Orphan Girls behind it. 
 Between West 51st and 53d Streets are the magnificent brown-stone 
 palaces of the Vanderbilt family, enriched by broad bands of carved 
 foliage, and superbly furnished and decorated inside. No. 640 is the 
 home of Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, and No. 642 is the home of her 
 daughter, Mrs. William D. Sloane. 
 
 Across West 53d Street rises the handsome white-stone French 
 chateau of William K. Vanderbilt, rich in carvings and oriel-windows 
 The author of "Recent Architecture in America" calls this "the 
 most beautiful house in New York." 
 
 Next comes the beautiful and fashionable Episcopal Church of 
 St. Thomas, famous for society weddings. It is a brown-stone Gothic 
 structure, with a melodious chime of bells, and famous altar-paintings 
 by LaFarge. Among its clergy have been Bishops Upfold and White- 
 house, and the Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks. Just beyond, on the same 
 square, are the picturesque connected mansions of Dr. W. S. Webb 
 and Hamilton McK. Twombly, who married daughters of William H. 
 Vanderbilt. Between East 52d and 53d Streets is the Langham. 
 Between West 54th and 55th Streets are the spacious buildings and 
 grounds of St. Luke's Hospital (open to visitors from 10 to 12, Tues- 
 days, Thursdays, and Saturdays), where Episcopal Sisters of the 
 Holy Communion attend the sick, without regard to their sect or 
 nation. 
 
 In this vicinity dwell several of the Standard-Oil Company mag- 
 nates, — Henry M. Flagler at No. 685, William Rockefeller at No. 
 6S9, etc. 
 
 At West 55th Street is the great Presbyterian Church under Dr. 
 John Hall's ministration, the largest church of that sect in the world, 
 with a spire that is a landmark for a great distance. No. 724, just 
 beyond West 56th Street, is the home of R. Fulton Cutting, — a very 
 handsome piece of domestic architecture. At the lower corner of 
 
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 West 57th Street is the handsome house built and some time occu- 
 pied by the famous Mrs. Frederick W. Stevens, the immensely 
 wealthy heiress of Josiah Sampson, who deserted her husband after 
 twenty years of married life, and in 1886 married the Marquis de 
 Talleyrand- Perigord, in Paris. The house now belongs to Secretary 
 of-the-Navy Whitney. On the other corner of West 57th Street is 
 the superb mansion of Cornelius Vanderbilt. 
 
 A little way beyond is the beginning of Central Park, which forms 
 one side of the avenue for over two miles and a half. The other side 
 is being built up with noble mansions, and will at some future time be 
 the most beautiful place of homes in America. At No. 810, corner 
 of East 62d Street, is the town-house of William Belden, a many 
 millionnaire, who defeated Jay Gould in the famous Black-Friday finan- 
 cial battle. Opposite East 64th Street is the old Arsenal and 
 Menagerie. Between East 66th and 67th Streets is the group of 
 houses in which dwell the Soto family (No. 854), and Mrs. de Barrios 
 (No. 855), the widow of the famous Central-American statesman, 
 killed in battle a few years ago. No. 3 East 66th Street was the home 
 of the late Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and his family still dwell there. 
 At No. 871 is the mansion of Mrs. Robert L. Stuart. The splendid 
 Lenox Library extends from East 70th Street to 71st Street. 
 
 A little way to the right looms up the lofty, quaint, and picturesque 
 gray house of Charles L. Tiffany, designed by McKim, Mead, and 
 White, with its mediaeval portcullis, red-marble Moorish stairway, 
 teak-wood doors, blue-and-pearl dining-room, etc. Here also dwells 
 the famous railway king, Henry Villard. The upper floor, under the 
 great, dusky tiled roof, is a vast studio. This house is described in 
 the " Century Magazine " for February, 1886. 
 
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 NEW YORK IN SUMMER. 
 
 EXCURSIONS AND ISLAND RESORTS. 
 
 Hot nights in New York are rare. At dusk, on the warmest 
 days of summer, a sea-breeze springs up, which makes the nights 
 cool and delightful. No other city offers such an endless variety ol 
 excursions on river, harbor, bay, and ocean. Completely surrounded 
 by water, at the mouth of the magnificent Hudson, and hard by the 
 broad Atlantic, New York offers countless attractions to those in 
 search of rest, recreation, and health. Every day, for weeks, some 
 new excursion on the water may be taken, leaving the city in the 
 morning, and returning in the cool of the evening. The city hotels 
 are not full in summer; and travellers can be made more comfort- 
 able than in crowded seaside resorts, and at much less cost. 
 
 Space will permit us to mention only a few of the excursions. 
 
 The Hudson River. — First and foremost among the pleasure excur- 
 sions is a trip on the Hudson. The swift and splendid steamers ol 
 the Hudson-river Day Line leave the foot of West 22d Street every 
 morning except Sunday during the season at 9 o'clock, arriving at 
 Albany at 6.10 P.M. The best way to reach the pier from the Grand 
 Union Hotel, is to take the Fourth-avenue cars, which pass the door, 
 to 23d Street, and the 23d-street cars across to the North River. On 
 leaving the pier, a fine view of New-York City and harbor is obtained ; 
 while on the opposite shore are Jersey City and Hoboken, and Wee- 
 hawken, where Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with Aaron 
 Burr. On the east bank may soon be seen the tomb of Gen. 
 Grant. At Fort Washington and Fort Lee (ten miles up) begins the 
 historic part of the river, for a description of which we mus. refer the 
 reader to some more assuming work. "The Hudson by Daylight," 
 an excellent descriptive guide of the river, for sale on th . boats, is 
 recommended. The " Panoramic View of the Hudson " is also worth 
 purchasing 
 
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 The Palisades on the west bank begin here, and extend up the river 
 for fifteen or twenty miles. They are bare, precipitous walls of rock, 
 which rise abruptly from the river to a height of 250 to 600 feet. 
 Passing Yonkers on the right, we see " Greystone," the residence of 
 the late Samuel J. Tilden. From here to and beyond Tarrytown, the 
 east bank is lined with palatial residences. At Irvington, on the right, 
 we catch a glimpse of Sunnyside, where Washington Irving lived. 
 Oil the west bank, a few miles above, is Tappan, where Andre was 
 executed. On the east bank is Lyndehurst, the summer home of Jay 
 Gould ; and Tarrytown, where Major Andre was captured. A mile 
 above Tarrytown is the Old Dutch Church, where Washington Irving 
 is buried. At Sing Sing, on the east bank, thirty-two miles from 
 New York, the State Prison is located. Soon the river broadens into 
 a bay five miles wide, at the northern end of which, on the west bank, 
 is Stony Point, sometimes known as " Mad Anthony's Charge." Hce 
 Gen. Anthony Wayne, in the dead of night, with a handful of men, 
 surprised and recaptured the British fort on Stony Point. Readers 
 of Thackeray's " Virginians " will remember his thrilling account of 
 this battle. The river here is only half a mile wide. On the east 
 bank is Verplanck's Point, the site of Fort Lafayette, where Baron 
 Steuben drilled soldiers for the Revolutionary army. At this point 
 the river appears to end. On the west bank rises the Dnnderberg 
 mountain, made famous by Irving; and on the east Anthony's Nose, 
 over 1,200 feet high; and between the two, and apparently completely 
 shutting in the river, lies Iona Island, a popular excursion resort. 
 Rounding this island, we come into full view of the historic Highlands 
 of the Hudson. On the west bank lies West Point, where visitors may 
 land, and visit the Military Academy, fort, and historic spots. Three 
 delightful hours may be spent here, when the down-boat from Albany 
 may be taken, reaching New York at 6 p.m. If visitors prefer, they 
 m*ay keep on up the river, passing on the east bank Garrison's and 
 Storm King, the highest peak of the Highlands, to Newburg, where 
 they may visit Washington's headquarters, and stand upon the spot 
 where he read his farewell address to the American army. One hour 
 and a half may be spent here, before the arrival of the down-boat. 
 
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 There are excellent restaurants on the steamers, on the European 
 plan. Strangers visiting New York should not miss this trip, which 
 is a most beautiful and interesting one. 
 
 Coney Island, five miles in length, is about ten miles from the New 
 York City Hall, and is bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. 
 It is divided into four parts, known as Norton's Point (which is little 
 frequented), West Brighton, Brighton, and Manhattan Beach. There 
 are various rail and steamboat routes to the island (see daily papers) ; 
 but perhaps the pleasantest way of getting there, is to take one of the 
 Iron Steamboat Company's vessels from the foot of West 23d Street, 
 or Pier 1, North River. They leave hourly during the season, and land 
 at the Iron Pier, West Brighton. Excursion tickets, 50 cents. An- 
 other good route is to take steamer from foot of Whitehall Street 
 (South-ferry Station, Third-avenue line) to Bay Ridge, and, from there, 
 train to West Brighton or Manhattan Beach. Excursion tickets 50 
 cents. 
 
 Norton's Point, or West End, is the secluded portion of Coney Island, 
 and a visit is not recommended. 
 
 West Brighton is the democratic part of the island. It is made up 
 of a motley collection of hotels, large and small, concert stands, beer- 
 gardens, variety-shows, skating-rinks, wooden toboggan-slides, shooting- 
 galleries, bathing-houses, merry-go-rounds, inclined-railways, museums, 
 aquariums, brass-bands, pop-corn and hot sausage venders; in fact, it 
 is like a great country-fair in full blast, crowded with every-day peo- 
 ple, out for a good time. Here is an iron observatory 300 feet high, 
 with elevators running to the top ; a camera-obscura,- two iron piers 
 upwards of a thousand feet long, with bathing-houses beneath ; and a 
 building in the shape of a colossal elephant, with restaurants, dancing 
 rooms, and various exhibitions inside, and an observatory on top. 
 The pell-mell excitement of the place is kept up all day and until 
 almost midnight throughout the week, with no cessation on Sunday. 
 Half a mile east along the beach is Brighton. Stages run this dis- 
 tance (fare 5 cents), and there is also an elevated road. 
 
 Brighton Beach, — Here there is an enormous hotel, capable of din- 
 ing 20,000 people in a day. The grounds are handsomely laid out and 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 109 
 
 ornamented with flowers, and the bathing facilities are excellent. In 
 a pavilion a large orchestra gives concerts afternoon and evening. 
 East of Brighton Beach, for 2^ miles, extend the grounds of 
 
 Manhattan Beach. — (Reached by a small railway, fare 5 cents.) 
 This is the best part of the island, and is patronized by the better 
 dasses. The hotel is nearly 700 feet long, and is one of the largest 
 structures of its kind in the world. 4,000 people can dine at a time, 
 and 30,000 during the day. The grounds are beautifully laid out, and 
 there are concerts afternoon and evening in a pavilion in front of the 
 hotel. There are 2,700 rooms in the bathing establishment, and an 
 amphitheatre for spectators to watch the bathers, in which a band 
 plays afternoon and evening. Bathing is perfectly safe. 
 
 East of the Manhattan Hotel comes the Oriental Hotel, a large 
 and costly house for permanent guests. Manhattan Beach can be 
 reached by rail direct from Long-Island City (East 34th-street Ferry), 
 or by boat, from South Ferry to Bay Ridge, and thence by train. 
 Several times a week, during the summer, wonderful displays of fire- 
 works take place at the Brighton and Manhattan hotels, those of the 
 latter place being unequalled elsewhere in the country. The Coney- 
 Island Jockey-Club has a club-house at Manhattan Beach, and a fine 
 race-track at Sheepshead Bay (just back of the beach), where race- 
 meetings are held in June and September. 
 
 Rockaway Beach, on the Long-Island shore, is twenty miles from 
 New York. It may be reached by rail (ferry from foot East 34th 
 Street to Southern Railroad, Long Island) ; but the better way is to 
 go by one of the immense excursion steamers, which run every few 
 hours during the season. For time and place of sailing, see daily 
 papers. This trip is strongly recommended. The sail is a fine one, 
 affording splendid views of the harbor, shipping, and fortifications, 
 and a sail on the Atlantic. The beach has most of the characteris- 
 tics of Coney Island, but the surf is finer. The sail occupies an 
 hour and a half each way. Excursion tickets, 50 cents. On Sunday 
 the boats are often uncomfortably crowded. 
 
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 How to Know New York. 
 
 Long Branch is on the New-Jersey coast, about thirty miles from 
 New York. It is so well known that no description is necessary here. 
 Steamers run, during the season, from Pier 8, North River, to Sandy 
 Hook, and thence by rail to the Branch. This is the best route. It 
 is also reached by the New-Jersey Southern and Pennsylvania Rail- 
 roads. During the season, there are excursion steamers, which go all 
 the way by water, landing passengers at the Long-Branch Iron Pier. 
 (See daily papers.) The latter route is not recommended, as rough 
 weather often prevents a landing. 
 
 Long Beach is on the Long-Island coast, east of Rockaway. There 
 is but one hotel there, — an immense one, — and a number of cottages. 
 The bathing facilities are perfect, and the surf usually runs high. A 
 fine orchestra plays in front of the hotel morning and evening. A visit 
 is strongly recommended to those who desire to spend a quiet and 
 restful day by the sea, away from the " madding crowd." It is reached 
 via Long-Island Railroad, ferry foot East 34th Street. Excursion 
 tickets, 50 cents. 
 
 Glen Island, in Long-Island Sound, near New Rochelle, is a beauti- 
 ful and picturesque summer resort for excursionists, with facilities for 
 boating, bathing, sailing, fish-dinners, etc. The sail up the East River, 
 past the various public institutions, and the Navy Yard, through Hell 
 Gate, and out into the Sound, is an interesting one. Boats leave 
 several times a day. See daily papers. Excursion tickets, 40 cents. 
 
 Staten Island, thirteen miles long, is in New-York Harbor. Boats 
 run from South Ferry every half-hour. It is a hilly and picturesque 
 island, dotted with fine houses and villas. On the eastern shore is Fort 
 Wadsworth and Battery Hudson. On the north shore is the Sailors' 
 Snug Harbor, an asylum for aged and infirm sailors, capable of ac- 
 commodating over 1,000 persons. Of late the island has become a 
 great centre for the amusement-loving public. A company has been 
 organized, which, during the warm season, gives open-air entertain- 
 ments on a colossal scale, which are attended daily and nightly bv 
 thousands. The fare is ten cents. 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 in 
 
 ELEVATED RAILWAYS. 
 
 Second Avenue Line. — (Daily, including Sundays.) 
 
 Route. — Commencing at South Ferry, through Whitehall Street to 
 Front Street, to Coenties Slip, to Pearl Street, to New Bowery, to 
 Chatham Square, through Division Street to Allen Street, to First 
 Avenue, to 23d Street, to 2d Avenue, to 129th Street. Total dis- 
 tance, 8.73 miles. Heaviest grade, 73 feet per mile. This line is 
 open from 5.30 a.m. to 11.58 p.m., including Sundays. Last train 
 from 129th Street, South Bound, 11.58 P.M. Last train from South 
 Ferry, North Bound, 12.46 a.m. Passengers for 34th Street Ferry, 
 East River, change cars at 34th Street Station and take branch train 
 for ferry. No extra charge. Passengers to or from City Hall change 
 cars and cross the Bridge at Chatham Square Station. Passengers to 
 or from Suburban Rapid Transit Railway change cars at 129th Street. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Location. 
 
 Numbers at Intersection. 
 
 South Ferry. 
 Hanover Square. 
 Fulton St.* 
 Franklin Square. 
 Chatham Square. 
 Canal St.* 
 Grand St.* 
 Rivington St. 
 First St. 
 Eighth St.* 
 Fourteenth St.* 
 Nineteenth St. 
 Twenty-third St.* 
 Thirty-fourth St.* 
 Forty-second St.* 
 Fiftieth St. 
 Fifty-seventh St. 
 
 Foot Whitehall St. 
 Pearl and S. William Sts. 
 Pearl and Fulton Sts. 
 Pearl and Cherry Sts. 
 Chatham Sq. and Bowery. 
 Allen and Canal Sts. 
 Allen and Grand Sts. 
 Allen and Rivington Sts. 
 First St. and 1st Ave. 
 Eighth St. and 1st Ave. 
 14th St. and 1st Ave. 
 19th St. and 1st Ave. 
 23d St., bet. 1st and 2d Avs. 
 34th St. and 2d Ave. 
 42d St. and 2d Ave. 
 50th St. and 2d Ave. 
 57th St. and 2d Ave. 
 
 66 Whitehall— 1 South St. 
 no Pearl — 1 South William St. 
 266 Pearl— 38 Fulton St. 
 340 Pearl— 12 Cherry St. 
 Chatham Sq.— 1 Bowery. 
 14 Allen— 71 Canal St. 
 66 Allen— 309 Grand St. 
 140 Allen— 70 Rivington St. 
 it 1st Ave.— 73 First St. 
 132 1st Ave.— 87 Eighth St. 
 240 1st Ave. — 350 E. 14th St. 
 330 1st Ave.— 358 E. 19th St. 
 300 E. 23d St. — 248 2d Ave. 
 620 2d Ave. —300 E. 34th St. 
 782 2d Ave. — 236 E. 42d St. 
 950 2d Ave.— 253 E. 50th St. 
 1080 2d Ave.— 250 E. 57th St. 
 
 * Crosstown car lines. 
 
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 How to Know Nezv York. 
 
 STATIONS.— Continued. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Location. 
 
 Numbers at Intersection. 
 
 Sixty-fifth St. 
 Seventieth St. 
 
 65th St. and 2d Ave. 
 70th St. and 2d Ave. 
 75th St. and 2d Ave. 
 80th St. and 2d Ave. 
 86th St. and 2d Ave. 
 92d St. and 2d Ave. 
 09th St. and sd Ave. 
 1 nth St. and 2d Ave. 
 117th St. and 2d Ave. 
 121st St. and 2d Ave. 
 127th St. and 2d Ave. 
 129th St. and 2d Ave, 
 
 1240 2d Ave.— 252 E. 65th St. 
 1330 2d Ave. — 234 E. 70th St. 
 1440 2d Ave.— 252 E. 75th St. 
 1538 2d Ave.— 248 E. 80th St. 
 1657 2d Ave. --242 E. 86th St. 
 1780 2d Ave.— 300 E. 92d St. 
 1913 2d Ave. — . . . E. 99th St. 
 2160 2d Ave. — 248 E. inth St. 
 2276 2d Ave. — 252 E. 117th St. 
 2358 2d Ave. — 250 E. 121st St. 
 2479 2d Ave. — 245 E. 127th St. 
 
 Seventy-fifth St. 
 Eightieth St. 
 Eighty-sixth St. 
 Ninety-second St. 
 Ninety-ninth Street. 
 
 1 nth Street. 
 117th Street. 
 121st Street. 
 127th Street. 
 129th Street. 
 
 — 252 E. 129th St. 
 
 Third Avenue Line. — (Daily, including Sundays.) 
 
 Route. — Commencing at South Ferry, through Whitehall Street to 
 Front Street, to Coenties Slip, to Pearl Street, to New Bowery, to 
 Chatham Square, to Bowery, to 3d Avenue, to 129th Street. 34th 
 Street Branch ; from 3d Avenue, through 34th wStreet, to Ferry on 
 East River. 42d Street Branch ; from 3d Avenue, through 42d 
 Street, to Grand Central Depot, 42d Street and 4th Avenue. City 
 Hall Branch ; from City Hall, through Chatham Street, to Chatham 
 Square. Total distance, Main Line, 8.48 miles. Length of 34th 
 Street Branch, 0.31 miles. Length of 42d Street Branch, 0.18 miles. 
 Length of City Hall Branch, o 36 miles. Heaviest grade on main 
 line, 105 feet per mile. This line, including City Hall Branch, is 
 open at all hours of the day and night, including Sundays. City Hall 
 passengers to or from 2d Avenue Line change cars and cross the 
 Bridge at Chatham Square Station. Direct connection made at City 
 1 1 all Station, without going to the street, with trains crossing Brook- 
 lyn Bridge. Passengers for Grand Central Depot change cars at 42d 
 Street Station and take branch train, which is run from 6.00 A.M. to 
 12.00 midnight. No extra charge. Passengers for 34th Street Ferry, 
 East River, change cars at 34th Street Station and take branch train, 
 which is run from 5.30 A.M. to 12.00 midnight. No extra charge. 
 
Hoiv to Know New York. 
 
 113 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Name. 
 
 South Ferry. 
 Hanover Square. 
 Fulton St.* 
 Franklin Square. 
 City Hall. 
 Chatham Square. 
 Canal St.* 
 Grand St.* 
 Houston St.* 
 Ninth St.* 
 Fourteenth St.* 
 Eighteenth St.* 
 Twenty-third St.* 
 Twenty-eighth St. 
 Thirty-fourth St.* 
 34th Street Ferry. 
 Forty-second St.* 
 Grand Central.* 
 Forty-seventh St. 
 Fifty-third St. 
 Fifty-ninth St.* 
 Sixty-seventh St. 
 Seventy-sixth St. 
 Eighty-fourth St- 
 Eighty-ninth St. 
 Ninety-eighth St. 
 106th Street. 
 116th Street. 
 125th Street.* 
 129th Street. 
 
 Location. 
 
 Foot Whitehall St. 
 Pear] and S. William Sts. 
 Pearl and Fulton Sts. 
 Pearl and Cherry Sts. 
 Chatham and Centre Sts. 
 Chatham Sq. and Bowery. 
 Bowery and Canal St. 
 Bowery and Grand St. 
 Bowery and Houston St. 
 3d Ave. and 9th St. 
 3d Ave. and 14th St. 
 3d Ave. and 18th St. 
 3d Ave. and 23d St. 
 3d Ave. and 28th St. 
 3d Ave. and 34th St. 
 Foot 34th St , E. R. 
 3d Ave. and 42d St. 
 42d St. and 4th Ave. 
 3d Ave. and 47th St. 
 3d Ave. and 53d St. 
 3d Ave. and 59th St. 
 3d Ave. and 67th St. 
 3d Ave. and 76th St. 
 3d Ave. and 84th St. 
 3d Ave. and 89th St. 
 3d Ave. and 98th St. 
 3d Ave. and 106th St. 
 3d Ave. and 116th St. 
 3d Ave. and 125th St. 
 3d Ave. and 129th St. 
 
 Numbers at Intersection. 
 
 66 Whitehall— 1 South St. 
 
 no Pearl— 1 South William St. 
 
 266 Pearl St.— 38 Fulton St. 
 
 340 Pearl— 12 Cherry St. 
 
 N. Y. Terminus B'klyn Bridge. 
 
 Chatham Sq. — 1 Bowery. 
 
 60 Bowery — 150 Canal St. 
 
 122 Bowery— 235 Grand St. 
 
 280 Bowery— 90 E. Houston St. 
 31 3d Ave. — 117 E. 9th St. 
 
 123 3d Ave.— 152 E. 14th St. 
 205 3d Ave.— 148 E. 18th St. 
 300 3d Ave.— 164 E. 23d St. 
 392 3d Ave.--i6i E. 28th St. 
 507 3d Ave.— 166 E. 34th St. 
 408 E. 34th St. 
 
 657 3d Ave. — 164 E. 42d St. 
 Grand Central Depot. 
 760 3d Ave.— 160 E. 47th St. 
 874 3d Ave.— 164 E. 53d St. 
 990 3d Ave.— 164 E. 59th St. 
 1 146 3d Ave.— 168 E. 67th St. 
 1330 3d Ave. — 200 E. 76th St. 
 1490 3d Ave. — 173 E. 84th St. 
 1588 3d Ave.— 169 E. 89th St. 
 1785 3 d Ave.— 158 E. 98th St. 
 1925 3d Ave. — 171 E. 106th St. 
 2123 3d Ave.— 184 E. 116th St. 
 2300 3d Ave.- — 192 E. 125th St. 
 2380 3d Ave.— 168 E. 129th St. 
 
 * Crosstown car lines. 
 
 Sixth Avenue Line. — (Daily, including Sundays.) 
 Route. — Commencing at South Ferry, through Battery Park and 
 Greenwich Street to Morris Street, thence through Trinity Place and 
 Church Street, to Murray Street, to West Broadway and South 5th 
 Avenue, to West Third Street, to 6th Avenue, to 58th Street. Har- 
 lem trains run through 53d Street to 9th Avenue, to noth Street, to 
 8th Avenue, to 155th Street. Total distance, South Ferry to 155th 
 St. and 8th Ave., 10.76 miles. South Ferry to 58th St. and 6th Ave., 
 5.18 miles. 50th St. to 58th St. and 6th Ave., 0.40 miles. Heaviest 
 grade, 79 feet per mile. This line is open at all hours of the day and 
 
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 How to Know Neiv York. 
 
 night, including Sundays. Passengers for Grand Central Depot leave 
 train at 42d Street Station. Crosstown cars run between Station and 
 Depot. Fare 5 cents. 155th and 53d Street trains may be known by 
 green or red signals by day, and green or red lights by night, carried 
 on the forward part of the engine. All trains not displaying the 
 above, run to 58th Street (Central Park). 
 
 New York and Northern Railway Connection. — Trains connecting 
 with the New York and Northern Railway through trains carry a blue 
 disk on the forward part of the engine. Passengers for stations on 
 9th Avenue Line change cars at 59th Street Station. No extra 
 charge. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Location. 
 
 Numbers at Intersection. 
 
 South Ferry. 
 Battery Place. 
 Rector St. 
 Cortlandt St. 
 Park Place. 
 Chambers St.* 
 Franklin St. 
 Grand St.* 
 Bleecker St.* 
 Eighth St.* 
 Fourteenth St.* 
 Eighteenth St. 
 Twenty- third St.* 
 Twenty-eighth St. 
 Thirty- third St.* 
 Forty-second St.* 
 Fiftieth St. 
 Fifty-eighth St. 
 Fiftv-third St. 
 Fifty -ninth St.* 
 Seventy-second St. 
 Eighty-first St. 
 Ninety-third St. 
 104th Street. 
 116th Street. 
 125th Street.* 
 135th Street. 
 145th Street. 
 
 Foot Whitehall St. 
 Battery PI. & Gr'nwich St. 
 New Church & Rector Sts. 
 N. Church & Cortlandt Sts. 
 Church Street & Park PI. 
 Hudson & Chambers Sts. 
 W. B'way & Franklin St. 
 S. 5th Ave. and Grand St. 
 S. 5 th Ave. & Bleecker St. 
 6th Ave. and 8th St. 
 6th Ave. and 14th St. 
 6th Ave. and 18th St. 
 6th Ave. and 23d St. 
 6th Ave. and 28th St. 
 :6th Ave. and 33d St. 
 j6th Ave. and 42d St. 
 6th Ave. and 50th St. 
 6th Ave. and 58th St. 
 8th Ave. and 53d St. 
 9th Ave. and 59th St. 
 9th Ave. and 72d St. 
 9th Ave. and 81st St. 
 9th Ave. and 93d St. 
 qth Ave. and 104th St. 
 8th Ave. and 116th St. 
 8th Ave. and 125th St. 
 8th Ave. and 135th St. 
 8th Ave. and 145th St. 
 
 210 6th Ave.— 65 W. 14th St. 
 286 6th Ave.— 69 W. 18th St. 
 375 6th Ave.— 79 W. 23d St. 
 462 6th Ave.— 59 W. 28th St. 
 1280 Broadway— s^3 6th Ave. 
 736 6th Ave.— 61 W. 4 2d St. 
 888 6th Ave.— 81 W. 50th St. 
 1045 6th Ave —47 W. 58th St. 
 890 8th Ave.— 247 W. 53d St. 
 9209th Ave.— 357 W. 59th St. 
 1183 9th Ave.— 101 W. 72d St. 
 1357 9th Ave.— 100 W. 81st St. 
 1595 9th Ave.— 102 W. 93d Ft. 
 
 2151 8th Ave.— 30X W. 116th St, 
 2325 8th Ave.— 300 W. 125th St. 
 2525 8th Ave. 
 
 66 Whitehall— 1 South St. 
 1 Broadway. 
 71 Broadway. 
 
 171 Broadway— 25 Church St. 
 237 Broadway— 40 Church St. 
 271 Broadway — 1 Hudson St. 
 362 Broadway— 125 Franklin. 
 458 Broadway — 52 Grand St. 
 640 Broadway — 139 Bleecker. 
 100 6th Ave.— 94 8th St. 
 
 1821 9th Ave. — 101 W. 104th St. 
 
 300 W. 145th St. 
 
 ( Connecting with N. Y. & N. 
 ■< R'way for High Bridge, 
 ( Brewster's, etc. 
 
 155th Street. 
 
 8th Ave. 
 
 and 155th St, 
 
 * Crosstown car lines. 
 
How to Know New York. 115 
 
 Ninth Avenue Line.— (Daily, including Sundays.) 
 
 Route. — Commencing at South Ferry, through Battery Park to 
 Greenwich Street, to gth Avenue, to 59th Street. Total distance, 
 5.0S miles. Heaviest grade, 107 feet per mile. This line is open 
 from 5.30 A.M. to 7.57 P.M. Last train from 59th Street, South 
 Bound, 7.57 p.m. Last train from South Ferry, North Bound, 8.21 
 p.m. Passengers for 72d St., Sist St., 93d St., 104th St., 116th St., 
 125th St. (Harlem), 135th St., 145th St., 155th St., Fort Washing- 
 ton, High Bridge, and the New York and Northern Railway, change 
 cars at 59th St. No extra charge. 
 
 STATIONS. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Location. 
 
 Numbers at Intersection. 
 
 South Ferry. 
 Battery Place. 
 Rector St. 
 Cortlandt St. 
 Barclay St. 
 Warren St. 
 Franklin St. 
 Desbrosses St.* 
 Houston St.* 
 Christopher St.* 
 Fourteenth St.* 
 Twenty-third St.* 
 Thirtieth St. 
 Thirty-fourth St.* 
 Forty-second St.* 
 Fiftieth St. 
 Fifty-ninth St.* 
 
 Foot Whitehall St. 
 Battery PI. & Greenwich St. 
 Greenwich & Rector Sts. 
 Gr'nwich & Cortlandt Sts. 
 Greenwich & Barclay Sts. 
 Greenwich & Warren Sts. 
 Greenwich & Franklin Sts. 
 Gr'nwich & Desbrosses Sts. 
 Greenwich & Houston Sts. 
 Greenwich & Christo r Sts. 
 9th Ave. and 14th St. 
 9th Ave. and 23d St. 
 9th Ave. and 30th St. 
 9th Ave. and 34th St. 
 9th Ave. and 42d St. 
 9th Ave. and 50th St. 
 9th Ave. and 59th St. 
 
 66 Whitehall— 1 South St. 
 1 Broadway. 
 
 71 Broadway— 89 Greenwich. 
 171 Broadway— 171 Greenwich. 
 227 Broadway— 229 Greenwich. 
 259 Broadway— 283 Greenwich. 
 362 Broadway— 365 Greenwich. 
 416 Broadway— 452 Greenwich. 
 300 W. H'ston — 585 Greenwich. 
 146 Christop'r— 680 Greenwich. 
 59 9th Ave. — 400 W. 14th St. 
 212 9th Ave.— 373 W. 23d St. 
 3509th Ave.— 367 W. 30th St. 
 428 9th Ave.— 365 W. 34th St. 
 580 9th Ave.— 365 W. 42d St. 
 740 9th Ave.— 371 W. 50th St. 
 920 9th Ave.— 357 W. 59th St. 
 
 * Crosstown car lines. 
 
 General Offices Manhattan Railway Co., No. 71 Broadway. 
 Rates of fare. — Five cents at all hours. Children under 5 years, 
 free. 
 
 ^£W* Passengers are required to deposit their tickets in the Gate 
 Box before entering train. 
 
n6 How to Know New York. 
 
 Points of Interest and how to Reach them by the Elevated Railways. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Amberg's Ger- 
 mania Theatre, 
 
 American Mu- 
 seum of Natu- 
 ral History, 
 
 Astor House, 
 
 Academy of Mu- 
 sic, 
 
 Armory 7th Regi- 
 ment, 
 
 Armory 12th 
 Regiment, 
 
 Armory 226. Reg- 
 iment, 
 
 Astor Library, 
 
 Academy of De- 
 sign, 
 Albemarle Hotel, 
 
 Arsenal, 
 
 American Insti- 
 tute, 
 
 Anchor Line 
 Steamers, 
 
 Albany Day Line, 
 Astoria Ferry, 
 
 Location. 
 
 15th Street and Ir- 
 ving Place, 
 
 8th Avenue and 
 79th Street, 
 
 Broadway and Ve- 
 sey wStreet, 
 
 14th Street and Ir- 
 ving Place, 
 
 66th Street and Lex- 
 ington Avenue, 
 
 6 1 st Street and gth 
 Avenue, 
 
 Boulevard and 67th 
 Street. 
 
 34 Lafayette Place, 
 
 23d Street and 4th 
 
 Avenue, 
 24th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 35th Street and 7th 
 
 Avenue, 
 
 63d Street and 3d 
 
 Avenue, 
 Foot Le Roy Street 
 
 for Glasgow, 
 
 Foot Vestry Street, 
 North River, 
 
 Foot 92d Street, 
 East River, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 8 1st Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 Park Place — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 Barclay — 9th Avenue ; 
 
 City Hall— 2d and Third 
 
 Avenues. 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 67th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 
 65th Street —2d Avenue. 
 59th Street — 6th and 9th 
 
 Avenues, 
 72d Street — 6th and 9th 
 
 Avenues. 
 
 8th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 9th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 33d Street— 6th Avenue ; 
 
 34th Street — 2d, 3d, and 
 
 9th Avenues. 
 67th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 
 65th Street — 2d Avenue. 
 Houston — 3d and gth Ave- 
 nues ; 8th Street — 6th 
 
 Avenue. 
 Deshrosses — gth Avenue ; 
 
 Grand Street — 2d, 3d, and 
 
 6th Avenues. 
 g2d Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 
 89th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 117 
 
 Name. 
 
 Atlanta Casino, 
 
 Barge Office — 
 Government, 
 
 Bartholdi Statue, 
 
 Blackwell's 
 Island Ferry, 
 
 Bay Ridge Ferry, 
 
 Battery Park, 
 Barrett House, 
 Brooklyn Bridge, 
 
 Bible House, 
 
 Bellevue Hos- 
 pital, 
 Bryant Park, 
 
 Brunswick Hotel, 
 
 Brevoort House, 
 
 Bloomingdale In- 
 sane Asylum, 
 
 Buckingham Ho- 
 tel, 
 
 Broadway The- 
 atre, 
 Bristol Hotel, 
 
 Base Ball 
 Grounds, 
 
 Location. 
 
 155th Street and 8th 
 Avenue, 
 
 Battery Park, 
 
 New York Bay, 
 52d Street, East 
 
 River, 
 Whitehall Street, 
 
 East River, 
 Foot Broadway, 
 
 43d Street 
 Broadway, 
 City Hall Park, 
 
 and 
 
 8th Street and 4th 
 
 Avenue, 
 Foot East 26th 
 
 Street, 
 42d Street and 6th 
 
 Avenue, 
 26th Street and 5th 
 
 Avenue, 
 8th Street and 5th 
 
 Avenue, 
 Boulevard and West 
 
 117th Street, 
 50th Street and 5th 
 
 Avenue, 
 41st Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 42d Street and 5th 
 
 Avenue, 
 155th Street and 8th 
 
 Avenue 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 155th Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 South Ferry — All Lines. 
 
 South Ferry — All Lines. 
 50th Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 
 53d Street — 3d Avenue. 
 South Ferry — All Lines. 
 
 South Ferry, or Battery 
 
 Place — All Lines. 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 City Hall — 2d and 3d Av- 
 enues ; Park Place — 6th 
 Avenue ; Warren — 9th 
 Avenue. 
 
 8th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 gth Street — 3d Avenue. 
 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 28th Street— 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 8th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 9th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 116th Street — 6th and 3d 
 
 Avenues. 
 50th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 47th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 155th Street— 6th and gth 
 Avenues. 
 
1 1 8 How to Know New York. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Blind Asylum, 
 
 Bijou Opera 
 
 House, 
 Bremen Line, 
 
 Castle Garden, 
 Custom House, 
 
 Cotton 
 change, 
 
 Ex- 
 
 Coleman House, 
 City Buildings, 
 
 Cooper Institute, 
 
 College Physi- 
 cians and Sur- 
 geons, 
 
 Clarendon Hotel, 
 
 C o s m o p o 1 i tan 
 Hotel, 
 
 College City of 
 New York, 
 
 College Point 
 Ferry, 
 
 Convent Sacred 
 Heart, 
 
 Location. 
 
 34th Street and 9th 
 Avenue, 
 
 30th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 2d Street, Hoboken, 
 
 Battery Park, North 
 
 River, 
 Wall and William 
 
 Streets, 
 
 Hanover Square, 
 
 27th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 City Hall Park, 
 
 Junction 3d and 4th 
 
 Avenues, 
 437 West 59th 
 
 Street, 
 
 1 8th Street and 
 Union Square, 
 
 Chambers Street 
 and West Broad- 
 way, 
 
 23d Street and Lex- 
 ington Avenue, 
 
 Foot 99th Street, 
 East River, 
 
 St. Nicholas Ave- 
 nue, above 126th, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 34th Street — 2d, 3d, and 
 9th Avenues ; 33d Street 
 — 6th Avenue. 
 
 8th Street — 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
 See Hoboken and Christo- 
 pher Street Ferries. 
 
 South Ferry, or Battery 
 Place — All Lines. 
 
 Rector — 6th and 9th Ave- 
 nues ; Hanover Square — 
 2d and 3d Avenues. 
 
 Rector — 6th and 9th Ave- 
 nues ; Hanover Square — 
 2d and 3d Avenues. 
 
 28th Street— 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
 City Hall — 2d and 3d Av- 
 enues ; Park Place — 6th 
 Avenue ; Warren — 9th 
 Avenue. 
 
 8th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 9th Street — 3d Avenue 
 
 59th Street — 6th and 9th 
 Avenues. 
 
 18th Street— 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 Chambers — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 City Hall— 2d and 3d 
 
 Avenues ; Warren— 9ih 
 
 Avenue. 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 92d Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 
 99th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 125th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 119 
 
 Name. 
 
 Columbia Col- 
 lege, 
 
 Central Railroad 
 of New Jersey, 
 
 Cunard Line 
 Steamers, 
 
 Catharine Ferry, 
 
 Christopher 
 Street Ferry, 
 
 Catharine Mar- 
 ket, 
 
 Central Park, < 
 
 Casino, 
 
 Chickering Hall, 
 
 College of Phar- 
 macy, 
 Cancer Hospital, 
 
 Children's Aid 
 
 Society, 
 Citizen's Line, 
 
 Location. 
 
 49th Street and 
 Madison Avenue, 
 
 Foot Liberty Street, 
 North River, 
 
 Foot C 1 a r k s o n 
 
 Street, North 
 
 River, 
 Foot Catharine 
 
 Street, EastRiver, 
 Foot Christopher 
 
 Street, North 
 
 River, 
 
 Catharin e and 
 South Streets, 
 
 Lower Entrance, j 
 
 Central Entrance, 
 
 East Side, 
 Central Entrance, 
 
 West Side, 
 Upper Entrance, 
 
 39th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 5th Avenue and 
 
 18th Street, 
 115 West 68th 
 
 Street, 
 105th Street and 8th 
 
 Avenue, 
 4th Street and La- 
 fayette Place, 
 Foot Christopher 
 
 Street, North 
 
 River, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 50th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 47th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 
 Cortlandt — 6th and 9th Av- 
 enues ; Fulton — 2d and 
 3d Avenues. 
 
 Houston — 9th and 3d Av- 
 enues ; Bleecker — 6th 
 Avenue. 
 
 Chatham Square — 2d and 
 3d Avenues. 
 
 Christopher — 9th Avenue ; 
 8th Street— 2d and 6th 
 Avenues ; 9th Street — 
 3d Avenue. 
 
 Chatham Square— 2d and 
 3d Avenues. 
 
 59th Street — 3d, 6th, and 
 9th Avenues. 
 
 58th Street— 6th Avenue. 
 
 84th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 80th Street — 2d Avenue. 
 
 8 1st Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 106th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 116th Street— 6th Ave- 
 nue. 
 
 42d Street— All Lines. 
 
 1 3th Street— 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 72d Street — 6th and 9th 
 
 Avenues. 
 104th Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 9th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 
 8th Street — 6th Avenue. 
 9th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 
 8th Street — 2d and 6th 
 
 Avenues ; Christopher — 
 
 9th Avenue. 
 
120 
 
 How to Know New York. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Location. 
 
 Dam Hotel, 
 Dental College, 
 
 Delmonico's, 
 
 Deaf and Dumb 
 Asylum, 
 
 Delaware, | 
 Lackawanna J 
 and Western j 
 Railroad. 
 
 i 
 
 Daly's Theatre, 
 
 Everett House, 
 East River Park, 
 Eden Musee, 
 
 Fulton Market, 
 
 Fifth Avenue Ho- 
 tel, 
 
 Foundling Asy- 
 lum, 
 
 Union Square and 
 
 15th Street, 
 2d Avenue and 23d 
 
 Street, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 and 
 
 and 
 
 26th Street 
 
 Broadway, 
 i62d Street 
 
 Boulevard, 
 Foot Barclay Street 
 
 North River, 
 
 Foot Christopher 
 Street, North 
 River, 
 
 30th Street and 
 Broadway, 
 
 17th Street and 
 Union Square, 
 
 84th Street and 
 East River, 
 
 23d Street, between 
 5th and 6th Ave- 
 
 Fulton and South 
 Streets, 
 
 23d Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 68th Street andLex- 
 
 ington Avenue, 
 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 28th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 155th Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 Barclay — 9th Avenue ; Park 
 Place — 6th Avenue ; City 
 Hall — 2d and 3d Avenues. 
 
 Christopher — 9th Avenue ; 
 
 8th Street— 2d and Oth 
 
 Avenues ; 9th Street — 3d 
 
 Avenue. 
 28th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 
 18th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 86th Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 
 84th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 Fulton — 2d and 3d Ave- 
 nues ; Cortlandt — 6th and 
 9th Avenues. 
 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 67th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 65 th Street — 2d Ave- 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 121 
 
 Name. 
 
 Fall RiverSteam- 
 ers, 
 
 Fulton Ferry, 
 
 Fifth Avenue 
 
 Theatre, 
 French Line, 
 
 Fourteenth 
 StreetTheatre, 
 
 Governor's Is- 
 land, 
 
 Grand Street 
 Ferry, 
 
 GreenpointFerry, 
 
 Gilsey House, 
 
 Gansevoort Mar- 
 ket, 
 
 Grand Central 
 Hotel, 
 
 Grand Central 
 
 Station, 
 GRAND UNION 
 
 HOTEL, 
 German Hospital, 
 
 Grand Opera 
 
 House, 
 Gramercy Park, 
 
 Location. 
 
 Foot Murray Street, 
 North River, 
 
 Foot Fulton Street, 
 East River, 
 
 28th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 Morton Street. 
 
 North River, 
 
 14th Street and 6th 
 Avenue, 
 
 New York Bay, 
 
 Foot Grand Street, 
 
 East River, 
 Foot 23d Street, 
 
 East River, 
 29th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 Foot Gansevoort 
 
 Street, 
 Broadway, above 
 
 Bleecker Street, 
 
 42d Street and 4th 
 
 Avenue, 
 4th Avenue and 
 
 42d Street, 
 
 77th Street and 4th 
 Avenue, 
 
 Sth Avenue and 23d 
 Street, 
 
 21st Street and Lex- 
 ington Avenue, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 Park Place — 6th Avenue ; 
 Warren — 9th Avenue ; 
 City Hall— 2d and 3d 
 Avenues. 
 
 Fulton — 2d and 3d Ave- 
 nues ; Cortlandt — 6th and 
 9th Avenues. 
 
 28th Street — 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
 Houston — 3d and 9th Ave- 
 nues ; Bleecker — 6th Ave- 
 nue. 
 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 South Ferry — All Lines. 
 
 Grand — 2d, 3d, and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 23d Street— All Lines. 
 
 28th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 14th Street— All Lines. 
 
 Houston — 3d and 9th Ave- 
 nues ; Bleecker — 6th Ave- 
 nue. 
 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 42d Street— All Lines. 
 
 76th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 
 75th Street — 2d Avenue. 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 23d Street— All Lines. 
 
122 
 
 How to Know New York. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Grand Hotel, 
 Gedney House, 
 
 Hamilton Ferry, 
 
 Hunter's Point 
 
 Ferry, 
 Hoboken Ferry, 
 
 Harlem River 
 Park, 
 
 Hoffman House, 
 
 Home opathic 
 Medical Col- 
 lege, 
 
 Home opathic 
 Hospital, 
 
 Harlem Rail-1 
 
 road. 
 
 Hudson River [ 
 Railroad, J 
 
 Havana Line, 
 Ward's, 
 
 Houston Street 
 Ferry, 
 
 Location. 
 
 31st Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 40th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 
 Foot Whitehall 
 
 Street, 
 Foot 34th Street, 
 
 East River, 
 P^oot BarclayStreet, 
 
 North River, 
 
 126th Street and 2d 
 Avenue, 
 
 25th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 Avenue A and East 
 
 63d Street. 
 
 4th Avenue and 
 67th Street, 
 
 42d Street and 4th 
 Avenue, 
 
 Pier 16, East River, 
 
 Foot Houston 
 Street, East 
 River, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 33d Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 28th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 South Ferry — All Lines. 
 
 34th Street Ferry — 2d and 
 3d Avenues. 
 
 Barclay — gth Avenue ; Park 
 Place — 6th Avenue ; City 
 Hall — 2d and 3d Ave- 
 nues. 
 
 127th Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 
 125th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 23d Street— All Lines. 
 
 65th Street — 2d Avenue. 
 
 65th Street — 2d Avenue , 
 67th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 
 All Lines. 
 
 Hanover Square — 2d and 
 
 3d Avenues. 
 1st Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 
 Bleecker — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 Houston — 3d and 9th 
 
 Avenues. 
 
How to Know New York. 123 
 
 Name. 
 
 Hamburg Packet 
 Line, 
 
 Home for Aged ) 
 and Infirm j- 
 Hebrews, ) 
 
 Imperial German 
 
 Mail, 
 Iron Steamboat 
 
 Line, 
 
 Jones' Woods, 
 
 Jefferson Market, 
 
 Juvenile Asylum, 
 
 f 
 I 
 
 Jersey City! 
 Ferry, 
 
 1 
 
 KosterandBial's, 
 
 Lion Park, 
 
 Long Island Rail- 
 road, 
 
 Lehigh Valley 
 Railroad, 
 
 Lyceum Theatre, 
 
 Location. 
 
 Foot 1st Street, Ho- 
 
 boken, 
 105th Street and 9th 
 
 Avenue, 
 
 2d and 3d Streets, 
 
 Hoboken, 
 Pier I, North River, 
 
 68th Street and 
 
 Avenue A, 
 9th Street and 6th 
 
 Avenue, 
 176th Street and 
 
 10th Avenue, 
 Foot Cortlandt 
 
 Street, North 
 
 River, 
 Foot Desbrosses 
 
 Street, North 
 
 River, 
 
 34th Street near 
 Broadway, 
 
 I roth Street and 
 
 9th Avenue, 
 Foot 34th Street, 
 
 East River, 
 See Pennsylvania 
 
 Railroad, 
 23d Street and 4th 
 
 Avenue, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 See Hoboken and Chris- 
 topher Street Ferries. 
 104th Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 See Hoboken and Chris- 
 topher Street Ferries. 
 
 South Ferry, or Battery 
 Place — All Lines. 
 
 67th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 
 70th Street — 2d Avenue. 
 8th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 9th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 155th Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 Cortlandt — 6th and 9th Ave- 
 nues ; Fulton — 2d and 3d 
 Avenues. 
 
 Desbrosses— 9th Avenue ; 
 Grand — 2d, 3d, and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
 33d Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 104th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 106th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 34th Street Ferry — 2d and 
 
 3d Avenues. 
 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
124 How to Know New York. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Manhattan 
 
 Beach, 
 Manhattan 
 
 Square Park, 
 
 Marlboro ug h 
 Hotel, 
 
 Metropole Hotel, 
 
 Metropolitan 
 Museum of Art, 
 
 Mercantile Li- 
 brary, 
 
 Me t r o po li tan 
 Opera House, 
 
 Madison Square 
 Park, 
 
 M o r n i ngs i d e 
 Park, 
 
 Madison Square 
 Theatre, 
 
 Madison Square 
 Garden, 
 
 Medical Univer- 
 sity, 
 
 Manhattan Col- 
 lege, 
 Masonic Temple, 
 
 Mount Sinai Hos- 
 pital, 
 
 Mount Morris 
 Park, 
 
 Location. 
 
 Foot Whitehall 
 
 Street, 
 77th and 81st 
 
 Streets, 8th and 
 
 9th Avenues, 
 Broadway and 36th 
 
 Street, 
 
 42d Street and 
 Broadway, 
 
 Central Park, 
 
 Astor Place and 8th 
 
 Street, 
 39th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 23d Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 8th Avenue and 
 
 uoth Street, 
 4 West 24th Street, 
 
 26th Street and 
 Madison Avenue, 
 
 Foot East 26th 
 Street, 
 
 West 131st Street 
 and Boulevard, 
 
 23d Street and 6th 
 Avenue, 
 
 66th Street and 
 Lexington Ave- 
 nue, 
 
 5th Avenue and 
 124th Street, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 South Ferry — All lines. 
 
 8 1st Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 84th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 
 33d Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 34th Street — 2d, 3d, and 
 
 9th Avenues. 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 84th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 81st Street — 6th Ave- 
 nue. 
 
 9th Street — 3d Avenue ; 8th 
 
 Street — 6th Avenue. 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 104th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 106th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 28th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 28th Street— 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 125th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 65th Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 67th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 
 125th Street — 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 125 
 
 Name. 
 
 Monarch Line, 
 Morton House, 
 
 Monte fi or e ~] 
 Home for ^ 
 Chronic In- j 
 valids, J 
 
 Manhattan Ath- 
 letic Grounds, 
 
 Murray Hill 
 Hotel, 
 
 Normandie Hotel, 
 
 New York Hos- 
 pital, 
 Niblo's Garden, 
 
 New York Cen- 
 tral and Hud- 
 son River Rail- 
 road, 
 
 New York, ] 
 Lake Erie ! 
 and West- j 
 ern Railroad, j 
 
 West Shore Rail- 
 road, 
 
 New York and 
 Northern Rail- 
 way, 
 
 Location. 
 
 Pavonia Ferry, Jer- 
 sey City, 
 
 14th Street and 
 Broadway, 
 
 84 th Street 
 Avenue A, 
 
 8th Avenue 
 86th Street, 
 
 and 
 
 and 
 
 40th Street and Park 
 Avenue, 
 
 38th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 15th Street and 5th 
 
 Avenue, 
 Prince Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 
 42d Street and 4th 
 Avenue, 
 
 Foot Chambers 
 
 Street, North 
 
 River, 
 Foot 23d Street, 
 
 North River, 
 Jay and 42d Streets, 
 
 North River, 
 
 155th Street and 
 8th Avenue, 
 
 Staiion and Line Nearest. 
 
 See N.Y.,L. E. &W.R.R. 
 14th Street— All Lines. 
 
 84th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 86th Street — 2d Avenue. 
 
 81st Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 84th Street— 3d Ave- 
 nue. 
 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 Bleecker — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 Houston — 3d and 9th 
 
 Avenues. 
 42a Street — All Lines. 
 
 Chambers — 6th Avenue ; 
 Warren — 9th Ave. ; City 
 Hall — 2dand3d Avenues. 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 Franklin — 6th and 9th 
 Avenues ; 42d Street- 
 All Lines. 
 
 155th Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
126 
 
 How to Know New York. 
 
 Name. 
 
 New Jersey 
 Southern Rail- 
 road, 
 
 New York and 
 New Haven 
 Railroad, 
 
 Normal College, 
 
 Norwich Line, 
 
 National Line 
 Steamships, 
 
 Ophthalmic Hos- 
 pital, 
 Obelisk, 
 
 Orphan Asylum, 
 
 People's Theatre , 
 
 Pastor's Theatre, 
 
 Produce Ex- 
 change, 
 
 Post-Office, 
 
 Location. 
 
 Foot Rector Street, 
 North River, 
 
 42d Street and 4th 
 Avenue, 
 
 67th Street and 
 Lexington Ave- 
 nue, 
 
 Pier 40, North 
 River, Watts 
 Street, 
 
 Houston Street, 
 North River, 
 
 23d Street and 3d 
 
 Avenue, 
 Central Park, 
 
 74 th Street and 
 Bloo m ingda le 
 Road, 
 
 Prince Street and 
 
 Bowery, 
 14th Street, near 
 
 3d Avenue, 
 Whitehall and 
 
 Beaver Streets, 
 
 Broadway and 
 Park Row, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 Rector — 6th and Qth 
 Avenues ; Hanover 
 Square — 2d and 3d 
 Avenues. 
 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 65th Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 67th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 
 Desbrosses — 9th Avenue , 
 
 Grand — 2d, 3d, and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 Houston — 3 d and 9th 
 
 Avenues ; Bleecker — 6th 
 
 Avenue. 
 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 84th Street — 3d Avenue 
 Sist Street — 6th Avenue. 
 72d Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 Houston — 3d Avenue; 
 
 Bleecker — 6th Avenue. 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 South Ferry — All Lines ; or 
 Battery Place — 6th and 
 9th Avenues. 
 
 City Hall — 2d and 3d 
 Avenues ; Park Place — 
 6th Avenue ; Barclay — 
 9th Avenue. 
 
Hozv to Know New York. 
 
 127 
 
 Name. 
 
 Printing House 
 Square, 
 
 Polo Grounds, 
 Pavonia Ferry, 
 
 Pen nsylvania 
 Railroad, ] 
 
 Park Theatre, 
 
 Palmer's Theatre 
 People's Line, 
 
 Pacific Mail 
 Steamers, 
 
 Providence Line, 
 
 Park Avenue 
 Hotel, 
 
 Pre sbyt e ria n 
 
 Hospital, 
 Parepa Hall, 
 
 Plaza Hotel, 
 
 Location. 
 
 Spruce and Nassau 
 Streets, 
 
 155th Street and 
 
 8th Avenue. 
 Foot Chambers 
 
 Street, North 
 
 River, 
 
 Foot Cortland t 
 
 Street, North 
 
 River, 
 Foot Desbrosses 
 
 Street, North 
 
 River, 
 35 th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 
 30th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 Foot Canal Street, 
 
 North River, 
 
 Foot Canal Street 
 North River, 
 
 Foot Warren Street, 
 North River, 
 
 33d Street and 
 Park Avenue, 
 
 4th Avenue and 
 
 70th Street, 
 86th Street and 3d 
 
 Avenue 
 5 th Avenue and 
 
 59th Street, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 City Hall — 2d and 3d 
 
 Avenues ; Park Place — 
 
 6th Avenue ; Barclay — 
 
 gth Avenue. 
 155th Street — 6th and 9th 
 
 Avenues. 
 Warren — 9th Avenue ; 
 
 Chamber Street — 6 t h 
 
 Avenue ; City Hall — 2d 
 
 and 3d Avenues. 
 Cortlandt — 6th and 9th 
 
 Avenues; Fulton — 2d and 
 
 3d Avenues. 
 Desbrosses — 9th Avenue ; 
 
 Grand — 2d, 3d, and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 33d St. — 6th Avenue ; 34th 
 
 Street — 2d, 3d, and 9th 
 
 Avenues. 
 28th Street— 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 Desbrosses — 9th Avenue ; 
 
 Grand — 2d, 3d, and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 Desbrosses — 9th Avenue ; 
 
 Grand — 2d, 3d, and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 Warren — 9th Avenue ; City 
 
 Hall — 2d and 3d Avenues; 
 
 Chambers Street — 6th 
 
 Avenue. 
 33d Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 34th Street — 2d, 3d, and 
 
 9th Avenues. 
 67th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 
 70th Street — 2d Avenue. 
 86th Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 
 84th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 58th Street— 6th Avenue ; 
 
 59th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 
128 
 
 Hozv to Know New York. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Red Star Line, 
 
 Roosevelt Street 
 Ferry, 
 
 Riverside Park, 
 
 Roosevelt Hos- 
 pital, 
 
 St. Vincent Hos- 
 pital, 
 
 Steinway Hall, 
 
 Staten Island 
 
 Ferry, 
 South Ferry, 
 
 Scottish Rite 
 
 Hall, 
 Stock Exchange, 
 
 Stock Exchange 
 Consolidated, 
 
 St. James Hotel, 
 
 Sturtevant House 
 
 St, Luke's Hos- 
 pital, 
 
 Location, 
 
 Grand Street, Jer- 
 sey City, 
 
 Foot Roosevelt 
 Street, East 
 River, 
 
 72d Street and 
 Hudson River, 
 
 59th Street and 9th 
 Avenue, 
 
 nth Street and 
 Greenwich Ave- 
 nue, 
 
 14th Street and 
 
 Union Square, 
 Foot Whitehall 
 
 Street, 
 Foot Whitehall 
 
 Street, 
 29th Street and 
 
 Madison Avenue, 
 Broad and Wall 
 
 Streets, 
 
 Broadway and Ex- 
 change Place, 
 
 26th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 2Sth Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 54th Street and 5th 
 
 Avenue, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest, 
 
 See Pennsylvania Railroad. 
 
 Franklin Square— 2d and 
 3d Avenues. 
 
 72d Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 125th Street— 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 59th Street — 3d, 6th and 
 
 9th Avenues. 
 
 9th Street — 3d Avenue ; 
 Christopher — gth Ave- 
 nue ; 8th Street — 2d 
 and 6th Avenues. 
 
 14th btreet — All Lines. 
 
 South Ferry — All Lines. 
 South Ferry — All Lines. 
 
 28th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 Rector — 6th and 9 th 
 
 Avenues ; Hanover 
 
 Square — 2d and 3d 
 
 Avenues. 
 Rector — 6th and 9th 
 
 Avenues ; Hanover 
 
 Square — 2d and 3d 
 
 Avenues. 
 28th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 28th Street— 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 50th Street — 2d, 6th and 
 
 9th Avenues ; 53d Street 
 
 — 3d Avenue. 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 129 
 
 Name. 
 
 St. Patrick's Ca- 
 thedral, 
 
 St. Paul'sChurch, 
 
 Stonington Line, 
 
 State Line 
 Steamers, 
 
 Savannah Steam- 
 ers, 
 
 Stuyvesant 
 
 Square, 
 St. Cloud Hotel, 
 
 St. Denis Hotel, 
 
 Stevens House, 
 
 Standard Thea- 
 tre, 
 
 Star Theatre, 
 
 Theatre Comique 
 Thalia Theatre, 
 Tammany Hall, 
 Trinity Church, 
 
 Location. 
 
 51st Street and 5 th 
 Avenue, 
 
 Vesey Street and 
 Broadway, 
 
 Foot Spring Street, 
 North River, 
 
 Foot Canal Street, 
 North River, 
 
 Foot Spring Street, 
 North River, 
 
 15th Street and 
 
 Stuyvesant Place, 
 42d Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 nth Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 Broadway and 
 
 Morris Street, 
 33d Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 
 13th Street and 
 Broadway, 
 
 125th Street and 3d 
 Avenue. 
 
 Canal Street and 
 Bowery, 
 
 14th Street, near 
 3d Avenue, 
 
 Broadway and Rec- 
 tor Street, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 50th Street — 2d, 6th and 
 gth Avenues ; 53d Street 
 — 3d Avenue. 
 
 Park Place — 6th Avenue ; 
 Barclay Street— 9th Ave- 
 nue ; City Hall — 2d and 
 3d Avenues. 
 
 Grand — 2d, 3d and 6th 
 Avenues ; Desbrosses—- 
 9th Avenue. 
 
 Desbrosses — 9th Avenue ; 
 Grand — 2d, 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
 Desbrosses — gth Avenue ; 
 Grand — 2d, 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 14th Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 gth Street — 3d Avenue. 
 
 Rector — 6th and gth Ave- 
 nues. 
 
 33d Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 
 34th Street — 2d, 3d and 
 
 gth Avenues. 
 14th Street— All Lines. 
 
 125th Street — 3d and 6th 
 
 Avenues. 
 Canal — 2d and 3d Avenues ; 
 
 Grand — 6th Avenue. 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 Rector — 6th and gth Ave- 
 nues ; Hanover Square— • 
 2d and 3d Avenues. 
 
130 
 
 How to Know New York. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Trinity Cemetery 
 
 Tompkins 
 
 Square, 
 Theiss' Music 
 
 Hall, 
 Tomb of General 
 
 Grant, 
 
 T h i r t y-n i n t h 
 Street Brook- 
 lyn Ferry, 
 
 T w e n t y-t h ird 
 street Brooklyn 
 Ferry, 
 
 Union Square, 
 
 Union League 
 Club, 
 
 United States 
 Sub-Treasury, 
 
 United States 
 
 Signal Service 
 
 Bureau, 
 Union Square 
 
 Theatre, 
 Union Square 
 
 Hotel, 
 
 Vendome Hotel, 
 Victoria Hotel, 
 
 Location. 
 
 155th Street and 
 
 loth Avenue, 
 East 7th Street and 
 
 Avenue A, 
 14th Street, near 
 
 3d Avenue, 
 I22d Street and 
 
 Riverside Park, 
 
 Foot Whitehall 
 Street, 
 
 Foot 23d Street, 
 East River, 
 
 14th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 37th Street and 5th 
 
 Avenue, 
 
 Wall and Nassau 
 Streets, 
 
 120 Broadway, 
 
 14th Street and 
 Union Square, 
 
 15 th Street and 
 Union Square, 
 
 41st Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 27th Street and 
 
 Broadway, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 155th Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 8th Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 
 9th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 125th Street — 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
 South Ferry — All Lines. 
 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 33d Street — 6th Avenue ; 
 34th Street — 2d, 3d and 
 9th Avenues. 
 
 Rector — 6th and 9th Ave- 
 nues ; Hanover Square — 
 2d and 3d Avenues. 
 
 Rector — 6th and 9th Ave- 
 nues ; Hanover Square — 
 2d and 3d Avenues. 
 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 42c! Street — All Lines. 
 
 28th Street— 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
How to Know New York. 
 
 131 
 
 Name. 
 
 Ward's Island 
 
 Ferry, 
 Westminster 
 
 Hotel, 
 Wall Street 
 
 Ferry, 
 
 Williams burg 
 Ferry, 
 
 We e ha wk en I 
 Ferry, 1 
 
 1 
 
 Washington 
 Market, 
 
 Windsor Hotel, 
 
 Wa sh i n g t o n 
 
 Square, 
 White Star Line, 
 
 Young Men's 
 Christian As- 
 sociation, 
 
 Young Women's 
 Christian As- 
 sociation, 
 
 Location. 
 
 110th Street and 
 
 East River, 
 Irving Place and 
 
 16th Street, 
 Foot Wall Street, 
 
 East River, 
 
 Foot, Grand Street, 
 East River, 
 
 Foot 42d Street, 
 North River, 
 
 Foot Jay Street, 
 North River, 
 
 Vesey and Washing- 
 ton Streets, 
 
 5th Avenue and 
 47th Street, 
 
 5th Avenue and 
 Waverly Place, 
 
 Foot West 10th 
 Street, North 
 River, 
 
 23d Street and 4th 
 Avenue, 
 
 7 East 15th Street, 
 
 Station and Line Nearest. 
 
 inth Street — 2d Avenue ; 
 
 106th Street — 3d Avenue. 
 14th Street — All Lines. 
 
 Hanover Square — 2d and 3d 
 Avenues ; Rector — 6th 
 and 9th Avenues. 
 
 Grand — 2d, 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
 42d Street — All Lines. 
 
 Franklin — 6th and gth Ave- 
 nues. 
 
 Barclay— gth Avenue ; Park 
 Place — 6th Avenue ; City 
 Hall— 2d and 3d Ave- 
 nues. 
 
 50th Street — 6th and gth 
 
 Avenues ; 47th Street — 
 
 3d Avenue. 
 8th Street — 6th Avenue ; gth 
 
 Street — 3d Avenue. 
 Christopher — gth Avenue ; 
 
 8th Street — 6th Avenue. 
 
 23d Street — All Lines. 
 
 1 8th Street— 3d and 6th 
 Avenues. 
 
150,000 PEOPLE 
 
 STOPPED AT THE 
 
 GRAND UNION HOTEL 
 
 DURING THE PAST YEAR. 
 
 ITS POPULARITY 
 
 is mainly due to the following facts : 
 
 The policy of its proprietors is to please guests. 
 
 Its rooms are well furnished and scrupulously clean, 
 and range in price from $i (for an excellent room) up to 
 $3 and $4 per day. 
 
 The food is of the best quality obtainable, well cooked, 
 the prices are moderate, and the portions liberal. 
 
 It is centrally located. Elevated railroads and street 
 cars to all parts of the city pass its doors. 
 
 It is immediately opposite the Grand Central Depot, 
 to and from which guests' baggage is delivered free. 
 
 Its volume of business is such that more value can be 
 given for the money than at any other first-class hotel in 
 the city. 
 
 FORD & CO., 
 
 Proprietors. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Academy of Music, 77. 
 Africa, 7. 
 Aldrich Court, 90. 
 Allibone, S. A., 65. 
 All ^uls 1 Church, 74. 
 Am. Artists 1 Society, 41. 
 Am. Chemical Society, 84. 
 Am. Ethnological Soc, 
 84. 
 
 Am. Exchange, 55. 
 Am. Geograph. Soc., 85. 
 Am. Institute, 65. 
 Am. Jockey Club. 83. 
 Am. Metrological Soc, 
 85- 
 
 Am. Museum Natural 
 
 History, 65. 
 Am. Numismatical Soc, 
 
 85- 
 
 Am. Philological Soc, 85. 
 Am. Safe-Deposit Co., 
 
 TOO. 
 
 Am. Yacht-Club, 84, 101. 
 Anchor Line, 14. 
 Anthon Memorial 
 
 Church, 72. 
 Anthony's Nose, 107. 
 Apartment Houses, 86. 
 Apprentices 1 Library, 63. 
 Armories, 44, 45. 
 Arsenal, 27, 29. 
 Artillery, 27. 
 Art-Galleries, 39. 
 Art, Museum of, 31, 39. 
 Art-Schools, 44. 
 Art-Stores, 43. 
 Asbury Church, 73. 
 Assay Office, 23. 
 Ascension Church, 97. 
 Astor Family, 63, 70, 92, 
 
 99. 
 
 Astor Library, 63. 
 Athletics, 80, 82. 
 Atlas Line. 15. 
 Authors 1 Club, 82. 
 
 Ball-Grounds, 29, 80. 
 Baptist Churches, 73. 
 Bar Association, 65. 
 Barge-Office, 32, 47. 
 Barrios, Mrs. de, 104. 
 Bartholdi Statue, 47, 87. 
 Base-Ball, 80. 
 Battery, The, 32. 
 Bedloe's Island, 47, 87. 
 Beethoven Statue, 48. 
 Belden, William, 104. 
 Belmont, August, 98. 
 Belvedere, 31. 
 
 Bellevue Hospital Col- 
 
 DC1L I^JIIC, ZU. 
 
 Bergh, Henry, 100. 
 Bermuda Line, 15. 
 Bethesda Fountain, 31. 
 Bicycle Clubs, 84. 
 Bijou Opera-House, 77. 
 Blackwell's Island, 88. 
 Blind-Asylum, 91. 
 Bloomingdale Asylum, 
 91. 
 
 Boards of Trade, 52, 55. 
 
 Bolivar Statue, 48. 
 
 Books, Old, 64. 
 
 Boulevard Line, 20. 
 
 Boreel Building, 90. 
 
 Bowling Green, 33, 52. 
 
 Brazil Line, 15. 
 
 Brewers 1 Exchange, 55. 
 
 Brick Church, 72, 99. 
 
 Bridge, Brooklyn, 25. 
 
 Bridgeport Line, 18. 
 
 Brighton Beach, 108. 
 
 Broadway Line, 19. 
 
 Broadway Theatre, 80. 
 
 Brooklyn Bridge, 19, 25. 
 
 Bruce Library, 63. 
 
 Bryant Park, 37, 100. 
 
 Buckingham Hotel, 101. 
 
 Building Exchange, 53. 
 
 Building - Material Ex- 
 change, 55. 
 
 Buildings, 8. 
 
 Burns Statue, 48. 
 
 Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, 
 99. 
 
 B. & O. R. R., 9 . 
 Cabs, 20. 
 
 Caledonian Club, 80, 83. 
 Calumet Club, 83. 
 Calvary Church, 71, 73. 
 Canadian Club, 83. 
 Cancer Hospital, 92. 
 Carnegie, Andrew, 101. 
 Carriages, 2c. 
 Carrousel, 29. 
 Casino, 77. 
 Castle Clinton, 23. 
 Castle Garden, 23. 
 Castle William, 88. 
 Catherine Market, 56. 
 Catholic Apostolic 
 
 Church, 75. 
 Central Market, 56. 
 Central-Park, 29. 
 Central-Park Apartment 
 
 Houses, 86. 
 
 Central Railroad of New 
 
 Jersey, 9. 
 Centre Market, 56. 
 Century Association, 83. 
 Charleston Line, 16. 
 Chatham Square, 35. 
 Chickering Hall, 80, 98. 
 China, 6. 
 
 Choate, Joseph H., 101. 
 Christ Church, 99. 
 Christian Brothers, 60. 
 Christian Israelites, 75. 
 Churches, 67. 
 Citizens' Bicycle Club, 
 84. 
 
 City Hall, 2c 
 City-Hall Park, 36. 
 City Library, 65. 
 City Ordinance, 21. 
 Clinton Market, 56. 
 Clubs, Societies, etc., 
 82. 
 
 Coaches, 21. 
 
 Coal and Iron Exchange, 
 53- 
 
 Coffee Exchange, 53. 
 Collect, 28. 
 
 College of City of N. Y., 
 
 Colleges and Schools, 
 57- 
 
 Collegiate Church, 74. 
 
 IOI. 
 
 Collyer, Robert, 74. 
 Columbia College, 57. 
 Columbus, 48. 
 Commerce, 48. 
 Commercial Buildings, 
 89. 
 
 Coney Island, 108. 
 
 Coney-Island Jockey 
 Club, 109. 
 
 Congregational Church- 
 es, 74. 
 
 Congressional Districts, 
 8. 
 
 Conkling, Roscoe, 98. 
 Conner, W. E., 101. 
 Consolidated Petroleum 
 
 Exchange, 53. 
 Cooper, Peter, 64. 
 Cooper Union, 44, 63. 
 Corbin, Austin, 100. 
 Cotton Exchange, 35, 53. 
 County Court House, 25. 
 Court House, 25. 
 Covenant, Church of, 73. 
 Cromwell Line, 16. 
 Cross-town Lines, 20. 
 
Crystal Palace, 100. 
 Cuba Line, 15. 
 Cullom, G. W., 98. 
 Cunard Line, 14. 
 Custom House, 25. 
 Cutting, R. F., 102. 
 
 Dairy, 29. 
 Dakota Flats, 86. 
 Daly's Theatre, 78. 
 David's Island, 87. 
 Dead-Rabbit War, 45. 
 Deaf and Dumb Asy., 91. 
 Decorative- Art Soc, 41. 
 DeKay, Charles, 97. 
 Delaware & Lackawanna 
 
 Railroad, 9. 
 Delmonico's, 98. 
 Depots, 9. 
 
 Depew, Chauncy M., 101. 
 Dispensaries, 91. 
 Distances, 8. 
 Distillers 1 Exchange, 55. 
 Distributing Reser., 100. 
 Districts, 8. 
 
 Divine Paternity Church, 
 
 74, IOI. 
 
 Dodge, William L., 48. 
 Down-Town Club, 83. 
 Drayton, Mrs. J. C./99. 
 Drexel Building, 90. 
 Duncan, W. B., 97. 
 Dunderberg, 107. 
 
 East-River Bridge, 25. 
 Eckert, T. T., 101. 
 Eden Musee, 80. 
 Eighth Regt. Armory, 44. 
 Electric Manufacturing 
 
 Exchange, 55. 
 Elevated R.R., 18.. 111. 
 Eleventh Reg. Arm'y.,45. 
 Ellis Island, 87. 
 Emmett Monument, 51. 
 Epiphany Church. 73. 
 Episcopal Churches, 69. 
 Equitable Building, 89. 
 Erie Railroad, 9. 
 Essex Market, 56. 
 Evacuation Day, 32. 
 Exchanges and Boards 
 
 of Trade, 52. 
 
 Fall-River Line. 18. 
 Fares, Carriage, 20. 
 Fares, Railroad, 19, 20. 
 Farragut Statue, 48. 
 Federal Hall, 27. 
 Fencing Club, 82. 
 Fifth Avenue, 95. 
 Fifth-Avenue Church, 73. 
 Fifth-Avenue Hotel, 98. 
 Fifth-Avenue Stages, 20. 
 
 Fifth-Ave. Theatre, 78. 
 Fire-Department, 8. 
 First Baptist Church, 73. 
 First Presbyterian 
 
 Church, 72. 
 Fish- Market, 56. 
 Five Points, 6. 
 Flats, 86. 
 
 Flagler, H. M., 102. 
 Florence. W. J., 98. 
 Florida Line, 16. 
 Flower, R. P., 101. 
 Foreign Element, 6. 
 Fort Columbus, 88. 
 Fort Gibson, 87. 
 Fort Lee, 106. 
 Fort Wadsworth, no. 
 Fort Washington, 106. 
 Fort Wool, 87. 
 Fourteenth-St. The., 78. 
 Franklin Square, 36. 
 Franklin Statue, 49. 
 Free Library, 63. 
 French Line, 14. 
 Friends, 75. 
 Friends' Seminary, 61. 
 Fruit Exchange, 55. 
 Fulton Market, 56.' 
 Fulton Monument, 51. 
 Furniture Exchange, 55. 
 
 Gallatin Monument, 51. 
 Galveston Line, 16. 
 Garden Theatre, 78. 
 Garibaldi Monument, 51. 
 Genealogical Society. 85. 
 General Theological 
 
 Seminary, 59. 
 Germany, 6. 
 Gilsey House, 99. 
 Glen Island, no. 
 Goelet Estate, 101. 
 Gould, Jay, 101. 
 Governors Island, 88. 
 Grace Church. 71. 
 Gramercy Park, 37. 
 Grand Central Depot, 4, 
 
 6, 66, 100. 
 Grand Opera-House, 78. 
 Grand Union Hotel, 4, 6, 
 
 20, 53, 66, 100. 
 Grant, Gen. U. S., 104. 
 Grant's Tomb. 20, 32. 
 Greeley Monument, 51. 
 Greystone, 107. 
 Grocers 1 Exchange, 53. 
 Grolier Club, 82. 
 Guion Line, 14. 
 
 Hall, Dr. John, 73, 102. 
 Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 49. 
 Falls, 80. 
 
 134 
 
 Hamburg Line, 14. 
 Hamilton, Alex., 49, 51. 
 Hanover Square, 35. 
 Hansoms, 20. 
 Hardware Board of 
 
 Trade, 55. 
 Harlem Meer, 31. 
 Harlem Opera-House, 80. 
 Harlem Railroad, 9. 
 Harmonie Club, 83. 
 Harper, J. W., 101. 
 Harrigan's Theatre, 80. 
 Harry Miner's The., 78. 
 Hart's Island, 87. 
 Havana Line, 15. 
 Heavenly Rest Church, 
 
 72, IOI. 
 
 Hebrews, 7, 75. 
 Hell Gate, 87. 
 Herrmann's Theatre, 78. 
 High Bridge, 26. 
 Historical Society, 41, 65. 
 Hoboken, 9, 14. 
 Hoffman House, 98. 
 Holy Spirit Church, 71. 
 Holy Trinity Church, 72. 
 Homes, 91. 
 Horse-Cars, 19. 
 Horse Exchange, 53. 
 Horticultural Society, 85. 
 Hospitals, 91. 
 Hudson River, 18, ic6. 
 Hudson-River R.R., 11. 
 Humboldt Statue, 49. 
 
 Immigrants. 23, 
 Indian Hunter, 49. 
 Ingersoll, Robert G., 97. 
 Inman Line, 14. 
 Insane Asylum, 91. 
 Iona Island, 107. 
 Irish Regiment, 45. 
 Irving, Washington, 107. 
 Islands, 87. 
 Italy, 6. 
 
 Jaffray, E. S.. 101. 
 Jamaica Line, 15. 
 Jeannette Park, 35. 
 Jefferson Market, 56. 
 Jefferson- Mk't Court, 25. 
 Jersey City, 9, 14. 
 John, 6. 
 
 Johnston, J. T., 97. 
 John-Street Church, 73. 
 Judaea, 7. 
 
 Kalk Hook, 28. 
 Key West Line, 16. 
 Kit-Kat Club, 83. 
 Knickerbocker Club, 83, 
 
 98, 99. 
 Knox, Col. T. W.,98. 
 
Lafayette Statue, 49. 
 Lake, 31. 
 Lambs, 83. 
 Law, George, 98. 
 Law-Institute Lib., 65. 
 Lenox, James, 64. 
 Lenox Library, 40,64, 104. 
 Lexin^to n-A venue 
 
 Church, 73. 
 Liberty Statue, 47. 
 Libraries, 63. 
 Lincoln Statue, 49. 
 Little Church, 99. 
 London Theatre, 78. 
 Long Beach, no. 
 Long Branch, no. 
 Long-Island Railroad, 9. 
 Lorillard, Pierre, 99. 
 Lotos Club, 83, 98. 
 L-Roads, 13, in. 
 Ludlow Street, 26. 
 Lutherans, 75. 
 Lyceum Theatre, 78. 
 Lyndehurst, 107. 
 
 Madison-Avenue 
 
 Church, 73. 
 Madison- Ave. Line, 19. 
 Madison Square, 36, 98. 
 Madison-Sq. Church, 72. 
 Madison-Sq. Garden, 78. 
 Madison-Sq. Theatre, 78. 
 Mall, 31. 
 
 Mallory Line, 16. 
 
 Manhattan Athletic Club, 
 81, 82, 100. 
 
 Manhattan Bank, 90. 
 
 Manhattan Beach, 108. 
 
 Manhat. Club, 84, 97, 99. 
 
 Manhattan College, 60. 
 
 Manhattan Stock Ex- 
 change, 55. 
 
 Manufacturing, 5. 
 
 Marble, Manton, 101. 
 
 Marine Barracks, 27. 
 
 Maritime Exchange, 53. 
 
 Markets, 56. 
 
 Market- Wagon Stand, 56. 
 
 Martyrs' Memorial, 51. 
 
 Masonic Library, 65. 
 
 Masonic Temple, 85. 
 
 Mazzini Statue, 49. 
 
 Mechanics 1 Exchange, 55. 
 
 Menagerie, 29. 
 
 Mercantile Exchange, 53. 
 
 Mercantile Library, 64. 
 
 Merchants 1 Club, 83. 
 
 Messiah Church, 74. 
 
 Metal Exchange, 55. 
 
 Methodist Churches, 73. 
 
 Metropolitan Museum of 
 Art, 31, 39. 
 
 Metropolitan Opera- 
 House, 79. 
 
 M 'Cowan's Pass, 31. 
 
 Microscopical Society, 85. 
 
 Military Museum, 88. 
 
 Militia, 44. 
 
 Milk Exchange, 55. 
 
 Mills Building, 90. 
 
 Mills, D. O., 101. 
 
 Montgomery, 51. 
 
 Moravians, 75. 
 
 Moreau, Gen., 35. 
 
 Morgan, E. D., too. 
 
 Morningside Park, 37. 
 
 Morris & Essex R.R., 9. 
 
 Morse Monument, 49. 
 
 Morse Building, 90. 
 
 Most Holy Redeemer 
 Church, 69. 
 
 Mott Memorial Lib., 65. 
 
 Mott Street, 6. 
 
 Mount - Morris Sq., 37. 
 
 Mount -Morris The., 79. 
 
 Mount-Sinai Hos., 92. 
 
 Murray Hill, 100. 
 
 Murray-Hill Church, 73. 
 
 Museum of Natural His- 
 tory, 31, 65. 
 
 Nassau Line, 15. 
 
 National Academy of De- 
 sign, 41, 44. 
 
 Natural History Mu- 
 seum, 31. 
 
 Naval - Store Ex., 55. 
 
 Navarro Flats, 86. 
 
 Navy Yard, 26. 
 
 Netherlands Line, 14. 
 
 Newburg, 107. 
 
 New-Jersey Central Rail- 
 road, 9. 
 
 New - Jersey Southern 
 Railroad, 9. 
 
 New- Jersey & New- York 
 Railroad, p. 
 
 New- Jerusalem Ch., 75. 
 
 New-Orleans Line, 16. 
 
 New York, 5. 
 
 N. Y. AthleticClub, 81, 82. 
 
 N. Y. & New England 
 Railroad, n. 
 
 N. Y.& North. R. R., n. 
 
 N. Y. Club, 98, 99. 
 
 N. Y. Central & Hudson- 
 River R. R., 11. 
 
 N. Y. Historical Society, 
 65. 
 
 N. Y. Hospital, 91, 92, 97. 
 N. Y. in Summer, 106. 
 N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R., n. 
 N. Y.. Ontario & West- 
 ern Railroad, n. 
 
 135 
 
 Ninth-Regt. Armory, 44. 
 Norfolk Line, 16. 
 Normal College, 60. 
 North-German Lloyd, 14 
 North Park, 31. 
 Norwich Line, 18. 
 
 Obelisk, 48. 
 Ocean Steamshios, 13. 
 Odd- Fellows' Hall, 85. 
 Ohio Society, 84. 
 Old Dominion Line, 16. 
 Old Ladies 1 Home, 92. 
 Omnibuses, 96. 
 Opera- House, 79. 
 Oriental Theatre, 79. 
 Orphan Asylum, 92. 
 Osborne, The, 86. 
 Ottendorfer Library, 63. 
 
 Palisades, 32, 107. 
 Palmer's Theatre, 80. 
 Parks and Squares, 29. 
 Park-Carriages, 29, 32. 
 Park Row, 36. 
 Park Theatre, 78. 
 Paulists, 69. 
 
 Pennsylvania R. R., n. 
 People's Theatre, 79. 
 Petroleum Exchange, 55. 
 Pharmacy, College of, 60. 
 Phila. &. Read. R. R., n. 
 Physicians & Surgeons 1 
 
 College, 59. 
 Pierrepont, E., 97. 
 Pilgrim Statue, 49. 
 Poe Memorial, 39. 
 Police, 8. 
 Polo-Grounds, 81. 
 Population, 8. 
 Post-Office, 27. 
 Potter Building, 90. 
 Potter's Field, 87, 96. 
 Presbyterian Ch., 72. 
 Presbyterian Hospital, Q2. 
 Press Club, 83. 
 Printing-House Sq., 36. 
 Private Galleries, 43. 
 Produce Ex., 33, 52. 
 Public Buildings, 23. 
 Public Halls, 80. 
 Public Schools, 57. 
 
 Quebec Steamship Co., 15, 
 
 Racquet Club, 83. 
 Railroad Depots, 9. 
 Ramble, 31. 
 Randall's Island, 88. 
 Real Estate Ex., 55. 
 Red-Star Line, 14. 
 Reformed Catholics, 75. 
 Reformed Dutch Ch., 74, 
 
Reformed Episcopal | 
 
 Church, 75. 
 Register's Office, 27. 
 Reid, Whitelaw, 101. 
 Rembrandt, The, 47. 
 Reservoir, 31, 100. 
 Rialto, 77. 
 
 Richmond Steamers, 16. 
 Riding Academies, 61. 
 Riverside Park, 32, 51. 
 Roach, John, 101. 
 Roberts, Mrs. M. O., 98. 
 Rockaway Beach, 109. 
 Rockefeller, William, 
 102. 
 
 Rogues' Gallery, 8. 
 Roman-Catholic Church- 
 es, 67. 
 Roosevelt Hospital, 92. 
 Rowing-Clubs, 84. 
 Rutgers College, 61, 100. 
 
 Sacred -Heart Acad., 60. 
 
 Sage, Russell, 100. 
 
 Sailors' Snug Harbor, 87, 
 no. 
 
 St. Ann's, 69. 
 
 St. Augustine's, 71. 
 
 St. Bartholomew's, 72. 
 
 St. Francis Xavier, 69. 
 
 St. Francis Xavier Col- 
 lege, 60, 97. 
 
 St. George s Church, 71. 
 
 St. Ignatius, 72. 
 
 St. James 1 , 71. 
 
 St. John's, 71. 
 
 St. John's College, 60. 
 
 St. Luke's 73. 
 
 St. Luke's Hospital, 92, 
 102. 
 
 St. Mark's, 71. 
 
 St. Mary's, 69. 
 
 St. Mary the Virgin, 172. 
 
 St. Nicholas Club, 84, ico. 
 
 St. Patrick's, 67, 69. 
 
 St. Paul's, 70, 73. 
 
 St. Paul the Apos.,69, 73. 
 
 St. Stephen's, 69. 
 
 St. Thomas, 72, 102. 
 
 St. Vincent de Paul's, 69. 
 
 Sarony's, 43. 
 
 Savannah Line, 16. 
 
 Schiller Statue, 49. 
 
 Schools, 44. 
 
 Scott Monument, 49. 
 
 Seligman, 100, 101. 
 
 Seventh - Regiment Ar- 
 mory, 44. 
 
 Seventh-Regiment Monu- 
 ment, 51. 
 
 Seventy - first Regiment 
 Armory, 45- 
 
 Seward, Clarence A., 98. 
 
 Seward Statue, 51. 
 
 Shakspeare Statue, 51. 
 
 Sherman, Gen. W. T., 98. 
 
 Sherwood, The, 100. 
 
 Shipping 5. 
 
 Sickles, Gen., 97. 
 
 Sixth- Avenue Line, 20. 
 
 Sixty-ninth Regiment Ar- 
 mory, 45. 
 
 Sorosis, 84. 
 
 Sound Lines, 16, 18. 
 
 Southern Society, 83. 
 
 Spanish Line, 15. 
 
 Stages, ?o. 96. 
 
 Standard Oil Co., 90. 
 
 Standard Theatre, 79. 
 
 Star Theatre, 79. 
 
 State Arsenal, 27. 
 
 State Line, 14. 
 
 Staten Island, 87, no. 
 
 Stationers' Exchange, 55. 
 
 Stations, 9, in. 
 
 Statues, 27, 31, 47. 
 
 Steamboats and steam- 
 ships, 13. 
 
 Stevens, Mrs. F. W., 104. 
 
 Stevens, Mrs. Paran, 98. 
 
 Stewart Building, 90. 
 
 Stewart Mansion, 99. 
 
 Still Hunt, 5^. 
 
 Stock Exchange, 52. 
 
 Stonington Line, 18. 
 
 Stony Point, 107. 
 
 Stroll up Fifth Ave., 95. 
 
 Stuart, R. L., 104. 
 
 Studios, 43. 
 
 Stuyvesant Mon., 51. 
 
 Stuyvesant Square, 37. 
 
 Sub-Treasury, 27. 
 
 Sugar Exchange, 55. 
 
 Summer in N. Y., 106. 
 
 Tabernacle, 74. 
 Tammany Society, 84. 
 Tarrytown, 107. 
 Temple Court, 90. 
 Temple Emanu-El, 75, 
 
 100. 
 Terrace, 31. 
 Thalia Theatre, 79. 
 Theatres, 77. 
 Theological Seminary, 
 
 59. 
 
 Third-Avenue Line, 19. 
 Thomas, Theodore, 97. 
 Thompson Street, 11. 
 Tiffany Mansion, 104. 
 Tilden, Samuel J., 107. 
 Tobacco Exchange, 55. 
 Tombs, 28. 
 
 Tompkins Market, 56. 
 136 
 
 Tompkins Square, 37. 
 Tony Pastor's The., 80. 
 Transfiguration Ch., 99. 
 Travellers' Bureau, 55. 
 Trinity Building, 90. 
 Trinity Chapel, 71. 
 Trinity Church, 69. 
 Tweed, William M., 25. 
 Twelfth Regt. /,rm., 45. 
 T w e n t y-second Regi- 
 ment Armory, 45. 
 Twombly, H. McK., 102. 
 
 Union Club, 82, 98. 
 
 Union League, 82, 100. 
 
 Union Market, 56. 
 
 Union Square, 36, 
 
 Union -Square The., 80. 
 
 Union Theological Semi- 
 nary, 60. 
 
 Unitarian Churches, 74. 
 
 United Bank Building, 90. 
 
 U. S. Medical College, 60. 
 
 Universalists, 74. 
 
 University, 59. 
 
 University Club, 84. 
 
 University - Place 
 Church, 72. 
 
 Vanderbilt Family, 48, 63, 
 
 100, 102, 104. 
 Verplanck's Point, 107. 
 Victoria Hotel, 98. 
 Villard, Henry, ior, 104. 
 
 Wall Street, 23. 
 Ward's Island, 87. 
 Washington Building, 
 
 33, 89. 
 
 Washington Heights, 91. 
 Washington Market, 56. 
 Washington Sq., 36, 96. 
 Washington Stat., 27, 51. 
 Webb, Dr. W. S., 102. 
 Webster Statue, 51. 
 Weehawken, 100. 
 West Brighton, 108. 
 West End, 108. 
 Western-Union Build., 90. 
 "•'West-India Lines, 15. 
 West Point, 107. 
 West-Shore Railroad, 11. 
 White-Star Line, 15. 
 Whitney, Secretary, 104. 
 Windsor Ho^el, 101 
 Worth Monument, 51. 
 
 Yachting-Clubs, 84. 
 
 Youmans, Prof. E. L., 98. 
 
 Young Men's Christian 
 Association, 65, 85. 
 
 Young Women's Chris- 
 tian Association, 85. 
 
The Grand Union 
 
 DOES THE LARGEST BUSINESS OF ANY 
 HOTEL IN NEW YORK. 
 
 IT HAS 60Q ROOMS, AND THEY ARE 
 FILLED THE YEAR 'ROUND. 
 
 IT IS ADVISABLE TO NOTIFY THE 
 PROPRIETORS OF YOUR COMING BY 
 TELEGRAM OR POSTAL CARD, 
 SO THAT ROOMS MAY BE RESERVED. 
 
 FORD & COMPANY. 
 
JV 
 
 HEN YOU VISIT NEW YORK CITY, 
 STOP AT THE GRAND UNION 
 
 HOTEL , FOURTH AVENUE AND FORTY- 
 SECOND ST. (OPPOSITE GRAND CEN- 
 TRAL DEPOT). 
 
 YOU WILL FIND IT CONVENIENT, 
 COMFORTABLE, AND MODERATE IN 
 PRICE. 
 
 EUROPEAN PLAN.