PRICE 254 VJEWYOUK I Illustrated "©to Nmu fork New York has not always been the city of Skyscrapers, of wonderful Bridges, Subways and Tunnels. It has considerably developed in the last 100 years, ranking now second to London only in population, while the foreign commerce exceeds by $50,000,000 that of Hamburg, its nearest rival. We are giving here a few illustrations of the great city at different epochs to show that New York is the fastest growing city in the world. Bowling Green, showing No. 1 Broadway, which may as well bp called "No. 1 America." This picture shows the progress of a game irom which this derived its name in 1732. This spot has been the scene of manv historical events including tbe reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 9th, 1776, after which the people stormed the StaUie of King George III. 'Mm New Amsterdam was discovered by Hendrick Hudson in 1609 and eleven ytars later the first pilgrims landed from the Mayflower. In 1664 the English conquered t from the Dutch and changed its name to New York. The abovr, a view of lower Manhattan in 1671, shows the city at the early stage of its development. A fort occupied the site where now stands the New Custom House. St. Paul's Chapel was built in 1766 and the Broadway end of the build- ing was then intended to be the rear. The front yard extended to the riverfront. The Astor House, recently torn down, was built in 1856 in place cf the dwellings and shops at the right of this picture. The stages have since been replaced by numerous trolley lines and subways. This old wooden house stood no later than 1849 at a spot on 4Sth Street near 5th Avenue. This has now become the most fashionable section of the city, famous for its costly res- idences and the millionaires that occupy them. Battery and Castle Garden in 1824 just after it was joined to the mainland. The garden was at that time tbe home of the Opera and Jenny Lind appeared there in 1850. Later in 1855 it became the landing place of immi- grants and in 1896. when Ellis Island was used forthat pur- pose it was opened as the present Aquarium. The City Hall was built in 1812 at tbe spot which was then the Citv limit. No one then ever thought the city would extend 16 miles north of that point. Skyscrapers have since taken the place of 2 and 5 story structures, while the United States Post Office has occupied the lower extremity of the park. But arrangements have been made to soon tear this building down and to restore to the park its original space and beauty. NEW YORK ILLUSTRATED Copyright, C. Souhami, N. Y. New York's 'First Inhabitant Gazing at the Wonders of the Present City Designed by Otis Litho. Co., N. Y. Courtesy of New York Hippodrome. Published by SUCCESS POSTAL CARD CO. New York The Statue of Liberty stands upon Bedloe's Island, lii miles southwest from the Battery. It was designed by August Bartholdi, and presented by the French in 1884. It is 151 feet high, standing upon a pedestal 155 feet, and symbolizes Liberty Enlightening the World. The statue weighs 450,000 lbs., or 225 tons. Forty persons can stand comfortably in the head, and the torch will hold 12 people. Statue of Liberty at Night. By moonlight the Statue of Liberty is more imposing than ever. The blazing torch can be seen many miles away. V. S. Custom House. Occupying a square block at the foot of Broadway, facing Bowling Green. It is a magnificent Maine granite structure, seven stories high, and cost $4,500,000. It occupies the site on which in 1626 Fort Amsterdam was erected. Whitehall Buildings, on Battery Place, between West and Washington Streets, the largest single office building in the world. The original building, 20 stories, 254 feet high, was finished in 1903 at a cost of $1,000,000; the new addition of 32 stories, 416 feet high, was finished in 1911, and cost $4,600,000. The building covers 21 city lots. Home of the Weather Bureau and of the Millionaires' Club. Broadway, Donntonn, Broadway runs northward from the Battery as far as the city limits. In fact, it is a part of the old Albany Post Road, which is 150 miles long. The section shown here is the financial district, north from Thames Street, with the U. S. Realty and American Exchange Buildings in the foreground. Singer Building, 612 feet above street level, and City Investing Building adjoining it. Woolworth Building seven blocks away, and Municipal Building projecting in the dis- tance from behind the Park Row Building, which was at one time the tallest building in the world. Copyright, 1913, Irving Underhill, N. Y. f«2 l *^Vl« B a uU « b ^ U °k Site c °, f , ^ he , 01d u E 1 ui t a ble Building, which was destroyed by fire on January 9, 1912. It is a 38-story office building, 537.6 feet above the street level, covering an entire square block with a rirtt "'.t'VVS'S. V ity ° f . 1S .°°° workers. The building and land cost $29 O^O.OOO Copy* right, 1913, by the Equitable Building Corporation, N. Y. »",v™,vw. v^uyy Trinity Building-, at 111 Broadway, overlooking Trinity Church and adjoining the U. S. Realty Building, with which it if connected. Each building is 21 stories, 310 feet high, and the value of the combined buildings is $15,000,000. The foundation consists of 70 pneumatic caissons, each one sunk 80 feet below the sidewalk. Copyright, 1908, G. P. Hall & Son, N. Y. 1113 BB* „llHi> ;l ""Hi '! H,llll, . 3, "^ii!iS3SIS!2 HUH"" : I ill (Hi III ilim IBIWBIW I HUM III 213HII llll IBS III! I mil iiii lll lit; ccd mi hi "sj sua aaiff rin i ... .... Bias mi SBig Bias uu iiu giig an ins mi BBBI Adams' Building, at 61 Broadway, a 32-story office build- ing, the latest addition to New York's fast-changing skyline. Singer Building, at Broadway and Liberty Street. 49 stories, 612 feet high above the sidewalk. 724 feet from basement floor to the top of flagstaff. 914 acres floor space; total weight, over 18,000 tons. Supported upon 36 caissons of solid concrete, sunk 92 feet below the curb. Post Office and Federal Building, Broadway at Park Standard Oil Building, a 15-story building at 26 Broad Row, opened 1875, yearly receipts over $30,000,000. way. Home of the great corporation whose name it bears. U. S. Sub-Treasury. Corner Wall and Broad Streets. Br.-.nch of the U. S. Treasury at Washington, handling two-thirds of the business transacted by that office. The vaults have contained at times $225,000,000. In front of the Wall Street entrance stands Ward's Statue of Washington, which was unveiled Nov. 26, 1883. It occupies the spot where Washington took his oath in 1789 as first President of the United States. Wall Street derived its name from the wall built by Peter Stuyvesant in 1653 to defend New Amsterdam at this point. The wall outlived its usefulness and disappeared 200 years ago. Wall Street is now the foremost financial centre of the world, and the most powerful banks and bankers have their offices there. New York Stock Exchange, the greatest market for stocks, bonds and other securities in the world, located on Broad near Wall Street. It is 10 stories high, built entirely of white carved marble, at a cost of $3,000,000. The Exchange con- sists of a body of 1,100 non-incorporated members. Seats have sold recently as high as $95,000. City Invcsliiic Buildings Running from Broadway to Church Street. A 34-story office building covering a plot 27,000 square feet, 486 feet high. Cost of building and land exceeds $10,000,000. Can accommodate 6,000 tenants. Liberty Tower. At the northwest corner of Liberty and Nassau Streets. A 31-story building, on plot 57.9 by 82.1 feet. Largest office a'rea compared to the small plot it occupies. Itroad Street, showing Curb Brokers, who deal in the open air on all stocks and bonds which are not listed on the Exchange. Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, at 1 Madison Avenue. Occupies entire block to 4th Avenue, between 23rd and 24th Streets. Tower, 52 stories, 700 feet high, has been added to the main building in 1910. Copyright, Geo. P. Hall & Son, N. V. Rankers Trust Company Building. Northwest corner Wall and Nassau Streets. Built in 1911 on the site of the old Gillender Building; 39 stories, 540 feet high. Adjoining it is the Hanover Bank Building. Copyright, 1912, Irving Underhill, N. Y. The Hudson Terminal Dulldlnga, on Church Street, between Cortlandt and Fulton Streets, are twin structures, and together form the largest office building in the world. The weight is estimated at 200,000 tons, resting on a cofferdam 400 x 178 feet, 75 to 98 feet deep. 22 stories, 375 feet high, and has office room for 20,000 people. Woolworth Uuilding. Broadway from Barclay Street to Park Place. Tallest office Building in the world; 55 stories; 793'A feet high; cost, including site, $14,000,000; plot, 1 52 x 197 feet. Foundation consists of caissons 19 feet in diameter sunk 110 to 130 feet. The 24th floor contains the executive offices of the F. W. Woolworth Co., largest 5 and 10-cent syndicate in the world, operating over 700 stores. ill I f I f I IE Hill Jjii n.w.uunVHxv » j ' H II H II I il n i 111 I lliil anpr Wnn I ji ii il II 11 H il il WrUU U II U I' II li H 11 1] 'I 11 H » II II » U U '1 11 U " n u il S II 1111! ii i ii i ! ii i I ill 1 1 ;il j I H I 1 II ! I H I I II i I II 1 I II ! I II I I II! 1 II I I II i I llll ||i ■ H II II! I ■■ I Ml! I II II III r it i in, ■ n 1 1 it ii i ii i i a 1! " imjTj If II II II II II II II II II II II The New Municipal Building:, on Park Row, facing City Hall Park, completed in 1913. It contains offices for the vari- ous city departments, which are now paying a rental of over half a million dollars yearlv. It is a 34-story structure, 539 feet above the sidewalk. The foundation, the most difficult ever attempted, is 130 feet deep, of which 90 feet is below the water level. The flocr area is 600,000 square feet. Total cost, $12,000,000. Copyright, 1912, by Irving Underhill, New York. Park Row Ituilding, at No. 13-21 Park Row, overlooking the Post Office. 31 stories, 390 feet high to top of towers. Foundation is sunk 75 feet below the street level. Total cost of building and land, $4,000,000. St. Paul's Building, at the corner of Broadway and Ann Street. One of the early skyscrapers, a 26-story office build- ing, 317 feet high, constructed 1896-98. City Hall and Newspaper Row. Showing from right to left the old Times, Tribune, Sun and World Buildings. Then comes the New York terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge, facing the Municipal Building. The City Hall, in the foreground, is a white marble structure erected in 1803 at a cost of $500,000. The park area is 8J4 acres. This is the greatest centre of activity in the city. Cooper Union, between 7th and 8th Streets, at the intersection of Third and Fourth Avenues. Founded and built by Peter Cooper in 1859. It is a free school of science and art in all branches, with an endowment of $4,000,000. The library contains 55,000 volumes, and 450 newspapers are on file. The Bowery runs from Chatham to Cooper Squares. The name remains from the old Dutch days, when it was the Bouwerie Lane between the farms. It was once a resort for all kinds of lawlessness, but is now essentially a business thoroughfare. There still remains an enormous collection of beer saloons and tramp lodging houses. 'raekway of Pennsylvania Railroad. Running from the great depot at Seventh Avenue through six tunnels under le Hudson River. The bed of the tracks in mid-stream is 100 feet below the river. A bridge extends over the tracks from 1st to 33rd Streets, with stairways leading down to the tracks. The New Post Office is built over these tracks at Eighth venue. Chinatown, with its crooked streets, its houses with subter ranean communications, its joss houses, its secret societies and organizations, is still a problem to the New York Police. It stands west of Chatham Square and the Bowery from Mott to Bayard Streets. It is a curious sight at night, and attracts a big crowd of visitors. The Ghetto. The East Side, as it is commonly known, stands from Chatham to Cooper Square east of the Bowery. It is an agglomeration of over 1,000,000 people, that fills the old apartment houses to their full capacity. The narrow streets are always crowded with pedestrians as well as street venders. Most anything is sold in the push-carts. The Tombs op City Prison. Located at Centre and Leonard Streets; an 8-story building, erected in 1900 at a cost of $1,000,000. Here prisoners are held pending trials. The Tomhs is joined to the Criminal Courts Building by a bridge over Franklin Street, which is popularly known as the Bridge of S'ghs. Madison Square, from 23rd to 26th Streets, between Madison Avenue and Broadway. The Flatiron and the mammoth Metropolitan Buildings, as well as Madison Square Harden, make this one of the most important squares in the uptown dis- trict. Park area, 6.84 acres. Copyright, 1910, by Irving Underhill, New York. I it ion Square, from Broadway to Fourth Avenue, between 14th and 17th Streets. Southwest of the park is a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln. On the east is the equestrian statue of Washington, standing on the spot where he was received when he entered the city on its evacuation by the British, Nov. 25, 1783. On the south of the park is a statue of Lafayette, presented by the French residents in 1876. Fourth Avenue has recently developed to a great mercantile centre. Park area, 3.48 acres. Copyright, 1910, G. P. Hall & Son, N. Y. Flat Iron Building. Derived its name from its shape. It stands at the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Ave- nue, between 22nd and 23rd Streets. It is the first great steel frame structure ever attempted; 300 feet high; 120,000 square feet floor space. Cost, including site, $4,000,000. Times Building'. Seat of the New York Times, the famous morning paper, with over 200,000 circulation. It is situated on 42nd Street and Broadway, in the heart of the theatre and hotel district. It is a 25-story structure, 477 feet high from basement to top of tower. Copyright, 1905, G. P. Hall & Son, N. Y. Pennsylvania Railroad Station. A gigantic marble building covering the blocks bounded by 31st and 33rd Streets, and 7th and 9th Avenues. Site cost $8,000,000; total cost, $50,000,000. A series of tunnels under the Hudson River bring all trains from the West, while tunnels under the East River connect with the Long Island chain of railroads. P S5£S._ . ~— ?pfcO . Hotel Pennsylvania, at 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, opposite the Pennsylvania Railroad depot, with which it will be connected by an underground passageway. Ready for occupancy in 1917. The first section on Seventh Avenue, 20 stories high, will contain 1,000 bedrooms with bath and shower. Exceptionally favored for sunshine and air. McKim, Mead & White, Architects. Itird'8-Kye View of Lower New York, showing the greatest financial and business center in the world, with skyscrapers rangin. He gave them in exchange some beads and other ornaments valued at $20. The land value runs now into thousands of millions o: facturing concerns in the world are here represented. The Borough of Manhattan has a population of 2,435,102, according to the las Jersey Coast, while four long bridges run to different points in Brooklyn. it! of list )m 10 to 50 stories high; built within the last 25 years. Manhattan Island was purchased from the Indians by Peter Minuit in 1626. liars. Here are the Headquarters for the greatest Railroad, Steamship and Insurance Companies. The largest financial and manu- isus, but over 1,500,000 more come daily from the suburbs to attend to business. Tunnels under the Hudson River connect with the Herald Square. Formed by the intersection of Broadway and 6th Avenue. Great center of activity by day and night. Pennsylvania Station one block to the west. Hotels McAlpin and Martinique at right. Gimbel's, Sak's and Macy's Department Stores at the left. Herald Square Building in center. World's Tower and Times Building in the distance. The Great White Way, Broadway North of 34th Street. No thoroughfare in the world is as famous, none attracts so much the attention of the visitors as the few blocks on Broadway, between 34th and 46th Streets. Within a radius of a few hundred feet can be found all the important theatres and more than two-thirds of the leading hotels in the city. The Metro- politan Opera House is situated between 38th and 39th Streets. Thousands of wonderful electric signs add to the attraction at night. Fifth Avenue North of 40th Street, the most fashionable shopping district in the city, extending as far as 59th Street. Until very recently there stood the costly residences of the city's wealthiest, who have now moved above 59th Street. The new Public Library stands at the left, and the New York Central Depot is situated on 42nd Street, two blocks to the east. Sunday Morning on Fifth Avenue. Showing a brilliant display of fashion when thousands of the city's wealthiest attend church services. From here starts the residential section of the thoroughfare, the Vanderbilt Mansion standing out promi- nently at the corner of 58th Street. Times Square. A view north of 43rd Street, where Broadway crosses 7th Avenue. Great center of activity. The most important hotels and theatres in the city are within a radius of a few hundred yards. The Hippodrome, with a capacity of 6,700 seats, is the largest playhouse in New York. It stands on Sixth Avenue, between 43rd and 44th Streets. Metropolitan Opera House, on Broadway, between 39th and 40th Streets. Leading Opera House in America, and one of the most important in the world. It employs the best talent and artists obtainable and pays the highest salaries. Copyright, 1902, Irving Underhill, N. Y. 42nd Street, East of 6th Avenue, where is located the new Grand Central Terminal, the principal gateway to the city. It is a great center of activity and it has become at the same time a center of fashion. On the left, Stern Bros. Department Store and ^olian Hall; on the right, Bryant Park and the new Public Library. Copyright, 1913, Irving Underhill, N. Y. New Public Library, at Fifth Avenue from 40th to 42nd Streets, occupies the site of the old Croton Reservoir. It was built at a cost of $9,000,000. The corner-stone was laid Nov. 10, 1902, and the building was opened to the public May 23, 1911. It contains over 1,500,000 books, with room for 1,000,000 more. Copyright, 1911, G. P. Hall & Son, N. Y. Grand Central Terminal covers 69.8 acres, facing East 42nd Street, from Vanderbilt Avenue to Lexington Avenue, is the largest and most costly Railroad Station in the world. It has 31 miles of tracks for handling 200 trains and 70,000 passengers each hour. There are 42 tracks on the 42nd Street level, and 25 tracks for suburban trains in concourse, 25 feet below the street. Interior of Grand Central Station. The main concourse is one of the principal features of the new depot. It is 120 x 130 feet and has room for 15,000 passengers. From here leave all the express and long distance trains. The ceiling decorations by ITelleu are a remarkable imitation of the sky, with thousands of stars twinkling through the azure blue. It is beautifully illuminated at night. Hotel McAlpin, Broadway, between 33rd and 34th Streets. Completed December, 1912. 28 stories, including 3 basements. It has 1,620 all outside rooms, 1,100 baths, and 1,800 telephones. Cost $13,500,000. Frank McAndrews, architect. Copyright, 1912, Irving Underhill, N. Y. mm irF rrrrrrrrcrrr n rV« ft ft Fftr cr re c rffr fi ee a Belmont Hotel, on Park Avenue, between 41st and 42nd Streets. 292 feet high; 258,400 square feet of floor area. Copyright, 1906, I. Underhill, N. Y. *mv\ n 1 1 > TYrt' (j rues imiliJI i I ' l i ILlirn ' " * nnrn I LULL. Hotel Manhattan, one of the leading hotels in the city, at the corner of 42nd Street and Madison Avenue. WoUO RIMmm-e on Madison Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets. It is a part of the Grand Central Terminal group, wirt f wh" r I k Tdirectly con«cted Sndir the |?ound. It is a huge 20-story building, the last word m modern hotel con- struction. 1,000 rooms. liiiiii iiiiiiill, 1 1 a l II 1 1 1 1 Plnzn Hotel, on Fifth Avenue, 58th to 59th Streets, facing Central Park, is 252 feet high. Model of luxury and beauty, built at a cost of $12,500,000; $500,000 worth of rooms were rented before completion of the hotel. St. Patrick's Cathedral, on Fifth Avenue from 50th to Slst Streets. Largest and most beautiful church in America. Built in 1858, it is one of the finest examples of Gothic Architecture in this country. Seating capacity, 2,500. Cost of land and building about $3,000,000. Under floor of sanctuary, near the altar, is a crypt for the entombing of the Archbishops of New York. Grace Church — Protestant Episcopalian, at Broadway and Ninth Street. Built 1845, of white limestone, with marble spire. James Renwick, architect. Madison Square Garden, Madison to Fourth Avenues, between 26th and 27th Streets. Largest amphitheatre in America. Seating capacity, 12,000. The Little Church Around the Corner, located on 29th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues. Patronized specially by members of the theatrical profession. Many prominent actors have been buried there, among them Lester Wallack and Edwin Booth. The location is easily accessible to visiting couples who come to New York to wed. Brooklyn Tunnel, an extension of the 9, 1909. Two cast-iron tubes 6,784 feet the tunnel is 94 feet below the river bed. Rapid Transit System connecting with the long with an inside diameter of 15 feet Cost, $10,000,000. Brooklyn Subway. Open for traffic Tan. 6 inches. The lowest point reachea by Hudson River Tunnel, built by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad System. Construction started Sept., 1874. Officially opened Feb. 25, 1908. Two single-track tubes, with a minimum inside diameter of 15.3 feet. Approximately 5,700 feet long. Century Theatre, between 62nd and 63rd Streets, on Eighth Avenue, facing Central Park. Completed in 1909 at an approximate cost of $4,000,000. It has attained great prominence for the high-class musical productions introduced. Classical ballet dancing is a feature here. Seating capacity, 2,120, including boxes. Copyright, 1909, G. P. Hall & Son, New York. HI Sl|l nr Z m mmm ilTgj I II jj !■ ■■ ; :; ii *T I "al " " aa ■* 3i 33 33 33"'jlfT Fifth Avenue Buildinpr, erected 1909 on the site of the old famous Fifth Avenue Hotel, at 23rd Street and Fifth Avenue, as a first-class office building. It is a 14-story structure, covering 18 city lots, and has over 13 acres of floor space. Copyright, 1909, G. P. Hall & Son, N. Y. Columbus Circle, formed by the intersection of Broadway and Eighth Avenue, at 59th Street. Here is the main gate to Central Park, where stands the Maine Monument, which was erected in 1913. In the centre of the Circle is an imposing monument of the great discoverer of America, which was erected in 1892. Copyright, 1913, by Irving Underhill, New York. Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue at 72nd Street. A fashionable residence section where are also located a num- ber of apartment hotels, such as the Ansonia, the Sherman Square, and others. Magnificent statue of Verdi in park. Entrance to subway at intersection of two streets. OuellHk, Central Park. It is a monolith, or single stone, from the granite quarries in Egypt, 69'/i feet high, 7 feet 9 inches by 7 feet S'/i inches at base, and weighs 448,000 pounds. It was erected in the sixteenth century B.C. in Heliopolis, near Cairo. Presented to the United States by the Khedive of Egypt in 1877. Cost of removal, $102,576. Motor-Propelled Fire Engine. The first motor apparatus, Engine No. 58, was placed in service March 21, 1911. Its efficiency has been such that many more have been added to the service since. The motor engine is also being adopted in every large city of the States. Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. At Riverside Drive and 89th Street, dedicated 1902, by the city, to the memory of those who lost their lives in the Civil War. Cost $250,000. It is a pure white marble building, 90 feet high. Twelve Corin- thian columns, 35 feet high, surround it. Schwab's Residence, occupying the block between 73rd and 74th Streets, facing Riverside Drive. Built on the plot for- merly occupied by the New York Orphan Asylum. It is the finest residence in New York. $860,000 was paid for the site, and the construction cost $2,000,000 more. After the death of Mr. and Mrs. Schwab it will become the property of the City of New York. Riverside Drive and Hudson River. Riverside Drive begins at 72nd Street and extends along the slopes and bluffs of the Hudson River for over three miles to 160th Street. All along the Drive is a succession of high-class residences. Fort Washington Point, at the foot of 178th Street on the Hudson River. Landing place for numbers of motor and other private owned boats. Hisih Bridge, over the Harlem River at 175th Street, 1,460 feet long. Carries the original Croton Aqueduct, which is the main supply of water for the greater city. American Museum of Natural History, from 77th to 81st Streets, between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. The present building is only a part of a group which, when completed, will have cost $20,000,000. The museum contains the largest collection of its kind in America, which is valued at over $10,000,000. It was founded in 1869 and opened to visitors in 1877. Metropolitan Museum of Art, occupying a site in Central Park, between 81st and 84th Streets, fronting Fifth Avenue. It is becoming one of the world's richest museums, and new wings are being added gradually. It is estimated that when completed the museum will have cost $20,000,000 to build. Jumel Mansion. A fine example of Colonial architecture, at 160th Street, near Amsterdam Avenue. Most famous historic house in Manhattan. Built 1763. Washington's headquarters for 36 days during the Revolution. Scene of many historical events. It is now a museum of Revolutionary relics and open daily to visitors. College of the City of New York, at Amsterdam Avenue, between 138th and 140th Streets. The most artistic and imposing groups of field stone and terra cotta buildings in the city, occupied 1905. Free tuition. Supported by the city at an annual cost of $615,000. Rustle Stone Bridge, Central Park. One of the more picturesque spots in the park, where one can forget he is in New York. Lovers of nature and realism are often seen here. Menagerie in Central Park, situated near Fifth Avenue and 64th Street, on the site of the old State Arsenal. Here are specimens of all kinds of animals, including lions, elephants, tigers, bears, etc. The collection is not quite as large as that of Bronx Park, but it is centrally located and within easy reach of visitors. Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. Containing a remarkable collection of Economic and Scientific Botany; situated at the northwestern section of the park. Area, 250 acres. The outdoor beds contain all the products from the vegetable world. Ine garden is considered one of the richest in variety in the world. The Palisades and Hudson River Boats. Here is the most picturesque line of mountains on the Jersey side of the Hudson River, stretching away to the north. The palatial steamers of the Hudson River Day Line operate in the summer between New York nnri Albany, affording the most charming inland trip on the continent. r Washiimton Bridee. over the Harlem River at 181st Street Imposing structure of steel, iron and granite, 2,384 feet long and 80 feet wide. Cost $2,700,000. On the south band of the river is the Speedway, l'A miles long, built by the city at a cost of $3,000,000 for the special use of drivers of fast horses. On the north band are the Morris and University Heights, also the tracks of the New York Central Railroad. Hp PRESS OP M> THUS. B. BROOKS. N.