ILLUSTRATED Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/yonkersillustratOOrayn ONKERS ILLUSTRATED ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY OF THE YONKERS BOARD OF TRADE QEORQE RAYNER, Jr., Manager. The Yonkers Board of Trade. The Yonkers Board of Trade was organized in 1893, with William F. Cochran as its first President. He was succeeded in 1895 by Edwin K. Martin, who has retained the Presidency since that time. The other officers are: Philip Verplanck, First Vice-President; John Bellows, Second Vice-President; William H. Doty, Treasurer, and George Rayner, Secretary. The objects of the Board are to direct attention to the attractive features of the city as a place of residence, and its unequaled advantages for manufactories. At the Board meetings opportuni- ties are offered to discuss questions of public import, to oppose all ill-considered public improvements, and to further the best interests of the city. The Board Room is centrally located in the Copcutt Building, No. 15 Warburton Avenue, where the Secretary, George Eayner, is in attendance daily from 9 A. M. to 5 p. M. Visitors are always welcome, and correspondence from home-seekers or manufacturers will receive prompt attention. INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Armory Fourth Separate Company, N. G. S. N. Y 32 Carnegie Library 20 City Bath No. l 7 Hotel Wynnstay 6 Manor Hall 4 Music Hall 169 Police Headquarters and City Court 20 STREET VIEWS. Beechwood Terrace, Ludlow Park 112 Halcyon Place 134 Hawthorne Avenue 119 Lake Side Drive, Park Hill 105 Landscape Avenue, Lowerre 164 Valentine's I^ane . . . Locust Hill Avenue 89 North Broadway 57 Palisade Avenue 6 tit. Andrew's Place 160 Sunnyside Drive, Ludlow Park 112 157 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. Halsted School IS High School 16 Monastery of tiic Saci'cd Heart 50 St. .Joseph's Seminary Public School No. 11 16 Public School No. 7 147 I'uljlic School No. 13 m-i 14S FIRE HOUSES. Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Ass'n.. 22 Palisade Avenue 141 Lowerre 165 Riverdale Avenue 183 Oak Street 141 Shonnard Place 22 Vineyard Avenue 140 CHURCHES. Dayspring Presbyterian 146 First Methodist 162 First Presbyterian 67 First Reformed 12S Grace Episcopal Chapel 71 St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal.... 152 St. John s Protestant Episcopal 24 St. .Joseph's Itonian Catholic 143 St. .Mary s lionian Catholic 52 Warburton Avenue Baptist 53 HOSPITALS. Homeopathic Hospital and Maternity.. 48 St. .John's Riverside 46 St. .Joseph's 50 PUBLIC PARKS. Grant Park 8 Van Cortlandt I'ark 12 Washington Park 10 BANKS. NEWSPAPERS. Citizens' National 42 Yonkers Statesman 41 First National 43 Yonkers Herald 41 Westchester Trust Co 44 Yonkers Savings Bank 45 CLUBS AND ORaANIZATIONS. Amackassin Club 30 City Club 32 Corinthian Yacht Club 36 Hollywood Inn 26 Palisade Boat Club 38 Park Hill Country Club 98 Saegliill Golf Club 30 The Woman's Institute 28 Yonkers Canoe Club 38 Yonkers Teutonia 34 Yonkers Turn Verein 34 Yonkers Yacht Club 36 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. RESIDENCES. Almond, Thomas R 150 Aiidrus, John E 78 Aulenbacher, George, Apartment House. 127 Baekeland, Dr. Leo 68 Bailey, Mrs. J. M 84 Baker, Fisher A 62 Baker, Joseph D 109 Bartmess, Edward A 132 Beemer, James G 82 Bell Bros., Highland Place Residence. 161 Bell Bros., Park Avenue Residence. . . . 140 Blatzheim, H. J., Apartment House. . . . 124 Bragg, Henry T 96 Brennan, John F 75 Breuchaud, J 100 Brevoort, James R 62 Brown, Dr. H. Beattie 136 Browne, Dr. Valentine 142 Burlew, Dr. Charles R 135 Burns, Hon. J. Irving 130 Burroughs, Arthur E 160 Butler, Mrs. William Allen. 72 Chedsey, Francis B 108 Chick, Henry C 168 Clark, Eugene C 88 Clark, Mrs. John 121 Cochran, Mrs. William F 54 Colgate, James B 87 Cook, Fred. S 165 Coons, Dr. William Sheldon 121 Cooper, Samuel L 77 Corcoran, John J 105 Coy, Charles F 159 Creet, William 156 Culver, Charles R 143 Cushman, Burritt A 167 Daly, Hon. Joseph F 81 Davis, Albert D 75 De Angelis, Jefferson 115 Deane, M. J 157 Devitt, John J 133 Deyo, Andrew 71 Doty, William H 90 Duff, John T 158 Dwyer, Franklin P 104 Eagan, Stella Andrus 123 Easton, Charles Philip 66 Eaton, Charles B 159 Edwards, Julian 115 Eickemeyer, Rudolf, Jr 144 Elting, E. J 91 Elting, Peter J 66 Ely, Cheever N 96 Eschmann, F. W. R 97 Ewing, Thomas, Jr 90 Fairbanks, Ernest A 168 Fisher, Louis G 106 Flagg, Mrs. Ethan 73 Flannery, P. J 124 Ford, Mrs. Frances L 120 Fulton, Charles A 70 Gaul, William 156 Gifford, Robert W 104 Gilman, Theodore 69 Harding, Walter E 167 Havemeyer, John C 63 Hawley, John S 138 Heinrichs, Theodore R 153 Hermance, Dr. E. M 95 Hicks, Henry R 145 Hillhouse, Thomas G 83 Hodgman, Walter E 77 Holder, Francis T 88 Holls, Hon. Frederick W 58 Hubbard, Samuel T 73 Hubbell, John H 86 Woodhouse, Harry Hunt, James M 95 John, Dr. David 146 Kellar the Magician 113 Kellogg, Hon. William C 134 Kelly, George T., Apartment House... 125 Kennedy, John S 108 Kingman, Barton E 64 Kroeber, Dr. Carl H 145 Laird, Alexander 83 Lilienthal, S. P., Estate of 55 Lockwood, Mrs. M. W 74 Ludlow House Ill Maclay, Isaac W 72 Marsden, Charles P 122 Martin, Edwin K 100 Maurer, E. J 153 McConchie, Samuel 84 Morrison, Charles A 152 Oliver, John W 94 Olsen, Otto, Apartment House 147 O'Neill, Mrs. Francis 118 O'Neill, Peter F 119 Oppenheimer, David E 69 Ord, George J 106 Otis, Charles R 125 Otis, Hon. Norton P 80 Paillard, Alfred E 107 Peene, Ex-Mayor John G 89 Perot, Edward S 60 Pitkin, Mrs. George D 87 Prime, Alanson J 116 Prime, Ralph E 122 Rayner, George 133 Rayner, George, Jr 151 Reed, Charles 68 Rose, George L 101 Saunders, Alexander 135 Scotland, David 76 Scrugham, William W 85 Seaman, Frank 65 Seymour, Norman 151 Sherman, Dr. William H 94 Shipman, Albert K 137 Shonnard, Frederick 129 Shotts, John C 63 Shrive, William 130 Siedle, Edward 114 Sinclair, Edmund E 107 Smith, Duncan 82 Smith, Wallis 85 Sowdon, George H 129 Sutherland, Ex-Mayor Leslie 161 Sutherland, Spencer K 166 Stilwell, Dr. Benjamin W 74 Thayer, Hon. Stephen H 123 Thomas, Walter 162 Tousey, Sinclair 132 Trautwein, Charles G 114 . Tuttle, Mrs. Frances 158 Untermyer, Samuel 56 Van Dolsen, John 109 Van Suetendael, Arthur J 137 Verbeck, Eugene A 113 Waldron, Dr. Louis V 166 Walsh, Mayor 126 Waring, Charles E 91 Waring, John T 126 Warren, George H 76 Warren, Dr. Nathan A 131 Warren, Dr. N. A., Apartment Houses. 131 Washburn Residence 142 Watson, H. 0 163 Weller, Ex-Mayor James H 127 Wilgus, William J 86 Wilson, Mrs. C. G 65 Winslow, Francis A 101 136 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. LUDLOW PARK. Beechwood Terrace 112 Ludlow House Ill Office of the Ludlow Estate 110 Sunnyside Drive 112 The Hudson River, from Sunnyside Drive 110 The Palisades opposite Ludlow Park.. 116 RESIDENCES. De Angelis, Jefferson 115 Edwards, Julian 115 Kellar the Magician 113 Ludlow House Ill Prime, Alanson J 116 Siedle, Edward 114 Trautwein, Charles G 114 Verbeck, Eugene A 113 PARK HILL. Elevator Building 98 Lake Side Drive 105 Park Hill Country Club 98 The Lake (Summer) 102 The Lake (Winter) 103 RESIDENCES. Baker, Joseph D 109 Breuchaud, J 100 Chedsey, Francis B 108 Corcoran, John J 105 Dwyer, Franklin P 104 Fisher, Louis G 106 Gifford, Robert W 104 Kennedy, John S 108 Martin, Edwin K 100 Ord, George J 106 Paillard, Alfred E 107 Rose, George L 101 Sinclair, Edmund E 107 Van Dolsen, John 109 Winslow, Francis A 101 LOWERRE. Fire House 165 Landscape Avenue 164 Public School No. 13 164 RESIDENCES. Cook, Frederick S 165 Sutherland, Spencer K ±66 W'aldron, Dr. Louis V 166 Watson, H. 0 163 CARYL. Chick, Henry C 168 Cushman, Burritt A 167 Fairbanks, Ernest A 168 Harding, Walter E 167 Harriman 138, 139 Valley Farms 154, 155 STORES AND BUSINESS BUILDINGS. Ash, Mrs. H. G 176 Borden's Condensed Milk Co 180 Bruce, George W 178 City Steam Laundry (Peene & David- son) 182 Dee, M 178 Grant Building (J. T. Courtney. owner) 177 Havey's Stables 182 Hays, Michael J 175 Houston, E. Alexander 176 Hunt, Edward R 179 Kott, Mrs. A 180 Mahoney & Flood 177 Westchester Lighting Marshall-Matheson Co 170 May, Charles F 173 McCann Building 175 New York Telephone Co. Building 171 Saunders Building 174 Shrive, William 173 Standard Oil Co 192 Stedman, Prank 176 Thompson, C. T 179 Thomp.son, W. H 181 Underbill, Edward 174 Weller, Jamos H.. & Sons 172 Welsh, William 172 Werner, Fred W 181 Co 183 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. Deane Plaster Co 192 Smith, Alexander. & Sons, Carpet Co., National Sugar Refinery 184 185, 186, 187 Otis Elevator Co 190 Waring Hat Manufacturing Co 18S GENERAL. City Dock and Recreation Pavilion 4 Grassy Sprain Reservoir 14 Pastoral Scene, Leake & Watts Orphan House 117 The Hudson River from Ludlow Park 110 The Hudson River from the Residence of Hon. Fn-dorick W. HoUs 59 The Hudson River from the Residence of John K. Andrus 79 The Lake, Park Hill 102 The Palisades from the Lake Avenue Water Tower, Looking Northwest. 92 The Palisades from the Lake Avenue Water Tower. Looking Southwest. 93 The Palisades, opposite Ludlow Park 116 YONKEES REAL ESTATE AGENCIES. Bellows & Warren, 20 Getty Square. O. Borden Waring, 14 (Jetty Square. William H. Richardson, opposite N. Y. Central Depot. James S. Fitch, opposite N. Y. Central Depot. Jenkins & Simpson, 3 Palisade Avenue. Theodore R. Heinrichs Radford Building, Getty Square. Albert K. Shipman, 51 Warburton Avenue. Thomson & Johnson, 69 North Broadway. Gaul & Bell, 32 North Broadway. Garrison & Bechet, 55 ^4 Warburton Avenue. Whelan & Co., 34 North Broadway. Kipp & Constable, 7 Wells Avenue. Joseph W. Weller, 2 Highland Avenue. C. H. P. Rich, 87 Main Street. J. Frank Curran, 5 Dock Street. John B. Hall, 4 Sunnyside Drive, Ludlow Park. Walter B. Dixon, Yonkers Avenue, near N. Y. and Harlem R. R. Station. PARK HILL. American Real Estate Co., T. R. Varick, Agent, Elevator Building, Park Hill. LUDLOW PARK. Michael Day, Agent for the Ludlow Estate, 2 Sunnyside Drive. VALLEY FARMS. John R. Ayer, Agent, Dunwoodie Station, N. Y. & Putnam Railway. HARRIMAN. Harriman & Hawley, 30 Odell Avenue, Harriman. LOWERRE. Frederick A. Smith, opposite Lowerre Station. George H. Lowerre, Jr., opposite Lowerre Station. Charles Merritt, 29 Lawrence Street. Whelan & Co., 500 South Broadway. 1 YONKERS The fit}- of Yoiikers is situated on the Hudson River, on wliicli it 1ms a front- age of four and one third miles. It adjoins New York city, and is bounded on the east by the city of Mount Vernon and the Bronx River, and on the north by the town of (Jrccnburg. The area of the city is seventeen and one half square miles. Manor Hall, ^'onkcrs, is seventeen miles distant from the City Hall, in Xew York. Yonkcrs lias many natural advantages, wliicli render it ])i'eeminent as a "city of homes." The range of hills which parallel the Hudson are from three hundred to four hundred feet above tide water, and are covered with elegant residences, surrounded by spacious grounds, the homes of many who are foremost in the com- mercial life of the metropolis, and others who have achieved distinction in litera- ture, art, and law. The residential avenues are laid out one above the other, and command un- obstructed views of the Hudson and the Palisades. From the higher tlevations the views extend southerly to Staten Island, northerly to Tappan Zee, and easterly to Long Island Sound. It is the most beautiful city adjacent to Xew York. It has all the re- ulation of 47,93], which is an increase of 19.0 per cent, during the previous ten years. The city is now growing at the rate of about 2,000 a year. Its location, adjoining, as it does, the great metropolitan city of Xew York, insures its contimuil increase in popidation and in wenllh. 2 The following is a statement of the assessed valuation of real and personal property for the past five years : 1897 $29,880,180 1898 33,867,854 1899 35,439,320 1900 36,603,455 1901 38,129,215 The increase has been steady and constant, and free from startling booms liable to sudden collapse. It shows a healthy and satisfactory growth, and every indication points to its continuance. Bonded Debt and City Property and Credit The net bonded debt December 1, 1901, was $3,028,400.07. The city owns waterworks, public buildings, parks, and docks to the value of $3,054,858, or $26,457.93 more than the net bonded debt. The city's credit is first class, its 3J per cent, bonds selling at a premium. Attractiveness for Home Seekers or Capitalists Yonkers is a most attractive city for thrifty home seekers who want to locate in a thriving and prosperous suburb of New York, where their property is likely to increase in value, where their families may be surrounded by every safeguard for health and every advantage for their education, and where they may enjoy the de- lights of suburban life, together with the advantages of a city. The opportunity for the capitalist seeking investment presents itself in many directions, as property, either improved or undeveloped, awaits the shrewd and energetic operator. Each of the many suburbs of this city possesses their individuality, appealing to people seeking homes or investments in property, with a range of prices to meet any need. Here may be found the palatial residence in spacious grounds, and the comfortable cottage for the man of modest means; and lots, plots, and acres are to be obtained for development as desired at reasonable cost and fair terms. The City's Healthfulness— Decreased Death Rate The Board of Health is alive to the best interests of the city; its work is most effectual, and the healthfulness of the city is made the subject of careful study. The general result of all the care and attention given to the sanitary require- ments of the city is shown by the remarkably low death rate for the year 1901, which was 15.61 per thousand of population. In 1892 the death rate was 21.10 per thousand, and the difference is the best justification possible for the advanced work undertaken by the city during recent years, which will be continued as rapidly as prudence and sound finance will permit. Railroad Facilities The railroad facilities between New York and Yonkers are unsurpassed, three lines of steam railroads passing through the city. The New York Central & Hudson Eiver Railroad, along the Hudson Eiver front, has four stations ; the New York & Harlem Railroad, on the easterly side of the city, has five stations ; and the New York & Putnam Railroad, starting at 155th Street, and running centrally 3 through the city, together with its Getty Square branch, has ten stations, making a. total of nineteen. The time from Yonkers to the Grand Central Station by the Central-Hudson is but twenty-five minutes ; and from Getty Square to Eector Street, via the New York & Putnam Eailroad and Manhattan Railway express service, fifty-five minutes, which time will be materially reduced upon completion of the electrical equipment of the Elevated Railways, now so close at hand. Commutation between New York and Yonkers is but $5.10 a month, and tickets are interchangeable on all three railroads. Passengers are allowed the privilege of transferring at High Bridge or Morris Heights from the trains of the ■Central-Hudson Railroad to the Putnam Railroad, or vice versa. Travel between New York and Yonkers is not liable to ferryboat delay, arising from fog or ice, as is the case with places on Long Island and in New Jersey. Electric Railways The Yonkers electric railways are owned and operated by the Union Railway Company. It is now engaged in extending its lines throughout the large area of the Seventh Ward, the suburban section of the city, and tliroughout Westclicster County. Connections are now in use, two to New York, and one each to Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Glen Island, White Plains, and Hastings. This combination ■of steam and electric roads affords ample transportation facilities to all sections of the city at small cost, and should rapidly enhance the value of real estate in all directions. The recent extensions of tlie trolley system on Central Avenue, from the city ■of New York northerly, and on Warburton Avenue to Hastings, and on the Sawmill River and Tuckahoe Roads, have opened up large sections of the city, and will be followed by rapid appreciations in values. The lines constructed in 1002 include McLean Avenue, from Woodlawn lloigiits and Lincoln Park to South Broadway at Lowerre, and the effect of these extensions is felt in the increasing interest manifested in real estate. A general transfer system carries passengers all over the lines of the •company for one five-cent fare, while for eight cents one can travel by trolley from i;he northern boundary of Yonkers south to Harlem, thence by the Manhattan Elevated Railway to South Ferry, a distance of over twenty miles. New York Rapid Transit Subway The Rapid Transit Subway, now under construction at a cost of $3r).000.000, is rapidly nearing completion; and the year 1903 will be made memorable by the termination of the greatest civic improvement of modern history. From the soutlicrn terminus in New York, at the City Hall, the tunnel will •extend centrally through the city. A four-track service with express trains for through passengers is to be established, and the residents of Yonkers will then be •enabled to step aboard a train at the lower end of Manhattan Island and. with a transfer to the electric or steam railroad at Kingsbridge, reacli any section of the •city with but one change of cars. The time now required to reach the Grand Cen- iiral Station from lower New York will be very materially reduced. City Dock and Recreation Pavilion. 5 Steamboat Lines There are three reguhir lines of steanihoats plying tlie waters of the Hudson Kiver stopping at Yoiikers: the Albany Day Line, the Chrystenah, and the Ben Franklin Line. All carry passengers, and tlie last one carries freight also, at very low rates. It will thus be seen that few cities around Xcw York have the transportation advantages of Yonkers. with its three railroads and three steamboat Jines. City Dock and Recreation Pavilion The most conspicuous and creditable piece of public work recently con- structed is the Recreation Pavilion, erected at a cost of $19,000. This has. given pleasure and opportunities for fresh air to thousands of our people, and its erection has been approved by a unanimous public sentiment. The Public Dock extends one hiuidred and eighty feet into tlie river, and is ^'Vlaluable city asset. The water is thirty feet deep at low tide, thus providing an easy- and convenient landing for steamboats of any tonnage. Manor Hall. Erected 1682 Manor Hall was occupied as a private dwelling until l.SfiS, when it passed into the hands of the city, and has since been u.sed as a City Hall. It was erected in 1()H2 by Frederick Philipse, the first Lord of the Manor nf IMiilijisiiurg, and renuiined in his family until 17^11. when it was e(inlis( ated by the State, the Pliil- ipses being Tories. This venerable relic is a sjilendid specimen of colonial architecture, with its fireplaces, staircases, and jtapier-maehe ceilings, in good order and of rare beauty. It is one of the historic landmarks of our country; is visited by many i>eo])le annually; and is valued by 1h(> citizens of Vtuikers as their most ]trecioiis possession. Soldiers' Monument In Manor Hall Park is situated tbe lieautifnl Soldiers and Sailors' Monu- ment, erected in ISDl at a cost of ten tbousand dollars. Streets During the pas! seven years the streets and roads of Vonkers have been reconstructed, and a system of highway improvemi-nts has been inaugurated. The heavily traveled steeper grade streets have been paved with granite; many of the level residential and some of the more level business thoroughfares have been paved with sheet asj)halt, and the rest of the city has been improved with a superior system of streets and roads. The extent of th<> work is as follows: (iranite, *i.05 miles; as|)hall, T miles: macadam. 7(1 miles; total. TH.r». Street Sprinkling The streets are regularly sprinkled at the general (>\penst'. the work being under the Department of ruhlie Works, the city owning and operating the sprinkling plant. 6 Palisade Avenlk, Looki.nci South from Glenwood Avenue. Plans by K. A. Quick & Son. Hotel Wynnstay, Warburtox Avenue. 7 Trees Nothing adds more beauty to a city than fine shade trees, which abound along the streets and avenues of Yonkers. The planting and care of shade trees is under the supervision of tlie Departiiicnt of Public Works, and is confined to the residential thoroughfares. Sewers The built-up section of the city is thoroughly drained by a system of sewers from one to six feet in diameter, discharging into the deep and swift waters of the Hudson Kiver, consisting of over thirty-six miles of the best modern sewer con- struction. The system is being continually extended as needed. City Refuse Tlu- city's refuse is collected in sanitary iron carts and wagons, all garbage and animal refuse being destroyed in a modern cri-matory. The city owns and operates tiie crematory, also the ])laiit for the collection of n fuse and for street cleaning. Public Baths Yonkers owns and operates two municipal hot and cold water bath houses, wliicli are open every day in the year, and were patri»nizi'(l during IflOl by 2ri,384 bathers. It was tiie first city in this country to fnt ('ommis-itm dttermined to olTer prizes for designs for the two parks, to be senl in liy .Man h 1 I, I'.hmi. 'IMk design adopted for (.rant Park was made by II. \. ("aparn, and is in its essentials very simph-. A ljr<»ad path b-ads round thr Park for ilmsc who wish to saunter or rest in, not merely to cross it, and communicates with entrances at four points where it has l»een found that entrances are ne«'dcd. The whole is so arranged lliat ilie routes nrri»> the Park in all ne of rhododendrons. In the north of the Park is an op<'n j)Ia7,a with seats, making a resting place for wonu-n and chiblrcn under the thick shade of trees, and supjiorted liy a rocky bank eovereil with trailing plants; in this ro< kwork is an elliptical stone aitout si\ fi-et long, of very striking ap|M'aran«v. which was pn-scntcd to llic Park !iv Mr. W . Delavan Baldwin. When- the paths mwt near the northeast entranc«j is an open sjiaiv for a buibling, to Im- us^-d for a band stand, and for shelter from the sun and rain. Trees have Iktu planted when- they will shade the walks without interfering with the quiet and simple character of the ]thu\\ All along the biMiiidario are plantations of trees ami shrulis, nuiiidy of native kinds, v/liich. as Ih. v grow up, will exclude the sight of the slrt-ets and form a border «»f folitge, giving the general effect of mitural growth surrounding a clearing in which the large trees have been left. Kxotic and colored shrui>s h:\\<- -.'cntrally been avoided as being out of character with the groat while oaks. In construding (irant Park the aim of the Conunissioneps has been, not to make costly antl elaborate works which migiit lie more for disjday than use, but to make the Park of the greatest use to the greatest nuntber without sacrificing its bcautv. lor without being beautiful a park cannot W- useful; nor. inde^'d, can it bo boauliful without being u.> maki' a spot nf brilliant color contrast with the quiet greens of lawn ami foliage. The grades of tin- ground and tlie lines of roatl and path in this Park have i)een so altered tiiat the old Nisbet property is almost unrecognizalile. Neing furnished in exact reproduction of the old style. The Park is well worth a visit alone for an inspection of the nniiision for tin* part it played during the Revolutionary struggle. It was oc<-upied l>y the Van Cortlandt family until the hoiise and land were purchased f at Mosholii, in tlie section annexed to New Vork city. The children in the dciist'ly jjopulated section of the city were in schools Xos. 2 and ('». Following consolidation the first puhlished report of the superintendent was in 188-^, and showed a total enrollment of 2,30(1, and an average daily attendance of 1,44 I. 1 M 1890 the enrollment was 7,03G, and the average attendance .').17r. The value of all the school buildings in 1882 did not e.\ceed $130,000. The city now has 17 school buildings with an estimated value of $050,000. The present enrollment is 8,849, and the average daily attendance G,474. The old buildings have been remodeled until the schoolhouses are thoroughly cfpiipped, modern buildings nieeting every reeated exclusively with individual seats and desks of modern construction. Xo city in the State of .\ew York has better school atconimodations. All text-books and supplies of every kind are free. The c>( Iracln is. Tht- high scho«d has four distinct cnmrses, and pre- pares pupils for busin«-ss or college. It has s«'nt stud«'nts to all the leading Kajitem collrgcs, whi< h tliey have entered with excelh'ut pn'paration. The Huanl td Ivlucaliiui aUo maintains kindergartens during the summer vacation, and evening sehnnU, where all enmnion branclu«s are taught. U-siiles cook- ing, architectural and mechanical drawing. The most etlicient talent is engaged for the evening schools, to gi\e the pupiU tlie iie-t faeiliti«'s to supplement the defective preparati(Ui with wliicli they are usually admitted. MiTorts are coiistanlU made to bring the -elidul and the home elowr fogeth«T. and to establish cordial relations between tt-aehers and parents. The discussions at the parents' meetings, wliieh are an established feature of sclund routine, convey lo parents information of the aims and methoi Sufierniui Rectohv of St. John's Episcopal Ciii^rch. Churches Churches arc the indices of civilization as well as the sanctuaries of the good. The famous scholar who estimated the character of the peoj)le by the sougs they loved would find to-day a fairer, truer test to be their houses of public worship. A city of homes must be a city of churches; and such a city of homes as Youkers, where reiiiiement and jjurity characterize the material as well as the social side of life, is necessarily a city of churches. Yonkers contains aljout thirty churches, representing denominations as follows: Presbyterian, 4; Reformed, 2; Baptist, 4; Episcopal, 5; Methodist, 5; Unitarian, 1 ; Lutlieran, 1 : Koman Catholic, 7. Many of the houses of worship have highly attractive exteriors and elaborate and costly interiors. The pulpits of Yonkers are supplied with ministers of ripe scholarship, ])rofound theological attainments, and great Christian zeal. Clubs and Societies Tin: -Masonic organizations are strong in Yonkers. and oeeu})y line quarters in Hollywood Inn. There are two Masonic lodges, two Chapters of Koyal Arch ^la- sons, and one Commandery of Knights Templar. There are also strong lodges of Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, Knights of Columbus, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, Foresters of America, Hoyal Arcanum, and other fraternal orders. The Yonkers Turn Verein and Yonkers Teutonia each own and occupy fine buildings built for and devoted to their s])e( ial i)ur])o.ses. The list of clubs and a.ssociations, representing the social and intellectual life of the city, is a long one, of which the following may he jjarticularly mentioned: Park Hill Country Clul), Amaekassin Club, City Clu!), Corinthian Yacht Club, Palisade Boat Club, Yonkers Yacht Cluli, Yonkers Canoe Clul), and Saegkill (Jolf Clul). Miscellaneous organizations are: Hollywood Inn, Woman's Institute, Young Men's Christian A.s.<()(iation. Young Women's Christian Association, Yonkers Curling Club, Holsatia Lodge No. *Ji)7 Deutscher Onlcn Ihirtigari, Columbia Lodge No. 122 O. S. 8t. (J., Hose Standisli Lodge No. 1.") Independent Order Daughters of St. Ceorge, Monday Club, Fort- nightly Cliil), Anthropological Club, Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen, Nepera Haymakers' Association 18G 1-2; Lincoln Legion, Young Men's Catholic A.ssocia- tion. Society of St. Vincent de Paul, lico Association, Yonkers Historical and Literary Association, Yonkei-s Society for I'liiversily Kxtension, Half-Hour Head- ing Club, Robert Burns Club, Clan M( (iregor O. S. ('.. and Yonkers Bowling Club. Grand Army of the Republic There are two (Jrand .\rmy Posts in Yonkers. Kitching Post No. (50 is the oldest, having been organized March IS. ISOM. It was the fourteenth Post to l)e organized in the New York State Dejtartment, in which there are now (>(!!) Posts. Its present Commander. Colonel Edward J. Miteliell, is now serving his third term. John V. Shotts served as Commander for a ])eriod of ten years. The Post has at present J 35 memiiers in good standing, and has lost through death SS members. Kitching Post has always taken good care of its members who have lieen sick or needy, ex|K'nding its surplus funds for their relief. .I{)lin C. l''remoiit Tost r)!)0 was organized May 28, 188(5. The first name it adopted w;is tliiit of Horatio Seymour, but on July 24, 1890, it was changed to John C. Fremont. The present Commandi'r, William Kiley, is now serving his fourth term. I'laiis by George Stirratt, New York. HOLLYWOOD INN. Photo by Blackburn & Soeteniun. Officers and Directors. Alex. Smith Cochran, President. Edwin A. Smith, Secretary. James E. Freeman, Vice-President. Richard Edie, Jr., Treasurer. George B. Wray. Charles E. Gorton. F. D. Canfield. S. T. Hubbard. Hon. Norton P. Otis. Directors: Wallis Smith. Michael Walsh. S. L. Cooper. R. L. Condon. O. D. LaDow. Eugene C. Clark. Alexander Laird. Hon. Leslie Sutherland. S. B. Hawley. Thomas Ewing, Jr. George W. Dobbs, Superintendent. Hollywood Inn ilollywuod hill was slaiud \>\ a .small body ol' men of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, of .St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church. Its first reading and smoking rooms were oiieiied at Xo. 18 Main Street on January 23, 189 K The experiment was commenced with the object of providing young men with a place where they could meet in the evening, read the magazines, enjoy a quiet game of cards, and proniole sociability and good fellowship. So successful was the undertaking that the late William F. Cochran, a noted citizen and philanthropist of this city, erected for the workingmen of Yonkers the present clubhouse, which is the most complete of its kind in the world. The main floor contains the library, 3"2x35 feet, wliich has accommodations for 10,000 volumes; the superintendent's oflice, coat room, shuffleboard room, also a smoking room which is sujiplied with the leading newspapers and periodicals. On the street floor is the gymnasium; dressing room, containing lockers for 400 members; also a large and splendidly appointed bath room with shower and needle sprays. On this floor are four regulation bowling alleys, where a nominal charge of eight cents is made for each game. On the second floor is a pool and billiard room, containing eight pool and two billiard tables, two cents per cue being charged for the former and thirty cents jier hour for the latter. Here also are to be found bath rooms, which are free to members. In this dejiartment soft drinks, tobacco, coiree, and sandwiches are on sale. On the ne.xt floor is the assembly hall, seating nearly live hundred persons, where, during the winter, various entertainments are given for the entertainment of niemliers and their families. On most evenings a glance at the pli'a.^ant reading room shows that its brightness attracts to it many members who enjoy a quiet hour or more with the leading magazines of the day. During the winter season regular classes in calisthenics are held in the gymnasium both afternoons and evenings. Any member is entitled to enter these classes without additional cost. So jihenomenal has l>een the sucee.>;s of Hollywood Inn that its founder contributed the sum necessary for a very material addition to the building, which has just been completed, on the south side of the structure. It is in the nature of a lyceum, with a great gymnasium, swimming ])ool. lodge and lecture rooms. It is connected with the main building, the ba.^ement of which has been remodeled, and contains a swimming pool lGx41 feel. It is lielieved that the feature will jirove to be one of th(> most desiralile in the l»uildiiig. Hy the introduc- tion of coils of steam pipe the water will be kept at a normal temperature of about 70 degrees. 'J'he addition is 37 feet wide and 94 feet deep. The new gymnasium contains a niiiiiing (rack, and offers facilities fi)r such sports as hand liall and liasket ball. It is entirely free from columns and lakes in the space of l\\n 11, ,,,1-. A ( om- niodious dark room has been fitted up for amateur photographer- The Hollywood Inn Country Club, situated on Dunwoodie Jieiglits, consists of a five-acre field and club house. This is one of the finest spots around Yonkers, and from the pon li of (he , wlien it acquired a valuable water grant near *^he foot of Vark Street. The clubhouse is well api^ointed in every respect, and the projjerty is now valued at $l' have been of much interest. Tlie indoor as well as outdoor amusements essential to the life of a well- conducted viu-lit clul) arc j)rovided. Winter (juarters have been secured by leasing an entire floor in the Citizens' National Bank Building, on Getty Sijuare, where the members may congregate every evening during the week: and a sjiccial feature during tlie winter season is tlie informal fortnightly social and sup]icr. The Board of Trustees for consists of the following: (ialiriel Keevs. Commodore : Albert L. Skinner, A'ice-Conimodore : Bernard T. Heardon. Kccording Secretary: J. floward Cbipp, Financial Secretary: .1. .loscph Lawrence, Treasurer; Henry J. Kitchie, J'resident : Frank Ford, Charles A. Valentine. Louis (^uanchi. •lolm Dickson, and .James Watson : Fleet Captain, Walter Blackliurn. The Yonkers Yacht Club Tlie Yonkers Yacht Club, wiiicii is situated directly in front of Irving Park, at Glenwood, was organized in IST'f*, and incorporati-il in 188L being first located at the foot of Main Street, wiieie tiie Recreation Pier now stands. The rapid increase in its fleet of boats made necessary a new anchorage, and a house was ercH'ted south of the ])roperty of the National Sugar Kefining Com])any. The enlargement of that business made it necessary for the Club to seek new quarters in 18!I3, and the clubhouse now occupied was liuilt during that year. It now has a membership of about one liuiidred and (ifly and a fleet of about twenty-five boats, and is a very active and flourishing organization. Tiie ollicers are: Cominodons James W. Shaughnessy ; Vice-Comraodore, Herbert James; Treasurer. William J. Lord; Fleet Captain. Perry Corning; Finan- cial Secretary, Howard W. Lord: Recording Secretary, R. L. F. Marran ; Corre- sponding Secretary, E. All)r<) Forsyth ; Measurer, Frank F. Booth : Steward, George Warren; Trustees, Thomas J. Shaughnessy, William J. Bright, Henry F. Booth, William Blakemore, and Alfred A. Ford. 38 Palisade Boat Club. / Canoe, H. Lansing Quick, Owner, Yonkers Canoe Club. 39 Palisade Boat Club The Palisade Boat Club is the oldest club in Youkers and one of the oldest rowinj; clubs in the I jiited States. It was organized in ISOG. The boathouse for many years was situated at the foot of Wells Avenue, but in 1890 it was moved to Ulenwood. Here a large piece of upland was jturchased on which was erected a building for bowling, pool, billiards, and other games. Fine tennis courts were also laid out on this property, and the organization has since been more than a rowing clul). It has a membership of about two hundred members. The oflicers are lulwin A. Oliver, President; Thomas E. Booth, First Vice- President; John D. Ashton, Second Vice-President; John II. Keeler, Jr., Secretary; Charles P. Marsdon, Treasurer; Walter Carpenter, Captain; Harrison B. White, Lieutenant. The other members of the Governing Committee are as follows: Beiijaniin T. Banu's, J. Calvin Campbell, Andrew Deyo, Ivlward P. Davi.-i, Charles Philip Easton, Ral})li P. ^Mulligan, Robert G. Jackson, Stephen A. Peene, Frederick Peene, George B. Skinner, and Sinclair Tonsey. Yonkers Canoe Club This Club was organized Fel)ruary JT, JSSC, by J. (i. Pcevs, Lawson Sandford, and II. Lansing Quick. It was incorporated in September, 1888, and is one of the most prominent canoe clubs in this section of the cimntry. The Xcw York CaiUM! Clubs International Championship Cup has been held twice by its members; in JSDU by II. Lansing (^uick, and in 189*J by T. S. O.xholm. It has always taken an active part in the .Vinerican Canoe Associati(m*s alTairs. having always had a representat i v(- on the E.xecutive Cummitti'e of that organization. It had the war canoe Ko-Ko-Kd-IIo. Imilt in iS'Kt. whiili was the largest canoe built in this country, and the first war canoe in the .Mlaiitic Division of the A. C. .\. Tiic Club moved into the old X'ei-per Rowing Club House, at the foot of CJold Street, in 1888. and lias been located in the sann' place ever since. The Club ilag is a white burgee, with a red doljihiii in the center. The present oHieers of the Clul) are: Robert Edgar. Commodore; K. M. I'mlerhill, A'ice-Conunodore; V. \i\n N'ariek, Secretary, and Louis Simp.son, Treasurer. 40 Young Men's Christian Association This organization was founded in 1881, and moved into its new building- on Main Street in 1894. The building is well equipped for Association work,, containing social parlors, library, game room, bowling alleys, gymnasium, and baths. Evening educational classes, lectures, practical talks, concerts, and entertain- ments represent the social and intellectual life of the Association. The large, well- lighted, and attractive reading room on the first floor, well supplied M'ith daily papers and magazines, is free to all men, and is frecpiented by G,000 annually. The- Boys' Branch of the Association is one of the most encouraging features of the- work, and now numbers nearly 200 boys, between the ages of eleven and seventeen. The Association conducts services in Music Hall on Sunday afternoons to an average attendance of 600. The Presidents of the organization have been : John C. Havemeyer, G. Liv- ingstone Morse, Kev. Lyman Cobb, Jr., Eev. Henry M. Baird, D.D., LL.D., John\ T. SprouU, W. W. Ellsworth, Theodore Oilman, George D. Mackaye, H. Beattie Brown, M.D., and H. A. Bates. The present officials are: George E. Brown,, President; John T. Waring, Vice-President; Frank B.Hickey, Eecording Secretary;, J. Gelston Affleck, Treasurer, and Walter F. Haskctt, General Secretary. Young Women's Christian Association The objects of this organization are to provide for the temporal, mental,, moral, and spiritual welfare of young women, especially those dependent upon their own efforts for support. The Association has a home at No. 30 Prospect Street,, which is open daily from 9 a. m. to 9 p. M. The j^resent quarters are inadequate,, and efforts are now being made to 23rovide a more suitable home. Sunday afternoons a children's Bible class is held at 3 o'clock; and at 4- o'clock a song service for women takes place, followed by a gospel talk by a pastor or Christian worker. Bible classes and prayer meetings are held during the week,, the latter being often conducted in homes in different sections of the city. One of the pleasant features of the Association's life is the informal socials and entertain- ments which frequently take place. Instruction is given in English, German,, arithmetic, plain sewing, dressmaking, and music. An employment agency and boarding house bureau are maintained, and a lunch room is conducted at 64 Moquette Eow for the benefit of the operatives at the Moquette Mills. Hot lunches- are provided at a nominal price, and this branch of the work is greatly appreciated. The present officers of the Association are : Miss Lillian M. Clark, President ;, Miss M. E. Lilienthal, First Vice-President; Mrs. Theodore Oilman, Second Vice- President; Mrs. E. E. Holden, Eecording Secretary; Trustees, Theodore Oilman,. James O. Beemer, J. O. Affleck, W. Palmer East, Eev. David Cole, D.D., E. D. Harris; Advisory Board, Charles E. Otis, Philip Verplanck, Norton P. Otis, Albert Bunker, E. Sherman Gould, Dr. Benjamin W. Stilwell, James W. Eaynor; General Secretary, Miss M. L. Waters. 41 TjIK "STATKS.MA.N." TlIK "HeKAI.!)." Yonkers Statesman 'J' wo wivklics, The Examiner ami The Chiriun, wi-ro iiu'rjrcd into a daily, under tlu' name of The Statesman, and in 1872 John W. Oliver assumed the editor- ship. It is the foremost jmper in Westehester County, and thoufzh a sterlinj: Hepuh- lican journal on National and State issues, its policy has heen to support such candidates for municipal and county oflices as were best (jualified to adnunister the same. It is enterprisin<:, cleanly edited, proud of its distinction of l)ein<; "a news- paper, not merely an organ;"' and is in every respect "a journal for the home/' The paper is still under the guidinp hand of this veteran journalist, assisted by his son, Edwin A. Oliver, and J. Joseph Lawrence. It is comfortalily housed in a now building erected by the management at the corner of Main and Mill Stnd-. in the heart of the commercial sec-tion of the city. Yonkers Herald The Yonl-rrs Herald was jjublished as early as 1853, but it was not until 1894 that the present Yonkers Herald Publishing Company secured control and placed it, for the first time, on a sound financial and business basis. It was first jiulilisiicd at Main Street as a morning daily, but on May, 1894, it was changed to an afternoon paper, and in August of that year the plant was removed to its ])resent substantial and commodious l)uilding, 1<> Warburton Avenue. Tlie strueturc was built for it and is admirably adapted to all the require- ments of a modern newsi)aper oftice. The editor of the paper is Frank E. Xavier, the business manager being Augustine V. Xavier. The Herald is the oflicial Demo- cratic paper. 43 Plans by E. A. Quick & Son. THE CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK, GETTY SQUARE. Capital, $100,000. Surplus, $100,000. President, Charles B. Waring. Vice-President, Peter J. Elting. Cashier, John H. Keelee. Assistant Cashier, George W. Peene. Directors: Charles E. Waring. E. J. Elting. Henry R. Hicks. Peter J. Elting. C. R. Dusenbeery. Alanson J. Prime. John H. Keeler. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OK YONKERS. GETTY SQl ARE. Capital. . . . $150,000. Officers: President. Wh.i.iam H. Duiy. Vice-President. W. Dki.kvan Haiiiwin. Cashier, Wai.i.is Smith. Directors: John T. AVakinc;. Wki.i.s Oi msted. WiLMAji H. Doty. WlU.IAM W. ScKl <;IIAM. Rl Dlll.K Ell KKXIEVER. Jr. W. Dklevax Baldwin. William B. Edoak. Wallis Smith. S. Fkanc is Qi U K. 44 THE WESTCHESTER TRUST COMPANY, 32 WARBURTON AVENUE. Capital, $200,000. Surplus, $100,000. Officers: President, John Hoag. Vice-Presidents, Francis M. Carpenter and Howard Willets. Secretary, Charles P. Marsden. Amzi L. Barber. Richard H. Burdsall. Francis M. Carpenter. Edward F. Hill. John Hoag. Directors: Edson Lewis. Isaac W. Maclay. Daniel S. Remsen. Henry Sidenberg. William Sloane. r. p. lounsberby. Moses Taylor. Howard Willets. John E. Borne. Louis Stern. Robert B. Van Cortlandt. 45 THE YONKERS SAVINGS BANK. GETTY SQUARE. Officers: President, S. Fka.n( is Qi u k. Vice-Presidents, William H. Tiioknk and Ja.mks H. Wkj.lkk. Secretaries. I^kandku Rkad and Ri ooi.k Ek kkmkykii, Jk, Treasurer, Chaulks F. Hitiikht, Cashier, Rafakllk Cohh. Trustees: S. Fuancis Qi U K. William H. Tiiounk. LEANDKIt Reai). James H. Welleh. John Evi.kks. JRUDOLK ElCKKMKVKU. ,lu. Albkht Skinnku. Joiix O. Camphki.l. Chables F. Hi liikkt. Db. Benjamin \V. Stilweil. William M. Dick. John Bellows. Du. Nathan A. Wakren. 46 ST. JOHN'S RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL, ASHBURTON AVENUE (Incorporated May 21, 1870.) Incorporators: John T. Waring. Henky Bowers. Thomas A. Jaoger. Frederick C. Oakley. S. Emmet Getty Thomas O. Farrington. Charles L. Cozzens. William H. Beers. Norton P. Otis. Theodore H. Silkman. S. Emmet Getty. George R. Bunker. James Lawson. William C. Hastings. Horace H. Thayer. Officers, 1901-1902: President, Norton P. Otis. Vice-President, George R. Bunker. Secretary, Horace H. Thayer. Treasurer, William H. Doty. Board of Managers: Edwin K. Martin. John O. Campbell. William H. Sherman, M.D. Harold Brown. M. R. Boucher, f. w. r. eschmann. George S. Prince. Andrew Deyo. J. Harvey Bell. Peter J. Elting. Alex. Smith Cochran. William H. Doty. Thomas Ewing, Jr. Goodwin Brown. Attending Surgeons: William H. Sherman, M.D. David John, M.D., M.R.C.S. Samuel E. Getty, Jr., M.D. Attending Physicians: Clarence W. Buckmaster, M.D. John B. Kouwenhoven, A.M., M.D. Thomas Darlington, M.D. William H. Sherman, M.D., Chairman of Medical Board. David John, M.D., Secretary of Medical Board. Superintendent, Miss Dora Tratlen. William S. Coons, M.D. Stephen F. Leo, M.D. 47 St. John's Riverside Hospital This institiuioii had its origin in 180!), when tlie sick committee of St. John's Episcojjai Church acquired a small house at the southwest corner of Warburtou and Ashburtou Avenues. The house having proved too small, the "Grove House," on Woodsworth Avenue near Locust Street, was rentetl In- the management. This was the only Hospital in Yonkers up to 1890. .Mr. W illiam J-". Cochran became a member of the Board of ]klanagers on May 27, 1870, and was elected President of the Board in June, 1880, a j^osition which he held continuously up to the time of liis death, in January, 1902. When, in 1893, it became a])i)arent that the accommodations of Woodworth Avenue were no longer adequate, he, conjointly with his wife, ^Irs. Eva S. Cochran, cau.l surgical o})erations were performed. .\n ambulaiici' service is nuiintained, which responded to '227 (-alls during the year I'.iol. The Coclirnn Training School, on the Broadway side, was purchased l>y 'S\v. Cochran and deeded to the Board of Managers in 1901. and fitted up as a training school for nurses. 'I'his method of providing nurses has j)roved a great advantage to the Hospital, ajul also to many citizens who are at times in need of skilled attendants on short notice. The co\irse in the Training School extends over a period of two and one half years, and there are at jjresent twenty-one nurses in the school. Tlie dispensary is conducted in a special building apart from the Hospital, and contains a reception room, and separate rooms for the treatment of surgical and other classes of cases; also a snudl j)harma(y for the use of the dispensary alone. Children's Annex, Homeopathic Hospital. 49 Homeopathic Hospital and Maternity Tliis institution had a modest beginning in when a number of philan- thropic hulies decided to establish a place for the treatment of a class of cases not hitherto included in the scope of the other Yonkers hospitals. The expiration of the first year found the ladies in possession of a room occupied by a jjatient, with a doctor and woman nurse in attendance. In 1894 one floor was rented in the house Xo. 345 Nepperhan Avenue, where patients were boarded and nursed under the •direction of homeopathic physicians. Attention had I)een Ijrouglit to several cases of women needing hos])ital treatment, and of children too young to be admitted to the city hospitals, for which no suitable place of treatment could be found. In 1.S95 the house Xo. 246 Wood- worth Avenue was rented, and at the end of one more year — in May, 189G — the ^'Homeopathic Hospital and Maternity" became an incorporated institution, the Managers proud owners of a house on Ashburton Avenue, near Park Avenue. The rooms are as comfortable and well fitted as in a private home, the wards for free patients and those who wish to pay being equally comfortable. This house accom- modates about twelve patients. The management recently decided upon enlarging its accommodations by purchasing the house and grounds adjoining the hospital on the west. The plot is 300 feet square, and the house accommodates about fifteen. Children requiring medical or surgical attendance are quartered in this building. The homeopathic physicians of Yonkers alternate in attendance at the Hospital, thus avoiding the employment of a house physician. The class of patients ■directly benefited is evident from the fact that this is the only Hospital in the city that treats maternity cases, or uses or permits the use of homeopathic treatment, :and the only one in Yonkers that makes a specialty of children's cases. Staff: President, D«. R. Oi.ivkk Piiii.i.ii-s. Secretary, Dii. Ri< ii.\ni> R. Tkottkii. Dr. RrssKi.i, P. F.w. Du. Horace G. Keith. Board of Managers: President, Miis. Wai.tek W. I>aw. First Vice-President, Mrs. Thomas Ewini;. Second Vice-President, Mr.s. Wm.i.iam Ai.i.en Biti.er. Secretary, Mrs. Joskpii F. Wai i.kr. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. T. Rt sski.i, Dawsox. Treasurer, Mrs. R. Oi.ivkr Piiir.i.irs. Mrs. Ciiari.ks Henry Bi tler. Mrs. Chari.ks H. Fam iikr. Mrs. Ai.kxandkr Smith. Mrs. Rk hard R. Trotter. Mrs. Ji l it s T. Rockwell. Mrs. Frederu k D. Blake. Mrs. Tho.mas J. Morcan. Mrs. Williard H. Browx.sox. Mrs. Charles Reed. Mrs. Walter Graves. Mrs. Dcxcan S.mith. Mrs. Sami el A. Hoi stox. Mrs. William H. Tiiorxe. Mrs. Eldrhxie Jones. Mrs. Fraxk Seamax. Mjts. C. Irvixc. I>attix. Mrs. Charles C. Pierce. Mrs. Roswell A. Roberts. 4 Superintendent, Miss Adelle Vax Alstixe. 50 The Monastery of the Sacred Heart. Shonnard Place. 51 St. Joseph's Hospital This institution, erected and niiiiiitained by the Sisters of Charity of Mount St. Vincent, was incorporated in 1888, and formally opened to the public on ;March 19, 18i)0. It is delightfully situated at the junction of South Broadway and Vark Street, on high ground, overlooking the Hudson and surrounding country. All its equipments are of the finest and most modern; and what at once strikes the casual visitor is its homelike air of quiet, comfort, and even elegance. The wards are large, sunny, and well ventilated, having a southern exposure; and the private rooms are all that the most exacting could desire. The ojjerating room and its accessory apartments are provided with all tlie helps that modern science I' lids to surgery, including an X-ray apparatus, the gift of the Medical Board. The Hospital receives no outside aid, except an annual grant of $800 from the city, and wliatever the charitably disposed, especially the Ladies' Aid Society, may contribute. The Sisters give their services without compensation; otherwise llie maintenance of the IIo-;])ital would i)e impossible. Notwithstanding its slender income, no deserving sull'erer is ever turned from its doors, and the amount of good accomplished is marvelous. Divine Providence seems to multiply its little store, as of old the widow's cruse of oil. There are accommodations for '>>< pati(■nl^ in the wards, and there are 18 I'l ivate rooms. During the year ending September MK 190'.?, 'tl'i ca.on, Noutii Broadway. 66 Residence of Charles Philip Eastox, North Broadway. The Mansk. Fikst Presbyteriax Chirch. GS Photo by A. V. Card. Residence of Charles Reed, North Broadway. TiiK Ci:a(,>. 11ai;.\I(inv 1'ai!K. Rksiiik.nce oi" David E. Oim-kmiki mkii. Stable to Residence of Ciiaule.s A. Fultox. GuAcK Episcopal Ciiapkl, Noutii Bkoaiiway. 72 Rou>'D Oak, Palisade Avexve, Residence of Mrs. William Allen Butler. 73 Ri:sii)i;n( i: oi- Sami kl T. HrmiAitn, Palis.- de Avenue. 74 Reside.xce of Mk.s. M. W. Lockwood, Palisade Avexue. Rksidknci: oi John F. Bi!i;.n.nan. I'ai.isakk Avkme. Residence or George H. Wai;ren, Palisade Avenue. Residence of Samuel L. Coopek, Park Avexue. 78 so The Hc'dso.v River, from the Residexce of Hox. Norton P. Otis. 6 Residence of Duncan Smith, Hudson Terrace. S3 Cka(;i-:.m>aki{och, Hudson Terrace, Residence of Alexander Laird. Residence of Thomas G. Hillhouse, Hudson Terrace. 84 Photo by Blackburn & Soetemon. Residence of Samuel McCoxchi, Siioxnakd Terrace. 85 Rksidknck (tr Wii.i.ia.m WAUiu itroN Sciti'diiAM, GllKYSrONK Tkkuack. Rksidknck iik Wai.i.is Smiim, 1'iiii.ii'sk Plack. CuLPEPER, Locust Hill Avenue, Residence of John H. Hubbell. 87 Resiuence Oh James B. Colgate, Ravine Ave.me. Faiuiiolm, Locust Hii.l Avenie, Residence of Mrs. George D. Pitkix. 88 Residence of Eugene C. Clark, Locust Hill Avenue. Locust Hii.l Avkm e. Residence of Thomas Ewixg, Jr., Locust Hill Avenue. Residence of E. J. Eltixu, Locust Hili, Avenue. Residence of Dr. William H. Sherjiax, Waisburton Avexue. Photo by niaokburn & Soetemon Rksii)i:n(k oi' Ja.mks M. Hi nt, Warbi rton Avente. Residence of Hexry T. Bragg, Warburtox Avenue. 7 Park Hill Country Club. Park Hill Til Park Hill, at the southern end of Yonkers, ha.s been worked out success- fully the scheme of creating near New York a complete cominunitv'. Park Hill is undoubtedly one of the finest suburbs of New York city to-day, and while much of its great beauty is due to nature there is also much due to the skillful and sympathetic treatment which the landscape has received at the hands of its owners. More than ten j'ears ago the officers of the American Keal Estate Company conceived the thought of creating somewhere in the vicinity of Manhattan Island, on its direct lines of communication, an ideal community, in which every modern improvement would supplement noble natural scenery. For this purpose, after examining the entire environment of Xew York, they came to Yonkers and by repeated purchases acquired Park Hill; and here for ten years, without deviating once from the original plan and purpose, they have created a Park of homes second to nothing of its kind in America. The roads have all been laid out by a park engineer, and are on park lines. Sewers, water, gas, and electricity have been introduced everywhere; beautiful homes with artistic enviroiiiiicut and landscape effects peep out from the green foliage at every turn. Three hundred feet above the Hudson, opposite the center of the Palisades, overlooking Van Cortlandt Park on the south and the city of Yonkers on the north, within a few minutes of the heart of our city, with all the advantages of a community of fifty thousand people at its doors. Park Hill may still be called a glorious bit of country, unspoiled by city environment ; and from its lofty plateau it commands our southern entrance to the great nietrojjolis. The owners of Park Hill are to Ijc congratulated on the great success of their real estate venture, but Yonkers can at the same time felicitate itself that an ordinary suburban invasion has not de>troyed the most beautiful natural spot in its beautiful borders. That the advantages of Park Hill are being appreciated by our great southern ncighl)or is evidenced by the constantly increasing growth of the com- munity, the greater activity of its community and club life, and the more permanent character of its improvements. It has often been predicted that South Yonkers would become a new Harlem; when this takes place — and with coming transporta- tion facilities it is not far distant — Park Hill will be a new Washington Heights, except that with the great care taken in its early develo]iui('nt it will be even more desirable as a thoroughly restricted neighl)orhood. In any event it is bound to receive the first waves of the overflow of Xew York northward which have now set in and are not likely to subside until they have invaded Yonkers. as they invaded Harlem brfdn- it. with an irresistible flood of population. The Park Hill Counlry ("liil). with its charming surroundings, started on its modest career nearly ten years ago; then no one believed it would become tlie important center it is of a new social life in a section of Yonkers containing far fewer homes than to-day, and compelled to look elsewhere for entertainment and amusement. The Park Hill Country Club from its inreption set the .social pace for the great community that has since grown u]) about it. and in turn has been supported in a way to make its continued growth a contiinuil surprise to its most enthusiastic friends. Its summer outdoor s]>orts have attracted to its grounds expert athletes and tennis players, while its winter program of indoor amusements affords a delightful season of pleasurable intercourse to lovers of bowling, dramatic entertain- ment, cards, dancing, lectures, and music, bespeaking a vigor and activity among its large membership that cannot be surpassed in the club life of any community about New York. 100 OvEECLiFF, Park Hill, Residence of Edwin K. Martin. ]<)! Rkside.nce of Fram is a. Winslow, Ai.ta Avenue, Pakk Hill. 102 103 104 Residence of Franklin P. Dwyer, Alta Avenue, Park Hill. Residence of Robert W. Gifford, Alta Avenue, Park Hill. Resiuenck ok John J. Cokcokan. Ali a Avem k. Pakk Hii.i,. 106 Residence of George J. Ord, Park Hill Avenue, Park Hill. Residence of Louis G. Fisuli;, Park Hill Avenue, Park Hill. Wkldkmeuk. Paiuv Hill, Rksiuexce of Edml.nu E. Sixclaik. Residence of John S. Kennedy, Overcliff Street, Park Hill. PV TO. BV BLACKBURN k BOITEMON . Ri:.sii)i:\( 1. oi 1). Haki.i;. I'lio^i'i.i i 1'.\k\< Hii i Residemk ov John Van Doi.skn, Fhosplct Dkivh;, I'auk IIm.i.. 110 PHOTO. BV 31 ArKRiiPN A^orTctwru Office of the Ludlow Estate, No. 2 SuNNYSiDE Drive, Corner of Pier Street, Near Ludlow Station of New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Ill Ludlow House (Known as "Cottage Lawn"), South Front (1837). 113 Beechwood Terrace, Ludlow Park, The double row of trees was planted in 1837, to form a walk from the "Cottage Lawn" house to the garden. It is now In the middle of a street eighty feet wide. Junction of Beechwood Terrace and of Sunnyside Drive, Ludlow Park. (View taken looking west, toward the Hudson River.) 113 The Koppel, Suxnyside Drive, Ludlow Pauk, Residence of Eugene A. Verijeck. Residknc E or Kki.i.ak the Magician, SuN^Y^sll)E Dki\e. Li iti.ow Park. 8 Hi Residence of Chahle.s G. Tuautwein, SuNNYSiDE Drive, Li'dlow Pakk. Ri;.sn)i;.N( r. ok Ji i ian Edwakhs. Si'.xxYsiiii: DitivK, Lrni.ow Pakk. The Palisades, Opposite Ludlow Park. 117 118 View from the Residence of Mrs. Francis O'Neill. Grounds of Mrs. Frances L. Ford. Ri->ii)E.NCE OF Miss. John Clakk, Hawtuokne Avenue. Residence of Ralph E. Prime, Hawthorne Avenue. Residkncf. of Mks. Stella Andrus Eagax. Hawthorne Aveme. Residence of P. J. Flannery, Buena Vista Avenue. 1-35 Ri;sii>r..\( i; (ti CiiAiti.Ks R. Oris. Bi kn a Visi a A\ km k. 126 Rksidexce of Johx T. Warixg, South Broadway. Rescukace ()!■ KxMayoi! Jamks H. AVki.i.ei!, Sol hi Bkomavay. 128 129 130 Residence of Hon. J. Irving Burns, Warbukton Avenue. Apartment HorsES, Wakiu itiox A\-enue, Db. Nathan A. Warren, Owner. Residence of Edward A. Bartmess, Pine Street. 133 Rlsidence oi' John J. l)r.\ n r, I.am akti.ne Avenue. 134 Photo by A. V. Card. Residence of Hox. William G. Kellogg, Halcyox Place. Residence of Dr. Ciiaui.ks R. Bi ri.ew, Corner of Warbubton Avenue and Halcyon Place. Residence of H. Woodiiouse, Warbukton Avenue. 137 IMan.s liy A. J. Van Suelriula* 1. Residence of Autiu ii J. Van Si etkndakl, WAUuriiTox Avenle. 138 Photo by Blackburn & Soetemon. Residence of John S. Hawley, Warburton Avenue. 13ii.\TK\E"s La.ne. (The aged Chestnut Tree seen in the foreground is reputed to be the largest tree in West- chester County; it measures twenty-nine feet in circumference one foot above the ground, and is Ijetween seven hundred and eight hundred years old.) Rksidknck ok CiiAKi.Ks B. Kaikn. Vai.kntink's Lank. Residence of Arthur E. Burroughs, Valentine's Lane. 11 Residence, 7 Hiohi.am) Place. 1G3 First Methodist Church, North Broadway, Rev. J. E. Price, D.D., Pasxob. 163 Landscape Avenue, Lowerue. Rksidk.nci: oi" Frkdkuk'K S. CLFACrUUINO 1^UUSTKIE.S ON lllL W AlKB KUO.M. 190 191 Otis Elevator Co. The most important industry in this country to-day is that of transporta- tion, and great is the public interest in the methods of going from place to place. Whenever the schedule time between two cities is cut down, or whenever any device to make railroad travel safer is introduced, considerable publicity is given to the fact. Transportation up and down, quite as important as transportation to and fro, has not received the attention from the public which its importance deserves. Probably this attitude is due to the fact that improvements in the means of going up and down — that is, improvements in elevators — always keep abreast of the demands for such service, and the public takes it as a matter of course that ele- vators have been perfected, without giving proper credit to those who have per- fected them. But to those who have considered the matter it is evident that to certain citizens of Yonkers great honor is due for the contribution they have made to modern progress. It is due to Mr. Elisha G. Otis and his successors that the available floor space in our cities has been increased fivefold, for had it not been for the perfec- tion of the modern high-speed elevator "sky-scrapers" would be unknown and buildings would be limited to four, or at most five, stories in height. Seldom has the evolution of an important piece of apparatus been confined so closely to one group of men as has been the case with the elevator. While many men in all parts of the country have contributed their share in the improvement of horizontal transportation, the perfection of vertical transportation is due to a group of engineers of whom Yonkers may well be proud. Xor should credit be denied to the skillful mechanics of this city who have so well carried out the ideas of the engineers. The first passenger elevator worthy of the name was invented by ^rr. E. G. Otis in the early fifties. In 1853, at the World's Fair in the Crystal Palace in New York city, he exhibited a small elevator embodying the improvements made by him up to that time, the most important of which was one for preventing the fall of the car in case of the breaking of the lifting rope. In IS.*)! he started a small establishment at Yonkers for the manufacture of elevators. Since that date the business has continually expanded, and the business founded in a humble way by E. G. Otis has become the world-famous Otis Elevator Company, with the magnitude of which every citizen of Yonkers is more or less familiar. In addition to the great local establishment, branch factories have boon built in several of the large cities of the country. To meet the foreign demand for Otis elevators, factories have been estal)li.';hcd in various industrial centers in Europe. In Mexico, in South America, and in far-off .\ustralia branches of the great Yonkers concern may be found. In short, throughout the civilized world tlio name "Otis" is synonymous with high-class elevator engineering. 192 Standard Oil Co. of New York, Yonkers Branch, Foot of Ashburton Avenue. GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 3125 01449 7560