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ADVERTISEMENTS ill 
 
 J. STERLING DRAKE 
 
 REAL ESTATE INSURANCE 
 
 Broker, Appraiser and Loans 
 42 BROADWAY, N. Y. THONE 4885 BROAD 
 
 Your Business Solicited. 
 Telephone call, Office, 683 Tompk.; Residence, 438 R. Tompk. 
 
 GUSTAV A. EARTH, 
 
 REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGE LOANS AND INSURANCE IN 
 
 ALL ITS BRANCHES. 
 
 535 Bay Street, 
 
 Opposite New Stapleton P. O. 
 
 STAPLETON, N. Y. 
 jtary Public. Typewriting Done. 
 
 Commissioner of Deeds. 
 
 LIVINGSTON HEIGHTS, 
 STATEN ISLAND. 
 
 RESTRICTED SECTION. ALL IMPROVEMENTS. 
 CONVENIENT TO TRAIN AND TROLLEY. 
 
 Lots $600 and upwards. 
 New Houses to Rent, $40 to $60 month. 
 New Houses For Sale, $6,000 to $8,000 
 Terms Easy. No Assessments. 
 
 C. E. SIMONSON & CO., Agents, 
 1595 Richmond Terrace, West New Brighton, S. I. 
 
 E. COSSMANN 
 
 REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 
 
 558 BAY ST. 
 STAPLETON, STATEN ISLAND. 
 
iv ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 CORNELIUS G. KOLFF 
 
 SELLS, RENTS, MORTGAGES, INSURES 
 
 HOUSES 
 
 IN ALL PARTS OF 
 
 STATEN ISLAND 
 
 A FEW GOOD PROPERTIES 
 
 LIVINGSTON. 
 
 New house of 7 rooms and bath with all improve- 
 ments, near schools, and churches, clubs and Rapid 
 Transit, $4,600. 
 
 PORT RICHMOND. 
 
 House on Alberton Avenue, 11 rooms, all improve- 
 ments, including barn, chicken house, grape arbor, 
 fruit trees, $7,000. 
 
 NEW BRIGHTON. 
 
 Choice building lots, 40x100, on Westervelt Ave- 
 nue and St. Marks Place, $2,000 to $3,000. 
 
 WESTERLEIGH. 
 
 House on Fiske Avenue with ten rooms and bath, 
 gas, sewer, city water, steam heat, etc., $5,000. 
 
 CONCORD. 
 
 Fine house of 7 rooms and bath with all conveni- 
 ences and view of the ocean, on beautiful Emerson 
 Hill, $5,000. 
 
 ANN AD ALE. 
 
 3 acre farm and 10 room house, $4,500. 
 
 CORNELIUS G. KOLFF, 
 
 CRABTREE BLDG., ST. GEORGE. 
 45 BROADWAY, ... - NEW YOEK 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 FRANK H. MOFFATT. A. L. SCHWAB. 
 
 MOFFATT & SCHWAB 
 
 REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 
 
 Mortgage Loans. 
 
 Regularly Appointed Agents of 
 
 Royal Insurance Company, North British and Mercantile Insurance 
 Company, Home Insurance Company, Richmond Insurance Com- 
 pany, Queen Insurance Company, New York Underwriters Agency, 
 Fidelity and Deposit Company, Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Com- 
 pany, Insurance Company of North America. 
 
 New York City Office, 57 & 59 WILLIAM STREET. 
 
 Telephone 4237 John. 
 
 TOMPKINSVILLE, - STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. 
 
 Tel. 357 Tompkinsville. 
 
 Telephone Call, 358 Tompkinsville. 
 
 M. M. ADAMS 
 
 REAL ESTATE OFFICE 
 JAY STREET, ST. GEORGE. 
 
 Near the Ferry Bridge, Staten Island. 
 
 Houses and Rooms Furnished and Unfurnished. Some Fine Proper- 
 ties for Sale. Desirable Building Sites. 
 Insurance a Specialty. Loans Negotiated. 
 
 St. George is a pleasant boat ride of twenty minutes from South 
 Ferry. " L " Trains enter the ferry house. Boats every 15 minutes in 
 busy hours. Fare 5 cents. 
 
VI ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 Tel. 854 W. Tompkinsville. Residence, 254 W. W. B. 
 
 W. W. WHITFORD 
 
 REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 
 60 RICHMOND TERRACE, NEW BRIGHTON (ST. GEORGE). 
 
 MARY E. RUDMAN 
 
 Real Estate Specialist 
 61 RICHMOND TURNPIKE, - - TOMPKINSVILLE 
 
 DO YOU WANT A FINE ESTATE 
 
 In Exchange For 
 
 UNINCUMBERED STATEN ISLAND PROPERTY.? 
 FINEST PART OF NEW YORK STATE 
 
 WILL SELL AT A BARGAIN 
 
 Suitable for Summer Hotel or Stock Farm. 
 
 JOHN LYNCH 
 
 OTISCO VALLEY, N. Y. 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS Vll 
 
 WOMAN'S EXCHANGE 
 AND TEA ROOM 
 
 Visitors to Staten Island will find the Woman's 
 Exchange situated near Ferry Bridge, St. George 
 — a convenient place for luncheon and afternoon 
 tea. Many attractive articles are also displayed, 
 suitable for sale. 
 
 JOHN W. TILLEY 
 
 PROPRIETOR OF 
 
 HOTEL ST. GEORGE 
 
 JAY STREET. 
 
 OPPOSITE THE FERRY. 
 Table d'Hote. A La Carte. 
 
Vlll ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 A GOOD BANK IS THE MAINSTAY OF 
 
 INDUSTRY 
 
 Back of all industry and enterprise stands finance, always ready and 
 willing to encourage anything worthy that will advance the interest 
 of the community. But, first of all, must come individual thrift and 
 industry — the loyal support of home banks by home people. Every 
 dollar you save and deposit in our bank is not only advancing your 
 own welfare, but it is encouraging and assisting home industry. Be- 
 sides the material benefit you derive from' a bank account, we offer you 
 every courtesy and facility in handling your business. 
 
 TOTTENVILLE NATIONAL BANK, 
 
 TOTTENVILLE, NEW YORK CITY 
 
 G. S. Barnes, PREsmENT. Ira J. Horton, Cashier. 
 
 SAFE, PROGRESSIVE AND READY TO SERVE YOU 
 
 READ THE STATEN 
 ISLANDER 
 
 Semi-weekly. Published at St. George. 
 
 KANE AND WORRELL, Publishers, 
 
 Jay Street, New Brighton. 
 
 ALL THE OFFICIAL AND LOCAL NEWS. 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 IX 
 
 Telephone 115 W. B. 
 
 WILLIAM CONNELL 
 
 FUNERAL DIRECTOR. 
 1011 Castleton Avenue, West New Brighton, 
 STATEN ISLAND. 
 
 DECKER'S 
 PHARMACY 
 
 . Amboy Road, 
 tottenville, - - - n. y. 
 
 PURE DRUGS AND 
 CHEMICALS. 
 
 " Quality " is Our Motto. 
 
 Eastman Kodaks, Browmes and 
 Photographic Supplies 
 
 DEVELOPING, PRINTING 
 AND ENLARGING. 
 
 SEND FOR PRICES. 
 
 ARTHUR F. DECKER, 
 
 7528 Amboy Road 
 TOTTENVILLE^ N. Y. 
 
 N. Y. Telephone, 2506-79th. S. I. Telephone, 909 West Bbighton. 
 
 DR. HERMAN S. HIRSCHMAN 
 
 DENTIST 
 
 ''The Elmscourt," 
 1356 Madison Avenue, 
 N. Y. City. 
 
 292 Richmond Avenue, 
 
 Port Richmond, 
 Staten Island, N. Y. 
 
 Tel. 1042 Tompk. 
 
 JONES & FETHERSTON 
 
 DRUGGISTS. 
 514 RICHMOND TERRACE, NEW BRIGHTON, S. L 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 HOTEL MARTHA WASHINGTON 
 
 NEW YORK'S EXCLUSIVE WOMAN'S HOTEL 
 
 29 East Twenty-ninth St., near Fifth Ave. 
 European Plan 
 
 Restaurant and Tea Room for men and women. 450 Rooms with 
 Telephone. Baths free on each floor. RATES, $1.00 AND UP. 
 Convenient to subway and cross-town car-lines. Center of Theater 
 and Shopping-District. A. W. EAGER. 
 
 TERMINAL LUNCH ROOM 
 
 IN THE 
 
 FERRY HOUSE, ST. GEORGE 
 Open All Night 
 
 Telephone 303 Tompkinsville. P. O. New Brighton. 
 
 HUGOT'S HOTEL 
 
 CAFE AND RESTAURANT 
 
 ST. GEORGE, STATEN ISLAND 
 
 Opposite Ferry Landing 
 PRIVATE DINING ROOMS A la carte and table d'hote. 
 
 It Is Not a 
 
 RAIN COAT 
 
 unless this circular registered 
 trade-mark is stamped on the 
 the cloth, and this silk label is at the collar or else- 
 where. 3^ Look for both and insist upon seeing them 
 
 Manufacturers of *' Cravenette " Cloths, Mohairs, Dress Goods, etc. 
 100 Fifth Avenue, Corner 15th Street, - _ _ New York 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS XI 
 
 ST. LOUIS ACADEMY 
 
 TOTTENYILLE, STATEN ISLAND 
 
 Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies and Children. 
 Pleasantly situated in the most healthful part of the Island. 
 Students prepared for Regents. English and French. 
 
 For terms apply to 
 
 Sister Superior. 
 
 PRINCIPALS 
 
 PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 
 
 BEST PENCILS, PENS, COMPASSES 
 AND PENHOLDERS 
 
 CAN BE OBTAINED BY ORDERING UNDER ITEMS. 
 
 5357— No 569 Compass 5611— Large Stub Pens 
 
 5373— Leads for No. 569 5615— Vertical Pens 
 
 5604— Pen Holders (Thick) 5618— Lead Pencils (soft) 
 
 5609— Large Falcon Pens 5620— Lead Pencils (rubber tipped) 
 
 5610— Business and College Pens 5622— Lead Pencils (large shaft and leads) 
 
 1909 Supply List — Board of Education 
 
 FREE SAMPLES UPON APPLICATION 
 
 EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, 
 377-379 Broadway, New York 
 
 TOMPKINS DEPARTMENT STORE 
 
 THE STORE THAT SATISFIES 
 
 West New Brighton 
 
 J. OCHS, GROCER. 
 
 Castleton Ave. West New Brighton 
 
Xll ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 A $100 Typewriter for 17 Cents a Day ! 
 
 Please read the headline over again. Then its tremendous significance 
 will dawn upon you. 
 
 An Oliver Typewriter — the standard visible writer — the $100 machine — 
 the most highly perfected typewriter on the market — yours for 17 cents a day! 
 The typewriter whose conquest of the commercial world is a matter of 
 business history — yours for 17 cents a day! 
 
 The typewriter that is equipped with scores of such conveniences as 
 
 "The Balance Shift "—" The Ruling Device"— 
 *' The Double Release "— " The Locomotive Base " 
 — " The Automatic Spacer " — " The Automatic Tab- 
 ulator " — " The Disappearing Indicator "' — " The 
 Adjustable Paper Fingers" — "The Scientific Con- 
 densed Keyboard ' ' — all 
 
 Yours for 17 Cents a Day! 
 
 We announced this new sales plan recently, just 
 to feel the pulse of the people. Simply a small cash 
 payment — then 17 cents a day. That is the plan in a nutshell. 
 
 The result has been such a deluge of applications for machines that we 
 are simply astounded. 
 
 A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE ARE MAKING 
 
 MONEY WITH 
 
 Tlje 
 
 TypeWri-fer 
 
 7'he Standard Visible Writer 
 
 The Oliver Typewriter is a money-maker, right from the word * ' go! ' ' 
 So easy to run that beginners soon get in the "expert " class. Earn as you 
 learn. Let the machine pay the 17 cents a day — and all above that is yours. 
 
 Wherever you are, there's work to be done and money to be made by 
 using the Oliver. The business world is calling for Oliver operators. There 
 are not enough to supply the demand. Their salaries are considerably above 
 those of many classes of workers. 
 
 "AN OLIVER TYPEWRITER IN EVERY HOME!" 
 
 That is our battle cry today. We have made the Oliver supreme in use- 
 fulness and absolutely indispensable in business. Now comes the conquest 
 of the home. 
 
 Write for further details of our easy offer and a free copy of the new 
 Oliver catalogue. Address 
 
 THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER COMPANY 
 310 BROADWAY, : NEW YORK CITY 
 
MAP 
 SHO\^/|NG AUTOM.QBILE 
 ROUTES 
 
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STATEN ISLAND 
 
 AND 
 
 STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 COMPILED BY 
 
 The Richmond Borough Association 
 " of Women Teachers 
 
 Coa;er Designed by JOSEPHINE TIIORNE 
 Editor, MARGARET LOUISE LYND 
 
 PUBLICATION COMMITTEE 
 
 Alice J. Bloxham 
 Ei.sA K. Evans 
 Claha V. Each 
 Elsie Gardner 
 Mary Wolcott Green 
 Blanche M. Harris 
 
 Jenny Clare Heath 
 Mary G. Lynd 
 Delia L. Mason 
 Katherine L. Osincup 
 Florence Bennett Scott 
 Clara H. Whitmore 
 
 THE GRAFTON PRESS 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 1909 
 
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 Copyright, 1909, 
 By MARGARET LOUISE LYND 
 
 Cla.A, 24 4 34 2 
 iUL 30 1909 
 
FOREWORD 
 
 TN the compilation of this little book the Richmond 
 -■- Borough Association of Women Teachers has tried 
 to tell those things which a stranger might most desire to 
 know about New York's smallest borough. 
 
 No doubt there are many omissions and mistakes, but the 
 committee in charge of the work have endeavored to make 
 the book authentic and fairly comprehensive. How well 
 they have succeeded the public may now determine. 
 
 Thanks are due Dr. Arthur Hollick for his valuable arti- 
 cle and suggestions, and to Ira K. Morris, who has offered 
 most helpful suggestions, and loaned some of the pictures to 
 us. Nor are those who have so kindly replied to the numerous 
 letters of inquiry sent out by the association, and the ad- 
 vertisers who helped the book to success, forgotten. 
 
 Suggestions for next year's book will be gladly received. 
 If the reader has any suggestion to make whereby this book 
 may be enlarged and made more helpful, the editor will be 
 pleased to hear from him. 
 
GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION 
 Arthur Hollick 
 
 LOCATION 
 
 STATEN ISLAND is located between North Latitude 
 40° 29'-40° 39' and West Longitude 74° 3'-74° 16'. 
 
 Politically it represents the southernmost portion of the 
 State of New York, of which it constitutes the County of 
 Richmond, and also the Borough of Richmond of the City 
 of New York. 
 
 It is separated from the State at large by the New York 
 Bay and the Narrows, which bound it on the east, while in 
 all other directions it is circumscribed by the State of New 
 Jersey, from which it is separated by the Kill von Kull 
 on the north, Arthur Kill or Staten Island Sound on the 
 west, and Raritan or the Lower Bay on the south. Thus, 
 although politically it belongs to New York, geo- 
 graphically it is a part of New Jersey, and, as a matter 
 of fact, it was originally included in the colony or province 
 of New Jersey when the latter was sold by James, Duke 
 of York (afterwards King James 11. ), to Lord Berkeley 
 and Sir George Cartaret, in 1664. 
 
 In the deeds of transfer, dated respectively June 23 and 
 24, 1664, the province of New Jersey is described in part 
 as follows : 
 
 " That tract of land adjacent to New England, and lying 
 and being to the west of Long Island and Manhitas Island ; 
 and bounded on the east partly by the main sea, and partly 
 
6 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 by the Hudson's River . . . which tract of land is 
 hereafter to be called Nova Caesarea, or New Jersey." 
 
 These boundaries manifestly include Staten Island, but 
 it was, nevertheless, claimed by New York, and after various 
 vicissitudes her title to it was finally confirmed by joint ac- 
 tion of the Legislatures of the two States, and the Congress 
 of the United States, in 1834 ; but it was not until 1887 that 
 the exact boundary lines were determined and located. 
 
 AREA, SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS 
 
 The area of the Island is approximately fifty-seven square 
 miles. 
 
 In shape it may be roughly regarded as an irregular tri- 
 angle, the sides of which could be represented by lines drawn 
 from Fort Wadsworth to Holland Hook, Holland Hook to 
 Tottenville, Tottenville to Fort Wadsworth. 
 
 The greatest length is along a straight line drawn in 
 an almost northeast and southwest direction between Ward's 
 Point at Tottenville and St. George, just west of the Ferry 
 landing, a distance of a little less than fourteen miles. 
 
 The greatest width, at or nearly at right angles to this 
 line, is from Holland Hook to South Beach, a distance of 
 about seven and a half miles. 
 
 GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES 
 
 Shore line. The principal indentations in the Shore line 
 are caused by Fresh Kills on the west side and Great Kills 
 on the south side. Salt marshes border these waters and 
 also Old Place Creek, New Creek and other lesser creeks and 
 shore areas. The total salt marsh area of the Island is 
 about nine square miles, having a uniform level surface ap- 
 proximately equal to that of high tide. 
 
 From the Narrows to Great Kills the shore is low, for the 
 most part consisting of barrier beaches between the water 
 
GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION 7 
 
 and the salt marshes. From Great Kills to Prince's Bay 
 the shore is characterized by a precipitous bluff, averaging 
 about ten feet in height throughout most of its extent. It 
 is broken at Seguine's Point by the outlet of Wolff's Pond, 
 and a sandy beach which forms the point, and finally ends 
 at a short distance to the west of Prince's Bay bluff, in 
 which the lighthouse is located, where it reaches its max- 
 imum elevation of about seventy-five feet. From thence to 
 Ward's Point at Tottenville the shore is low, with the ad- 
 jacent upland reaching to tide water and only limited areas 
 of marsh and sand intervening. The entire beach from the 
 Narrows to Ward's Point has a gentle slope, exposing a wide 
 expanse at low water, and continuing quite uniformly for a 
 long distance out, so that the adjacent waters are shallow. 
 
 Between the Narrows and Holland Hook the shore is 
 largely an abrupt slope to deep water, with but little beach ; 
 although this portion has been so altered by artificial em- 
 bankments, bulkhead, docks, etc., that the original con- 
 tour and characters of the shore line are entirely obliterated. 
 
 From Holland Hook to Rossville, salt marshes border the 
 shore, with little or no beach, except a narrow muddy slope 
 at low water. 
 
 From Rossville to Tottenville the shore is irregular, but 
 for the most part slopes abruptly, with a narrow margin 
 of beach. 
 
 ELEVATIONS 
 
 The surface features of the Island are varied and in places 
 quite striking. In general there are two well marked topo- 
 graphic divisions, — the northern and the southern, — the 
 line of separation between them being marked by the Fresh 
 Kill marshes and the eastern and southern escarpment of 
 the range of soapstone or serpentine hills extending from 
 
8 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 Richmond to St. George, the highest point being on the top 
 of a knoll in the southwest angle formed by the Todt Hill 
 and Ocean Terrace Road, where an elevation of three hun- 
 dred and eighty feet is attained, — the highest point in 
 Greater New York and the highest point at the same dis- 
 tance from the shore line anywhere between Elaine and 
 Florida. 
 
 The northern division may be regarded as an uneven 
 slope, averaging about four miles, extending from tide level 
 at the Kill von Kull and the northern part of Staten Island 
 Sound to an average elevation of about two hundred feet 
 along the summit of the range of hills and then descending 
 sharply, in places in a steep escarpment. This range is 
 left at only two points : one known as the " Clove," through 
 which the Clove Road runs, the other at Tompkinsville, 
 marked by the old water course formerly known as the 
 Arietta Street brook and the eastern end of the Richmond 
 Turnpike. 
 
 The southern division may be regarded as a plain, over 
 the greater part of which is scattered an irregular series 
 of rounded, more or less gently sloping morainal hills, with 
 a maximum elevation of about one hundred and seventy-five 
 feet at two points, Fox Hills (Clifton), and Huguenot 
 Heights. A limited area, extending from Garretsons' to 
 Great Kills, lying south of the morainal hills, is almost 
 devoid of surface irregularities, and in one of the Islands 
 most striking topographic features, especially when viewed 
 from the escarpment of the high hills to the north. 
 
 Inland Waters. There are no streams of any consider- 
 able size on the Island, either as regards their length or vol- 
 ume of water, and all of them now remaining are smaller 
 than they were originally by reason of artificial interference 
 with their sources of supply or division from their natural 
 
GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION 9 
 
 channels. Some, like the Arietta Street and the Jersey 
 Street brooks, have been entirely obliterated. 
 
 The overflow from Silver Lake and its connection in the 
 Clove Valley, which unite with Palmer's Run and finally 
 discharge in connnon into the creek between Columbia Street 
 and Jewett Avenue, West New Brighton, traverse the most 
 extensive drainage area on the Island, — an area about five 
 square miles in extent. 
 
 The longest water course is Willow Brook, which has its 
 source near the junction of the Ocean Terrace and Manor 
 Road and discharges into a branch of Fresh Kills near Bull's 
 Head, a distance of about three miles. 
 
 Others of less extent are Sandy Brook, which rises near 
 Woodrow and discharges into Lemon Creek at Prince's Bay; 
 Richmond, Sawmill or Stony Brook, which rises on Ocean 
 Terrace, back of the Moravian Cemetery, flows through the 
 Black House Ravine and discharges into the head of Fresh 
 Kills at Richmond ; Moravian Brook, which rises on Todt 
 Hill, flows through the Moravian Cemetery and discharges 
 into the southern branch of New Creek near Grant City; 
 and Benham's Brook, with its branches, which have their 
 origin on the heights north of Eltingville and discharge 
 into Fresh Kills near Richmond, located in a morainal de- 
 pression and supplied by springs and surface drainage. 
 
 Tliere are very few natural bodies of fresh water on the 
 Island. The largest is Silver Lake, which has a superficial 
 area of about twelve acres and a maximum depth of about 
 seventeen feet. Seguine's Pond, Arbutus Lake and Wolff^'s 
 Pond, at the southern end of the Island, occupy the lower 
 parts of valleys, which are dammed across their outlets by 
 barrier beaches. They are fed by streams and may be 
 regarded as merely the confined lower portions of these 
 streams. 
 
10 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 Many ponds have been artificially formed by the damniing 
 of water courses in almost every section of the Island. 
 Those in the Clove Valley are the most prominent and most 
 readilv recog-nized as artificial ; but the wrecks of a number 
 of others may be seen at Willow Brook and Bull's Head, 
 Ketcham's Mill Pond, northwest of Richmond Hill, Brook's 
 Pond at West New Brighton, etc. 
 
 In addition to these there are a number of ponds occupy- 
 ing depressions in the morainal hills, often without visible 
 outlets or only overflowing after having rains. They are 
 dependent upon surface drainage and many of them become 
 swamps or dry up entirely during continued dry weather. 
 Tliey are particularly conspicuous features in the Fox Hills 
 region, from Vanderbilt Avenue to the Fingerboard Koad. 
 Ipes', Brady's and Van Wagonen's Ponds are among the 
 largest of these, but all of them have been more or less in- 
 terfered with artificially'. The level of Brad^-'s Pond has 
 been raised by a dam at the northern end, where the origi- 
 nal outlet used to be, and it now overflows into Van Wag- 
 onen's Pond to the south. Ipes' Pond has also had its 
 drainage direction reversed by damming and others have 
 been completely drained and their basins included in the Fox 
 Hills Golf links. 
 
 The climate is salubrious, although somewliat variable. 
 In the agricultural sections market gardening and fruit 
 growing have proven profitable industries. 
 
HISTORIC LANDMARKS 
 
 Mary Wolcott Gkeen, A. B. 
 
 The author xcishrs to ackno:clcifo-r hvr indebtedness to Mr. 
 Ira K. Morris, the historian of Staten Island. 
 
 O TATEN ISLAND, owing to its geograpliical situation, 
 ^^ guardian of the entrance to New York, has been, and 
 must ahvavs be, of historical value. 
 
 The Raritan Indians, who held the Island at the time of 
 its discovery, were a branch of the Leni-Lenapes. They 
 held it subject to the will of the Mohawks. This particular 
 branch were known as the Aquehongas, and their name for 
 the Island was Aquehonga Man-ack-nong, or the place of 
 the bad woods. 
 
 The burial places are scattered over the various parts of 
 the borough, one large one being at Tottenville. At 
 Springville, on the Corsen farm, at Holland's Hook, Great 
 Kills, and Green Ridge may be found others. 
 
 Staten Island was discovered by Verrazzani, who sailed 
 under the flag of France, in 151:24. He did not explore the 
 interior, nor did France make any claim, through his voyage, 
 to the Island. 
 
 In 1609, Henry Hudson came to its shores upon his fa- 
 mous first vovao-e, under the service of Holland, but it was 
 not until 16'24 that the first European settlers arrived. 
 These first settlers were Walloons, natives of a country bor- 
 dering on Flanders. 
 
 The first settlement on Staten Island was at Oude Dorp, 
 
 11 
 
12 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 the present site of Arrochar Park, near Fort Wadsworth. 
 It contained but few cottages and was destroyed three 
 times by the Indians. 
 
 At Stony Brook was the first permanent settlement. 
 
 Nieuwe Dorp was a continuation of Stony Brook. Sev- 
 eral foundations of the old buildings may yet be distin- 
 guished. 
 
 Long Neck was on the site of New Springville. It 
 had one of the first public schools on Staten Island. 
 
 Smoking Point, later called Blazing Star, now Rossville, 
 is a very old settlement. 
 
 Tottenville was formerly called the Manor of Bentley, 
 named after the little vessel *which brought Billopp to 
 America. 
 
 Tompkins ville was laid out in 1814 by Governor Tomp- 
 kins, who gave to the streets the names of his children. 
 
 The road from Tompkinsville to Richmond is full of his- 
 toric interest. 
 
 On Pavilion Hill, at Tompkinsville, may be seen an old 
 British breastwork, which was rebuilt by the Americans in 
 the War of 1812. 
 
 Concord was so named by the Emersons. Judge William 
 Emerson, who was county judge of Richmond County, lived 
 here in 1840, and his brother Ralph was a frequent guest, 
 as was also Thoreau, the naturalist. " The Snuggery," 
 the home of the Emersons, was located at the foot of the 
 hill a few yards from the foot of Douglas Lane. 
 
 West of Emerson Hill is the old Clinch homestead, built 
 in 1700. It was confiscated by British officers during the 
 Revolution. 
 
 At Garrets ons is the Perine home, erected about 1668 
 by one of the Huguenot settlers, whose descendants still 
 
HISTORIC LANDMARKS 13 
 
 hold it. Captain Coughlin of the British army, who married 
 Margaret Moncrieffe, lived in this house while his regiment 
 was stationed on Staten Island. 
 
 The old Moravian church at New Dorp was built in 1763. 
 The British made an unsuccessful attempt to bum it. 
 
 Opposite the cemetery gate at New Dorp is the Cortelyou 
 homestead. There was a burglary committed in this house 
 which led to the first legal execution in Richmond County. 
 The offender was a negro, and at that time capital punish- 
 ment was meted out to colored criminals. The gallows 
 stood on the site of the present school at Richmond. 
 
 Near the head of New Dorp Lane stood for nearly two 
 hundred years the Rose and Crown farm house, built by a 
 Huguenot settler named Bedell. 
 
 On July 4, 1776, Sir William Howe, Commander-in-Chief 
 of the British land forces in America, had his headquarters 
 here. In this house he first saw and read the Declaration 
 of Independence. Upon Lord Howe's arrival a few days 
 later, he also came to the Rose and Crown. Here was 
 planned the massacre, the Battle of Long Island, to offset 
 the influence of the Declaration. Sir Henry Clinton, Lord 
 Comwallis, Baron Knyphausen, General Erskine, Sir Guy 
 Carleton also were entertained here. 
 
 When Major Aaron Burr escorted Margaret Moncrieffe 
 to the Island a reception was given in this house. 
 
 It later became the property of Major Gifford, an aide- 
 de-camp on Gen. Washington's staff. It was demolished 
 in 1854. 
 
 The Black Horse Tavern is west of this site at the junc- 
 tion of Amboy and Richmond roads. This was occupied by 
 the British officers and here they received the reports of the 
 spies. 
 
14 
 
 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 The old Fountain House at New Dorp is of historical in- 
 terest. It was built by one of the first settlers about 1668, 
 and in the early days court was held here. 
 
 Generals Percy and Carleton, also Major Montresor, 
 stopped under its roof, and it was in this house that Mar- 
 garet MoncriefFe met Captain John Coughlin, whom she 
 later married. 
 
 A few hundred yards from Black Horse Tavern toward 
 the west is Camp Hill, where stood the gambling den which 
 witnessed the ruin of many British officers. Near this on 
 the level depression now covered with trees was a duelling 
 ground where many famous duels were fought. It is said 
 these two places caused the dishonorable discharge of nearly 
 fifty British officers. 
 
 Beyond this on the Amboy Road lies Stony Brook, which 
 was the home of the first permanent settlement on Staten 
 Island. Here stood the first Waldensian church on the con- 
 tinent, and the first church on Staten Island, the first trad- 
 ing post ; the first county court house of Richmond County, 
 built in 1683, and the second whipping post in this part 
 of the country. 
 
 When the persecuted French Huguenots arrived at the 
 foot of New Dorp Lane on Christmas eve in 1658, it was 
 the Waldensians who went to them from the little village 
 at Stony Brook. 
 
 West of Stony Brook may be seen the remains of the 
 Britton homestead, which, until a few years ago, was prob- 
 ably the oldest house standing on the Island. It is said 
 that the first marriage on Staten Island was that of Cor- 
 nelius Britton and Charlotte Colon. 
 
 Old St. Andrew's Church in Richmond has been twice par- 
 tially destroyed by fire, but portions of it have withstood 
 the ravages of two centuries. It witnessed two battles be- 
 
HISTORIC LANDMARKS 
 
 15 
 
 CUCKLESTOWN IkN 
 
 tween the Americans and English, when Simcoe attempted 
 to destroy the village by fire. 
 
 On the corner back of the County Clerk's office, once 
 stood " Cucklestown Inn," in which many noted officers of 
 the Revolution stopped. 
 
 It was here that Major Andre, the captain, wrote his 
 will, which was probated in New York after his execution. 
 
 West of Richmond on the hill may be seen the ruins of the 
 Old Latourette house, at one time the headquarters of Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel Simcoe of the 
 Queen's Rangers. The council of 
 war was held in this house which 
 led to Knyphausen's invasion of 
 New Jersey. It was during the in- 
 vasion that Parson Caldwell's wife 
 was murdered at the battle of 
 Springfield. 
 
 Near this Is one of the forts erected by the British. It 
 lies above the sandbed, and is yet in good condition. A sec- 
 ond fort was farther on at the end of the ridge. On this 
 site are several graves whose inscriptions are rapidly being 
 obliterated by time. 
 
 Across the Fresh Kill may be seen Green Ridge, noted for 
 its having had the first Huguenot church. 
 
 This church, built In 1695 (perhaps earlier), stood directly 
 in front of the large dairy building of Mr. George W. 
 White on what Is familiarly known as the Seaman estate. 
 
 Judge Benjamin Seaman, who was the last Colonial Judge 
 of Staten Island, formerly resided on the Seaman estate. He 
 was the father of Colonel Christopher Blllopp's second wife. 
 Col. BIllopp was married at Judge Seaman's home. 
 
 Beyond Green Ridge, between Huguenot and Rossville, is 
 Woodrow. It once held one of the very earliest Methodist 
 
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 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 churches built in America. In the old Van Pelt house 
 Bishop Asbury preached eleven days after his arrival in 
 America. 
 
 Near the site of the church stands the old Winant home- 
 stead, a very ancient structure, occupied by Tory spies 
 who foraged for the British. 
 
 Purdy's Hotel at Prince's Bay, erected, perhaps, as early 
 as 1690, was built on the Seguine estate, but was not the 
 
 original Seguine 
 
 mansion. The lat- 
 ter was destroyed 
 by fire in 1835. 
 
 A military post 
 was established at 
 Seguine's Point 
 
 during the Revolu- 
 tion and the Purdy 
 house was used as headquar- 
 ters by the British commander. General 
 Vaughan. 
 
 A skirmish took place between the 
 Americans and British near this house. 
 The lower part of the Island was 
 known as Bentley Manor and contains perhaps the greatest 
 landmark historically in the borough, the Billopp house. 
 
 When the apportionment of the islands surrounding New 
 York and New Jersey was to be made, it was agreed that 
 New York should have as many as could be circumnavigated 
 in one day. 
 
 Captain Christopher Billopp, the commander of a small 
 vessel, succeeded in including Staten Island in one day's sail, 
 an act which won from the Duke of York a tract of land 
 
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 containing eleven hundred and sixty-three acres. This in- 
 cludes the village of Tottenville. 
 
 The famous old Billopp house at Tottenville is the oldest 
 structure on Staten Island, built by Christopher Billopp 
 soon after the land was presented to him in 1668. 
 
 During the Revolution the head of the Billopp family 
 was an ardent Tory, and entertained Generals Howe, Com- 
 wallis, Clinton, Cleveland, Knyphausen, and Burgoyne. 
 
 Under the roof of this Billopp house was held the only 
 peace conference of the Revolution, which took place on 
 September 6, 1776. Benjamin Franklin, of Pennsylvania; 
 John Adams, of Massachusetts ; and Edward Rutledge, of 
 South Carolina, were appointed as a committee by the Conti- 
 nental Congress, then in session at Philadelphia, to confer on 
 the issues of war. This had been done by the request of 
 Lord Howe, representing the king. 
 
 The peace conference came to naught, because the only 
 power given to Lord Howe was to extend royal clemency 
 and pardon to those who would lay down arms and return 
 to their allegiance to the crown. 
 
 This landmark, so rich in history, although well built, has 
 withstood much, and is rapidly going to decay. 
 
 The north shore of Staten Island is of interest to one 
 seeking historic spots. 
 
 The first object upon leaving St. George is the Old 
 Pavilion Hotel, built about 183£, which was in the fifties 
 the center of attraction for many wealthy Southerners. 
 Since the war it has suffered varied changes and shows but 
 little of its old-time splendor in its present deserted condi- 
 tion. (See illustration.) 
 
 The Ward homestead, commonly known as the " cement 
 house," is a curiosity. It was built early in the nineteenth 
 
18 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 century of solid blocks of cement, which seem to have 
 rivaled natural stone in tenacity and endurance. - 
 
 The " Stone Jug," near Sailors' Snug Harbor, dates 
 back to 1770. It was the old Neville mansion, and its for- 
 mer owner. Captain John Neville, a retired officer of the 
 United States Navy, took great pride in its appearance. 
 
 Sailors' Snug Harbor, a world-famous institution, is the 
 outcome of a will made by Robert Randall, dated July 1, 
 1801. This will was drawn up by Governor Daniel Tomp- 
 kins and Alexander Hamilton. Many of the most learned 
 men in legal affairs were employed. Among these were 
 Daniel Webster and Robert Emmett. At last these suits 
 were terminated, and on October ^Ist, 1831, the comer 
 stone was laid. 
 
 The Kruzer Homestead, known as the Pelton House, 
 located at the cove, was built in 172^. At the time of the 
 Revolution it was kept by the " Widow Kruzer," and was 
 the headquarters of General Courtland Skinner. William 
 IV., at the time the youngest admiral of the British navy, 
 stopped here. (See illustration.) 
 
 The Swan Hotel, in West New Brighton, has been the 
 scene of many interesting events, but none more perhaps 
 than the great celebration held there by the colored people 
 on July 4, 1825, on the occasion of the abolition of slavery 
 in this State. 
 
 At Tompkins Place and Richmond Terrace once stood 
 the Fountain Hotel. It was but a cottage at the time of the 
 Revolution. General Sullivan ordered this to be burned 
 when he made his raid on Staten Island, but the British 
 troops rescued it. It was the scene of more gaiety and 
 social functions than any other of the ancient public houses 
 on the Island. 
 
 Among the names of the distinguished guests of the old 
 
HISTORIC LANDMARKS 
 
 19 
 
 hostelry are found Wendell Phillips, Garibaldi, George Wil- 
 liam Curtis, Santa Anna, General Scott and Jenny Lind. 
 
 Between Bodine and Cedar Streets on the Terrace, stood 
 the residence of Governor Thomas Dongan, built shortly 
 after his arrival here. It was destroyed by fire on Christ- 
 mas night, 1878. 
 
 At the foot of Columbia Street is the old DeGroot home- 
 stead. Although over a hundred years old it is well pre- 
 served and bids fair to become far more ancient. 
 
 The Port Richmond Hotel, near the comer of Richmond 
 Avenue and the Terrace, was built by Gozen Ryers for a 
 
 private residence. It 
 
 stands on the site of a 
 small British fort. Colonel 
 Aaron Burr spent most of 
 the closing year of his life 
 in this hotel, and here on 
 September 14, 1836, he 
 died. 
 
 Just beyond Richmond 
 Avenue, at the left, is an 
 old building which was 
 once a well-known academy presided over by Rev. Peter I. 
 Van Pelt, pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church. 
 
 The route beginning at Port Richmond going up Rich- 
 mond Avenue, toward Bull's Head, is replete with historical 
 
 sites. 
 
 On Richmond Avenue, on the left going up, is a residence 
 of Gothic architecture which was built by Isaac Jaques. 
 The willow trees in front of this house were brought from 
 the island of St. Helena, and the boxwood from Mount 
 Vernon, Virginia. 
 
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 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 years ago, stood Butler's Tavern, occupied by British of- 
 ficers during the Revolution. Not far from this occurred a 
 battle in 1777, in which Lieutenant-Colonel Edward 
 Vaughan Dongan of Skinner's Brigade lost his life. 
 
 At Bull's Head once stood a tavern which was one of the 
 most famous Tory headquarters during the Revolution. 
 
 New Springville claims the honor of having had the 
 first public school on the Island, built about 1690. It was 
 finally demolished in 1888. (See illustration.) 
 
 On Willow Brook road is the old Christopher homestead, 
 which was used as a meeting place for the Committee of 
 Safety during the Revolu- 
 tionary War. 
 
 The Corson homestead 
 on Watchogue Road, now 
 Prohibition Park, was 
 erected in 1735. 
 
 At Castleton Comers is 
 Bodine's Inn, built by 
 David Jacques for a resi- 
 dence in 1770. Later it 
 became an inn, and was a 
 famous stopping place 
 for stages. Thomas R. Eagleson, better known as " Thomas 
 Keene," the actor, spent the last few years of his life here. 
 
 At Castleton Comers was one of the oldest school houses, 
 being the third on the Island. It was just back of the site 
 of the present school and was built as early as 1784. 
 
 Santa Anna, the famous Mexican general, resided in the 
 Dubois house at the corner of Cherry Lane and Manor 
 Road. It was after he had been condemned to death and 
 pardoned upon condition of his leaving the country. His 
 coming to Staten Island was of much interest. Gilbert 
 
 Dongan House 
 
HISTORIC LANDMARKS 21 
 
 Thompson, a son-in-law of Governor Tompkins, was with 
 his family anchored at Vera Cruz, in a small schooner when 
 Santa Anna was ordered to leave the country. Mr. Thomp- 
 son succeeded in getting the dethroned emperor on board, 
 and out of the country, but in the hurry there was not time 
 to get Mrs. Thompson on board. She was captured by the 
 Mexicans and held as hostage, and over this international 
 troubles arose. After considerable excitement, she was finally 
 liberated and they returned to Staten Island, where later 
 Santa Anna lived. He died in Mexico, however, in 1876. 
 
 Just below this, at the comer of the Manor Road and 
 Columbia Street, is the old Scott homestead. The date of 
 this building is not known, but it was far from new when 
 the British soldiers were entertained there at the time of the 
 Revolution. It is one of the best preserved landmarks of 
 the Island. 
 
 At the junction of Brooks Avenue and Broadway is the 
 Tyler house, the former residence of the wife of the tenth 
 President of the United States, John Tyler. It later became 
 the residence of the Russian Consul General, whose coach 
 and four-in-hand were the delight of his neighbors. 
 
 Old Place is interesting as the last Indian settlement or 
 village on Staten Island. It is about a mile from the rail- 
 road terminal. 
 
 The Old Place mill, which was destroyed by fire a few 
 years ago, was leased by the State of New York during the 
 War of 181S. 
 
 The Austin house at Clifton, said to have been built in 
 1710, contains many relics of the past. On its front door 
 is a knocker which was brought from a chateau at Rouen. 
 The fireplace is surrounded by tiles brought from Amster- 
 dam two centuries ago. These represent Biblical scenes. 
 
 To the student of history Staten Island offers many spots 
 
22 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 of deepest interest. Some of these landmarks are being 
 destroyed by the elements and many more by those to whom 
 these offer nothing sacred nor patriotic. Ancient grave- 
 yards are going to ruin and unless something is done to pre- 
 vent the destruction, soon nothing will be left to show the 
 resting places of those whose courage and fortitude gave 
 their descendants the right to life and liberty. 
 
 FORT WADSWORTH 
 
 Was first established during the War of 1812 by New 
 York State. In 1847 the United States Government bought 
 the property, tore down the old forts, and built the present 
 ones. 
 
 The last shot of the Revolutionary War is said to have 
 been fired at this fort by a British gunboat on Evacuation 
 Day, 1783. 
 
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES 
 
 T N an account of this kind one must speak of the trans- 
 ■*■ portation facilities of the Island, and it is always with 
 sincere regret that he who loves Staten Island approaches 
 the subject. Despite the efforts of the several civic organ- 
 izations, the transportation facilities have not kept apace 
 of the borough's growth. The operation of the Municipal 
 Ferry has opened a new era of prosperity, but the Island 
 can never reach the highest development until trolley lines 
 bring the several isolated communities into closer touch and 
 make of many unimportant parts a most important whole. 
 Nature has favored Staten Island to a remarkable degree ; 
 man has not done his share. To be sure there is an adequate 
 water supply in every part of the borough; ample fire and 
 police protection is assured; the streets are thoroughly 
 lighted ; the mosquito, the bane of early days, has been 
 completely exterminated; but poor railroad service con- 
 tinues to check the development of the interior and of the 
 west shore. While it is true men commute daily from every 
 hamlet, it is also true that good and fast service would 
 bring to our shores a highly desirable class of inhabitants. 
 The North Shore has a good trolley service, as has the 
 East Shore, but the interior has but one line, which ex- 
 tends from St. George to Richmond through a beautiful 
 section. This line takes one past the beautiful Moravian 
 Cemetery, where lie in an imposing sarcophagous Commo- 
 dore Vanderbilt and all the Vanderbilt dead. It is well 
 worth the stranger's time to leave the trolley at the east 
 gate and to spend a busy hour here. There is perhaps no 
 
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^4 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISI.ANDERS 
 
 other cemetery in the State so attractively laid out or so 
 well cared for. 
 
 A complete account of the service is as follows : 
 
 Staten Island (the Borough of Richmond) lies five miles 
 down the bay from New York, and is connected with Man- 
 hattan by ferries from St. George to the Battery, and from 
 Stapleton to the Battery ; with New Jersey by ferries at 
 Port Richmond, to Bergen Point; from Mariner's Harbor, 
 to Elizabethport, and by ferry from Tottenville to Perth 
 Amboy. 
 
 The borough has a steam railroad running from St. 
 George ferry to Tottenville; from St. George to Arlington 
 on the North Shore, passing through New Brighton, Port 
 Richmond and Mariner*s Harbor, and on the South Shore 
 through Tompkinsville, Stapleton and Clifton to South 
 Beach. The fare from Arlington to South Beach and in- 
 termediate stations is five cents. 
 
 All trolley lines except the South Beach trolley from 
 South Beach to Midland Beach, either run direct or trans- 
 fer to the ferry and run as follows : 
 
 From New York ferry along the North Shore through 
 New Brighton, West New Brighton, Port Richmond, Mar- 
 iner's Harbor to Elizabethport ferry, connecting at Port 
 Richmond with trolley to Bull's Head (one fare) and with 
 ferry to Bergen Point. 
 
 From New York ferry through New Brighton and Jersey 
 Street. 
 
 From New York ferry through Tompkinsville, Brighton 
 Heights and Castleton Avenue to West New Brighton. 
 
 From New York ferry through Tompkinsville, Richmond 
 Turnpike and Jewett Avenue to Port Richmond. 
 
 From New York ferry through Tompkinsville, Stapleton 
 and Concord, to Port Richmond. 
 
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES 25 
 
 From New York ferry through Tompkinsville, Stapleton, 
 Concord, Dongan Hills, Grant City and New Dorp to Rich- 
 mond, the county seat. 
 
 From New York ferry through Tompkinsville, Stapleton 
 and Clifton to South Beach. 
 
 From Broadway, West New Brighton, to Eckstein's 
 Brewery, transferring at Castleton Comers for Port Rich- 
 mond, Richmond, New Dorp, Concord, Stapleton, Tomp- 
 kinsville and New York ferry. 
 
 From Port Richmond through Richmond Avenue to Bull's 
 Head, transferring at Port Richmond to New York ferry. 
 
 There are twenty-two trains daily each way to and from 
 New York, leaving Tottenville at intervals of thirty minutes 
 in the morning and New York at intervals of fifteen minutes 
 in the evening; the express trains making the run from 
 Tottenville to the Battery in sixty-seven minutes ; locals, one 
 hour and twenty minutes. There are two boats daily direct 
 to New York, a passenger and freight boat in the morning 
 and a freight boat in the evening. The boat landing in 
 New York is convenient to the Chambers Street car line. 
 
 The views from the trolley on any line are varied and at- 
 tractive. 
 
 The scenery is unsurpassed ; wild-flowers overgrow the 
 wayside, wild birds make the woods ring with music, pretty 
 brooks ripple in and out of unspoiled woodland every- 
 where. Dame Nature busies herself to make Staten Island 
 a spot worthy of the artist's brush, or the poet's pen. 
 
 One thing which is apt to confuse the stranger who visits 
 the Island for the first time, is the sign-board on many of the 
 stations of the Perth Amboy division of the Staten Island 
 Rapid Transit, i. e.. Huguenot, Rossville, etc. This means 
 that the first named place is the place at which the train is 
 
26 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 stopping and that the passengers for the last named place 
 should also alight. Stage connection may then be made to 
 other points. 
 
 Staten Island roads are not surpassed in this State. The 
 shore road which extends around the Island, although known 
 by several names according to section, the Amboy Road 
 leading from New Dorp to Tottenville, the Boulevards, not 
 yet reaching the southern point of the borough, and several 
 less important roads are all fit to please the most exacting 
 automobilist. 
 
 Along the route garages are found at convenient inter- 
 vals. 
 
THE CHURCHES OF ALL DENOMINATIONS 
 
 Elsa E. Evans 
 
 THERE are seventy-eight houses of worship in this bor- 
 ough, representing nearly all of the leading denomi- 
 nations. Many of these church buildings are of historic 
 value, having been associated with the development of the 
 community. Following is a brief notice of the most inter- 
 esting : 
 
 On the North Shore, three blocks up the hill from St. 
 George ferry in New Brighton, stands Brighton Heights 
 Reformed Church. Its tall spire can be seen far out at sea, 
 being used on some of the U. S. Government maps as a 
 point for navigators in entering the channel of New York 
 Harbor. The first building was erected in 18^3 on land 
 donated by Governor Daniel Tompkins. 
 
 Rev. George C. Lennington is the present pastor. Preach- 
 ing services are held every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, 
 and evening at 7:45. All are welcome to these services. 
 
 Farther along on Clinton Avenue is the Church of the 
 Redeemer (Unitarian), Rev. Hobart Clark, pastor. This 
 society has erected three different buildings. It was in the 
 second one that the late George William Curtis conducted 
 the services most successfully for several years as a lay 
 preacher. 
 
 At West New Brighton is located the Church of the As- 
 cension (Episcopal), the Rev. Pascal Harrower, rector. 
 
 At Port Richmond is the Reformed Protestant Dutch 
 Church, Rev. J. F. Berg, pastor. This church was founded 
 in 1716, and destroyed during the Revolutionary War. It 
 was erected anew in 1786 and enlarged and rebuilt in 1844. 
 
28 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 For the purpose of developing a strong social and re- 
 ligious work among the Italians on our Island a church 
 has been erected at Mariner's Harbor, with Rev. D. A. 
 Rocco as rector. The work is carried on under the general 
 direction of the Ven. Archdeacon Charles S. Burch, D. D. 
 
 The First Presbyterian Church of this Island was organ- 
 ized and erected at Stapleton in 1856. The Rev. Oliver 
 Paul Bamhill, M. A., is the present pastor. 
 
 St. Mary's Parish at Rosebank was organized in 1852, 
 and a beautiful brick church erected five years later. This 
 was the first Roman Catholic Church on the East Shore. 
 Before 1852 it was included in St. Peter's Parish at New 
 Brighton, the latter being the first Roman Catholic Church 
 on the Island. There are attached to this parish two 
 priests, Rev. Michael CunifF, rector, and Rev. C. J. Cronin, 
 assistant. The hours for Sunday masses are 6, 7 :30, 9 and 
 10:30 A. M. 
 
 Further on is St. John's Episcopal Church, a charming 
 edifice of rose-colored Connecticut granite, built after the 
 Gothic style of the fourteenth century, at a cost of 
 $120,000. It is a pleasant reminder of many of the Eng- 
 lish parish churches which were built in the reign of Ed- 
 ward III. 
 
 One of the most interesting places of worship on the 
 Island is St. Cuthbert's-by-the-Sea, at Arrochar. It was 
 commenced in 1901 by Mr. Mills from his own design, and 
 under his own direction, by day labor. It was built entirely 
 of rough stone collected on the Island, and driftwood col- 
 lected on the beach. Owing to the death of Mr. Mills this 
 chapel has never been completed. 
 
 The Church of the Immaculate Conception at Stapleton 
 was built in 1887. In 1895 the parish was taken charge of 
 
THE CHURCHES OF ALL DENOMINATIONS 29 
 
 by Rev. William J. M. Clure, and he is building the new 
 church in the renaissance style of architecture to be fin- 
 ished this year. 
 
 The church commonly known as the Huguenot Reformed 
 was organized in 1849. Two years later the new church was 
 incorporated. This new church was early known as the 
 Church of the Huguenots, as a number of Huguenot families 
 had settled in the neighborhood. Gradually the name of 
 the village was changed from Bloomingview to Huguenot. 
 Rev. David Junor, M. A., is the present pastor. 
 
 At Tottenville, the most southerly part of the Island, we 
 find two very flourishing Methodist Churches, Bethel and 
 St. Paul's, the former being the eldest daughter of the 
 Woodrow M. E. Church. In the early part of 1800 services 
 were held at the houses of the different members of the 
 Woodrow Church residing in this portion of the town. In 
 1822 a plain wooden building, called the Tabernacle, was 
 erected in Richmond Valley, and 1841 the present beautiful 
 brick structure, under the name Bethel, was dedicated. 
 
 In 1857, for the better accommodation of that portion 
 of the congregation living in Tottenville, a site was pur- 
 chased and St. Paul's chapel erected. 
 
 Not far away on the Amboy Road is the Church of Our 
 Lady Help of Christians, which was erected in 1898 by the 
 Rev. James M. Byrnes, who has been the pastor since. 
 Sunday masses are at 8:30 and 10:30. 
 
 Between these two is St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal 
 Church, of which the Rev. Guy A. Jameson is rector. 
 
 The South Baptist Church is on Main Street, the Rev. 
 W. Parkison Chase, pastor. This society was organized in 
 1859 and is planning to celebrate its semi-centennial an- 
 niversary this fall. 
 
30 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 One of the most interesting churches not on the line of 
 the railroad, is the one known as the Old Moravian Church, 
 situated in the Moravian cemetery. The square white church 
 is comparatively a modem building ; but to the right stands 
 the old house of worship and parsonage built in 1768. It 
 was in this building that the members of the Vanderbilt 
 family worshipped. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt gave 
 more than 50 acres of land to the society, which has since 
 become the most beautiful cemetery on the Island. 
 
 Following the road past this church Richmond is reached. 
 Near this place is St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal 
 Church, which is rich in historical traditions. In 1708 
 Queen Anne granted the parish a Royal Charter, legalizing 
 all gifts, and exacting an annual payment of one grain of 
 pepper com and two shillings and six-pence to be paid into 
 her Custom House, New York. 
 
 She also gave to the church a silver service, a prayer book 
 and a pulpit cover adorned with her name. The present 
 church occupies the site of the original building and is the 
 third erected thereon, the first having been burned shortly 
 after the Revolution. During the War of Independence, 
 the Queen's Rangers, a troop of Tories, were quartered in 
 the old church, and the pulpit and reading desk were used 
 as targets. A party of Americans once came over from 
 Jersey and drove the troops to shelter in the church. Then 
 by pouring a volley through the windows they drove them 
 out again, and took many prisoners, whom they were 
 obliged to release when British reinforcements arrived. 
 
 The Rev. Charles Burch is the rector of this church. 
 
 The Emanuel Church of Westerleigh was organized as a 
 Union Congregational Church in 1893. Services were held 
 in the hotel parlors for one year, when the Deems Memorial 
 
THE CHURCHES OF ALL DENOMINATIONS 31 
 
 Chapel was erected. In 1894 the Rev. Charles R. Kingsley 
 was called to the pastorate. He still has the parish in 
 charge. 
 
 St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Rossville was built 
 about sixty years ago, by the contributions of Irish and 
 Irish-Americans in this district. It became dilapidated in 
 the course of time, and was rebuilt, enlarged and decorated, 
 mostly at the personal expense of the present rector, the 
 Rev. Peter J. Harold. 
 
 At Rossville is also St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal 
 Church, the Rev. Charles Josiah Adams, D. D., rector. This 
 society was organized in 1883. The church was erected af- 
 ter plans by the celebrated artist, Cropsy, after the general 
 plans of the Parish Church of Ross Castle, in 1887. Its 
 interior lines are of great nobility, made so by its rows of 
 pillars separating the aisles from the nave, its groined 
 arches and its high ceiling. This is one of the most beau- 
 tiful parish churches in America. 
 
 Between Rossville and Huguenot is the Woodrow Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church, which is called the Mother of 
 Methodism on the Island. The history of this old church 
 dates back to 1771, when Francis Asbury landed at Ross- 
 ville. He called the widely scattered farmers together at 
 the residence of Peter Van Pelt, and expounded to them the 
 principles of Methodism as he had learned them direct from 
 the lips of its great founder, John Wesley. 
 
 The first church was built in 1787. Many changes have 
 since taken place. The old church was torn down and a 
 new one erected in 1842. A communion plate of Ger- 
 man silver used for many years in the old church is still in 
 
 use. 
 
 The most sacred of all relics is the old Bible, handled 
 
32 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 for half a century by the fathers of the church. The fly- 
 leaf of this ancient volume bears the following inscription: 
 " A gift from Nancy Dissosway, to the Methodist Church 
 on Staten Island, July 4th, 1795." 
 
 The Moravian Church at Great Kills, Rev. John S. 
 Romig, pastor, was erected by popular subscription in 1896, 
 although the society had begun its work in the village long 
 before that date. Improvements have been made since un- 
 til now the church has a large Sunday School annex and a 
 gymnasium. Sunday services are at 10 :'30 and 7 :30. 
 
 The Prince Bay Union Church had its origin in a little 
 Episcopal mission started by the eff^orts of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Johnston and other interested friends, about fifteen years 
 ago. For the last six years the Rev. H. Handel, an or- 
 dained Baptist clergyman, has had charge of the work. One 
 interesting feature regarding this church is that it has 
 never been in debt. Sunday morning service at 10:30. 
 Evening service at 7 :30. 
 
 St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church at New Brigh- 
 ton was incorporated in 1849 and began to hold services in 
 a small chapel. In 1853 the present stone church was erected 
 by subscription, among the donors being such old Staten 
 Island names as Bard, Livingston, Delafield, etc. The Rev. 
 Francis L. Frost, Ph.D., is the present rector. Services on 
 Sunday are at 8 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. 
 
 Another parish which is in a flourishing condition is that 
 of " St. John Baptist de la Salle " at Stapleton, the Rev. 
 John P. Neumann, rector. Sunday services, 8:30, 10:30, 
 and 4. 
 
 Other churches with their hours of service are as follows: 
 
 Christ Church, P. E., New Brighton— Rev. F. W. Crow- 
 der, rector. Morning service, 11; evening service 8 o'clock. 
 
THE CHURCHES OF ALL DENOMINATIONS 33 
 
 St. Simon's, P. E., Clove Road — Rev. William G. Thomp- 
 son, rector. Morning service 11 ; evening service 4. 
 
 St. Paul's Memorial, P. E., St. Paul's Avenue, Tompkins^ 
 ville — Rev. Wallace H. Watts, rector. Morning service 8 
 and 11 ; evening service 4. 
 
 Trinity M. E., West Brighton — Morning service 10:30; 
 evening service 7 :45. 
 
 Grace M. E., Port Richmond — Morning service 11 ; even- 
 ing service 7 :4,5. 
 
 Summerfield M. E., Mariner's Harbor — Rev. William 
 Redheffer, Ph.D., pastor. Morning service 10:30; evening 
 service 7 :45. 
 
 Wandell Memorial M. E. Church, Concord — Rev. David 
 Ausmus, pastor. Morning service 10 :45 ; evening service 
 7:30. 
 
 St. Mark's M. E., Pleasant Plains — Rev. Alfred R. 
 Evans, pastor. Morning service 10:45; evening service 
 7:30. 
 
 Kingsley M. E., Stapleton — ^Rev. J. B. J. Rhodes, pastor 
 — Morning service 10:45; evening service 7:45. 
 
 African Church, A. M. E. Z. (colored), Bogardus Cor- 
 ners, Westfield — Rev. James Sarjeant, pastor. Morning 
 service 10:45; evening service 7:45. 
 
 Moravian Church of Castleton Comers — Rev. Charles 
 Nagel, pastor. Morning service 10':'30; evening service 
 7 :45. 
 
 Calvary Presbyterian Church, Castleton Avenue, West 
 Brighton — Rev. Edward J. Russell, pastor. Morning ser- 
 vice 10:45; evening service 7:45. 
 
 St. Peter's, R. C, New Brighton — Rev. Charles A. Cas- 
 sidy, rector; Rev. Joseph Farrell, assistant. Sunday serv- 
 ices: Masses, 6:30, 8, 9:30, and 11 a. m. ; Vespers 8 p. m. 
 
34 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 Church of the Sacred Heart, West Brighton — Rev. Wil- 
 liam C. Poole, rector; Rev. Fathers Mulcahy and O'Brien, 
 assistants. Sunday services 7, 8, 9, and 10 :30 a. m. ; Ves- 
 pers 7:30 p. M. 
 
 St. John's, Port Richmond, and Mission at Linoleumville 
 — Rev. J. C. Borth, pastor. Morning service 10:30; even- 
 ing service 7 :30. 
 
 German Evangelical, Stapleton — Rev. F. Sutter, pastor. 
 Morning service 10:30; evening service 7:30. 
 
 Park, Baptist, Port Richmond — Rev. L. T. Griffin, pas- 
 tor. Morning service 11 ; evening service 7:45. 
 
 Mariner's Harbor — Rev. John H. Tory, pastor. Morn- 
 ing service 10:45; evening service 7:45. 
 
 St. Philip's (colored). Elm Street, Port Richmond — Rev. 
 John W. Griffin, pastor. Morning service 11 ; evening ser- 
 vice 8. 
 
 Swedish Evangelical Zion Church, Masonic Hall, Port 
 Richmond — Rev. J. H. Carlson, pastor. Sunday school 11 ; 
 evening service 8. 
 
 Zion Scandinavian Lutheran, Avenue B, Port Richmond 
 — Rev. O. E. Eide, pastor. Morning service 10:30; evening 
 service 7 :45. 
 
 First Church of Christ, Scientist, No. ^5 Stuyvesant 
 Place, St. George — Morning service 10:45; evening ser- 
 vice 8. 
 
 Wells Memorial (Christian Alliance), Tottenville — Rev. 
 C. E. Cox, pastor. Morning service 10:30; evening service 
 7:45. 
 
 Congregation B'nai Jesherum, Richmond Turnpike, 
 Tompkinsville — Rev. Samuel Kantrovitz, reader. Worship 
 Fridays 6 p. m. 
 
 Temple Emanuel, Port Richmond — ^Rev. Albert Gold- 
 f arb, pastor. Service, Friday, 6 p. m. ; Saturday, 8 :30 a. m. 
 
THE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS 
 
 Delia L. Mason 
 
 nnHE Richmond County Society for the Prevention 
 -*■ OP Cruelty to Children occupies a double modern 
 house on Castleton Avenue, opposite the Smith Infirmary. 
 
 The society was incorporated in December, 1880, George 
 William Curtis being one of the charter members. 
 
 During 1907, the society investigated 109 complaints, 
 involving 17^ children, for various causes, the greatest 
 number being cases of desertion, neglect, and cruelty. 
 
 In support, the annual city appropriation is $1,000 and 
 the balance is made up by subscribers, who numbered 71 in 
 1907. 
 
 Officers. President, Charles H. Ingalls, Bement Avenue, 
 West New Brighton ; Resident Agent, Charles Cowan, 
 Broadway, West New Brighton. 
 
 Directions. From St. George, take the Castleton Avenue 
 trolley. Telephone 305 W. Tomp. 
 
 The Sailors' Snug Harbor is beautifully located on the 
 banks of the Kill von Kull, a part of New York Harbor. 
 The grounds comprise about ^00 acres, some sixty of which 
 are laid out in lawns, flower-beds, and fine shade trees. 
 
 On this part of the grounds stand all the buildings, cost- 
 ing several millions of dollars. The remainder of the ground 
 comprises the farm and a thickly wooded piece of ground 
 to which the inmates have free access. 
 
 Buildings. The buildings, of which there are more than 
 thirty, are the chief feature of the institution ; the eight 
 main buildings used for dormitories and mess-halls are con- 
 
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36 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 nected with corridors of stone and brick as one building. 
 The rooms are all bright and cheerful, well heated and ven- 
 tilated, lighted by electricity, furnished with every comfort, 
 and kept scrupulously clean. The number of occupants to 
 a room varies from two to five, most of the rooms having 
 but two occupants. 
 
 This institution was founded by Robert Richard Randall, 
 Esq., of New York City, on June 1, 1801, over one hundred 
 years ago. Mr. Randall executed his last will and testa- 
 ment, drawn by Alexander Hamilton, bequeathing prac- 
 tically his entire estate for the establishment and mainte- 
 nance of a Home for Aged, Decrepit, and Womout Sailors, 
 to be known as Sailors' Snug Harbor. 
 
 This estate consisted chiefly of a farm of about 20 acres 
 located on Manhattan Island, and which is now, roughly 
 speaking, bounded by 4th and 5th Avenues, and 6th and 
 10th Streets. So well has the property been managed that 
 the present income is ample to supply all the needs of the 
 Harbor. 
 
 Officers. The will provided that the administration of 
 this trust be committed to the following persons, viz: 
 
 The Mayor, the Recorder, the President of the Chamber 
 of Commerce, the President of the Marine Society, the First 
 Vice President of the last named Society, the Rector of 
 Trinity Church, and the Minister of the First Presbyte- 
 rian Church, all of the City of New York. 
 
 The officers of the Institution comprise the Governor, 
 Capt. Andrew J. Newberry, Resident Physician and Staffs, 
 Chaplain and Steward. 
 
 Opening. Owing to litigation and other causes, the site 
 for the Home was not purchased until June, 1831. 
 
 The first building was erected in 1831-2 and in the fol- 
 lowing year fifty sailors were admitted. 
 
CHAEITABLE INSTITUTIONS 37 
 
 Inmates. On March 1, 1909, there were 926 inmates. 
 
 An applicant for admission, to be eligible, must be a 
 native born sailor, physically disqualified for self-support, 
 and must have sailed at least five years under the American 
 flag. If foreign bom, he must prove 10 years' service in the 
 navy or merchant marine. 
 
 The fullest liberty is allowed the inmates, consistent with 
 good order and a due regard to the peace and comfort of 
 the community. 
 
 Direction. Take the Rapid Transit R. R., North Shore 
 division, to Sailors' Snug Harbor, or the Elizabethport trol- 
 ley to the main gate. Telephone 18, West Brighton. 
 
 Visitors welcome except Saturday p. m. 
 
 Mount Loretto is beautifully located on a commanding 
 rise of ground fronting Raritan and Prince Bays at the 
 southern end of the Island. 
 
 Foundation. This institution is a Mission of the Immacu- 
 late Virgin for the Protection of Homeless and Destitute 
 Children of New York City, founded in 1871, by Rev. John 
 C. Drumgoole. The Mt. Loretto branch was opened in 
 1883 and now includes the Mt. Loretto Home for Boys, St. 
 Joseph's Trades School, St. Elizabeth's Home for Girls, 
 and St. Joseph's Blind Asylum. 
 
 Equipment. The school buildings, dormitories, and 
 church are surrounded by over 500 acres of land, compris- 
 ing gardens, woodland, and lawns. 
 
 The boys' dormitory is a fine new brick structure, lodg- 
 ing 600 boys. St. Elizabeth's Home is imposing and stands 
 near Prince Bay Lighthouse. All the buildings are well 
 lighted, and are heated by steam. 
 
 Inmates. On March 20, 1909, there were about 1,600 
 children in the Home, 1,080 being boys, the total being in- 
 
38 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 elusive of fifty blind girls, who are given special manual 
 instruction in addition to common school branches. Chil- 
 dren are received from 4 to 16 years of age. 
 
 Instruction is given in all common branches from Kinder- 
 garten to High School, and military tactics. 
 
 St. Joseph's Trades School equips many of the boys 
 with mechanical skill to earn good wages. The Mt. Loretto 
 Band is a justifiable source of pride — Juniors numbering 
 85, Seniors 40. 
 
 This band formed a part of the inaugural procession of 
 President Taft, and later played by request in the East 
 Room. 
 
 Homes are found for many children, but all are guarded 
 and an interest shown in placing them under good influences 
 when they leave the Home. 
 
 Officers. Rector, Rev. Mallick J. Fitzpatrick, 375 La- 
 fayette Street, New York City. 
 
 Local Assistant. Rev. W. E. Cashin, Mt. Loretto, 
 Prince Bay, N. Y. Telephone 21, Tottenville. 
 
 Support. The chief support of the Mission is from the 
 sale of " The Homeless Child," a small magazine which is 
 edited and published by the boys. 
 
 Voluntary contributions aid the work materially. 
 
 Directions. Take the S. I. Rapid Transit R. R. to 
 Pleasant Plains. Children's friehds received third Sun- 
 days. Visitors always welcome. 
 
 The New York City Farm Colony, on Manor Road, 
 is 2^ miles from Castleton Corners P. O. It occupies 165 
 acres, formerly the Richmond County Alms House Farm. 
 
 Buildings. The old brick and stone buildings on the west 
 side are in good condition, while the home cottages, A, B, 
 
Pavilion Hotel 
 
 CoRTELYou Homestead 
 
 
 Barxe Tysen Homestead 
 
 Kruzeu H031ESTEAD 
 
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS 39 
 
 and C, on the east side, are models of their kind. The large 
 new dormitory is nearing completion. The Farm Colony 
 has its own sewer and water plant. 
 
 Crops. The farm is under high cultivation, showing what 
 scientific agriculture can do for mediocre soil. In 1908 the 
 value of farm and garden crops was about $10,000. Many 
 premiums on vegetables have been won at the County Fair 
 the past two years. Most of the Farm work is done by in- 
 mates. Basketry is taught to many by a worker of the 
 State Charities Aid Society. 
 
 Inmates. On March 19, 1909, the inmates numbered 
 
 Much care is taken in selecting from the city's dependents 
 to choose those who will render the community life agree- 
 able. Cottage A is occupied entirely by aged married 
 couples. All the inmates take the greatest care in their own 
 cottage and room, where each is allowed to retain personal 
 belongings. 
 
 Officers. The New York City Farm Colony is under the 
 direction of Commissioner of Public Charities, Robert W. 
 Hebbard; Supervising Matron, Mrs. Agnes M. Dickerson. 
 
 Directions. By securing a pass from the Department of 
 Public Charities in East Twenty-sixth Street, visitors may 
 secure free transportation in the stage which leaves Cas- 
 tleton Comers daily at 11:30 a. m. ; from St. George take 
 the Silver Lake car to Castleton Comers. If walking, leave 
 the trolley to Bradley Avenue and walk to Manor Road. 
 Telephone 189, West Brighton. 
 
 The Sea View Hospital, now in course of construction, 
 occupies large grounds adjoining the Home Cottages. This 
 is to be the largest hospital of New York City and will be 
 completed in two years. 
 
40 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 The Actors' Fund Home is located on Brooks Avenue, 
 West New Brighton. Architecturally and by the beauty 
 of its situation, the house is most charming. It is sur- 
 rounded by 20 acres of land commanding riparian rights on 
 a small lake to the south, while on the street side it is densely 
 shaded by old trees. 
 
 Foundation. Through the agitation of The New YorJc 
 Herald, the Actors' Fund Home was opejied May 8, 1902, 
 by the late Rev. Dr. Houghton, of " The Little Church 
 Around the Comer." 
 
 Building. From a turreted gateway, the walk leads to 
 the Stucco building, planned on the pleasing lines of the 
 Elizabethan style, and built at the cost of $80,000. Within, 
 the tasteful and luxurious furnishings are well calculated 
 to render happy the declining years of those men and 
 women who now cherish the memory of applause received 
 before the footlights. There is a fine fruit orchard, while the 
 garden furnishes the vegetables and strawberries needed. 
 
 Guests. To meet the expenses of maintaining the Actors' 
 Fund Home, subscriptions are solicited from members of 
 the profession and the general public. Address, Theodore 
 BrumlefF, Asst. Sec. of Actors' Fund, Gaiety Theater Bldg., 
 Forty-sixth Street and Broad, New York City. 
 
 Officers. The Board of Governors consists of the officers 
 and trustees of the Home — Daniel Frohman, President, 
 1907-8. Mr. Robert E. Stevens, Supt. 
 
 Services are conducted Sunday afternoons by pastors of 
 various churches on the Islands Home talent furnishes 
 many enjoyable entertainments, while Founders' Day, May 
 8, the guests keep open house. Visiting hours from 10 a. 
 M.-l p. M. daily. 
 
 Directions. From St. George take the Rapid Transit R. 
 
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS 41 
 
 R. to West New Brighton, thence by the Manor Road 
 trolley to Brooks Avenue, five minutes' walk. Or take the 
 Castleton Avenue trolley to Columbia Street, seven minutes' 
 distant. Telephone 195, West Brighton. 
 
 The Diet Kitchen is located on Richmond Road, cor- 
 ner of Grant Avenue, Tompkinsville. 
 
 Founded in 1882 by the late Mrs. Sara B. McFallen 
 of Arrochar. The Diet Kitchen occupies its own two-story 
 modem building, well suited to its needs. 
 
 Yearly about 150 patients are furnished free beef, tea, 
 chicken or mutton broth, milk, eggs, etc., from one to ten 
 weeks upon the recommendation of physicians. 
 
 Support. Voluntary subscriptions and donations and the 
 interest on a small investment. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. Stephen D. Stephens, New 
 Brighton ; resident matron. Miss Warnecker. 
 
 Directions. From St. George take the Richmond or 
 Concord trolley to Grant Avenue. Telephone 115 W, 
 Tompkinsville. Visitors always welcome. 
 
 The Mariners' Family Asylum, connomonly known as 
 " The Old Ladies' " Home, is on Center Street, near Van- 
 derbilt Avenue, Stapleton. 
 
 Founded in 1843 by the Female Bethel Society of 
 New York, to provide work, at a fair remuneration, for the 
 female members of the families of seamen. In 1849 the 
 society was incorporated, and on June 9, 1855, the present 
 building was suitably dedicated. The four-story brick 
 building is heated by steam and has an elevator. 
 
 Support. The Asylum is richly endowed and the annual 
 report of 1908 shows a bank account of several thousand 
 dollars. Donations of $5,211.62 were received from S. I. 
 companies. 
 
42 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 Inmates. On March S3, 1909, there were 33 inmates, 
 over 60 years of age, all wives, mothers, sisters, or daugh-< 
 ters of seamen from the Port of New York. 
 
 Officers. Mrs. Francis MacDonald, Townsend Avenue, 
 Stapleton, First Directress ; Miss Etta Rhodes, Matron. 
 Telephone 412 J, Tompkinsville. 
 
 Directions. From St. George take the Rapid Transit to 
 Clifton. Walk out Vanderbilt Avenue to Center Street, 
 turn to the right. The Home is in sight from Clifton 
 station. 
 
 The Society for the Relief of the Destitute Chil- 
 dren OF Seamen is located on Castleton Avenue, New 
 Brighton, next St. Vincent's Hospital. 
 
 The Society was organized 63 years ago and has always 
 been non-sectarian in its management. 
 
 Buildings. The rented brick building is located in a 
 large well shaded yard and commands a fine view of Sailors' 
 Snug Harbor, with which it is in no way officially connected. 
 A new steam plant was installed last year. 
 
 Enrollment. In 1908-9, 87: admitted during the year, 
 30; discharged, 22; age of admission, 2 to 10 years. Dur- 
 ing the past ten years 35^ of all children admitted have 
 been restored to their parents. 
 
 Officers. Mrs. Courtland W. Gnable, First Directress; 
 Miss Doyle, Matron. Telephone 184 L, West Brighton. 
 
 Directions. From St. George, take the Castleton Ave- 
 nue trolley to main gate. 
 
 The three Day Nurseries of Staten Island are doing a 
 most useful work in caring for the young children of moth- 
 ers who go out to work during the day. These societies 
 also distribute baskets for Thanksgiving and Christmas, 
 and donations of clothing and shoes. 
 
 The Lakeview Home for Girls faces Havenwood Es- 
 
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS 43 
 
 planade, Brighton Heights, overiooking Silver Lake, and 
 commands one of the most beautiful views on the Island. 
 
 Building. The double cottage, equipped with every im- 
 provement, is prettily furnished and accommodates an aver- 
 age of 14 girls. 
 
 Object. The Home endeavors to make wayward girls and 
 unmarried mothers economical by independent means of in- 
 dustrial training, and is the only Home of its kind in this 
 country. 
 
 Support. It is supported by the Council of Jewish 
 Women, and the direction of Miss Sadie American. Particu- 
 lars will be gladly furnished by the Supt., Mrs. Sarah Lib- 
 bin. Telephone 16 L, Tompkinsville. 
 
 Directions. From St. George take the Castleton Avenue 
 Trolley to Havenwood Esplanade. 
 
 A Public Playground was opened in New Brighton for 
 the three summer months of 1908, where over 10,000 chil- 
 dren played during the day, under supe^rvision of paid 
 helpers. 
 
 Location. The Playground adjoins the New Brighton 
 Day Nursery on Fifth Street, and is supported by the New 
 York Playground Society. 
 
 In Stapleton a plot of land 150' by 200' has been se- 
 cured between Gordon and Targee Streets, near the Church 
 of the Immaculate Conception. This playground will be 
 opened in 1909 under the supervision of the local School 
 Board, District 46. 
 
 In New Brighton, the local Board District 45 expects 
 to open a Public Playground this summer between La- 
 fayette and Henderson Avenues. 
 
 In West New Brighton near Broadway, a site has been 
 secured for a recreation center. 
 
 St. Michael's Home, on the Fresh Kill Road, Green 
 
44 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 Ridge, is conducted by the nuns of St. Michael's Presenta- 
 tion Convent, Mother Mary Columbo, Superior, one-half 
 Professed Sisters, three Novices, and three Lay Sisters. On 
 April 14, 1909, there were 100 children in the Home, and a 
 few receiving day instruction. 
 
 Directions. From St. George, take the Rapid Transit to 
 Annadale of the Midland trolley to Richomnd, thence by 
 carriage. Telephone 16 L, Tottenville. 
 
 The New Brighton Day Nursery, under the auspices 
 of the Women's Club of S. I., is located on Fifth Street, be- 
 tween Jersey Street and Westervelt Avenue. It occupies its 
 own home and is free of debt. 
 
 From 1,500 to 2,000 children are cared for yearly. Moth- 
 ers' meetings and sewing classes are held in connection with 
 the work. 
 
 Chairman. Mrs. S. McKee Smith, 2 Hamilton Park, New 
 Brighton. 
 
 Directions. From St. George, take the Jersey Street 
 trolley to 5th Street. 
 
 The Stapleton Day Nursery is on Broad Street, op- 
 posite P. S. 14. 
 
 The Nursery was founded 14 years ago and is supported 
 by voluntary contributions and by the 5 cent charge for 
 each child left in its care. The managers hope to build 
 soon. Contributions from the King's Daughters' sales and 
 allied societies are gratefully acknowledged. 
 
 In addition to the work mentioned above, work is found 
 for deserving women. 
 
 The annual roll averages 2,200. 
 
 Officers. President, Mrs. J. L. Feeney, Beach Street, Sta- 
 pleton. 
 
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS 45 
 
 Directions. From St. George take the South Beach 
 trolley to Broad Street. 
 
 The Port Richmond Day Nursery, at 36 Maple Av- 
 enue, was founded in 1897. It occupies its own comfort- 
 able house, of which four rooms and a bath are given over 
 to the children. Surrounding it is a small fenced play 
 ground. 
 
 In 1908, 2,000 children, from infants to 10 years old, 
 were cared for. 
 
 Support. Voluntary contributions, small subscriptions, 
 donations at the Harvest Home, Thanksgiving, and Christ- 
 mas ; and collections from Union Services, Deems Memorial 
 Chapel, St. Mary's R. C. Church, and allied church socie- 
 ties. 
 
 Officers. President of Board of Managers, Mrs. James 
 Wheeler, 49 Burgher Avenue, West New Brighton. Matron, 
 Mrs. Matthews. 
 
 Directions. From St. George take the Rapid Transit 
 R. R. to Tower Hill or Port Richmond, thence 7 minutes 
 walk. 
 
THE SCHOOLS 
 Florejstce Bennett Scott 
 
 AS the ferryboat approaches St. George, the stranger 
 first visiting Staten Island is sure to be impressed by 
 its high stretch of land just back from the ferry slips. 
 Crowning the height of land, is a large grey stone build- 
 ing, whose square towers and massive proportions arouse 
 one's interest. If he ask any resident what it is, he will 
 receive the answer, filled with just pride, " That is the 
 Curtis High . School." 
 
 It stands as a pledge to all new comers that education is 
 held in the highest esteem, and that the work of the ele- 
 mentary schools is of a character to make possible such a 
 high school. 
 
 The Richmond borough schools are part of the Greater 
 New York system, but the buildings are usually more com- 
 modious than those in the city and the schools have large 
 play grounds and more quiet situations. 
 
 As a healthful place to study, they are far ahead of the 
 city schools. There are thirty-four elementary schools with 
 a teaching force of two hundred and seventy-six teachers. 
 
 The total attendance is 14,000. Each school is super- 
 vised by a special teacher in each of the following subjects: 
 Physical culture, music, drawing, cooking, and manual train- 
 ing. Some of the larger schools have the boys and girls 
 in separate classes, but the smaller ones have mixed classes. 
 
 Darwin L. Bardwell is superintendent of the 45th and 46th 
 districts, comprising the whole island. Members of the 
 
 46 
 
THE SCHOOLS 47 
 
 Board of Education are Dr. Arthur Hollick and Mr. Ralph 
 McKee. The schools are known by number, No. 1 being at 
 Tottenville. This school, Principal N. Lowe, has a large new 
 building and is one of the best equipped schools of Greater 
 New York. No. 19, located at '33 Greenleaf Avenue, West 
 New Brighton, has perhaps the most interesting history, 
 having been organized in 1889, and known as District 
 School No. 5, Castleton. At the annual district meeting, 
 in August, 1892, it was unanimously voted to call the 
 school the George William Curtis school. 
 
 This action was indorsed by the State Superintendent. 
 
 A feeling exists that Staten Island grows very slowly. 
 The growth of this school under Charles T. Simons, prin- 
 cipal, and Miss Jennie Smith, now Mrs. Samuel, is there- 
 fore interesting. At its opening, in a three-room school, 
 there were sixty pupils. Now, with its three additions, 
 the school contains twelve class rooms, a science room, a 
 kitchen, a library and a workshop. The present enrollment 
 is 400. It publishes a quarterly, the Curtis Echo, which is 
 edited by the members of the departmental classes. 
 
 The popularity of this name as well as the apprecia- 
 tion of one of Staten Island's foremost former citizens is 
 shown in the naming of the High School in his honor, also. 
 
 The George William Curtis High School is situated in 
 New Brighton, St. Mark's Place and Hamilton Avenue. It 
 commands a beautiful outlook over New York Bay, the 
 Kill von Kull and the Narrows. 
 
 It is now the only High School in the borough. Previous 
 to the year 1902, there were three schools which main- 
 tained High School departments, one in Tottenville, an- 
 other in Stapleton, and the third in Port Richmond. In 
 September, 1902, the Tottenville High School department 
 was transferred to Stapleton; in February of 1904, the 
 
48 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 Stapleton and Port Richmond departments were united at 
 Curtis under Mr. Oliver D. Clark, principal. Mr. Clark's 
 untiring efforts and executive ability laid for the school a 
 firm foundation of good scholarship. Upon his death, in 
 1906, he was succeeded by Mr. Harry F. Towle, the present 
 principal. 
 
 The High School has a teaching force of nineteen women 
 and sixteen men. It offers a general course of four years, 
 leading to college entrance, to complete which a student 
 must satisfactorily pursue required subjects for a given 
 number of hours and pass examinations in the same. 
 
 These subjects are in the departments of language, math- 
 ematics, history, science, drawing, music and physical train- 
 ing. There is also a commercial course with instruction in 
 bookkeeping, stenography, and typewriting. The registra- 
 tion of pupils has averaged about 650. 
 
 In February of 1909, owing to the increase in num- 
 bers, which reached 7'35, it became necessary to establish 
 an annex at Rosebank, where first grade pupils, of whom 
 there are 110, are instructed. This is in charge of Mr. W. 
 A. Crane. 
 
 Special attention is drawn to the fact that at five schools 
 evening courses in all ordinary subjects, English to foreign- 
 ers, mechanical drawing, freehand drawing, stenography, 
 typewriting, business, English, bookkeeping, sewing, cook- 
 ing, dressmaking and millinery are given, with attendance of 
 1,S85 scholars. 
 
 The introduction of, public lectures into the educational 
 system of our city should be favorably commented on as 
 an important element in the education of our people. 
 
 During the year 1908 there were 104 lectures delivered 
 to an average attendance of 350 persons. 
 
 Just northwest- of the High School, corner of Wall and 
 
THE SCHOOLS 49 
 
 Stuyvesant Place, half-way down the hill, is a dark brick 
 building, the Staten Island Academy. It was founded in 
 1884. Mr. Franklin Page is now the principal. The course 
 of study extends from the Kindergarten to college entrance 
 without examination. The purpose of the Academy has 
 been thorough preparation and a long list of students who 
 have attended college attest its success. Besides the school 
 proper, the Academy has the Winter Memorial Library of 
 over 10,000 volumes and a fireproof lyceum, seating 500 
 persons, with a well-equipped stage for Academy plays. 
 Below the lyceum is a beautiful gymnasium. Besides its 
 indoor interests, it has a large field where basket-ball, base- 
 ball, and various sports are maintained. 
 
 There are several other private schools, chief among them 
 St. Peter's Academy, New Brighton, Westerleigh Institute 
 at New Brighton, the Augustian Academy, Grymes Hill, 
 and, at the far end of the Island, Tottenville, St. Louis 
 Academy. This is essentially a French school. The usual 
 school branches as well as music, vocal and instrumental, 
 drawing and painting are pursued. The object is to give 
 a Christian education and thorough instruction to fit for 
 future duties. The Academy is located on Main Street. 
 
 THE SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED AS FOLLOWS 
 
 1. Academy Street . . Tottenville. 
 
 2. Wiener Street 
 
 S. School Street 
 
 4. Shore Road 
 
 5. Amboy Road 
 
 Richmond Valley. 
 Pleasant Plains. 
 Kreischerville. 
 Huguenot. 
 
 6. Rossville Avenue . Rossville. 
 
 7. Fresh Kill Road . Green Ridge. 
 
 8. Lenwood Avenue . Great Kills. 
 
 9. Knight Avenue . . New Dorp. 
 
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 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 10. Richmond Road 
 
 11. Jefferson Street . 
 
 12. Steuben Street 
 
 13. Pennsylvania Avenue 
 
 14. Brook and Broad Sts. 
 
 15. Grant Street 
 
 16. Madison Avenue 
 
 17. Prospect Street 
 
 18. Broadway 
 
 19. Greenleaf Avenue 
 
 20. Heberton Avenue 
 
 21. Sherman Avenue 
 
 22. Richmond Avenue 
 
 23. Andros Avenue 
 
 24. Washington Avenue 
 
 25. Chelsea Road 
 
 26. Richmond Turnpike 
 
 27. Richmond Avenue 
 
 28. Freshkill Road . . 
 
 29. Manor Road 
 
 30. Fish Avenue . 
 
 31. Pleasant Avenue 
 
 32. Osgood Avenue 
 '33. Washing Avenue 
 34. Fingerboard Road 
 
 New Dorp. 
 Dongan Hills. 
 Concord. 
 Rosebank. 
 Stapleton. 
 Tompkinsville. 
 Tompkinsville. 
 New Brighton. 
 West New Brighton. 
 West New Brighton. 
 Port Richmond. 
 Port Richmond. 
 Graniteville. 
 Mariner's Harbor. 
 Mariner's Harbor. 
 Bloomfield. 
 Linoleumville. 
 New Springville. 
 Richmond. 
 Castleton Corners. 
 West New Brighton. 
 Bogardus Corners. 
 Stapleton. 
 Grant City. 
 Rosebank. 
 
 Our libraries may well be considered part of our public 
 education system. Four Carnegie Libraries, at Tottenville, 
 St. George, Stapleton, and Port Richmond, respectively, 
 afford ample recreation and opportunity for research. 
 
 There are branch libraries at Great Kills and at New 
 Dorp, and it is probable that another Carnegie Library will, 
 within a few years, be located at the latter place. 
 
HOSPITALS 
 
 rriHAT Staten Island does not forget the sick who are 
 -■- among her inhabitants or those whom fate brings to 
 her shores is shown by the four prosperous liospitals which 
 are here. Of these the one most often seen, because in plain 
 view of the harbor and of the railroad, is the Marine Hospital 
 at Clifton. 
 
 The establishment of U. S. Marine Hospitals in our 
 nation is a long story, dating back to 1798, the object be- 
 ing to enable seamen of the Merchant Marine, when sick or 
 disabled, to be cared for by the general Government, instead 
 of leaving them to the tender mercies of the poor laws of 
 the different cities when landed at their ports, thus encour- 
 aging them to go to sea and incidentally aiding in our com- 
 merce, foreign and domestic. 
 
 U. S. Marine Hospitals are established at all the larger 
 ports, and at the smaller ports the Government rents wards 
 in a municipal or private hospital, where the sailors are 
 cared for by a Commissioned Officer of the Service. 
 
 This hospital building and grounds for the Port of New 
 York was rented by the Government in May, 1883, and 
 purchased from the Marine Society of New York City in 
 1903. The Hospital was built some 60 or 70 years ago, 
 and is therefore not up-to-date in its appointments, but the 
 Government proposes to remodel it inside (the walls are too 
 attractive to pull down), for which Congress appropriated 
 $250,000 last year. 
 
 It is an ideal location for the Sailors' Hospital and well 
 " patronized " by those who need its ministering care — 
 
52 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 some 4,000 to 5,000 patients being cared for during the 
 year. 
 
 The Smith Infirmary began its existence as a dispensary, 
 operated mainly through the efforts of Dr. Wilham M. An- 
 derson, of Bay and Union Streets, Stapleton. Its growth 
 was rapid and under the name, the " Samuel Russel Smith 
 Infirmary," it continued to grow until, in 1864, it was 
 formally opened in one of the old buildings located in the 
 Quarantine Ground on the east side of Tompkins Avenue, 
 New Brighton. 
 
 Five years later the institution was incorporated under a 
 board of trustees and the following year a lot and house 
 on Hannah Street, Tompkinsville, was purchased. 
 
 From time to time more land was bequeathed or purchased 
 and in 1888 the comer stone of the Main Building of the 
 present structure was laid. As the institution grew new de- 
 partments were added, among them being a training school 
 for nurses. The Infirmary is up-to-date and thoroughly 
 equipped, and were it not for two things the management 
 would be well satisfied. 
 
 The great needs of the hospital at this time, aside from 
 an increased income, are, first, a dormitory for the women 
 servants, who are now housed in inadequate and unsuitable 
 rooms in the basement of the administration building, which 
 rooms are badly needed for drug room and store room pur- 
 poses ; and, second, an adequate and properly equipped 
 maternity pavilion, with ward rooms, and a number of pri- 
 vate rooms. 
 
 St. Vincent's Hospital, which is situated on Bard and 
 Castleton Avenues, West New Brighton, is under the man- 
 agement of the Sisters of Charity, though open to persons 
 
HOSPITALS 53 
 
 of any race or creed. It is but five years old yet, and is 
 now organized as a separate institution, having outgrown 
 its dependence on St. Vincent's of New York. 
 
 The Tuberculosis Annex, which has been established in 
 conjunction w5th the city authorities, is producing the 
 most gratifying results. 
 
 There has also been formed a Training School for Nurses, 
 which is doing splendid work in thoroughly equipping for 
 their future work helpers of humanity. It is, in fact, al- 
 ready conceded that this modest school compares favorably 
 with those of older institutions. On May 25th, 1907, five 
 young ladies who had completed a course of three years' 
 training, received the first graduation honors given by the 
 Hospital to its nurses. 
 
 At present the Hospital urgently needs a laundry and 
 boiler room. 
 
 St. John's Guild, a corporation existing " for the relief 
 of sick children of the poor of the City of New York, 
 without regard to creed, color, or nationality," maintains 
 at New Dorp the institution known as the Sea Side Hospi- 
 tal. The nucleus of this hospital was the Sea Side Nursery, 
 established in 1881. Six years later it gave place to the 
 Sea Side Hospital, and its work was greatly extended. It 
 has every natural advantage. Its grounds cover over 15 
 acres, and its sea-washed coast measures 500 feet. Within 
 are a'fccommodations for 400 women and children. It draws 
 its own water from its own artesian well ; it has its own 
 refrigerating plant ; its own electric lighting ; and its own 
 heating plant. Its diet kitchen for prepared foods is un- 
 excelled, and its operating equipment is complete. 
 
 Admissions to the hospital are by tickets widely distrib- 
 uted through the Department of Health, hospitals, day nurs- 
 
54« STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 eries, churches, physicians, etc. The ministrations of the 
 hospital are absolutely free. No sick child is denied ad- 
 mission. Neither is a sick child detained pending an in- 
 vestigation as to whether it is entitled to care. The sole 
 bar is a contagious disease. 
 
 It is the mecca of the sick child of the tenements and the 
 good which it is doing is immeasurable. 
 
AMUSEMENTS 
 Clara V. Each 
 
 WITHIN easy access of all parts of Staten Island are 
 the two delightful pleasure resorts, known as Mid- 
 land Beach and South Beach. 
 
 Both lie on the south shore of the Island, and have the 
 broad expanse of the lower bay lying majestically before 
 them. 
 
 At both places may be found all the delights of " a 
 Coney Island." Helter-skelters, those wonderful winding 
 slides : scenic railways, where one has a glimpse, as he passes 
 through tunnels, of marvelous angels and demons ; old 
 mills, where the waters glide peacefully in and out of the 
 maze, and you float on, pleased with the scenic effects that 
 meet the eye at every turn; Ferris wheels, that lift you up, 
 up, up, until you view with vast satisfaction the great 
 panorama of the sea with its numerous ships, and graceful 
 sailboats, gliding like swans over its mighty bosom ; 
 saucy little tugs skimming along and leaving in their wake 
 billowy clouds of black smoke. In the distance Sandy 
 Hook, with its stretch of white sand, and Jersey's rugged 
 shore curving around to the west. On the other side the 
 straight shores of Long Island, and beyond, and to the 
 south, " Coney," and nearer two pretty islands raise their 
 dainty heads above the surface of the green waters, while 
 to the north stretches the hills, the meadows and the verdant 
 woods of our glorious island; merry-go-rounds, which the 
 children and, indeed, the grown folks, enjoy riding round 
 on prancing steeds and wild animals ; punching machines 
 
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56 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 to test the strength; target-shooting; ring-throwing for 
 canes, Japanese ball rolling, and many other happy amuse- 
 ments. 
 
 Then there is the tin-type tent where you may have your 
 photograph taken in a bathing suit or an automobile (ac- 
 cording to taste). 
 
 The dance halls, the vaudeville performances, etc., all 
 contribute amusement to the pleasure seeker. 
 
 The large Casino at Midland Beach has recently been 
 utilized as a skating rink, and daily at this place a large 
 number of young folks find diversion and healthful exer- 
 cise. 
 
 There is a great long pier at South Beach where one may 
 fish and be well compensated for his labor; or, if not 
 tempted by this sport, may enjoy the glorious sea breeze 
 that fills one with life and vigor. 
 
 Fine board walks line the full extent of the beaches, and 
 here, on a pleasant day, may be found many loiterers watch- 
 ing the numerous bathers that are enjoying the gentle 
 surf of the bay, while others linger to hear the fine music 
 rendered by the band or listen to the dashing of the waves 
 along the sands. 
 
 If one is hungry and does not care to dine heartily, his 
 desire may be gratified at any of the restaurants, where he 
 can always obtain good oysters (from Blue Points to Sad- 
 dle Rocks), or delicious clams, clam broth, chowder, etc., 
 or mayhap he will only care for a cup of good coffee and a 
 sandwich, which he can easily obtain. 
 
 All kinds of dinners are served in open air terraces. Chief 
 among these are the Italian dinners, with their mysterious 
 little side dishes and good wine, served you by dark-eyed 
 natives of Sunny Italy. Also the German dinners, where 
 
AMUSEMENTS 67 
 
 you have music and vaudeville in combination with the 
 good style of German eating and drinking. 
 
 There are also numerous other restaurants kept by many 
 other nationalities where one may please his palate. 
 
 Then, when one who has satiated his longing for sea- 
 breeze, he returns to his home by trolley or train through the 
 beautiful country, redolent with the perfume of wild flowers, 
 and is impressed with the glory of the green woods (that 
 skirt the road) and the joyous inhabitants thereof, flitting 
 about from tree to tree, and he feels satisfied that the day 
 has been well spent. 
 
THEATRES 
 
 T N the heart of Stapleton, a thriving village on the shores 
 ^ of the Narrows, is located the chief winter amusements 
 of the Island. 
 
 A small theatre, managed by Messrs. Conness and Ed- 
 wards, has given much pleasure to the people. An excel- 
 lent company and well selected plays draw a full house at 
 every performance, of which there is one six evenings dur- 
 ing the week, and a matinee on each Wednesday, Friday 
 and Saturday. 
 
 The theatre is tastefully decorated, the seats comfortable, 
 and the place well-ventilated. 
 
 There is a new play each week. Real comedies for those 
 who desire only to laugh. Serio-comedies for those who 
 desire sentiment, and tragedies for the serious-minded. In 
 fact, plays are presented to suit the taste of every kind 
 of theatre-goer. 
 
 On the North Shore, Port Richmond, is the Bijou The- 
 atre, where one can enjoy a vaudeville performance any 
 evening of the week, or a moving picture show any after- 
 noon. 
 
WOMEN'S CLUBS 
 Blanche M. Hareis 
 
 THE women of Staten Island have interested themselves 
 at various times in the formation of Women's Clubs, 
 which have represented some time the social, literary, musi- 
 cal and philanthropic life of the Island. The threadbare 
 argument against Women's Clubs have met their best 
 refutation in the fine results these clubs have attained. They 
 have not only sought for and secured the advancement of 
 their individual members, but have reached out helping 
 hands in many directions, and to-day they represent the 
 most progressive methods of conducting and distributing 
 charity which New York knows. 
 
 THE women's UTEBARY CLUB OF POET EICHMOND 
 
 The Women's Literary Club of Port Richmond was or- 
 ganized Sept. 19, 1903, in the Parsonage of the Reformed 
 Church of Port Richmond. Mrs. Ruth TreadweU Berg 
 was the mother of the organization and served for two 
 years as president. 
 
 The club was formed with ten charter members, six of 
 whom are still active in the club work. The membership now 
 numbers one hundred and eleven, with four honorary mem- 
 bers, of whom the club is justly proud, Mrs. Edwin Mark- 
 ham, Mrs. Florence Morse Kingsley, Mrs. Stephen D. 
 Stephens and Mrs. Francis Brewer. The name of Miss M. 
 Erwin, who guided the club in its pioneer days, is also soon 
 to be added to this list. 
 
 This club has not engaged in the great world's work 
 
60 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 pursued by so many federated clubs. It has advocated 
 but one public measure — a petition to the Public Service 
 Commission, asking them to induce the Baltimore and Ohio 
 Railroad to place gates at the unprotected crossings in 
 Port Richmond. 
 
 The mission of the Club has been to promote social and 
 intellectual intercourse and to extend the hand of friend- 
 ship and hospitality to the women of the community. 
 
 Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month in 
 the Reformed Church Chapel, when a business meeting, fol- 
 lowed by a literary and musical program, is enjoyed by the 
 members and their guests. This is followed by a social hour, 
 which has been especially designed to promote a spirit of 
 cordiality and comradeship. 
 
 PHILIMONI LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 
 The Philimon Literary Club was organized March 18, 
 1897, through the efforts of Miss Lillie Warford, at whose 
 home the organization was effected. Mrs. Cynthia M. Lit- 
 tle was the first president. 
 
 Formed with only the thought of literary culture, the 
 Club later widened its usefulness. The first circulating 
 library on the Island was started at Tottenville through 
 the instrumentality of the Club, and this nucleus gave the 
 first Carnegie Library in Richmond County. 
 
 The members have worked untiringly to secure an appro- 
 priation for the care and pei-petuation of the old historic 
 Billopp House, which was erected in 1668. In this was held 
 the only peace conference assembled during the Revolu- 
 tionary War, Major Howe, representing King George, 
 Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge 
 being present. Through the agency of the man who built 
 this house and whose name it bears, Staten Island became 
 
women's clubs 61 
 
 a territorial possession of the province of New York, 
 thus making it possible to incorporate it in recent years 
 into the City of New York. 
 
 The Club consists of one hundred and five members, and 
 was federated with the New York City organization in 1903, 
 and with the New York State organization in 1907. Its 
 name was changed in 1909 to the Philimon Literary and 
 Historical Society. 
 
 THE woman's club OF STATEN ISLAND 
 
 The Woman's Club of Staten Island was organized in 
 1893, with nine members, under the presidency of Mrs. 
 George William Curtis. It was federated the next year and 
 became a corporated organization in 1896, with a member- 
 ship of nearly one hundred. The first meetings were held 
 in the Old Village Hall, then in the Brighton Heights 
 Seminary, and in 1897 in the St. George Bank Building, 
 where it still finds its home, though it hopes in the near fu- 
 ture to have an adequate club house. 
 
 It is now composed of one hundred and thirty members, and 
 its work is accomplished through three departments, that 
 of literature, whose members study and write upon ap- 
 pointed themes, and discuss the questions of the day; that 
 of music ; and that of philanthropy, which has made the 
 Woman's Club of Staten Island one of the most prominent 
 in the State. It has built and owns a beautiful Day 
 Nursery building, where over onef thousand children are 
 cared for each year, and in which sewing classes, mothers' 
 meetings, and employment and clothing bureaus for the 
 poor are conducted. It has co-operated in the establish- 
 ment of a public playground, where over eleven thousand 
 children have been kept during the summer from the 
 streets and given healthful vent to their activities. It has 
 
62 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 engaged a teacher during the winter months to help the 
 children of the public school, to overlook their sports, after 
 school hours, and to provide cocoa and crackers to those 
 insufficiently fed. It has provided a fund to help the 
 worthy poor with coal and groceries in times of necessity 
 and it has reached out many other arms of usefulness. 
 
 The Club holds monthly meetings of its departments, and 
 a general meeting each month, when a musical program is 
 presented, followed by a social hour. Once a year a Presi- 
 dent's Day is held, when the hospitality of the Club is 
 especially extended to the Presidents of other Clubs and 
 an interchange of ideas encouraged. 
 
 The Club has become a recognized power in the com- 
 munity, and many notable movements have been launched 
 to success under its auspices. 
 
 THE RICHMOND BOROUGH ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN 
 
 TEACHERS 
 
 The Richmond Borough Association of Women Teachers 
 was organized in 1907, mainly through the efforts of Miss 
 Margaret L. Lynd, who called the first meeting in Curtis 
 High School. Miss Katharine L. Osincup, Mrs. Jessie 
 I. Yates, Miss Dina H. Hope, Mrs. Clara V. Fach and 
 Miss Clara H. Whitmore, with Miss Lynd as Chairman, 
 formed the first executive board, and are still serving in that 
 capacity. It is to these ladies that the club owes much of 
 its progress and popularity. 
 
 The objects of the Association are to promote a higher 
 intellectual and ethical culture throughout the borough; 
 to maintain a feeling of good fellowship among the teach- 
 ers ; and to promote the professional interests of the mem- 
 bers. 
 
 The meetings are the second Friday of each month, from 
 
women's clubs 63 
 
 October till May, inclusive, at 8 p. m. in the Woman's Club, 
 St. George. 
 
 The membership is 202. Officers : 
 
 President— Clara H. Whitmore, Fox Hill Villa, Fort 
 Wadsworth. 
 
 Vice President — Katharine L. Osincup, Bement Av- 
 enue, West New Brighton. 
 
 Secretary — Elsie Gardner, West New Brighton. 
 Treasurer — Josephine Daily, 40 Westervelt Avenue, 
 New Brighton. 
 
 Chairman of Executive Board — Margaret L. Lynd, 
 156 Third Street, New Dorp. 
 
ASSOCIATIONS OF GENERAL INTEREST 
 
 THE STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
 
 ORGANIZED as the Natural Science Association of 
 Staten Island on November IS, 1881. 
 
 Reorganized and incorporated as the Staten Island As- 
 sociation of Arts and Sciences, May 17, 1905. (Chapter 
 526, Laws of New York, 1905.) 
 
 Members of the Board of Trustees for 1908-9: 
 
 Howard Randolph Bayne, president; Charles Arthur 
 Ingalls, treasurer; Arthur Hollick, secretary; John Blake 
 Hillyer ; Philip Dowell ; William Armour Johnston ; William 
 Thompson Davis ; George Scranton Humphrey ; William 
 Hinman Mitchell ; Stafford Clarence Edwards ; Samuel Mc- 
 Kee Smith; Samuel Alexander Henszey; John DeMorgan. 
 
 The President of the Borough of Richmond, Hon. George 
 Cromwell, and District Superintendent of Schools in the 
 Borough of Richmond, Darwin Long Bardwell, ex-offlcio. 
 
 Membership about 330, including 5 patrons, 2 life, 4t 
 corresponding and S honorary members. The remainder 
 active members. 
 
 The Association holds regular meetings on the third Sat- 
 urday evening of each month from October to May, in- 
 clusive. The sections of the Association hold meetings at 
 their own pleasure. Three sections have been organized 
 for the prosecution of special lines of work. Biology, Art, 
 Literature. 
 
 The Museum and Library are housed in room 309, Bor- 
 ough Hall, St. George. The Museum is believed to be the 
 best equipped and most complete local institution of its 
 
ASSOCIATIONS OF GENERAL INTEREST 65 
 
 kind in the country, and the Library is exceedingly valuable 
 for scientific reference work. It is open to the members at 
 all reasonable times and to the public in the afternoons of 
 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and all day 
 Saturday of every week. 
 
 The City has each year for the past two years appro- 
 priated $4,000 for equipment and maintenance. 
 
 In every part of the Island are found clubs and societies 
 of various kinds, and it may be a matter of some surprise 
 to residents of other boroughs that within the county is 
 maintained one of the most flourishing agricultural socie- 
 ties in the State. 
 
 In 1895 the Richmond County Agricultural Society was 
 formed for the purpose of bringing the inhabitants into 
 closer touch with each other and of utilizing the acreage 
 that then lay waste. The County Fair is held annually in 
 September, beginning on Labor Day and lasting a week. 
 It is a genuine County Fair and a sight worth visiting, 
 especially for the person who has always lived in the 
 crowded city. 
 
A FEW STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 QJ PACE has limited the number of persons chosen for 
 ^^ mention in this first volume of " Staten Island and 
 Staten Islanders," and it has been an extremely difficult 
 task to make the best selection. Among so many who are 
 furthering a spirit of helpfulness and progress it has 
 seemed herculean, but at last a compromise between " space 
 limitation " and inclination was effected and a brief mention 
 of the best known writers, of the three men who know 
 Staten Island as none others know it, and one politician, 
 who is a politician in the best sense of the term, and two 
 public spirited citizens is the result. 
 
 In our subsequent editions we hope to tell you about 
 other Staten Islanders. 
 
 Edwin Markham 
 
 Edwin Markham, the poet, who needs no introduction to 
 a New York public, resides in Westerleigh, in a beautiful 
 cottage, which has been recently completed. He was born 
 in Oregon City, Ore., April S3, 1852. 
 
 During his boyhood and early manhood he worked at 
 farming, blacksmithing, herding and shetep raising, and 
 earned his way through the common and normal schools. 
 He devoted much time to the study of ancient and modern 
 history and sociology. In 1897 he married Anna Cather- 
 ine Murphy, a teacher and writer of verse and stories. 
 
 Since early boyhood he has written poetry and his poems 
 breathe of the spots he loved or the great questions which 
 
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Florence Morse Kingsley 
 
A FEW STATEN ISLANDERS 67 
 
 have vexed mankind for centuries, but which the great 
 hearted poet feels as few can feel. In the earlier years he 
 taught school, but soon devoted himself to literature. 
 " The Man with the Hoe," " Lincoln," and " Field Folks," 
 are among his writings. 
 
 He is widely known as a poet, a prose writer, and a lec- 
 turer. He is deeply interested in the child labor problem. 
 
 Mrs. Markham still writes and is at present contributing 
 a series of articles to the Designer. 
 
 They have one son, Vergil. 
 
 William Winter 
 
 Was born at Gloucester, Mass., July 15, 1836. He was 
 the son of Charles and Louisa Winter, and received his 
 elementary education in the public schools, and at Harvard 
 and Brown Universities. In 1860 he married Elizabeth 
 Campbell. They have five children, four sons and one 
 daughter. 
 
 He has been the dramatic critic and reviewer of the 
 New York Tribune since 1865. He wrote, '' Shakespeare's 
 England," " Gray Days and Gold," " Old Shrines and Ivy," 
 "Life and Art of Edwin Booth," etc., etc. 
 
 He has taken a great interest in Staten Island Academy 
 and was until 1906 a trustee. The Winter Memorial 
 Library is his gift. 
 
 His address is the New YorJc Tribune, New York City. 
 
 Florence Morse Kingsley 
 
 Every reader of those delightful books, " The Transfig- 
 uration of Miss Philura," " The Resurrection of Miss Cyn- 
 thia," and " The Singular Miss Smith," will be glad to 
 learn more of Mrs. Kingsley. 
 
 She lives in Westerleigh, where she prefers to be known 
 
68 STATEN ISIiAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 only as the wife of the Rev. Charles Rawson Kingsley, the 
 pastor of the Deems Memorial Church at that place. 
 
 She is pleasant and unassuming, very approachable and 
 frequently appears before the local clubs, where her stories 
 never fail to please. 
 
 She was bom near Medina, O., July 14, 1859, daughter 
 of Jonathan Bradley and Eleanor Morse; and educated at 
 Whitestown Seminary and at Wellesley College. She was 
 married in 1882 to Rev. Charles Rawson Kingsley. She 
 is a prolific writer and a frequent contributor to current 
 magazines. Her last book is " The Queer Browns." 
 
 George Daulton 
 
 Was bom in Missouri of English descent and Southern 
 parentage, during the hardships of war and the settlement 
 of a new country. He inherited a taste for writing from* 
 both his parents, his father being editor of a Southern 
 paper, and his mother implanting in him a reverence for 
 the English classics so early in childhood that the music 
 of the uncomprehended phrases held his fancy until he was 
 inspired into an understanding of them. Being physically 
 frail, his education was almost wholly at home, and after 
 the unsettled boyhood, in the retirement of his own library. 
 His first published productions were on Shakespearian and 
 dramatic subjects. Subsequent poems and stories for 
 periodicals led him into magazine writing as a profession. 
 He married Agnes Warner McClelland, a writer of Cleve- 
 land, and as their work developed it became necessary 
 for them to remove from Chicago to the wider literary 
 field of New York. 
 
 The range of his work is from the thoughtful to the 
 fanciful, from poems and essays to practical business stories 
 of banking and mining for men; and again to the fantastic 
 
A FEW STATEN ISLANDERS 69 
 
 and weird. Mr. Daulton has an inborn fondness for the city, 
 and also for the sea, and in his Staten Island home he has 
 for six years found the best way to blend the two. 
 
 Agnes McClelland Daulton 
 
 Was bom at New Philadelphia, Ohio, in the Tuscarawas 
 Valley, with the historic village of Gnadenhutten on one 
 hand, in the quaint community of Zoar on the other, and 
 in a family keenly appreciative of humor and personal 
 anecdote, which they drew from the earliest settlement of 
 Ohio. 
 
 After receiving her education at Oberlin, Mrs. Daulton 
 began writing and drawing to amuse herself during a pro- 
 longed illness. The first story and the first sketch sold ; 
 and from that time she became a regular contributor to a 
 number of periodicals. While living in Cleveland, she be- 
 came a member of the Women's Press Club of Ohio, and 
 was married to George Daulton, of Chicago. She has writ- 
 ten and illustrated numberless stories for children, and 
 these books on nature, " Wings and Stings ; " " The Auto- 
 biography of a Butterfly ; " and " Dusk Flyers." She is 
 the author of the " Philamaclique " stories published in the 
 Outlook, stories drawn from the delightful material with 
 which she was familiar in her .childhood. Of late she has 
 been working for young people again. The St. Nicholas 
 has published three serials by Mrs. Daulton in rapid suc- 
 cession, which the Century Company are bringing out in 
 book form : " From Sioux to Susan ; *' " Frilze ; " and 
 " The Gentle Interference of Bab ; " while these were ap- 
 pearing in St. Nicholas others were running for younger 
 children in " Little Folks ; " " The Things Moppet Did ; " 
 " Bobbie and Joy and Pester Peter ; " and " The Capers 
 of Benjy and Barbie." Mrs. Daulton is a member of the 
 
70 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 Fortniglitly Club and has lived on Staten Island for six 
 years in one of the old places overlooking the bay* 
 
 Rev. Guy A. Jamieson 
 
 Mr. Jamieson is at once a successful author and an 
 earnest preacher. He is rector of St. Stephen's Church, 
 Tottenville, where his earnest sermons attract attention. 
 
 He was bom in Arkansas, and early in life was thrown 
 on his own resources. He gladly did what opportunity 
 offered to be done. First as a farm hand, then on a railroad, 
 next as a tea^cher and an editor, and finally as a minister, 
 the same earnestness and conscientious attendance to duty 
 stamped his character. 
 
 His literary career is only beginning, but is rich in prom- 
 ise. He has had many short stories published and one 
 novel, "At the Edge of the Yellow Sky," and has another 
 in preparation which will be brought out within a few 
 months. 
 
 Etta Anthony Baker 
 
 Like Mr. Jamieson, is a new comer into the literary 
 field, but her stories are so delightfully original, that a 
 mention of local writers without her would be incomplete. 
 Mrs. Baker writes only for recreation. She began writ- 
 ing by accident — through having called upon an author. 
 Her children's stories have been well received and she is 
 gaining recognition among the best magazines. She is viva- 
 cious, and charming in manner, and these qualities reflect 
 themselves in her writings. The future seems bright for 
 the young writer. 
 
 Anna Shaw Curtis 
 
 In the Curtis home on Bard Avenue, West New Brighton, 
 Anna Shaw Curtis, widow of George William Curtis, lives 
 
A FEW STATEN ISLANDERS 71 
 
 her happy, useful life. She takes an active interest in 
 local affairs, is a member of the Local School Board, Dis- 
 trict 45, and well known as a philanthropist. 
 
 Her daughter, Elizabeth Burril Curtis, lives with her. 
 
 Arthur Hollick, Ph. B., Ph. D 
 
 Arthur Hollick was born on Staten Island and has always 
 resided here. He graduated from Columbia College School 
 of Mines, class of 1879, with the degree Ph. B., receiving 
 the degree Ph. D. from Columbia (now George Washington 
 University), Washington, D. C, in 1897. 
 
 He is now assistant geologist in the United States Ge- 
 ological Survey and curator in the department of Fossil 
 Botany, in New York Botanical Garden. He is an active 
 member of the American Association for the Advancement of 
 Science ; of the Geological Society of America, ; of the 
 Botanical Society of America; of the New York Academy 
 of Science ; of the Torrey Botanical Club ; of the American 
 Association of Museums ; and of the Staten Island Asso- 
 ciation of Arts and Sciences. He was one of the organizers 
 of the latter in 1881, and has served continuously as its 
 secretary ever since. 
 
 He has always been active in civic affairs. He served as 
 a member of the New Brighton Board of Health from 1886 
 to 1892, and was a member of the Richmond County Park 
 Commission (Vice-president 1897-1900, President 1901). 
 He assisted in organizing the Good Government and Citizens' 
 Union Movements on Staten Island. He was elected a mem- 
 ber of the Board of Education in 1907 and is still serving. 
 
 He has traveled entensively through the United States and 
 Alaska in connection with work for the U. S. Geological 
 Surveys, and the State Geological Surveys of New York, 
 New Jersey, Maryland and Louisiana. 
 
72 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 Immediately after graduation at Columbia College he 
 served as private assistant to Dr. J. S. Newberry, in the 
 Department of Geology, and was subsequently appointed 
 instructor in Geology until appointed Curator of the De- 
 partment of Fossil Botany in the New York Botanical Gar- 
 den in 1901. 
 
 He is the author of numerous papers in botany and geol- 
 ogy, particularly of New Jersey, New York and New 
 England, and many government reports and monographs. 
 
 Howard R. Bayne 
 
 Staten Island has not had the honor to be represented in 
 the State Legislature by one of her own citizens since 1873 
 until 1909, when Howard R. Bayne was elected State 
 Senator, an office entirely unsought by him. While there 
 he has been untiring in promoting the interests of Richmond 
 whenever possible, and has worked hard to have the bill 
 providing for the preservation of the Billopp House enacted 
 into law. Whether this property will be purchased and 
 turned over to the city for a park and museum at this 
 writing can not be determined. 
 
 Howard R. Bayne was bom at Winchester, Virginia, up- 
 wards of fifty years ago. He breathed in his youth the air 
 of statesmen and public men ; in that fine old State he im- 
 bibed Democratic principles of the genuine type, his father, 
 grandfather and great-grandfather being Democrats. 
 
 He was the son of Mary Ellen Ashby and Charles Bayne. 
 He is descended from the Popes, Turners, Strothers, Mene- 
 fees, Dabneys, Stuarts, Wades, Savages and Thorntons, all 
 old and well known families in Virginia. 
 
 In his youth, after taking the preparatory course at 
 Richmond College, Richmond, Virginia, he took the full 
 college course and graduated therefrom in 187^, receiving 
 
A FEW STATEN ISI.ANDEIIS 7S 
 
 the academic degree of M. A. During his college course he 
 carried such honors as the best debater's medal, salutato- 
 rian and final orator. After his collegiate course he was 
 principal of the Pampatike Academy, in King William 
 County, Virginia. He subsequently took a law course un- 
 der Professor John B. Minor, the celebrated teacher of law 
 at the University of Virginia, and in 1879 took the profes- 
 sional degree of B. L. at Richmond College. He was ad- 
 mitted to the Richmond Bar in 1879 and practiced there for 
 some years. In 188£ he left the Capital of Virginia and 
 took his residence in the City of New York. Here he was 
 admitted to the New York Bar in July, 1882, and has prac- 
 ticed at the Bar of this State continuously ever since. 
 
 In 1886 he married Miss Lizzie S. Moore, of Richmond, 
 Virginia, daughter of Dr. Samuel Preston Moore. 
 
 He is member of the New York City Bar Association, the 
 Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Rich- 
 mond County Club House, Virginia Historical Society, ves- 
 tryman of the Christ Church, New Brighton ; the Staten 
 Island Association of Arts and Sciences, of which he has 
 been president for many years ; Society of the Cincinnati, 
 counsel to the Richmond Society for the Prevention of 
 Cruelty to Children, vice-president of the New York City 
 Committee of the State Charities Aid Association and 
 chairman of the Richmond County branch. 
 
 He was twice elected president of the State Society, " The 
 Virginians," in New York, and for many years he has been 
 one of the governors of New York Southern Society. For 
 many years also he was a trustee of the Staten Island 
 Academy. He is a director of the Prospect Park Bank of 
 Brooklyn. 
 
 In 1905 he was appointed by Governor Higgins a mem- 
 ber of the Probation Commission of the State of New York, 
 
74 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 and while such was the draftsman of the first General Pro- 
 bation Law that was submitted to the legislature. 
 
 This bill, while not passed, became the type of the general 
 measure now in force. Mr. Bayne is also an author, having 
 while he was a member of the Virginia Bar, edited Con- 
 verse's Indexes (Virginia and West Virginia Law) and was 
 a joint author of the " Travels of Ego and Alter," describ- 
 ing a walking tour of 800 miles through the State of Vir- 
 ginia, taken by himself and Dr. Peyton H. Hoge. Mr. 
 Bayne is also the author of monographs, " The Year 1619 
 in the Colony of Virginia," " A Rebellion in the Colony of 
 Virginia," published by the New York Society of Colonial 
 Wars, and a number of other papers. He has also con- 
 tributed numerous articles on legal subjects to various 
 periodicals. Mr. Bayne has been prominently connected 
 with numerous movements for the uplift of social and civic 
 conditions in this community. 
 
 William T. Davis 
 
 William T. Davis was born in New Brighton, where he 
 still resides. He is thoroughly conversant with the Island 
 and has contributed much to the local literature. 
 
 His little volume " Days Afield on Staten Island " was 
 published in 1892 and is widely read. The Natural Science 
 Association of Staten Island published a paper on the 
 " Homestead Graves of the Island," and one entitled 
 *' Staten Island Names, Ye Olde Names and Nicknames," and 
 supplements to these papers. Mr. Davis has contributed 
 many articles on the natural history of the Island to the 
 proceedings of the Staten Island Association of Arts and 
 Sciences. 
 
a few staten islanders 75 
 
 Ira K. Morris 
 
 Mr. Ira K. Morris resides at West New Brighton. He is 
 a lecturer and writer of ability. His " Memorial History of 
 Staten Island " is the standard work of reference and en- 
 titles him to a high place among historians. His lectures 
 on local history draw large audiences, because of his able 
 and impartial treatment of his subjects. He has contributed 
 much to the historical literature of the Island. 
 
 Sidney Fuller Rawson 
 
 Sidney Fuller Rawson was born at Schroon Lake, Essex 
 County, New York, December 15th, 1843. He served from 
 June, 1862, to June, 1865, as a soldier in the 118th New 
 York Volunteers in the Civil War, and is a member of Gordon 
 T. Thomas Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. At the 
 close of the War he entered as a law student with Hon. 
 Byron Pond, at Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, 
 and was admitted to the Bar at Plattsburgh in May, 1867, 
 and removed to Staten Island immediately and became as- 
 sociated with Lot C. Clark and Alfred DeGroot in the prac- 
 tice of law at Port Richmond and in New York. He was 
 elected District Attorney of Richmond County and served 
 one term, three years, and declined renomination. In 
 December, 1893, he was admitted to practice in Supreme 
 Court of the United States. He was a Director in the First 
 National Bank of Staten Island for many years and is now 
 an Advisory Director in the Com Exchange Bank. He was 
 Counsel to the Board of Police of Richmond County, Board 
 of Supervisors, Board of Trustees of New Brighton and Port 
 Richmond, and has acted as Counsel for many other public 
 corporations, such as: The Staten Island Savings Bank, 
 S. R. Smith Infimary, Mariners' Family Asylum, Staten 
 
76 STATEN ISLAND AND STATEN ISLANDERS 
 
 Island Building, Loan & Savings Association, and Sailors 
 Snug Harbor. He is a member of the Staten Island Club. 
 He is a Democrat in politics and has been a prominent polit- 
 ical speaker in the various campaigns since coming to 
 Staten Island. His law firm, DeGroot, Rawson and Staf- 
 ford, is one of the oldest, if not the oldest firm, in the City 
 of New York. Mr. Rawson resides on Heberton Avenue, 
 Port Richmond. 
 
 Mr. Rawson is a public speaker of ability, and is fre- 
 quently heard before Staten Island audiences. He takes 
 an active interest in all that pertains to the development of 
 Staten Island. 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 Xlll 
 
 SCHOVERLING, DALY AND GALES 
 
 ATHLETIC OUTFITTERS 
 302-304 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 
 
 MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
 
 New York City Office, 11 East 16th Street 
 
 Other Agencies: Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Francisco. 
 
 Manufacturers of Kindgarten Supplies and Primary School Aids. 
 Publishers of Kindergarten Guides. Song and Story Books, Water 
 Color Paints and School Art Materials a Specialty. Raphia, Reed 
 and Other Basketry Goods with Books on this and Other Handwork 
 Always in Stock. 
 
 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 
 
XIV 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 A. E. WOOD 
 
 CHAS. H. HIGBEE 
 
 
 WATCHMAKER 
 
 GROCERIES 
 
 JEWELER 
 
 161 MAIN ST. 
 
 PRINCE'S BAY 
 
 TOTTENVILLE 
 TELEPHONE 103 
 
 M. A. BROWN 
 
 KUTSCHER'S 
 
 ICE CREAM AND CONFEC- 
 TIONERY 
 
 DEPARTMENT 
 STORE 
 
 TOMPKINSVILLE 
 
 PLEASANT PLAINS 
 
 TEL. 18l. 
 
 IS ELLIE ALBERT 
 
 PETER E. 
 
 
 LORENZER 
 
 MILLINERY 
 
 PLUMBER 
 
 WEST BRIGHTON 
 
 MARINER'S HARBOR 
 
 LAUNDRY 
 
 FIRST CLASS HAND WORK. 
 
 CHAS. FONG 
 
 7524 AMBOY AVE., 
 
 TOTTENVILLE 
 
 C. H. BRADY 
 
 EYERYTHINQ IN MEATS 
 AND FISH 
 
 1211 CASTLETON AVE. 
 WEST BRIGHTON, - S. I. 
 
 JAMES M. ROBERTS 
 
 GROCER AND BUTCHER 
 
 NEW BRIGHTON 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 XV 
 
 TEL. 41J. W. N. B. 
 
 H. M. VERE, D. D. S. 
 
 West New Brighton, N. Y. 
 
 GEO. L. EGBERT 
 
 HATS 
 
 TOMPKINSVILLE 
 
 TEL. 485-J. TOMP. 
 
 H. SIMON 
 
 Merchant Tailor 
 
 19 RICHMOND TURNPIKE 
 TOMPKINSVILLE, - S. I. 
 
 S. SACKS 
 
 CUSTOM TAILOR 
 
 211 Main Street, 
 tottenville, - - - n. y. 
 
 O. S. MANEE 
 
 GROCERIES 
 PLEASANT PLAINS 
 
 DR. GEO. A. DOW 
 
 SURGEON DENTIST 
 
 146 Amboy Road, 
 
 TOTTENVILLE, - N. Y. 
 
 MRS. P. 
 SCHNEIDER 
 
 SHOES 
 
 gents' furnishing 
 
 GOODS 
 PLEASANT PLAINS 
 
 A. GERST 
 
 TAILOR 
 West New Brighton 
 Telephone 262 W. 
 
 RED front 
 cash grocery 
 
 A. & L. Sher 
 Main Street, 
 
 TOTTENVILLE 
 TEL. 53-M. 
 
 W. J. PENTON 
 
 GROCERIES 
 
 PLEASANT PLAINS 
 
XVI 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 SCHWEIZER'S 
 
 C. A. SHEA 
 
 MEAT AND PROVISION 
 
 ' 
 
 
 CIGAR MANUFACTURER 
 
 MARKET 
 
 
 Pleasant Plains, - - S. I. 
 
 PLEASANT PLAINS, S. I. 
 
 JAMES W. LEE 
 
 HARRY W. PELCHER 
 
 ARCHITECT AND BUILDER 
 
 ARCHITECT 
 
 TOTTENVILLE 
 
 Port Richmond, - - N. Y. 
 
 F. E. V. 
 BRANDENBERG 
 
 DRUGGIST 
 
 NEW DORP 
 
 DR. A. D. DECKER 
 
 PHARMACY 
 
 PLEASANT PLAINS 
 
 
 BLASSER'S PHARMACY 
 
 West New Brighton 
 
 BENJ. WILLIAMS 
 
 REAL ESTATE^ INSURANCE 
 
 TOTTENVILLE, - N. Y. 
 
 GRx\Y B. SULLIVAN 
 
 pharmacy 
 
 WEST NEW BRIGHTON 
 
 E. W. DECKER 
 
 PHARMACIST 
 
 MARINER'S HARBOR 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS XVll 
 
 H. Traeger 
 
 HIGH-GRADE PIANOS, 
 PIANO PLAYER PIANOS, 
 
 AT REASONABLE PRICES 
 Terms cash or on easy monthly payments. Allowance made 
 on old pianos. Tuning and repairing a specialty. 
 
 PIANO WAREROOM: 
 
 MosEL Ave., xear Steubex St., ------ Concord, S. I. 
 
 Two blocks from Grasmere Railroad Station. 
 Telephone^ 264 J. Tompkinsville 
 
 Sharrott Brothers 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 FLOUR, FEED, HAY, STRAW AND ICE 
 
 PLEASANT PLAINS, S. I. 
 Telephone, 55 R. 
 
 COPIES OF 
 
 "STATEN ISLAND 
 AND STATEN ISLANDERS " 
 
 AT NEWS STANDS OR BY MAIL 
 
 RICHMOND BOROUGH ASS'N WOMEN TEACHERS, 
 
 Box 133, New Dorp, S. I. 
 
 JAMES La FORGE 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 FLOUR, FEED, HAY AND STRAW AND 
 GRAIN OF ALL KINDS 
 
 warehouse, pleasant plains. 
 Branch, Amboy Ave. & Main St., Tottenville, N. Y. 
 
 p. o. address, prince bay, 
 RICHMOND BOROUGH, NEW YORK CITY 
 
 TELEPHONES, 54-J ; RESIDENCE 7-R. 
 
XVlll ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 C. P. STORBERG 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
 
 GROCER AND BUTCHER 
 
 Headquarters for Elgin Creamery Butter 
 
 Tel. 216-L. 
 82-84-86 broadway 
 
 2-4-6-8-10 west union st. 
 
 1-3-5-7 STATE ST. 
 
 WEST NEW BRIGHTON, - - - STATEN ISLAND 
 
 HENRY ROWOHLT 
 
 CHOICE MEATS, FISH, VEGETABLES AND GROCERIES 
 
 COR. BROADWAY & CASTLETON AVE. TELEPHONE 680 W. B. 
 
 WEST NEW BRIGHTON, S. I. 
 
 CHARLES SCHNEIDER 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES 
 
 Tel. 60 W. B. 
 
 I67I-I673 Richmond Terrace 
 
 Dishes, Glassware and Table Decorations Furnished for 
 
 Weddings, Parties, etc. 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS XIX 
 
 W. W. MANEE 
 
 JOBBER AND DEALER IN 
 
 STOVES, RANGES, HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, 
 VARNISHES, GLASS, ETC. 
 
 HOUSEFURNISHING GoODS 
 AGENT FOR F. W. DEVOE LEAD AND ZINC PAINT 
 
 Amboy Ave., Pleasant Plains. 
 Phone 112-r Tottenville. 
 
 H. S. BROWEB 
 
 LICENSED PLUMBER 
 
 Gas, Steam and Hot Water Fitting 
 
 — dealer in — 
 
 STOVES, RANGES AND FURNACES. 
 
 jobbing promptly attended to. 
 
 Telephone 148-j, Great Kills, S. I. 
 
 OTTO WOEHBLE, 
 
 Heating, Plumbing and Tinsmithing, 
 
 2922-2924 RICHMOND TERRACE, 
 
 Between Union and Central Avenues, 
 
 JMariners Harbor, Staten Island, N. Y. 
 
 TELEPHONE 331j, W. B. 
 
 GENERAL HARDWARE^ ETC. GENERAL HARDWARE, ETC. 
 
 CONTBACTOBS' AND BUILDEBS' SUP- 
 PLIES. PAINTS AND OILS. 
 
 WINDOW SCREENS GARDEN HOSE 
 
 HOUSE NUMBERS LAWN MOWERS 
 
 SCREEN DOORS SHIP CHANDLERY 
 
 J. C. MULLER'S EMPORIUM 
 
 Bay St., corner Union Place, Stapleton, S. I. 
 
XX ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 A. P. SEMLER, PROP. 
 
 SOUTH SHORE COAL CO. 
 
 Grassmere, S. I. 
 
 TELEPHONE 121 WEST BROOKLYN. 
 
 THOMAS F. QUINLAN 
 
 DEALER IN THE BEST GRADES OF 
 
 COAL AND WOOD 
 Yard: Richmond Terrace^ adjoining r. r. station. 
 
 West New Brighton^ Staten Island, N. Y. 
 
 James Thompson Edward W. Thompson 
 
 Arthur G. Thompson 
 
 JAMES THOMPSON & SONS 
 
 LUMBER AND TIMBER 
 
 Trim, Sash, Doors, Blinds, &c., Masons' Materials 
 
 TEL. CALL 880 TOMPKINSVILLE. 
 
 Stapleton, N. Y. 
 
 L. A. ESSNER, Mgr. Telephone 39- 
 
 TOTTENVILLE AUTO GARAGE 
 
 197 Johnson Ave., Tottenville, N. Y. 
 
 Repairs and Supplies — General Machine Work 
 Foreign Cars a Specialty — Marine Engines Overhauled 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS XXI 
 
 DONGAN HILLS FEED k COAL CO. 
 
 W. B. Stephens^ Manager, 
 
 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Flour, Feed, 
 Grain, Oats, Hay, Straw, Salt, Coal, Wood, 
 Brick, Lumber, Lime, Cement, Sand and 
 Roofing Paper. ..... 
 
 office: buel ave. and Richmond road 
 
 STOREHOUSE AND YARD: BUEL AVE. AXD RATI-ROAD^ 
 DONGAN HILLS, S. I. 
 
 Tel. Calls : Office, 24-R, New Dorp ; Residence, 37-L, New Dorp. 
 
 On the New York City Supply List 
 
 THE ALDINE SYSTEM OF TEACHING 
 
 READING 
 
 LIST NO. 
 
 4969 Aldine Primer Grade lA 
 
 4970 Aldine First Reader Grades lA and IB 
 
 4971 Aldine Second Reader Grades 2 A and 2B 
 
 4982 Learning to Read — A Manual for Teachers 
 
 4974 Phonic Cards (23 in set) Grade lA 
 
 4973 Sight Word Cards, Primer Set (89 in set) . .Grade lA 
 
 4972 Sight Word Cards, Chart Set (55 in set).. Grade lA 
 
 4975 Rhyme Cards Grade lA 
 
 NEWSON & COMPANY, Publishers, 
 27 & 29 West Twenty-third Street, 
 
 NEW YORK CITY. 
 
XXll ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 Telephone, 400-West Brighton. 
 
 YARDS: 
 
 Ferry Street, Port Richmond 
 Bodine's Creek, West Brighton 
 Pleasant Plains 
 
 William S. Van Clief 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
 
 LUMBER AND TIMBER 
 
 ^ 
 
 MASONS' MATERIALS 
 
 SASH, DOORS PORT RICHMOND 
 
 BLINDS NEW YORK 
 
 MOULDINGS, ETC. 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS XXII I 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1895 
 
 J. T. ROURKE 
 
 REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 
 
 Auctioneer 
 
 We have Real Estate for sale any part of Staten 
 
 Island. We have customers for two family 
 
 flats. At the Hub, West New Brighton. 
 
 Telephone 80, W. B. 
 
 Castleton Avenue Auction Rooms 
 
 We buy and sell everything but Human Beings. 
 
 AUCTION SALES EVERY THURSDAY AT 
 
 1 P. M. 
 
 AUCTION SALES OF ANYTHING, ANYWHERE 
 
 AT ANYTIME 
 
 AT THE HUB, WEST NEW BRIGHTON 
 Call up 80 vv. b. 
 
 J. T. ROURKE, Manager. 
 
 Auction Sales 
 
 horses, wagons, harness, etc. 
 EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 1 P. M, 
 
 horses, wagons, etc., bought and sold. 
 At the Hltb. West New Brighton. 
 
 Call up 80-w. b. 
 
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 ADVERTISEMENTS 
 
 T. J. McEvoY 
 
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