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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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5th Street.The gentlemen connected with this enterprise, are such as willmake it certain,-that very soon we shall be in possession of oneof the finest Zoological Gardens in the world. With such a city as we have to-day on the Island of Man-hattan, what may we nol daim in the future for the new partabove the Harlem. If the old city which had a population ofabout 300,000 in 1840, and which in 50 years up to 1890, hadincreased to 1,600,000, an increase obtained without the aid ofsuch forces, as by the aggregation of nearly 3,000,000 peoplewithin a radius of 10 miles, are now in operation among us,what may we not claim, and justly claim, too, for our wards inthe future ? The new wards contain 12,317 acres,1 almost as manyacres as Manhattan Island. They are washed on the west bythe majestic Hudson, on the east by the East River and LongIsland Sound with the Harlem River between, thus giving thetwo wards an immense water front. Two or three ridges of 1 Since increased to about 26,800 acres.
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239 The Great North Side. land run nearly north and south, which make it possible tohave the most perfect system of drainage for all this great ter-ritory; hence, if it should be that we ever have a populationof even 2,000,000 the two subjects, of water supply and per-fect drainage will have been already provided for. The landon these ridges lies exceedingly well for residential purposes,commanding, as it does, magnificent views of both landscapeand water. The low lands on and near the banks of the Hud-son, the East, and the Harlem Rivers, and on the Sound, offermost valuable sites for business of all kinds, and especially formanufacturing purposes, not only so because of the low pricesnow ruling as compared w ith those on the Island, but becauseof their accessibility by both water and rail from all parts ofthe world. The low price of land in these two wards willcertainly make this part of our city, most desirable for manu-facturing establishments, and make it a centre for many impor-

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