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That the Water Works of the city, if they operate at all, as there is no doubt they will, will confer

a benefit on the city far exceeding their pecuniary cost, both by raising the value of property and

twelve millions of dollars worth of benefit from them, that we are to pay more for them than they were

the wealthy, the wise, the good, of the city par excellence .

The city has therefore a right to expect from such men, so appointed, an administration of pre-eminent

History of the Introduction of Water into the City HISTORY OF THE INTRODUCTION OF WATER INTO THE CITY

As early as 1835, public meetings were held on the subject of a water supply.

relied upon as sources of supply for the city.

were to be laid, and eight hundred hydrants provided for the then wants of the city.

On the 27th of March the report of the committe were adopted.

in the summer, as if there was no danger to public health from any cause but epidemics—as if there were

regular and constant sanitary reforms and obligations to be introduced and enforced throughout the city

There are practices carried on, which are destructive to the salubrity of the city—there is a general

below those of almost every city of similar size on earth.

What then does Brooklyn need, in order to guarantee, that in her limits, density of population shall

Health of the City The Health of the City. The annual report of Dr.

their minor duties, and ought now to devote more time to the sanitary and social conditions of the city

prove abortive unless and effectual check is place upon the systematic habits of a portion of our population

putrifying animal and vegetable matter mingle with the atmosphere, to the injury of all sections of the city

s report, we were about to repeat the eulogy which we had already bestowed on it, as a careful and valuable

are many families and much furniture coming this way and there is very little of an exodus from the city

So far as we can learn, there never was a former year when anything like so many houses were engaged

connection to state, that ere the sun goes down to-night there will literally be thousands added to the population

command of the best materials, and the most critically overlooked workmen—no work more worthy a proud, populous

, ambitious and opulent city, full of the spirit and the means to do as much as any city upon earth has

do we think there has ever been anything superior in ancient times; the Roman Aqueducts and Cloacæ were

home to our immediate presence, we have such a work, in its sort the peer of the best of any other city

We have drank in all part of North American, at Niagara, at the Straits of Machinaw, the Missouri, the

that the forcing system of school instruction is prematurely wasting the physical stamina of the population

forcibly expressed by the writer in the Atlantic, that we appealed to the Board of Education in this city

Boston in 1854, which resulted in the triumph of the physiologists over the cranium crammers, who were

find space to mention; but we do most seriously exhort every member of the Board of Education of this city

The following were among the guests who went out: HARTFORD, CONN.

There were also some fifty prominent officials of this city.

Speeches were made after dinner in reply to various toasts in honor of the guests, proposed by the city

Wickware, of Jersey City &c.

This Company were the guests of Engine Company No. 9.

And indeed he is popular all over the city, or else he never would have been elected as he was, when

all his associates on the ticket were so utterly overthrown.

He was the most faithful and industrious legal officer that the city has had—he filled the office of

any number of other renewals of the same trust from the same constituency—for I can assure him they were

kinsmen, my subject is engaged just now in developing the resources and augmenting the prosperity and population

Hine, who had painted Whitman's portrait in 1860.

talks about a new photo of “the eccentric poet” on display at Root’s Daguerrian Gallery in New York City

his painting of Whitman on this image, which in turn served as the model for Stephen Alonzo Schoff’s 1860

See Ted Genoways, "'Scented herbage of my breast': Whitman's Chest Hair and the Frontispiece to the 1860

in general questions, but attending strictly to the concerns of his own particular portion of the city

one of the leading men in the city councils.

does for the public gratuitously more work than almost any man who receives a large salary from the city

Though not a native American, he possesses in a high degree the best qualities which are “to the manor

A short, stout, dark-haired man, who formerly sat in the City Councils with the two above mentioned.

Spinola—authorizing the city to borrow $29000. By Mr.

Ostrander, Epenetus Webster," and their associates To run over the Brooklyn City railroad track, from

In the city of Brooklyn; thence along First street to Division avenue; thence upon the track of the Broadway

intersection with South Sixth street, to and cross Union avenue to and through Montrose avenue to the city

Why the water of the city of Brooklyn should be "distributed" in the county of Queens, is more than we

Even the strongest Lecomptonists admit, sotto voce , that the issue in 1860 is between the two D's—Douglas

Every Congressman from New York city, and every Tammany man who visits Washington during the next session

General Duryea introduced a bill into the Legislature to provide the rites of sepulture for the American

These martyrs to American liberty were the soldiers captured at Fort Washington and who were afterwards

Some idea may be formed of their heroism, fortitude and devotion, when we recall the fact that they were

, at any time that they would abandon the American cause.

The ceremonies on this occasion were of an imposing character; the federal officers were invited to take

question of the constitutional right of the people to govern themselves—of the inhabitants of this city

now at Albany, understood to be designed to place the control of the water works and sewers of the city

the allegations of unconstitutionality and tyrranical interference with the people's rights which were

The water works were to cost $4,200,000 Including the half million for the closed conduit, they will

probably cost the city a million and a quarter more than that sum by the time they are finished.

It is an event to which the people of this city have looked with absorbing anxiety, and which the residents

of other cities have regarded with friendly interest.

labored to create the works, to the aldermen who have striven to make the celebration worthy of the city

For all these are citizens of Brooklyn; it is their own city which has been beautified and glorified,

To the delegations from other cities, and the visitors from abroad, we may indeed be grateful.

Notice was circulated in this city on Saturday evening that the Water and Sewerage bills would be discussed

before the Committee on Cities and Villages on Monday evening, and Mr.

without his knowledge and consent and that the meeting could not be held, as most of the Committee were

In the cars, the Water Works and all appertaining thereto were so loudly and volubly discussed, that

The Grand street railroad bills were before a Committee of the Assembly this afternoon.

CELEBRATION The celebration which is proposed for the 27th, in honor of the introduction of water into the city

, promises to be the most imposing demonstration ever witnessed in the city of Brooklyn.

Scarcely a manufacturing establishment in the city is there but what has indicated to the committee an

strikes us as somewhat strange that none of the many Temperance Societies and organizations in our city

At the meeting of the Committee this morning, applications for places in the procession were received

yet complete and full history of the preliminary movements for the introduction of water into the city

, which we published yesterday, was compiled from the City Clerk's manual for 1858-9—a work which contains

Bishop, whom every well wisher of the city, irrespective of party, desires long to see occupying that

position in the city government which he so competently and creditably fills.

to any of the rest, and which at first, before we learned the circumstances of its authorship, we were

Black of Black and Batchelder, ca. 1860 This rugged, footloose portrait was taken by James Wallace Black

, of Black & Batchelder, in March 1860, when Whitman was in Boston to oversee the typesetting of his

1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

the publishing firm of Thayer & Eldridge, who apparently commissioned the photograph to promote the 1860

the basis for the engraving of Whitman that appeared with its review of Leaves of Grass on June 2, 1860

former portraits have not been high colored and flattering enough to suit the people for whom they were

He is best known to the public from his services in the Common Council, where high expectations were

His impulsiveness—rashness I had almost said—has often offended, for the time being, those who were the

I hope at no distant day to see him again in our city councils, or in some more extended sphere of public

And there is no more hard-working man in the city than my subject, who labors unceasingly for the good

I am rather gratified to find that my first sketches were generally recognized, and their fidelity admitted

He is not deficient in public spirit, but until laterally has hardly shown that interest in city matters

Some of our hard, matter-of-fact people, who never talk or think of anything but dollars and city lots

enterprise which, if carried out, will confer untold benefits on the north eastern portion of the city

Many men who are now well to do in business, were started by him; his was the capital—though he is not

— Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates this manuscript scrap to before 1860 (Notebooks and Unpublished

the poem that would later be titled "Recorders Ages Hence," first published as "Calamus 10" in the 1860

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates this manuscript scrap to before 1860 (Notebooks and Unpublished

the poem that would later be titled "Recorders Ages Hence," first published as "Calamus 10" in the 1860

This note is possibly related to the poem "Recorders Ages Hence," first published in Leaves of Grass (1860

If the object of the New York authorities were to increase prostitution and depravity, they could not

The police of that city neither vigorously put down all such places, nor tolerate them, under inspection

favor of their Borioboola Gha Missions elsewhere; but to call the attention of the police of this city

" of their brethren in New York are having the effect of driving the frail sisterhood over to this city

Secretary, we find the following: The last case I shall mention is that of a gentleman with whom you were

, has again and again been disgraced by being placed on the list of arrested "bummers" sent to the City

Were such cases rare—had the gifted Freeman Hunt been almost the only man to whom the existence of an

Ex-Mayor Lambert of this city is one of the Trustees, and by him, or Mr.

A number of the idle boys were playing around the basin and climbing up the marble jet, and it was generally

The fountain in the City Hall Park was tried on Saturday, and a jet of water thrown to the height of

for all citizens who can do so, to entertain some of the distinguished visitors who will crowd the city

The "boys" were busily engaged yesterday (they must be excused, this time, if it was Sunday) in polishing

Morris, 144 Fulton street, this city.

.— Alderman Pierson’s resolutions last evening were decidedly premature. Let Ald.

McNamee’s committee go on and construct a fountain in the City Hall Park, and another on the corner of

He was taken to the drug store adjacent, where his wounds were dressed, and he was sent to the City Hospital

was one of the best that has ever been given in Williamsburgh, for in addition to the members there were

Pierce and Burnham of this city, each one of whom is a host in himself.

Ryder, Burnham and Halsted formed a very beautiful tableau on the parallel bars and were loudly applauded

Messrs Brady, Burnham, Halsted and Ryder's performances in the swinging rings were beautiful and daring

; where all were so excellent it may be presumptuous to particularize, but to our own mind Mr.

The cars were absolutely crowded down, either one way or the other, during the whole day, and the facilities

of the line were not sufficient to accommodate one half the travel.

In one corner of the empty reservoir a half-dozen vagabond boys were engaged in an energetic game of

intense desire among those who visited this building to have a look at the pumping engine, but they were

the wells are completely covered in by a large wooden shed sort of arrangement, the doors of which were

end, as they have not heard from me for several weeks; but the fact is that a brief absence from the city

In the county towns as well as in the city, everyone concurs in speaking well of him.

When last elected he was solitary and alone of his party—the rest were all left far behind—but even the

bitter animosity is a partisanship, engendered by presidential elections, were assuaged by the general

He holds an important position under the city government—one which requires, almost beyond any other,

.— The Scientific American thinks that more die annually from a want of sufficient brain-work than from

Galileo and Roger Bacon both lived to 78, Buffon died at 81, Goethe and West were 82, Franklin and Herschel

he is a native and resident of Brooklyn, Long Island, born and bred in an obscurity from which it were

His Leaves of Grass were a revelation from the Kingdom of Nature.

If there were any relief to the unmeaning monotony, some glimpse of fine fancy, some oasis of sense,

-1874) was an American writer and actress who contributed a lively column for the Saturday Press from

The comedic works of François Rabelais (c. 1490-1553) were known for their risqué quality.

-1874) was an American writer and actress who contributed a lively column for the Saturday Press from

1859-1864.; The comedic works of François Rabelais (c. 1490-1553) were known for their risqué quality

—and is it not a shame that the city should have to pay for printing it and sending it forth to the world

Would that old Isaac Disraeli were alive, that Dr.

This poem later appeared as A Word Out of the Sea in Leaves of Grass (1860); as Out of the Cradle Endlessly

German and the Scandinavian Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates this manuscript to before 1860

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates this manuscript to before 1860 (Notebooks and Unpublished

and Amazon, we have shown that she offers a climate genial and unrivaled for its salubrity, and a population

present disturbed condition of our relations with Paraguay, and the large space which the South American

It is singular how, with capacious halls, and a numerous, refined, and educated population, we do not

If this be so the city has been swindled by the commissioners, Engineers and Contractors to a fearful

They were informed that six or seven hundred feet of the loose stone fence, which constitutes the only

Now, however, when we are told that the vast expenditures of the city on this Reservoir have been thrown

Each newly formed Board of Aldermen of the city of Brooklyn is in the habit of introducing itself to

Last night the old scenes were reenacted, with accessories There was the foul insinuation covertly launched

We have resisted, in a previous article, the common disparaging view taken of the health of American

comparison with that of English women; but we, at the same time, felt constrained to admit, that American

But we wish the superior beauty of our girls were no more rapidly evanescent than is hereby accounted

with a purse as light as when he went in, but at the same time rich in the universal sentiment of the city

progenitor and namesake falling upon him, have played no small part in the affairs of the village and the city

As it is, the consolidation of the two cities, and the erection of a seperate separate ward out of the

21 I turn now to another part of the district, and select for portraiture a man of whom, though I were

The reasons which we gave some days since for the speedy selection of one large grand Park for the city

Greenwood is located at the very extremity of the city.

It would not be necessary for any considerable portion of the city to take more than one railroad route

No equal tract can be found in or near the city, unintersected by roads. IV. It is cheap.

The city already owns the Reservoir and a large space around it, which will be so much less to pay for

Among the various questions to be decided by the Commissioners for locating parks in this city, we regard

If parks are to be "breathing places" or "lungs" for the city, let them be large enough for a good-sized

With a wide expanse of water on three sides of the city, and an illimitable expanse of open country in

Also, an inspection of it shows that no other spot of anything like the size could be found in the city

Add to this the cheapness of the land, and the accessibility of the place from all parts of the city,

of popular institutions while refusing sympathy to popular excesses, to embody the opinion of the American

school boys yet unborn, as it is by thousands now living, his reputation at the first of living American

He tells us that the defects of Murray were strongly impressed upon his attention while he taught grammar

20 American air I have breathed, breathe henceforth also of me, American ground that supports me, I will

See "Remembrances I plant American ground with" and "A Remembrance."

American air I have breathed

See "Remembrances I plant American ground with" and "A Remembrance.

accommodation for the people; and if his efforts had been properly seconded by the representatives of the city

Into the demonstration made at this end of the city on the occasion of the water celebration he entered

eventually remunerative as well as successful, to cheapen and improve the means of access to this city

If I were writing sketches of all the good men, I should have to include at least some clergyman; but

This poem later appeared as "A Word Out of the Sea," Leaves of Grass (1860); as "Out of the Cradle Endlessly

are justly open, of being designed to establish an irresponsible and all-powerful triumvirate in the city

, authorised by the Legislature to spend the city's money ad libitum , without as much as saying "by

These, with a provision guarding the city's interests more stringently in the matter of the proposed

.— The "donkey engine" which figured in the preliminary introduction of the Ridgewood Water to the city

About a million and a half gallons of water are already daily used in the city and the present depth