AND   BUILDERS'   GUIDE.





Vol; I.]





NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 18G8.





[No. 14.





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THE EAST SIDE ASSOCIATION.

Tuia Association ■will hold a meeting at
Masonic Hall, SOth st., bet. 3d and 4th avs.,
YorkviUe, on Tuesday evening', June 23d, at 8
o'clock, for the election of officers for the ensu¬
ing year.

This AviU be the first meeting of the Associa¬
tion in their corporate capacii^. We hope
that at this-meeting measures Avill he adopted
that Avill thoroughly awaken the property
OAvners of the east side to their interests, and
secure improvements --and benefits commen¬
surate Avith the future grandeur of our city
and tho age in which we live. The sister As¬
sociation on the west side, noAV so thoroughly
organized and effective for good, has accom¬
plished much, very much, for itself and for the
city, that Avill for aU time malce that portion of
our city in Avhich their energies and efforts have
been expended the most beautiful of any city in
the world—nature superlatively adorned by art,
the abode of the intelligent, the refined, the
wealthy,-:7-the envy and the admiration of
foreigners, and the pride of the people of this
city.

While it is impossible, OAving to the natural
elevation of the east side, and the definite ar¬
rangement of streets and avenues therein, to vie
or compete Avith the west side, yet its value to
the growth and future prosperity of our city is
none the less marked. It is evident that the
whole of the east sideAvill before many years be
swallowed up, as it AA-ere, by the avaricious de¬
mands of trade and commerce. The industries
and enterprise and labor of this great metropolis
win, along the East and Harlem rivers, the ave-
. nues contiguous and the streets running across,
find ample room for their development. It be¬
hooves, then, the people of the East Side Asso¬
ciation to grasp the mighty question of the
proper development of the district under its
jurisdiction, and with no narrow or parsimo¬
nious policy to retard or impede its progress and
its healthy groAvth, but rather, with judicious,
far-seeing purposes, so labor with earnest and
united efforts as to make the easterly side of our
city, Avith its magnificent water-front, the cen¬
tre of a commerce, the greatest the world has
ever'seen.

While they who live to-day -will have assisted
to rear up oui commerce, now in its earliest
stages, its infancy of development, profiting by





it to a great extent, it Avill.be for future gen¬
erations to reap the fuU benefit of the Avisdom
which they are now called upon to display.
Tfiey will then have cause to rejoice at the muni¬
ficence of their ancestors, and their history Avill
place our names in the highest niche in the
Temple of Fame, as the greatest benefactors
the Avorld has ever produced; for we lived
and Avrought not for ourselves but for pos¬
terity.

The greate-st success, then, to the East Side
Association, in its noble efforts for the pros¬
perity and grandeur of our city; with a states¬
manlike policy, let it contemplate what New
York Avill be a centtiry hence, and act Avith
purposes united to make its realization a thing
apparent to the mental A^sion of many Avho
live to-day.





BONNER'S HOME.

We have obtained many facts relating to tho
property ha Westchester Co., about which Mr.
Boimer, in his characteristic advertisement, has
said much to offend the people in that vicinity;
and it is but just that we should state them,
and be relieved from the imputation of doing
such a Avrong as is contained in Avhat the
lawyers call the suppressio veri—suggestio falsi.

In the first place, the residence of IVIr. Bon¬
ner is situated in the midst of a dense forest,
through which the genial rays of the sun can
scarcely penetrate. The house is therefore
necessarily very damp. Besides, there is a
large tract of land contiguous, Avhich every
season is flooded for the purpose of forming ice,
furnished to residents in the Ancinity and in
Harlem.

In the spring and summer this place gen¬
erates 7nalaria. It is a proper subject for the
Board of Health to investigate, and if it is the
nuisance it is said to be, should be abated.

In respect to the drainage of this and other
parts of Morrisania, it is not generally knoAvn
what steps have been taken to reclaim them,
but we are assured that as expeditiouslj' and
economically as possible, the authorities of the
toAvn are doing all that they can for that ob¬
ject.

Streets are being opened, regulated, curbed,
guttered, flagged, seAvers built, and everything
done to make that portion of the county in
the highest degree healthful.

It is also stated that the object of the adver¬
tisement above alluded to is not apparent on
its face, as parties stand ready to purchase the
property mentioned in it, and that it cannot be
bought for any reasonable amount. It is
further said that it is nothing more nor less
than a big speculative job to depreciate the
value of property in that locality Avith a view
of buying it up. Both sides should be heard; so
we state what is said on the other sido.





A CHANGE IN CLUB LIFE.

TnE selling out of the Athenaeum Club, which
took place last Aveek, and the heavy mortgages
we have recently recorded as haAring been taken
by several of the other clubs, shoAvs that those
institutions are not likely to be long-lived in
this country. Club life is an exotic in the
United States. It is too idle and aimless for
the busy, bustling, public-.gpirited American.
The really successful clubs here are those
which have a public function, such as the
Manhattan and the Union League clubs, both
of AA'hich are of great use to their respective
parties. The "Century" is successful, but
then it is a rather sioAv and cheap affair,
although its list of members contains some of
the best names in the city, in literature and
art. It is kept up by artists mainly, who,
through the club, get customers for their pic¬
tures. The other clubs are places where idle
people loaf, drink, and gamble, and are ju.stly
regarded by respectable families as soci\l nui¬
sances. So there Avill be no tears shed over
their failure.

"What Ave need is an American typo of club,
to which both sexes aa'III be admitted, and
which Avill embrace the best of the working
classes. To be successful, they must be vlsb-
ful, which can be effected Avithout detracting
from their social features. DoAvn Avith the
drinking, idling, gambling, exclusive clubs, and
success to the American Club—the club of the
future.





The reason why the work of paving with Bel¬
gian pavement 2d av. from 61st to 86th sta.
has been suspended, is in consequence of a no¬
tice from the Croton Aqueduct Department to
the contractors, Avho had been furnishing poor
stone.

It is better that the public should suffer a
little inconvenience than that bad material
should be furnished. The Croton Aqueduct
Board deserve a great deal of credit for the
course they pursue in this instance, which ia
characteristic of the administration of the affairs
of that Department. Contractors avUI be taught
a lesson, that they cannot w'ith impunity rush
in a lot of bad material, getting the highest
price paid for the best.

The Avork Avill undoubtedly soon be resumed,
as, unless the material is according to contract,
it Avill be annulled.





Amherst, Mass., is growing rapidly. It ia
estunated that §450,000 Avorth of new build¬
ings are erecting this season, including the ad¬
ditions to the tAVO colleges, Avhich ia one-fifth
the valuation of the toAvn.

Chicago has of buildings, 35,654 that are
built of Avood; 3,772 built of brick and stone •
32,047 dwelUng houses, 1,695 stores, and 1,307
Avorkshops and factories.