Newburgh; her institutions, industries and leading citizens, historical, descriptive and biographical, Part 60

Author: Nutt, John J., comp
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Newburgh, N.Y. : Published by Ritchie & Hull
Number of Pages: 354


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CEMETERIES.


HERE are four cemeteries within the city limits and two in the suburbs. The Newburgh, or Old Town, Cemetery is in the block bounded by Liberty, South and Grand Streets, where stood the church of the Palatine settlers. It contains many ancient headstones. St. George's Cemetery, between Washington and South William Streets, is under the care of St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church. St. Patrick's Cemetery, bounded by Broadway, Prospect and First Streets, is the resting place of the Roman Catholic dead. The Hebrew burying-ground is in First Street, near the corner of Prospect.


WOODLAWN.


The Newburgh Woodlawn Cemetery Association is one of the cor- porate institutions of the city, as its name implies. It was incor- porated October 22, 1870. The cemtery is in the Town of New Wind- sor, about one mile from the city, at the end of one of the most delightful drives leading from our suburbs. The location is an ideal one for the purposes of a cemetery, with unsurpassed views of river and mountain. Crossing the great stone bridge on the southern side of the city, Quas- saick Avenue is lined on either hand with the splendid country- seats of retired gentlemen, with spacious grounds around each mansion laid out in groves and lawns in all the varieties that taste can plan and wealth accomplish. A well-shaded walk borders the west side of the avenue from the city limits to the cemetery. At its junction with Union Avenue are the gateways to the cemetery and the lodge of the superintendent. The grounds contain fifty acres, with such to- pographical features that no artificial improvement could enhance their


beauty. They are enclosed by a neat iron-rod fence, painted in light colors, and the northern boundary is hedged with a line of noble cedars. The lodge at the entrance is all but lost in a lux- uriant growth of ivy, but temptingly located for sketching. The grounds display a succession of choice plants and flowers all through the flowering season. There are settees beneath the shade trees for the convenience and accommodation of visitors. There is a dense grove at the western bounds, whilst interspersed over the grounds are noble century oaks in groups and alone. The lowland in the southwest part has been redeemed and drained, and covered with a carpet of grass. A natural stream of water flowing through the grounds takes all the sur- face water, and it is designed to util- ize it for the purpose of further beau- tifying the cemetery. The central winding drive is lined with maples, which have met, forming a bower of OLAAX luxuriant foliage, and pines, fir and elms decorate the lawns. The willow and poplar were good enough for the old cemeteries, but evergreens CLARK MONUMENT. Woodlawn Cemetery. and syringa for the new! The walks and drives are all deep-laid with gravel, edged, and well kept, and on every hand are plants and shrubs tastefully dis- posed around. There are many pretty urns, vases, statues, and a large boulder or field- stone inscribed " Woodlawn." A romantic drive leading through the woods on the southwest slope crosses a rustic bridge or two, where wild flowers grow and the birds wing fitfully overhead.


The family lots and plots are laid out cir- cular, square, diagonal, octagonal, and in every diversified form, but none of them en- closed with rails or fences, so forbidding and unsightly in old cemeteries and church-yards. There are several massive and imposing mon- uments to the illustrious dead sleeping here, and many objects of interest in sculptured marble, carved stone, and artistic designs. The Newburgh Home for the Friendless and the Grand Army Posts have lots in this ceme- tery, with fitting memorials to their dead.


MacLeod Rogers, the efficient superinten- dent in charge, has occupied this position for the last twenty years, and his ability and integrity are guarantees that the duties of his office are faithfully discharged. The present officers of the association are Daniel S. Waring,


WOODLAWN CEMETERY.


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President; Charles Caldwell, Vice-President; John Dales, Secretary, and Walter C. Anthony, Treasurer. Trustees-Daniel S. Waring, Charles Caldwell, Walter C. Anthony, John Galt, W. T. Terpenning, Lewis M. Smith, John Dales, James Bigler and L. S. Sterrit.


CEDAR HILL.


Cedar Hill Cemetery is situated about five miles north of the center of the city. It contains one hundred acres, with a landscape varied


and picturesque. The grounds are laid out like a park from the design of August Hepp. There are no fences nor mounds. There are three miles of winding drive-ways. A stream of spring-water supplies a pretty lake that covers 22 acres. At the present time there are about eleven hundred bodies interred at Cedar Hill, and many beautiful and costly monuments have been reared there. The grounds are under the control of the Cedar Hill Cemetery Associa- tion, which was organized in 1870, mainly through the efforts of Enoch Carter, who was himself among the first buried there.


SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.


POPULATION STATISTICS.


A bulletin just issued by the Census Bureau gives the result of the final counting of the population of the counties and cities of this State, from which we take the following:


HUDSON RIVER COUNTIES.


POPULATION.


INCREASE.


1890.


1880.


Number.


Per cent.


Westchester


146,772


108,988


37,784


34.67


Rockland


35,162


27,690


7,472


26.98


Orange


97,859


88,220


9,639


10.93


Rensselaer


124,511


115,328


9,183


7.96


Albany


164,555 87,062


154,890


9,665


6.24


Ulster.


85,838


1,224


1.43


Putnam


14,849


15,181


d 536


d 1.04


Dutchess


77,879


79,184


d 1,305


d 1.65


Greene


31,598


32,695


d 1,097


d 3.36


Columbia


46,172


47.928


d 1,756


d 3.66


HUDSON RIVER CITIES.


POPULATION.


INCREASE.


1890.


1880.


Number.


Per cent.


Yonkers*


32,033


18,892


13,141


69.56


Newburgh


23,087


18,049


5,038


27.91


New York City


1,515,30I


1,206,299


309,002


25.62


Cohoes


22,509


19,416


3,093


15.93


Kingston


21,261


18,344


2,917


15.90


Hudson


9,970


8,670


1,300


14.99


Poughkeepsie


22,206


20,207


1,999


9.89


Troy .


60,956


56,747


4,209


7.42


Albany .


94,923


90,758


4,165


4.59


* Yonkers has been the recipient of a large overflow from New York City, of which it is a suburb.


d Decrease.


STATISTICS OF ORANGE COUNTY.


By the census of 18So there were in Orange County 4,357 farms; 11 under three acres in extent; 368 under ten acres and more than three; 310 containing more than ten and less than twenty acres; 556 con- taining more than twenty and less than fifty acres; 1,041 containing more than fifty and less than one hundred acres; 2,031 containing be- tween one hundred and five hundred acres; 28 containing between five hundred and one thousand acres; and 11 containing more than one thousand. Average size, 115 acres.


Of the whole number of farms, 3,389 were cultivated by their owners; 687 were rented for a fixed money rental, and 281 for shares of products.


The total acreage was 499,817; improved, 364,051; unimproved, 135,766; woodland and forest, 115,480.


Total value of farms, $26,115,218; value of farming implements, $877,725; value of live stock, $3,127,851 ; estimated value of all farm productions, $4,210,217.


Number of horses in Orange County, 11,583; mules and asses, 145; working oxen, 748; milch cows, 46,154; other cattle, 10,675; sheep, 5,127; swine, 15,629. Milk sold, or sent to butter or cheese factories in 1879, 18,742,335 gallons-largest production of any county in the United States. Butter made on farms, 1,221,295 lbs.


On 22 acres, 500 bushels of barley were raised; 40,940 bushels of buckwheat were raised on 2,521 acres; 619,753 bushels of corn on 19,427 acres; 424,772 bushels of oats on 15,815 acres; 106,981 bushels of rye on 9,524 acres; 75,156 bushels of wheat on 5,849 acres.


The population of Orange County in 1880 was 88,220; in 1890, 97,859.


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NEWBURGH.


Memorable Events in the City's Life.


1865, April 22-City of Newburgh incorporated.


1865, June 13-Return of the 124th Regiment from the War.


x866, Mar. 12-First City Officers inangurated.


1866, Dec. 28-Third Ward Grammar School dedicated.


1867, Sep. 9-Sculling match between James Hamill and Walter Brown.


1867, Nov. 28-Mary Powell died, aged 82.


1867, Dec. 13-Opening of the Montgomery and Erie Railroad.


1867, Dec. 16-Work commenced on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad at Denning's Point.


1868, Jan. - Rear Admiral Henry H. Bell, of Newburgh, drowned off Osaka, Japan.


1868, Feb. 11-Streets and avenues laid out by commissioners.


1868, Mch. 27-The present Young Men's Christian Association organized. 1868, Sept. 17-Trotting match, for $1,000, at Highland Park, between Goldsmith Maid and Geo. Palmer.


1868, Oct. 1-$202,500 subscribed at public meeting for building a railroad to Kingston.


1868, Oct. 20-New Savings Bank building opened for business.


I868, - Robinson Avenue graded from North Street to First Street, at a cost of $15,498.59.


I868, -


- Carpenter Avenne graded from North Road to Western Avenue, at a cost of $19,786.26.


1869, June 11-Trotting match between Mountain Boy and Lady Thorne at Highland Park.


1869, Ang. 3-Two acres added to area of Washington's Headquarters.


1869, Aug. 7-General Grant visited Newburgh.


1869. Aug. 23-Newburgh & New York R. R. (Short Cut) opened.


1369, - - Grand Avenne graded.


1869, Nov. 20-Unparalleled rainstorm and destructive hurricane.


1870, May 24-First meeting of Common Council in new rooms in Savings Bank building. 1870, Aug. 30-John L. Seaverns murdered.


1870, Sept. 19-The Powelton House burned.


1870, - Stone Street graded from First Street to Gidney Avenue.


1870,


- South Miller Street graded.


1870, -


Third Street graded from Johnston Street to West Street, at a cost of $19,596. 12.


1870, - -


William Street graded from Washington Street to Railway Avenue.


1870, - - Population, 17,094.


1870, Oct. 22-Newburgh Woodlawn Cemetery incorporated.


1870, Nov. 21-Cedar Hill Cemetery Association organized.


1871, Mch. 3-Walter Brown, the oarsman, died aged 31.


1871, June 3-Ex-Mayor George Clark died.


1871, July 10-First trip of ferryboat Fanny Garner.


1871, Nov. 4-Newburgh's contribution to Chicago relief fund exceeded $5,500.


1871; - - South Street graded from Carpenter Avenne to South Plank Road, at a cost of $55,942.70.


1871, -


- Robinson Avenue graded from First Street to Railway Avenne.


1872, Jan. 1-Newburgh's first steam fire engine tested.


1872, June 12-Corner stone of Grammar School No. 2 laid.


1872, - - Lake Street graded from Western Avenue to the Quassaick.


1873, April 30-A plot in Cedar Hill Cemetery presented to the Fire Department. 1873, June 9-Mailler's storehouse and barge Newburgh burned.


1873, - Ann Street graded from Mill Street to Lake Street.


13. 1873, - First Street graded from Stone Street to West. 1


1874, May 11-The Board of Trustees of Washington's Headquarters created. 1874, Dec. 3-Mayor Chancey M. Leonard died.


1875, Feb. 2-Old Mill Street, from South William to Dickson Street, closed. 1875, May 21-Spelling match at Newburgh between Poughkeepsie and New- burgh teams.


1875, June 5-Rev. Thos. T. Farrington died.


1875, - - The second history of Newburgh published.


1875, - New houses erected for hose companies Nos. 2 and 5


1876, Jan. 1-Centennial jubilee.


1876, July 2-Religious observance of centennial of American independence.


1876, July 4-Centennial celebration.


1876, Sept. 23-Publication of Newburgh Telegraph discontinued.


1877, April 20-Banquet to Cyrus B. Martin.


1877, Nov. 29-New ferry slip at Fishkill opened.


1878, Feb. 13-New public Library opened.


1878, Mch. 15-Commodore Graham died.


1878, May 30-First exhibition of the phonograph in Newburgh.


1878, Sept. 25-Newburgh gave $2,612.60 for relief of yellow fever sufferers in the South.


1878, Oct. 1-Ferryboat Union burned.


1878, Oct. 8-Operation of theological seminary discontinued.


1878, Nov. 16-Orville M. Smith died, aged 72.


1878, - - New house for C. M. Leonard Steamer Co. erected.


1879, April 23-Iron ferryboat City of Newburgh launched.


1879, July 5-Mastodon unearthed at Little Britain.


1879, July 28-Telephone company asked permission to erect poles.


1880, June 25-Armory opened.


1880, - - Population of city 18,049.


1881, May 30-Soldiers' and sailors' monument in Woodlawn Cemetery un- veiled.


1881, Sept. 26-Business suspended in consequence of funeral of President Garfield.


1881, Dec. 8-Opening of New York & New England Railroad to Newburgh.


1883, May 15-Visit of the Commercial Club of Providence.


1883; June 4-First train on West Shore R. R. from Newburgh to New York.


1883, June 15-Y. M. C. A. building opened.


1883, Aug. 25-Quassaick Bridge accepted.


1883, Oct. 18-Newburgh centennial celebration.


1884, Aug. 2-Steamer Eagle burned.


1884, Aug. 15-Rev. John Brown, D. D., died.


1884, Oct. 1-Free mail delivery begun.


1884, Nov. 13-Centennial of the establishment of the Presbyterian Church in Newburgh.


1885, Jan. 18-Charles Downing died.


1885, Aug. 8- Business suspended in consequence of funeral of General Grant.


1885, Oct 31=Moody and Sankey meetings.


1885, Nov. 24-West Shore Railroad was sold at Newburgh Court House for $22,000,000.


1886, June 14-Arrival of steamer Newburgh.


1886, July 4-Isaac White murdered.


1886, Sept. 2-New Academy dedicated.


1886, Oct. 17-Rev. John Forsyth died. .


1886, Dec. 23-Street railway opened.


1887, Feb. 24-Steamer Homer Ramsdell launched.


1887, Mch. 1-Elected first Alderman-at-Large.


1887. July 3-Rev. Samuel Carlisle died.


1888, Mch. 12-An unprecedented snowstorm-a veritable blizzard.


1888, Sept. 17-The Academy of Music opened.


1889, Mch. 19-The electric fire alarm system accepted.


1889, July 1-Newburgh contributed $5, 164.44 for the Johnstown flood sufferers.


1889, Sept. 27-The National flag ordered displayed on public school buildings every school day.


1890,


- Population, 23,087.


1891. Jan. 24-A further, strip of land added by purchase to the area of Wash- ington's Headquarter ...


- South William Street graded from Lake Street to river, at a cost of $15,215.


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