CHRONOLOGY : INVENTION AND PROSPERITY : i8
 

-1841
 

1585
 

contracted views of our ancestors who firat aettled thia dty; the
raanner in which the streets were laid out (if the eipression may be
used) shews that their conceptions never eitended to such a popu¬
lation as throngs the walks even at the present day, and when we
look forward to future centuries and consider what may fairly be
calculated from the pre-eminent advantages ot situation which
New-York enjoys, tbe conclusion is obvious that sorae dteration
in our streets raust take place. The thoroughfares between the
■ two rivers are hut three, and of theae the principal Is Maiden Lane,
the paveraent of which is so narrow that it ia with difficulty persons
get along without stepping off into the mud of the gutter and
under the wheels of carta .   ,   ."—N.Y. Eve Post,0 21, iii$.

The fkst meeting ot the vestry of St. George's Church is held
in the new edifice on Beekraan St. (see Ja 5, 1814).-Ansrice,H/W,
of St. George's Church, 68. The cost of rebuilding the church and
rector's house was $84,075. The church was thua described in
1845, the hdl, dock, organ, chandeliers, and sraaller gaUeriea being
installed at dates later than 1815 when the building was finished;

"It is a plain and unpretending stone structure, with five long
windows on each side, over which are the cornices ot the eaves.
The roof is steep pitched, and haa a plain white balustrade running
along the gutter. In front, the tower projects slightly in advance
of the main building, but the greater portion of it lies within the
Church. The extreme length of St. George's is 101 feet 6 inches,
and its width is 72 feet 6 Inches, covering a space ot 7,275 square
feet. The tower contains a fine beU and a dock. The heU was pre¬
sented by Mr. Thomas H. Sraith .   .   .

"The interior of tbe Church presents a much more beautiful
appearance than the exterior, being handsomdy finished witb
lofty colurans, haring carved capitds ot the Corinthian order. The
ground floor is di^-ided Into three aisles, and on each aide of the
Church, aupported by columns, is a coraraodious gdlery. At the
weat end, connecting the raain galleries, is another, in the centre
of which is the choir, containing a handsorae organ, set In a mahog¬
any case, and surmounted by a lyre. Immediately above this gal¬
lery are two sraaller ones, intended for the accommodation of the
Sunday scholars.

"The celUng ia painted light stone, in repreaentation ot pand-
work. From the centre depend three large and splendid glass
chandeliers."—76/(f.,69, dtingOnderdonk'sHiit, PflmpA/e/j(i845).

The common council appropriates S300 to the managers of the
Socletyfor the Rdlef ot Indigent Females.—flf. C, C. (1784-1831),
VIII; 333-34.

The street coraraissioner Is directed to take raeasures for
opening 70th St. troro Tenth Ave. to the North River. Tbe pro¬
prietors have offered to cede grou:id free ot expense, the money
tor corapleting the above is to be raised by assessraents on those
deeraed to be benefitted, and the condition is raade that the road
when opened and regulated be "considered k treated as a common
Highway to he worked and kept in repair as such by the Inhabi¬
tants and not by the Coraraon Council or al the pubUc charge."—
flf. C. C. (1784-1831), VIU: 338-39.

The coraraon council recdves a report from the comraittee ot
ddence rdating to the efforts raade in erecting defences and secur¬
ing funda, recoramending the upkeep of the ddencea, and lauding
the efforta of Gen. Joseph G. Swift who directed the work. It is
also recommended that the board arrange for a portrait ot him to
be painted and hung in the corporation's portrait gallery. The
common council directa that sucb action be taken, and also that
the copy of the Minutes ot Defence, together with the portfolio ot
maps and drauings (see D 31, 1814), be preserved araong tbe cor¬
poration's archives.—flf. C. C. {1784-1831), VIII: 339-44; N. Y.
Eve Post, N 7, 1815.

"The Public is respectfully informed, that. In consequence of
the arrival of Coraraodore Decatur, The Front of the Theatre, will,
this Evening, be Brilliantly Illuminated, And a Naval Transparency
eihibited, emblematical of his successes during his glorious cruise.
Painted by Mr. Jarvis."—Af. Y. Eve Posl, N 14, 1815.

Tbe second Treaty of Paris is concluded between France under
Louis XVIU and the dlies. France is forced to give up some of
her territory, to cede a number of strategic poata on her northern
and eastern frontiers, and to pay an indemnity of 700,000,000
francs. Eighteen fortresses are to be occupied by 150,000 allied
troops for frora three to five years.—Hazen, Europe since 1815, 13.

Russia, Prussia, Austria, and England forra the Quadruple
AUiance.—Hazen, Modern European Hisl; 255.
 

The coraptroUer reports that the sales ot the governraent house   Dec.
lots and buildings thereon (see My 25 and 26) "have been dosed      4
& finaUy adjuated."--.Vf. C. C. (1784-1831), VUl: 358-59.

The common council votea an appropriation of S750 to the
Society for the Relief of Poor Widowa with Children.-M. C. C.
(1784-1831), VIU:  359-60.

The road coramittee orders the eipenditure ot $490 tor the    18
road to Macorab's Bridge, and S508 is advanced "tor tiraber for the
Bridge across Harlera Creek."^Journal B, 118, comptroller's office.

Macomb's Dam Bridge acroas the Harlera River Is finished.— 21
N. Y. Eve Posl, D 21, 1815. "The Bridge . . . consists of the
Dam itself which Mr Macomb was Authorized to erect [see Ap
8, S 20, O 18, 1813, and Ja 10, 1814] and which for the purpose ot
bdng used also as a bridge has been made wider and In a raore
expensive Manner than would otherwise have been necessary. The
sarae Law whicb Granta perrolsaion to build the Dara dso grants
to M'' Macomb and hia hdrs forever the Sole and exclusive use of
the Water dammed—A grant which at no great distance of time
will probably be of exceeding great value."—M. C. C. (1784-1831),
IX: 83.

The board ot hedth urges the people to be vacdnated in order 25
to prevent the spread of sraallpox, which baa appeared in the
dty. Six phyricians are to visit the various houses and offer to
perform the Inoculation. The New York Dispensary at the corner
of Broadway aod Chambers St. will also be open from nine untU
six.-A", r. Eve Post, Ja 3, i8i6. See Ja 29, 1816.

At a general meeting hdd at the City Hotel, a memorial to   30
the legidature is adopted in favour ot a canal from Lake Erie
to the Hudson.—J^. Y. Eve Past, Ja 2, 1816.  See dso F 19, 1816.

1816

In this year, a new American power-loom was invented and   —
put Id operation io Boston by E. Savage.—Winaor, Mem. Hisl.
of Boston, IV:   85.

In this year, the Provident Institution tor Savings, tbe first   —
sarings-bank In the U. S., was established in Boston.—Winsor,
Mem.Hist. of Boston,IV:  160.

In this year was published what appears to be the firat of a ^
series of paraphlets, which appeared annually through 1840, en¬
titled Afamea and Places of Abode ofthe Members ofthe Common
Council, and of the Officers Who hold Appointments under them,
&c. S^c The complete series, eicepting the issues ot 1S17 and
1836, is owned by the N. Y. H. S. In the author's coUection are
those from 1835 to 1840, indusive. These paraphlets were the
precursor ot Valentine's Manuals (see 1S41), which in turn were
succeeded by the City Record oi to-day. They contained, however,
raerdy the lists of officials, committees, etc., and sometimes the
teit of ordinances.   For Cily Record, see Je 24, 1873.

In this year, John TrurabuU returned to New York frora —
Europe, having been abroad since 1808. While here, during this
last period, he revived the Araerican Acaderay of Fine Arts at
New York; he painted, in a house on the north-east corner of
Park Place and Church St., a series of pictures for the capitol at
Wasbington, and eihibited his works in all of the important cities
in the United States.—Dunlap, Hist, of tke Arts of Design, II:
55-57, 73. A detailed account of TrumbuU's life, together with
an estimate of his work and a catalogue of his paintings, may be
found in lii^. (Goodspeed ed,, 1918), II: 13-76.

In this year, Wra. J. Bennett, the well-known artist and en- —
graver, carae to New York froro England. As an engraver be
worked principaUy in aquatint, and produced a large nuraber of
fine views, many of points of interest about New York. He died
here in 1844.—Stauffer, Am. Engravers on Copper and Steel, I:
19-20, See also Dunlap, Hist, of ike Arts of Design, HI: 45-47.
For eiamplea of Bennett'a work, see Pla. 98, 104-a, 104-b, 114-a,
114-b, 116, 117; and A. Pi. 18-b, Voh IH.

An oddly  shaped  building,  commonly called  "the  pulpit,"   —
tbe property ot Bishop Benj. C. Moore, and occupied as a residence
by D. Titus, stood at this time in Greenwich Village, at 20th St.,
between Eighth and Ninth Aves.—See view in Man. Com. Coun.
(1864), 818.

For  view ot tbe "White Conduit House," in Leonard  St.,   ^
bet. Broadway and Church St., in 1816, aee Man, Com. Coun.
(1857), 420.

For view of the Fly Market, cor. Maiden Lane and Front St.,
in 1S16, see ibid. (1857), 542.