The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York (1897) (14578394989)

Identifier: greatnorthsideor00durs (find matches)
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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ably presided overby that noble and Belf-sacrificing band, the Christian Brothers.Two thousand boys and one thousand girls here find a comfort-able home and are taught useful trades. Tailoring, shoe-mak-ing, printing, farming, care of horses, gardening, are all taughton an extended scale. A regiment of cadets, armed andequipped, and a magnificent brass band, are connected withthis excellent institution. Brother Eusebius is in charge ofthe whole matter, and Sister Anita, of the Sisters of Charity,of the girls department The Sacred Heart Academy for boys at Classon Point hasone hundred and fifty pupils, in charge of the Sisters ofCharity. The excellent educational facilities of the North Side, withits grand system of public parks, its healthful and invigorat-ing climate, its kindly disposed and hospitable people, and themany other substantial advantages, must make this section ofthe Greater New York the centre of refinement and intelli-gence, as well as of a contented and happy people.
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