Fifty years in Yorkville, or, Annals of the parish of StIgnatius Loyola and StLawrence O'Toole . at a long listmight be drawn up of contributors of one hundred dol-lars, or more, who for want of space must be the early givers were relatively as generous as thelater. The change of times is exemplified by the caseof the blacksmith, Kilpatrick, who wanted ground aboutLexington Avenue and Eighty-Fifth Street for a dwell-ing. He paced off the extent required, was told to takemore, to take the entire lot, as the price would be thesame. He took the part he wanted, paid the price ofthe who
Fifty years in Yorkville, or, Annals of the parish of StIgnatius Loyola and StLawrence O'Toole . at a long listmight be drawn up of contributors of one hundred dol-lars, or more, who for want of space must be the early givers were relatively as generous as thelater. The change of times is exemplified by the caseof the blacksmith, Kilpatrick, who wanted ground aboutLexington Avenue and Eighty-Fifth Street for a dwell-ing. He paced off the extent required, was told to takemore, to take the entire lot, as the price would be thesame. He took the part he wanted, paid the price ofthe whole and built his house. The portion was latersold for 17,000 dollars. Men of the fifties might takea present of a lot on Fifth Avenue hereabout, but wouldscarcely be willing to pay a price for it. It was out oftown, too far away from Third Avenue and Eighty-Sixth Street. Another side-light on the difference intimes is thrown on our minds by the complaint made inthe announcement book for February 22nd, 1874,against those who contribute coppers and postagestamps in the collection for the Temporary Church and First School CHAPTER XXI. Education. The facilities for education in this territory wereextremely limited at the time our parish came intoexistence. A public school, dating back some decadesand serving the youth not only of Yorkville, but alsoof Harlem and Astoria, occupied a site on the line ofMadison Avenue between Eighty-Sixth and Eighty-Seventh Streets. A ward school for primary gradeswas located on the north side of Eighty-Fourth Streetabout one hundred feet to the east of Fourth of the teachers certainly, probably both, professedthe Catholic fajth. As soon as the new church wascompleted and occupied for divine worship, the oldwooden one was changed into a school. The wallswere plastered, perhaps for the first time, at an expenseof fifty-one dollars, and whitewashed for twelve dollars,in the month of June. According to a note in the hand-writing of Fath
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