. Treat's illustrated New York, Philadelphia and surroundings . Comer Eleventh-street and Tldrd Commission lias under its supervision the various charitable andreformatory Institutions of Blackwells, Wards, artd Randalls Islands;also, the Tombs and School-ship. Passes are here obtained to visit The Emigrant Hospital, Wards Island, East River,Provides for sick and destitute emigrants. Each emigrant landing in New Yorkpays a tax of $2, a portion of which jjoes to*vard the support of this Institution AND PHILADELPHIA 73 Churches, (Brooklyn.) A result of the constant increase of
. Treat's illustrated New York, Philadelphia and surroundings . Comer Eleventh-street and Tldrd Commission lias under its supervision the various charitable andreformatory Institutions of Blackwells, Wards, artd Randalls Islands;also, the Tombs and School-ship. Passes are here obtained to visit The Emigrant Hospital, Wards Island, East River,Provides for sick and destitute emigrants. Each emigrant landing in New Yorkpays a tax of $2, a portion of which jjoes to*vard the support of this Institution AND PHILADELPHIA 73 Churches, (Brooklyn.) A result of the constant increase ofbusiness facilities is the crowding out ofthe resident population, and thus deplet-ing the Churches. The suburban cities aregenerally devoted to residences, affordinga wide field for their has over 200 houses of worship,and is appropriately termed The Cityof Churches. Some of the largest socie-ties of nearly all the denominations inthe country, some of the most imposingchurch edifices yet reared, and some ofthe most celebrated pulpit orators ofAmerica, are found in Brooklyn. First Reformed Church.—This isthe oldest society in Brooklyn, witha history reaching back to the daysof New Amsterdam. The edifice standson Joralemon-street, near Court. Plymouth Church, on Orange-street,between
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