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HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY AT THE PRESENT DAY. BY J. THOMAS SCHAKF, A.M., LL.D.
One has but to glance at any good map of New York City to realize what must with almost absolute certainty be the rare good fortune of Westchester County. The great metropolis has already stretched its briarean arms in all directions from its northern limits, and its geographical necessities compel it to spread outward like a fan over the surface of Westchester County. Its present corporate shape may be compared to the Cleopatra's needle, which now forms one of its notable monuments. The city is, in fact, a rude obelisk, with its base on the boundary line of Yonkers and its apex at the Battery. The general uniformity of the outline is preserved on the one side by the East River and on the other side, and much more regularly, by the Hudson. These great water highways necessarily interpose a formidable obstacle to the spread of population in either direction, and although the introduction of steam ferriage and the construction of the Brooklyn bridge have modified the inconveniences of tran.sit across broad rivers, the general trend of population continues to the northward. Elevated railroads and the development of transportation facilities have brought all portions of the county within easy reach, and New York is steadily absorbing the outlying territory.