356 The Story of The Bronx 



Jacob Lorillard mansion, but many additions have been made 

 to keep pace with the growing needs of the institution. One 

 third of the patients are treated without charge. 



To the east of Belmont were the Lorillard and Lydig estates, 

 both of which were taken by the city for Bronx Park. The 

 former contained the snuff mills of the Lorillards, and the 

 latter, the dams and mill-ponds of the ancient De Lancey 

 mills, as well as the mills themselves. 



To the north of Fordham University, but on the west side 

 of the tracks of the Harlem Railroad, is located the residential 

 section, called Bedford Park. It lies opposite Bronx Park; 

 and to avoid confusion, the railroad company calls its station 

 Bronx Park Botanical Gardens, instead of Bedford Park, as 

 formerly. The station is on city property and is within the 

 control of the park commissioner. The Ursuline Academy, 

 founded in 1893, occupies a commanding position at Bedford 

 Park. Upwards of two hundred students are accommodated 

 in a building that is modern in all respects. 



In the northeast corner of the manor is the former village 

 of Williamsbridge, though the name is more generally applied 

 to the former village of Olinville on the east of the Bronx. 

 There was a bridge here over the Bronx in very early times, 

 probably in 1670, when Governor Lovelace directed that Betts 

 and Tippett should first assist in building the "causey" at 

 Fordham before being assisted in their turn by Verveelen and 

 Archer in building a bridge across the Bronx River. After 

 the establishment of the post to Boston before 1680, the 

 maintenance of the bridge over the stream became necessary. 

 In pre-Revolutionary days, the farm adjacent to the bridge was 

 owned by John Williams, and so the bridge became popularly 

 known by his name. The present inadequate iron structure 

 occupies approximately the same site as former bridges. Gun 



