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out of doors, as well as periods in the playgrounds. Notwith- 

 standing the liberty given the inmates, there have been few 

 runaways. The institution is supported by voluntary sub- 

 scriptions, by contributions from the State, and by payments 

 from the city for those committed by magistrates or other 

 authority. Some income is also derived from the Protectory 

 band, which is a familiar sight in most of the parades that take 

 place in New York. 



The Suburban station for Westchester is Van Nest, which 

 gets its name from an estate formerly lying east of West 

 Farms. The Morris Park race-track was reached by means 

 of the same station ; and on racing days, the usual population 

 of the section used to be increased by the thousands of visitors 

 who came from all quarters. A large part of the De Lancey 

 estate, later belonging to the Lydigs, is now within the bounds 

 of Bronx Park; the same is true of the Lorillard estates. 



There are several necks in the town of Westchester, which 

 jut out into the waters of the East River or of the Sound. 

 The most westerly one is that originally called Cornell's Neck, 

 which, since the summer of 1909, can be reached by the trolley 

 line running down Clason Point Avenue from Westchester 

 Avenue, a distance of about two miles. There is only one 

 avenue, so the course cannot be mistaken. This road has been 

 built by the city within the last five years, and it goes straight- 

 away to the end of the neck, replacing the former winding 

 roadway, which was bordered in many places by trees, many 

 of which were magnificent in size; and among which could 

 have been found black walnuts and other trees which are not 

 natives of this latitude but which were planted by former 

 owners of the neck. 



The neck was first occupied by Thomas Cornell, one of 



Throckmorton's colonists, in 1643 ; but he was driven away by 

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