The city of Yonkers is situated on the Hudson River, on which it has a frontage of four and one third miles. It adjoins New York city, and is bounded on the east by the city of Mount Vernon and the Bronx River, and on the north by the town of Greenburg. The area of the city is seventeen and one half square miles. Manor Hall, Yonkers, is seventeen miles distant from the City Hall, in New York.Yonkers has many natural advantages, which render it preeminent as a “city of homes.” The range of hills which parallel the Hudson are from three hundred to four hundred feet above tide water, and are covered with elegant residences, surrounded by spacious grounds, the homes of many who are foremost in the commercial life of the metropolis, and others who have achieved distinction in literature, art and law.The residential avenues are laid out one above the other, and command unobstructed views of the Hudson and the Palisades. From the higher elevations the views extend southerly to Staten Island, northerly to Tappan Zee, and easterly to Long Island Sound.It is the most beautiful city adjacent to New York. It has all the requirements of a well–conducted city, with good and well–kept streets and sewers; macadamized highways, well–lighted and policed; an ample supply of pure water; good fire protection, and unsurpassed schools. These, together with her clubs, societies, markets, and stores, help to make life in Yonkers both agreeable and safe.Westchester County is the fifth in population in the State of New York, and Yonkers is first both in population and wealth in the county.The ambition of the American to own his own home is an admirable trait, and the object once achieved makes him a better citizen. It is to be boped the day is close at hand when this may be more fully attained; and where, it may well be asked, is a more desirable place to reside in than Yonkers?The city administration during recent years has been unusually progressive along advanced but safe lines, and the policy which has proved popular and beneficent will continue to be demanded by the people in the future.It is a modern city, practically without antiquities or prejudices, self–made, with phenomenal growth due to her genius and enterprise, demonstrating what may be accomplished in a municipality where progress and advancement are the watchwords of its citizens.Population and Growth
According to the last United States census, Yonkers had in June, 1900, a population of 47,931, which is an increase of 49.0 per cent. during the previous ten years. The city is now growing at the rate of about 2,000 a year. Its location, adjoining, as it does, the great metropolitan city of New York, insures its continual increase in population and in wealth.
