It was interesting to see the drovers--tall men, with staffs in their hands, herding eight, ten, or twenty cattle--driving the cattle to market, generally on Sunday, as Monday was market day." [Illustration: THE TERRACE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

TO-DAY THE SPOT IS THE SCENE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THOSE ENGAGED IN THE WORK OF SPEEDING AMERICA'S ANSWER.

ONCE IT WAS FAR UPTOWN, AND ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE AVENUE WERE THE RESIDENCES KNOWN AS "SPANISH ROW," OR "THE HOUSE OF MANSIONS"] About the time that the Waddell villa was being pulled down there was going up, two blocks to the north, a New York residence that has endured to the present day.

The original Wendell and the original Astor were partners in the fur trade, and at the time of the death of the late John Gottlieb Wendell his holdings in Manhattan real estate were second only to those of the Astors.

There was a General David Wendell, known as "Fighting Dave," who fought in the War of the Revolution.