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Show Pathos in Survival of Colonial Remnant squat scows, riding low beneath the burdens of rugged merchandise they ferry to and from the yards. Th silence of the section, thut was once broken only by the natural notes of birds and insects, is now shattered by the snorts of straining tugboats and the clamorous horns of motor cars. New York Times. About a half acre of colonial New York survives on the west bank of the Harlem river, Just north of the University Univer-sity Heights bridge that connects West Fordham road with West Two Hundred Hun-dred and Seventh street. A long, low house covers a goodly portion of this plot that smacks so obviously of a more roomy past The dwelling droops wearily as If under Its staggering weight of years. It was erected when the Harlem was a picturesque stream with some pretense to scenic attractions. attrac-tions. The loneliness of this colonial survival sur-vival Is emphasized by the present commercial and industrial character of the locality as a whole. The river Is lined at this point by brickyards, coal pockets and other similar effects not connected with exclusive society. The trim little craft that can be pictured as once pausing at the landing below the house have been supplanted by |