New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-19
ANOTHER WATERING-PLACE.
IuppovrMENrs AT FAR ROcKAwAY.

IMPROVEMENTS AT FAR ROCKAWAY.
=. co,trrsr ovKR TuR rTrIE TO HOG ISLAND BEACH
-n1yAL PLANS FOR ATTRACTING SUMMER VS.
TToRs.
The strips of barren sand on the south shore
Of Long Island have become very valuable since the az
fractions Of COney Island were 80 largely moreaSeu'
whereas formerly they were regarded 90 comparatively
worthless and were visited by only few nsn-
ermen and oystermen. Tho tide OF Summer WsiIors
which first ovcrhowed the beaches at the western END
OF Long Island has or idn8lIy extended TO kocka"a'
where several large hotels are beng greeted ana no"
promises to incude Far ROokaWay, small VILLAGE louH
miles east Of Roekaway. number OF persons i've IN
COTTAGES or small hotels there during tie SUMMER Du'
no large hotel has yet been built Tho ground mas
however been OoFed over and plans are preparing LOT
ats occupation.
Extending from opposite the village Of Far RoCkaTay
eastward tor nearly three miles is narrow iniet sep~
rated from the ocean by equally narrow peninsula
Neither s than 800 feet wde The inletis known
as East ROokaway Inlet, ana to some as HOG lsiand
Inlet Forty yenrs ago it was unknown, and during
period Of years It has bOen gradually formed by the
action OF the water cutting away the mainland aud add
ing 70 the bar outside until the inlet attained s present
length and the bar became peninsula by the closing Oh
the connection with the ocean at the western eho Aoou1
eight years ago.
TAe title to this beach the subject OF legal pro
ceedings The Town Board Of the Town OF Hampstead
consisting the Supervisor Town Clerk and Town JUS
tees Of the Peace granted In March TO j. H. u norton
the right title OF the town to the portion OF
this beach extending from the western end TO Ihtte
Inlet which cuts across the beach about mile
from the eastern end at Deb's Inlet OF Brockle-
face Gut, for q period Of fifty years OF $1,000
year. This lease went into effect April /. AS soon IS
It was granted tho owners the mainland, who claim
title as far to low water mark, put men on tne
beach, in bath-hOusCs and shanties, and prepared TO
hold possession One Of the pTOprietOrs, Mohael Null
voy acting for himself and others, got an injunction
against Norton preventing him from taking possession
This was granted by Judge Pratt of the Supreme
Court, and viii be argued soon. Mulvey claims
to own only short portion OF tho beach.
A large part OF 1t is claimed by NeWbod Lawrence
whose estate about 800 acres This has lately
been sold to Beach Company In which Gen
era Vele H. d. Faulkner ThOs Stewart and others In
this city interested This company proposes to put
ND on the beach which MT. Lawrence claims to own
large Summer hotel, and TO connect 1t with the
mainland by bridge Mr. Lawrence claims
that the title Of his estate runs to the
ocean, and the fact OF an inlet cutunR
of portion Of the beach does not nJure his title to that
portion nor To part under the water of tho inlet He
has the copy old map, made In 1902 OF part OF
his present estate which gives the line along The ocean
front before Inlet existed lie has owned his estate
twenty-sIx years. and says that question has over
arisen heretofore to the title to the beach, and To VIII
spend 800 900 maintain his rights He donounces the
OF the Town BObEu us hlEJBoLhoE iAleka"
On the other hand Mr. Norton who has taken the lease
for himself and Others is prepared 10 maintain his al
Legged rights at He property the beach.
but keeps little restaurant and oyster saloon the
mainland the foot or the sreeL from which the ferry
runs to tho boaoh He claims that the town has held the
land and leased portions OF IL for fourteen years,
ustancug one man who has paid rent for that period
continuously Mr. Norton says that his design IN leasing
the beach let IL for improvements OF all Sorts and
that capitalists back OF him who Will 20 right on
with the work as the title IL clear. AnOther
enterprise for which Mr. Norton has secured tue rgbt
from the build toll bridge across the lntet
from the foot Of the main street TO The beach, the roue
having been laid by the Supervisors rs thorough
fare The bridge will DO thirty feet wde and Will have
draw OF twenty feet IN the centre. It's oOnstruc-
ton viii begin Immediately, and 1t VIII DO ready by the
opening or the season. IL Will destroy Tue
business OF those who have carried passengers over
ana back for 1--WE cents in tho eaibOAta. The number
OF persons WHO visit Far RockaYy Beaoh mas Deen
from 1000 g. 3 900 on fine days In summer ,
There Ia much interest toe village over the Efforts
TO obtain control of the beach, aud there Is division Of
sentmen The estate OF the late Horace f. Clark SON
n-law Of Commodore Vanderbilt eISeuds across the In
let is claimed aud comprises portion OF Cue western
extremity OF the beach. This estate is being
negotiated for by Messrs. CbeeYer IL DioklnsOn,
who PURPOSE putting up cottages and otherwise lmprov-
ing the properly Tnc Clark cottage Is beautifully stu
atsd on a bluf overlooking the shore. There Is much
activity in real estae Far ROckaway. Nearly all tho
cottages boon rentcO aud IN most insanoes an in
crease In prices taken place For cottages worth
1900 year last year now 500 - asked ana recelYed
Many new cottages have been built