New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-01-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Description of~fhe- Beautiful Game
Preserve owned by che New York
MiIHOnaSye.

| MtIHona{re.
ANyack correspondent OF 1he Aew
York Times writes: 1.-The recent
stormy weather has retarded us some
in our work on the park, said one OF
| the men, .'but you scan see that we are
getting along finely The park re-
ferred to was thes new game preserve
along the Erie, TO oe Known as Tuxedo
park. Its central point is at Lorillard's
Station, about thirty-nine miles west
from Jersey City. The large gang of
men now employed upon the grounds
are making rapid progress in their work,
and it is eSpecteaziahat the park will be
open for visitors by tlle 1st of next June.
| As the original plans, as well as others
more recently fotsaed, are being carried
out, the great .extant of the project be-
comes more apparent The park will,
through the membership of the associa-
ton now forming represent many
hundred thousands Of dollars in wealth.
| The organization will be limited to
two hundred members, each of whom
must necessarily possess at least small
| fortune to enable him to meet his share
of the expense. The park will be
| strictly fashionable resort, where
members of the. association can indulge
| in winter as wetEa as summer sports.
The correspondent met Mr.. Josiah
Patterson. Mr.. Lorillard's general
superintendens,.wh has had charge OF
the land for,:many years. 1.-The pro-
iect will be carried out in full according
to the plans formed said the superin-
| tendent. '.Mr. Lorillard's tract here !.
originally embraced about five thousand
acres, but he secured for this park one,l
| thousand acres more from the Sterling
| Mountain company, SO that the area of ;,
the property now includes six thousand
acres. The ozark will be all in Orange
county, but: a portion of it runs right
along the Rock1and county line" The
grounds are to be well stocked with
deer and! birds, twenty-five crates OF ::
| quails for the purpose having arrived.
from the west last week. Truxedo lake,
from which the park takes its name, is :
already we'll stocked with black bass,
which were, put in by Mr.. Patterson
some twelve years ago. The bass is a..
! very ganly fish, and will allow no other !,
member,of the finny tribe to live in the /,
same water with it. This lake covers.
about three hundred acres and nestles
among the mountains. Its water is
clear and sparkling, and the fish might
we'll feel, happy in their fine quarters il.
it were not for the anglers hook and
line. skor some years past spertsmen.
have been allowed to fish in the lake.
upon payment of a certain fee, but now
the water will be kept strictly private.
only members of the associations. OF
those persons who are SO fortunate as.
tolive within the limits of. the park.
being allowed the privilege of:putting.
in their lines. In addition to this lake
there is another and smaller. sheet; of
water in the vicinity called Little.
Niger pond" which abounds npick-
ereL. and numerous streams throughout
the park will afford excellent, trout
fishing.
Near the station at Lorhlarlf's4 the,
grounds are being graded and. several
buildings are in process of erection.
One of these is to constitute an English,
inn, for the accommodation Of visitors,
and Mr.. Patterson says that whoever
has charge of this house wiIl.be obliged
to sign an agreement not to sell drop
Of liquor. 'No intoxicating liquor Will
be sold at any place on. the grounds,
said he, land no drunken or disorderly
person will be allowed. within the IT,
closure at any time The association
is not formed for tic. purpose of pro-
noting temperance principles, but the
fact is realized that sobsiety and good ,
order within the limits, Of the park are
essential for the, preservation Of its
good character. The entrance TO the
grounds will be substantial and attrac-
tive. An immense stone archway has
been constructed. over pretty stream
of water that flows TO the north, and
the gate lodge, now being built on the
west side of this arched bridge is a
novelty for that section OF the country
1t is Of gray, Stone, taken from the
mountains. in, the immediate vicinity.
and its walls are as heavy AID solid as
those of a fort. It is II by q feet in
he foundations and S5 feet high, It's
design being decidedly English. a..
well-graded; road will leag from the en-
trance of the park to the lake-a dis-
lance Of one and one-eaarter miles
and the drive amid beautiful mountain
scenery will be a charming one in sam
mer., On enc side of the lake wila be
built the clubhouse, which will, i is
stated, when completed, surpass ANY,
thing Of the kind Ia the countrcs. 1t
will be a handsome structure, fnsnish-
odi ia ALI modern alarsnca ocl ,,o,