New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-10
NEW-YORG'S NEW CEMETERY.
HISTORIC GROUNDS ON THE HUDSON
BOUGHT FOR THE CITY's DEAD.

CHASED FOR $1,000 ooo-MANY ACRES ON
THE WEST BANK OF THE RIVER
MUCH-NEEDED OUTLET FOR
THE GRAvEYARDs OF
THE METROPOLIS
100000 real estate transaction. jus; completed.
gives a syndicate a large tract OF land snort
distance from New-York. which will be transformed
into a cemetery for this city The purchase was
made more as a charitable enterprise than as an
investment. and includes the old Rockland Gene
terry, situated near Sparkin. ROckand County. over
looking the Hudson River. Although the names OF
the investors and directors have not yet been made
public 1t is understood that the men connected
with the transaction are welknown New-Yorkers.
who have watched the attempts being made 70 re-
move Trinity and s.. Pau.s cemeteries. in lowe
Broadway, and other cemeteries within the city
limits. and who have begun this enterprise in the
belief that the solution of the burying ground prob
tenn for the Greater NewYork lies In the choice OF
places convenient the great city. but sufficiently
removed so as TO be forever beyond encroachment
ANDROs 3. STONE THE PRESIDENT.
The president of the new cemetery, which Is to be
called Rockland Cemetery. is Andres b. Stone. a
wei-known phanthropst and the founder OF the
Bessemer steel industry In this country. In the
OF his presidency Of the Cleveland rolling mills
that concern turned out the first steel rails made
from American metal. Mr. stone gave a tract OF
land at Bath Beach to the CAildren's AID Society
a few years ago valued at 10000, for sum-
mer home for poor children.
Aside from the 200 acres included in the original
purchase, It is expected that within short time
adjoining pots will be bought making Rockiand
Cemetery the largest in the world The to
the burying-gr the little villages OF
Sparkill and PierTnont. the west eide OF the Hud
son, about twenty miles from this city -Four broad
plateaus rise by gentle slopes to the summit. 700
feet above the Hudson. Each plateau has It's hills
whole was camping ground in the Revolutionary
War and as a battle-ground 1t is historic. Several
miles Of It front. and, In fact. touch the Hudson
River From the third plateau can be seen the Tap
pan Zee. and across the water the eastern bank
lies Tarrytown. the summer home OF wealthy and
well-known New-Yorkers. with the Sleepy Hollow
Church and the old home OF Washington Irving In
plain sight
A BEAUTIFUL OUTLOOK.
From the summit Of the highest plateau be
plainly seen the land of seven States. New-York.
New-Jersey. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Con-
nectcut, Vermont and New Hampshire. Miles OF
the winding Hudson be northward end
ing in the hazy outlines OF the Catsklls and High
lands. From another portion Of the cemetery can
be plainly seen. only a short distance away. the
little old-fashioned Dutch Church where Major
N Andre tried and condemned and a short dis
tance away the cump OF trees which mark the
place where he was executed
In the old ROckand Cemetery which was founded
many years ago by Eleazer Lord, the former pres-
dent Of the Erie Railroad. much money has been
however. will Immediately begin Improvements a
Of these Changes viii probably Exceed the pUT
chase price of the tract Of land Three thousand
terry In the receiving vault lies the body Of Cen
eral John c. Fremont. handsome mausoleum Will
be built TO his memory as soon sufficient funds
can be raised. Among the other prominent persons
buried there Commander Gorringe. II. c. Sey
mour, Henry shipman. Thomas Lppencott and
Jerome B. Stillson; In case the cemeteries now
P ss e oes G M e e SeS
land Cemetery where the old cemeteries will be re-
produced in detail.
DISTINCTLY WORK OF CHARITY.
Andres B. Stone. the president of the association
was seen by reporter at the new cemetery offices
No 1A West Twenty-thIrd-st
II am sure" said he 'the men who have started
this movement have been actuated by the efforts
made to remove the older cemeteries within the
city limits Naturally. II is desire to be buried
in some beautiful pace. where any efforts even. OF
removal will be absolutely impossible 1t was only
after the most careful investigation and thought
that the present location was selected. Greenwood
and the other cemeteries are fast becoming over.
crowded. and within short time, outside OF the
public lots the vacant lots Will either all be taken
e h w reach any SO except the i e
eeQuently new cemeteries are absolutely necessary
tor n% aI inseres, RocRiand Cemetery viii become
the most beautiful cemetery in the world. While
Charge e'e " Course VIII be made for inteTmsnts
se In e hat maks Se
porting or nearly so. and upon such lines Will
charges will only be from third onehaif the
amount charged by Greenwood or the other larger
be Srsey b x to s e
cemetery Is REACHED within an hour over the Erie
second-st. 4 is drive Of only nineteen miles over
@ paasy bs sH0t
charitable organizations"
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