New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-24

TO BE ERECTED NEAR THE WESTERN
BOULEVARD AND FIFTY-NINTH-ST.

ST. NICHOLAS SKATING CLUB lis iIso'r' !
ARTIFICIAL ICE TO BE USED
THE COST ESTIMATED AT s0oooo
New-York is to have A fashionable ice-skating
rink and II the plans carried out, New workers.
will have during the coming winter unrivalled OPP
portunties OF INDUCING in skating and other winter
sports A project has been arranged and n corpora
ton organized to erect enormous rink. hoored
with the largest surface of artificial ice to be found
I'm tn. world The building Is to be- plot OF
ground In the neIghborhood OF the Western Boule-
ward and Fifty-nlnih-st 1t will represent an IN
vesiment OF about 10000 which has been furnished
principally by the members OF the ST. Nicholas
Skating Club. Work Will be begun on the building
about July
Among the members Of the 81. Nicholas are some
Of the wcalthest and most fashionable people in
this city. including Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mr.. and
Mrs John Jacob Aston. Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierpont
Morgan. ir. Robert tioeet. Oliver g. Jennings
Charles u. Barney. Mr. and Mrs. II. Mortimer
Brooks Bradish j. Carol Joseph H. Choa,e, Jr
the Count de casteare Mr.. and Mrs julien J.
Davies. Colonel Frederick d. Grant Miss Virginia
Fair Mrs William Jay. Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt
Ersklnc Hewitt. \. W. :. ccchrane. W. Bayari
Cuttng ,Ir and Mrs. Elisha Dyer. Mr.. and Mrs
Percy Chubb. Gerard Beekman Hoppin. Mr. ana
Mrs David Dows jr. James II. Sheffield, " mayer
Robb James Graham Stokes, ". Percy Knapp
Mrs ogden Mis. Herman Oelrchs. T. J. Oakley
Ehlne.anIer j. f. Kernochan. l.. L. De.ateld. MT
and Mrs Victor SOrchan. George u. D"FOreSt. Mt
and Mrs Samuel Sloane Jr. Miss Duer, }. V H.
Pruvn Henry W. Slocum. w Il. Br.stow. T. g.
Thebaud g. y Brewster, Or. and Mrs W. seward
Webb j. Sanford Barnes Mrs. stanford Nhi'e
Mr. and MIS- Howard A. Taylor and Grenvile h.
winthrop II Is understood that the st. Nicholas
Skating club members are behind the project. but
the exact ils OF stockholders is not Yet known out
side those Interested.
The II Nicholas Skating club has nm op"n-air
rink Of a somewhat primitive character In vacant
l,f I'm Eighth-ave between F1fiy-sixth and Fifty
seventh 81. The ground has been Hooded in win
tor. ari attendants have s~ep. the lee free RON
snow Weather permitting, there mas p''h sN'''"b
Oh that pond IN winter. but the space ana 'oVa'""
have proved INADEQUATE To the need o' the ''no
4 feg 81 It's members hay" been puety 'o'H'ns '''
other quarters for some time. Several men "er'
.,,,r..,ch.l and readily consented 70 assist in the
unI.r,aklnn \ corporation was soon formed, WIN
c,plf,l stock sufficient to cover the cost OF IN"
ground. building ami fittings. AMI 10 meet IN" 'N
p.nse that would accrue before me RINK 'ou1n ,eI
,ri on A pay!ng basis Negotiations were "p'h'u
early in the spring for suiiab" Ste ana one .rs
occurred a short I'm" ago. "hicn th' -,
BIS, ana ~ ~. H., T., h.. admitted to the rink
TIE plot sre .t t j. f,s snor1
rhe bnudlnx win be rs Zee, long. 10 feet wide
,,t .t,u, 4, fee, hlsh. built OF ornamental. nI'sh
All .,one win sieci frames. and snrmounted pg
az. Cylindrical roof ~ steel and glass allowing
an 'r,'.,,tn a surface ~ 1000 square feet Of ice
Surrounding the skating floor will be galleries Tor
i,,,,r. And seats In which the skater may rest
,ke.e being separated from the main floor by a
promenade 10 feet wide. similar TO that IN use al
The annual Horse show at the Madison squats
Garden The front ~ ihr building WI! .a o'rup' :,
hv the Offices and cloakrooms. whle IN w "a. -
III MANNED 10 have connexions cluhrooms Tor mem
bcr- u tn club. a. well hs 'rr' , s ' n,hc
rooms for The us@ ~ members ana ,h' vuo',' ~
griroom nnl restaurant VII also be open 20 unr
skaters and spectators where iunGh'3nS ana i rap
pet. VIII D.. served. 10 n PROMISED. III "''-"P-
POINTED manner A,o 10 ,so,
90 ne construction and maintenance o. N" SNalns
noor The Canadians have had X, bnt ~'ih mem
inc rnks ar naiAr. so ,"r ho ~ -, huI h1us.
rti, NAferfight moor "a u. turn ON IN" water ana
j., JACK Frost 10 me fsst hs, t s r~sl,.S AMI
French aiaptng The methods Of artificial icemak
80. ~, -, w",,h~r nat would ruin the finest shee; Of
Ice ever seen on the Central Park lakes. 80,
s 49, ',s,ln.sheI from the fact that
the project has been talked or a nuWor' u' I"
surface 10 the BE-. AMI allow for its rap!l renewal
,',ualv pui IN operation. but the plans sho" that
the rink proper j. 70 have water.iig n9or SN1W
- Mines covering the entire floor. with narrow
spaces between them to allow FOR me even u now
the water has reached icpth oi about ny ,
tho pumps Installed for that pnfp"H" VIII iorr' a
time transform the water mo sou. an" i'' =, ~
smooth flooring Of ice. Made IN thl- Nay IL. -
.nd 10 Dee much harder than that "nch io''S
The rink is destined to be the home Of another
SNORT the Canadian game ~ hockey niue SHOWN
hrye but highly praised by IT, devoices for the
stiu and science II demands. II Is playrr by ana
"rr ~ T. winter the game will be taken mp In
e'n and II is promised that teams from the
yario,,s colleges will visit this city 10 play hockey
Skating Championships. fancy figure skating ana
curling viii also be- scen AZ the new r,nk i an eN
The rink VIII probably be tho headquarters Oh ,hc
St Nicholas skating club and Known u"de' '"a'