New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-12

,r-v 20 bring Il 20 a state OF completion Inc Oon
-. 4. called the last spike in full accordance
,.n ,ha facts because while from Its importance
Z, ,r,u Ia one OF the first OF these great puohc
work. touched upon, II was the last 10 De plan"eu
Much that is interesting lies IN the story OF the
oeveloprnent OF this newest portion OF New oih
=, these pages Of history the Concourse snou'u
h.v.a chapter all 70 itself Wise men, when New
W hagan m annex great slices Of territory 10
t,s north the flower OF the southern end OF west
oh.s,.- County, saw a magnificent opportunity 10
-a,se this rolling country between the oouHu anu
~. Harlem River 20 the highest order OF CITY use
Van Cortlandt Bronx, Claremont' Crotona anu
pslhern Bay parks were laid out, and plans were
drawn for connecting them by superb oouleVarus
~. new mark system was at once imposing ana
su,nrts,nR But there was no proper provision LOT
driytng 10 these parks and parkWays from 'i'e
lower part OF the city. What should have oeeh one
huge chain was indeed. two. with gap IN De
,veen-below the Harlem, Central and RIVERSIDE
os-S. r1,h the Riverside Drive; far above the
pronx svstern. TO be glorious when once reached
but with a connecting parkway lacking.
Fairly rood roads and streets, indeed, to-day Will
carry the siEhtseer the man who drives for pleas
ure northward. but these do not rise to the &C.
css,on and never will II soon seen that the
--oa. nlan was only half complete The late Com
missioner Heinz Of the Twenty-third and twenty
fourth Wards and Louis A. Risse, Chef Iopo-
granhical Engineer solved the problem. Ihey ldu
ont a scheme OF connecting links commensuia'e
IN every way with the superoness OF the nc"
,a,ks led 70 OF this scheme the Concourse was
Iann.d N be the most notable feature Since con-
solidation these plans have been perfected. Mr..
pisse continues at his post Chief Typographical
r,s4neer all OF this work being under the
charge OF the Board Of Public Improvements.
Until the entire plan OF parks and parK"ays
comes 70 be looked over and studied with some
% no does
veal itself THIS great drive is to begin al one
d-and-sixty-hrst-st where Mott-aNe. no"
TOMS IT, a point midway between the haoo"1
Dam or Central Bridge over the Harlem anu INC
New.York and Harlem Railroad cut Thence II eA
tends IN an almost straight line nearly due nof'h
70 the Mosholu Parkway close TO this roao en-
,,e,oa into Van Cortlandt Park a distance Oh
four and a half miles. to have the magnincen' pro-
portions OF l2 feet width 10 span hoho"s anu
valleys with viaducts. Bronx Borough Is po'u
resouely planned by nature ridge or nachoone
runs north and south sloping 10 the Harlem ana
n the Sound II is along this ridge or crest that
the Concourse is 10 run-does run IN iasnio
dav-for IFS line may be readily followed from
start TO finish.
4 COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DRIVEWAfs'
Remarkably comprehensive and adequate Is THIS
svs,er, ~ driveways now awaiting construction
A series OF broad bands Of macadam' they VIII
eventually be- anording an endless variety Oh peas
ure trips aroad. The Concourse. as mas Oeeh sa.u
is but one OF these bands the finest OF all IN truth
yet yelnigh worthless without the road"ays tns'
supplement II. NJ.
v,ssuct is now being constructed 20 span Man
ha,,an valley az West One-hundred- and-twenty-
ffth-st and the Hudson River. IN erect coH''i'U''s
Riverside Drive North Of this rNer "'Uis
will run 10 spuyten Duyvil Creek. OVei t"iH
tne suspension bridge will be thro"", -. 60.
ward thence continuing until II enos al On
lana, paw This is By no means the enc ho"eN'''
q, vh.. u % he done on Manhattan lsahu' r"i'
George ,s ~ have its hotels wiped ou' anu '''e -
ontory is 20 be made into pubic parh' g.
brdgs Will span the Harlem here. cfoss"'S -,
rs Heights and experimenting the pIeSe"1 -
inrton R-,dge The upper end Of Manhattan Is'a'u
sl,s.s. - 49, a.. boulevard Lafayette. Broal
hghwavs v,u toin the terminus OF tne NJ
Heights ror, George Bridge with the concur
and the other boulevards OF the Inc ID IN
there Is already sedgwick gave, conhtc'"S
Van Cortlandt Park and the broad s'i'P " D.,
duct.ave NIL, 30 another Of the links. In bio"N
Borough the ConcOurse VIII ooii''i"'' as ,.,r cf
Central Park Seventh-ave.. me sore -"
the old syenue driveways extends 70 me
brl4Re Across this the apprOaCH ~ -. tho horse
VII begin. At the Mosnoiu SSoiH,heast and IN a
few moments be in Bronx Park. once mere. ~
END trsyei rS " - over the Southern Bouevai
EAST observation-disclosures 10 FStbe huge
jerome PM Jeeoir now in the course Of con
struction Eastward from Bronx fark , ne INTO
and Pelham Parkway VIII stre'ch 49,. So,ind
Pelham Bay Park on the shores on ~ ,one q nd
Thence way will be across ~ 49,, Dn',,d a
steel bridge FOR a supplementary nilFe "'o
new shore road In city Island. 49,, oxhaus,e ed
The system Of boulevsrds has not DeT peIham Bav
ever yet. for south and east from = ,be va ST
Park sfl another great drive ~ 70 w, way 100
err Parkway or Boulevard part Oh -, Wy ~ 6,ber
feet wide. part OF the way $50 feet ~ cont n
sce o. the Bronx River this turns ~" enaiiv
err end % the Southern BouleVarui -. go This
Joins East One-hundr ed nd forty sd - rno zee,
after street is 70 be wdened from , o. T.nox-sve
and touches the Harlem River Opposite ,senba.tan
ana hundred-and- forty -hfth-st'
Where another bridge Is 70 be bullt y.uyorL
Thus has the parkway system for uppe.s q he ma dc
been planned Notifications may, or couivrd e. sur-
" the years 70 come but the grouI,.ua norned
veyed now and the typographical map dhe better
y difficult 10 imagine any changes lol hnu mar
range OF the entire section proves ,s chang
vellously this land old WestchesteI "a
lns. And there If better coign or va yhtch
View the city from than the crest aiOi'e
The Concourse will run.
LAND BOUGHT AND LITTLE ELSE DUNE
To-day the Concourse exists and again II u0' ).
not As the most primitive driving TN -
has not yet been born. yet with some pains j. '".,
De walked from It's beginning 10 IT'S enc .
an expense OF nearly 100000 about f""v '" 49,
"a tn ~ rald tha rff