The sun., 1900-12-29
RUIN OF PALISADES STOPS.
JOINT tONMiSsiONs BRING AB0t 4
rms DTSiRiBIF RpsIIT.
Bisrinr Ceased on Christmas Eve. and inder
option, Held by the Commissions Cannot
He Re.umed Before Next June Plans
for nm Interstate Park on Rivers Edge.

The New York and New Jersey Pallsade
Commissions rendered their report yesterday
to the Governors Of those States. Tho two
commissions were established last spring.
and .x.Navor Abram \ Hewitt caused tho
organization OF the two commissions TO be
made In harmony. and his influence had inuch
to do with the rapidity with which they de-
spatched their work. The members oi the
New York Commits sion are George W. perkins
President: Abram s Hewitt. Nice-President'
Ralph Trautmann. Treasurer: j. Du frat
White Secretary. Nathan B Barrett. u.
NcNeal Staufer Edwin A. stevens. Franklin
W. Hopkins. Edwin De Ronde and W. A.
Linn The zane men compose tho New
Jersey Commission
The New Jersey Legislature appropriated
g. coo for the expenses of its commission. and
the New York Legislature made its appro-
priation twice as large IL was decided by
the commissions that no money should be
expended for of'cc rent or clerk hire and
that the New Jersey appropriation should be
used for the current expenses of the COM
missions while the New York money should
he reserved as n nest egg for any permanent
fund that mi .ht be thought necessary larry
I'm the summer a contract was enter"d lnto with
{ & Nernule 10 make Il survey of all the terri
tory under tho Joint commissions lurl,al9-
ton: that il. from Fort Lee Ferry TO sneuen
81 x
U%ncrs W;'2 TsEnS'ih IN thqt { distflct w.
The commits >ons decided That blasting on
the Palisades could not be stopped by legal
ueasures but they learned that the properly
ON Which blasting was being carried on could
be purchased for $lS2.5OO. The commissions
decided that this was reasonable price Tor
the property. While the Commis sioneLs were
negOtiltlng for the property on which blasting
WIS being carried on they also negotiated
with the owners OF property along the ram
sadrs which had not yet been preempted ioI
blasting majority OF 'he vneT iars'.. syTsad ead
t. sell their holdings on the face OF the ram
slde, for $500 an acre and the riparian
rights for SO arunnins foot; T., ,.
tabish an iIt"rstrte Iark running from ie
Fort lee Ferry 60 d rolnt beIoW Snedeh
to tie waters ed se In addition u e-tab-
!ishing this park the commlssi.nS also
agreed e. construct "A driveway AZ the base
uf the cliM and Ia use their inilucn,e 10 nave
ferric, connect the driveway with the drive
wavs or the New York side OF the river
The commissions appealed to certain men
in New York Tor financial assistance on the
iolpwing, conditions. Ilat they, shaI re-
sHe bg,MsHs bSESHs p for Zee Ter and nc n
LANDING at the rate OF 500 per acre ana $40
running foot Of riparian rights, that the
commissions should acquire an option on al
the property where blasting was going on
for slS2, 500 and that the $4,000 APPROPRIATED
by the New York Legislature be pdid down
The $4,000 has heen paid down and the
schene has met with perfect success. Inc
blasting stopped on Christmas eve ana under
tile conditions, Of the option II VIII not be
recommended uIt June Tho SoUo
appropriated by thn New York leHlslature
has become the nuclei, "i the ihnd & hy Wnlon ,r,l
Fort Lee opposite lg5th street to liuylers
Landing can be acquired at a very low figure.
The commission hopes that the Is Sslatures
will assist II in carrying forward the scheme
in " hich IL is engaged.