New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-15

MOVE FOR A BOARDWALK.
COMFY ISLAND PROPERTY OWNERS AND
LOCAL BOARD APPROVE BIG
PROJECT.

There was special meeting yesterday OF the
local Board Of the Fifth District in the office OF
Borough President Grout TO consider the advisa-
biity of building the proposed boardwalk along the
sea front at Coney Island from the Concourse to
Sea Gate a distance of about eight thousand rect
Lively interest in the project was shown by the
large number of property owners along the sea-
shore who attended the meeting. They were Will
ing to cede enough Of their property to the city for
the purpose but wished to be assured that they
would be protected against the building Of a troll
ley line between their property and the walk, or
having the beach INSTRUCTED by buildings Of any
kind. Mr. Grout informed them that when the
property was given by the owners to the city they
could restrict 1t that although hundreds of fran
chiscs might be given to trolley roads, none could
build there.
Mr. Grout thought the walk should begin at the
southwest end of the Concourse and continue west
to Sea Gate There should be proper sewer sys-
tenn there and new street could be put through
between Surf-ave and the ocean. Surf-ave. should
be paved with asphalt The plan Of building the
boardwalk take strip of land a hundred
feet wide for the highway which no booths
could be built business carried on. part could
be boardwalk and the rest left for the beach, and
As It would be a public highway. no structures
could be put there. AS to the Jettes for the pre-
vention of the washing away of the beach. that
was something for future consideration
Charles Stubenbord, Coney Island resident for
twenty years was in favor of the boardwalk, and
was willing to cede enough of his land for the
purpose to the city He had Ieen in Atlantic CITY,
and thought the proposed walk should be modelled
after the boardwalk there That made Atlantic
City and in a similar way Coney Island could be
made the finest seaside resort the Atlantic
Coast Mr. Stubenbord was In favor of opening a
street through the Bowery, and also of opening
more streets from Coney Island Creek to the shore:
Charles Henderson remarked that 70 per cent OF
the people of Coney Island were willing TO cede
the strip. but they would want some SudIantSe
doubling the honesty Of the city. they Wlsaeo
to protect themselves. Some could not cede their
share, for in doing it would take all tnelr
property. -,
property would be amply compensated TINS
could be brought about by street opening proceed
ings. He then read resolutions, which Were
adopted to the effect that the Local Board of the
lie Improvements that the map OF the city OF New
York be altered by laying out as highway strip
of land extending along the Atlantic ocean from
the high water mark 10 a point lnlano, ana II on
in the Thirty first Ward of Brooklyn; that there
should be a boardwalk ten feet high, constructed
in such highway similar to that at Atlantic CITY
and under similar regulations. especially that on
and no structures erected, no railroad ever con-
Rtructed thereon and that, In case OF the oeach
making beyond the present high water line to
of $50 feet, the highway should be moved
not lose their present right to the accretion, and
that the entire cost of acquiring the highway DC
assessed upon the property deemed 10 be benefited
thereby ard the entire cost OF improving the nigh
believed that SUrf-ave., where now paved with
stone pc vement, should be repaved with asphalt
Mr.. Grout said that on WednesEaS tie subject
would come before the BOARD Of tuOHc Improve
ent, when they could suggest the necessary re-
stTictiOns.