New-York tribune., 1901-01-06

According to a typographical map have ex-
amined, the elevation at the north end is SIG
feet. Two miles south it is $50 feet-the highest
point of the cliff. About quarter of a mile
below a point SD feet high stands out boldly.
This is about mile above Alpine. Just below
Alpine the elevation is 44O feet. Indian Head,
at Huylers Landing, is 442 feet high and then
the cliff becomes gradually lower, being 433 feet
nearly opposite the village of HighwoOd N. j.,
and 500 feet opposite Palsade-ave., Englewood.
The cliff is broken by only three streams
worthy of mention within the park area. These
are brook about a mile and a half long at the
foot of Palisade-ave., Englewood Green Brook
about the length. just below Huyers
Landing, and the brook at Alpine, which is a
mile long. There only four passes down the
bluff in the whole length of the park tract, and
only two of these adapted to vehicles and
they are considered dangerous. The lower is at
the end of Palisade-ave. EnglewoOd. in which
a single team may be driven There is a rough
road about mile and a half in length along
the beach at this point. There is a path at the
foot of the bluff at the foot of Hudson-ave.,
Tenafly and another at Huyler's Landing At
the last named place there was formerly fair
tigzag road for vehicles but it has fallen into
decay, and no team has passed up down for
many years. The road down the bluff TO Alpine
Grove is the best Of the passages from the sum-
nit 70 the beach.
AS far as is known nobody has ever passed
along the foot of the cliffs the whole length of
the park tract except in boat. At low tide
one may walk between the rocks and the water
in most places but there are points where there
is not room for passage. In many places the
way is blocked by huge rocks fallen from the
cliffs and over these it is difficult If not i'm
possible to climb. Where the brooks come down
through deep gOrges they generally disappear
beneath masses of broken stone before reaching
the river Green Brook. called from the ever
green foliage in its gorge disappears about
thirty feet above the water level, and one may
climb short distance above that point in COM
paratve safety
On point jutting out into the river about
forty feet and supported by rude retaining
wall quarter of mile below Huyler's Land
ing, the bodies of several drowned fishermen
Ire said TO be buried. The only monument is a
solitary tree perhaps fifty years old The sur
face of this little burial place is about ten feet
above high water
Those venturing along the foot of the cliff are
warned by residents at the top. before descend
ing. TO look out for falling stones. and if they
bear crash to hug the cliff closely. so the
cataput may pass them. Rocks falling
from the top of the cliff acquire a frightfu We
locity, cutting down trees in their wild flight |
and emitting sparks when they touch the wall OF
stone. One old resident says a large rock going |
down leaves strong sulphurous odor in the |
atmosphere
The fishermen living under the cliffs ig- |
norant of almost everything except their i'm |
mediate river level surroundings. They know
more about what is going across the river
than about affairs only few hundred feet above
them woman in the shadow of the Indian |
Head rock had never heard il called by that !
name. and had never heard of Green Brook less
than a mile down the river. She said there was
waterfall down there but she had never heard |
name for the stream. She had no knowledge
that there were fine country homes of wealthy |
people on the bluff above her, and when the |
name of her present neighbor, who lives almost |
directly above her, mentioned she admit |
ted that she had never heard it before. YOnkers !
across the river, is the market for Huyle-'s |
Landing
The promoters of the plan to preserve the |
Palisades have received great encouragement |
at the hands of Governor Oden, who cOmmends
the work of the Commissioners in his first mes
sage TO the Legislature, and says:
The Commissioners are securing options at |
conservative prices on several miles Of the Pail
sades, and through the generosity of a number
OF public spirited Peltlemen have obtained sub
scriptiC ms amounting to upward of S120O00 to
be used for the purpose of taking up the quarry
options contingent upon a State appropriation
sufilcio mt to close the options upon the re-
fnalndel OF the property now under contract
"A practical and busnesslike solution of the