The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-14
LOOKING OYER THE GROUNDS
VAST AMOUNT or WORK on HAND
FOR CONTRACTORS.
Tammany Leader Thomas r. McAvOy
viii Put New American League Park
In Playing shape-President Gordon
Plans Greatest Arena In the World.

II will require the expenditure Of q large
amount OF money to put the new American
League grounds In shape by April 30. This
was the opinion expressed yesterday morn
ing by a city surveyor who went TO Broad
way and i8Sth street TO officially look over
the property. But former Police Inspector
Thomas L. McAvoy. who Is the Tammany
district leader in that locality and who will
have the contract for building part OF the
grounds. said that everything would be ready
In time for the opening Of the season Joseph
Gordon, the president OF the new club. was
on the ground as early as o'clock comforting
with McAvoy. Half hundred open-Inouthed
ball cranks were there, too. figuring out
how the place would look when the work
had been finished Several wideawake
saloonk eepers we're on hand, too, looking for
options on ncighboring liquid emporiums
and one OF them got three.
At glance the visitors 10 the proposed
grounds realized that the contractors have
a difcult task TO handle. II can truthiully
be said that there is not a level spot ten feet
| square on the whole property running from
| i85th street TO i6sth street. north and south.
and from Broadway 10 Fort Washin gton
road. east and west. From Broadway look
ing ives, the ground starts in low swamp
4 filed with water. runs up into ridge OF
| rocks. perhaps twelve or fifteen feet above
| the level Of Broadway From the top of the
| ridge the land slopes of gradually toward
Fort Washington road. As the property Is
to-day Il will be necessary to blast all along
the rock ridge. cutting OIL Il slice OF eieht feet
| or more This rock will be used 10 I'LL in tho
| low part OF the ground. bringing il up 10
| a level with the reduced ridge. There are
| about 100 trees TO be pulled up by the roots
| Contractor Mctvoy viii probably begin
| operations on Monday and will put large
/ gang Of mca 10 work before noon
President Gordon said Yesterday that me
grand stand would be built at tue soutlNe -
corner of the grounds and that the PLAYING
field would be shaped in a northeastery di:
rection Tie field will slope a trfc toward
The outfeld a. a ,rInpnraTy arrangemenlt,
| ins and spectators by April 30. after which
the work Of cOmpletlng tae big arena would
be tie largest Of it, Mind IN America. There
4 viii be room for n half mile cinder track
for aihieiic contest ~ Or ,rnGk Tor Ggeiinng
! gridiron around which stand, can be hullt
20 --.t $500 SPECTATORS u l. believed that
Mr. Gordon viii MAX" these improvements
| at aIl early dat. ~ he wisaes to cater 10 all
| branches Of out-o:-door sport.
ENrry ,uriac ROAD running north on NJ an
! haitian land can rcsCh the ground- either
! directly or by means OF transfers he SIXTH
and Third ayenu" surface rosds run direct 10
{ switched onto the n'w kinRsbTidec trolley
,Gss Which ns- 10Th . corn" che a., Gla
10 III" I?Sh street line which cOs TO Tia"
srovnd- Ihs IIds from Park plhc. ov' the
| sI,th avenue elevated road 10 l?sih street.
thru TO the sLrfA"'. consumes nltN miiuti
~. gTound- ar 'isht u.ihu's wall from
, the tTnlLus Of the sl"ystd road al l5Jtl
street. over tho Nissiuc ia the III tghts
The tnnn'l At Idsth sip'i sh'r" thffe is a
station, L. utoT" thSl Of" hundred lcsi dsfp
AcooTding "a 20" pftrsn psus pssssnssrs
vii b. Csfti'd 90 ths tuTfSN. W two I'M
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time n stn b. Bso tssI, "a have "a sl-N sieT-
60 hsHdi' tho ofOH d that ~ 49, th' suhNHy
, ualns shsn tho Tusd . oomplr''d D'Ai N'sf
Pr cid ~ ''oTdon sill pfohshi' 20" a." o. AZ
/ tn.ttsf. 80 thst ID CaH b. att ndsd H. ~ ins
MsLss' or nj lsit iuf the Meet ~ sts tds .
b. sth meet Ntfal 81 be tHb 90 'hirasu
snd iltru SO 90 hisnts II"Alhg 40 9th a.
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