Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-09-24

Iobe. president Of the Corporation
i.i1nidating company was the purchaser
/ Ct me great tract of land adjoining the
Harlem ship canal from the DycEman
eSt'ite ana the American Realty com
fdhY, tfte former owners On this tract
Il y Proposed 10 establish an amusement
PARK OF greater proportions even thar
the Two enterprises of Il similar nature
Tow al Coney Island Cobe represents
it is said, a syndicate Of wealfbv me-,
who are about to form a new anuserneI,r
CORPORATION with a capital stock of 50
000.000 ~
The new park probably will he opened
next June. Ii is expected that il viii
eclipse EarIs court, the famous ainuse-
lleht resort OF London. The park viii
he situated on Broadway. running back
10 the ship canal at kngsbridge, and
VIII comprise Il tract Of fifty acres whicl
now possesses much natural beauty.
Tie massive entrance will open direct
~ on the main concGurse. which will lie
100 feet wide and 1900 feet long. II is
planned TO run Il lagoon. interSDersed
with rocky islets. down the center Of
the concourse, with bridges at conveaieu,
points The principal amusements viii
face the concourSe, and the water Of thu
lagoon viii form Il cascade, which will
be illuminated with concealed electrical
effects. y waterway will be buff around
the entire property.
\ floral garden, which will be flied
with roses, rare shrubs and foliage is
now being laid out on John u. Rookie
feller'S estate ut Pocantico hills at II cost
OF SJoWD. The plans of the gardens
there really are three gardens. connected
by terrace and odd stone stcps-were
drawn by John ID. Rockefeller. Jr.. for
his father. after ideas furnished by the
FAp ar Ttrt
there will be nothing like them on any
private estate in the country with the
possible exception of those on George J !
Gould's Georgian court.
The gardens are about 800 feet square. /
ana each Is sunk below the level of the :
main drive leading to the stables. Sur
rounding them are walls made of c0bble- !
stones, arranged in artistic shape.
AliS John -. Rockefeller. ST.. and her /
daughter-in-law, who is the daughter of !
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island. have a |
mania for Jack roses and American !
Beauties. and Mr.. Rockefeller has ar |
ranged for the purchase of some of the |
in Europe.
All the servants have been instructed |
to give out no information concerning the |
new mansion on Kybuit mountain. and |
even the lips of the stable help are !
sealed. 1t is reported, however that !
Mr. Rockefeller will spend 100000 on |
the new residence, which will be the |
most magnificent country seat in this |
country.
A fairly we'll dressed man. 30 year,
old, stopped in front of restaurant on !
the Bowery the other evening and stool |
looking in. Not muscle did he move
but he stood ligidly. looking almost |
hiankly into the restaurant, AT mid
night, when NJ Miner the proprietor.
was leaving, he thought that the man
might be hungry, and told him if such
was the case he was welcome TO go in
and get Il meal. The man mumbled n
few uninteligib!e words and MIR Miner
went away and left him standing there.
When the proprietor came back the
following morning the man was
III the same position, and the night clerk
at the Planters hotel next door said he
had not moved 4 particle ali night. al
though ut one time il was raining Al
noon, Mr. Miner called the attention of
a policeman to the man. but the patrol
man said he had no right TO interfere.
The man kept standing still. Finally.
shortly before midnight the following
night Mr.. Miner told a policeman of the
mans peculiar lack of action and an
was summoned from st. Vim
cents hospital.
The ambulance surgeon said his opin-
ion was the man was suffering from
catalepsy, n malady which. he
said, was not often encountered by the
medical profession In such cases it is
not unusual for an afflicted persons
to remain rigid ten days or two
weeks, but that it was unusual for the
person to remain on his feet more than
twenty-four hours. The man was sent
to Bellevue hospital.