The Jersey City news., 1906-11-28
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WEDNESDAY, NovEMBER 2s, 1906

A new quarry company has been incor-
porated at Albany recently for the pur-
pose of extending the DETACHMENT of the
scenery of the highlands of the Hudson
River by blasting for trap rock Vener-
able Storm King Mountain. situated on
the west bank of the river. between West
Point and Cornwall, is now to be attack
ed, providing the plans of the newly
incorporated company are carried out.
The name Of the new concern is the
Storm King Rock Company, and it's di-
rectors include Arthu J. Brooks, Charles
y. Ring, Louis G. Buttriek and Edward
H Jewell. Messrs. Buttrick and Jewell
are stock brokers, Mr Ring is an insur-
ance broker and Mr.. Brooks is dealer
IN building matmermials at GA West 61st
street, New York. No one interested in
the company would say today where the
holdings ofthe company are nor would
give any information concerning its plans
Those of whom Inquiries fere made were
asked il the owners ofthe quarries now
operating at Hook Mountain were behind
the new company. This they refused to
discuss and said that they knew little or
nothing about the matter at thepresent
time.
The largest quarries operating on Hook
Mountain now are controlled by the Odell
Fess interests at Nyack. This company
company was most active last spring in
opposing Assemblyman wainwrights bill
to save Hook Mountain. The measure
was finally passed bu the Legislature,
however, fifteen minutes before the close
Of the session. Odeii's men in Albany
had succeeded in enlisting on their side
suicient number in the Senate to defeat
the Hook Mountain bill. and only the ex-
posure of odelrs hand in the aair at the
last minute saved the day. By the pro-
visions OF the bill the Interstate Park
Commission may acquire by right of en-
lnent DOMAIN all of the territory on the
west bank of the Hudson river for a dis
Piermont to Stony Point, necessary to
preerve the scenic beauty of the river.
This will eventually out the quarrymen of
their Hook Mountain holdings. but owing
to the necessary delay in the searching
Of titles the Palisades Park Commission
has not been able to stop blasting on
Hook Mountain.
Off several weeks the Commission has
been conferring with a number of friends
of the project, who have already contri-
buted largely for the completion of the
park, and plans for the permanent stop
ping of the DETACHMENT of Hook Mountain
are nearing compmletion
When the Commission stopped the blast
inging at Indian Held a few years ago,
the quarrymen located there, though re-
luctant to give up their quarries, finally
met the Commission half way and sus-
prior to the actual transfer of their lands.
Not so with the destroyers Of Hook
Mountain. Since the passage of the
Wainwright Bill last spring the destruc-
tiontion Point-no-Point, as Hook Noun
tain was once called. has gone ON with
Increased vigor. Practically double
orce of men has been working in the
de!l-Foss quarries ever since, and the
antain has been deIaced about as
j. since the passage of the bill as 1t
before.
lends of the greater Palisade Park
iect. both in New York and New Jer-
are awakening to the fact that their
her eorts are required notonly to ousI
quarrymen at once, but to hasten the
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