Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-13
FIGHT For !.
MOUNTAIN.
GOodsell's Defeat Re.
calls Nook Mountain FIGHT in
New York legislature.

III z .L..H ETI.a aHN fE-4 .tntts t.
The defeat Of Senator Goodsell, OF
Change county, for recollection ito the
state senate last week, recalls Good
sells. activity on behalf of the Hook
Mountain q,larrymen and against the
friends. of the Interstate Palisade
Phrkpwho were fghtinpg last spring To
secure the passage OF the Wainwright
bill, extending the jurisdiction of the
Paiisade Commission e, include Hook
Mountain and its envffohs. GoodseiI
was Odell's senator, Just as the largs
est of the. Hook Mountain quarrfe is
lUdell's quarry. Only the exposure of
lQdell and Goodseil's hands in the, on
position to Che Wainwright bin
brought that measure to a vote dnr-
ing the last hour of the life of the
legislature, and, by throwing the
ranks Of the opposition into confu.
sion, secured its passage.
The original Hook Mountain bill,
vas presented toTthe iegisIas
ltlife last year, vas defeated by Odell.
Zone Of the former republican state
adherents caused this bill
Ito. be numbered wrongly, and thus
prevented its reaching q vote a sim
Eilar trick was tried on the legislature
last year but failed.
1.-THE fight for the WainWright bill
Ito preserve Hook Mountain did a
great deal toward enlightening the
I.Dublic in regard to the. possibilities of
rick legisiatioi, said a supporter Of
The Palisade Park movement yester-
f1ay, "and 1t undoubtedly contributed
u. the defeat, of the man who engf.
aeered, the opposition. Had the guar
ymen succeeded in defeating the bill
ior the second time, the extensive
plans of the Palisade Park commits
sion FOR the Improvement of the park
~pnlds have Been curtailed by half,
ind the destruction Of Hook. Noun
Etain. one of the most prominent and
smost historical landmarks south of
1.-THE Highlands. of the Hudson, would
have continued to It's end. ,rTe..
While the building Of the river
highway along the, face OF the ecliffs'
from Fort Lee to Stony Point, where
1t will connect with the system Of
STATE roads, is an important feature
o." the plans of the Palisade Park
commission, that feature which will
appeal most strongly to the greater
number is probably the great; simmer
camping grounds that VIII be Testab-
lished by the commission on the Pal
isades and on the slopes of Hook
Mountain.
Except for the building of the
highway the natural beauty of the
Palisades, Hook Mountain and their
environs will be left unchahged. Many
hundreds Of acres Of cliff and wood
Hand VIII be set apart for summer
campers to whom privileges will be
sold for a small charge, merely in
border that each camper may be as
sufed by this payment of uhdisturbed
tenancy of this camp for the season.
The announcementsof this: plan for
she camping ground which wal made
during the fight for the Wainwright
bill brought to the iPalisade Park
commission hundreds OF letters OF APP
provaI and gave the Hook Mountain
EbiIf greatly, Increased public support.
FThe passage Of thfs bin assured the
extension of the camping ground to
Hook Mountain, whichtfis more ac-
eessfble I'd many would-be campers
Ethanthe Palisades, Z
1.-THE most unique feature of the
Interstate Palisade Park will be the
lroad through Hook Mountain. The
| abrupt river front of this peak and
High Tor, which lies to the north Of
Hook Mountain. led Charles H. Leay-
Hit, Jr., the engineer for the Palisade
Park commission, to adopt plans
which will create on,the west shore of
the Hudson river, d Highway, that will
prove a worthy rival OF the world
famed Axenstrass long the shores
of Lake Luzerne. Mr.. Leavitt has
travelled extensively through Switz-
erfand and ITALY and is familiar with
The Alpine roads. HE has adopted
the plan for. the Hook Mountain road
similar to that of the railroad tunnel
at st. Gothard's Pass. the Axenstrasse
L A-l MA AieI..Dad onror. tho &imnlnHn