Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-29
TO PROTECT
STORM KING.

The threatened deracement Oh gro
Nest and Storm King Mountains
which was brought to pubic atten-
ton by the incorporation last week at
Albany of the Storm King Stone
! Company. has brought public express
sion of protest against the proposed
vandalism from all quarters of the
state. The New York Scenic and
Historic Preservation Society is in
vestigating the purpose of the Storm
King Stone Company with a view to
as%certaining the exact location of the
land Upon which it proposes to blast
trap rock.
The new attack upon these two
historic landmarks recalls the efforts
that were made some years ago by
public-spirited citizens of the state to
have Gro Nest and Storm Kinfi peaks
and the contiguous territory incor-
porated in a state park, when at that
time the uuarrymen, who afterwards
located at Hook Mountain, were en-
deavoring to buy land on Storm King.
The efforts to create this park failed
in the legislature. The state has es-
tablished a reservation at Stony
Point, at the northern terminus of
that strip of river land which will
eventually form the Palisade Park.
Before the quarrymen, who are
planning to blast trap rock from
Storm King, can put a plant into OPP
Grafton, the engineers department of
New York state must be reckoned
with, This department has plans for
the building of a section of the pro-
posed state highway along the Hud-
son river above the tracks of the
West Shore railroad, to extend the.
entire length of the river front of
Gro Nest and Storm King mountains
for a distance of three and a hall
miles, which will necessarily conflict
with any quarries on the river front
unless they are situated at a consid-
cradle elevation above the river. In
this event the DETACHMENT of the
mountains will be even greater than
if the quarries were situated at a
lower level. This section of the state
highways will connect the roads OF
the West Point reservation with the
already completed roads at Cornwall.
The Storm King highway, which
will be a distant continuation of the
proposed river highway through Pal
isade Park from Fort Lee to Stony
Point, is a part of the 1850 miles of
new roads to be built under the $780,
100000 bond issue, plans for which
have already been adopted. Prior to
the issue of the $50,000,000 of bonds
for good roads in the state, 692 miles
of highways had been completed un-
der previous appropriations. The
bond issue provides for the building
of a total of 1000 miles of new
roads, $3.50 miles of which have yet
to be planned.
The Scenic Society will not be
ready to act for a fortnight, but when
its plans are matured the society will
receive the support of the majority
of those friends of the historic pre-
~servation movement, who have al
ready contributed largely to the crea-
ton of the Stony Point reservation,
the preservation of the Adirondack
woods from destruction by the wood
pulp mills, and the creation of the
Interstate Palisade Park. Supporters
of the park enterprise expect to be
able to stop blasting On Hook Noun
tain within a reasonable time. The
work of fixing titles progresses stead
lily and contributions to the fund
necessarily to acquire the Hook Noun
tain properties and the land to the
north and south of Hook Mountain
between Piermont and Stony Point
continues.