The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-03
WAITING WALLS AND PIERS.
.vsTER BAY GIVES MIR. TIFFANY
ACHANCE TO SUE TT.

,.,,thy Residents want Structures mat
rro,s. the shore Road mat They May
S.nd from Their Yachts Other People
=, the Town want 10 Enjoy the Road.
o,.rra BAY, n. y, Aug. a.-oyster Bay
. aghtine for her supposed ancient rig ht
: NJ passage along what is known o. the
800 road, which ski rts Sycamore Hill
~ IA A f~avorite riding path for President
s....v.lt. Feeling In Oyster Bay and the
'.,shbohng villages runs 90 high that Q
- NJ indignant citizens led, 1t IL said
\" an official tore down yesterday evening
" ,tone walls on the shore front Of Louis
y ySsany, the New York jeweller.
Today the pier belonging TO Mrs. j..
90 Roosevelt, on which the President.
.nd many distinguished visitors have
landed on their way to Sycamore Hill.
-. PARTIALLY demolished by Highway
c.rmissioners F. W. Hauxhurst Of Oyster
o. and E. NJ. Underhill OF Glen Cove. The
..,missioners led a force Of laborers to
ia attack. They rather expected trouble.
nv were raRed with a verbal cross fire
,orn women Of the household when they
.,tsoked a pier on Fred l.. Coudert's place,
ma managed to accomplish their purpose.
4 section OF the pier belonging to George
Id Maxwell of New York was also destroyed
Nd A part Of the remains Of Mr.. T1any's
ali was removed by the officials In order
Nal the demolition might afford grounds
|ir legal action II Mr.. Tiffany thought
proper.
The movement to restore the water
tront OF Oyster Bay to the town Is backed
nv public sentiment. In 1877 what is known
I,s the Andres Patent conveyed in fee
dmple 10 the town Of Oyster Bay all land
between high and low tidewater marks.
One hundred years ago the Shore road was
declared a highway by the Board Of High
vay Commissioners. The road was sur-
waved 90 feet wide and it followed the tide
mark along the shore. Little by little,
n Ia said, the road has been encroaohed
on. The walls and piers which we're
wrecked to-day crossed the Shore Iroad.
The own board yesterday ordered the
removal Of the offending distractions In
zach Instance. The officials removed only
enough Of the structures to give ground for
legal action in a test case. Edward M.
Underhill, one Of the Highway Commits
Iioners, said yesterday:
When we reached Mr.. Tiffany's place
No found that during the night a crowd OF
men from Syosset or Hicksville had been
here and done our work for us. We
we're told that after tearing down the walls
he crowd had returned to the road and
put in two hours singing songs and waiting
Tor Mr.. Tiffany to have them arrested.
Be didn't show up and probably didn't
lnow Of their presence. There was mighty
little Of the Tiffany wall left for the law
10 get action on, but we sent for the SUPER
ntendent OF the place TO tell him that we
bad come to remove the obstruction. The
nperintendent didn't come but several
d bis men looked on while, we moved
rsponsible in any law action.
Nr, Underhill explained the hasty action
Il the Syosset or Hicksville citizens by
sying that they had q particular grievance
lpinst Mr.. Tiffany.
Not long ago, said Mr.. Underhill. -Mr.
tiffany came before the town board and
made q request that q certain road running
b bis IDEAS. There was a lot Of kicking
wainst the alteration by farmers who
dained that they would be in~oonvenienc ed
~ the change. However, when Mr.. Tiffany
domised not to place any Instructions
dong the shore the town board granted
hs request. Then the first thing any one
knew be had built on the beach a couple Of
walls which prevented the passage OF, teams.
II DO had only acted az Mr.. Whitney did
about his shore front property there never
would have been any trouble. Mr.. Whit
ney before he built his pier, came before
the board and asked for permission to
build II, promising at the same time to give
the public any facilities that the board
might request. The board indicated how
the pier ought TO be built 80 as not to OBJ
struct the passage of teams, and Mr.. Whit
ney not only carried out these plans. but
even provided better accommodations for
the public
The piersT which have been destroyed
are used as landing places for the tenders
VI the yachts owned by the group Of wealthy
summer residents who have formed q colony
% the neighborhood of Sycamore Hill. II
the courts sustain the action Of the high
way commissioners the summe colony
will be put to much trouble In landing on
We waterfront 10 their homes. A case
9 now pending in court involving them.
The Emlen Roosevelt estate Is in the same
controversy. Similar cases which have
been tried have resulted In a victory for the
bvn. The fight is sure to be q bitter one.