New-York tribune., 1908-02-17
PLANS BIG WATER PARK
Landscape .Irchitect Uould Use
Jamaica Ban Flats and ChanneLs.

A movement las seea started by Harold 4
Caps-n. landscape architect OF No 10 ~.
avenue for the development OF the intsrief nA.s
ana channels O. Jamaica Bar into q great pco'iN
us+e- mark for sll the sports OF smooth water
Associated vith him IN the movement sre 'a'si-
sers ot tie American Society Of Landscape AT
cAi,ects Of which NJ Caparn IS fellow
MAYOR Mcclellan some tine sso appointed
commission of engineers 10 report on jahnEieA
Bav as site FOR hsreor for oceSn going vessels
with docks and Wharfage TIE commission Al
Used the construction o1 g line o. dochs on '-i7
shores Of the bay about twenty-five iaI--S .'--s'
h.ch. Il VAS urged might &c expected |" 80
race with the commercial needs Of New 1oTA ao'
thirty or <ortv years As the commission also
advised tie DEVELOPMENT CT many miles q ooeA
age on Sta4en Island AID n S-oosiFh. SIee
and TIE Bronx and there was so H1uch o''1si
waterfront along which wharf and haroor 1aSi+-
80 -.is+. Ia sxpected 70 develop. II was thought
;hs1 the interior NJ Jamaica Bay might net 70
required for that purpose for seveaiE-hEe OF
hundred years 2fesaVrhIle- x * proposes 70
veic2 there a great water PARK H@sa'oias 80,
r,ove-1sn, zi- Capa-r made the following STATE
H1ent yesterday
I r2Isd - ffsnsics Bsy for public paTk-not !:
conventional PARK with lawns ana 80 vriI1
e s-T - ntrIcsts channels tnJe-secting the great
iseai res or reclaimed rlaTst OF which all ne
or~-x ~ s-,ro4r vzter-Tovng. sailing. rstiIs e-,c
swi;Inius-a al theI- phases o.~- , t---N 60
7sers sbt,t r tnat IS ali its cwu- feeling Q; s;ii-
ness ana serenity that the EhyJh1aic 1.i-a - "a -
s7-ka-t I'D ths. eTes tie rlaI;lp!ied sx7iosic,s O.
The exssp@ratins ard prossic b'lt --sI-1 A-o'N-
Tbe soenery IS Eiiesv-ead soothing ard EN-
ssiendid firIs bo--ovei from ,hs SKY and eTeEy-
there TsrZading s--7. IS cs?n Of tie pTaire.
the desert. stiIl O. clouclsSS neAFs, -
natio TIE place has fo- any wao Is % seEs.ite @
20 me inausnce cf sky and water g The result '0
Nov a. the sentiment ct 4 work Of ar IS ,.!e
cny thng .h4t makes y Taey Nox... ,@ js v,1at
sentiment q Jamaica Bay nc: Us e> Nv To-k
makes 7 vaiaao.s 20 the peeps - f-o,o az
Il is different IN expression an =. r. i not
mere Saias5ie because dieret but because Il
kinds OF he very varied scenery and to?ogrspaE %
greater New !o-k Ana n 1o,3sI5 RsIs N t p-S6le5
before ore * surely 70 trv % ili.I1se cs7
ideas o. Prs}nldiiss On On re re @ Is or deal
tsed IN TIE terms ones command How Is - -
a. xeT as ees'he:icaT2 useful as possible: T. EI-.e
rot .ss than thr.a feet above mean Elsa .-.e' M ~
dredging The channels q oota9tn 1E sa-s is
s1lpiE o. d-sgiHs our arc n-ls IN n I'D the blst
soil oLs b5e{ ia ..nes, In tbs case TIE TOP oId
= -ure sa-d wkica OF course would 7s<sr CO toi
park The nars1 aysrages s5olt 2,,fss- f9,f tnres
could he removed to b- spread over TIE -op EHe1
stt her, z r.oss.sle eoI=..fou - :, important
c.Ti: problem las; sanae: Easa tae -64. s@-6..
smiled most viisirousIy vert through ths Ess
SiIe and IONS OF = II tEl@ e--e--.S -
oeDt;-g addition - s-ot2-y Cd rats ple-eS -
wood and Ike. II cid not differ rac.cz-tS y
composition from the gardeners cor,Post heap
consisting mainly Of banana skins E7ss1a2i1 Eet
Use. etc. which. mixed with soil q ashes OF ootn
rtI II @ three -sars dlsintegrAie tn'o m
and fertile bla-S soil
Al p-ese-. 1he cttv-s ga1bss= < taken = Bar
Island. whe-e re oil IL saEeezeo OFT OF i as
o. twelve feet deep. for filing Nov. there are =
moved from Brooklyn alone ever year .'e .s q
cubic ya-Gs of ashes, and -keses mixed with -
and spread over the marshes with . -ElE cover
i-s II ssEeS Of -o;f over the TOP GeoSo-zs N
zr7oie. -h5ch u ai]l do effectively. ooul6 = ~
course o. time. the whole land surface o
the aa-k with a good depth of 11e sol. az -
same tine prc-tdirg coflvenier, and v-ofta d.
dumping g-oiDd fer the city refuse for many yee-
TIE land area proposed for pars purposes II
about 2 80 acres That this not excessive for
city such New York. EhiCh zill s9o7 &c ~
most ropuloES II the world : proved by The *
snap-es 81 Paris. London sr6 Boston, which have
found fte.- advantage To apart E-ea
territories for park purposes much &c II -
vo.6 their boundaries.
IRE Corporation CcCESs! says that II. city Est
good and clear title 70 al this land. though -ht
Attorney General % ti= state says t1at title I
rested tHe state. In e!the- case II seems cisa
thst its zcsItsr.c1 6v the Ft.y would Be ard
economical and that New York has oopo-r-1--it,
- acquiring perhaps (o- 6f-y- perhaps for ocs
Eund-e5 years. perAaps for al time public 70
-eat:on ground EhoSs value :, : TOT POSSIBLE q
estimate