The sun., 1908-07-26
I'D. ROCKEFELLER MOVING In
FURNITURE CARTED TO HIS UN-
FINISHED MANSION.

/ Ef"EchGD h6ENOAVNs
And MIR. Rockefeller Is Expe cted ct X,
Ruit Hill, Near Tarrytown. Tomorrow
| Tunnel Built Frem the House 70 the
q Piayground-Features OF New Home
TAnayTowN. July 25.-Preparations were
being made at the new summer homo Of
| John D. Rockefeller to-day for the reception
| OF MIR. Rockefeller on Monday. Three or
| four van loads Of furniture were brought
In and their installation was supervised
by John D. Rockefeller. Jr. The exterior
Of Mr.. Rockefeller's house Is practically
finished. It Is q large three storied build
ing Of brick and stone with gable roof.
slated. Of the Colonial style Of architecture.
| Only q portion OF the interior work has
| been completed, however. while as for the
grounds. there Is enough work laid out
and still undone to OCCUPY large force OF
workmen for months to come.
Facing the entrance to his place there
Is an elaborate series OF miniature water
falls, cascades and pools. which are now
not more than started. One Of tn ese pools
will be q fish pond. while another will be
used as swimming pool. 30 1t was said
to-day. A third. called the wilderness
DOOlt 1AIQ Out ulOt0 VI eS1o ID . 61A POhsitOp
will be supplied with water through a large
ornamental rock pierced with pipes for
water.
The hillside facing the Bedford road is
being terraoed OF and inches left In the
masonry for the purpose, apparently. OF In
serting statuary. This will be at the rear
Of the house. which turns Its back on the
road.
About three hundred feet from the house
there is being erected a building called
the playhouse which Is thought to be
intended for Mr. Rookefeller's grand
children. This Is connected with the
residence by tunnel, or half sunken oov-
cred passageway, which also oomnnuni-
Gates by row Of steps with the little pools
on the hillside. Two walls Of stone are
being erected around the house, making
1t accessible only at the gateway. Along
the hillside thousands Of shrubs, plants
and trees. many OF which are foreign species.
arc already set out. Some Of the exotic
growths are said to have cost Mr.. Rookie
Teller as high as 1000 for q single speed
men.
On the borders Of tho lawn which. in
Guiding Mr.. Rookefeller's golf links at his
acres IN extent. are planted SCORES Of Or
ORIGINAL forests. None of them has taken
root as yet. and they are being held erect
by stout wires. Mr.. Rookefellers immense
Of the road. are similarly hidden.
Mr.. Rockefeller. now has nearly. 1000
men working for him. About half Of these
are in his direct employ. looking after the
estate. and the other bali are engaged by
the contractors! who have the building
operations In charge. Many Of the men
are Italians and negroes, though Mr.. Rookie
feller gives frat choice to Tarrytown men.
Times have been very hard locally since
ss. rDssr % SE1s to s,d The s,s shut dSTn Of the
sion ut an automobile factory here. and
the workmen themselves say that had 1t
not been for the employment Mr.. Rookie
feller gave to them on his estate hundreds
Of families would have suffered serious
There Is, however, one good line OF work
that Tarrytown people used to have the
monopoly Of on Mr.. Rockefeller's estate,
and which they have not as yet recovered,
and that is the leaning end Of his oonstrSS- TO
Rockefeller was hiring bis teaming exolu-
eively from the Tarrytown teaInsters. They
got % Q day and struck for N.so. MIR.
Rockefeller now gets all tho teamsters he
John Jacob Melin' tavern. .The Anchor.
the JUNCTION Of Sleepy Hollow. Bedford and
Eastview roads In the village Of North
Tarry town, will be offered for public sale
on Tuesday atnoon. Meln' place is within
a scant quarter mile Of Mr.. Rockefeller's
new home on the summit Of Ky Kuit Hill.
For ten yesrs or 90 Mr.. Rockefeller has bean
trying to get hold OF Melin's saloon, IL is
said. and. that failing. to freeze him out OF
business.
II Melin's place Of business 10 purchased
by Mr.. Rockefeller there will be only one
other saloon keeper left In his immediate
vicinity, That one 10 Mike Foley, who
has q place about o mile from Melin's on
the old Bedford road. Rockefeller used
to make 1t hot for Foley too. they say here
abouts, until Foley uninten tionally shut
himself OF from doing business and now
the Pooantioo Hills proprietor is just waiting
for him to fail.
II happened this way: The old Bedford
road used to run directly In front Of Rookie
feiier's house. In order to close 1t Mr..
Rockefeller offered to build another road
for the town connecting with the Bedford
pike about q mile further on. Foley voted
Tor the proposition and when the road was
built he found himself a quarter Of q mile
from his trade. Ed Moore bought land
at the new junction at the time and now
Eds widow 10 running vSry profitable
r,laoa thara