The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23

/ held title tn the larger part Of all the Land
One day she called her many relative
about her and. a. the story ~ related b
one 10 h-r descendants told them that sh
:, MAS d->irnu~ that Their" should he ~
!, ~rangllng among them after she had die
pn account ~ anything THAI -h" might a
. 90 leave undon- and therefore she pro
. p'-st DIV idlug among them all the lam
thhi "aS h-ln m her nam" his she did
None ~ ~. land - now held by an
o. iuctnb'-' 81 the family which graduall
, disposed IT ~ al One portion ~ ~ wa
4 almost ~old 49, a very high prICe Ia TN
, ! nitrd state Government Tor grsa
naval station With deep anchorage a.
var "--sl- Wis Wa~ Iona Island. whlCl
> The Navy D"riri men' ait.rward acquires
I ~ par' fni IA" -torug. Of .Nplosiv -
, An"'hcr branch of the service, through
N-~i Ppln' IA ld- par If Rear Mountain
thi 70" Pupuippen ravin-. while the state
he-td-~ pNuing the park tract has itI-
cntnplr''-l splendid boulevard along th'
r1yrr bau$ almost 20 For Montgomery
Ih" lawyers ~ho were searching Tie
~" ~ ms para tract when the STATE
mr. entered mo negotiations 'pr - raj
frIp~- "UT.D';~ 'IIug 90 IN" form Il
zen IN ~" and which - 4 hiS'prlra
interest "a Wiv u vas = r..-'U.'
granted 90 lSi9 " one John B"vsridg'
allowing 90" Nagur'l' Telegraph Com.
pahy. which was preparing tn extend
lfS line long the line of tho then m.
cnmplate,l Hudson River railroad across
W" Hudson. to run telegraph wir. across
Iona Island
This Iona Island wire was Ia h, brought
across the Hudson which - here about
hdH a mi" wide A. % was long before
/ the invention Of submarIn" cables the
wire would have mad IN lee strung across
IN" stream asrIally THIS was not an
imposslbIlIty. since for several years
np 70 Nh" late os Or early 7ns two is."-
graph wires SPAWNED the river between
near cornwall. distance of nearly I,.u
feet
Tn" odd feature Of th. ca. - the u,I.-
tiou why crossing was Desired 80 Iona
Island over thirfv-fiNp wears before. tho.
West Shor" Railroad wa bIIu and Whcl
'h"re was prIrt ally mo- wagon road
worthy ~ inc mann along IA" weston
fivrr shor" - any -"ji let. u,'If Iur some
HtI"'- "'n"r np 1t down. uo'hlug Nu'
almost uuuIp,"p Wppi> A. matter
81 Ia" "a" rrussrug Wd- newer made
b'' ~" i"!"'rhpH COMPANY Ii"1 Wd~ o.
Tore" untIi u Wa -. -ativ an, ".,.i by -
-'I't ''~SoT ~ nrd"" Ia clear m" titl" 10 ~"
land
An interesting Iucid"ut illustrating
human ndtur" aud financial operations
~ an older dHv relate. 10 Highland LAX"
] hat sheet oi water. Of crystal ,l"Irnc--
ana i'Ti from pur" springs. WIS Tor YEAR
great source OF ICa supply. and more
than one odd Hudson Rive PRINT has
h",iS" whict stood on "a" river bank
before ia" Me- Nhpr. Railroad swept
n aNav
When THIS rc"hou-. had been built
.iirut y-dI hv l'-~'.- Of he lake m"
owner If the proIe'jY told her nephew
who was not much NOR" than q hov AMI
VII" T"Iit-st 'N" story - an old man.
that b" wrul1 md the lIE.' "a i.pusi invest
iu"ni and that u he woul r,II-a he money
she would IT, hIm have n with certain
a. q
haN" gathered tup money tpg"th her. but
DELAYED. ~.th Tee great enthusiasm To-
ward the proI",. ~ u'- dIut sold IN"
property 10 another purchaser FOR slSUD
The buyer ,It ySts IONS - TO-. m" tirSI
year and sold 2IU1 tons ~ a. ton
0 throwing IA another it.si tons for good
nsI-ur' and making Slup.tsI out 81 hi~
inv s@tn-u' Of Sibtsg The hpy spent
the r"st - hi~ lifetime r"Rrarting
Mention has been mad" ~ the un-poIod
uyslin"s- - th~ spot. vet more than
ON" project tuT..i. "ns-t it, h-autv bsfarc
the PRISON prur'.Ct came 10 d'~pGu " m
part Forty years ago a great railroad
hridg" vas plInns-i 10 span tho Hudson
~ to'f Won gon"rv Considerable work
Was actually done ~ NAV 30 seen Nv 4
- q uUn' ftr bach lu ~. noun
taIu- w'--f Di ~. rIss
Ia order tu oN.rCom" the grade uecs.--
-arY "a "p'tr,l" Rear Mountain Ia tn.
ilDTtii AMI Tsflf % the interior OF the noun
talus. whence the rat road wa- To emerge
into the farming country Of Orange
rounty aud sweep toward the Penusyl-
yanIa coal ii"id-, y wa- planned 10 carry
u SoufhWArh along IN" east front % Bear
Mountain lu-t abpvs Highland Lake
riry" through lluOdl-tOwu and return
81 a lower level To- the lake. passing directly
= ross - surface Imagination needs
lO -pur To- make one rraliZ" m" fate Of
the region had 'h,- ever CONS" 10 pass
a.. LII. a. .
threatened the i+auty - this lake when
her" stepped out upon - -hor. ON. dav
, lew YEAR ago striking looking man
soaring a TAN hat and =. long dark cloak
" Nrnerabl" aHp''arAn'e aud with a flow
NIX white t.'ari he might Ia less modern
apparel have easily -ugg--t..i the prophet
I"-''- lie did, indeed. pretend To f''
-ort 81 Np-.- for y Wa- none other
han Alexander Duwi-. who IN hi- role II
latter day Elijah had com" 10 this re-
red mountain pot to consider a possible
It- fur "a -""uud ZION CIV similar To- hI-
'hiCagO community
AbUut ia. same tim. al-o statements
y-r- published thar = church OF ganIzatIon
ad purchased The property for the pur-
O-.' Of establishing "a camp nesting
her" That plan too never cam. 10
HVthtng aud lovers Of tbs. region were.
ot sorry one other effort was made ~ |
ec'nt YEAR, Ia turn Highland Lake io
ehnite u~.. The piacs. was seen and al
Ony~rt the. tract into "a great arhOr.t'IIn /
nj water garden. promising To present
Ia the city or stat" The owner ~ that
me Was not willing To- sell and nothing
a. heart nf III" project hv ia" public
The prison d"v~lopTn' ni ram" suddenly
urIng The winter 81 1850 Shack- for
hundred PRISONERS brought from sing
lng ~-r. bum ~ Tho h-Iuluck ravIn,.
tween the lak" aud IN" riV.r 7 h.
lac- took un tn. a-I.-c'- II = Western
ltnIng camp
Ia. woods and thiCk-ts W.r. swept
'0m ih'. plateau aud th'. southern shnr,
10. Ak" barred ui It, ir"-- winding
ALVEY ted nearly "A mil" luug was blasted
trough ia" rocks. =carring ~" hilisid.
ID sweeping away IN" century Did growth y
'.v"Tgr..ns which H. Auiii."d n" uoIth-
~ SHORE ~ IA" lago'n
! hess changes the Park tommi-srun .
al tn" I'."pls will irh..rIf ,-.rfufc. along
IN ia. NOR. dAsifEi.h. FEATURES Of the
act Ia" old harm - the Highland
AXE country has gone n"y"r tu r,.turr
H.. 81 h. =