The sun., 1910-05-22
FAIL INA WET TINE
MfSTIIYING RESiDEATS o. an
ACROSS THE HU DSON.


10 Hand ThAi Anew HSS 10 naN.
Over on the Jsusay sAoSa VI tho North
River. where The trap rock looms high
eHi ~ the Hudson t's just Al Qua Of he
points uherS you can take your pick
q N calling the stream North OF Hudson
pblsi al tho top ~ Lhs cliH up which the
wollay oars s1uiru from 'ha vest alp
4 tha Fort Lee ferry from Manhattan.
tha r~aklsnts have bSsn ssaing other
oiHns than comets theSs past days. and
thay declined IN lock upOn them - s,gna
from tho heavcrs
There 10 . httle ssitlemsnt up there
kDOun a. Palisades. \ nNighbnr 70 an
nahsr settlement known az Grantwood
and n stll other settlements Of nther
names and thew ia junction ~ trolley
tgnchN right thereof tracks from the
FbTt Lee lerry and tracks fTnm the West
Eorty-seoond street ferry. and Jersey
lmnWs hOw many other ferries, thOss
tr0m Forty-sscond street or wsshaW ken
H1aning northwari. crossing At right
anRlsa thosa from the iSDth street or
KoEt lee ferry. which r,In wearWard.
and tho junction 70 knoWn-take Il from
ne nslghbora-as PALISADES Junction.
And right there 10 the whole story.
u depends upon whether you regard
tea tracks a. a. right angles or merely
0t1scross; whichever view you take
yDu viii have some Of the neighbora
With you and your angle may be right
~ You nav bs considered merely rriss-
oroso. just incidentally speaking this
hoinG the spring II the year. when fancy
ughtly ulrns JsrssywArd one might
eonJecNIre that al parties might deem
ovnyything grist that came into the
Sarasy or the PAlisades mill, otherwise
that brought attention 10 thoss delectable
beiGhts Of trap rock and dogWood trees
n blnssom and 70 the nearby amusement
naTla --
But no. Palisades Ia torn up as much
- the wooded walls Of ~ streets are
torn down. those walls being signboards
nat screen the occupied villas from The
trolley passengers hound for Englswood.
HackenSAck and Paterson and equally
and impartially hiding from the villa
awellcrs the peckabOo waists which the
trolleys bring from the fashion rentrps
of Manhattan.
And those signboarfs are many, albeit
to-day they are three less than they were
last Friday and that which = ineHphcsbls
y that the dark paradoSicai twins which
wash whittier than snow still are sitting
without quitting there. while no greater
VashbOards that tells Of lands Tor sale
tkev ls overturned IN ignominy and
weeds.
The question s at Palisades Junction.
Who turned ihesa tall records down:
Who put the ruthless steel 20 the base of
these painted OratiOns. thesc glowing
chromatic e1Ordiums inviting the atten-
q all ana sundry 10 the priceless pearls
of real estate that Jersey offers for
a mere mosquitoes songs Such things
are matters Of moment m Jersey and to
Jerseyites. but there u nobody In pah-
sndas who will tell the whole community
yesterday said that u WAa right there
that q. b >. got has play title 'lod Never
son6how. nobody seemed TO think Il
safe 20 tell much Oi anything. bat there
on the ground lay three big signs One
uANNfNlaGu a New AuNh tA4ANllrI - Wei -
. local real estate agency with headquar-
bersamid the lobster palaces Of Manhattan
There is no deDying that With this sign
down al least one hOure could see with
less diffiCuty one of the lines u trolley
cars. isut AZ the happy passengers on thu
line OF cars Could $50 more easily the
beautiful house. This slgn told of the
New York ciathieP and one Of the real
eStats agents. But contrariwise across
the TRACES there vas cut down another
sign that hid only the gresn trees and
underbrilsh - fascinating 10 The nature
IDyer who Ia HE ardur ~ giving to Jersey
nAture many urban habltatlons and as
many names
And whereas the first sign Vas on
based land the second sign which told
only % the glories of land a little further
ID, vas on land owned by ths owner Oi The
&m and moreover tins sign was just
oext " whole quadrant ot signs which
ecreech With enCom lums Of articles Ot
household Use and the ruthless jewellers
nBver touched this utllitaTihn curve.
ihough just beyond they slew another
hanleas announcement u still another
real estate opportunity.
One realty company "a exploiting snuie
of the and IN the vicinity, another zume
other land and an individual operator
y offering sUme neighbOring houses 10 an
appTeCiauve public. - ay nothing "
GrantWOod right ~ hand. where even
Columbia University professors have
lOInd home attractions bIt AL the repo'-
tors inquiries could elicit yesterday
es 70 the dONnthr0Ving - the three big
aGns Was that the aud thereanUut vas
0pdeT high restrict 1ns and that there
had been a good deal ~ squabhlinR aS
70 the right Ol anybody 10 put up large
aRns thereabout
The matter II the signs had oven been
carried into the courts IL was said and the
Palisades Protective League and one ~
he real estate companies had gone 40 faT
- @ serve notices calling for 'he taking
down Of some signs, iiit the notices had
Dot been of avail Neat hing anybOdy
knew sOmebOdy vent IN work On Friday
night and clh dSWn thresl n the signs
WhOy Great Hsa Who snipped the
tai on the comet, None knew One thing
y plain even 10 an unpractised eye the sign
destruyers Wers Accomplished peraonS
n their way for every past supporting
ths signs. whether by ! square NJ by
oval, ives sawn N az level and sawn
evenly A. only an experienced hand could
~. sspeciellv IN the darkness and The
mGns we're then all boTnr inland. 40 20
NDedk away fFnm the street line and lay
hGe upward on tho sWdrd One " them
hsl.ng-d 10 Ralph Y Red u vas On bis
own land and II had rarried with " in its
fall backward 4 g1Od sized yUIng oak tree.
shich u broke ~ four feei from The
ground Mr Rod said yesterday after
NOM that II be Cyuldn ind out Who did
he act = "andalsrl be- would sgs the
borough inasmuCh 49, the sign was on his
own land ard he paid ~ a taxpayer Tor
police lsEStscta0n. Otherwise, a. Ona OG
The neighh0r- said. II things we're 90 g.
90 40 this pace it were as safe i1r one 70
saW sans 90 he Palisades ~ a. pick