The sun., 1910-05-23

I OF unsDoiled, natural beauties were de-
scribed by Mr.. Perkins yesterday ThS
foot Of the Palisades and 20 q les axtanI
the cliffs betwesn Hook Mountain and
Hayerstraw are visited At present almost
exclusively by campers or those who
20 for q days ramble along the shores
Between Piermont and Nyack there has
grown up a colony Of summer houses
unlike anything else along the Hudson
HousebOats and boathousss and bunRa-
lows whose verandas reach TO tho water
are along the shore. while sail and power
boats make the waters lively.
South Mountain is a beauty spot that
would be included In the new park. Il is
a. wild as any lover Of Wild nature could
desire. On the mountainaids are the
remains Of a road which BOss Tweed
planned and built. He conceived the idea
OF a mountain residence park and the road
was a feature Of his plan. Its grade
is practically level and Il seems the logical
route for the proposed boulevard along
the Hudson shore.
Further up the mOuntainside is an old
tower u logs. lie stairway fallen 10 ruins
IL commands view unsurpassed for
beauty by few points in the entire region
All TappAn Zee lies below 10 the east. and
far across MestChester county are seen
the waters of Long lslsnd Sound. Rock
And county stretches westward and 20
the northwest rise the Highlands and
RAmapo hills.
High Torn and Little Tom are we'll
known places 70 river travellers They
loom from q ridge that is Scared and
scanned by qJRrries. beginning with the
shameful DETACHMENT Of Hook Mountain.
70 ave which Mr. Perkins and the COM
mission conducted an energetic campaign
40 - = a .
who were interested in selling the state
millions II dollars worth of rock
The entire range of hills from ReFmont
% HAyerstrAW u the natural path which
the extended Palisades Park would take.
lt carries the park past all the settled
regions Of river bank without Once taking
Il out Of the Wild country No feature u
the park plan is considered more i'm
portant than the saving u the Hudson
River scenery and the extension Of a
boulevard through that region The
State has planned and partly completed
a splendid road along the western river
bank. Il Ia finished AZ far north as High
land Lake. rounding DunderbeFg and
passing Iona Island
SO FAR as the preservation ~ the High
Ands "a concerned the persons who have
offered to contribute S75OO.Oo for the
greater park, with the exception Of Mrs.
Hartman. whose gift does not affect the
river shore have specified that the State
shall discontinue work on the new state
prison At Highland Lake and Bear Noun
Tain and put the prison where. In the
judgment of the park commissioner Il
VII not interfere with the park
WEST FONT scENERT PROTECTED.
The removal orthe prison would add 500
acres % the park lands and s.OO0 feet Of
Eater frontage. The prison tract touches
he United States reservation al Iona
Island on the south. and on the north the
rev 700 acre tract which West Point ac.
Iuired recently for its water supply I
he Government land already projects
he sides and summit ~ the rocky Torn. /
lack % Fort MontRomery and the north. .
'rn slopes n Bear Mountain and the .
Popolopen Glove between the .
wO elevations. 40 that the State park
nay swing past IN a narrow strip With
little danger Of the adjacent country ever
leing molested.
West Point has always taken good care
" its scenery and the same 10 true Of the .
residents along the four or five miles
Ietween the Military Academy and For
Montgomery. The country from DInder.
,erg 10 Fort Montgomery has remained
Almost unspoiled Not a single house
.tands along the State road. which trav-
'erees a forest
The park IN theory would stop AZ the \
'il!agp " Highland Falls. which is AZ the
pate u the West Point reservation. al
hough II would resume its course north
4 the reservation. Rut West Point Is a
'reat park, open TO the public. IN itself
With a river frontage ~ three miles he 4
ides nearly a mile n frontage on Cnnsti.
utIon Island. The reservation has An