New-York tribune., 1910-01-06

tiit year or SZU,-
43slSs S. as follows:
Canals. for all pur-
poses. including
amounts paid from
fans fansl Geda 1892 s. sink5ng saa
3s4 45; 1905 81 SOB
527 81; 1909 sl5.-
si2. 257 49, -. s7.23e34 80 s25. 4s5 25s 30
Highways for al pur-
poses. including fem
iGsSIy Ifs57.y s5ST. ssTttilsass: T.4ss e.
1905. s1,s10OOo: 1900.
1900 oo9 ..--.---. 7,ls2,915 IS 7.se1.4si 81
Adirondack Park and 'iOo 90 O''4''o u
purchases ,........- S37.4es1o 231,811 "a
Principal and interest
on Adirondack Park
Donds -------------- 2h3-5Oo 90
Totals .-..-.--.. .sI5.s87. 841 - s35 s56 $50 12
The remaining disbursements aggregate
SOS 252. .s97 IS.
The surplus on September 90 1909, ascer-
tained according TO the customary method.
amounted TO IS, 49, S48 is. At the end of the
preceding year il was Sl2. .S57, ,7S4 06. There
would not have been this decrease in the
general balance had 1t not been for the dif-
ference IN the excise year and the conse-
oUent difference of over 81 900 900 in the
LIQUOR tax receipts, already noted.
The state debt has been increased to s41.-
1850 through the iss1e Of additional bonds
amounting to $1,000 900 for canal and high
way purposes. as follows:
Canal debt ...-...-..-.. $50 2so ESQ $50 23O $50
highway debt .---.------ 6o00.oo0 II 100000
Totals .--.........-....S2 .S26 23o $50 SAL. $50 $50
on September 80 1909. the sinking funds
for the canal and highway debts ag-
gregated So 056. .3G9 70, the debt in excess of
the sinking funds being S19,174390 80.
THE HARTMAN GIFT
IL is with great pleasure that l announce
a most important public benefaction. IN
accordance with the wishes Of the late Ed
ward H. Hartman, his widow, Mary w.
Hartman, has Informed me of her readi-
ness TO convey TO the state a tract of
about ten thousand acres of land situated
ia Orange and Rockland counties to be
held Ia perpeuUity as d state park and in
urtberance OF the same object 10 give 10
lie state or to such board or commission
as may be authorized TO receive and ad
minister the trust the sum of Sl000.UDU.
Mrs hartman states thai il was her hus-
bands wish, and Is her expectation. that
TINS fund should be used by the state to
acquire other parcels of land adjacent to
tlTe above mentioned tract and intervening
between II ana the HUDSON River, and IN
tbe Improvement Of the whole, that the
park may ultimately have some portion Of
river front and thus by improved accessI-
hliity be rendered more useful ana more
beneficial TO the people of New York City
and the neighboring counties. In addition
10 tie condition that the land so conveyed
should be held for use public park,
the grant - to be made upon the further
u q
OF corporation under ITS authority snail
hereafter condemn or seek to condemn
ether land ia Orange County belonging TO
Mrs. Hartman or her descendants the
land which is the subject Of the grant shall
f1ereupon revert to her or her heirs This
condition is imposed for the protection of
an adjacent tract upon which Mrs fiSrTl-
man resides. | submit herewith the cor
rpsnondcnce relating TO this proposal
Through this generous and patrlotic
action, which cannot be TOO highly com
nlended there win at once be afforded
basis not only for necessary cons"rVatlon'
bet for tho deVelopnlent OF = puoiic rHcfea-
zion ground in reGion Of matches beauty
lfeh sn historical associations and close TO
the aboaes Of more than half the people OF
recommend appropriate recognition Of
this munifcence and the enactment of suit
acceptance Of the gift and its use for the
PURPOSES defined.
OTHER BENEFAcTIoNs.
II is my privilege to announce still other
gifts for similar purposes. The importance
of protecting the shores Of the Hudson
River and of establishing Highlands park
readily accessible TO those living In the
congestsd quarters of the metropolis has
inspired i benevolence which cannot fail
10 receive the grateful appreciation Of the
people ,...-., -,... -. -. %
the activity of the Palisades Park Coninls-
sion. which was created in 1899. Through
fIiig commission constituted under the laws
Of this state. and similar commission.
with identical membership, established un-
der 4 3 laws of the State or New Jersey,
there has been acquired the face Of the
cliffs from Fort Lee Ferry 10 Piermont
including tse riparian rights for the entire
distance The jurisdiction of the commits
sion constituted under the laws Of Ibis
state al first reached only 10 Piermoht
creek IN Roekiand County: but by the
amendment of the year 1906 il was extended
SO as 10 authorize the commission Ito Sc
fect and locate such mountain lands along
the vest bank of the Hudson River in
Eockiand County north Of Piermont Creek
aforesaid and south Of the state reservation
ift rlfQnf iIIdRA ha