New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10

which had been acquired by the company.
Only two hundred yards away is the great
fertilization built by General Amherst, the
British general in 1863.
out OF tho personal interes; OF the stock
holders OF the corporation in the locality
and their general interest I'm civic affairs
grew the plan 10 make the preservation OF
the ruins on Crown Point certainty. X
was purOosely made a gift OF the corpora
tion rather than an individual.
Tho area decided 10 the state does not i1-
/ clude the entire Point. II simply takes n
the ground to the west Of the lighthouse,
occupied by the ruins OF the two fortifca-
tions The visitor II the Point is quite
likely TO miss the ruins OF Fort Frederic.
the smaller and older fertilization, for II
is little more than a mound Of earth. sufii-
GENTLY pronounced 10 make il possible 10
determine the shape OF the old work. but
little more. II occupies position on low
bluff close 20 the waters edge. A Flagstaff
marks the location.
II visitors could miss Fort Frederic they
never could fail TO find Fort Amherst Its
mighty ramparts. approximately half
mile in length rise twenty-five feet into the
air. Those who attended the Champlain
celebration at Crown Point last July found
its walls maze that rose up everywhere.
4 considerable proportion OF the audience
which gathered on the parade ground
within the pentaEon. unable 10 find the en-
trance had laboriously made their way
thither by crossing the broad moat carved
out OF limestone and scaling its slopinG
sides. Many person had an Involuntary
slide down the steep, grassy bank before
finally reaching the goal.
with the possible exception OF the Span
ish fortress OF san Marco al ST. Augustine.
Fla. Fort Amherst is considered the best
preserved OF the old fortresses in the
United states. one would never gain this
impression. however from the photographs
which are almost invariably taken to show
What the fore> looks like. Visitors and pro-
fessionsl photographers alike seem 10 think
that the ragged walls Of the barracks are
the fort and Al that there Is TO be photo
graphed II one were to judge from these
pictures the impression certainly would be
that il was not well preserved. for the roof
less walls are as jagged a. saws blade.
Indeed. not all or the barracks which
once occupied a portion OF the area within
the spacious old fort are standing. There
were formerly four. one OF which has dis
appeared. Remnants OF the walls Of A sec
ond. which is said 10 have been 2S7 feet
long. are to be seen. The walls Of two
other buildings. lS2 and 2l6 feet long. re-
spectively, stand forth with staring win
dows Ike fire gutfed city blocks. The con-
dition OF the heavy stone barracks is said
10 be due less to the tooth of tine than TO
an accident and tie irreverent hands Of
economically minded house builders in the
neighborhood OF Chimney Point on the Yer
mont side Of The lake
Last summer group Of New York
newspaper men who were attending the
Champlsin celebration al Grown Point were
wandering around through the long grass
inside the fertilization before the COM
memoration exercises began.
Well" said one Of them. as he looked
toward tho rooheSs barracks Il don't see
v here Amherst spent the 100000 that the
fort IL said TO have cost" They set out
on round OF exploration satisfied that
the barracks could hardly represent any
such sum. They scanned the towers and