New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-28
TAKE DREAMLAND SITE.
Estimate Board Adopts Plan for
a Seaside Park.
1000 FEET OCEAN FRONT
Amusement Co. Gives City Two
Options-To Purchase $50
Acres at Rockaway Park.

Official action toward acquiring the
/ Dreamland and other property AT Coney
! Island for an addition 10 the present Sea-
/ side Park. as advocated by The Tribune.
/ was taken by tho Board Of Estimate yes
/ terday. The board also voted to acquire
/ 250 acres OF property al Rockaway Parl,
for another park, which will give sug-
Gested site upon which the Association
I for Improving the Condition or the Poor
! proposes to build a $50 ero sanatorium for
non-pulmonary tutercular children.
/ In the Coney Island park matter the
board adopted the report OF q special COM
mittee consisting Of President Mitchell Of
the Board Of Aldermen, Controller Prem
dergast and Borough President steers Of
Brooklyn. The committee recommended
taking 4 tract bounded by West 5th street
on the east, line running parallel to and
lo'ls feet east Of West 10th street on the
west. the ocean on the south and a
line running parallel to and 200 feet south
Of Surf avenue on tho north. The length
Of the ocean frontage would be about a
thousand feet.
The committee held that 20 buy the
Surf avenue frontage would be 800 ex-
pensive. II Is figured however, that in
Guiding this frontage the entire tract
would not cost the city more than 100000
As the Mayor and other members Of the
board are in favor Of taking it. this may
be done.
It was pointed out that II the Surf ave-
nue. frontage should he sold TO private in
dividuals the city could have no control
over the character Of the business CON
Quoted there. which might interfere ma
terially with the advantages OF the park
The strip OF land Immediately TO the east
Of the Dreamland holdings IS owned by the
Long Island Railroad and leased for a
number OF private enterprises. The COM
pany says It is not in a position TO sell ar
private sale. The strip ~ land running
from the Long Island holdings 70 West 5th
street is owned by the Banner estate and
is occupied by big private baths. They viii
not sell at private sale. and condemnation
proceedings will be necessary in both cases.
The Drearnland company, which lost its
amusement buildings by fire few weeks
ago, owns the western part Of the land It
IS proposed 70 buy. r has given two op-
tons 10 the city. which ware accepted by
the Board Of Estimate Yesterday. one IS
that II will sell al Of IT'S holdings, includ-
ing the Surf avenue strip, for S1,&5oooO. at
private sale II the option IS exercised by
November I.
on the other hand. II the city decides 20
condemn the property It will sell the entire
tract for Sl.5DoOD0. no matter how much
more than this NAV he awarded by the
commission. This option expires in May.
1912. The company would give no option
on the tract exclusive Of the Surf avenue
frontage.
The decision 10 acquire the $50 acres at
Rockaway Park was taken upon the recon-
mendation Of a special committee consisting
Of President Mitchell of the Board Of Alder
men. Controller Prendergast. President Nc
Aneny II Manhattan. and President Ores
ser Of Queens The agitation for this park
has been going on since 1904. and has been
before the Board Of Estimate in one form
or another for four wears.
In March. 1907, the board authorized the
ACQUISITION Of the Hatch tract Of four hun
bred acres at West Rocllaway by condemna-
ton. 1t had been offered at private sale for
81. 900 600. The financial stringency held
I'D the project. and in 1909 some question
as 10 flp llLle Oh lllr pAbp'ANH NtA' NA4-'.4'
In October. 1910, the Corporation Counsel
decided that the title was clear. In the
mean time the Neponsit Realty Company
had acquired the property and now owns II
Recently the Board Of Estimate commit
tee considered not only the ESQ acre tract
offered by this company. but also the
Hartman tract. consisting Of seven hundred
acres. running 70 the end Of the peninsula.
For the latter 100000 was asked.
The committee decided in favor Of the
Teponsit property. which lies west OF their
DEVELOPMENT and cast Of a strip that has
been coded 10 the government for life
saving station. The report said in regard
TO Il:
II NAV he secured II tho city authorities
act PROMPTLY for not more than Sl.215.0OO,
with interest at ueT cent from June 20.
l1rrI IL comprises @ stretch Cf nearly five
thousand feet Of regular shelving beach on
the ocean side. and something more than
this on Jamaica Bay. The beach front Is
porfect and needs no treatment Whatever
for park purposes. The bay 'front.' VIII IN
the course Of time require filing in land
ward Of the bulkhead line
The company prefers that title be &C
auired through condemnation proceedings.
The Noponsit Realty Company offered two
options 10 the city. The first option gives
tire city the right TO buy at private sale
all the property at $1,000. The second
ortion gives the city the right to buy for
81. o. o00 any award that the commissioners
in the condemnation proceedings may
make. no matter how great the sum.
The Association for Improving the Con
dkion n tho Poor raised the MONEY for
tho construction Of the children home
/ that Is 10 he I'm Rockawav Park. IN June.
1905 John u Rockefeller gave SIS oo', one
half the required amount. j. VIII be turned
over 70 the city and with the proper equip
meut Will accommodate a thousand chill
dren.
About ten years rgo tho association
started the experimental hospital. accom-
nlodatiug only fortv-three children. a. Sea
Breeze. Coney Island This has been SUCH
a success that plans for larger home were
made Among the contributors in addition
! IN Mr. Rockefaller were Andrew Carnegie.
Helen Gould. the late John S Huvler.
PERCY r. Pyne Henry Phipps. Felix VI.
Warburg. Joseph Pulitzer and p. Fulton
cutting. the president Of the association.
IN TROUBLE OVER s5479 CE5T.
Judge Schuck. Of the city Court. ap-
pointed Michael J. Driscoll Yesterday az
receiver in supplementary proceedings for