New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
MILES OF WATERFRONT
Westminster Bordered by Hud.
son River and the Sound.

Westchester is essentially a maritime
county. and though the dwelers on its
interlands may not realize 1t II has more
waterfront and a greater diversity or IL
than any other county in the State Of New
York. says c.. @. Turner. in an article In
The Real Estate Record OF Westchester.
lie emphasizes the fact that the Hudson
River skirts all its western border from
the city boundary OF New York to beyond
Anthony Nose, in the historic Highlands,
opposite West Point. and its eastern Dor
der is laved from the city boundary 20 the
borders of the State Of Connecticut by the
island dotted and beautifully land locked
sea called Long Island Sound.
He further says that those whose good
fortune has been 10 be located on the Hud-
son have long not only recognized its value
as a business route. but have treasured its
dustless highway as a delightful cruising
ground In corroboration Of this assertion
Re points 10 the fleet which daily, morning
and night, patrols its waters TO and from
the busy marts OF the city to Yonkers,
Tarrytown. Ardsley, Hastings. Dobbs
Ferry. Peekskill and host OF other privi-
legged riparian sites.
on the Westchester borders Of the Sound
there are everywhere evidences of it's rec
IGNITION as an aquatic playground. he adds.
Travers Island is the chosen summer pleas
IRE ground Of the New York Athletic Club
entirely by reason of its perfect water
facilities.
Glen Cove suggests at once the Yacht Club
Of New Rochelle. Larchmont Club Is a
superb tribute 20 Neptune. so is Mamaro-
neck. and Rye is following suit with
clubhouse rivalling even Larchmont in i'm
pcrtance.
The Inland Waters.
Nor is this all The inland lakes and
waters Of the county cover many thou
sands Of acres. vet their very names are
largely unknown, except 70 those who live
near ny them.
Continuing. Mr.. Turner SAYS
ITO only mention some OF them is 70 test
this. For instance. ask any Of the first hall
dozen men YOU meet whore Lake Osceola
is. or Lake Meahack. Waccabuc Mohegan
or Trinity are. and note the answers 70 say
nothing of the great chain Of reservoirs
which cross the whole county from above
Tarrvtown and eastward. including the
great Croton River system and Titicus,
Muscott and Cross River.
And all these waters have been made BY
the motor boat available 70 thousands who
years ago were for many reasons debarred
from their ENJOYMENT Take. for instance
the amateur fisherman (and NAV his tribe
increage he had not only n he a usher
man. but also a waterman and a stawart
oarsman. or he might find himself three
miles from land with a hot off-shore WIND
against him. or in the sunset doldrums.
end he obliged 10 ply pair Of oars for Two
hours 10 lug his boat home ere dark. Well
remember those days. both from the tales
Of nv kinsfolk and father, as well as by
the bIistered hands. the strained muscles
and the baci1aches Of my early years.
For those who are not fishermen, but
the fathers Of families. what can better ex-
tend their pleasure. economic their time
and save their purse than 10 spend the
week ends with their wives and children or
friends in a 20 foot by motor boat while
u horsepower engine does all the druid
gerry. II saves fares. il saves restaurant
profits, il is supremely healthy. and II any
one can find anywhere more beautiful than
the lordly Hudson up 10 Iona Island. or the
sound around and about DavidG Island.
Hen Island. Bryan Point. Mil Greek and
tun.lreds OF other miles o. a strikingly
picturesque coast. then ! think they Will
have 10 draw on their imagination and not
their memory.
SO again. for those OF more means. who
love 10 cruise from point to point the
motor boat comes rs a blessing. for in II
tho skipper or the owner or any guest can
land at any desired point 10 catch a train
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