The evening world., 1911-10-19
DREAMlANO PARK
ADDED TO C|Ty'S
FREE BEACH PARK


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hard sandy beach. and experiences in the
old park has shown that the people in
the summertime at the seashore care
more for the beach than for tho shade
OF trees In a grassy park.
Tho committee which completed the
plans for the purchase OF seven acres of
the Dreamland site. consisting OF Comp
troller PrenderEast. President Mitchell OF
the Board of Aldermen and President
steers OF Brooklyn. will continue to
work on the general idea OF the extended
park outlined above. To complete the
park addition from West Fifth street
TO West Tenth street II will be neces-
sary TO acquire 7.<2 additional acres.
ONLY TWO PLOTS MORE RE.
MAIN TO b ACQUIRE o.
OF this LAND 5.6i acres are owned by
the Prospect Park 4 Coney Island Rail.
road. and l.t1 acres II owned BY Mrs.
Catherine Baimer. The Banner bath.
house 10 located on this site. The two
plots mentioned can bs acquired. II IL
estimated. for about S73o.0Oo. This would
make the total cost Of l.%2 acres abou
$780, GOV.
Tho plan includes extensive enlarge
ments OF tho municipal bath and the
construction. perhaps. of a municipal
pier. The city Is to take title only to
the water front property. A strip 200
feet deep along the south side Of Surf
avenue Ia to be left for business pur-
poses. but streets are to be cut
through. so that access to the beach
will he easy anywhere on the Island
east Of West Tenth street
Nor does the plan stop with . park on
Consy Islands beach proper. TIT
Brighton Beach Racing Association has
offered the city for s2,cSo.oo ninety acres
Of land at Brighton. including the race
track, the hotel, the parkway baths and
other buildinEs. For various reasons
this offer was not seriously considered,
but the committee 10 keen to get hold
Of the Brighton beach front for tina city
This could be done by the purchase
OF the land lying between the ocean
front ard the railroad tracks. Tho com
mittee will enter into negotiations WITT
the race track people. looking to the &C
auirement OF this beach. Should the dea
20 through, the city wNl control ths
beach front all the way from the Man
haitian Beach buikheads west TO Wes'
Tenth street.
The Dreamiand ana Rockaway Pari
propositions were put through the Boar
Of Estimate in quick time to-day. Mayo
lGaynor did not attend the meeting. Mr.
Mitchell presided and Alderman Frarci
y. Bent was IN attendance AZ Actin,
A.. n-arA "
PRESIDENT MILLER ONLY or
PoNENT OF PLAN.
The only ofncial protest against tn
requirement OF the Dreamland r
was voiced by Cyrus Miller. Borough
president OF the Bronx. He said tn
city owns twenty acres or more unde
water OF the foot OF the Boulevard
which could be reclaimed for Q Fraction
OF the cost involved IN the Dreamian
n purchase.
The taxpayers are growing" sal
President Miller.
>, DR.. Abraham Korn, representing th
United Real Estate owners Association
corroboratod Mr.. Miller and attacke
the project vigorously. He said the tai
n payers are beginning to despair and tn
n city 10 on the verge OF bankruptcy.
Your information on that point
wrong put In Comptroller Prendergas
q The City of New York has very Lara
assets. True. II 10 carrying tremendo,
= burdens and obligations, but II 10 dom
= Il gracefully"
Or All the members voted for the pu
"a chase OF the Dreamland tract except NJ
m Miller. Then the Rocka way Park pu
~ chase was authorized BY the san
n, vote.
~ Maurice Connolly. the recently elect
Borough President OF Queens, VINO hi
: been reported as opposed to the Rock
n, way park project. said that his spp
r. siion had been based solely upon 4
il. present inaccessibility OF the tract.
has found that the d. II. T. intends
build an extension Of its line 20 Rock
", way Park and that a ferry service "
VIC be established etwee Sheepshead II
and Canarsie n Rockaway Poll
as which would open mp the new impro,
ments TO the people of Brooklyn,
In The Rockaway Park tract will be I
90 proved only around the ssnItarium. T
-. beach VIII bc left I'm its natural sta
zoe but win ne well cared FOR. ntouhtec
o' the municipality viii construct an 1
we to-dste ~bsthhouse, along the lines
the bu!ldins a; coney Island.