The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-30
PLANS BEING CONSIDERED FOR
GREAT ART MUSEUM.
Arrival Of the Morgan Treasures
Show Need Of Inmedl-
ate Action.


NEW YORK. March 2s.-That New
York In the near future will become
the possessor OF the greatest art mu-
scum In the country and in all prob
ability In the world. far surprising
the famous foreign galleries. is now
becoming assured. BY many this is
looked upon as a most significant step
In the movement which they believe
will eventually make this city the art
center OF the world. The arrival here
OF a portion of the wonderful Morgan
art collection has brought TO an acute
crisis n situation which has been i'm
pending for a number of years: that
II. the proper housing of the city's art
treasures. At present there Is no ad-
ecuste place for the exhibition even of
tina. portion OF the Morgan collection
which has arrived. and even the COM
pletion OF the new wing of the famous
Metropolitan Museum OF Art will af-
ford only partial relief. Accordingly.
concerted action is now being taken
looking to the establishment OF the
greatest museum OF it's kind in the
world. and already three plans have
been suggested. The first contem-
plates additions to the present mu-
scum at a cost OF something like 81.
900 700. but objection is made to this
because OF the fact that II would re-
quire about fifteen acres of land now
used as part OF Central Park. and blot
II out from Fifth avenue for a dis
lance OF six blocks. A second plan
contemplates the removal of the mu
scum from Central Park to an ada
cent site. but the cost OF so doing
would run so far into the millions as
10 make the price prohibitive. The
third plan. which seems most feasible
as being free from the objections TO
the other two proposes to drain the
great reservoir in the heart OF Cen
trail Park and erect In II a great
group OF buildings. surrounded by
sunken gardens and carried out IN
every detail IN the most splendid
manner. This plan. IL is pointed out.
would not only save the park intact,
but would minimize expense and pro
vide ample room. The reservoir is
now surrounded by n sixteen foot wall,
and this. broken only with entrances
and exits. II Is proposed 10 cover with
vines. This plan has already met
with much favor. and II carried
through will undoubtedly give 10 TINS
city an art center OF unsurpassed
beauty and facilities. Even the world
famous Luxembourg and Tuilleries
galleries have no such great natural
advantages as those available under
the new plan which may eventually
make New York the art center OF the
world.
By the middle OF next month New
York will have in operation one OF the
queerest lighthouses on record. that
is. so far as location goes. Nhlle
these mariners guides are usually
located either on the sea coast or on
rocks or small islands at sea. the new
one which IS soon TO begin twinklins
il located in a densely wooded por-
ton OF Staten Island. and Is about
two and a half miles in shore. The
reason for this seemingly strange To-
cation lies in the fact that by taking
the lighthouse inland IL has been pos
sible to erect IL on a hill which VIII
give IL an elevation OF 23l feet, much
greater than the height which could
have been obtained had Il been erect
ed on the shore. As a result OF us
altitudinous location II will be posi-
Bile 10 sec the light for a distance OIL
81 miles al sea. Only the Navesiuk
electric light. which flashes every five
seconds. can be seen further than the
new beacon. its range being % miles
The new lighthouse practically com
pletes the safety equipment OF the
great seven miles long Ambrose chan
mel leading IN from the sea. as this
work is finished except for the trim
ming" OF finishing Off. In addition
10 the lighthouses which safeguard
this monster waterway 10 Is also
equipped with a wonderful system OF
buoys. At each turn OF the channel
there In a ten-tOn cetylene gas buoy
which flashes every few seconds and
burns day and night for six months
without attention. The sides OF the
channel are marked with buoys which
show a Axed light for four months
The only part OF the channel indeed
which may cause anxiety Is the bot.
tom. FOR although the minimum depth
g. ~ feet speculation BE- already rife
"a 10 how much longer this will be
sufficient 70 accommodate the largest
vessels OF the near future.
Fishermen In This vicinity. who IN
the near future find themselves haul.
ing 10 a cod with a revolver grasped
in his teeth. or veaEfsh with a
sword tucked under one I'm. need not
fear that they have been par'aking tpo
freely ~ the bait. that the fnny dent
zens have begun 10 arm themselves
in selfdefensc or even that the tale
% such a catch will DO hooked upon
with any more suspicion than The az
erage hsn story. Indeed. DO will DO
entitled ~ more crcdcnce. 80 the TO-
suit OF the biggest burial a. sea o,
firearms and other rnurderOua weapOus
In the history NJ the city 80 lrsa
than $4,000 weapons ~ various kinds
most ~ them rcyoivcrs. which the
police have taken from criminals and
suspicious Characters In this city. and
which have been accommodating at
headquarters Tor years we're uncerc
mOnlOusly loaded aboard police boat
this week. taken twenty miles out ft
sea. and dumped overheard in eighfy
feet ~ water. from which only nsf
will be- able ~ bring them up IN
The collection there we're pistols and
revglvers % all makes and ages. from
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