The evening world., 1912-10-21
GRAB IS FEARED
INNEW MADE LAND
= ALONG RIVERSIDE
Railroad, Not Public, May Reap
Benefit of the Addition to
Waterfront Park.
IS COSTING MILLIONS.
Filling In Along Hudson Above
Eighty-Third Street Adds 48
! Acres to City's Property.

H@icS W lily > TIopeIty.
HOW much OF the reclaimed water
mont along the North River will ac-
11naily be used for park purposes7 A
noporter from The Evening World
sought for this information to-day. but
- tangled up are the city's interests
W3eh the great waterfront improve
Osot" Of the New York Central lines
Ahak Il 10 quito probable that q large
escs Of tho area now being filied in
a1ong the western edge OF Manhattan
VIII svsntuaAly slip into the possession
- th1s private corporation.
Both Dock Commissioner Calvin Tom.
2 lins and Park Commissioner Charles d.
0tovsr scout tho suggestion that there
= mystery IN the problem. They de-
9oArs that posterity wifi laud tho pres
- CITY administration for having put
eAroogh . scheme to add <sk acres TO
- Cty's park system. Somew where I'M
- The enlarged Riverside Park will be
h1d0so the railroad tracks. all covered
ever with green grass and ohiidren's
Daaysrounds.
u moro practical city ofYicia1. who II
acquainted with the entire project. but
Who declined TO permit the use OF his
name. said: The people Of Now York
CITY viii ma that ~ the projected New
1oreE Central Improvement from 6xtieth
street. TO Spuyten Duyvii Requires ad-
d1tionai w1dth-say four tracks instead
Of two traces-the city ohhciais win
psotably lease 70 the railroad company
from the reclaimed area between the
present waters edge Of Riverside Park
and the new watsrs edge beyond the
pew bulkhsads now building"
u Already Construction OF . rip-rap en-.
bankment 10 under wAy. Crushed stone
from the aqusduot tunnel 10 beng used
Tor this initial maraEing Of the outer
edge Of the future park proper. Later
materials Of al sorts from sxeavataou
work win b ussd 10 an In the area
inside the on shore su1baakmsnt. tn
,np.rap embanlrmsnt extends iron
EiGhty-third street TO one Hundred an<
Tweaty-ninth street wieh . gap from
One Hundred and yourtssnth street x
b. occupied BY ~ Robert FthtoI
Aomoriei ana enc S0tumUe UuVofGty
Stadium.
AIDA FROM 70 TO ESQ FEET II
THE PARK.
The new outer edge of the par1
varies In distance from the shore. Som
places the Intervening space 10 only 7
fset while at others It widens to q
feet. Tho depth OF water to DO over
como averages about % feet.
According to ofliciais Of the Dock De
partment. the work began with III
dredging out Of trench along the be
% the river whore tho new embsnkmsu
Was TO BE- located. This trench was q
- Aapth Of . hand sounding rod The
began ths dumping in OF the crushs
Otonss 10 test being completed at On
Hundred and Twenty ninth street, =
fest Il Ninety ninth street. and l5o 70,
q 0ighty-third street. The embani
0Dont proper BEGINS at Eighty -thir
uerest There - no work PLANNED sout
of that
when ne enban1ment % finished
MI Stand ten fest above mean 10
MnAP WITH . natural slope inshor
aat, Smith 4 Hochsr are the 90,
tsn1tosv dumping below One Hundr
I'd y0mtsenfh street, while the Pitt
bWg Coatractns Company has Il
@ogk above One Hundred and Twen,
~ sersst They complain that tn
- sss4ousav hampered by the fact III
1h6go ase only three approaches 70 Z
NUu1se esom the mainland. At 6evsnt
006A, 1elnSty-Axth and One Hundr
90 Twsnty-uinth streetA
S9udts for dumping are Issued
pAsk Commissioners Slower. but Do
cb0ndsssoner Tomk'ns has supsrwsi
6 tAe WORK When The hp-rap u
- ehecs VIII b f1lsd In
OlUoAoUoEe WILL HAVE TO |
n MOVED OUT.
Ihsso eaubhousss wiz b wiped Z
beoaa,ss ehsy stand In the area to
90 n. They ere the Hudson b
Ckfb q Ous Hundred and Twsn<y mir
O1ub a One Hundred and Ftftess
strest. and the Columbia Yacht Club
Wahty-axth street. They stand on pi
driven into land under water owned
the city, and exist throush yearly p
mits issued by tho Park Commission
who says thoy win have to move
10 the new boundaries Of the park
get of municipal land.
In 1855 the United States 0ovsrnm'
defined what should be the open ohan
IN the North River. Building out
yond the pierhead buqcing was prob
lied. According 10 the Dock Dcpartm
there still remains ample space for
boat clubs at various points along
enlarged Riverside Park. as the rip
rmbankment for a good deal OF the v
u considerably within the proscri
FEDERAL line. This ought to prove g
news to the equatic clubs.
But there still remains tho quest
as to what use the added area will
pul. Whether Il will be all park
partly park and partly be used for q
n,erciai purposes, has not yet been
tsgmined. Foes OF Death avenue
t5st a New York Central Railroad q
Pint turks in the whole project.
may or may not be true. Both
present dock and park commission
wan have long ceased their labors
lnAsgral parts IN the Gsynor adminis'
tiea when the water iots' area
bean rnally reclaimed. They are We
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