New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-27
MOTORDROME ASSURED
NEAR GARDEN CITY
Construction Of Two-Mlle Track
on Aviation Field Will Be
Begun on March 10.
NEWARK PROJECT DROPPED
Land for Circuit Leased for len
Years and Course May Be
Ready for Big Race
Meet on July 4.

New York is finally 10 have mo'o'
.neodwav. Rumors OF motordrones "''o
- .hore have been heard for the last
.,uoo wears. and the Metropolitan Motor
Speedway Company seemed at one '''"0
,,n,,v N get through with its project OH
49,. Seuork meadows. That however j.
ching If the past. and the concern VIII
.,,.. nav ~ the New York Motor speed
Oay Association, with capital OF si'V'O'
M for which the Incorporation PaPsiS
,ere sent TO Albany yesterday
rho New York Motor Speedway Asso-
,,.,ion has acquired a lease for ten year,
.,o aviation field at Garden City' d
-. =, s,o acres. with an option OF buy
INC :, At q price Of 5000 an acre at any
- u,,b,r TWO years from April J. l'i''
The tract Is bounded on the nor'n oy wv
o,d Country Road. on the east by "i'a'o
>.o,, ovenue on the west by Chnlo"
Road and on the south by the No.
PARKWAY. Practically all Oh II 10 i'"'''
a.. .h;. land will be built the first motor
s,oodu,s, in tho East It VIII ne an '>'',
-. ,u.o miles In circumference anu
III, c-iu be begun on March 10. "he'"-
49, The surface will lie Of cement con-
,-o,o mr. brick remains to be decldeu' u''
.ho contractors who are figuring ." NV
&c, are all Of the opinion that the :"
I'd. oan nc fully completed In time iol
..,..,,,,,rsl race meet on July !, l'i''
,o,pcidant with the building OF me
,.,i, no the erection Of grapdstands
,.,rsbIc Of seating from 5'.V" TO IV''V'
persons. Apart from this there W.,
narlipr spacC for at least fifteen '"o"
sand automobiles. The association ~
chat for its inaugural race Ilo"'''
somewhat after the lines OF the oVV-Ii'"O
,on,est at indianapolis it VIII nave ac-
Communications for more than a qudI'ei
Of million persons.
Tho collapse OF the Newark hed"'"9
rroioc, was due entirely 10 the expense
thu, would have attended the succeSs'N'
huudinr of a course under the condluohS
o, nc met across the Hudson River AS
,otne, tho 81 500 an acre that had oeeh
..,i,,otod vyould he required to fill in the
,oo- acro tract. il was found that the cost
p,onld he nearly 5000 an acre. or more
than 10000 in all, apart from the con
structiou of the track. The nllhg III
would have taken not less than two years
when it had been expected that less IMAM
wear would suffice.
Negotiations for the Garden CltN ava
ton field were conducted 10y Lewis b.
ri M the real estate firm Of Fish d
Marvin with Gage +. Taroen repre-
sentjng the Hampstead Plains COMPANY
Tho field is part Of the A. T. stewart es-
tate. and is level tract on which the eN-
nenso of = motordrome Will be reduced 10
a minimum.
The field is in close proximity to two
lines of railroad and several lroileE mes
and can he reached from New York over
rho Greensboro Bridge and hrst class
highway in less than forty minutes. In
respect to transportation facilities II coulu
not be situated to better advantage ana
this was one Of the factors That contrib
uted to the lease.
The Indianapolis Speedway, a tWo-mIle
oval adjacent to that city. has been
tho sceNp of two races, one year ago
and or.. this year. to which about one
hundred thousand persons were attracted
n each instance. Considering the popu-
alton TO draw from there and in New
York. there is little doubt that similarly
Important race at Garden City VIII at
tract more than double that number Oh
.pectators. Saturday race meets are also
expected To draw great crowds.
The leasing association has decided not
10 do away with the aviation features OF
The field. and may essay the conduct OF
this type of sport, in addition to ITS
automobile activities. although this mas
not been taken up. The forty hangers
now on the property, however, VIII be
allowed to remain. and will be leased In
the spring If the speedway construction
does not interfere.