New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
IN Manhattan. under special assignment
from the Appellate Division.


rho New York Central has Just secured
an order appointing a commission to ap-
nr.,se land at OscawaDna, and with this
pro,,artv q is now stated that the company
So. ali ,he land Il needs for It's four-track
,,d ,ransit system from New York to
Peekskill.
II is believed that the New York Central
intends TO make its line four-track road
IN poughkeepsle during the coming year.
ana n this is done the sides of several
mountains facing on the Hudson will have
"a no sliced to make room for the new road
rod and in other spaces the shallow places
o,ong the Hudson will be filled in 10 make
additional room for trackage purposes.
The many railroad improvements being
carried on Is causing big boom In real
estate In Westchester County, and the brok-
ers are looking for very busy season duk'
ing 1912 !,
II Is now announced that the work OF
making a state road Of tho Boston Post
Road from Pelham Manor to Port Chester,
which is the dividing line between the
states
be started In a few weeks
J. Gordon Reel, the State superintendent
of Highways, and Engineer Stewart have
made an inspection Of the highway, ana II
Is believed that they will decide on a bithu-
lithic pavement The state is ready TO ad-
vertise for bids for the work, which, II Is
thought, will be done this month.
The work will be started at the New York
City line in the town OF Pelham, and the
Improvement, which will cost many thou
sands of dollars, will be continued through
New Rochelle, Larchmont. Mamaroneck
Harrison and Rye as rapidly as possible.
The new officers Of the Siwanoy Country
Club, of Mount Vernon. will be chosen at
the annual meeting TO be held at the ciuD-
house on January s. The election VIII oe
followed by dinner. The following is the
regular ticket: President. John X. Wett-
stein; vice-president. A. +. Knoepke; secre-
tary, p. d. Beresford; treasurer, FRANK W.
Holmes; captain, William A patterson
governors, William A. Brophy, George H.
Coughlan, w. A. Haaman and J. II. Lang
The second Of series Of dances arranged
for young people by the members OF the
Westchester Woman's Club was held IN the
Auditorium on Tuesday evening. Ine
patronesses were Mesdames Edwin W.
Fiske. Charles Bowman, Frank NJ. BUCK
Arthur Davis, ogden Linabury, william
Mendel, A. c. McCarten, Richard Ross'
CYRUS Robinson, J. G. Wintjen, James An
derson and j. Howard Burton.
There was a large gathering Of Holy Name
societies in Mount Vernon Monday morn
ing to attend a thanksgiving mass at the
Church of Our Lady Of Victory. The mass
, was celebrated by the Rev. Dr. Heinlein'
the rector. assisted by the Rev. Father AS
faIg and the Rev. Father Stanton, DO
minIcan father, OF New York, who preached
the sermon. About one thousand men, rep
resenting societies from Yonkers, White
Plains, New Rochelle Tuckahoe, Port Ches-
ter Mamaroneck and Tarrytown attended
the services.
The Goldfeld Consolidated Mines Com
pany Is the defendant in an action orlgi-
nally entered by Webster Bishop, in the SUI
preme Court of Westchester County. which
Justice Keogh has transferred to the United
States District Court for trial
Bishop sues to recover a one-slxth inter-
est in 10000 shares Of stock Of the com
panv. which has a par value of 100000 and
a market value Of one half that sum.
The annual election Of officers of the
Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club. OF Larch-
mont. will be held at the Hotel Manhattan
tomorrow evening. The nominating COM
mittee, OF which William Stuart Allen Is
chairman. has chosen the following ticket:
Commodore, Henry c. Southwick; vice.
commodore. Louis G.. Spence; trustee. e. G..
Unit; secretary, George P. Forbes; treas
urer William Stuart Allen.