New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-09
FIGHT HARD FOR BEACH
DougIaston Residents Oppose
Application to Close It.
SMALL BOY AWAITS RESULT
His Argument That SWimmin'
Will Be Lost Art Arouses
His Elders.
Mother. may ! go down 20 swim .
10. M NM naa.L.
Hang your clothes on a hick - 1nu.
But don't go near the beach.

I'll" quatrain az quoted above IS from the
revised nursery rhymes of Douglaston.
Long Island. revised w 10 Tuesday, hut
developments Yesterday in the little suburb
on the shore Of Little Neck Bay seemed
10 have removed the prohibition concerning
the beach.
All Of which was tie outgrowth OF an APP
plication for riparian rights made 10y Mrs.
FrcdcriCK Prisons. If DouElston, VINO
owns a summer home on the shore front
there and whose application. according to
indignant citizens OF that settlement, meant
the wipinG out Of the last small portion oi
beach thai private enterprise and progress
had left for the us OF the public
The Douglaston civic Association. how
ever. stepped into the breach ana sent a
special counsel 10 Albany TO put up the
plea Of the DOugl2stOn boy, VINO u"rd'd
some small section OF beach as basis for
a summer swim, in opposition 10 The appIl-
cation of Mrs. Parsons. Thomas j. dc
Grafronrcid. the associations lawyer t"i"-
Graphcd yesterday from Albany that the
state land commissioners had practically
decided 10 turn Mrs Parsons Application
down
Wayor Saynor FeIp Ooug'''
Not TO bo caush, with all their eggs in one
basket though the DouSlaston 'insur-
gents" through Marion J. Pike, made a
written appeal TO Mayor Gaynor TO come TO
the defence Of th" DouGlaston small boy
and help tho citizens 10 preserve TN" b'drh
from private cncroachmcnt.
Pcsidos the formal protest 81 tn" civic
n ISOLATION. Douclaston registered IFS dc
an, ROYAL Of Mrs Parsous's attempt 70 OBJ
tan \ private beach front at the cypcns" 81
taking away the last "swimmin' hole Of
urr Douglaston small boy by An ind"p"n-
dent movement. which, according 10 Nh
pixies letter to Mayor Gaynor, included
Charles H. =. CORY. William y. Griitiths
John e. Gablcr. John j. Halves. N" Rev
Charles W Bentley, ". II. McCinuiSs
Adolph Hclmus Benjamin P"p"r and about
forty others
The Parsons summer home. which VS.
formerly u small hotel. stands at Tn" beach
mi Of Bay avenue, Dougla'ton. and IS
bounded on the north by a short street now
known as Van Nostraud Place, but former
Is called Access Lane II was So named
tho citizens say. h""aus" II was tn" ONLY
public street giving access 10 IN" Snoi"
Mrs Parsons's Application. II granted would
leave the village q public beach exactly, md
only. the width Of this little street. The
beach property, which would he lost 70 tn"
public II her application w"~" granted. OK
tends for about fifty fcot south from ~" nd
of Access Lane.
one OF the mon mentioned iu Nj Pike g
letter 10 Mayor Gayror said yesterday that
strlp Of country which ls swiftly filing
IN with homes extending for about 4 mile
parallol with the general I'm" of tho boa 20.
and stretching back for arout foTr miles.
would eventually NAV" 20 depend upon IN"
small section II beach which Mrs Par-"us
applied for as it's OILY public waterfront.
Were al nc'gIb"r- here aid the
man. and vc don't want nor ',U""' TO
have any uclCi bo:hood scrap $50 90 view
OF the fact mat IA" application IS apparent
" going 10 bc turned down hy in" ltnd
"a. all fo"! that 4 Mrs. Par
sons mad understood that she SD, asii' =
for the last available ut of public beach
front size woIid not hay" N."d I"i dpT'i.a-
ton"
\ representative of Mr. Parsons '>-
planned IN her hondIf ycs'"rdfy that -'"
was simply trying to prOtr.t '-r own
property. which runs TO tho water "aL",
aryway. that She had been bothered i}
noisy young hdth"rs at summer. aud tN"
public would Away hay" IN" Us" 81 tt"
beach At Access Lane ir ans ',''i ""-
Gauge shat wa utbli. property
THAT little street Is Just thirty feet
vide" commontcd Nr PIX last rah'.
ana any ono knows that ism, enough
room for any KIND of bathing h"ach