New Britain herald., 1915-11-27
h SELECTED
 FOR FEDS PARK
'Or Moo YaWk Feds Will Be
 Ideally Situated

York, Nov. 27.-Federal
 park. or Gilmore Field, as the
 home of the New York Federals
 ply to be called, will be located
 9th street and Lenox avenue.
 Eill comprise the three blocks
 led by Lenox avenue, 18th
 the Harlem river, Fifth avenue
 42nd street.
 has been known for some time this is the site Colonel Gilmore been limiting at, but the cat ed out of the bag before Jim
 come to town.
 wever. through real estate circles Fame known that the Federal e has either purchased or pro-
 long term leases on the various Us of land comprising the entire krty. Checks for large sums al-
 have been passed over to er owners of the parcels of land. hether the Federals can make a
 their New York enterprise re- s to be seen, but it must be con- d that they have obtained one Ehe finest sites on Manhattan d, and one of the most accessible tons in the Greater city.
 Biggest Park in Country. |e Feds also have landed a field knough to build one of the largest s in the country. The property D frontage of 900 feet on it's hern boundary on Hand street, |extends 720 feet on Lenox avenue |ion of the subway. and only two ks from the 145th street station the Sixth and Ninth avenue hted lines.
 can be reached by many surface !, including the Columbus avenue Broadway and the Lexington, ,x and Broadway lines, which run 1t to 145th street and Lenox lue, and are tapped by all cross i lines. The park will also be ed by the 145th street Manhattan stown, the 149th street Bronx stown, and the new 145th street, terdam avenue and Broadway
 which connects with the Third .ue lines. Various other Bronx come in at 135th street, only n blocks south of the park, while Eighth avenue surface line and h and Sixth avenue elevated IS are only two blocks away.
 Gilmore Still Away.
 ,lonel Jim Gilmore, of the Federal ue, still was absent from the city erday, but was expected back to- as he had wired for Army-Navy 1t reservations. However, Gill g, through his New York repre- ative, Hi Brewer, let it be known he would be obliged to withhold former details of his club, which lad promised for late this week, lg to an unexpected hitch.
 seems that a man who holds a el of the field above described has
 in Europe. He sent cablegram he would arrive here last Mon- but did not appear. It was ed that he may have been torpe- l by the submarine O, B., but the sral league has received informa- that he is now on the high seas, will land next Monday.
 ne league has a letter from this
 agreeing to sell this property, as the league has not a deed to parcel, Gilmore felt it advisable .ithhold the official announcement. s the Federal league owns the en- three blocks, there will be no culty from city officials in closing streets, and the league has been sed by the proper authorities , there would be no objection to n closing these streets.
 i Brewer. the only Federal uer in town, was in no position to
 any information regarding the OK avenue field. 1T guess it is as l a guess as any," he said.
 Heavy Burden" Says Huston. l discussing the new Federal ,ue site, Captain Huston, half fer of the Yankees, said he could possibly see how the Feds could rd it. Huston said that the lkees considered the site, and know about it, but that it was too expen- for them to take up. He said the perty was owned by an estate. the property is not worth 10 or the fabulous sums reported,,' Huston, "by the time you do you1 ag and grading you would be out ut a million dollars. It will cos1 O,O00 to fill in some of the land the time you build your stand vol saddled with yearly overhead rges of $100,Oo0 before you spend enny for salaries. There ism ugh in the business to warran Why, we figure that in an estab ed league, and with a club Whic1