New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
GETS STARIN'S
FAMOUS RELICS
Glen Island Purchase In
cludes All Personal
Property of Estate.
AMUSEMENT PARK
TO REMAIN OPEN
peerless Corporation Will Erect
Motion Picture Studio
at Resort.

suthe famous relics Of the late John
stsrin and an other personal prop
- u the estate on the island are in
100 In the purchase Of Glen Island
- ,be Peerless Pictures Corporation
-, week. The sale was negotiated by
c,s,lss ". Mix. president Of the Frank
- FISHER Company, IN conjunction with
-. Robert Z. Farley Organization
.srovrh General Howard Carroll who
-.ssr-ed the heirs Of the late John
ryFiS.e-.r About Sl,000.000 was paid
-. ,ss land and all personal property.
IRE Peerless Pictures Corporation mas
.,---e3 10 erect the largest and most
t-,is+a picture studios and lGbora-
49, 49, In thts country on Island W 3D.,
~. r,,s- eoutrerly OF the group. which
4s-+fsst removed from the amuse-
T.. st-ract.ons and which has never
'I...--.s5 mart Of them. The remaining
...T'-ls VIII be continued as al amuse-
- marx. lu the winter an ice palace
III rrov,Le the public WIN skating
IL winter sports.
CO. Island has been for the last
l.ven-v-fve years popular DAY out
- Mace. j. is within easy reach, be
- s~v minutes from the heart OF
X Work City. either by boat direct
- +rsir Cd New Rochelle. Il COM
800 ave islands. There are over
,;5 acres Of land It's parked grounds,
t-,.L beautiful winding asphalt walks,
lsre old shade trees, shrubbery. lawns
sovsr beds. summer houses and rustic
.-bors rare statuary and bronzes, lakes,
-,ottoes and bathing beach comprise
: nerfcct setting for motion picture
l-t5.o0rarrv. Its rocky coastline OF
Llyb.v bou.ders resembles the Maine
80. lis seals among the rocks pre-
ts-t q replica Of the seal rocks Of the
fps..fc. lis alligator ponds furnish
rrsrro6uction Of the Everglades OF Flor
"a and It's zoo and collection OF wild
s-irsls form an African jungle feat
ire. .,
Il well known. It's majestic Starnburg
castle with lis fine masonry and old
w i a perfect architectural repro
'ssetion The old Dutch windmill on
l.ls Zuvder Zee was built in Holland
In is41 and erected on the island by
he late John II. Starin. Another ISL
and reminds one Of the Orient. Mp
ron" with its japanese pagoda, its
isyoor Of lilies and Oriental garden,
t.s rustic Tea house. adorned with WIS
tsr.s and beautifully clustered tasseIsi
t.s Ce,sha girls and lanterns, trans
u.s. o-a 70 the Land Of the Rising
Srn. Still another island is laid out 10
rsr-esent the Philippines, with Its
MORO Castle and port, every s.oae OF
which was transported on battlesn'p s
cf the United States government a.
Zee. from the Philippine Islands.
The Museum Of Natural History,
f,--de9 bv the late John H. Starin al
an expenditure Of more than SlOO,JO0,
contains one % the finest private col
isc,ions O. relics IN the world. Mum
mics from o9- B. C.. Indian relics from
lie Stone Age. Egyptian relics and
rare ANTIQUES are there, besides the
desk on which Aaron Burr wrote MS
thallenge gu Alexander Hamilton; INKS
l. the chain stretched by General
Washington across the Hudson River
during -re Revolutionary War; the last
cannon fred by General sherman on
bis mach 90 tie sea. the first fire en-
cire used in New York, and a piano
made for John Jacob Aston in 1875.
De mansion a. Glen Island viii be
leonver-ed into a clubhouse for the Col
isye Of Visual Education. whose fac
ulty comprises the leading college
presidents and educators Of the coun-
-.
Just adjacent % Glen Island is TRAY
ers Island the summer home OF the
New YORK Athletic Club. and On ia,
vid's Island a Fort Slocum, the United
States army reservation.