New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-28
PROPOSAL for improvements
a, Summer Mecca form. Y.
i. Being Pressed by Bust
ucssmen With Enthusiasm
70 Rival Atlantic City
srookl,n Borough Will Bear
Expense Of Walk; Other
Boroushs Asked to Aid

4 boardwalk larger and even more
....snt,ous than that boasted by At
II ,,r,se t,sv will be constructed and
..ssv for use in Concy Island by the
q .,rmer Of 1921 If the present plans
81 = the business interests of that re-
art and the city authorities are car
& red out
4 Since tire Board OF Estimate and APP
,or,onment decided at its meeting on
neeeu,bcr II TO adopt the recommends
,os Of Edward Riegelmann, President
y A. the Borough of Brooklyn, and the
resolution authorizing proceedings for
i he ACQUISITION Of title and fixing the
4 ,-,s 81 assessment. the sponsors of
his Improvement have been busy pre-
parnc 20 carry it cot.
psooa,r Borough is to bear the eX
vsse o. constructing the boardwalk
done Tire other boroughs were asked
70 contribute. because it was believed
that the people OF those boroughs
you'd benefit from the Improvement,
sat the authorities to whom the re-
! quest was made refused to consider it.
Details Are Arranged
re nan provides for a boardwalk
larger by 80 per cent than the one
rev r use AZ Atlantic City. 1t will
s. near'g gh,y feet wide and extend
from 'ae foot of ocean Parkway west
srg 10 Seq Gate. distance of nearly
two ~ !, Will be built on rein
:otcea crete Orders. The flooring
VIII cons g, Of wood planks resting on
wooden JOINTS 1t viii be built APP
voximately 100 feet beyond the pres
err high water line, and the walking
sArace viii De about fifteen feet above
tie beach IS Il now is. a beach will
se created which will have the effect
Z Advancing the high water line about
itr,e ssred fect seward. This Will
k.scesmp.ished by pumping sand from
ia bed the ocean or nom Graves
I'D as wa. be later decided This
ben, protected by bulkheads,
~ etticS extending out about
- .'ai beyond the line OF the board
a-l
''o'V 'Vo v '''oi 1t Is es''iha'eG
H'.eN ms zone! Island
."e41oeS not ohiy 'he &C
'ie rama SCUM OF me eN-
Na1et hia'h' Nu' likewise
e..N CO." P'cuc PnFS4cai I'M.
ne .a''ef VII consist Oh
''" 'F .'r 4of.l. ana inc rcGulatlon
a. present the hlgh
Nfi irregular, cue to erosion
H 'fHHH lisfn~ and 10 the VarlO-S strllc-
',' 'fo" iiine 20 time, nave
''" p. Individual prospectors
''e purpose 81 protecting, and If
f''S.'' restoring. their beach front.
'n oitrr 10 90 away with this IN
s,A-.s appearance" and at the same
.'.e 80 ffoS ide continuing. regular
of'Ns Aen Tor the use OF the
rs proposed TO estatlish
nos n'Ga Ystsr line
60, the .ii i.lio,'o., 80 - ,, '''e'l"Vu
durable as wall as economical s.nd Tho
cosf Of zee entire construction viii he
included I'D tne $1,000. 900 fgurc This
gil be- more than OFFSET n less than
re years vs. the income OF the taxes
on the Increased valuation of the prop-
cry v'hn the immediate vicinity. At
tn rro~s,t ,;,,,a ia,,. ,.aI,. ~
Island are steadily Increasing and the
assessed valuation of the Oronertv
abu'tlng the proposed Improvement is
estimated at nearly $4,000 600 and II
is predicted that this amount wand no
doubled in a ten-vear nerjod and a. thu
s'onaous increase IN the value Of real
property and to the pormanont cha~-
sc;er Of the buildings that viii sum
plant many Of the chean tcmpor raw
Up that at the present fine Hre ~
beach and the Surf Avenue section
This public necessity has been talked
OF IN Brooklyn for nearly twenty venrs
and almost every BOROUGH President
has had the matter under consjdcr.-
Won. Mr. Riegelmann said rccentIv.
There mas been a favorable feeling
among the residents Of C "p'e i islamS
toward this project and 10 nrosnants
for its construction now seem to be-
.r 10 Develop Island
hso - ne development of the island has
bse been a,nylnlng but what it should have
s ss,M IN the past decade. In other
o,ber ~ mas peen standing still while
fae;l; ;p."oes win the same Identical
E..'cS ana conditions have become
pleas,,-o :, ou''o resorts OF health and
~
IL oo borough head called attention
en- IN sV ,is on the beach at the pres
to .r ta..e' ana pointed to photographs /
"Cs ons;late what he said.
this esq on the beach front of ,