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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
@'ou" acres OF undiscovered Land Atop of the Majestic
ra''sades and Opposite Congested Manhattan Are
Being Taken Over by Well Known Folks

The Alps OF New York" as the Pail.
ssdes. the fifteen miles of steen cl;ss
across the Hudson, may be termed, are
to be made more accessible. An in
clined railroad such as is used in tbe
Italian and Swiss Alps is contemplated
1t VIII be built in gorge in the cliffs
just south Of the Dyckman Street ferrv
landing. The Interstate Park Commits.
sion has been considering the PROPOSAL.
and the only objection seems to be that
The structure might deface the cliffs.
which at the ferry landing are extreme
y steep and picturesque. Perhaps q
hundred feet south of the ferry slip
and back of the massive and prominent
rock formation which seems so threat
ening as it looms high above the river
is rav;ne back from the face of the
cliffs, which the engineers have Sc
ected as an ideal place for the rail-
road
Built there, the railroad structure
would not be seen from the river, and
the engineering problems would be
simple. because the grade is not steep.
Some time within the next few weeks q
dec sion will be reached.
The best of limbs and perfect work
ng lungs are needed now to negotiate
ne Nlnolng road IRON the river edge
. the cliffs above. Comparatively few
set to the top or even attempt to, and
therefore miss one of the finest panor-
amic views that could be had any
where.
The inspiring sight from the Euro
pean Alps leaves lifelong impression
on the minds of those who get to the
summit of those wonderful mountains
end look down on the landscape below.
miniature in detail. The same feel
ing grasps those who look over the
city and the country from the top Of
he Palisades. The wide scope of
vision and the smallp sss Of things as
seen from the lofty Gifts is both awe
ing and inspiring. The range Of
vision from the Alps of New York
S said to be more than forty miles
With the aid OF lenses the country
away beyond Oyster Bay on the Sound
md Sugar Loaf to the north and the
'tatue of Liberty to the south can be
seen.
Wide Expanse in Sight
The entire metropolitan district
les at ones feet The speedy trains
Il the New York Central at the eastern
edge OF the river appear no larger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

ing the movemen. OF General Wash
ington's troops. Just north of this
property the Hendrick Hudson Boule
ward is TO be carried up the elevation
Of the cliffs and joined with the boule-
ward. This Improvement will cost about
100000.
To Be Made Accessible
North of the CORVALLIS Lookout to
the state line is forest of tall and
stout timber which would bring the
lumberman fortune il he were per
mitted to cut 1t. The invasion of this
country by traction companies hardly
will be permitted. South of Palisades
Avenue the trolley will be encouraged
In fact, the trolley from the l30th
Street ferry row comes within mile
Of this thoroughfare. and when the in
clined railway is built the belief il
that it will be operated up to this point.
Both improvements would have the eff
feet, real estate men think, of develop
ing this area with small homes. The
property north Of Palisades Avenue is
rot considered adaptable for small
home development. 1t would be year,
before conditions would warrant such q.
venture.
The spread of the fine home colony
oil the Englewood slope toward the
p ateau is expected to take q lot of
the cliff property out of the market in
the next few years. The development
seems to be from the river west and
the slopes east. There is only three
quarters Of mile between the slopes
and the edge Of the cliffs.
On the slopes. such men as Thomas
lamont and Dwight Morrow, of the
Morgan firm, have built homes.
The building of the inclined railway
would accelerate the development Of
the entire country, which. strange to
say, is known by comparatively few
New Workers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

Park Comm ssion. which has bought all
the property In the vicinity, about Il
ml'e frontage in all. Except for this
property the land is privately owned.
Fashionable Section Planned
Back some thirty or forty wears ago
there VS. being formulated plan that
would have made the Palisades one of
the finest residential deve opments in
TINS part of the country. Had it pro-
crossed the property to-day could not
be had for any price, as the plan was
social leaders at etaoin etaoin NUM-
to have this table land a series OF great
landed estates, the homes Of social
leaders. 1t was to be the Newport of
New York. The plan was based on the
building Of the Mountain House on the
cliffs Just south Of Palisades Avenue
and close TO the log chin of Mr.. Young
at the corner of the Boulevard and
ia lsades Avenue. 1t was one Of the
ilrst, and perhaps the finest, hotels TO
be erected in New York's suburbs Only
the wealthiest folks could afford to live
al the Mountain House. Patrons came
across the l30th Street Ferry TO Fort
Lee, and then By stage coach up the
boulevard to the hotel.
Just about the time that patrons
were preparing to build cottages in
the woods about the hotel the structure
was destroyed by fire 1t was a bic
loss. The foundations of the Noun
tain House are stii to be seen from
the boulevard: 1t is now the property
Of an institution.
William Walter Phelps. who once
represented this country as Ambassa-
dor to France, wealthy and socially
strong, was for the plan OF taking this
property. Rutherford b Hayes, for
PrpGIdant Of
favored the plan and bought extensive
holdings. So did many other vel
known folks. Elihu Root and former
Pres ident William TAFT ere alsn aid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

HEX; J. Monroe Dyer, whose stock farm
Is said to be the finest in this part
of the country. There are about 1000
acres in the Dyer farm 1t does not
come to the edge Of the cliffs, however.
beng chiefly west of the Boulevard
just back OF the precipitous trout.
Bought Fifty Years Ago
Part of the realty included in the
Rionda estate was purchased recently
from the heirs of Mr.. Mcneil, of Smith
Mcneil. who operated d downtown
restaurant for many years. Mr. Nc
years ago, and lived there right up to
his death.
Mrs. Timken and Mrs. Crockroft
have bought at Clinton Point the high
est elevation along the cliffs. 1t is so
named because General Clinton, one Of
the British leaders in this part of the
country during the revolutionary War,
used this point as an observation place
during the fighting that followed the
battle of Fort Washington II is fully
800 feet above this hiver at this point
Fine homes are TO be erected on the
properties by TIE two women, who hail
from the West. Each has bought o
number of acres, so that the develop
ment will be rye and perhaps inter
esting. Mrs. Nmken is chief owner OF
the Rodin Studios, the large apartment
building at the southwest corner Of
Seventh Avenue and Fifty-seventh
Street.
The first house on the cliffs north
Of Dyckman Street ferry landing is
the home of MIR. Taylor, former pro
prictor OF the Martinique. Mr.. Taylor
bought this house from Mr.. Eames.
He is not spending much time there
for that reason he has placed the house
on the market for sale.
From the drawing room n view OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Chance to Own BROOKLYN
Home at Your Own Price
Dwellings and Flats in Well
Located Sections To Be Sold
10 Highest Bidders

The Jere Johnson IN. Company will
hold an auction sale Of dwellings, flats
and vacant plots in Brooklyn NJ the
Montague Street salesroom on Tuesday.
December .. The sale will be held at
8 O'Clock iii the evening, to allow the
small investor and homosceker a bet
ter chance to attend
The single family dwellings, to be
sold are at 56s Washington Avenue and
$50 Hpdson Avenue. Two ard three
family houses to be disposed OF are at
f8 Schermerhorn Street. 60 Cranberry
Street and 10 Powers Street
Flats with and without stores to be
sold are 667 and 677 Bedford Avenue,
2l3 and PIT Fiftieth Street. II Myrtle
Avenue, 514 Broadway, SO IS Hopkins
Street, 70 Box Street and 03 Broad
way. 49,
Vacant lot offerings consist OF the
plot, 50Xlo0, on Gates Avenue, between
StuyvesAnt and Reid avenue, four lots
st the corner Of Fulton Street ana Yer
mont Avenue. a plot on Third Avenue,
between Ninety seventh Street and
Morine Avenue, two lots on Fourth
Avenue near Ninty-niuth Street, FIVE
lots on West Fourth Street near Ave
nue. 5, adjacent TO the Sea Beach sub
way. nine lots. including two corners.
on East Fifty-ninth Street, en- route of
the Flatbush Avenue trolley line, lot
on South Fifth Street near Hooper
BsnHnuSa
Street; lot, near subway stations, in
SIND Street, near 18th Avenue; seven
teen Canarsie lots, 6 on Avenue l.. in
Guiding corner OF East seth Street,
and eleven on East ed Street, between
Avenue n and Sea View Avenue.
Most of the houses are rented 10
monthly tenants, and a number Of the
lots may be paid for in monthly in
stallments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

to hive larpc holdi,os troro rto
Phelps and rTavns fa,5;l;os t;n nc
tain roodlv no,f ~ ,,,a , 0,,r -
purchased bv ancestors ~ ~, pioPt r',s
with number Of othor ra,''i};o - u &c
o,,, '''''','
"'o owners scattered
owners OF these many acres on the
Guns are scattered al over the world
BUSINESS requirements and sentiments
rave presented the present holders OF
much OF TINS property taking possess
SION or being more than passively in
,Grested IN IT. They own it and would
,ike 20 GET the inhabltants out of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
HOFE ar COMMANDER GEZANo D4Ws ISM.
at ENGZ EWOOD CZLeEs. -

than toy cars and their travel may be
followed for miles. The automobile,
IKE moving glittering colored speck
rs seen gliding over the hills of West
chester, and lifting the eyes lust q
little more they come in range of the
sound, ribbon of pale blue silk, with
me hills of the north shore of Long
island as a forbidden background.
Up to four years ago all this coun-
New Workers, or, for that matter, Jcr-
seyites; The operation of the ferry
from Dyckman Street was the wedge
that opened this area to the public.
The land at the foot OF the cliffs
from about Fort Lee north to Pier
mont, distance of Is miles, has been
secured by the Interstate Park Commits
sion as park. During the first year
the Dyckman Street ferry was in oper-
alton 100000 passengers and $4,000 Az
tomobiles entered the "a pine" country
across the Hudson.
The charm of the country has spread
quickly, judging by the heavy increase
IN the traffic on the Dyckman Street
Terry. 1t is now carrying twice as
many people as four years ago. Last
year close to 100000 passengers and
100000 autom obiles were ferried across.
Traffic this year will be much larger
0eSplte inns great movement the CllffS
are still an unknown country to the
many who come here. Automobiles,
even, know little about the country on
the top Of that majestic rock forma-
ton, said to be the only formation of
It's kind in the world.
Eighteen Elevated Estates
The tableland property is privately
owned. There are about 5000 acres,
most Of which are controlled by the
Palisades Real Estate Company as
selling agent or as owner. These
acres extend from the top edge Of the
cliffs back about a quarter OF a mile TO
the slope to Englewood The face Of
the cliffs and the land at the foot, out
to the water edge. is owned by the
Interstate Park Commission. Eighteen
estate or land interests own this great
tract of land on top of the Palisades.
Not more than a dozen houses are to
be found on the property between
Coytesvile north to the town OF Pal
isades. Thousands Of acres are within
the confines of these estates, estab-
slished there many years ago.
1t is perhaps, ten years since the last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

river is to be had for many miles. The
whole Of Westchester lies like q relief
map before ones eyes. II is a house
OF English design with large pro-
portioned rooms throughout. AS in old
English houses, there is a moat around
one side
Earl Davis, an attorney, occupies the
next place to the north. He bought it
short time ago from the Coe estate
Richard Farley, of Englewood. has
bought eXtens ively next 10 the Davis
property Just at present he is build
ing d cabin similar to the one Mr.
Young has built at Palisades Avenue
and the Boulevard for his office.
The Tinken property contains sixteen
acres and about 1900 feet Of cliff
frontage. The Ringing property is the
next development met in the travel
northward. The old Opdike Homestead
IS now being made over for the use of
the Ringlings. Hardly anything has
been left of the old house but the
walls: A pipe organ is being installed
IN balcony in the dining room, which
looks out over the river.
Interesting Vantage Points
An interesting vantage point in this
property is the summer house, which
Is built out on a pinnacle of rock reached
by a bridge 500 feet above the Hen
drick Hudson Boulevard. which is to
be built all the way to Albany by the
Interstate Park Commission Near this
rock is another which is termed the
pulpit" because of its formation.
On the Rionda place is a church for
the use of the family and the help, and
q water tower of masonry which is the
dominating feature of the Rionda farm.
On the cliffs overlooking Alpine
Landing is an interesting house owned
by a Mrs. Sickles. It is called Corn
wallis's Lookout, because he is sup
posed to have used the house in observ-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Building Houses on Site
OF Old Ridley Homestead
Fifty Homes i'm Course OF Com
pletion on Large Sou,herly
fiatbush Tract

On the site of the old Ridley home
stead on Kings Highway, between
Ocean Parkway and Coney Island Ave
nu, the Parkway Gardens Corporation
is just completing fifty attractive
homes. They are the asst of many
to be erected on the tract.
The home OF the late Mr.. Ridley and
its outhuildings and attractive sur
roundinA3 with charming lawns and
stately trees, has FOR years been one
OF the show places in this section of
Brooklyn. Mr.. Ridley was we'll
known Grand Street drygoods merchant
whesn that thorcughfare was one Of
tho principal shopping sections Of the
city. The homestead is now used rs
the Office Of the corporation.
Not so long aoe the property was
purchased by the corporation Of which
Joseph Grodsky is president and Ber-
Mard Nj. VAL is secretary, and work
was Immediately begun IN the laying
out Of the Developments. Streets were
opened. pavd, and sidewalks laid. was,
electricity and water Installed and the
streets lined with young trees with
pack lawns in the center. The houses
vary in architectural desigh and con-
tain from eight to ten rooms With
sleeping porches. and there is garage
to match each house. In addition to
the sale OF moro than dozen these
houses the Parkway Gardens Corpora
ton has sold . number OF lots TO PEG
pie who plan TO erect their OWL homes
The property is within three short
blocks OF the Kings Highway station
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

Statistics received by the Queens
Chamber of Commerce from The
American Contractor for building
plans filed in 175 cities for October
show that Queens exceeded every city
except Detroit and Los Angeles in the
number of plans filed. and every city
except Chicago, Detroit. Cleveland and
Philadelphia in the value estimated
for the cost of the proposed struc-
lures
There have been S.753 plans filed in
Queens Borough, al an estimated value
OF $3S, 1928, in the first ten months
of the year. This not only exceeds
timated will be $4,000, 900 Tor the
year, or double the largest previous
year, which was 1911. when 5.374 plans
were filed at an estimated value OF
$22212,OOO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Yonkers National Bank
Sells Two-Fanlily Houses
One i'm Park Hill Avenue Sold
TO Albert C.. Jordan.
an Attorney

Thomas S. Burke has sold for the
Yonkers National Bank the two two
family houses at 442 Park Hill Avenue
and at 220 Mclean Avenue. The latter
property was sold to Albert c. Jordan.
lawyer and the Park Hill Avenue
property to TWO employees OF the Cen
trail American Hat Company.
Mr.. Burke has also cold for Ferdl-
nand Witt to John c. Daley q dwelling
on Chestnut Drive, River View Manor
section OF Hastings. Mr.. Daley will i'm
prove the property.
The same broker sold for Edwin
Frankenstein the dwelling at 81 Bruce
Avenue to Minnie Lustgarden and Mrs.
Mark A. Schwartz, both Of this city, and
or Victor Nelson the five room bunga-
low at Al Jarvis Road to Anna Birding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Bronx Dwelling Properties
Offered to Highest Bidders

Bryan l.. Kennedy will hold a spe
cial sales day auction at the Vesey
Street salesroom on Wednesday, De-
cember 10, for the estate of George
Trefel Nh, Kennedy will offer l077 to
1854 Boston Road, a three story frame
dwelling. at voluntary sale; ~ West
chester Avenue, one and two family
dwelling, and o54 Gerard Avenue,
through to Walton Avenue, 212s story
frame dwelling.
On Tuesday, December 2, at Supreme
Court foreclosure sale, Mr.. Kennedy
will sell SO and 3S Dover Street, com
prising the block front between South
and Front streets, and on December l6
l41 East Twenty-fourth Street, q two
story building
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Mount Vernon all Active
Centre of Home Buyin z
Good Offers Cause Owners TO
Part With Fine Houses i'm
Select Locations

The Anderson Realty Company re-
ports the following recent sales in
Mount Vernon: For Frederick ".
Groby to Mathews Carney, the dwell
ing at AZ Nuber Avenue, Oayley
Manor; for the Gramercy Investing
Company to Daniel B. Nally, the dwell
ing at 227 South First Avenue; for the
s ate OF Charles c. King if, to Major
robert A. Greenfield, the dwelling at
@22 North Fulton Avenue; for the es-
'ate of ex-senator Frsncis NJ. Car
penter to James B. Lawrence, the
dwelling at 122 South Eleventh Ave
nue; and for the same estate to an
investor plot 25xll5 on Prospect Ave
nue. opposite the New York, New Ia
ven & Hartford Railroad station.
The same company has sold for Lilly
II. Youmans to Chauncey D. MacElroy,
the dwelling at $40 Prospect Avenue;
Tor II. S. Levine to Nathan Shupnik,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

Slzcable dwelling was erected there
John c. Games. of the II. B. Clafin
firm, was its builder. Exclusiveness
was what he wanted. The lack of pop
ular conveyances, the railroad being
three miles back from the cliffs, pro-
tected the Palisades as securely as if
in the fastness Of the Adirondacks will
derness. This attracted Mr. Eames, as
1T has others before he came and since
bllity folks have passed it by, not
knowing the nature of the land, and
have Travelled far in other directions
for property which has none Of the
attractions that this tableland pos
sesses.
1t is practically virgin country with
the exception Of the several estate de-
velopments, which have been made bv
old families and which have been mod
crnized and continued and extended by
posterity or succeeding owners. The
property is mostly heavily wooded, not
of course with virgin growth, but with
has stood there from twenty to fifty
years.
Old Indian Trails Remain
Paths made by the redmen to the
edge of the cliff and to the river edge
are still there. Some of them have
been widened and developed into fine
highways by road builders There
are many paths which are still only
trails leading to picturesque hooks and
recesses in the cliffs, according to Will
liam B. Young, president of the Pail
sades Real Estate Corporation, who
has spent the last twenty years in the
Palisades country and knows every
inch of it. its history and legends.
Some Of the trails were made long
before the coming OF Hendrick Hudson,
and stories are that the Indians looked
down on the progress Of the Half Moon
as she came up the Hudson in awe and
wonderment because it was the larg-
est and strangest craft they had ever
seen.
Hudson Terrace, which is about 300
to 800 feet inland from the edge Of the
cliffs, follows the course of the forma-
ton from Fort Lee north to Palisades
and the New York State line. This high
way was once an Indian trail and used
by the Redmen who made the home in
the hills about Nyack. There was q
lake on the west side of the trail. That
lake is to be restored by the Interstate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Buys in Morristown Next
To Washington's Quarters

Harvey j, Genung and Arthur c.
Day have sold for Mrs. Hobart Can
held her residence on Norris Avenue,
adjoining Washington's Headquarters
IN Morristown, N. j., TO Mrs. Margaret
.AcCarthy; also the property of Will
lam RI. Thomas on Cleveland Street,
Morristown, N. j. to Sarah Rosen-
berg, and for the Estate of Virginia
Grant Corbin three parcels of land
on the Parkway in Olyphant Park,
Morristown, N. j., to John H. Carpen-
ter. The plots are part Of the site
occupied by the old Olyphant mansion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Henry G.. Mead Sells
Attractive Greenwich Estate

Douglas L. Gilman &, Co.. Inc,
through their country department, have
sold tor Henry c. Mead, OF Green
wich and Seymour, Conn, his twenty
seven-ucre farm, situated on Lake Ave
nue., Greenwich, Conn.
This property covers ore OF the
finest hilltops III Greenwich, and COM
mands fine view of Long Island
Sound. Near it are the estates of Nell
son Macy, Gustav Schwab and Henry
W. Croft. There is an old farm house
on the place which the new owner
plans to improve for temporary use
whlle building permanent residence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Frederick c. Cilsey Sells
Home at Great Neck Estates

Gilsey his attractive s stueco Dutch Colo
NAL home on the southerly side of
Maple Street, Grent Neck Estates, to
Pauline Wolf. The plot has q frontage
of 40 feet in Maple Street and 100 feet
on Hillside Avenue.
The house contains ten rooms and
two baths, with modern improvements,
and garage,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

the dwelling on Pennsylvania Avenue,
Chester Hill Park; for Robert Clark
to George S. Fearing, the dwelling at
467 South Columbus Avenue; for Ce
celia Blank to Robert Clark. the dwell
ing at 400 Bedford Avenue: for John
P. Treadwell jr., to William ?. Uhler,
the dwelling at $50 Garden Avenue,
and to Edwin NJ. May plot on Ham
ilton Street adjoining his house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Trading Near the Seashore

The Lewis II. May Company has re-
sold for the S. F. r. Realty Corporation
1860 Hollywood Avenue, Far Rockaway
l.. T., two and a half story dwelling. to
Louis Cohen, for occupancy; also sold
for John A. Fitzsimons a plot of lots on
the west side of Beach Thirty seventh
Street. Edgemere, l.. L., to Christina
SCHUYLER, who will construct dwelling
for her own occupancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Rent Scarcity Forces Real
Estate Firm to Ruv

The Lloyd Winthrop Company not
bein gable to obtain additional Office
space in the silk district to take care
OF their increased business have pur-
chased 40 East Twenty eighth Street,
four-story building. When present
leases expire Lloyd Winthrop Com
pany expects 10 use the three upper
nors Tor its management and leasing
DEPARTMENTS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Apartment Suites Leased

Douglas l.. Gilman & Co, have leased
Il furnished apartment 1t $50 East
Seventy second Street for f. B. Boies
TO Winthrop Cowden. furnished apart
ment at lis East Ffty-eighth Street
for DR.. L. Pierce Clark 10 J. Ford
J ohnson, jr., duplex apa rtment at EOS
Fast Sixty-second Street tor Mrs. Jenj.
K. Wood to Mrs. Rudolph Schirmer,
and at 1862 East Seventy second Street
Tor Miss Rose II. Bloch to Miss A. S.
HOPKINS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Charles II. IngersoH, Watch Maker, Trades
Old House for New One in Montclai1'

his residence on Scotland Road and
Raymond Avenue, South Orange, N. J.,
house of twenty rooms mad four bath
rooms on plot about 100 feet front by
80 feet in depth.
The exchange was negotiated BY f.
NJ. Craw1ey &. Bros, OF Montclair.