The New York herald., 1922-01-29
Proposed City Would Be One of
the Most Remarkable Munich
paIitieS in the World, and Already
It's Residents Own Far More
Luxurious Homes and
Finer Gardens Than Did


charms of Westchester hills and valleys.
But all of Westchester county and all of the as
yet imaginary Westchester city are not of this
class. All not of New York There small
towns in Westchester and there are small town
folk There are farmers and farmers wives and
little storekeepers in the towns who were born of
Westchester and who really belong to it and feel
pride in it that goes back for generations-in
cases back to Revolutionary days.
Many of these are openly and vigorously
opposed to city of Westchester. They don't want
to belong to any sort-of city. They folk
with traditions to maintain and they are proud Of
that and are resentful of efforts on the part of
those whom they consider outsiders to even think
of experimenting with their homestead setting.
The answer of those who are advocates Of a
city Of Westchester-and they are many-is to
laugh. For they have no fear that westchester
would be city of the conventional Sort They
picture Utopian city where there Is no conges-
tion of traffic. where automobilists have no jay
walking pedestrians to worry about, and where
pedestrians the street calmly. The city
of their dreams is where there are homes and
great industries; open territories; schools of
its own making and upkeep transit water and
other such problems for it's own solving.
And they see city with its own charter and
its own government, and without fear Of being
absorbed by New York city. 1t may be that this
fear is born of realization Of what became of
The Bronx after 1t became part of New York.
Already there plans being made to intro
duce bill in the Legislature providing fer the
individualizing of Westchester city with the ad
mitted purpose to thwart New York city in its
tendency to gobbe up outlying towns
Under the proposed plans the existing bounda
ries Of Westchester county will disappear and
small communities will be gathered into six
groups forming boroughs. Six boroughs are to
make the city. The first borough will take in
Yonkers, which is a considerable city in ITSELF
Misrepresentation, Irvington, Ardsey and Tarry-
town and the included territory will be Borough
No. 2. Then White Plains and Scarsdae and that
vicinity will outline the precincts of another bor
ough; East Chester and Mount Vernon another;
New Rochelle fifth, and Harrison and Rye the
last.
Looking forward to move to make a city of
the towns and outlands of southern Westchester,
at the last election the voters Of the county ap-
proved constitutional amendment providing for
a change of government.
Congestion of New York
Tempts City to Expand
The northern part of Westchester county is not
taken into the plans for the city. This section is
in long stretches of primitive woodland and it is
the nearest province to the new city. It's forests
and streams and lakes will serve for the popula-
tion Of Westchester city to go to on its holidays
after the country within it's proposed corporate
limits becomes real estate sales property. II the
Westchester folk grow to look upon New York as
a rival city 1t may be that the people of the
metropolis will have to look to the upper regions
of Westchester county for its country clubs and
sporting fields.
The congestion of New York and the
spaciousness of Westchester would be a
promise of growth for new city, Now
they say they want protective measures
valu from absorption and annexation by New
tes are York. But the possibility is considered by
lands some of the annexation of even a new city
he city 20 20 ..'e, .., anu many "no are IN iavor now
owns foo, nevartbeIess tbot ,ts na,rra, Sas.,r,,
..cians iy to be a part OF New York. with the
rSom that Westchester would give II New
York could grow London has grown.
spreading outward.
But the city of Westchester is the Inn
pending actuality. Fancy such city. It
would be. dream come true succession
$500 of little towns, touching one another yet
90 and each with character. each with Individual
ments ity-even personality. Few factories little
1ercal smoke hurry and no trafnc jams.
can be Sweet, provincial life, with freedom to ber
oifeo' come self-satsfed. series of Gopher
manu- pra irioe AmaIia Courtbouaaa vohnaou
have ~..,, i, Y.s.-,,,, ,,, -s
sad of oi'ies ON" .'eo' einap' :. o.' oa.s
s. At seoles' Win cracher poAes anu paireAs
acres about glowing stove, and millonaires
reater whiting on cedar posts and talking local
crops, politics.
ate Oh No doubt Ichabod Crane, the Headless
ng up M INC ,sn ia'se. Gnu o.,
Dvern- lheir heishDors Wouiu ieei very MUCH
notion grfeved to come back to Sleepy Hollow ana
rv out find traffic policeman in the crossroad
t was near Ichabods school And IL Rib Van
e Inn Wrinkle couId oono hack In his old haunts
ripuee us and find there a city of Westchester in
v,.t stead of his own little village he would
have probably be even more astonisned tnan ne
was when the strange dog barked at Him