Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-16
Geographic News
Bulletins by the
National Geographic Society

Geology
"A disastrous fire at Nantaskst
| Beach, Massachusetts,. directs atten.
ton to a stretch or New England
coast which has a triple geograph-
| ical interest, says a bulletin from
| the Washington. ID. c., headquarters
| of the National Geographic Society.
Here nature has laid bare 70 the
| mos. casual observer a frequent, bltt
| generally hidden, process OF the
| making of this continent. me
Federal government has erected
} nearby one of the worlds most re-
! markable lighthouses. Inc state o.
| Massachusetts, has made its citi1ens,
| not the concessionaires. the sover-
eignI Of one of the finest beaches
on the north Atlantic coast.
Shaped Like Cape Cod
'rNantasket Beach stretches for an
| unbroken FIVE miles along the sea-
ward side of a peninsula which ois-
| tends its scrawny neck from tns
| juncture of town OF Cohasset an9
, Hull turns Its ADAMS apple towalu
the pleasant inland water"as head
| Boston harbor. and bends rs neau
| low. as il in reverence to historic
! Hingham, on this inland shore. Inc
| correction of the peninsula bears an
| uncanny miniature likeness to tnat
! of Cape Cod, farther south.
"Minot's Light flashes It's 80
| sign | over a granite snore Will Will
once was the bane OF marino9
| and now is the blessing OF Boston.
A lighthouse is symbolic OF mans
| of nature; this one seems
10 enitomize the steadfastness Oh
the people who for years picked the
snlintered wreckage of every stol,n
iron, the rocks where they nov
plant their summer hoIles Snd
along the sands where they now IL
surcease from the city suih
heat. oa-,od ending
In the forties two score OF Nessels
wero dashed to pieces on me Cons
set reefs and in six or THESE the
entire crew perisheo.
First Beacon Washed away a.
.-The first lighthouse was pullt ~
1856. One year later a great d
snapped it off as II II a peen er-
old stick, and ~engulfed It's two ia
derz Then began the task OF punu,
inc on this sea-circled rock, exposed
on1, Of low tide In certain seasons
a tower that would defy any storm:
From the quarries OF Qulnvy
came the granite and the stone GU.
ters who worked with a
nreoision to shape and NJ inc uSnr
~ the new structure. Even naIuoa
u .be task of chiseling off a base
for the structure OIL th9
merged reef. o.s .ha iaal-
ous ses allowed but 100
hours. and the following year We
little better. No man could W.
on the rocks who could not ~
no boat was landed there AGe 10
company of another noa an the
the men were working ourlhS "a
ue lou, tide. smooth sea hours
q hoat was always waiting to rescue
those washed from the rocKs'
An Engineering Triumph
"After three years of this preca
rious and patient task n LIS
ston9 of the present structnre We va
laid. Meanwhile the stones Hor
been cut, fitted ana asseinDtSe ohae-
set hsrbor. One by one with no
single loss of life. nor a single Wast
ad trim for a wrong stone, LUIS U.
tbesa great granite blocks We're ply
IN Mace. Today the New worm
solomon's Temple stands as nrm as
the day the first light hasned Iroau
its beacon in 1855. Often the sprdy
of the waves dashes agalnst tne WA
Sov,s NJ its light, IS feet high.
.~Threading its way between n
ho,1ders Of the shore and the SAT-
n,arshes runs Jerusalem ROAD with
;ts beautiful GUNNER homes, INK.
inc residential Cohasset with the
State Park reservation at Nahtasnss
Upon a rocky eminence at one III
q Nantasket beach is a f~ashlonapse
hotel, at the other are rows u hotb
houses. operated at cost. by the sta.e
~ Massachusetts,, models OF cleai
illness convenience and comfort
Trust To Bathers Conscience
"Two characteristics of this peacn
impress the visitor. New hnslait
takes its liberties seriously; even "
r%efraining from any restrictlons IL
on bathing suits. No pollceHen a. 10
armed with tape measures. tnere u
nn code posted anywhere about the
stvle of bathing suits. The author
tiles hold that this policy makes tol
1nodesty. Those who prefer lnt
Coney Island type of amusemeh.
may indulge their taste, u Ihe
amusement parks are far PACK lrot
the shore line so that even at hlsnes
tide tens of thousands Oh pa.n n5
can find ample space III ING s
and under the sun: c..s+
1.-THE granite boulders of CohasssI
tell a long, long story OF WoFlu.
building forces. active IN many ~
gions. but seldom so as
here A geologist need only scan
the rocky pages OF o"0
Hull to reconstruct the past.
"Once upon a time. his story TUT
perhaps a hundred million Mill ars yei life a on
this sphere lofty Alpine
pierced the clouds in this region
When Granite was Formed
+ "Far beneath them. they exerteo
:. tremendous pressure at least M
teen Thousand pounds per incn. ana !,
: formed granite. In the course os
milleniums these mountains W. y
worn entirely away. at the rate VI
an inch or so per century, ana inc
the buried granite began to wary anu
-corrugate as the asphalt does IN .
nayement on a hot day, anu tne
softer materials about it were "ori
FINALLY the granite reached tn r.
, srrface, cracked and faulted II
pIaces. mixed with in others
at which time formed the iedgsa
niue, as they now appear along Uni
Mature had not quite finished he
work. They had yet to be give
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