The Coolidge examiner., 1934-09-28

their chief city at the crossroads
between New England and the sea.
board colonies farther south Pres
en,ly foreign shipping came IN IN.
creaslng volume. and counting
houses douTlshed.
Then the trade OF the Mlssls
sippi valley grew consequential and
the several states began 20 battle
gor Il. Even George Washington lent
bis prestige 10 the endeavor 10 hold
q Tor Virginia
But DE Wit Clinton outwltied
them all Never nAd old Cato cried
out more earnestly or more persist
engls. "Delenda est Carthage"
than ne Witt Clinton urged that
The Erie Canal must be built r
II was a momentous undertaking In
those days to raise $1,000 ooo for
a waterway.
"Cllnton's Ditch" won. and pres
entity the Hons share Of the Mlssis-
slppl valley trade was morlng
through the Mohawk country and
down the Hudson. because II could
float 20 the sea on lake and canal
and river. while other states Ia.
bored and tugEed over the noun.
talns In Concstosa wagons. railroad
lncilnes. and the like
Gone Is the glory OF Erie canal.
The elite. who once Travelled through
the state atop It's lelsurely moving
barges. now roll az high speed In
modern motor cars on superhlgh-
ways. rush along on world.famed
express trains or ny like birds
along the sky paths seldom giving
II either glance or thought
Never has a state possessed a
clearer title to It's Sobriquet than
the land OF the Hudson. the Mo
hawk. and the enesee holds 20 It's
name OF Empire state.
Measured By the hosts OF SIS peo-
pie. by the magnitude of It's wealth,
by the extent OF It's Industry. by the
splendor and variety OF It's scenery.
or by the magnihcence OF It's pro-
gram for the public veal. New York
lnsplringiy lives up TO that title.
Really an Empire.
With more than twelve and a
half million people. II Is indeed an
empire. outrsnklng Canada by
margin OF two million and coming
close TO doubling Austria. II has
two people for every one on the en-
tire continent OF Australia and three
for every two In the Union OF South
Africa.
With S37 .oo0. 10000 OF wealth. II
stands ahead OF half OF the nations
OF the earth. Even the whole Unit
ed States. as recently as 1870 could
not match that figure.
Most assuredly In the variety and
splendor OF Its scenery Il Is an EN-
plre After rambling throughout
the entire state-gridlroning Long
Island; checkerboardIng wesiches
ter county; zigzagging up the Hud.
son and down the ChamplaIn coun-
try: erlsscrosslng the Adirondaks
and Catskllls: skIrtIng the 81. Law.
renee and Lakes Ontario and Erie:
peeplng into every corner OF the
Niagara front; exploring the Gene
see area: threading In and out
among the interior lakes. from lit
tie Conesus 10 big Cayuga. and from
beautiful Skaneateles to gorgeous
otsego: reveling In the many beau
ties OF the valleys OF the Mohawk.
the ChemuDg. the Susquehanna, and
the Delaware. one thinks he knows
something OF Empire state scenery.
and Is ready to say OF II. as Wallace
Nntting says OF the Hudson. that
here We tnd civilization set In
beauty"
The magnihcence OF its park sys
TEN. the perfection OF Its parkways
and boulevards. the fine Quality OF
49, ~7~@*RR%~1s AhF WI Y ~ kANE- It's Gt
pendent population. and the plans
IL projects for the future. all stamp
1t as imperial alike In understand
Ing. vision. and purpose.
There Is no finer chapter in the
history OF any state than that which
deals with the deep concern New
York shows In the conservation OF
It's scenic. historic. snd recreational
l resources.
From Lake Champlaln 10 Nlaga
"a falls. from the western end OF
Chautauqua county. on Lake Erie.
10 the eastern tip OF Suffolk. at
Montauk Point. New York has set
up Il series OF co parks OF varying
type and area. TO provide rerrea.
/ tion ceDters. 10 save scenic regions.
and TO safeguard historic shrines.
and is developing them in manner
that no great community has ever