FOREST PARK .

2d and 4th q7ards . Rlk . 1 . J)irnensions or Area . How Used .

. . . . . 18.859 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park

....... 4.208 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park 12.703 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park ........ 05.86~80~94.98~80. . . . . . . . . Forest Park ........ 109.9~~25~121.8+x27.9). .... Forest Park .......

........ ........ 72.8:x50x96.6+x55.7 Forest Park 1.002 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park . . . . . . . .

....... 1 acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park 1 acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park .......

. . . . . . ........ 100x100x147.8~x111.2. Forest Park ........ 100x50 ir ................. Forest Park ........ 106.99~80 ir ............... Forest Park

(1) 71.8+~25~83.8x27.94. .... Forest Park ........ .... (2) 80.2~~25~92.1qx27.9~

........ 100x20 .................... Forest Park

........ ................... 60x100 Forest Park

........ 100x97 ir .................. Forest Park 3.785 acres ................ Forest Park ........

........ 102~55.7. ................. Forest Park

........ 20x100 .................... Forest Park

........ 2 acres .................... Forest Park 6.238 acres ................ Forest Park ........ .. 40x100 ................ , , Poreit Park ........

Lot 1 . 1.ocation. Union Turnpike and Myrtle Avenue . Recorded.

Cost of Date of Grantor . -. ..- Site . Acquisition . Libcr . Page .

Aug . 9. 1895 Brooklyn Land & Improve- ment Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078

June 26. 1896 Union Land & Imp . Co . . . . 1119 Aug . 22. 1895 Union Land &- Imp . Co . . . . 1082 July 3. 1896 Harry Hall Skinner . . . . . . . . 1117 Aug . 3. 1896 John E . Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . 1121

. . . . . . . . . . . Xug 10. 1806 Charlotte Rieber 1122 June 13, 1896 Chas . lCluller ancl wife . . . . . 111.1- July 13, 1896 Y . L . Duryec and wife . . . . . 1131

. . . . . . . . . June 30, 1896 Sarah J Debevoise I l l 6 June 11, 1896 Jno . C . Dcbevoise and wife .. 1114 June 18, 1896 Jacob B!ank and wife . . . . . . I l l 5 June 13, 1896 Peter Riebling . . . . . . . . . . . . 1114 June 3, 1896 Elie C . Meillorct . . . . . . . . . . 1113 June 4, 1596 Peter Riebling . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113

June 1. 1896 Robert hletz and wife . . . . . 1113 AiIay 22. 1896 George A . Hess and wife . . 1112 May 4. 1896 Carl Kleinhaus and wife ... 1115 June 4. 1896 Eliz . B . Andrews .......... 1113

. ......... May 9. 1896 F Mints and wife 1110 May 7. 1896 Frederick Wangelin and wife . 1110 May 19. 1896 R . C . F . Combes and wife .. 1111 Jan . 22. 1896 E . F . Linton and wife ...... 1097

. ..... Jan 20. 189G Samuel Stein and wife 1098

(I) 197 .8~~100~114.3~~130.3 . (2) 20x100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) 549.2~x100x591.7x108.9 .. (4) 40x100 . . . . . . . . . . . .

........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.918 acrcs Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 100x100 Forest Park

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 20xi00 Forest Park ....... . . . . . . . . 105.91x40x106.35x40 Forest Park ,%

. . . . . . . ........ 106.35x40~106.79~40. Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 10x100 ; Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ lCOx100 Forest Park

........ . . . . . . . . . 54.7x107~7.10~100. Forest Park

........ ... (1) 104.36~140x105.91x140 \ Forest Park (2) 100x100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /

. . . . . . . ........ 100x107.10~107x6~.8. Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 100x50 Forest Park

..... ....... 120x104.36x120x103.03. Forest P v k . ........ ......... 400.0+x225x120x is Forest Park ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.3ix144x is Forest Park ........ ....... 92.1+~93.0~x135~100~. Forest Park ........ ............... 20.123 acres Forest Park ........ ................ 1.055 acres Forest Park ....... ............... 13.137 acres Forest Park, ........ ................... 12 acres Forest Park ........ ................ 84.59 acres Forest Park ........ ................ 6.861 acres Forest Park ........ ............... 23.459 acres Forest Park ........ ............... 20.977 acres Forest Park ........ ................ 14.22 acres Forest Park ........ ............... 39.511 acres Forest Park

3.838 acres ................ Forest Park ........

Jan . 23. 1896

Jan . 15. 1896 Jan . 24. 1896 Jan . 11. 1896 an. 3. 1896 Jan . 13. 1898 Jan . 13. 1896 Jan . 14. 1896 Jan . 9. 1896

Jan . 7. 1896 Jan . 7. 1896 Jan . 14. 1896 Dec . 13. 1895 Jan . 3. 1896 DCC . 31. 1896 Dec . 12. 1895 Dec . 11. IS95 Dec . 12. 1895 Dec . 6. 1895 Dec . 7. 1895 Dec . 9. 1895 Dec . 4. 1895 Oct . 9. 1895 Nov . 29. 1898 Aug . 30. 1895 Aug . 30. 1895

Brooklyn Equal Share Ass 1097 493

Jas . and Abraham Van Sick- len . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097 407 .

IY . G . Whilmorc . . . . . . . . . . 1097 374 H . L . Dougherty and wife . . . . . . . . . . Columbia Park Association . 1097 392 Seth K . Blair and wife . . . . . 1097 399 Charles E . Apgar and wife . . 1097 402 James M . Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . 1097 404 John Ford and wife . . . . . . . . 1097 384 Columbia Park Association . 1097 394

Catherine Rrown . . . . . . . . . . 1096 377 August Rohde and wife . . . . 1097 192 W Joseph Cunes and wife 1097 397 B . . . . . Columbia Park Association . 1093 301 Wm . Grieg and wife . . . . . . . 1096 250

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellen M Hay 1096 290 Jacob Denton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1093 97

. . . . . . . . Joseph J Tompkins 1093 389 ....... Maria VCTyckoff, Exr 1093 232

Hamlin Babcock and wife .. 1092 348 Brooklyn Hills Imp . Co .... 1092 340 David Springstein and wife . 1092 468 David G . Leggett ......... 1092 134 J . E . and F . D . Backus and ( 142

wives .................. 1092 \ 146 . . .... Mary E and Wm Man 1092 255

.............. Dean Alyord 1081 98 . . ............. E J Granger 1081 105

(FOREST PARK.=Continued) Recorded . Dimensions or Area .

29.401 acres ...............

................ 9.538 acres ....... 699.4x78.10x110.7x ir

14.816 acres ............... 42,0 49 acr

.. . .

144x25 ..................... ................... 80x100;

9.75 acres ................. 80x100 ....................

................... 100x100 100x60 .................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50x100 .................... 1Q2x100 ................... 2.922 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100x75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100x40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100x40 99x100~25~ ir . . . . . . . . . . . .-. . 105.4~27.9;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Ox48xir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 lots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Ax55.7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100x40 20x100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50x100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.9x27x101.2x27.9~. ...... 100x100 ...................

................ 9.962 acres .......................... 13.999 acres ............... 25x100 ....................

............... 56.7x102.10. 34.45x100x54.55x102.20. .... 100x25 .................... 100x50 .................... ................ 1.177 acres

........ Forest Park

........ Porest Park Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........

........ Forest Park

........ Forest Park

........ Forest Park

........ Forest Park

Forest Park ........ ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park

Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........

........ Forest Park

........ Forest Park

........ Forcst Park ..... Forcst Park.*.

Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park ........ Forest Park . i .....

Jan . 3. 1896 James Smith and Wife . . . . . 1096 Jan . 23. 1896 Suburban Homestead Ass'n . 1098

. Jan . 21. 1896 St John's Cemetery. . . . . . . 1096 Jan . 24. 1896 Harriett P . Wardell . . . . . . . 1098 Jan . 24. 1896 George P . Wardell . . . . . . . . 1098 Jan . 24. 1896 Charles R . Myers . . . . . . . . . 1098

. . . . . . . . . . Jan 31. 1896 Charlotte J Richardson Feb . 7. 1896 Mary Schwind and husband . 1099 Feb . 24. 1896 John Grubcr and wife . . . . . . 1600 Feb . 22. 1896 Jos . H . &I Andrew Gorsline.

Execs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100 Feb . 27. 1896 Mary A . Masrate . . . . . . . . . . 1098 Feb . 2.5, 1896 George P . Morris ancl wife . . 1104 Mar . 23. 1896 Henry Wagner and wile . . . . 1104 Mar . 30. 1896 Carrie S . Wheeler . . . . . . . . . 1107 Apr . 11, 1896 Robert McBryde and wife . . 1107 Apr . 8. 1896 Valentine Emmerling . . . . . . 1105 Apr . 17. 1896 Peter Riebling and wife . . . . 1107 Apr . 30. 1896 Max Mohr and wife . . . . . . . 1109 May 6. 1896 Gustavus A . ~ e n r y and wife . 1110 May 7. 1896 Oscar Straub and wife . . . . . 1112 Sept . 16. 1896 Hugo Slitzker . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1125 Oct . 2. 1896 Catharine Brown . . . . . . . . . . 1128 Oct . 20. 1896 Jos . and Louisa'Vanderval . . 1129

. Nov . 6. 1896 Jas Van Siclen and wife . . . . 1130 Nov. 7. 1896 Gottfried Woller and wife . . 1131 Nov . 28. 1896 John B . Napier Est . . . . . . . . 1133 Nov . 24; 1896 Maria Benning ............ 1132 Nov . 30. 1896 Bruno A . Preisdorf and wife . 1133 Nov . 19. 1896 Union Terrace Co ......... 1132

. Nov . 28. 1896 Wm Dietrich and wife ..... 1133 Dec . 26. 1896 Emily L . Woelfel & husband . 1135

. Dec . 8, 1896 Wm A . Jones and wife ..... 1133

FOREST PA~K.=(Continu~ed) Recordea

Dimtxsions or Area . Iloiv Used . Cost of G t e df Grantor . Site . Acquisition . Liber . Page .

........ . . . . . . . . 83.8x50~107.6x55.7 ......... Forest Park ........ 650 00 Dec 7, 1896 PliIichael Gehrling .. 1134 43 98.6s55.7 ir ................ Forest Park ........ 700 00 ........ Feb . 5: 1897 Louisa Hoocli . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1140 75 100x25 .................... Forest Park ........ 500 00 ........ Dec.'22, 1896 Florence C . Vogt . . . . . . . . . . 1135 252 100x25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park ........ 500 00 ........ Dec . 22, 1896 James R . Langdon . . . . . . . . . 1135 250

........ . 55.7~96.6; ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park ........ 2, 100 O0 Dec 24, 1896 David Kaufman and wife . . 1135 472 104.4~27.9:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park ........ 500 00 :....... Uec . 21, 1896 John S . Stetson and wife . . . 1136 399

Forest Park 425 00 ........ Jan . 21, 1897 Elizabeth B . Rice . . . . : . . . . 1139 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park 350 00 . . . . . . . . Jan . 22, IS97 Ida R . Shepp . . . . . . . ' . . : . . . 1140 324 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

102~55.7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park . . . . . . . . 700 00 . . . . . . . . Jan . 27, 1897 Ferd'n'd Buckheit and wife . 1139 15 105.4~27.9;. ............... Forest Park ........ 415 00 ........ Jan . 12; . 1897 Albert Stiltzs~an . . . . . . . . . . . 1138 241 55.7s105.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Parlr . . . . . . . . 600 00 ........ Feb . 5, 1897 Wilhelm Saucy'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1140 SO 104.4~27.94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forcst Parli ........ 375 00 ........ Feb . 16, 1897 Gottiob ~e t zo ld and wife . . . 1141 74

........ . . . . . . . . . 104~55.7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Park . . . . . . . . 3, 925 00 Feb 16, 1897 Wilhellnine Petzold 1141 7 6 4 : 55.7x27.9i. ................ Forest Park . . . . . . . . 325 00 ........ Mar . 9,.1897 J . Elbert and wife . . . . . . . . . 1143 1 2 0 °

Forest Park 350 00 ........ Dec . 16, 1896 Mary E Larney . . . . . . . . . . 1135 212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . 100x40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Parli ........ 750 00 ........ Mar . 8, 1897 Elessif A . S . Newcomb and

wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j143 181 .... ........ . . .......................... Forest Park ........ 1, 125 00 Mar 17, 1897 Peter J O'Neil and wife 1144 141

. ......... ........ 2.978 acres ................ F o w t Park ....... 9, 000 00 May 4, 1897 David G Leggett 1149 427 ........ .. 105.4~27.99. ............... Forest Park ........ 325 00 May 24, 1897 Dominick Dowd and wife 1152 154

........ Forest Park ........ . ........... ........................... 375 00 Oct 24, 1898 Thomas Bourke and wife < .......................... Forest Park ........ 2, 419 90 ........ Dec . 12, 1895 Jas . & Margaret Underhill . . . . . . . . . . .

........ .......................... Forest Park 325 00 ........ Jan . 18, 1896 Wm . G . Debevoise ................. . ........ .............. .......................... Forest Park ........ 12, 767 70 July 22, 1896 Edward T Hunt, Exr , --

TOTAL COST .................. , .... $1,278, 147 60 . . Above data taken from City Record of May 6th, 1913, as Comptroller's report to th.e Sinking Fund Commission .

TELAWANA PARK.

The following letter is self-explanatory:

"CITY OF NEW YORK

ARCHIBALD R. WATSON, Co~*poration Counsel. New York, NIarch 25, 1913.

Hon. WALTER G. ELIOT, C'o~iirnissiorler of Parf

TELAWANA PARK.

N. B.-Unless otherwise indicated all yagc references are to the printed minutes of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, P~ibJic In~provement Division.

1900. The 350 acres at Rockaway ("Hatch Tract"), condemnation of which was' ordered in 1907-together w ~ t h the easterly adjoining "Bell Harbor Tract," a total of, say, 650 acres, or 12,000 hnear feet of ocean beach-were acquired by the late E. P. Hatch for $150,000 at judlc~al sale.

At about the same tnne the westerly remainder of Rockaway Beach, now known as the "Harriman 'lract," was similarly acrluired by the late C. P. Huntington.

Oct, 1902. Park Comn~issioner W~llcox and President Crotnwell urged that city acquire public bathing beach on Staten Island.

Nov. 1903. Destructive fire, co~erlng 10 acre5 at Coney Island, resulted in agitation in favor of pubhc bathing beach there.

24 Feb., 1904. Local Board of Jarr~a~ca District, acting on local petition, adopted resolutio~ls for laylng out park at I i o c l ~ a ~ a y Beach 7,000 feet long (p. 1471).

30 Sept, 1904. Board of Estimate, actlng upon resolutions from Local Board of Jamrucn Distrlct and up011 report of Cl~lcf Engineer Lewis, Board of Esti- mate, adopted resolut~on: (1) pl-opaslrzy "to change the map of the city by laying out a pnhlic park" at Rockamaq : and (2) xing November 11, 1904,

as the date for public hearlng upon this proposal (p. 1471).

1f Kov., 1904. Board of Estimate held public hearing in favor of laying out Rock- away Park, at conclusion of w h ~ c h hearing the matter was referred by Board to its Committee on Snlall Parks (p. 1643).

1905. Nothing done; Mayor suspecting that a city official would receive one-third purchase price. Schemc lay dormant as a park scheme.

The interest of Mayor and Cotnptroller was revived, largely through efforts of President Brannan of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, with idea of utilizing beach, not merely as park, but also a i sites for fresh air hospitals and con- valescent homes,

16 Sept., 1905. N. Y. Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor received its first gift toward fund to build seaside hospital for non-pulmonary tubercu- losis.

1 Jan., 1906. hIa$or's message to Board of Aldermen: (1) Recommended speedy pro- vision of fresh air hoilles for chiltlreil and convalescent patients froin the city hospitals ; (2) suggested three heacher;, one being Rockaway ; and (3) suggested that Rockamay site could probably be acquired at reasonable price. (Ifitlutes of Board of Aldermen, p. 28.)

12 Jan., 1906. I n accordance with Mayor's recommendation this matter was taken up by Board of Estimate and a hearlng xed for February 9, 1906 (p. 14).

January 4, 1906, Chief Engineer Lewis, Board of Estimate, under- standing that this matter was to be taken up January 12, submitted a letter to Mayor as Chairman of Boarc!. for purpose of information upon this project to the new I-lo3rd that llas about to organize. This letter ex- pressed opinion that Rockanay tract (about 7,000 ieet long on ocean) wouId cost city from $500,000 to $1,250,000. This !etter does not appear in the ntinutes of the Board.

9 Feb., 1906. On Comptroller's motion hearing was postponed to March 9, 1906 (p. 162.)

9 March, 1906. On ComptrolIer 5 motion hearing was postponed to April 1906, ( p 492).

6 April, 1906. On motion of President of Board of Aldermen hearing was adjourned to May 4th, 1906 (p. 774).

4 May, 1906. On nlotion (mover not indicated) hearing postponed to ;\lay 18, 1906 (p. 1044).

15 May, 1906. Enactruent of Chapter 456, Laws of 1906 (urged by Metropolitail Parks Association, C. 0 . S., A 1 C. P., and nlany other charitable and civic or- ganizations), providing :

1. That city may acquire bcach within or without city limits. 2. That city may lease parts of beach, with approval of Sinking Fund

Commission, to cliarltable or bene\olent societies for convalescent hospital or hospitals.

3. That city inay not spend more than $2,500,000. 4 That Board of Estimate may act in the matter without concurrence or

approval of any other officer o r board of the clty. (See Exhibit B.) 18 May. 1906 On motio~i o f Coniptroller, hearing postponed to June 1, 1906, at,

i a o o'clock in the aiternoon (p 1186). 1 June, 1906. Large publ~c hearing at specla1 afternoon session before Board of

Estimate, at conclusion of which hearing, on motion of Comptroller, the matter was referred to Coil~inlttce consisting of Comptroller, President of Hoard of Aldermen and Pres~dent of Borough of Manhattan (p. 1460).

1 July, 1906. N. Y. 11. I. C P. hospital hu~lding fund fully subscribed, $250,000. Summer and Autumn, 1906. Frequent effort by individuals and civic and charitable

organizat~ons to stimulate city ofiicials to proceed under the Act. Delay oc- casioned partly by p~~l t l ic and p r l ~ a t e agitation In favor of Long Beach site.

26 S o v , 1906. A. I. C P , in letter to l\ld>or, foriually offered to build and present to clty $250.000 sea beach hospital for non-pulmonary tubercuIosis, provided city nould furnish slte ant1 ma~nteunnce; offer st111 outstanding. (See Ex- hibit C.)

7 Dec, 1906. Above offer preseiited to Board of Estimate by Comptroller and re- ferred to last-n~entionecl Coniinittee ( p 2633).

1 March, 1907. Coinn~ittee prescrlted prelirnin3ry report favoring: (1) Establish- ment of a scaside park ant1 ssnitariuin, at Coney Islancl, if possible; and (2) acceptance of offer.

Report ordered printed in minutes (p. 663). 8 &larch, 1907. On Committee's further report "that ilotie of the sites proposed is

as tlesirable or ava~lable as thst which was first suggested, namely, the portion of Kockaway Reach li,lnq ilnmediately east of Rockaway Polllt . . . and that thii will be the last opportulllty for the city to acquire an ocean front park with a fine bathing be3ch wlthin the city limlts," etc., Board adopted resolution to lay out this Rockaway Beach Park pursuant to Charter Section 412 (p. 885).

15 hiarch, 1907. Board of Estimate adopted resolutions accepting from N. Y. A. I. C. r' the SLIIII of $3500LO io; erect1011 of hospital for sufferers from non- ~ u i n ~ o : ~ , l r y t~i1)erculcs ', (p 895). (See Exhibit D.)

P: \;.-The A. 1 C. P.'s offer nras bf a. hospital, not of a fund. ,(See Exhibit C.)

19 March, 1907. Mayor approved official resolution and map of property in question (p. 1006).

22 March, 1907. Chief Engineer Lewis reported assessed value of property at $75,- 000. Board of E

22 Nov., 1907. Resolution adopted by Board of Estimate covering all condenination proceedings for which Conlniissioners of Estimate had not been appointed, and ordering Corporation Co~uisel to take no further action therein until otherwise instructed by Board o i Estimate (p. 2974).

26 June, 1908. Board of Estimate rescinds resolution last mentioned (p. 1515).

Jan., 1909. Appraisals of the property ranging frcm $850,000 to $1,050,000 secured, on behalf of charitable societies, with a view to having control of property trans- ferred to some public-spirited citizen who would hold it with option running in favor of city at cost and interest, o r who would present it to city.

March-April, 1909. In course of efforts to bring this about there was secured froin Mr. Clarence W. ICelsey, a Vice-president of the "Realty Associates" (a cor- poration then qwning a three-fourths interest in the prgperty) an oral proniise to sell the tract at rr million and a half to, or for the sole benefit of, the city.

A few days later there mas received from Mr. Kelsey oral assuradce that the property could be had as a b o ~ e indicated at the price mentioned, one-third cnsh and the rcmzindcr on niortgage.

First half of April, 1909. Failure of efforts to find the right public-spirited citizen.

21 May, 1909. Board of Estimate received letter from Dr. John W. Brannan, Presi- dent of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, requesting reconsideration of Board's resolution of November, 1907, suspending condemnation.

Upon motion nlatter a a s referred to Comptroller fat- report (p. 1282).

Suininer of 1909. Efforts on part of Dr. Erannan to stimulate interest of Mayor and Comptroller. Proiniscs given to have matter taken up'when Court of Appeals should render decision regarding city's debt limit.

A ~ ~ t u n ~ n of 1909. Shortly after that decision promises made that matter would be taken up after election, then near at hand.

24 Nov., 1909. Comptroller promised that Board of Estimate would take matter up December 3d.

29 Nw., 1909. Petition, signed hy many individuals and associations, addressed t o the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, urging "ci:y to acquire a nearby ocean beach for use as a public park and bathing place, and as sites for hos- pitals and convalescent homes." (See Exhibit E.)

't' Dec., 1909. Comptroller declined to have inatter placed on calendar, that being, last day for calendar of December 3d.

3 Dec., 1909. Cotllptroller brought matter up, but could not, against objection of President Coler, Borough of Brooklyn, secure unanimous consent. Matter set down for December 10th.

6 Dec., 1909. Neponsit Realty Co. (record holders of title t o Hatch Tract) began proceedings in Municipal Court, Borough of Queens, Third District, against two members (Castine and Carman) of the Life Saving Crew situated on the said tract, for the purpose of evicting them from the premises that they octu- pied on the beach.

r0 Dec., 1909. Comptroller presented petition, above referred to, and moved that resolution of November 1, 1907 (suspending condemnation), be rescinded.

Motion was loqt, 11 affirmatix-e, 5 negative. (City Record, p. 15156.) At this meet Mayor signed resolution of October 18, 1907 (ordering

condemnation of property), but not the map of September 26, 1907, up011 which such condemnation was based.

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- 17 Dec., 1909. At meeting of Board of Estiinate inally objections were made on score of uncertainty as to title, federal claiivs thereto, etc , and matter of title was referred, for report, to Corporati011 Counsel. (City Record, 1910, p. 138.)

20 Jan., 1910. Bill in equity filed in United States Circuit Court, Eastern District of New York, on behalf of the federal governinent against the Neponsit Realty Company, Realty Associatec, Title Guarantee & Trust Company, West Rock- away Land Company, Edward 1'. Ilatch, Central Pacific Ra~lway Company, Southern Pacific Company and Andrew I

SECTION 1. The City of New York is hereby nutk9ris:d t s locate, select and acquire as a site for the pxrpose hereinaftcr described, any real estate, tenements, hereditaments or corporcal c r ivc~rporc-! r i ~ h t s or il?terests in the same, including all buildings ~vhlch may be t11ereo:l erected, on the seashore in the city of New York o r in a county adjacent thereto, and aiter such acquisition to improve the same, to altcr and repair buildiAgs thereupon now existing, or erect buildings thereupon, for the purpose of establishing p ~ i d nlaintaining a seaside park for public health and recreation, and to lay out and make aveuues, pcblic parks and playgrounds and bathing pavilions on said site. The City of New Yorlr shall have power to acquire said site either at private sale or by coildemnation procecdicgs as may be determined by the '

Board of Estimate and Apportionment. In case the said property shall be acquired by condemnation proceedings, said proceediilgs shall be instituted and conducted in the manner orovided bv the Greater New York Charter.

2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section one of this act, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York is hereby authorized to appropriate by a majority vote thereof the sutz of two million, five hundred thousand ($2,50O,COO) dollals, or as much thereof as it may deem to he necessary and without the co~~currence or approval of any other officer or board of the City of New York and the Comptroller of the Citj of New York i i hereby authorized to issue corporate stock of the City of New York for the amounts which may be appropriated by the Board of Estimate and Apportionmellt of said city.

3. The care, management and control of the property acquired hereunder is hereby de\olved upon the park lward of the City of New York which shall have authority subject to the approval of the &layor of i h e City of New York, to establish and enforce rules and regulations for the management and government of said sea- side park ior public health and recreation.

4. The Board of Estimate and Apportlonil~ent of the City of New York shall have power whenever it shall have appl'opriated a sutll which shall be sufficient in i ts judgment for the erection, maintenance and support of a hospital or hospitals to be erected in said seaside park to withdraw froill the jurisdiction of the park department as much of said seaside parlr as it shall dceill proper, and to confer jurisdiction over the satne upon the Board of Health or the Board of 7 rustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, or the Cominissioncr of PL blic Charities, and to permit the use by said board or *commissicner of the part of sa:d park so withdrawn. With the approval of the Sinking Fund Cornmission the Boartl of Estimate and Apportionment sl~all also have power, whenever it shall deem it to thc public interest, to withdraw from the jurisdic- tion of said park board such portion or portions of said property, and to allow the use of the portion o r portions so n~ithtlrawn for a period of thirty years, with the privilege of renewals for periods of tx~enty years, by any charitable or henevolent society of the Citj of New York that will erect a convalescent hospital or ho~pitals. and provide for the care therein of residents of the City of New York, providecl said building or buildings are so located and coilstructed as in the judgment of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment shall not disfigure said park or interfere with the purposes of public use and recreation.

5. The Board of Estimate and Apportioni~~ent shall annually iilclude and appro- priate in the budget of the City of New York a sum which shall be sufficient in its judgment for the maintenance, support and improvement of said hospital or ho~pitals, established by any city department, and of said park property, and for the purpose of paying the expenses for the ye,r nlnetcen hcndred and 51x in caring for said property and maintaining said hospital or ho\pltali the Board of Estimate and Apportionn~eilt may, without the concurrence or approval of ally other l~0aI-d or officer of the City s f New York, authori7e the issnc of revenue h o n d ~ in the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand ($250,000) dollars, or so tlluch thereof as may be necessary for said purposes. It is further provitled that such i5sue of revenue bonds shall not be deemed

to be included in the amount authorized to be issued by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment by virtue of section one hundred and eighty-eight, subdivision eight of the revised Greater New York Charter.

6. In the event of the location of slid sea5idr park in aiiy county adjacent to the City of Nem York, it shall he lawful for aiiy hoard or conirnissioner having jurisdiction of the hospital or hosp~tals in said sesside park to recelle into said hospital or hospitals any residents of said county upoil an r~g:ceinent \\it11 the authorit~es of said county t o provide for the expense of the in3it1tcna1ice of s ~ i d per\oiis while in said hospital and said persons shall be subject at ail tiiiies to the rules and regulations of said board or comml~sioner.

7. No insane person or persoiis: af3i:tcd a i t h iilfectious or contagious disease shall be received or nlaintaiaed in ally of said hospitals.

8. Tliis act shall take effect immediately. Senate, No. 972. - (Became a law 15 May, 1906, as Chapter 456, Laws 1906. Accepted by the City.)

COPIED FROM THE CITY RECORD. EXTRACT FROM THE ~I INUTES OF THE BOARD OF ESTI- MATE AND -~PPORTIONNENT, MEETING O F DECEMBER 7, 1906,

"No objection being made, the fo~lowing coinniunication was. presented, and the matter was referred to the Colnlnittee haling charqe of the 'Seashore Park' proposition. to-wit: l'lie Comptroller, the Prelident of tlic Board of Aldermen and the President of the Borough of Manhattan :

"New York, Novelnber 26, 1906.

"His Hogzor the lbfayor of New York, City Hall:

"Dear Sir:-For tlie past two and a half years the New York Associativil for Improving tlie Condition of the Poor has conducted at Sea Breeze, Coney Island, a small experimental hospital for the out-of-door sea-air treatmeat of cripplcd and other childreii suffering fro111 tuberculosis of the hones, glands, etc. Tliis dlsease, affecting from 4,000 to 5,000 children of the poor in this city, has long received special consideration from foreign states and municipalities, and over eighty seaside hospitals for the treatment of its victinis are maintained along the European seashore.

"In the opi~iion of experts, our Association's experiment has added an enlphatic testilnony to thc heiieticial effect of sea-air in ruling this: fortn of tuberculosis. Both cures and itnprovenieiit eKected atid the large numbers we were unable, to receive at our small exteiilporized hospital deiilonstrat~ tlic urgent necd for a hospital adequate to respond to the suffering caused by the ravages of this disease.

"Such a hospital should, in the op in i~n of our niJnagers, be established and maiii- tainecl by the c~ty. 'I'he deinoiistration madc by this Association at Sea Breeze would have perhaps carried its participation in 11 1s \\grl< as far as was within its province The Association has, honever, gore f~,rrlier 3rd. through ~ t s managers, has raised by private subscript~on a it~iid of $250 600, :p.~llralb!e to this work. The Association, therefore, proposes that the city slial' pto:,idc a sultahle ancl adequate site at the seashore for the l~uipose; that the zlx,; e-m:ht~:~,cil f,.nd shall be appl~cd by thib Associatiol~ in the erection of a I??sp~c;l io- tl-e s,,le :lenefit of sufferers from surgical tuberculosis, and that when colnplcted the city siilll risvnie ~ t s maintenance and con- duct. Pending the ccmpletion of tliis Iios?~tal, l i the city should desire to continue the work now c o i ~ d ~ ~ c t e d by oLir hsbociztion at the Sea Breeze Hospital we will place at the disposal of the city, free of rental charge, the prcmises now occupied for this

purpose, and will afford the city every additioiiai facility in our power until the patients are removed to t11e new insiitction.

'If this proposit~on should be coils~dered favorably by you, representatives of this Associatio~l would be happy to confer ~ c i i h you at your convenience with respect to carrying out details of the plan.

"Very traly yours,

"Tile N e ~ u Iiorl? Assoriatiolz for Inzprovirzg the Conditiott of tlze Poor,

"R. FULT~N CUTTING, President.

EXHIBIT D.

COPIED FROM THE CITY RECORD. EXTRACT PROM THE XINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE B o n ~ n OF ESTIXATE .\ND APPORTIONMENT, HELD MARCH 15, 1907.

"Whereas, ;lie X e x York Association for Iixproving the Condition of the Poor, in a coni~nunication addressed to IIis Honor t l ~ c Mayor, and clated Nove~lll~er 26th, 1906, has offered lo prol-ic!c the sum cf t;vo licndred a ~ ~ d fifty ibousand dollars ($250,000) for the ptii-ptj:,: of crcctin~; :a hospital for the sole hen& of sufferers from surgical tuberculosis oil cc~iclitisn thzt the city shall provide a suitable axid adequate site for snch hospital, to 1)c maintained and conducted by the city; alld

"Whereas, t\ Select Committee of the Board of Rsti~llate and hpportionmcnt, con- sisting of the Conptroller, tlie President of the Buard of Aldermen, and the President of the lorough of M7.nliatta1-1, Slaving made an exainiilation of the facts and circum- stances coiicernil?:: said offe;, have reported in favor of its acceptance; be i t

"Resolveti, that tile I3oartl of Bstimatc and Apportioiiment hereby accepts the offer of the Ne\v York Asso:iation for Iniproving the Condition of the Poor to provide the suiii o f t ~ r o liuntlrttl 3116 fifty t!-oasa~~cl dollars ($2,259,000) for the erection of a !los:~ii:ai icr the sole i)c!xe?~ of scfi2rers frcm surgiczl tuberculosis, on condition that the City shall providr a suitable and. zclequatc site at the seashore for such a hospital to be maintained and conclucted by the Citj-.

"Resolvctl, that said hospital shall bc under the supervisi~n, management and cul~trol of tlie Board of 'l'rusiees of Bellcvue and AlliCd Hospitals."

:iffirmati~~e-l'he Mayor, the Comptroller, tlie President of the Board of Aldermen and the f'residcnts of the Roroughs of Brooklyn, tlie Bronx, Queens and Richmond -14.

EXHIBIT E. '

New York, Noveml~er 26, 1909.

T o tlze Honoiab le flze Ijoarcl of Estii~zcztr a ~ i d Appor t iu~z lne l~ t o f the Ci ty o f hTew Y o r k :

Your pet~tioncri unite In urging the c ~ t y to acquire a nea~by ocean beach for use as a public park and bath~ng place, and as sites for hosp~tals and convalescent homes.

You nil1 recall that tile de~nqr,d i ~ r such a ljcach ha5 heel1 spont;ltieoui, w~despread, a116 increas~nglj nlilctent for 5e:rc~l le , ) rz ; i l l ~ t ?he deiiiald has found express1011 at ~iumerous p u l ~ l ~ c meetings and official hearings, :as n ell as in the press; that it has hac! the unalinlious appro%al of your R c ~ i o ~ a h l e Board; and that ~t has met no opposi- t ~ o ~ i worthy of not~ce.

Ycn all1 iecall that in 1906 thc Legislature gra~ited your Honorable Board special and atnple powers tc create sucli a park.

You will recall that in 1907, after long and thoi-ougll investigation into the whole subject, and an impressive public hearing, your Honorable Board adopted a report of your Coil~il~it tce "that none of the sites proposed is as desirable or available as . . . . . the portion of .Rockaway Bcach lying iminecliately cast o l Rockaway Point" and "that this will be the last opportunity for the city to acquire an ocean front park with a fine hxthing beach within the city limits.'' . . . . . _At the same time you adopted a resolution to lay out Rockaw-ay Park, and orle week later directed that condemnation proceedings he begun.

You will recall that just prior to the panic of 1907 you adopted fresh resolutions directing condemnation according to your Chief Engineer's corrected map, a reduced copy whereof is hereto annexed

You will recall that, in November, 1907, hy reason of the panic, you suspended, but did not discontinue the proceedings. \

Your petitioners Icprescnt to your H o ~ ~ o r a b l e Board: 1. Tha t the sole reason for discontiiluing the proceedings has ceased to exist, and

that the sole obstacle to the acquisiticn of thc property is rtino>ed by the Court of Appeals' recent decision determining the c~ty's debt 11mit.

2. '1 hat these proceedings are properly "unfin~shcd business" of your Honorable Board; that the questioil of resuinnig them ought not to l)c left to your successors in office, because your successors would harclly feel jcstified in acting w i t h o ~ ~ t inde- pendent investigation into the s.-.me n~a:tcr!: so carefully examined by you, thus oc- casioning a delay that would tend to raise thc cost of acq~~isition-perhaps to a pro- hibitwe amount, and thht s1ic11 tielay nonld certainly work serlous detr~meiit to pul~llc health by \vithhold~ng from 0i:r poorer c~ t i i en? lie-iltl~ facllit~es that are so much needed.

3. That this, the greattst mdritimc city i'f the world, w ~ t h iii~les of ocean front a t its door, has no adequate ocean park.

4. That its need for such a p,~rk, eTen l l i c ~ c l ~ for purpo.;es of recreation, has for years been obvious and is fast increasing.

5. That, as a means of prevention against the disease and physical impairment which the city spends so muc!~ to cure, the 11ez.lth of its population now requires urgently, and in future will more rrgeiltly re(ycire, opportunities to l~reathe sea air without cost, opportunities to hc affordcci cnly 11y such a park.

6. Tha t the city likewise nceds, and m-ill inore and more urgently i~ecd, increased facilities for carrying on its reincdial health 1:-ork outsidc the c~llarying but ever crowded limits of its city blocks.

7. That, as an insta~lce of the nectl for such facilities. the New Yorlc Association for l'mproving the Conditio~l c; tllc Poor has for exnctiY three years stood ready to present t o the city a sca bench ho:;:~itn;l for chiltlren stiffcring from nou-pulmonary tuberculosis-such hosgit;l to bc bi?~lt ai?d ecjcippcd with a fund of over $250,000 raised and still held by ?hat Associatior?_ io: ilic purpose--oli condition that the city provide site and mainte~iance. Your l l c ~ ~ o r a l ~ l e Uoarcl's prompt acceptance of thc ,Association's offer in this reeard 11;:s becn rcntlered fruitless hy suspension of the condemnation above mentioned.

8. That such facilities call best 1)e obtaii~cc! and best guarded against future ell- croachmcnt, through the accjuisition oE r:.n accessible an(! suEcient stretcll of ocean behch, which-without hindering its use as a parlc-\\-ill furnish 'sites for grievously laeking hospitals and conralesceiit homes.

9. That not only your I-Ionorahle Board, hut also tile niany societies-and iildi~iiduals who are eagerly alive to the need for scch a l~eacir, zrc tinited in the opinion that fhe 7,100 feet stretch of ocem sand 2t Tioclc~~vay is the most availal)le, if not the only , possible, site ren~aining.

Wherefore your petitioners pray that jour Honorable Board \\ill speedlly direct the immediate resumption of the proceedmgs to acquire the property for the city.

We heartily endorse this petition: Thomas Darlington, Cominiisioner Dept. of Health. Robert W. Hebherd, Commissioner Dept. P~tblic Charities. %V. R. Willcox, former President of Park Board. Thos. W. I-Iynes, Dept. of Charities, Brooklyn. John Winters Brannan, M. I)., President of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals. , William H. Maxcvell, Superintendent of Schools. M, J. Kennedy, Park Commissioner, Brooklyi~

SIGNERS, ' David H. Greer, Bishop of New Yorlr.

John M. Farlcy, Archbisl~op of New York. N. Y. Association for Ifilprming the Condition of the Poor, by Frederick Trevpr

Hill, Secretary. Charity Organization Society of the City of New York, by Edward T. Devine, Genr

Secretary. State Charities Aid Associztion, by Homer Folks, Secretary. N. Y. Children's Aid Society, 1)y C. Lori~lg Brace, Secretary. ' Brooklyn Bureau of Charities, hy Alfred T. White, President, S. S. Goldwater, M. D., Mt. Sinai Hospital. Egerton L. Winthrop. Jacob H. Schiff. W. P. Northrup, hl . D., Presbyterian Hospital. Henry Phipps. Gustav H. Schwab. \Nilliam R. Stewart,

"'William V. S. Thorne. Gaylord S. White, Head Worker Union Settlement. Howard Bradstreet, Secretary Parlcs and Playgrounds Association. Charles B. Stovcr, Out-Door Recreation League. William Fellowes Morgan, President Y. bI. C. A. Thomas $1. Rilulry. .Virgil Gibney, >I. D., Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled. John Greenough. Eugene Delano.

I

Henry K. McHarg. Eugene A. Philbin. Joseph M. Price. Gertrude S. Rice. Mary K. Simkhovitch, Director. Antonio Stella, M. D., Prcsident Italian Medical Society. Mfred T. Meyer, N. D. billian D. Walrl. Nurses' Settlement. St. Clair BlcKelwaj-, Vice-Chancellor Board of Regchts. John Howard hlelish, Rector Trinity Church, Brooklyn. Jefferson Seligman. Edwin Sternberger, M. D. Horace Porter. Howard Townsend. Felix Adler. Isaac N. Seligman. Mortimer L. Schiff. Louis Kortum, Supt, German Hospital and Dispensary.

S. Sidney Smith, Trustee Society for Ruptured and Crippled. Jdhn C. Livingston, Trustee Society for Ruptured and Crippled. Oliver I-I. Bartine, Scpt. Society for Ruptured a ~ l d Crippled. Geo. F. Clovcr, Supt. St,. Luke's Hospital.

'Louis J. Frank, Supt. Beth Israel Hospital, Felix i\iI. Warburg. &on Egghard, Supt. Sydenham Hospital. Cleveland 13. Dodge. C. Irving Fisher, M. D., Supt. The Presbyterian Hospifal. Walter B. James, M. D. W. Gilman Thompson, M. D. Charles H. Young, M. D. James Speyer. Reuben O'Brien, Supt. Manhattan Eye, Ear arld Throat Hospital. fit^ Gerald, John F., RI, D., Rled. Supt. Departn~ent Public Charities. A. S. Kavanagh, Supt. Methodist Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn.

Koosevelt Hospital : J. E. Engelson, &I. D. Alfred Stillman, 2d. Charles M. Stillman, M. D. Walton Martin, M. D. Richard Derby, M. D. Arthur M. Shrady, M. 1). William Howe Morrison, M. D. A. E. Sumner, M. D. Tillinghast Bull, M. D. Henry C. Fleming, M. D. B. H. Grab, M. D. M. H. Gross, M. D. Frank W. Robertson, M. D.

. William K. Terriberry, M. D. Elliott C. Burrows, M. D. James E. Newcomb, M. D. Albert M. Healey, M. D. William A. Lylc, M. D. RI. G. MacNevin, M. D. Eleanor Parry, M. D. Andrew Benedict Yard, XI. D. T. Wood Clarke, M. D. A. H. Busby, M. D. '

E. A. Park, M. D. Edward E. Myers. Dr. Wood McMurtry. John C. McCarthy, M. D. P. H. Williams, M. D.

' H. V. IIolcomb, M. D. Evan M. Evans, hf. D. Howard H. Mason, M. D. Linsly R. Williams, M. D. Peter Irving, M. D. Dr. D. S. D. Jessup. M. D. Kellen, M. D.

. Charles P. Grimshaw,

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Frederick Brush, M. D., Post-Graduate Hospital.

The Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn: Abraham Abraham. Edward C. Blum. Julius Strauss.

1 G. L. Morse. Samuel 4. Blum, M. D. C. Eugene Strasser. James M. Winfield, M. D. Ralph M. Beach, M. D. Justin McCarthy, Jr. Leon Lowra, M. D. J. B. Schneider. James P. Glynn, M. D. Charles Eastman, M. D. W. Browning, M. D. A. Sarnoff, M. D. J. Goldwater, M. D. I. CapIan, M. D. Alex. K. Blumentz, M. D. George I. Miller, M. D. John 0. Polak, M. D. Irving Tran, M. D.

New York Eye and Ear Hospital: Edward B. Dench, M. D. ~ ; r l e Connor, M. D. F. W. Shine, M. D. Robert Lewis, Jr., M. D. J. A. Kenefick, M. D. Earold M. Hays, M. D. Clyde E. McDonnoly, M. D. Joseph Coleman, M. D. T. L. Saunders, M. D. C. F. Walter, M. D.

I Ilerbert D. Burnham, RS. D. H. J. Howard, M. D. L. W. Callan, M. D. H. E. Lineham, M. D. I. Wilson Vorhees, M., D. J~.mes Birckhead, M, D. ' George S. Dixon, M. D. H. R. Price, M . D. Emil Gruening, M. D. David S. Yates, M. D. W. Sohier Bryant, M. D. F. M. Stevens, M. D. F. J. Blodgett, &I. D. John McCoy, M. D. John L. Adams, M. D. T. Richard Paganelli, M. D. John M. Wheeler, M. D. Morris Levine, M. D.

v. S. Reynolds, M. D. W. B. Brinsmade, M. D. A. T. Bristow, M. D. Walter C. Wood, M. D. William F. Dudley, 11.3. D. , Richard E. Shaw, M. D.

MEMORANDUM AS TO OWNERSHIP AND VALUE.

Ownership- Control and actual (not record) ownersh~p are shared by "The Realty Associates"

(three-quarters ~nterest) and T\/Ir. Rern5en Johnio11. The Federal Government IS said to have some clai~n of interest. The Lawyers' l'ltle 8r (;uar'tt~tr>e Co rdport the assessed tax valuations as follows:

'04, $105,000 ; '05, $125,000 ; 06, $125.000 ; '07 (assesied \rltll other property), $258,525 ; '08, $110,000 ; '09, $151,400.

111 1900 the late Ednastl P. l l ~ t c l i :~cqciired the 350 acres in question together with the property next east (the latter liolv knon n as the "Belle Harbor" estate)-650 acres In all-for $150,000 at j t~d~c ia l sale.

In September, 1904, the Chief Engineer of the I3oard of Estimate and Apportion- ment estimated the co5t of condemn~ng prbperty it1 cluestlon at $1,000,000.

I n January, 1906, the same officer esti~ilatetl the cost of condemnation a t $1,250,000. 111 March, 1906, Mr. 1I:ttcli expressed 111 wr~ting over his s~gnature his willingness

to sell the property to the City for $1,000,0(!0 in cash. In January, 1909, at the 1115tarice of tlic charitable societies that were then trying

to secilre the establ~shment of the Park, two clninent Iatld appraisers independently valued thc property at allout $850,000 and about $1,0!50,000 respectively.

v I ~ i I:ehru;:rg, 1909, thc iociet~es ju5; mentioned rece~ved trustworthy information that the ouners first al~ovc mentioned 1vere ~ v ~ l l ~ r ~ g to sell the Property directly to, o r for *he sole benefit of, the City f6r $1,500,660.

-'In Apr~l , 1909. the same soc~eties rccci~ed hlte ~nfortnation that the owners were willing ttr accept $500,000 In ca5h and allo\v the balance ($1,000,000) to remain on mortgage.

'kThis price ($1,500,000) included some 47 acrcs of land more or less under water, not shomn on thc accompanq~ng map and :lot included in the appraisals made for the societies in January, 1909.

*No~~.-I 'his in?ormation is: not vouched for by the charitable societies mentioned or by the signers o i the foregoing pctitihn, but ~t is believed to be accurate. I t is not intended to imply any opinion 011 the part of the petitloners as to the value of

-the property o r as to the probable cost of acquiring by condemnation.

PUBLIC HEARINGS I N THE MATTER OF CHANGING THE MAP OR PLAN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK BY (A) CLOS~NG A N D DISCONTINUING THE PUBLIC PARK

HERETOFORE L Z ~ D OUT AT ROCKAWAY BEACH; (B) LAYING OUT A NEW SEASIDE PARK AT ROCKAWAY BEACH,

BOROUGH OF QUEENS.

The Secretary presented asdavit of publication showing that the matter had been duly advertised.

The following report of the Chief Enginecr was presented:

Report No. 9,944. August 28, 1911. How. WILLIAM J. GAYNOR, Mayor, Chairnzatz of the Board o f Estimate and Appor-

tionilzen t : Sir:-At the meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment held on July

22 last, the Board adopted certain resolutions relative t o the laying out of s seaside

park at Rockaway Reach, and providing for a public hearing on August 31, o n a plan laying out the said pdrk upon the map of the Clty, and directing the Chief Engineer to prepare tlie necessary map for adoption

This has been done, and the lnap 15 heic~vith iubmitted laying out the said park, comprising the two parcel, de~crlbed In the resolutioil of tlie Board on July 27, which, together, const~tute an undirldctl area extending fcr 4,900 fect aloilg the ocean front and reaching from the Atlantic Ocean to Ja~nalca Bay, with a ~1idt11 from the ocean to the bay varying from about 2,200 feet to 2,600 feet, and inclttdlng an area of 262.577 acres. The last-named area included Washington avenue, a street 100 feet in width extending through the entire length of the tract and covering 11.32 acres, and also an unnamed street 50 feet in ~ r ~ d t h adjoining the land of the United States Gov- erniuent on the west of tlie proposetl park, aniounting to 2.9 acres.

The Charter requlrei that hefore ~ roceed l l~gs shall be taken t o acquire real prop- erty for other than street pulpoies, the Board shall have I~efore it a statement of its latest assessed valuation The entlre holdings of the Neponilt Realty Company, the bwners of the tract ~t 15 rjroooscd tc lny o ~ i t :i?(I i* i - l~-d~ng- the develoqed po-t~on to the east of the proptsed park, are assessed together, but from information received froin tlie Depa~tmciit rf I ' a ~ e s and A~,essm-ni-i as to tile land value per acre, which is the basis of the assessment, 1 beg to report that the total assessed talue of the land ~ncluded witlini the proposed park 15, a i nearly a i can he determined, $490,000.

Respectfully,

NELSON P. LEWIS, Chief Engilzeer.

After hearing Mr. Jacob Rilr, Mr. Wllliam M. Greve, Vice-President of the Neponsit Redlty Company, Dr. John W. Brannan and Park Commissioner Walter G. Eliot, of Queens, In f a ~ o r o i the pioposed park, and no one else appearing, the hearing was closed

Coinmunicatlons from the United Civic Associatioils of the Borough of Queens and the editor of "The Churchman" in f a ~ o r of the acquis~tion of the proposed park were presented and placed on file

O n motion of tlle President of tlie Borough of The Bronx, the matter was re- ferred to the Comptroller, n l th the request that lie report hack to tlie Board a t its meetlng on September 21, 1911, cn thc quest~on of the prlce or cost of the property of the Neponslt Realty Con~pany proposcd to be acqulred for tlils park, it1 conilectioti with an optlon alleged to be filed 111 the Comptroller's office, offering the lands under water to tlie City for the price paid by the said company to the State.

(From City Recovd, 21 Sept., 1911.)

No. 128.

Com~~tlzz~lzicatio~t from the Treasurer of the Neponsit Realty Company, giving notice that it does not and will not acquiesce in or assent to any effort to prevent the con- firmation of the 61131 report of the Commissioners in the proceeding to condemn the Seaside Park at Roclcaway Beacli. hy which report said company is awarded the sum of $1,316,458.33 ior land taken and interest on awards.

The company calls attention to t112 terilis o i its optiou of Decei~lber 7, 1911, offer- ing this property for $1,225,0C0, with interest, etc., \vliich option expires 60 day-s after the confirmation of the report of the Coi~~missioners.

(From Calendar of LIarch 6th, 1913, Board of Estimate and Apportionment.)

W a r d 5 , 'at Rockaway Beach, 2.50 acres, Telawana Park, *$1,316,458.33, Mar. 21, 1912, condemnation.

on course N. 65"-45' E. to intersection of the westerly side of land fonnerly of Blood- good Cutter, Decd, thence S. 31"-20'-12" E. 197.78 ft.

N. 60"-24'-48" E. 13.25 ft. S. 30"-05'-11" E. 230.35 ft. S. 5"-50'-11" E. 103. ft. S. 11"-54'-49" W. 36.33 ft. S. 51"-23'-34" W. 53.42 ft. S. 72"-58'-34" W. 63.33 ft. S. 59"-58'-34" W. 84.50 ft. S. 65"-43'-34" W. 46.89 ft. S. 60"-43'-34" R'. 6466 f t . to land oi Mary H. Parsons S. 40"-16'-27" E. 85.30 ft to northerly side kSill Brook 5. 37"-j4-49" JV. 207.30 ft. to northerly sidc RSill Road.

the last t \ \o coutwz I ~ e ~ n g pcrtnancnt hor~ndary lines fixed and detertllined in a boundar> agreement ,111d deed between K ~ s w l ~ a Parh Carp. and Grace D. James.

'I hence southnesterlj along the northerly 11nc of 31111 Road to center line of Par- wns Are. plolo~lged.

J'heilce northerly alotlg ce111er 11ne of Pat \on, 41 e. ~rolonged to beginning. Said cou~ ses antl tl~\tance\ and location of \treets all being according to tllap. 8 546

aclcs., ??lopert>, 'l'own of J'luih~ng, 3tl Wartl, Borough of Queens, Homer L. Bartlett, S o b , 1906. hu11lect to r~ght , of any person over Xill Road,

KlSSENA PARK -

Feb. 11, 1907 * < X z - 1489 p. 394 s L~=zp%,

Feb. 13, 1907 - a - - . '* (

Grace D. James ,;; + * to 8 ? - -

City of New York < ' 3d Ward, Borough of Queens.

$78,000

13eginni11.q at the intersection of the westerly side of Freslimeadow Road wid11 t l ~ e center line of brook leatli~ig into Kissena Lake, said point also being the S. E: cott~er of lands of J3loodgood Cutter, thence in an irregular westerly directiotl along the southerly line of la~lds of Hlootlgood Cutter to point where said lands intersect with lands of FJerbert Parsons.

S. 49"-48'-24" W. 17 ft. more or Iess. S, 5"-50'-11" E. 103 ft. S. 11"-54'-49" W. 36.33 ft. S. 51"-23'-34" W. 53.42 ft. S. 72"-58'-34" W. 63.33 ft. S. 59"-58'-34" W. 54.50 ft. S. 65"-43'-34" W. 46.89 ft. S. 60"-43'-34" W. 64.66 ft.

'To lands fornlerly of l l a ry B. Parsons, the last eight courses running along land of Herbert Parsons, thence S 40"-16'-27" E. 95.30 ft. to northerly side of Mill Brook, thrnce S. 37'-54-49'' \V. 20730 it to ~lol-therly I ~ n e of M ~ l l Road. The last two courses I~elng a permanent I~oundary Ilne fixed by agreement between the Kissena Park Corp ant l Glace r) Jarnei lllence easterly along the northerly side of Mill Road

391 - 7- ..

+

tb center line of Mill Brook, thence southerly and southeasterly to center line of Miil Brook along land of AJary L3 Parsons to center line of Mill Race, thence easterly ancl northeaiterly along ceilter llnc of Mill Race and along lands of Qz~eenihoro Corp. to lands of Gracc D Jamri ( L ~ b e r 1122, 11. 105). thence along weitel-ly lltie of said lands and lands of Qneenibolo Corp ioutii 39"-33' E. 60 f t , thence along southerly line of lands of Grace D James and lantli of Queenchoro Corporat~on north 50"-27' E. 111 ft. more o r lesc to center 11ne of prlvate road leadlng to tlwell~ng house on the property of Qucenihoro Corp. f o ~ ~ u e r l y of Joiepli Iflsher and wife, thence ~ ~ o r t h e r l y along center l111e of s a ~ d private road antl la~itls of Quee11sl)oro Corp to center l111e of Mill Road, thence ea5ter l~ along center 11nc of 11111 Road, atljoinlnp lantls of Queens- boro Corp. to westerly sldc of Freshmeado\\, Koail, thence alo~fg westerly slde of Freshmeadow Road north 8'-56'-20" E 10C f t to I ~ e g i n n ~ n ~ , togetlicr wit11 all the right, title and ~n te re t t of party of first palt ~n ant1 to nrw roarl, Freshmeadow Road ahd the brooks lylng adlacent to al)o\c-des:rlbetl preml5es I t f x i t ~ g the ~ntentiotl of the party of the first part to conveq I I ~ ~ t111; lnitrument all lier right, title and intercst thereto lying a t Kissella Lake, bounded on the east by Freshllleadow Road.

KISSENA'. I. ; r j "A Feb. 11, 1907 - 7 ; . 1489, cp. 397 '% .- - I

Feb. 13, 1907 i ? p - THE QUEENSBORO CORPORATIO - - ?: Y!

to . "7 ' i TBE CITY OF NEW YORK - :. C, - .-

3d Ward, Borough of Queens. $103,500

Beginning a t the i~ltersection of the center liile of Mill Road with westerly line right of way of trolley llne belonging to New York and Queeiis County Electric R. R. Co.

Thence southerly along thc nestel-ly line of said right*of way along a curve of 935 i t , ratllus, a dlitance of 374.37 fr it111 along ~bestcrly 11ne of iaict rlglit of may S. '' 26"-06'-35" W. 52488 ft to nortl~erlj Ilnc of property of Cent. K. R. of L. I. Thence 1 along said northerly line of said rallroad property N 89°-09'-10" W. S29.W ft. to center llne of Parson5 A l e proiongetl, thence along center llne N. 24"-15' iV. 379.02 i t more or less to center line of 31111 Racc lead~tig fro111 K15sclia L-tke, ~outherly to Mill Brook. Northeasterly along ceiitcr 111le of \'{id Mill Race, v i~ ich 1s the permanent boundary line hetween lands hcrel,,. conreyed oli iouth antl lands convegetl by Queensboro Corp. to Grace 11 J a m e ~ , to lands of Glace D. James conreped 111 Liber 1222, cp. 105, thence along and S. 39"-33' E. 60 f~ thence along said land of Jarncs

-i N. 50"-27' E. 111.00 it. illore or less to center l ~ n e of private road leading from former dwelling house of Joseph Fisher northerlj to Mill Koad. 'I 1ie11ce northerly along center line of said private road to center line of iS1iil Road, thence eaiterly afong center line of Mill Road and adjoltling land of Grace D. James to beginning, con- taining 14.358 acres, according to survey by H. L. Bartlett Nov., 1906.

Together with a11 right, title and interest of, in and to the brooks lying in front of and adjoining to above described premises.

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Subject t o right'of any persons in ind over Mill Road. I - ,

L - - 392 - - 1

June 17, 190 -3 ; 1513, p. 473

June 21, 1907 - 1

Frederick G. Randall & Elsie Ray Randall, his wife, to

City of New York. 3d Ward

$im Bounded on the meit hy ceuter I111c of Par-ons Ape. prolonged, on north and

northeast by Mi11 Road, south and southeait by A1111 Brook with the right of the party of the 1st part to 11111 Koad ancl ,\I111 l?roolr, together with the right, title and intcrest of the party of thc l \ t part 111 alld to all lands which nlay lie east of the Izlnds ahox e deicrillctl, I>ol~ndctl cait 11y lantl tlon or fornlcrly of Fisher, south by lands now or formerly of Fisher ant1 north by 1\1i11 Road, with all right, title and interest in and to and o\er Mill Road adjacent thereto.

June 17,1907 . , * -

1514, p. 38 June 22, 1907 Frederick G. Randall and Elsie Ray Randall, his wife,

to City of New York

3d Ward, Borough of Queens $60,000

Beginlling at intersectioil of center line of Oalc St. with ~vesterly side Frcshmeadow Road, thence along center line of Oak St. N. 70"-41'-40" west to intersection center line of Row St. prolonged, thence iout;lneitcrly along center line of Rose St. prolonged to ~ntcrsection of nortl3casterly I~oundaiy llile of lantli of L

Thence northwesterly along northerly line of said right of way of Cent. R. R. of L. I. to lands of Fairvale Land Co.

Thencc northeasterly and northerly along salcl lands to southeasterly line of Ro4e St.

Thence northeaiterlq aloilg southeasterly llire of Rose St. to lands of Kissena Park Corp.

Thence soutlieasterij ant1 c:~sterlp along latl

northerly side of Mill Road. Thence westerly and nortllwesterly along the northerly ant1 easterly side of said All11 Road to land now or formerly of Fairvale Lacd Co. Thence north 36"-59'-17" west along said lands of ,FairvqIq. Land Co. to the south- easterly side of Rose St. 'l'hence i~ortheasterly along soatli~aster!y side of Rose St. to said southeasterly i ~ d e of Rosc St. at beginning, containing 11.974 acres. Subject to all taxes and Iiens subsequent to September 3, 1907. ,

KISSENA PARK. - -

July 30, 1908 1577, cp. 35

Aug. 3, 1908 Kissena Park Corporation

to

." City of New York. $1.00

411 right, title and interest in plot at Kissena Park, 3d Ward, Borougl~ of Queens

Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of Rose Street with the center line of Mill Road. I

Thence northeasterly along the center linc of Rose St. to land of Kissena Park Corporation to Iand of the City of New York. ,

'l'hence S. 36"-59'-17" E. 88'ft. more or less to center line of Mill Road.

Thence north~vebterly along center line of Mill Road to point or place of beginning. , , \ ,

I KISSENA PARK. Jan. 6, 1909 j I

1602, p. 169 Jan. 7, 1909 Park Terrace Co. 1

to ,c-"WY *& City of New York.

$36,432

Lots at Kissena Park, Flushing, 3d Ward, Boro of Queens. Beginning at a point on the southerly side of7Roie S t , atljoiil~ng the westerly line of lands formerly of Frederick G. Randall now belonging to the City of New York, thence southerly and south\vesterly along said lahdi of City of Nem York to northerly line of right of way of the Central R. R. of Long lsia~ld, thence northweiterly along said lands of r ~ g h t of way to the southeasterly line of Roie St., thence northeasterly along south- easterly line of Rose St. to place of l ~ e g ~ n ~ ~ i n g (5.06 acres), with interest in or to one- half of streets.

Your Com~nissioner asked for and secured the transfer to this Department of the Police Farm no longer needed for the training of police horses.

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O F THE

CITY OF NEW YORIC , JOHN KORB, JR,

Secretary.

April 10, 1912.

Hon. WALTER G. ELTOT, Commissioner of Pai.lzs, Bovozrgk" of Qzrecns,

Arse~zal, Central Park.

Dear Sir:-I transmit herewith a certified copy of resolution adopted by the C0111- niissioners of the Siiikitlg Fund, at meeting hcltl this day, qqsigning to the Depart- ment of Parks for the Borough of Queens the olcl 'l'raining Farm for Horses adjoin- lng Kissella Park, in tlvP Borough,of Queens, turned ovet.,hy the Police Department a s no longer required.

Very truly yours,

JNO. KORB, i Jr., Secretary.

COMMrSSIONERS O F THE SINKING FUND

OF THE

CITY OF NEW YORK

WHEREAS, The Policc Commissioner in a communica$oil addressed to the Com- missioners of the S~nklng Fund under date of October 11, '1911, having t t ~ r n e d ~ over as no longer required the property hereinafter described; it is

RESOLVED, That purscant to the provisions of Section 205 of the Greater New York Charter as amended, the Commissioners of the Sinking 1;und 'liereby assign to the Department of Parks for thc Borough of Queens, the following described property situated ill thc Borough of Queens :

BEGINKING at the coriler formed by the intersection of the northerly side of the North Hemlxtead 'I'urnptke and the easterly side of Jamaica Avenue; running thence t~ortherly 21" 13' E. 318.80 fect; thcllce southerly P8" 57' E,. 359 feet; along the land of the Estate of Poyipenhiuien; thence no~;th 59" 57' E.. 359 feet; along the land of the iaid Estate; thence '*out11 49'" 09' E. 152 fect alatlg the land of Parsons and Sons Company; thence south 65" 39' E. 409.8 feet along said land last mentioned; thence north 79" 30' E. 353 fect and st111 along land last mentioned; thence south 65" 36' E 154 feet along tHe laud of Joseph Fiiher; thence south 44" 23' E. 114.3 feet along the last mentioned Eand; thence 2outl~ 29' 13' W. 402.4 feet along the land of Sylvester and '1 eresa Z'ogSrty ; thence south 22" 16' W. 355.2 feet along the last men- tioned land to the n?rtherly slcle of the N ~ r t l l Hempstcad Turnpike; thence north 71" 07' W. 1,623.7 feet along the northei-ly side of North Hempstead Turnpike to the point o r place of beginning, being 6rQperty conveyed to 'the City of New York by E. Pender Porter and wife. lYeed dated December 17, 19b6, recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens, Liber 1,480, page 342 of Conveyances, December 21, 1906; and by Frederick Schumacl~er and W~ilhelmina Schumacher, his wlfe, deed dated March 13, 1908, recorded in the office of the Clerlr of the County of Queens, Liber 1,555, page 131 of Con\eyanccs, ?\larch 14, 1908.

A true copy of resolution adoptcd by the Commissioners af the Sinking Fund, April 10, 1912. JNO. KORB, Jr., Secretary.

POLICE FARM.

Dec. 17, 1906 1480, cp. 342

Dec. 21, I906 E. Pender Porter and Winifred, his wifc,

to The City of New Yorlr.

Land forlnerly in town of Flushing, now 3d Ward, Borough of Queens. $l05,oo?

Ueginning at tlle it~terzection of the caitcrlv line of the I~ighway leading from l~lushing to Jamalca and northerly 11ne of N. Hempstead '['urnpike; thence along east- erly llne of the highway, Flush~ng to Jamalca N. 21'-13' E. 318.80 it. t o land of Estate of Poppenhausen.

Thence along said land S. 88"-57' E. 359 ft. Thence north 59"-29' E. 3829 ft. to land of Parsons. 'Thence along said land S. 49"-9' E 152 It. Thence S. 65"-39' E. 409.8 ft. Thence along s a d land N. 79"-30' E 353 it. to land of Jos. Fisher. 'Ylience along said land S. 65"-36' E 154 it. 'L'hencc S. 44"-23' E. 114.3 to land of Fogarty. 'Thence along salcl land S 29"-13' W. 402.4 ft. 'i'hence S. 22"-16' Mi. 335.2 ft. to northerly Ilue of N. Hcnlpstead Turnpike. 'L'hence along '1 urnplke N 71"-07' \V. 220 6 ft. to land forlnerly of Fred. Schunlacher

and reserved by him. Thence along said lalid N. 18"-53' E. 208.71 ft. Thence N. 71"-07' JV. 208 71 ft . Thence S. 18"-53' W. 20871 to northerly llne of N. liempstead Turnpike.

7 Lhence along Turnpike N. 71"-07' W. 1,194 39 it. to polnt or place of beginning. Coiltailling 22.123 acres, more or less,

POLICE FARM. - -

Mar. 13, 1908 1555, cp. 131 Mar. 14, 1908 Frederick Schu~nacher and Wilhelln~~la, his wife,

to The City of New York.

Land in fo rper town of Flushing, now 3d Ward, B o r , ~ of Queens. $10,000

Beginning northerly line of North Hempstead Turilpike 1,194.39 ft. east f r o q corner of lntersect~on of north lllle of bald 'I'urnplke with easterly line of Jamaica 4\enuc, \v111ch polnt 15 the 1,ountlal y 11nc I~etwcen land of the City of New York and prope~ty clezcril)ed; thcnce north parallel o r nearly so wit11 Jamaica Ave. along land of the City of New Irork 20871 ft , thence east parallel or nearly so with No. Hemp- stesd T L I ~ I I ~ I ~ C along the land of the City of New York 208 71 f t . ; theuce south parallel o r nearly so wltll Jamaica A \ c along the land of the C ~ t y of New York 208.71 ft. to Xorth Hempstead 'I urnp~kc. JVe,t along Tnruplke 20871 ft. more or less to the place of begi~lning

Right, title and interest of owners it] and to streets ip front to center line thereof.

I recommended the purchase of any onr of the following plots lying betzuee+r Kissena Park and the Police Farm addition. All slzould be some day acquired.

With that in view I secured the folloviing liberal offer from the

PARIS-HENCKEN COMPANY

141-145 WEST 3 6 ~ ~ STREET

NEW YORK

-- --- .1 a May 8, 1912.

COMMISSIONER ELLIOTT, Commissioner of Parks,

BorougIt of Q z ~ e c ~ i s , X. Y. C.

My dea; Mr. Elllott :-Referring to tlic plots covered in the ]nap furnished you, and on which you deiire tlrat we place a price, we 1,eg to advise you that we will be willing to sell said plots on the followi~~g has~s of prices:

For Plot No. 2, as shown on ma:), ?repared by I-Tomes L. Bartlett, and of which you have a copy, t2.e will sell for five hundred ($500.00) dollars per lot, figuring sixteen (16) lots per acre

For Plot No. 5 we will sell for three hundred fifty ($350.00) dollars per lot, based on a calculatlo~l of sixteen (16) lots per acre.

For Plots No. 4 and j we mill iell for two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars per lot, based 011 a calcu1ation"of zlxtcetl (16) lots per acre.

For Plot No. 6 n e xv111 sell for five hundred ($500) dollars per lot, based on a calculatioil of slxteen (16) lots per acre.

The above prices subject to changc sl~ould conditions arise which would in our judgment warrant such change.

Yours very truly,

(Signed) JOHN W. PARIS, Presidefit.

1 HIGHLAND PARK.

The report of the Park Department of 1902 states that HIGHLAXD PARK (near the Brooklyii line) was purclia\cd in 1891 at a cost of $181,000. A proceeding to accluirc title to the extens~on of Higlilatld Park, bounded by Highlalld Boule.iard, Bulwer Place, Vermont A ~ e n u e and the present mesterly bouirdary of Highland Yark was denled by the Board of E. atid A. September 19, 1912.

Highland Park, 59.6 acres.

HISTORY O F A PROPOSED EXTENSION O F HIGHLAND PARK.

By adding adjoining strip on westerly side, hounded by Highland Boulevard, Bul- wer Place, Vermont A4venue and present westerly boundary of Highland Park, and measuring about 835 feet long by 135 feet widc.

-- . Minutes,

Received. Meeting. Cal. No. page. Disposition. --

Resolution, Local Board New- Mar. 11, 1910 17 399 Hearing April 22, 1910. town, and repxt of Chief Engineer.. ............... Apr. 22, 1910 6 902 Referred to President

of Queens and Presi- dent of Brooklyn.

Report of Committee, ~ a n t i a r ~ 17, 1911.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 26, 1911 30 191 Laid out on City Map.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Approval No. 164. .... Approved by Mayor, Feb. 3, 1911.

. . . . Approval Notice.. . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 9, 1911 112 Filed.

(Chap. 679, Laws of 1911.) "Gerhardt Law."

OFFICE O F T H E PRESIDENT O F THE

BOROUGH O F QUEENS

Long Island City, Aug. 10, 1911,

Comnlunicatioil No. 820, Highland Park Extension.

Communication No. 875, Petition 2739.

Hon. WALTER G. ELIOT, Co9rcncissio~zcr, Depart~ce~t t of Public Parks, Queefts Rorouglz,

Ulziversity Club, 5th Ave. and 54th St., N. Y.

Dear Sir:-Under date of Dec. 15, 1908, petition 2739 was received in this office, its purpose being "to acquire and add to the Highlalid Park for park purposes tlie strip now adjoining the land owned by the Park i)epartinent and bounded on the south by Highland Boulevard and runiiing northerly along tlie easterly line or side of

Miller Place to a point adjoining the land now owned by the Park Departinelit, and being used by it, said strip being 135 feet in depth and 535 feet in length, more or less."

Advertised in City Record for hearing Dec. 23, 1908; Granted by Local Board Newtoan Dist,, Jan, 7, 1909; Transmitted to B. of E. & A., or1 or ahout Sept. 24, 1909; Resolution adopted by Bd. of E. & A,, layill8 out an extension of Ii ighla~ld

Park, Jan. 26, 1911; Approved by the Mayor Feb. 3, 1911; Maps which were prepared by our Top. Bureau, Queens, and transmitted to the

Bd. of E. & A. for filing purpoie5, on March 6, 1911. On March 30, 1911, certified copy of map returned by Bd. of E. & -4. for our

files, and on Apr. 6, 1911, seilt to olir 'I'opographical Bureau.

The Borough Preside~lt's office having completer1 all the ~ r e l i m i n a r ~ details, this matter is now or will in the near f~ltul-e be one which your department wiil handle cmtil the final completion of such ~niprovenirnt Anything that you can do to expedite the proceeding I am sure w ~ l l be al)preclated by the people residing in this section of the Boroi~gh gf Queens, as nell a5 the Borough President, by whose direction I am addressing you in the premises.

Yours respectfully,

JOHN N. BOOTH, Secretary o f the Borough o f Queens.

THE PRESIDENT

BOROUGH OF QUEENS WALTER G. ELIOT, Esq.,

Commissioner of Parks, Long Island City, November 9, 1911. Borough of Queerrs.

Dear Sir:TKindly report on the fo l lowi~~g petition, received by President Con- nolly on November 4, 1911;

"An extensioti of Highland Park in the Borough of Queens, City of New York, so as to include in said t l~ghland all area bounded by Highland Boule- vard, Bulwer Plnce, Vermont A ~ e n u e , and the preient west boundary of High- land Park a5 sho\\n upon a n ~ z p or plan bearltlg the signature of Borough President and dated August 24, 1909, and being the land placed upon a map or plan of the City of New York by resolution duly passed by the Board of Estimate on January 26, 1911."

Yours very truly,

DAVID W. MURPHY, z Acting Secretary, Borough o f Queetzs.

Which had already been answered.

- October 27, 1911. Hon. MAURICE E. CONNOLLY,

Borough President of Queegzs, Long Island City, N. Y.

My dear Mr. Connolly :-

Mr. Robert P. Craig called upon mc yesterday, saying that it was at your sug- gestion, in reference t o the extension to Highland Park in the southwestern end of

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the Borough, for which we I s nde m thc topogral~hicat bureau a map, approved by the Board s f Estililate 011 ti1 26th of January, 1911. and approved by the Mayor the 3d of February, but wh~cti \!as madc 111 the topogra~h~cal bureau on August 24, 1909.

Since its approval by the 6>artl oi Est~mate Chal>ter 679 of the Laws of 1911 has made it possible to spencl n portJon of the a i s e i ~ ~ n e n t npon the City at large in such cases as this, and the pionlotcri and clt~/ens, a ~ ~ x i o u s to ha \e this additloll to the Highland P a d dcqulred, have agatn commenced to take active steps for that purpose. The nlatter - - been heretofore pretty thorougl~ly threshed out, both before the local board and 1 Board of Estin~atc and its engiilcer.

I t is adilritted by all that thii additioil would he a desirable one for the reason that it gives a frontage for that portlon of the park upon a recogllized street, instead of upon the back yard of any h&es that may be erected upon this property in ca3e the addifion should not be approved.

The view aud outlook from this portion of thc park is a very fine one, and the park 11-uuld be rgreatly benefited by such a i ~ o n t a g e as is cot~teinplated. I am told that the ow~~eisNip of this property is .vested in a siugle estate, the Miller, and i i aiisessed for $22,000 to $25.000. Its sale value is probal,ly nearer $50,000 or $75,000, and, of course, will never be of less ~ a l u e .

The whole matter, therefore, seeins to resolve itielf into the question whether tlw appropriation of this amount of moneq, assessed up011 the City and the Borough of Queens and.its citizens, is lllore desirably expended there than in more remote sections, where larger areas needed for future parks call be obtaincd,

Personally, I ; \vo~~ld like to sce this atldition, but I an1 by. no means sure that such amount of money would not be better put to the acquisitioil of larger areas, and leave the matter for your decision.

Yours faithfully,

W . G. ELIOT, Commissioner of Parks,

ROCKAWAY PARK.

ROCKAWAY PARK (bcach frontage and streets) was accluired by the following deeds of the Rockaway Park Inlprovement Company:

(a) Deecls to street?, Liber 1762, cp. 11, filed July 26, 1911. (b) Deed to beach front, Liber 1754, cp. 390, filed, 6-16-11. Both for a nominal

consideration.

THIS INDENTURE, nia~le the twenty-ninth day of June, in the year nineteen hundred and eleven,

BET~VEEX 711c R o c k a ~ a y Park Itnproverncnt Company, Limited, a corporation created by- and exi\ting under and b) \ irtue of the lams of the state of New York, having its principal oflice for the traniaction of busniesi a t number 192 Broadway in Manhattan, Borough of the Clty of New York, in the county and state of New York, party of the first part, and The C ~ t y of New York, a inunicipal corporation, party of the second part,

WIIEKEA~, the party of the first part is the owner of the following described land and of all the eitate therein embraced within the lines of all tlie streets, avenues, places, parks and agon spaces, within the limits of Rockaway Park, in the County of Queens and state ';;fe New York, laid down and show11 on, the map or plan of the City of Kern York, bearlng the signature of the Acting President of the borough of Queens, and dated April 2.5, 1911, and adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment ?\fay 18, 1911, and is vcilllng to cede the same to The City of New York in pursuance of the provisions of section 992 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended.

W I ~ ~ E S ~ E ~ H , that the said party of the first part, in co~isidcration of the sum of one dollar, lawful money of thc United States of America, paid to the said party of - the first part, the receipt whereof is hereby a~knovledged, dot11 hereby grant, and release unto the said party of the second part an$ its successors, forever,

THF whole and entire space of Triton avenue, and of all the other streets, avenues, places, parks and open spaces within the limits of Rockaway Park, shown on aforesaid inap o r plan, togethcr with all its right, title and interest of, i11 and to the sewer and water mains and pipes under and along the same, but subject to the rights of the Queens County Water Company, and of the Qbeens Borough Gas and Electric Cola- pany, and subject to the rights of tile Ocean Electric Rail\\ay Company to maintain and operate a street surface railw'ty thert.011, and saye and except:-

1. All piers, docks and other structures of the party of the first part. 2. 'lhe lands and bulkhcad lines of the party of the first part on Jamaica Bay.

- 3. The ocean or beach front lying soutll of Triton Avenue. 4. The lands north of said bulkhead on Jamaica Bay and the waters and lands

under the waters of said bay, title to \\hich the party of the first part has or claims to Ilave under and by virtue o i the patent of Govorl;or Dongan to John Palmer dated November 3d, 1685, and intermediate conveyances, alld the grant by thc State of New York to the party of the first part dated Deceinlic~ l i t , 1899.

5. The lands, bvaters and land under wntcr rcferred to 111 the opinion of tlie Appellate Division qf the New York Supreme Court, Second Department, rendere& in a certain action at law entitled the Rockaway Park In~pro~en len t Company Limited v. The City of New York (No. 2 ) and reported at page 160, voltllne 140, of the oficial reports of said court.

6. All rights of the party of the first part as the owner of the upland in and to, i%e lands, waters and lands under water aforesaid.

TOGETRER with the appurtenances and all the estate and rights of the party of the first part in and to said prernl\es It I~cing the intention of the grantor, subject to the exceptions and reservations abo\c enumerated, to convey all land in said streets, avenues, places, parks and open epace-,. and all the estate therein that it may own,

To HAVE A N D TO HOLD the abobe granted prei~~ises unto the said City of New York and its successors forever as fully as if the same had been acquired in fee in trust ior street purposes by condeniriatlcr~ proceedings; but subject, and save a'ld except as aforesaid.

IN WITNESS \\HEREOF the said party o i the first part to these presents hath caused this instrument to he signed by ~ t s V~ce-President and attested by its secretary, and ~ t s corporate seal to bc l ~ e r e u ~ ~ t o afiixtd thc day and year first' above written.

THE ROCKAWAY PARK IMPROVE1\IENT COMPANY, LIAIITED,

By R. D. MURRAY, Vice-President, (Seal)

Attest : D. J.' VOORHEES, Secretary.

Sitate of New York, SS :-

City and County of New York,

On the 29th day of June, in the year nineteen hundred and eleven, before me per- so~~a l ly came

ROBERT D. MURRAY,

to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say, that he resides a t number 103 W. 54th Street, Rorougli of Mailhattan, N. Y. C.; that he is the vice- president of the Roclcaway Park IA~pro\~cnient Company, Limited, the corporatioil deqcril)ed in and which exccuted the above ~nstrument; that he lcnew the seal of said corporation; that the seal aflixed to said instrument was such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of D~rectors of said corporation, and that he signed his namc thereto by like order.

CHARLES F. NOVOTNY: I\lotary Pablic,

'(Seal) . N. Y. Co,

ROCKAWAY PARK.

THIS INDENTURE, made the 15th day of June 'in the year one thousand tline hundred and eleven.

BET~ZFEW LOUIS BRASS A N D EMILY B BRASS, his wife, residing at number 998 B U S ~ W I C ~ Avenue, In Broolzlgn Borough, of tl-e City of New York, County of Kings anc! S l ~ t e of New York; J o ~ v J. RRENNAN A N D ELLEN A BKENNAN, his wife, residing 3: 11111ilhcr 20 North 9th A b c n ~ e , s t Rockanay Fark, in the Borough and County of '_) I I ( ' I 11.. City 21 d State of Kelt York, RODCRT J. C L ~ D I I ~ Y AXD EMIMA F. CUDDIHY, his

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WHEREAS, on the 6th day of January, 1911, a \vritten agreement tinder seal was made and executed by and I~etween said pa-tie5 of thc first part and The Rockaway Park Improvement Company, Lirnrtctl, wllere~n and whereby 111 consideration of the sum of ten thowand dollars and for othcr consideration, it agreed to thereafter sell qnd convey, and they agrrecl to purcl~ase ,111 of its rlglit, tltle and interest in and to the whole of the ocean or hcacli front lynq w~thiii the limits of Rockaway Park in the Connty of Q~tecns and State of New Yorlr and they covenanted and agreed in considerat~on of thc s t ~ m of Onc tlollnr, anit for other consideratioils, to simul- taneously convey same to thc Clty of New York f,or and only for use as a public park, subject to certain condlt~ons, covenants, restrictions and assessments; and

WHEREAS, at a meet~ng of the Board of Estiinate and Apportioiiment of the City of New York, held May 4th, 1911, the tulnutes of which meeting were printed in the City Record on ;\lay 16th, 1911, the following resolution \$,as adopted:

"Resolved, That the Board of Estimate a ~ l d Apportionment of the City of New York, i11 pursuance of the prov~s:ons of sectio~l 449 of the Greater New York Charter, as amended, deeming it for the public interest so to do, proposes to change the map or plai1 of the City of New York by establishing the lines and grades of the Street sysrenl bounded liy P~llia111 Avenue and its prolonga- tion, Washington i\vcnue. Lincoln Alenue, Bay -4vc1iue, Fifth Avenue, Wash- ington Avenue, the Easterly boundary of the Rockaway Park Improvement Company ( sad l ~ n e being dlztailt about 200 feet east of Eastern Avenue) and the Atlantic Ocean, ill tile ISoroug11 of Queens, Clty of New York, \vhich pro- posed change is more particularly sllown upon a map or plan bearing the signa- ture of the Acting Pres~dent of the Borough of Queens, and dated April 25th, 1911.

~gso lved , That this Board cbnsider the proposed change at: a meeting of the Board to be held in the City Hall, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, on the 18th day of May, 1911, at 10.30 o'clock A. M.

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Board cause these resolutions and a notice to all persons affected thereby that the proposed change will be con- sidered at a meeting of the Board, to be lleld at the aforesaid time and place, to be published in the City Record for ten days continuously, Sundays and Legal I-lolidays excepted, priot to the 18th day of May, 1911"; and

WHEREAS, at a meeting of said Boatd, lielcl May 25th, 1911, the minutes of which meet~ng (iilc~uding 3 copy of aforesaid agreement) were printed in the City Record on May 31~1, 1911, the follown~g resolution was adopted;

"Whereas, on the 18th day of Mzy, 1911, the Board of Estimate and Appor- tionment, after a public hearlnq duly held, adopted a resolution changing the fnap or plan of the Clty of Next York, by lay~ng out a p~tblic park between Triton Avenue and the Atlantlc Oce~n , extending from Pelharn Avenue to a line about 200 feet ezst of Eastern ~?veri~,e at Rockaway Park, in the Borough

r of Queens, which resolution has been appioved by the Mayor; and

Whereas, the owners of the land included within said park propose fo con- \'ey to the City of New York title to the same, scbject to certain conditions, toveuants, restrictions, and easements menti~ned and described jtl a certain - contract between The Eockaway Park Impro\,ement Company, a corporation, and Louis Brass and otbers, d ~ t e d Jancary 6ti1, 1911, such conveyance to the city of New kork to be made for the consideration of One Dollar.

Resolved, That the Board of Estimate and Apportionment hereby agrees to accept on behalf of the City of New York the conveyance of the land within said Park, subject to the conditions, covenants, restrictions and easements afore- said; and it is further

Resolved, that the Corporation Cou~lsel be authorized to receive a p m t deed of conveyance on behalf of this Board."

M'ITNESSETI-~. That the said parties of the first part, in consideration of the sum of Onc 1:ollar Ia\;ful money cf the United States, paid by the party of the second part, and for the co~!~iderations expressed in aforesaid agreement bearing date January 6tl1, 1911, do llercby remisc, release acd quit clainl unto the said party of the second part and its successors forever, All of their right, title and interest of, in and to the whole of the Ocean or besch front lying within the limits of Rockaway Park in the County of Queens and State of New York, laid down upon a certain map entitled "Map No. 3 of Rockaway Park, 1903, Fifth Ward, Borough of Queens, City of New York, N. Y., belonging to the Rockaway Park Improvement Company, Limited, sur- veyed by E. W. and I?. W. Conklin, City Surveyors" filed in the office of the Clerk of the County of Queens as Map No. 47 on August 13th, 1903; which said ocean or beach front is more particularly sl~o\vn upon the map or plan bearing the signature of the Acting President of the Borough of Queens, and dated April 25th, 1911, and adopted by the Board of Estimate ai:d ~ ~ p o r t i o n m e n t , May 18th, 1911; and is bounded and describedZas follows: On the north by the southerly line of Triton Avenue; on the east by the easterly boundary line of Rockaway Park; on the south by the Atlantis Ocean; and on the west by the westerly boundary line of Rockaway Park; qnd all of the right, title and interest in and to the whole of the adjacent lands under the waters of the Atlantic Ocean lying within said limits; together with all right, title and interest of, in and to said ocean or beach front, and lands under water, with the ap- purtenances, now belonging to the said parties of the first part in and by the following agreement and deeds of conveyance to and with the following named persons:

Deed to John J. C ~ r l e y , dated November 14th, 1889; Deed to Sisters of St. Joseph, dated November 26th, 1897; Deed to the Sisters of St. Joseph, dated March 28th) 1898; Deed to Emma E. Hayes, dated April l l th, 1898; Deed to the Sisters of St. Joseph, dated April 9th, 1900; Agreement with John J. Curley, dated April 25th, 1900; and Deeds to divers persons of Triton Avenue lots between Lincoln and Pelham

.4rvenues dated September 28th, $908;

hut save a r k k&ept afi?l subject to'a1l right, title and interest of, in and to same granted and conveyed to said pcrsous, their heirs and assigns in and by said instru- nlents; and excepting and rccer\-ing the free and unencumbered perpetual private right of way and easement unto saicl The RockawayPark Inlprovement Company, Limited, its successors and assigns forever at all times to be and remain upon and to pass and repass over, across and along the whole and entire space of Triton Avenue and,oce,a~! or beach front, and of any board walk erected or to be erected thereon, and of the ad- jacent land under the waters of the Atlantic Ocean lying south of those fifteen lots of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, known as the "Park Inn Bathing Pa\ilion," laid down upon said Map No. 3, and designated thereon as lots ilumber 437 to 451 J ~ c t h inclusive, in block number 8, in connection with the main- tenance, operation, conduct, management, and carrying on of the business of the iurf ant1 other bathing place and establishnlent for the use and accornmodation of the public in, upon and about the bathing house and houses erected or to be erected on any one or more or all of said fifteen lots of land; which said right of way and ease-

merit shall extend to all lessees or other,'person or persons so carrying on such bathing eitablishment, and all emp