The Kingston Daily Freeman from Kingston, New York • Page 21

The Newspaper for Ulster County the Surrounding Area flails Jfree titan General Newt Classified Ads CITY OF KINGSTON. MONDAY EVENING. MAY 25. 1970 TWENTY-ONE Railroad Station Is Moved Nostalgic Memories Along Rt. 375 EA BREE1E BUILDS BETTER POOL! at a better price.

better homes By TOBIE GEERTSEMA WOODSTOCK! To many who watched it as it was propelled slowly down' Route 28 by combustion it was a reminder of those' nostalgic years when summer boarders arrived from the city with their baggage, and little boys dreamed of becoming peak capped engineers instead of helmeted astronauts. As it rumbled slowly along Route 375. youngsters lined the road, shrieking encouragement and applauding what must have seemed to them the greatest' highway adventure of the year. I As it groaned up Mill Hill Road in Woodstock, it brought back lost memories of lonesome train whistles in the night and views of small towns seen from high trestles. When it finally arrived at its now and future home on Tinker Street next to the Woodstock Post Office, its new owner.

Victor Basil, heaved a sigh of relief. A Long Trip Basil, who operates a beauty parlor in Woodstock, and whose wffe, Marie, maintains an an tiques and interior decorating emporium. had just paid thousands of dollars to have the old Ashokan railroad station moved. After buying the station for probable use as an antique shop adjacent to the one now in operation. Basil had hired the Kross Construction Company of South Fallsburg to bring the weather beaten cM stationhouse from its site beside the former Ulster Delaware tracks into Woodstock center.

But if the sight of this ar- ichitectural oddity out of the past being transported so many miles by modern rigging and crane proved excitement for some, it brought complaints from others. And if purchaser Basil was happy it had arrived almost intact (it lost a few OFFENDING STATION MOVES ALONG ROUTE 28 (Photo by James Lawrence) shingles and boards along the' way), others were anything but happy about the whole business. Basil wrote the Woodstock Town Board this week, ex pressing appreciation for the help and cooperation received from the town on moving the station: said he regretted and apologized for any incon venience caused anyone by the move. The town had indeed helped the operation in that it was forced to reroute traffic: provide police assistance. Since a permit had been issued to allow the move over public highways and roads, such action had been necessary.

Deluge of Complaints But Woodstock supervisor Milton Houst said this week, that because of deluge of complaints" received, he has complained in turn to the Department of Transportation in Poughkeepsie, the office that issued the permit to move the building over state highways. The complaints stemmed from the fact that, once inside the Woodstock town limits, the height and width of the big building presented problems to the movers in manuevering it past trees with hanging branches. Houst complained to the Department of Trans portation that "many trees were needlessly and carelesslyi damaged." and that "one healthv tree had been cut down entirely" on street front property to make room for the new arrival. Also lodging a protest with the Transportation office was Ned Buoymaster. who heads up the Woodstock Tree Trust.

He noted to overhanging trees along the road." and the destruction of the big tree referred to by Houst. Indeed, the picturesque old stationhouse had left tom branches and shrpddcd bark in its wake in many places. But Buoymaster also took the Transportation agency to task for recently removing two trees struck by a car and five ad ditional Woodstock trees "of historical and aesthetic value." This was done, he said, "without the authorization of the owners or the proper authorities: was in direct violation of a local ordinance that provides penalties for the unauthorized removal of trees in the art colony. Proper Care Promised The upshot of the controversy has been that Houst has received assurance the damaged trees will receive needed care: be properly cut and painted. What Buoymaster wants and may or may not get is a commitment from the Kross moving firm to pay for the repair of damage done to overhanging trees along the route, and to replace the tree entirely removed.

He also wants the state agency to supply five sizeable rces to replace those removed! along the Bearsville road. And he is urging that no further action of this type that would grant permits likely to have a damaging effect be given without contacting the Tree Trust or the Town Board. Houst seems inclined to believe that the five trees cut illegally were victims of a misunderstanding. has. however, requested a copy of the permit for the moving of the station, along with in formation as to whether a bond for insurance coverage was required of the moving firm.

Meanwhile, the trees damaged by the station nurse their wounds as they await the care promised but not yet begun. And the station, which received a few wounds of its own from bodily contact with maples sometimes as old as itself, sits forlorn, empty and up in the air far from the tracks it once presided over. 21 DIFFERENT MODELS CHOOSE PROM ln-O ruund Arm FEATURES: spacioiM I'atio llrck Brqnoii Iteduond Kenrlng Uteri Bridge Typo Structure Nwim-Away Safett l.adder Cryatal Pure Filtration Syatom Automatic Surface Skimmer Touch 20-Gauge Virgin Vlnvl l.lner Carpeted Walk and llrrk. WE ALSO FEATURE ALL-ALUMINUM, MAINTENANCE-FREE SWIMMING FOOLS TECHNICIAN FOR POSITION IN RADIO SERVICE DEPARTMENT If you are experienced or if you have completed the BOCES course or a correspondence course in Electronics, apply now to: InipUyHMRt CHANNEL MASTER Div. of Avnet, Inc.

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