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PART III. LPACES 25 TO 32. i mu niHf miiniiiMaii SUNDAY MARCH 29, 1896. I I rrTT'TTI YACHTING TAN STAND IT. AEEESCE OF AMERICA'S CUP RACES HAS ITS ADVANTAGES for a pvsy ATTEN? TION TO THE IN PHIZES RICTH AND Nl" Mraor.8- THE ATlaAITTlC CUVI A'TIVi: PIUBPARATlONS.

The fact that there will he no contest for the America'? Cup In the romlns season is a source of regret to many thousands of snthuslastlc yachts? men, who Know of no spurt than that of whipping the Visiting I Tbey know of no pleasure srblcb is si Rn.it as to prove matter bow perfect and how swift the builders on the Clyde may fashion his craft, thai they can alwayi Yankee creation capable of successful!) defending the cup. which Is the mark of yachting supremacy. Ewn with ths recollection ths laat International race? fresh in the memory, anl the unpleasant incident? associated with Dunraven's efforts to arta the cup before them, there are thousands of yachtsmen snd lovers of the mho sorrow tha: will be i International con? test for the pris? this season. They know that there are many yathtsmer. England who are anxious to add the Cup to their collec? tion of plate, yachtsmen they could win bs worthy, fair-minded men and honor thle sportsmen, to hold it.

But in the llKht of what bas taken place, It Is hardl) likely thai any on them make an In that in the rear futurs. Bi rltshmei frown ipon the unsports? sjsanllks methods of their countryman, which juati- THE BEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN CWBHOUSE. Ted hl? from the foremost body of yachts? men in America. They know full well that the las! of the Tacht Squadron In an International contest showed to he a bad loser and a hut. like Deadeye, ha was an Englishman, Remembering fact, they possibly bold off for tima and allow their to conquer the'r desire for trophy.

YACHTING SJT1LL iURVTVEft But that will not have a detrimental effect on yachting, sa ms papers to think. Some well-known authorities think that giving the class? more attention artll he a boon to th? and serve to elevate it. It Is evident, from the arrangements already made by the various dubs for the season which is near at hand, that there will be more yachting, more races. more tSMtlnga and larger and more than before. The adoption of the uniform rule? will have good iffeet 01? the rules were formu? lated by the council of the Yacht Racing Cnlon of I.onp Island Sourd and wer? adopted al the con? vention Which took place Fifth Avenue Hotel on March Thi ated ol Oliver B.

Cromwell, P. were assist? 1 the necesa by F. Barnea Le Qrand L. Clark, Btu) Walawrlght O. 11 Cbellborg.

The new rules govern tho racing cf every Importan,) club in or near New-York erith the ex. Atlantic, Larcbmont and the New-York Among the club? ate the Beawanbaka orli "Yacht Club, the Norwalk Tachi Fleet, Harlem Ta bt ib, an rht Cl ib, Athlet; Club Yacht Club, New-R Yacht Club. Indian lia: Va1 Club, Ho: I I.ARCHMONT YACHT CLUBHOUSE harbor Yacht Club. "iacht Club. Riverside Ya-ht Club.

Hempstead Harbor Wacht dub. Huntington Ya-h? Club. Douglaston Yacht Club and the Husruenot Yacht riub. The council. In addition to making the uniform rules, the term "Corlnthlanlsa In yachting and submitted a programme of races cn Long island Sound.

This programme will alone provide amusement enough to satisfy the average yachtsman. Ths schedule was drawn with a view to allowing ths clubs the dut. which thev applied for. and with on? or two excep? tion? there will be no The schedule In? clude? the race? of of the Important organiza- tstM except the New-York and Atlantic clubs. INTKKKST IN HALF-RATER? The new thirty-foot class bs rht ravorll In the season, although there will slderahie attenl to ths thlrty-1 Ab nit twenty ihlrty-fooleri an bolng bull? iw, and their ai k' :1 EmomL ira the coalna seamos will be the half-rater for Is prepara tlona arc being mada Th- Beawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club has to bi rae? for by little fellow? wblch will be known as the "Seawan toaka International Challenge Cup lor Small Yachts." It will b.

to yachts batwee? fifteen and twenty-five th, arid It? is already oovetsd by yachtsman la all parts of the country and in Canada and Europe. In ths food gift It is that the cup shall tc preserved as a perpetual cup for frli ndly competition betwe.n lot.kj-a Bcores of half-raters are bsttaf built with a view to defending and there can be no doubt thai lbs contests will be interesting. Any organized yacht club in good landing of any foreign to country of th- yacht club la custody the eup sba.l always havs the right to cha Hangs tho cup. Tacbtsnra who fond of the and who make efforts to ac "lulre perfection in the art of are With the prominence glrea to th? "aalf-rat. and the of large who carry little fellows the larger craft are doing as much any Hher of yachtsmen 10 encourage the prom? inence of the diminutive boats An Increase in bar? retera, it Is urged, result in an Increase com? petent yachtsijien.

prominent yachtsman said: "Moat owner? of Urg? yacht? hire caprins and crews to thtlr vessel? for them. They become passent ers, and tbsy doubtless have much fun for the money which they lnvcrt. Fut such owner? are no more yachtsmen than their guests, and. except la name, never will be yachtsmen. Hut the owner of the whose crew consists of one man besides himseif must become T11V.

ETHELWYNW. lar With ths secrets of sailing worthy of th? name yachtsman." According a recently printed, about fifty of th-- little crafl are lng bull? In ai I Charifw A. Sherman, chairman of the Racing Com mltttee of the Beawanhaka Club, has received in quirlea from various parts of tbi untry fir I ths requirement? for competition for the Beawanhaka Cup, which was tbe Btbelwynn la i year. TITANS THE In th. class the contests between ths Emerald and th? neu Colonia will be watch? much interest.

Tie- Aro and the Am i IS wl a be in mmli As I irgi I will probaoly be an off year The Defend i refitted, but it no: when she Commodore Oould ha? decided that V.gib,r.% siirf.li not be put In comml Ion Whale? the New York Yacht Club ti nda i lo thi and cru.slng be known The an monts for the Goelet Cup race-- will made public by ths Regatta Committee The races of the New-Yosk Yn hi Club are club affairs and op? only to The flee: consists of reasels, of which i two-fifth? are steamers, snd all of an- fifteen ton? or over. TU- tonnage of tie fleet amount? to BJB BS. The sm, ni I the by laws which was passed at the meeting but day, by which owner? of ten ton? may to membership, will I The in. mbers wh 1er the new rai gemein may fly I 'a I they il In the ATLANTIC CLUB PROGRAMME. Th? Regatta Coi th? Yn- ht Club, conslstlnt ol Henry J.

Olelos David K. rge McNulty, has pi th? On Ma) ihere v. racea for i A prise of 130 ed for each I class. A regatta for elates will take place i in the Cpper Bay June I There will also be a competition on that for Adama plate. Th? prises will amount to IZti I 'ii June 13 there will Le ta- a in sx clai I 11 I for the Adams and for the Washington Th-re prill be a "smoker" al lb? evening.

The Adama plate, valui i al 1300, la the gif VI e-Comm, lore Fn i ri T. Adama, and the Was! vslued ai iras present? i by C. Washing) in The- annual reg? tl open to all clubs, will ink pla on June II There w.H be fiv? claases of of al, and thre of atb cups, valued ai presented by i ommo dore Qeorge 1. Gould, w.ll be sailed for at this i The ani.tia) cruise of the elul will begin on July with rend svoua at Larchmonl and th? will dial ind on Sunday, July 12. Prlsea lh'- vain? of OVel Will sa.l-.i fur, among COIsONKL DAVID B.

AUSTEN. are the Dank? by ex-Com? modore David H.ir.ks. and th? Hanan plate, the gift of lU-ar-Commodore H. Hanan. A regatta for It for September In which nine will contest for prizes, valued at each.

The Atlantic Yacht fleet, according to pubiiphe-d list, oonotsta of steamers, tbirty-flve schooners, cutters, and thtrty-flve rat-figged yachts iSevtral ad? ditions have been made to the fleet n-eenilv. The Atlantic Yacht programme, which wa? bv Colonel Oavid E. Austso. the teere i of the club, marks 6 as "ladles' au women who are passengers on winning yacni or that dsy will receive handsome gold breast I'-i. toe form cf a dub with snehor.

Tin: BOUND. The Sound aeai will 1 opened by tba Huguenol roil? on May IS, Among tha yachting features will follow May 23 New-R iy lai annual regj I la June Ki isl. June 'i Rep. it ta of the L.ir.-hmont Club and siso of ri 'Iub June Sew annual snd siso the Bea wanhaka Corinthian Iub annusl. June for.i Jun SO ai llr i elsl.

July -t annual July Horaei. i Harbor ape. July t- Amerlc in i nnu il I Larchmont annual. this day at? will given to ai July li -Riverside annual July IS Larchmont open rega SO and July 20 Larchmont Third racers for an 4 i half-raters. the Larchmont Rastward snd We? srai I cuj il; Lai 'hmoni apecHl cata, Mengua cuti il? an i fourth ice; 21a and half-raters.

July Lai reis! foi hooners. -4 Larcl fth race fur si? and July 23 Lai nt eth 34i and na Sea ff annusl. i Harbor annusl. Ala tha rln thl i w-Ro le ipeclaL Also Ha? inn lai i 12 Nom alk annual. ist spec il snd Stamford annual.

rseah Harb annu il ind River half- itera and bin cata i Cliff si al Aunts! lenoi tu awanbaks i for ooners oi Septembei li ngton annual snd Larchmont els ll (seventh race). Septembei 7 fall regatta and eighth Kepti mb? Larchm ml sped il achoon? ri so It- Harboi mbi i IS tmer'can Cal snd Its a Cliff Riverside fall re Reawanhaka trial ri If-rater? will tal be The lntei I i for July 1 rid w.II be I live CONTESTS POR THE LITTLE PELLOW8. Th? Tachi Club will open Its season pen to I ng Island Ing New-Tork Yncht Racing Aa? a of I rac? a boat aim the flv? 1 1 n-the-H ri the I i ek i erythlng points toward hli ind ma -stand f-rstei 1 POI IN ISLAND. REPl'BLirAKS SI OP VICTi RT OEM WITHOl'T HOPB-A LIPP.LEM CAMPAIGN Providence, March (Special) A more 111 in the present no) Rep ibllcans. fee the Stai th? spr I li) phenoi i ve not fell ar eneri palpi.

I result of The Cm. to earn utslatance, and thei a Is flat. i ill por th? thi ration In all things T. nee the rm han led out srarlu of 'on vi i raging feature of th? it of I flv? I Tha I i i I on! I i th? It la pe ra of the I. Providei an inform te a In Provl lence i all? I of and ih? re are thr? a factloi red I candidates.

li hardly believed, however. that i tl.rei arlll I.rrled The oi ci th? Republican State tlekel dans? i defeat i. While Mi Dubola ha? proved hlma? I i i Inee All rney-Oen eral get I I li i. mpei oi ss they Bay, Bhowlng undue lenien toward offender? i I Th? Prohibition party have nomi? na a strong candidat lilm In Jam Williams, and haa atu ping thi Statt I inn? In Inti rest. la, of poil it enough i ma) vote to i he Dem cratic a i.i late.

A pe? ullai Ighl hi rs. Qe rge T. Brown, tha lawyer and Dern minee, lives si No lit i. iwn, a bo i i 27 my-st. The oft? il bal! bear the name of Brown, No 27 Aim) at." While there ibt of the intent tba tu the la aryer, question ariaes, can Qsorge I ivi be sworn Into the itere i have ei? I No 2', Vim; Then i factional lights for members of the, hi Crai nlr, il Ion in i and a lively candidate on Inilepend an I may be ele I over I 11,,.

In itei, i i Nal ian Dl? aa defeats for ml Repu ri? ling i ti? 'it mi o. of th pan li i liter and Bamuel il Croaa, arlll noi aupp rl Mr. Price, tha regula nominee, for lo rea In that town, the Prohibition part) is part). and a of the It? support the i nee i I presentstlve Th? Dem rata ma no nomination for -ond I therefore I flghl II bel sreen the Republican! and Prohibitionists. A local ques? tion of ir-r tl Mall furnish Its own arater n-orka, continue t.

purchase It? fi the Westei mpanv, tha que? Hon I rather than party politics Th? en i.i-hi of the llquoi Ian la i Involr? 1 In Hi? In city, Pawtucket, Baal Providence and Central Palla, a live!) campaign li In progresa on lion oi III ens? oi TI a II ena? pie an ml lei it of success i-i Paw and of po vot? in Provl The lealeri here are aomewhal alarmed at th? pro held a Beeret meeting on Prl? 4aj and meana for an ote. The caucuaea thla for ihr selection of dele? gate? to the Republican State nul eon vcntlonB, to held in thla city on April arare devoid of incident, there being no opposition In any arsi to slate While there Is every In? dl? ition oi the lion of Reed delegation to Hi. Louis, there will soma snthuslsstls MeKlnley men in Si ite 'onventl READY TO ALLOT LAND. Th- application station foj lbs ssstgamsnt of land unemployed is now reedy, bat on ac? count of stormy weather there have been few applications. Tba on th? Cultivation of Vacant has been car? fully making preparo ttoni for work through the printer.

At rbS meeting, it was decided to gcespi lbs sddltlonal offer of ninety seres from William Btelnway, Tha lUtion opened at Me is Cooper f'nion. T. ition han been opened at No 15 charitable aocletlea or Individuate vvh. des I roue of siding people to ihrmse'TfB. iilari of the commute? la of great value.

In slgnlng land, will be given to mea with (aDjiUes, who are out of work, i BOXE ALLEY UNDER THE BAN IT WILL PROBABLY HAKE WAY FOR A SMALL PARK. A TYPICAL BTKB Of BBAB rr.NKMEXTS "si'iiaps" ABI tut CBOICBST ami skmkxts Fuit THH IXHABITAXTS- WHAT OK? "LIT ti.i: ktOTHBB FATiir.it "Pone Alley" will before many years In all probability bt a thine, of the past, and the ground where II now Hands, with Its filthy tenement-houses, will no longer be a menacs to th? It the aelghborhood, but beauty spot in a locality where beauty air are ladly needed. Th- rrt of Board of Health, which was sent to the Mayor Tuesday, re -ommen led bound? i by Baal Houston, Wlllett, 1'itt and Stanton and which contains.the famous "Bone for the site of a small park. Walk? iric alont any or these stre? but ae, person 1 would get no Idea the mass of humanity cjn- i in these Bui the pedratrlaa walks th? Wlllett-st. sida the block, ha come? suddenly upon the famous alley, and sea at Its end the row of wh.ise Inhabitants have mad? things lively with theli i an to-day living In i an i rty.

the fr.im the Street, 01 a five hrick tenement-houses fu'ir high. Kadi of th? and In the five tl 00W living seventy-five famille? Il thai there i.r? five a famll), moi her and Ihi Iren and tl es) mal then th row of shabby the pur? a i i tr'ui ol a. One of in? tenants said yes? i ly that she thought there were i I i pei on i In th ma to he i it. 1 unsuccessful stt, to keep tl pi? I an. -t an filth ot I all kli th? an In the ind before the i 81 and water ppery un foot, and the nance to I v.

ok. for Ita light never rea es the wli Iowa 1: Iren ai I rag? dirtier woi er a or to find If be all nol ptlon bul a chilly one. Th? ills, ihej rered by I sa I indred that their for) rvlc? ive rt and sordid re gi to the fa there! I ORIGIN OF THE NAME II Vears ago a rntlr? i of menta wi nad? who picked the barn i th? I i an reneri racier of the -i- Into liu I IhOSI Who ItlMW i BONE ALLEY. II dubbed "Bone alley." which appropriate name ir those who lived then In those like the i nei wh i live there now, the the) found In household refuse, and from which they wade a living, were no bonier or hsrder than they The Ilia of the ash-barrel Is the only life they know, and, sfter certain length ol and air are things to be shunned kepi sws) pie the Ulsper rooms of one of these tene ment-houaea llvea an obi man who over Aft) years baa mad- her home In Bone Alley. Por man) years waa the housekeeper of the Ave tenement houses In Bone Alle) thai have tor a long time tlven pohce so mu.i.

trouble. As the reporter I her about old llmea. her withered face brlght ter) ryea on more gave out the llghl that Bone Alle) ex I their i I the nelrrhborho .1 "run for their money." IN THE OOOD OLD DAYS. aha aaM, "I bav, llv? I here for nigh on slat) years. When I Brsl cams rs there were i house? to cut off our view of the street.

Those tlm The rent area cl esper ind there were treei In front of the houss snd bench, i under them, snd we used to enjoy oursetve? as if we wars living on you eall Fifth era. wa a tp now and then, but 'boys wUl you I now The old aroman laugh? I as Id uns uni did not dray thai a light even now was not an unheard ol fl The people In the Bon? Alley isneraent-houi noi pay -ouch for il i pa) I Two little rooms (the larges) one of them, Ht 11, serving for dining-room, parlor, and kitchen, and the about Talt, bemg the bedroom) are all that th.ni esa air The Tribuns reporter up one of th.ae rooma father and mother wei asraj from home, but IKUs Old, then cull not bave mure than twehe were keeping houss "Where is your the reporter asksd. sone out," the o.dest of the lot, "I don'l know where sbs's gone to." "What does your do for a living: HKU OCCUPATION. Rhe was a pretty child, dresert neatly, and looked Into the strange fac? that had Intruded upon her but tlrmly: "He lock? for work." Tie little one Strangely out place In these haunt? of tilth. Her dean frock, tin; Intelligence thai plainly showed in her face, and her evident care and love Hi? younger ones In the famll) were In unlooked-for conn as.

to the Bono Alley surround Hut such places runs sgalnst all ol aiost of ihem are well ll'-ted to their abode, but once In a while cane comes upon a family Oat is te out Dlaco Uto besaar In nalaoe. The Last i Opportunity To buy Genuine Haviland Co. China i At One-half Regular Prices. FRANK MVILAND h'is not told his stock of this Fine French China to any house In the trade. He now offer? hi? largo and richly decorated assortment of these gooda, without eserve.

At Fifty Cents On the Dollar. Bach article, bears the name of HA VI LAND CO. on the Lack Bald trill positively last but on? more week. The entire tl musl be Choice ('hi a Phenomenal Prices. FRANK HAVILAND.

14 Barcioy near Broadway. FIVE NEW CITY PARKS. COMMISSIONERS CONSIDERING THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES. MENT HOUSE! Oh" 1TAT.Y" TO HE WIPED -ATTRACTIVg BRBATHINO fi'UTa FOR UPPER MANHATTAN ISLAND. There sre five special l'ark now ildlng sslona fr-jtn time to lirne for the apprn'sal of propert) to be taktan for pleasurs grounds for the people of thi? city.

Thess Commissioners were General Tern of the Suprema under Chapter ol the Laws of LtM. Tlu? i eras to lay out these breathing tpacet before ths upward march of population shouM make the problem an extremely dlffl one. However, one of the parka prop aed, the only of whleh "Little Italy," was already densely populated. This district lies betwe and and and the Hirer. The of home of would In Itself be a dis kg? the i Ity.

The five park? projected under the Law? of UH on whleh 1-? now bensr pished, are known the Colonial, th? For; Washington, the Nicholas, the Riverside Extension and "Little It i.y A PARK TAKING IN THE BLI7PF. projected Colonial 1'ark w.U extend from ind-1 -ity-ll'th fifty-fl and Bn ihurst aves. Edgecombe-ave. sklrta the high around along Washington Heights, and curvea Into One-hun? dred-and-flfl the western er. I of the viaduct.

If continu? dlrectlj rth It would run River Driveway, but on crossing the avenue Is turne 1 the srest, continues on up to and pas: the old Jume) i down the flailands. and la thi Brat s-rcet west of Elghth-ave. best vie? to be ha of proposed park Is fron cle rated railroad li The fall from Bdgi combe-ave, to Brsdhurst-sve. is ms Beirenty-flv The general condition of land, clpitoui and it? an rocky natur remind one of whal rnlngslde Psrfc was befor It was I out In ll i nl si "active form. Ther loti In the nial Park area.

Hottsss hav been i rected only on the north aids of One-bun li I rtj fifth-st, An attempi was made by prop erty-owners to have these dwelliruj-houaea ex-dude. from the park area, bu li ill? i- commission having c'virg? the appr.ilsa of lands for Colonial Park consists of Thomas I1 Wlckes, form'-r',) an assistant corporation counsel Pierre Hoes, and Conrad Marres Charlea P. Qrtffln Is secretary. Mr. Hartes I a real eatata dealer aad president of the Twelftl Nlnet? Warda House and Ural i-'stat.

Owners' Association, The Commissioners wore ap the Oeneral Term of the Buprems dur June, I'M Property-owners In the dwelling, ares In One-hundred-snd-forty-fifth-st con i the constitutionality of the act, but they wer? defeated In the Court of and tha Com mlsaioners held their tirst meeting In December IBM, Up to IS, IMS, 1,100 of testi? mony i a i been taken, and the number now biund in volume form is 2,423 pagea Bo far only the experta for the property-owneri have been heard. Charles Olendorf, an assis i corporation counsel, who has general chargl of these special park matters for the city, said th? other day thai ths city's real estate experts would begin Huir teatlmony at Then is on? piece of property the colonial Park district Which has escksd fome Interest. Tins la held In name of Peter W. Felix. It embracea eighteen lots, and lies between One-hun? dred-an l-flftieth snd One-hun Ired-and-flfty-Brst itorj las been current (hat Mr.

Felix was merely a dummy for Richard He a brothcr-ln-law of Patrick Fox, familiarly spoken of us "Pat" Pos throughout this part of the city, who la prominent Tammany man. The fact that Thomas Peitner, a former Tax Commissioner and Police Jus-ice, hud bought property nearly opposite tin- Felix plot, between and St. Nli-holaa Place, had rtlmulated the suspicion that the laying out of Colonial I'ark was a Tammany Hall scheme. TAMMANY HOLDERS OF REAL E3TATE. Thomas P.

OUroy's family has bought seven lots on the smith slds of one-hun between Amsterdam and Convent at a point near the Junction of St. and In between Am aterdam and UL KlohoJaa propurty-owner Our Tradc-riark Guarantees Perfection. Spring Dresses. Church, Street Evening Dinner, ception Visiting, Batiste, Mohair Silks Cloths, Bicycle Suits. Skirt, Coat, Leggins Hat.

$16. OUR PA Shirt Waists. Imported Materials, 85, $2 50, 50. Ladies' Stocks, Fancv Novelty Neckwear, Sy 00, $2 50. OL'R PATEfT.

Coats Capes. Carringe. Street Evening, White, Tan Black Kerseys, Velvets, Bro? cades Laces, $16, $22, $28. Separate Skirts, Entirely new shape; Satin, Crepon, Bnlliantine, $10, $15, $20. riillinery.

Hats, Toques Bonnets; Imported Paris Models, $12, M5, $18. West 23d St. is John I-'. Whelan, a Tax Commissioner under Mayor CUroy, and a lawyer who appears for prop before the Colonial Park Commission? ers. Another active lawyer before the Colonial Park Commissioners, as well as before all thoae sp? vial park commissions, James A.

Deerlng, of No. 13 Wall-st. Mr. Deerlng; bear? th? reputation of being the real estate guide, comforter snd friend of Thortui F. GUroy.

He himself a large owner of property along St. Nicholas Terrace, In and north of One-hundred-and-thirtT-elxth-st, The property whkh Thomas L. Feitner, ex-Tag secured Is known as the old Fays mansion. It lie? In between St. Nirhola? Place and lgecombe-ave.

denied by those who profess to have an ln ew of matter that Mr. Peltier bid In thl? io: behalf of Mr. Croker. Mr. Feitner bou-ht th propertyln March.

UN. at a sile by utors of the rstate of Thomas Kaye. A ALONO THE HI'DSuN. The proeee lings for the acquisition of the prop? erly for I-'ort Washington l'ark are about finished, far as the work of the special commission Is Concerned. The cf Appraisal for this park are William W.

MacFarlaad, formerly of Tracy, man Platt; Will.am B. Ellison, a lawyer of No. C2? Hroa Hvay, unJ Dr. Matthew Port Washington Park, projected, lies betw er. the Boulevard Lafayette and the Hud? son Klv-r, an 1 what should be and iitie-hunJred-atid-eighty-fourth ata The Beailevard Lafayette begins at Audubon Park and 1-an and skirts thr- Hudson River up to Inwood.

This boule rard affords a magnmcent view of the Hudson Rh er. me pace? of testimony have been tcken la the appraisal of the lr.r>.ds to be used for this I irk. The Fort Washington Park be? gan Its work about simultaneously with the Colonial Park Commission, having been appointed In July, UM An Interesting feature of thts park that It Lakes In old Fort Waahington Point, the historie groun where Washington is to have landed In crossing over from New-Jersey to prosecute his campaign the BrttlBfe In possession of New York. The park trill about forty aerea. Tho lo's art Valttad by their owner? at ft? high a figure aj There N.

of a pronounced dis? crepancy befsteea the values plac. on the property by owners and by the city's The total eatlmata of the owners is The estimate put upon It by the Corparat.on Counsel'? experts Is 1730,000, or one-half. are few houses on the property. This park takes In the Isaac F. Martin property at the Fort Washington station an 1 alsi the Haven at the Point.

The old redoubt erected by Washington's order remains as a reminder of the struggles of the Revolution. A SITE WITH A HANDSOME VIEW. The bulk of St. Nicholas Park, as projected, He? between St. Nlcholaa-ave.

and St. Nicholas Ter? race, anl between and One-hunilred-nnd-foriy-flrst sts. The park, however, has an extension consisting of two bl.vks be? tween Onc-hundrcd-and-thirty-sixth and One-hun cre.l-an.l-thlrty-eighth running over to Am sterdam-ave. This extension will afford a frontage to the Hehrew Orphan Asylum In Amster. dam-avc.

It Is understood that the extension was made for th? benefit this St Nicholas Terrace skirts the ph ground above and west of St. NUibolaa-ava. Th- outlook from It la mag? nificent, one may havo a view from here far up the Harlem and away to Long Island Sound, The C.immls.sloners engaged la appraising tho values of property for St. Nicholas Park are John II. Judge, Tnomas C.

T. Crain, ex-City Chamber? lain, anJ Thomas C. Dunham, ex-State Senator. There are lot? In the proposed park area between 8t. Nicholas Terrace and St.

Nlcholas-ave. which are seventy feet lower at the eastern end than at the western, and yet property-owners and their ex? perta are putting a valuation upon them. The city, through Mr. olendorf, fighting claim? tooth and nail. The testimony of ihe ex? perts for the property-owners has all been put in.

The cliy's testimony will be begun on April Z. The Riverside Park extension take? in all th. land under which the eJtJF doe? not already own along the present park. This Ktenatoa 'vest of the Hudson River Railroad truck? and between Seventy-second and One-handrad-arad-twenty-alnth except between Seventy-seventh and EWhty. nrst sts.

and between the centris of the block? Ninety-fourth to Ninety-fifth and eath to Ninety-eighth where thu land has been devoted to commercial The Commissioners Of Apprulsal for this ex? tension aie Edward V. Loew. ex-Controller of the city; O.rosvt-nor B. Hubbard, a lawyer, and Senator Charle? fjuy, The titles to thl? properiv aro mu. complicated, as ts generally the case in this city arlth lands under water.

The work of ap? praisal la going on slowly. The Commlss'oner? appraising valuea for the park called "I.ittle Italy," already referred to, are Rich, aid V. Harnett, the well-known real estate brokers Abraham Kling and Edmund L. Mooaey. Proofs of value have been put In for of the blockt, and the city now offering testimony.

Tat commission meets in the Stewart Building, Room No. M3. William M. Is special counsel foe the city in the ippralsal of thl? property. Of the live proposed parks under consideration, tt expected, according to Mr Olendorf, that the port on the Fort Washington Park appraisals be the first to bo put in.

and thai sals aft ready a.