Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS Vandals VandAll have p been marring the Palisades PaW Pali Slides andes of the tho Hudson for years Now New York and Now ow Terse Jersey Tersey have hae combined com corn to save sa at least a por portion porion ion of them and the newspapers approve e Says th the Philadelphia Inquirer Tho Tb Palisades have hae been saved EI together together to to- gether with the h historical monuments ts situated ted in the tho territory wh which ch the new park includes and o there is isto isto isto to bo be a a. driveway at nt tho the ha base baso o of the cli cliffs f fourteen miles long lone from Piermon Piermon Pier Pier- mon to Fort Lee It i is often said aid of New Yorkers that thc they think of nothing hut but the ma main n chance that theare they the are too mercenary and material to carat care car at all aU for the merely beautiful It Itis Itis Itis is pl pleasant sant to note in the n connection con a reason for believing in that those charges charses do them an nn injustice Baltimore Americans American rican New York and New Jersey have havo dedicated tho the interstate in in- park in which will willbe be bo preserved pre pre- served tho the magnificent scenery of the Palisades at one ono onetime time timo threatened with destruction by the tho vandalism of df com corn merce meree It has haf taken a long and persistent per per- crusade to awaken public sentiment senti senti- mont ment to the danger of oC this destruction but it has been crowned with SUC success C 8 in tho end and one of the chief natural nat ural beauties of the tho Hudson will bo preserved Baltimore Sun A New York and anda a Now J Jersey commission aided by J r 1 Pie Pierpont ont and others got ot option op op- tion on the quarries to stop top the blasting blasting blast blast- in ing bought boucht the land Jand along the thc rim at atthe tho the foot of the Palisades es and l d has converted eon con on vetted the acres into a park at Rt a R total cost of 6 j This achievement achieve c ment is of general interest the beauty b of the Palisades befog bing so flO to speak a an n national tiona asset The millions of travelers tray trav elers ciers who have hare enjoyed the fl sight of them will m. m r rejoice in tb their conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion and tho those thoe of coming comine c centuries will feel leel grateful crateful to those who have ha worked to accomplish it J Philadelphia R. R Pre Press Press- s Tho The highlands of the Hudson of which the Palisades are arena an nn important part are ono one of tho the gifts of natural beauty which our ur country country- b h. h bas s R inherited mid and all tho the p people peo o. o plo pIc of the entire land are interested in keeping thorn intact Tho The Palisades have been marred in places and threatened threatened threat threat- cne ened indeed indred wit with ith entire de destruction asan asan as 35 an n object of beauty but the joint action ac ae tion lion of f New Jersey lersey and New York dedicating them to the public will vill preserve pre pro serve ef forever fOT that splendid rock elevation ole ele that adds add so 50 much distinction and impressive es eso o beauty to the broad river ri at its base baso Pittsburg Dispatch The Tue successful culmination ion of the fourteen J tight fight for the tho preservation of the Palisades Pali means much more morr to tho the teeming teem teem- jag ing populations across ss tho the river than the saving of natural beauty from the tho vandals It will prepare th way for forthe forthe forthe the conversion con of a great tract Into a breathing spot where the people of tho the city can the charm of the country coun coun- try whore where the eye c re can Cin fe fea feast t upon cliff and forest and streams within si sight ht of home Boston Transcript To the great reat mass of visitors in New York and lIld it its vicinity the i dedication of the tho Palisades Pall Pali andes interstate park was waEl simply a feature feature fea Lea ture hire in da days day's s 's bi big program program m. m To the l thoughtful American it was s-as much more It was the coronation of oC a lon long Jong und successful struggle to preserve o from further commercial vandalism a I unique bit of nature and md one almost 1 for dignity and beauty nR Washington Post It it is is appropriate that tho the completion of the purchase of the Palisades should be he announced at this t time me when the nations nation's s 's interest in in the noble Hudson is at its height No Xo more shall dynamite and the stone crusher deface these unique c cliffs which have havo been the tho admiration and wonder of millions of travelers traveler on the I river tha that s flo both Wl s S Twenty years a ago o J. J J. J P. P Morgan forgan organ Tr Jr be began an working as asa a shipping with Drexel Morgan or an Co Ct Later fie IC ie became executive head heal of ot his fathers father's London house bouse Ho assisted in iii or organizing the I London and the time International International Mercantile Marino Marine company tie the the called so-called ship trust He lie is if a director of both the 31 above 0 companies of the tho United States Steel corporation the Northern Pacific a 1811 railway Aca Acadia ia Coal company and amI of the North British Insurance company |