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istry Section, the India Rubber Chemistry Section, and the 

 American Society of Biological Chemists. 



In a recent message Governor Hughes announced a gift of 

 Mrs. E. H. Harriman which adds to the park along the Hudson 

 some ten thousand acres of land. The Palisade Interstate Park, 

 established by the joint action of New York and New Jersey, 

 extends from Fort Lee north on the western side of the Hudson 

 nearly to Haverstraw. A smaller strip farther north, from Stony 

 Point to Cornwall, is known as the Hudson Forest Reserve. The 

 Harriman gift is a very wide, irregular piece of land between the 

 two. Besides the land a million dollars was given for the pur- 

 chase of adjacent property. Other wealthy people have given 

 conditionally over ;^ 1,500,000 for the extension of this park : 

 John D. Rockefeller and J. Pierpont Morgan, a half million 

 dollars each ; Mrs. Russell Sage, William K. Vanderbilt, George 

 F. Baker, James Stillman, John D. Archbold, William Rocke- 

 feller, Frank A. Munsey, Henry Phipps, E. T. Stotesbury, E. H. 

 Gary, and George W. Perkins, fifty thousand dollars each ; Helen 

 Miller Gould, twenty-five thousand dollars ; Ellen F. James and 

 Arthur Curtiss James, jointly, twenty-five thousand dollars ; and 

 V. Everit Macy, twenty-five thousand dollars. The conditions 

 under which these subscriptions were made stipulate that this 

 park be put under the jurisdiction of the already existing Palisade 

 Park Commission ; that the State of New York appropriate two 

 ■and a half million dollars toward the support of the park ; and 

 that a proportionate contribution be made by New Jersey. One 

 side of the Hudson will therefore be fully guarded. The Palisade 

 Park Commission has already given evidence of its efficiency and 

 public spirit, having established the existing park without com- 

 pensation and at the small cost (for personal expenses) of less 

 than five hundred dollars, and this guardianship is a fitting tribute 

 to its services. 



