constitute a permanent and fitting memorial. The proposed ex- 

 tension of the state reservation is to be known as the New York 

 State Memorial Eiverways and Eeserves, the road northerly to 

 Fort Niagara being " North Memorial Riverway," and the road 

 southerly towards Buffalo, " South Memorial Eiverway." 



The commissioners of the state reservation at Niagara would 

 be authorized and directed to make plans and procure surveys 

 and to take necessary steps to extend the state reservation as 

 described, excepting lands in the cities of Tonawanda and North 

 Tonawanda, it being the idea that the connecting roadway 

 through those cities should be handled by the cities themselves 

 under plans agreed upon. 



The commissioners would be authorized to take over in whole 

 or in part the present river road extending from end to end of 

 the Niagara river and generally close to the bank thereof, and 

 they would have power to widen said roads and change the loca- 

 tion thereof, or to provide an additional road or roads nearer 

 to the river bank, where necessary or desirable, and for this 

 purpose they would seek and obtain the co-operation of the cities 

 and villages through which said roads pass. The present roads 

 so included, except within these cities, would become part of 

 the State Reservation at Niagara, and would be designated as 

 state highways and constructed and maintained as other state 

 highways are constructed and maintained, but the commissioners 

 would have authority to protect and beautify these roads and to 

 preserve them in all parts as beautiful parkways or riverways. 



The commissioners would also have the power to acquire 

 tracts of land, of greater or less extent, of natural beauty and 

 commanding position, lying between the main river roads and 

 the bank of the Niagara River, or adjacent to river roads on 

 either side, to be used as public parks and reserves, to be planted 

 with trees and shrubs where this is necessary and restored to a 

 state of natural beauty, with interior roads furnishing access to 

 the bank of the river and to viewpoints over the waters of the 

 river. They would select for this purpose suitable tracts of 

 reasonable size, where the land can be acquired without cost 

 or on reasonable terms. The interior roads through such re- 

 serves would be built, maintained and controlled entirely by 

 the Commissioners of the State Reservation at Niagara. 



So- far, as. yet planned, it is the intention of the commis- 

 siohets to be modest in acquiring land for these purposes, and 

 not to be hurried, but to pick up suitable tracts of lands as they 

 can advantageously be acquired and developed. Ideas at this 

 moment do not go beyond one or two locations for reserves be- 

 tween Buffalo and Niagara Falls, probably two reserves be- 

 tween Prospect Park in Niagara Falls and Lewiston, and about 

 two more between Lewiston and Fort Niagara. 



Under the plan the commissioners would be authorized to 

 acquire land for all such purposes, including changes in the 



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