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their friendship, as Penn did, by fair and honest dealings and 

 by considerate treatment. 



In 1909 occurred the three hundredth anniversary of 

 Hudson's explorations, and the city celebrated with numerous 

 civic and military displays. It occurred to Mr. Muschenheim 

 that a statue to Hudson on the point opposite the scene of 

 the anchorage of the Half- Moon would be an appropriate 

 memorial, and he succeeded in interesting four other gentle- 

 men to go in with him as a committee, and lists for subscrip- 

 tions were opened with such success that nearly $100,000 

 were pledged. The monument is in the form of a hollow shaft 

 one hundred feet in height, to be surmounted by a sixteen- 

 foot statue of the explorer. Mr. Walter Cook is the designer 

 of the monument, which has already been erected, and Karl 

 Bitter is the sculptor of the statue. The point of the neck 

 upon which the monument stands is two hundred feet above 

 the river, so that the gallery at the top of the shaft will 

 be three hundred feet high. A superb view will be obtained 

 from this point, access to which will be obtained by a wind- 

 ing flight of stairs within the shaft. Four tablets will be 

 placed upon the pedestal, though these have not yet been 

 designed. 



In connection with the ter-centenary of Hudson's discovery, 

 it was planned to have a memorial bridge span the waters of 

 Spuyten Duyvil Creek, connecting Cock Hill with Spuyten 

 Duyvil Neck, at a sufficient height to be clear of interference 

 with navigation, and to connect the Boulevard Lafayette — 

 to be extended for the purpose — with the Spuyten Duyvil 

 Parkway. Though plans were made in sufficient time to 

 allow of the construction of the bridge by 1909, they did not 

 meet with the approval of the Municipal Art Commission and 

 other bodies, and the bridge is still unbuilt. When it is 



