VALENTINE'S MANUAL

ORIGIN OF THE MOVEMENT WHICH RESULTED
IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE PALI¬
SADES OF THE HUDSON

By S. Wood McCIave

For many years efforts had been made by the States of
New York and New Jersey to secure and preserve these
historic rocks for posterity and two commissions were
appointed at different times to carry out this object, but
as their plans contemplated the expenditure of a great
deal of money for the purchase of property on the top of
the Palisades, this money to come not only from the
National Government, but also from the States of New
York and New Jersey, the commissions failed and things
drifted along for some years until Carpenter Brothers,
purchasing part of the Palisades at or about Englewood
Cliffs for the purpose of utilizing the stone for road pur¬
poses, awoke the people and especially the Federation of
Women's Clubs, to the fact that the Palisades were in
real danger from this source of commercialism, and
finally after much persuasion, and against strong opposi¬
tion, a joint resolution gave the then Governor Voorhees
of New Jersey the power to appoint a commission of five
persons whose duty it would be to report upon the present
condition and the best method of preserving the Pali¬
sades.

This resolution was passed and approved March 21,
1899, reading as follows:

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEW
JERSEY:    1. The Governor shall appoint five persons,

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