Well, I have been called dingenuous again in a private email, so I thought I would provide the official definition, given that around here, it seems to be the new "awesome" or "superstar" (i.e. overused word):
"lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere"
Thanks, Pat, for basically calling us all liars. Real classy, when in truth, we are all quite earnest, and none of us really knows a damn thing about what happened, least of all you.
Jim,
On the Inn, my info came from the one conversation I had off line with TePaul, and he says he got it from Goddard, who is writing a history of Long Island/Shinnecock Hills area. I have not corroborated it, and you can take it for what its worth. If you want to believe that TePaul is disingenuous and not to be trusted, I understand that you won't consider that information, and it could be wrong.
The articles really only say that the Realty Co. is building it, but we wouldn't expect them to tell us necessarily that it was part of their agreement with NGLA and CBM. That said, given their main focus was on building their first lots way west near the canal, and the NGLA land was said to be worthless, what other reasons could they have to select that site for the Inn? It was near the railway station, that they also moved (according to tepaul) for the benefit of NGLA as well. With so little development out there, golfers going to Shinny and NGLA would be the only real source of traffic. Its not like it was on the beach.....
And if it burned down in 1908 after CBM had trouble getting the golf course open, reducing traffic even further? I smell arson, but, I digress. (add smiley, as I am just kidding)