The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-31
The Central Park.

$50 and 30 hhcs. drudge, at $50. Per gallon.
The Central Park.
meeting held before the Con aistes OF the Board
OF Councilman Lands and Pa ,ss last evening relative
to the proposed Central park The committee was com.
posed MessIs Mathsr chairman, varian Heusted and
Donahue
The CHAIRMAN read petition from several tax payers
which forth that the boundaries Of said park,
cuding therefrom the grounds devoted to public pur
poser will enclose area OF about hunired and
atty aoss constituting eighth Of the present vacant
and unproducvs ground the Inland Of New York. and
being Of sggrgate value Of many millions Of dollars
that this must b paid for Of
property supposed benefited by the attended park
The petitioners expressed themselves opposed to the pro-
AGru1nAS submitted plan eu,tailias the proposed
M RICHARD MOUNT said he was opposed to the whole
thing though he would not object to pAfk OF moderate
size He did not think that the city Of New York. sur
rounded 1t BY open rivers required any park to
benefit to the great mass Of the people and tho wealthy
who kept their horses and carriages could always be-
yo.S thsss distances 70. air and exercise the .hSg
worth g. 0co and the project should be well
before tbs park Was established he had thousand OBJ
jections to offer but he did not think 1t necessary to
cupy the time Of the meeting.
Mr. ROWE In fevor Of cutting the park on. BE
posedto from seyeoy second to Ninety sixth
Tooth they pleased taking four hundred feet of east
OF the Eighth and four hundred feet Of
v.n a
the bounda les sbcn hs proposed for the alteration
Of the committee 1t would b. great hardship II these
ard streets we're to be shut up ~ parties would
Ne lilly ALLEN believed that Il the park was attempted
b pleased 1t would thirty to atty millions
Of dollars and he considered that 1t Sould DO
Say four hun drsi and iy acres, every ore would b
sansd 1t would be large ~ toe interests OF the city
required and he hoped there " uid be unanimous SEN
time In asking the committees TO reduce The
It cut q It .aah end. New York hid . rssre.h
too much o, tn. island Tie inhsSi'snts viii have
to cross the river to reside there. He had not met
nan Tssr. sn. oo rs. mo-
body wanted; ought to be abolished altogether. TO
show the cost Of the Central park he referred - the fact
Of Seventy sixth street anc Fifth avenue brought zee
pesrly two yssrs asc.
Mr. BuR1is SKiDMoRH didn't what they waited with
pax at ALL he ad not hea:d word o. argument 10
favor Of
Mr. MOUNT thort hit that all thoAvenues should ss open
that every person opd ride them whsn chose
n no park should iue1de any OF this Avenues He die
sot sec the u.h'y Of ouch = park, through .nalsi
m hit not he je,,ioi able. 1t appeared Is him TO
bs very PR PoseIous X. could 20 tbere and enjo
this psrk az well as ne soud after psying commssionss
Mr.. ALLEN faia the Committee were entitled 70 tbs
thanks The citizens this cnurtssy they had showo
giving N opportunity 10 property owners TO state ter
with the Wees OF the people and the property
holders interested be- therefore repeated that this o
poed park ought to be reduced and very largely re-
ucsd carried ont on ts present plan no ono would
be satisfied with ~
b. oiroumseIbsd between sixty third ard Eighty sixth
streets and from the Eighth to the Fifth avenues.
Mr. skuMoRR said that spectators got hold Of the idea
and they determined that they would have the park
there petition from the citizens to the Cam
Council for this park II vent the Legislature and
it was passed-and suoh park ghter wards
Of seven hundle ed eighth Of our city eve
want breathing place." says sems ons reserty
fire. Europe but forgot that had rivers AL around
Bat are to have two parks TO have Jonss
Wood Psrk-snd this park We have nov, however, .
Common Council who will lsten to the citizens OF New
the citizens, - he lhr. } well kns~, when they
came before them They want this park for breathing
Ss ho n a. vsa Within
mile Of the Battery, and he went breathe
Laughter) e ssid that the Central Park will cost
some forty millions OF dollars, but he had heard
much ~ hundred millions spoken Of the cost. We
may not always be . prosperous IS ~s are nov, and
with city debt, which is Already htsen millions?
The commissioners Of Central Park costing the
city $40 days and am told they burned the City Hail
toe-(Aughter)- that ~in put to "a additional
what this park is to cost and Jet that sheuld be
air coming in fr ,m them want park. We not
stuAted Ike London Paris from their locations.
the park xas passed In the Lssslaure without their
knowledge.
ANoTHR CITIZEN suFgetted that the queatcn Of lighting
aud grading this park tax into consd ration
and he learned from conversation with many ct the poo
pie that they had not been that such act had
ever passed the Legislature. His opinion that this
Park inssitimsis chid-hadnt been got MP regu
larly he In favor of small parks twenty acres
lover down town, and free ferries and Injuries bat
hs opposed to the Central Park He xht the
ter plan would be to buy up the Fvs Points, make
park there, and another at Corlear's Hook.
Ex, Alderman JAMEs KELLY utterly surprised that
any eestltmsa would there and advocate large
paIk. he was not opposed to small parks; but such
park Was By this plan he opposed
He would b extremely sorry to park whose southe
boundary would beyond Seventy sxth street. or lie
NO them boundary above Egh y sixth street,
The PRESIDENT, (Mr hathsr,) inquired there any
psespt in favor Of the park estabshed by law
hs fcpefatnsrs had done for him he
for bis cbldren. He Was willing to cat Oh TIVE
lower and extend II from vsnty third street lioh
street He did not believe trAt going
property by not grading the through 1t; the
sonrary he thought ~oud be bsnc6t TO close up the
avepues He did rot thnb II Rops to cost much
sale. tit was, he did not know that he would ~
opposed to THERE'S advantage Ia large parks; he
wanted TO have place for the peor get from the
brick walls, whore the 10 pouring down him 81 70
or 80 degrees.
Mr. EEnpsp CHAMHs, Jr. thought that the sugssrion
which came from the sensmAn who had returned frem
Europe . very good ooe, asd he could not speak
sIeeriney OF him. Whoever he for proposing that
New york sbocid have square PARK such a. they
have IN London In Paris, or In Vienna
CITIZEN re<dipg In the kiastsenth ward raid he had
found the nrt person yet who mot 10 favor Of
cuitailiDg the dimensions II the proposed parks.
Mr.. DAfnanAux fuggssted that ~ many pernons we're
anxious to exp thems elves the matter
The CHAIlMAS said, ~ II sAry that speedy