New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-15

AL moneys received COMMISSIONER shall
b ely deBSeS With : :neh b. Company to the credit Of
their account ana no b :. least tbIs eaeePs
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to BE- entered ct le4gth On ' the ssq Roar, q.
10 are. with The Con n. - Of the Land ~ Of the stat
ara win he Croou Aqueoro Boaid Of the CITY Of NewYok
fo en- ercisrr iauGa belon sing the State or
tie Cy o. Newly n ee@ief IA use 10. ihe CotoD
Pr yrnth street. EssteIy BY tEe ma s'ele lorhey By
One died AID 1h ticrt ana si< ~ ~ Le r gu aLele,
10 he Cry Of Newfo L. provided TIE sane 9'anuy Of lan
within said be given 80 exchange FG The execution Of
such agreements With the Commissioners Of the Land One
deeds ha be executed and delivered on behalf Of the sse aud
city respectively nall BE- aoged by tie Attorney General
and he Counsel OF the Corp -aiion.
SEC II II shall be awfs for the said Board Of Counts
thereof duly convened 70 such Ord
Of said PsrE such ordinances shall immediately
uTon their passage be putish Tor ten days il OF
ioI the publication Of their proceedings.
be deemed guilty Of misderf AID be punished conc
New York by fine not exceeding so and in def.ut Of iay
neut By iuIriscImen; Iot exceeding thirty days
SEC. l6 Thin act shall take effect Immediately.
Previous to introducing the bill Mr.. SlCKLES re-
make that, general thing, the supposed cost Of
the Central Park had been greatly oveTated, aud he
desired to make statement in this connection that
would lead TO more correct idea OF the expense at
tenoipg the enterprise. The awards in payment of
the lands taken forthe Park, payable, IN part, by
an assessment upon the lands adjoining or near ii,
and which are thereby benefited and the remainder
by the City. Now the amount to be paid by the city
is 500 coo. This will be raised by the issue Of
five per cent stock, payable IN fOrty-hve years-che
annual interest Of which will be sli3,35O, which
will necessitate tax of 80 20 upon every
500 of the taxable property OF the City, IN
addition to the annual ordinary tax, winch
is now &C. 100000. Thus, with this calculation for
basis citizen now paying 800 per annum tax
(which, owing to the low estimate OF valuation, VII
represent valuation Of 10000 WILL on account OF
the Park, pay sl02 90 And estimating the popula-
ton Of the city at 80 OOO the payment Of the annual
interest on tie cost Of the land taken for the Park VIII
be 70 cents for each individual Thus much with re-
gard to the land. Now this bill provides that no pan
Tor the improvement of the grounds can be adopted
bv the Commissioners the annual interest OF which shall
exceed 500, 900 TIE amount upon when this entire
actual interest shall accrue cannot possibly eApehueu
for many wears. and portions only OF 1t WIZ he eX-
pended annually. Regarding the time when II shall
be nll expended. and the Park entirely completed,
then tie annual addition to the taxation on ITS account
including the interest upon the cost of the law, aud OF
all the improvements made thereon, will be in round
figures not above $3.50 900, which will be an addition
Of SO upon every 500 worth of property now taxed,
taking the present aggregate taxation of So as
q basis. Thus citizen at present paying 500 taxes,
will then pay slO3 for which be will have IN return the
of the great Park in ITS fullest developmeet.
Agan--per c0p,td-supposng the population OF the
city 10 aggregate S7j0,00O, the additional tax
annually, will be Thirty cents, which vas indeed
very small amount and would not he felt assured, be
considered for a moment by the citizens OF the merop
oils II was a sum much less than that now paid by
The thousands of those citizens who seek recreation in
excursions to IIoboken and elsewhere And yet, even
these comparatively small sums VIII diminish Win the
sur ipcrease of puSuatiOn and of the amount OF taxa
HE property lie would not hesitate to say that never
had 20 great project been carried out at so cheap and
extremely moderate an expense. Indeed, no Otber
CITY had ever undertaken 50 vast an Improvement
Not one of the great parks of Europe but had
been in their inception and were still charge
upop the Crown. OF course this cOuld
not be done in our country. There would be little
chance of in any city requesting the General
or State Government to donate some eo,OOOOoo OF
So 100000 for Park purposes. Mr. >. then referred to
tie passage Of the act authorizing this act the discus
siOns i'll the papers of the day III connection WITH the
subject and the action Of the Courts with regard 10 ~
az one Of the best evidences OF the high development
of the ability for set-govenment possessed by our
people. This project in its magnitude ana bene-
fits like the CrOtOn movement, which nValed the
greatest works of Rome in her palmlest days lhere
will be, be continued, in the Park CrOtOn heser-
yoir of about 100 acres in area. II will be paraeia-
gram; but at the time, it will have the appear
ance Of lake; and If calculated that the force Oh
water at this Reservoir will be suihclent 10 en-
able the engineer to irTigate the entire grounds
thoroughly and for the formation of fountains IN CON
siderable nun bers There WILL also, be large held
for parade purposcs-a ChdmP de MHTS-"here1n
may be had military reviews on the largest scare
is also estimated that the roads in the Park, when al
laid out will furnish a drive of at least hlteen miles
Such succnctly is the character of this noble under
taking. 1t must not, said Mr. s., be supposed Tor
moment that this Park is for the rich, although th'y
viii have the privilege for enjoying 1t as DINER
classes: but all history went To show that II was te
poor labOrng classes who looked upon such grounds
with the most favor and enjoyed them most. ne Tch
with their gay and costly equippaee, could ma Other
places than Parks to diversion and recreation; but
and hundreds OthOusands belonging To the laDOrng
class of the city, who have heretofore sought the reSh
air on the jersey shore and Long Island, and who are
now declared from those resorts by me Increase OIL
population are the ones who will reap the most bene-
lit from the Central Park, and who VIII appreciate II
most. 1t for the interest OF that great mass tna
he besought oil to look fayorably on the PROJECT
Take the London Parks, for example. lie Ventured
TO saw thai, although it would not be difficult TO OBJ
tain the consent OF the antOcracy to sell Hyde fark
or Regents Park, vet the Crown would not dare 10
take the first step toward such an end owing 10 the
esteem in which those Parks were held by the p0pu
lace. This was demonstrated, as We all remember,
with regard to the Crystal Palace OF London,
which was looked upon with much Jealo'sy, ana
Notwithstanding its magnfcence, had to oe removed
xix miles from the city. Thus viii be IN Ne"-1ork'
The neope will look upon the Central Park, when com
pleted ar a thing invaluable to their enjoyment and
health. II will be an ornament to the Guy ana pslue
to the State. The period Of lis completion VIII not
be distant The st great labor will be to lay ont the
grounds: allow two years Tor that. The second great
labor will be the transpantng Of trees this Wl tke
two wears more; il would hardly take longer. In Eu-
rope the ant of ransplantng trees has been oIo1gnl
TO & high state of perfection. Sr Henry stewart me
eminent scholar aud famous arbOncuturst, and the
founder of this ant transpaued, in five years, park
upon space Of ground, once u barren moor. N con-
cusion be veniured the assertion, that IN hve years
the Park woud be completed, and would be the largest
and finest in the world.
NURSERY FOR THE CHILDREN or POOR WOMEN.
Mr.. SPENCER presenteda memorial from the man
ayers of this institution, which sets forth that IL has
been heretofore supported by private contributions,
with the exception Of small grant from the City OF
New-York. They receive children to board for the
sum Of from four to five dollars per mont b. and that
they charge for daily board for children left by Their
mothers who 60 ont TO days work, six cents per day.
Between the lt of JAN and the lt of December 1850,
thew received los nurses and 237 children, and have
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