The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-15


meeting thereof duly convened and b entered 1t length
their minutes.
IS Il shall be lawful for the said Board Of Comu,..
eioners to agree with the Commsslonsrs Of the Lana
Once Of the State and with the Croton Aqueduet Board
Of city OF New York. respectively tor an exchange
now OF herssssr in use for the Coton saueduot and
lying within the area bounded southery BY Fifty ninth
street. easterly BY Fifth avenue northerly by lo6th
street and westory by Eighth avenue In the city Of
New York, provided the quantity OF land wthil
said Area be given in exchange For the execution Of
Ofcs ceeds shall he delivered behalf Of
the State and city respectively shall be approved by
the Alto ney General and tho Counsel TO tie Corpora
ton.
Ia. 1t shall be lawful for the said Board CT Commits
honers, at any meeting thereof duly convened 70 pass
regulation and Of said park such crdi
napces shall immediately upon their passage oe publish
ed or ten days 10 each Of the papers employed oy tas
raid Mayor Aldermen and ConmonaIty tor the pu o11ca
ucn OF their proceedings
is. All persons Offending against such ordinances shall
conviction before he Mayor Recorder Jas % Of
the city Of New York by no not exceeding fifty dol
lars and IN default Of payment oy imprisonment not ex
Is. This act shah take effect immediately.
Mr. sloaEs in presenting the bin to the Senate, made
clear and concise statement Of the provisions OF each
In relation to that portion Of the 18th section
which provides fer the investment Of the funds IN tie
New York life and Trust Company AMI in the
United States Trust Company Of New York, he stated
toht was departure lrom the Usual courre WIN
reference 10 the investment of the city funds which
had been heretofore deposited in the city banks He has
been dpos I'd to adopt this OF investment order
that the money raised upon the fund may while idle be
drawing interest OF Eve per cent that being allowed By
The companies designated. These particular comps.
MES had been named because they the corporations
selected by the courts as the places Of deposit the
funds PAID into The courts by suiors ans thus stand b.
fore the people with good endorsement of their
sourdness. Tie provision for the exchange Of
land With tie State, contained In section 10 il
serted because The State ut present owns two par
GELS OF land within the enclosure, one of which IL
uuoc ,uped and the otner occupied in part ty the
state Arsenal The cost Of this great improvement Mr.
sick!es sat is one Ia At has been much segerste6
understood with little accuracy that he woui
the ndnlgecce Of the Senate while stating few
facts in relation TO it Tue awards in payment Of the
Assessment upon the Lands aooining acent 10 IT.
which benefited ~ the Improvement and the ba,sncs
OoO This raised by the issue of city stock
pay able IN fcrty five years The annual interest upon
this will he s4s50 =hich Is 81 20 upon every 500
of tbs annual ordinary taxation Of the city amounting TO
Sc 500 600 Therefore citizen nov paying $lOo year,
in saxes-which, owing 20 the low estimate Of
saoocoMs;H then have TO pay sio5 70. coasidei
ing the population Of pe city 10 be ESQ 900 the payment
Of the annual interest for the land every viii Only
average nineteen cents for each ndi dual SO much tor
the the land Agreeaby with the provisions of
the rrotosee BILL 10 plan for its improvement can be
pSfA-CVA, Inc ANNUAL luLS1est NuSISel Eu1n SAceso
$500, COO The upon which the entire amount It
this annua interest WILL caunyt be expended for
year TO year Bat locking to the period when the
tire anvun- shall BE- expeLds6 AID the pa-k fully aoe,
then the addition to the ordinary taxation Of The
and upoa outlay for all its irnprovensnts viii be
S24S $40 say $3.50 eco 10 round numbers. THIS will be
iten Of So to every sloo Of tie ordinary snna,
s. 500 eO9. Then citizen, nov paying 800
'zt sioa vi" r pay Which h sess S in
In as tsxes he will e1cy the pleasures and the bench
Of he park in its fullest development. Supporting the
lie r~rrpiao tax viii be ou. aO' cents yea.. These
average amounts will OF course diminish with t5e IL
crease OF he pePu'asn anc otthe amount OF the taxi
tle property Nj. Sckes would venture Fay that Sc
eat ami beneficial project had before been
RED cut by CRY in the world at moderate ccat
1 su that &c
parallel standard CT iherality and magni6cepce. The
great parks 9. the world it woul1 he bered have
meat arc at the general expense IN this couutr- the
people ioo 70 the federal government provide
not think that the CITIZENS o. the metropolis would raeee
with succsss, should they ask an Appropriated
from the state Treasury he referred to the passage Of
the act OF 1853 authorizing the city to OBTAIN the land
M the park the able DISCUSSION ct the matter BY the
ghtened press of the cy-to the interest pride
taken n it b. the citizens and 10 the literal proprs
tions made for this great or;ect as one Of the NOS
shng Developments Of the idea IF self government
No people have ever appropriated Like tbs foe
Croton AqL educt-an undertntiug which rivals the
ncheTeE EMS u Rome in her psi-nies Gays That aiso
ete6 ut the expense the citizens Of New York
He would mention here th At there would be in the ca
closure reservoir for the Croton Aquedrct which
" nd cover Of one hundred acres. This muense
body OF water would be great addition the beauty Of
the par for it would in effect have the appearance Of
isSe N or near ts centre, ard from this Lake tie
engineers ard tn having the matter IN charge Touc
provide streams to through the grounds, ani our
lains n considerable numbers play spct ever the
area II was also proposed TO have The centre Of
art Ia ia r-p7 Ao
Champ de Mars and here the immediate vi.inty Of the
Arsenal would enable them to have military paVe6es
the largest ard grandest scale There would be rosds
too, runnr in every direction about the pax upon
which pleasant drives of many miles could be enjoyed
Such succinctly the character Of this great Wcrk
And let not any suppose that It simply rrcvi
aen 70 contribute TO the enjoyment Of the rich-A place
where tie gay equipage of wealthy citizens atone would
be .seenor the experience of every nation Will prove
that parks used and enjoyed by the poor than
b. any other class.
They who are wealthy enough to zee, their carriages
have generally country seats and therefore provided
with small parks Of their own it is not for them but
fer the great mass of the peoplefor the millions who
confined after year to the crowded streets of the
METROPOLIS Those hundreds Of thousands Of the people
no have heretofore been compelled seek Jersey City
HobaAen or lorg Island when desirous OF
now debarred, by the improvements going or from this
this great park that they viii have space provided for
them which win be more conveniently reached and at
less expense. 1. therefore most emphatiesy fer the
poorer clssses for their better enjoyment FOR their
health and cation that the grea. project Ia under
taken ana it is for the interests of the masses that he
asked Senator's TO look favorably upon the he
hen had some opportunity to observe the interest that
the in other countries take IN their parks
and he would venture to say that while it night DO
difficult TO obtain the consent OF the aris.ocarcy Lon
den Tor the sale Of Hyde park the Regents park in the
city OF ioncon the crown would not venture to lay hand
sing acre nay not single inch OF the soil for
fear of the indignation Of the great oody Of the people
The Senators would probably remember that when the
Crystal Palace was erected in Hyde park was locked
upon with jealousy by the masses lest It should be
encroaohment their particular privileges and no
sooner the exhibition than the popular senti
nent forced the gove nment to take down the palace
and Ii SIX niles from London So IL will be 10
New York. The people vii become attach to the
parkwin consider it their prorerty-ther heritage
their health ard amusement Nor is the Gay fal
ant when this great ornament to the rnetropois-sn
ornament that win be p ide to the whole State and
ubject Of mira ion for the wboe Unon-~ilI be
,leted, and not remain only imaginary The
abor Of excavatDg the ground can be done in two or
hree years while the planting of the trees and the aging
,u oftho grounds be pete in two years
The at CT transferring trees has not been much culvat
in this country because nature has provided with
foreata nd tree re- Nit nat