The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-04
The Central Park.

SUNDAY, JULY 4. 1858
The Central Park. ".
The city ofEew York. nrs. trade pop nation wealth
commerce aud art OF all her sister cities has Spny dearly
for hor pre- emnoUcc She mas the fortune ora.hsr
fortune, W be filed with patriotic projectors ANXIOUS
70 h fame that thorc is end to their schemes
her behalf These dsintcrcsted individuals fo~ad on,
thns the Batssy should be enlarged, though has long
ceased to be tho resort Of any but emigrant runnep
rowes and loafsrs; they also discovered the necesey
Of filing out tho slips nssr Washington Market, from
which rental Of aty thousa1d dollars year has slip
ped into the pockets VI nobody kpows whom and
city property which has boen seized upon by the State
Of Sewers 70 drain vacant ot sohoe, houses costing
thou sands Of dollars where there Is quarrel already
about the Bible and finally, great Central Park, which
will exceed tho estimates by millions Of dollars and en-
tell an enormous annual lax to keep in repair. That
the site chosen capable of being convessod into vast
pleasure ground cannot be Denied but wild only be At
"a immense ezpesre No look ct ito rocks and
rsvoes, examine the plans by which he- to bs
turned into landscape gardens without being struck with
tha fact. But the whole affair only job from rs.
to last For certain class Of persons, contractors
basters policemen, rangers, keepers, gardeAers and
idlers II Is very fine project and for politicians who de-
sire seats in the Common Council and heavy vote and
for contractors who still anxious TO plumber the city
treasury ia scheme inviting in Its prorpecs and ''ato
gether lovely" For tax payers and real holders
has very different aspect and think that patient
creature, posterty, will day groan over the
Improvement and sigh under is infection. We
deny it has the East river side, tho Hudson
another, that It looks northwardy the Harlem
fats and river and the Spuytenduyv wsstwardly
wards tho Palisades eastwardly towards Long Island
hat haa and
mains of hasty entertainments But these natural
advantages which would have securedfor II distant
date dense and ourshng population couldha been
enjoyed without such enormous and unnecessary
penditure OF public money
ia the opinion of many rejecting and udicious per-
sons that different system might better have been
adopted that number Of mailer parks might have been
laid out In different parts OF the city, north OF Madi
son square, which would have been moro convenient
access advantageous to the holders of adjacent
property, and of moro direct advantage in point Of
health that farer distribution OF the public funds could
have been mSde for such Embellishments, and that
much less would have been Sufficient for these
purposes.
Great efforts have been made, and not without success
strong public opinion in favor Of the Central
Park. aat.erng and expensive report Of its cspabil
ties has been published The press has warmly euogized
them plans o large scale have been projected and
premiums have been paid to draw forth the
lent of native and foreign artists. In short time money
will begin flow like water into every nook and
this excavated pleasure ground We to have lakes
filed with ducks and geese, which ,deru st.
Eyrenond will be appointed keeper, skating ponds for
gentlemen Of elegant leisure, cricket grouuds for our best
eleveps drives upper noodedum to assist Its sborous
Digestion quarter for horses that 90 mile in
24o gardens heated pedestrians and groves
of trees, where love sick youths may
Play with the tangles OF Nerea's hair
Or sport with Amirylls In tho shade.
Here In strawberries that shenstone might have envied
will the swed losfers sleep of their lager bier Here
the Of rock in the gloom Of groo
the ursuspectng may be relieved Of their PURSES in spite
jack boots leather breaches and velvet jackets Of
the rangers here children may be lost and Gypses
find them for reward and under the walls Of belca
CURED arsenal the military forces of the city in peace
prepare for war
All this We admit may take place, and nth more. But
Who is 10 pay the pperS How much moro money BE-
taken Of the pockets Of the citizens without coapsss
Already eight millions required for municipal
expenditure and treasury plundered in the style
II has been for the last year or two, sixteen nb de-
handed by the patriots who have the desire exc
the influence still further TO improve the city We aayt
some parks which IT would be worry become
them TO look after AM keep In order but fear
is nothing " made out OF them, they will
TO be cherished lungs Of the metropolis and oil be
stricken with consumption, like that in Tompkns square
We suppose, however, Is too late 10 make any sug
gestions Of economical cautionary nature The
ground has been purchased city stock has been issuet
pay for IT, board Of amateurs have In charge, and
upwards Of thirty plans have been prepared by ambitious
engineers There the rocks, and the trees, and the
reservoir and the new Manhattan lake. The business
must proceed. Terrific maorites lilo In embryo for the
ambitious politicians CT the upper Is and there will
be multiplication Of these precincts when the shan
OF four FIVE thousand stipendary workmen skirt
the Though at distance from the OF
government In the down town triangle, the Central Park
may be the nearest point to the Common Council
after all. We lock for large business In marble pillars
and terra Gotta vases in iron ratings and rustic bridges
and for fresh impulse to Long Island and Newburg
series This is progress What is the Of population
fn no, TO 10 gouged OF wealth II IT Is not to DO taxed
Of rocks they not 10 be basedS Rocks did sayS
rhey city mines and valuable than the
gold diggings OF California More money aready
found 10 gres and granite by contract prospecor
tLan IN MaIposa Itself The Central Park the Greatest
llscer OF them all drill and few pounds Of powder
made the fortunes OF Wealthest men, and here
whioS viii enrich many more
be hoped that this golden opportunity will check
Tor tre least some OF the other sshancs on foot to
improve the city between The Park and tho Huon river
by eveliinF all those besuui sites which exist
that OH ecton, and stay those geouesrica propositions
put by Interested parties destroy what lef
q the scenery OF the island Al the end Of dozen
years 20, the citxsns have found that the
PARK has "ccst more than came TO-" Is 10 be hoped
they will expend their money for useful pur
poee. But II burns so badly IN their pockets why
not erect the new public buildings which ere wanted fer
the public busioessf Why rct erect large and spacious
market houses the various wards, and the people
fom tbs rapacy OF the fcrcsaersS Why not construct
substantial wbarves In psce Of those wooden and
decay CRIBS, en- which becoming dangerous to do
busnes Why not thoroughly repair the streets 80 that
shall no az smooth and easy OF transt another
Why Is that for wearing the rufis without the
Shirt spending millions the ornamental and nothing for
TIE usefuf The Central Park aspccmen OF our nconsde
patent 10 every eye II is job craft under
Abe c'ors empirical prescription which will make the
patient sick death before be has swallowed half the
Desc No ioressc where the expenditure IL 10
end and this ahorsd quarry above ground" viii doubt
less fully e the the patience and the phlo
opby every but the contractors st Dcndares
has cAah existence The cricketers