New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-25
RROOKIYN PARKS.

10 the Editor Of The NJ Y Tribune.
Sur: II is supposed that Brooklyn having the Con-
nsu Of Long Island Der back viii be quite big as New
York. even before she is quite as old.
This coming is casting its shadow before
In train Of Paris extending from and As long as the
tail OF q comet.
The nucens Of which comet is 10 rest on Foft Hamilton and
N. tail gently cvins to dip Prospect Hhed lie uu
nounes RdgewoOd Reservoir to the great publication Of
its waters; and, finally lose itseE-wheTel
Some sey at Astorisome say Fusing-sSme say Aon'ss
Point
Others say Il ssusf terminate in King County
And the question again recurs--" Where"
Now high breezy nndilsins Paris are beautiful things NO
body can But the taste Of slas FOR its degener
scy has an hAnkeng after rayV; and when the upsnd
down walls ungeoversbe dives Of the rdgy Paris have
been sufficiently enjoyed wha, say you Sir to az e1ten-
e circular plain msrgned with broad dnve
es and level How long would you Ike this
If three miles don't suit speak for another
to make It four How wide If hundred feet isn't enough,
lust SPEAK the word and stretches hundred and hfy
Nor confne you drive circular In long straight
vista there kind Of beauty isn't there Especially
nclosed equal Lines Of tall ores; trees Well then
YOU only nod you have H. Not oa but fo drives Of
this kind crossing Park and each other At right angles
For the circular plain have spoken Of Is TO be PaIk"sye,
| every inch Park-of sir hundred acres.
But here YOU stop WITH my dear fellow can't be did
| cost too much money!
"We talk Of but first let take leok st az the
| good things-you haven't the half Of them yet
would you like the white AL Of the pessoro-bosi
glide along through the scene there by e5ehsneni
!
clsnsor Of New Yok-how would Ike to put your
foot on water onens and step land IN hs Park OF oars
Tor beoTe) ceGnnAvgatns it, Length aud SGesdh Bat
perhaps would like sal under stooned rural bridges
erected for pedestrian escspsde-Psy and partly a. view
point from which hoe climbing pedestrians could take BRIDE
eye glance whole PsIk-oT Panoana that is better
word Might net military band this point o. the proceed
| hgs threw in few observations with marked effect
And Whist say you pond in sk or coIer-Peo
Pied not with your crabs and poTges but with the ete
grnp.th short such cresiors nobody but those
who 90 down o the So in ships"
along the margin o. empAked land -erPert) waters
what you woody seeasoa tis side Into which the
gentle might stray and find themselves the edge Of s'
more secluded bsth-cryane alkaline the tnel
whifled nom trident Of Nepune three hours ago To the
other he majority q whom no, over gentle would
you assign that side sTs scolsson Of their own
There with walk cd IGbfriat and shruooeTes dd
| lib.tus how do you BIKE the mspi
ST. at the bead waters Of Nevown Creek, and within aus
keho, Hunters Point Ferry lies circular basin Possessed
d al the natural cSpsiies embodied above. Nsienhs Of
l. meadow elevated about ieet above ordinary
high tide and held a, very small Indeed Of
would BE- donated the city by the Of sdsosni high
grounds Those hh grounds must be Graded by and by; aud
the city, owning the entire dumping ground could control
that have be park hled the determined hight with
oat cossirs hers penny.
To grade the circular dive" now. and macsdamiEe ono
cross drive from the Nesto~D PSnl Road she
dos to that tAe Cypress Hs ~ tina, the present. tine
woud require T done Improvement ead gIsains wOnli
Quickly eommeue along tie high -0E3as, add with would
| commence the king M Of the great PARK
And Il in T~e Of time and dsarPesnee Of that pbhe
yiEe econouy Which usH extTSvsgsnoe aid
stealing should saecl the r,pusoa future dsys5ere VII
be an as~et Of millions Of dollars! Unsb,s 10 retain
Ik oar children Ray e IN lots ;or the erection 81 city
mansions But this contingency not 90 be- feared - DO not
-. how the patriotism and pablo virtue EXISTING this
eiiy and eoou'y sves die oft.
Nor RorEyp-Sotne few DAYS since il was reported