New-York tribune., 1873-06-14
NnNICPAL HorsE-HIRNG.


NV QUHTEBs or THE DEPARUiENTs OF PARKS
AND PUBLIC w0EEs-DIsADvANTAGEs OT TIE
SYSTEM.
The fitting up of the new quarters of the
Department OF Parks s so flr advanced tnat good idea
Of tAe arrangements mar Doe had The old quarters on
Droatway opposite the new Court-house, would have
c0s N05.0 aunually after May l. The second, third.
and fourth stories of the building or the Mutual Gas
Company al Fourthave. and sixteenth-st. were ac.
corugy rented the of SC for the first year.
ana OF $500 FOR the succeeding four years. an
average of $3.50 per year, which annual saving OF
$500 the old quarters would have cost, OF
5000 for 1--WE years The Mutual Gas building, too,
since 10 stands corner, affords much more hight and
air than the old building and especially n view Of the
fact chat ts rear end Is not shut 10 by buildings These
features ara peculiarly desirable for Department In
WEIGH much drafting must be done. as Is the case IN
this The location UnOu-sQuare is much pieasanter.
also. than the busiest part Of Broadway There is
pCssirv some disadvantage, on the other hand,
il tae fact thar the new quarters are at
o considerable distance from both the municipal
center 40 tle City hail. and from the more Important
parks where much of its work lies. This state OF things
suggests the need OF some large aud centrally located
hu.lfur owned b7 the utv, which may serve as the
headquarters of an the different executive departments.
The new Courthouse is required for the courts the
City Hal needed FOR TIE legislative bodies and the
chef Executive. and most Of the departments are
obliged 20 nd places where they can, aud generally at
enormous rents. Here the Department OF Docks az
Broadway and LeOnarl-st; the Department OF Build
iugs 90 no. . F0Utl-Ive the Department Of Parks at
F1ur-h-4Fe and UllOu-square; the Department OF
Finance iu the new Courthouse the 5trcet-OpenIns
Commissioners 90 No. 81 Nassau-st.. and elsewhere 3
the Police lu Muberry-st; the Fire Department
iu Mercer-L; the Department Of Public Works
in not very convenient quarters az tie city
Hall The sum total Of rents paid would pay interest
H.Hr#HH
sT-4ter convenience AID better accommodations coeia
IL 'f..iTt M the View Park quarters. the furniture
anu many tie fixtures of the old puhduE nave ptth
uaedr 81 i-Ai fle t4l5l7e "a sl' .-n. 5 q a. IL %
led bv large room for clerks, the assistant secretary
&C. ana tle trinsacnon OF gehfLIm business, Ne ei an ~
rgm east OF the large room. and 40 the rear or the
building s large room useo Dy tAe Freslueul' anu 5
t. Board af Its meetings. North OF lls room l INC
Presidents private rooms. There are also iODDy ana
closets on tls h0Or. The west end OF the tnlfd hOor IS
n -be rear OF these is general draf-man's ROOM ana
IN the rear tins again, and al ls east end OF the build
lug, D. tie room 1i le El-eei-ll oL-c --lo Z "a e % as
smaller rooms ana cio-ti OH Da ts on ,Ae seCou n'uI
Tie the fourth floor Will be used tor storage
ne .oclu0n Of tlt Bureaus Of Che Department of the
Public the City Hail has already been described
M The IEIBuNE The ntlIns up Oh tue Efeat oouD4s
TO The northeast corner " tie second lOJr was NOT
TINS Tle entrance IFS iIom the hail at the south
sde luto the west section OF tHe ROOM The door opens
records ana az tue north OF which large and nicely
furnished room iQr the Commits uugr. Lille room Open1
80 TIE west nfo the Commissioner private room. These
apartments occupy the entire west section OF the large
lle sections are connected Jy WIDE ARCH and the
south haL J the east section occupied bJOkEeeU-
ers entrance being had from the lobby the
hOu Tie north nat OF the east section ls occupied by
4u apartment for the Deputy Commissioner which com
muuIcates with the lobby ana with the Commissioner
rOOm. by apartment for the Consulting Engineer
by one for the chief clerk and hy third for Of
general clerks. All the apartments separated by
tasteful pauenngs about nye feet high, above whlcl
H. !
era arraug cement b. very convenient and the fitting az
Is simple and excellent taste.