New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-20
an ARCHITECTS APPEAL FOR JUSTICE.

an ARCHITECTS APPEAL FOR JUSTICE
LETTER PROM J. wREY nOULD TO MAYoE wICKHAM.
Mr. j. Wrey Mond. for many years associate
architect of the Department of Parks afterward
architec -In-ccl, and at present in the employment
of the Government OF Peru, recently sent letter
10 Mayor Wickhsm asking him to ascertain aud
publish in tho official Journal Of the city the total
amount of salary received by Mr., Mould during his
II wears service. Below are given extracts from
Nr./MoulI's letter:
ccpv al The Yco York CIR Record OF iune Is, 1870.
har been sent me, aiming zoe resdlt of te h,.s
iioti ll;p by te 81 Atc0unts into The
i, r. of fhr D.raftuGnI Public Parks, certain facts
contained report 81 said COMMISSIONER Nee ~ 'e
.ny tfeslr.. sing yOar valuable lime IL may nat be
unbIovn Sou tnat Tor nearly II ycIs occupied tIt
position acnilcc, r,t under toe old tcntia fafk
Commission; secondly, M Inc Dephl uh'ht 81 Iu'HC
Parks IN ] ~JG, WAcu 4c~iis. OAased and NhuA Hcio
preparing Plan 0i CHE Central Park they frequently
invited 20 cooperate VITA them, but L. aNbS hiue
itn IN the success Ui any art competition on It's true
its, where police NE ~ any way ci,u INTO qut5
tiOu. declined wasting valuable 'Iie' "a thch SUPPOSED
when, however, 30 my great asionishneht tnelf
admirable design was non st} accepted ana was
hciug rYnc-'ly canned outy ] naturally deeired tp
come aboard the -np." dd so, IN the position OF
GRAY Que o thc then CohinisS'ocIN Receiving l'p posi-
tive verbal assurance of air Gray that though cOud
0uly have Ht p.eseut mere niln'l ANA utiy ihsa1
cient rae Of payment, sul MAJ ohy 20 snow VIVA.
rodd do, and ihc Commissioners woud sec to that
w,taa will Tlc result need not capItulde; yOu, Sr,
know IL eyory intelligent ol,2en ot NeW-lorh knows
Inc lidwlns7 and details of wuica nunDeiin8 by nul-
Cre occupied nearly nvc years OF my ME; me muso
stand the Bon briIg' tns conservatory ,shccpiou,
81 yctal OF the ocr BRIGGS bJasl.ndn. t 'a5es pedce
- 80, ali az the ,rcir..ttt,ll ElrfnIrs and a torn
lnrnta the lower ciy plSs, besides studies lnhdnioi
80, nl,. e, ,,r,,a,,.d or v,,o cohst ttiOn mas Tor
ia. pIe been t so, arc al the result Oi tboso IL
INV Hr it,of read in The CIR Re,ord before me
that ny cOaea-acs Maslrs. Omsted ana NauA. nave
received from Tue cj fer tiloir services sum Wnc VIC
may call ia round ninn,is S12f0DO. Thr ridiculous
d.srOio lion i,e,wccn what was p1'i tnen Hnd wnat
WGs Pau zoe Wac .oI leiio constant sa et3 tDspute
ana comment m and oat of tie cenl PARK COM
mis-. oIi NJ less than turce several times, tc Hon
Hcuiy q. SrDns, conscious 0i tue injustice 9ohe nc
have an * ifa allowance Or =5,0JO or come such sum-
awarded but IN van. address yod rOIn distance
81 nearly 1000 mics - st ~ a7 liohl1ig ettp "
tuat st!ca b,i- uuo. sou wiil request ani Gn'Ao1Dc
hrt VA ,tncat 40 mo Dac g. lS56, and give accurate
saelu,n. OF tno a.gcun pad ao n''u daIth ~, 1870
Tor my services making tin PARK wat H. c,parv
with tnu Ti2i 900 awarded - NY Co!"Doftls Ne9'ra'
OIn,ted AMI 'GuN.
I'VE print tho above iu justice to IN in
dus,rious and ha,d-W0lked public servant who
we have always believed was unjustly treated 10y
tho Commissioners Of Che Central Parl, while III the
employ OF the Board. For long yeas doing Tho work
Of a principal With his brains and Of a head
draug Itsman with hio hands, Lc received only tho
mragcr pay of an assistant and was almost wholly
IGNORED in the printed reports Of tho Commission
ohc bare mention of his naiuo in tnosc reports haY-
INK to stand year after ycar Ion all public recognition
of his labors.
Tor the design OF the Central pifl ag u whole,
a,d Tor many OF the mos, os,fu aud Ingenious de-
tail, Of tho plan the pdbit is indebted 10 1iT. Cal
vert Yaux; while M ir.dcr.ok Law OlGoted may
claim fho chief praise foI the administrative system
of t.r Park and for Tia. tro,ouslne. wi;h when il
was carried out a, pso for the ahs'l &c freedom %
Tic aoYcruneut Of tlc Ig.A f.Om ~ political inter
fs..u,. features which long made tLis tho only
public institution IN or county in Which tAa Co.'S
mon-seusc principles of wJat j, known rs Civil
Service wcr, ever foi,hfOllJ add steadily carried
out.
Both these gentlemen have deserved great deal
more Of the public thlu 'hey have ever received, or
al, likely ever to receive, cijEcf ia money or IN
thanls. When Mr. Mould therefore speaks % Che
sum o. -. coo paid then ~ Tho coHisa ofthc,r y
,osis connection with Tie Park, If ~ wero eAccs-
,i,e. he, uuintcD,ioualy no doubt, create, wrong
impression in The minds oil those who read him with
ont stopping 20 calculote. This sun divided by L..
and lie quotient again divided by . g,ycs rs u re
salt that each of these gentlemen has received
sAGi7 year for services rendered to The public.
services of substantial value, calling for by far the
greater part Of their tine, and TO which they gave
not only their time. bat their constant Thought and
faithful care.
No one can be- moro willing than we TO do justice
TO Mr.. Mould. whose skill an artist and whose
faithful performance OF bis DUDES have often
praised. But il WAS never to have been expected
that he should have been treated with on tie same
tcrlns as his principals. They responsible 10
the public not only for themselves but for him,
While he was only responsible for himself 10 them.
If Mayor Wiciham shall satisfy Nh Mould by pub
fishing in Tie Ciig Record or elsewhere the amount
of Nh Mould's pay for his work Assistant Arcli-
! tect during all the time he employed in that
capacity by the Commission. we shall be surprised
If il bt not found TO bear very fair proportion to
| the nav of Mcssrs YauX and Olmsted. No doubt
he was paid far too little. But he il wrong in SO
| wording his complaint 10 make il appear that
! they were paid too much. The injustice with which
all three gentlemen treated was nearly equal.
We think Mr. Mould could have made a much
stronger point, and at the same time have exposed
a gross injustice to the public on the part Of The
| Commis,ioner,-an injustice which never fairly
| came TO the public knowledge-if no had compared
his own poor pay for architectural designs not only
ordered by the Commissioners, but carried into ex-
ecution BY them, with the payment Of $4,000 for
designs for the proposed gates of the Park. which
were received by the public when published with
such marked disfayor that the Commissioners never
| even talked Of putting them into execution-Ldl
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PRIEST ACCUSED OF ISLANDER.
On Sunday last the Rev. Father Hogan Of
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